1.Observation on the Effect of Buzhong Yiqi Decoction(补中益气汤)in the Treatment of 36 Mechanically Ventilated Cases of ICU-acquired Weakness with Spleen Qi Deficiency Syndrome
Boling WU ; Xuhong TAN ; Yongsheng HU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(23):2450-2456
ObjectiveTo analyze the efficacy and safety of Buzhong Yiqi Decoction (补中益气汤, BYD) in the treatment of mechanically ventilated patients of intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICU-AW) with spleen qi deficiency syndrome. MethodsSeventy-two patients eligible for mechanical ventilation ICU-AW and spleen qi deficiency were selected and randomly divided into routine ICU basic treatment and nursing combined with nasal feeding or oral administration of normal saline 3 times a day, 50 ml per time as control group, and routine ICU basic treatment and nursing combined with BYD 3 times a day, 50 ml per time as treatment group, with 36 cases in each group. The treatment cycle was 7 days. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score, Medical Research Council (MRC) score, diaphragm mobility, diaphragm thickness at the end of inspiration and expiration, diaphragm thickness rate, time to successfully remove the tracheal tube, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels of patients were measured before and after treatment, and the efficacy of TCM syndrome was evaluated. ResultsThe total effective rate regarding TCM syndrome was 88.89% in the treatment group, which was higher than 66.67% in the control group (P = 0.033). After treatment, the main symptom score, secondary symptom score and total score of TCM syndrome, diaphragm mobility and MDA level significantly decreased in both groups, while MRC score, diaphragm thickness rate and SOD level increased (P<0.01), with more improvement in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The number of successful tracheal intubation removal within 7 days after treatment in the treatment group (28/36 cases, 77.78%) was higher than that in the control group (19/36 cases, 52.78%). ConclusionBasic treatment combined with oral administration of BYD can improve the MRC score, general condition, diaphragm contraction, and antioxidant capacity of patients with mechanical ventilation in ICU-AW with spleen qi deficiency, thereby improving the success rate of extubation with sound safety.
2.Association between dietary patterns during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus
SHI Meiqi ; ZHENG Jusheng ; WANG Xuhong ; YIN Yuhua ; HU Wensheng
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;35(11):921-925
Objective :
To examine the association between dietary patterns during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), so as to provide the evidence for guiding the establishment of healthy and balanced dietary patterns and reducing the prevalence of GDM.
Methods:
Pregnant women who underwent oral glucose tolerance tests in Hangzhou Obstetrics and Gynecological Hospital from 2020 to 2021 were enrolled, and their demographic information were collected using questionnaires. Pregnant women's diets during the past three months were collected using Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQs), and dietary patterns were extracted using principal component analysis. In addition, the association between dietary patterns and risk of GDM was examined using a multivariable logistic regression model.
Results:
A total of 1 689 pregnant women were included, with a median age of 28.53 (interquartile range, 2.47) years and a median gestational age of 26.00 (interquartile range, 2.00) weeks. Five dietary patterns were identified according to pregnant women's types of diets, including meat-based diets, dessert-fruit-refined grain diets, plant-based diets, eggs-milk-nut diets and whole-grain diets, with a cumulative contribution rate of 58.76%. The prevalence of GDM was 24.57% (415 cases) among the study subjects. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that pregnant women with scores in the highest quartile (Q4) of the meat-based diets had an increased risk of GDM (OR=1.372, 95%CI: 1.043-2.055) relative to those with scores in the lowest quartile (Q1), and pregnant women with Q4 scores of the dessert-fruit-refined grain diets had an increased risk of GDM (OR=1.743, 95%CI: 1.397-2.432) relative to those with Q1 scores, while pregnant women with Q4 scores of the plant-based diets had a reduced risk of GDM (OR=0.382, 95%CI: 0.346-0.613) relative to those with Q1 scores.
Conclusion
A plant-based dietary pattern may reduce the risk of GDM, while meat-based and dessert-fruit-refined grain dietary patterns may increase the risk of GDM.
3.Analysis of research hotspots and frontiers in the training of health management talents in China based on knowledge mapping
Qian WANG ; Shan WU ; Yunrui BAI ; Xuhong GE ; Jieyi HU ; Lu WANG ; Song LENG
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2023;17(8):603-607
Objective:To analyze the research hotspots and frontiers in the training of health management talents in China based on knowledge mapping.Methods:The literature related to talent training in health management was retrieved from the databases of CNKI, Wanfang Data, and VIP Journals from 2007 to 2022. The keywords used for retrieval included “health management” “curriculum system” “health manager” “evaluation system” “health service and management” and “talent training”. The time distribution of the literature was analyzed using Excel. Bibliometric analysis was conducted to visually analyze the research in health management talent training, focusing on authorship and collaboration, research institutions, high-frequency keywords, and research hotspots. A knowledge map was created to outline the research framework.Results:A total of 378 journal articles were retrieved. Over the past decade, there has been an overall increasing trend in the number of research publications related to health management talent training. The highest number of articles was published in 2021 (63 articles). In terms of spatial distribution, highly productive authors were relatively concentrated, and research institutions were mostly universities, with Hangzhou Normal University having the highest number of publications (14 articles). The research hotspots included health managers, practice teaching modes, cross-cultivation, and discipline construction. The research frontiers concentrated on talent training modes, health service and management professions, talent demand, and curriculum system construction.Conclusions:In the past decade, health management talents training in China has received more attention and importance. However, there is limited exchange and cooperation among authors and research institutions, and the research hotspots continue to extend in the direction of specialization and diversification. The transformation from vocational education to academic education and strengthening professional construction are the frontiers of the research.
4.Association between ureaplasma urealyticum colonization in respiratory tract and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm or extremely low birth weight infants
Linping ZHONG ; Yan JIANG ; Yan LI ; Guang YUE ; Xuhong HU ; Mingsheng ZHENG ; Rong JU
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2023;26(3):236-242
Objective:To investigate the association between ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) colonization in the respiratory tract and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm or extremely low birth weight infants.Methods:This was a retrospective study involving preterm infants with gestational age <28 weeks or birth weight <1 000 g who was hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital from June 2019 to March 2022. Respiratory tract secretion was collected for UU DNA detection within 24 h after admission. All the participants were divided into the UU-positive or negative groups based on the detection results. Clinical characteristics of the two groups were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U, t-, or Chi-square tests (Fisher exact test). Results:A total of 82 infants were enrolled, including 31 cases (37.8%) in the UU-positive group and 51 patients (62.2%) in the negative group. Among the 30 cases treated with azithromycin in the positive group, 27 (90.0%, 27/30) turned negative after two courses of treatment. The rates of premature rupture of membranes [51.6% (16/31) vs 17.6% (9/51), χ2=10.50] and prenatal antibiotic exposure [71.0% (22/31) vs 47.1% (24/51), χ2=4.47] in the UU-positive group were both higher than those in the UU-negative group (both P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that premature rupture of membranes ( OR=5.893, 95% CI: 2.016-17.228) and gestational age ( OR=0.663, 95% CI: 0.441-0.999) were independent risk factors for UU colonization (both P<0.05). UU-positive group had a longer duration of oxygen use [ M ( P25- P75), 1 756 h (1 385-2 088 h) vs 1 357 h (1 128-1 656 h), Z=2.98], a longer length of hospital stay [81 d (70-105 d) vs 68 d (59-84 d), Z=3.05], and higher hospitalization costs [(201 574±70 326) yuan vs (161 288±53 412) yuan, t=-2.74] compared to the UU negative group (all P<0.05). The incidence of BPD [74.2% (23/31) vs 47.1% (24/51), χ2=5.80] and retinopathy of prematurity [93.4% (29/31) vs 74.5% (38/51), χ2=4.68] in the UU positive group was higher than those in the UU-negative group (both P<0.05). No significant correlation was found between UU colonization and the severity of BPD ( P>0.05). Conclusion:UU colonization may increase the incidence of BPD, but there was no clear correlation with the severity of BPD.
5.The alleviating effects of endothelial progenitor cells-derived exosomes on hyperoxia-induced injury of type Ⅱ alveolar epithelial cells in neonatal rats
Wen ZENG ; Jin MAO ; Xuhong HU ; Shuqiang GAO ; Rong JU
Chinese Journal of Neonatology 2022;37(5):452-456
Objective:To study the effects of endothelial progenitor cells (EPC)-derived exosomes on hyperoxia-induced injury in type Ⅱ alveolar epithelial cell (AECⅡ) in neonatal rats.Methods:EPCs of rats were cultured and exosomes were collected using Total Exosome Isolation kit. Primary cultured AECⅡof neonatal rats were randomly assigned into three groups: the control group, the hyperoxia group and the exosome group. The control group was cultured in room air with 5%CO 2, the hyperoxia group was cultured in 95%O 2 with 5%CO 2 and the exosome group was cultured with 0.1 mg/ml EPC-derived exosomes in 95%O 2 with 5%CO 2. Cell viability was detected using cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and apoptosis was detected using flow cytometry on d2, d4, and d6. Results:EPC-derived exosomes isolated from EPC culture supernatant were confirmed morphologically using transmission electron microscopy. After co-incubation of Dil-labeled EPC-derived exosomes with AEC Ⅱ for 24 h, Dil fluorescence was detected in the cytoplasm of AEC Ⅱ, indicating exosomes were uptaken by AEC Ⅱ. Compared with the control group, hyperoxia decreased cell viability and increased apoptosis of AEC Ⅱ and the injury was aggravated with the prolongation of hyperoxia duration ( P<0.001). Cell injury in the exosome group was milder than the hyperoxia group ( P<0.001). Compared with the control group, cell viability on d4 and d6 of hyperoxia was lower ( P=0.029 and 0.005 respectively) and cell apoptosis at d6 of hyperoxia was higher in the exosome group ( P=0.007). Conclusions:EPC-derived exosomes may partially attenuate hyperoxia-induced cell injury in neonatal rat AEC Ⅱ.
6.Incidence of unintended pregnancy within 2 years after delivery and its influencing factors in China
Caixia YANG ; Xuhong ZHAO ; Yuyan LI ; Yanfei ZHOU ; Lin'ai ZHANG ; Dong YUAN ; Wei XIA ; Jianmei WANG ; Jiandong SONG ; Wen LYU ; Yongfeng LUO ; Lifang JIANG ; Li JIANG ; Xiaochen HUANG ; Xiaoyu HU ; Xiaojing DONG ; Tongyin CHENG ; Yuanzhong ZHOU ; Yan ZHANG ; Yan CHE
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021;56(9):616-621
Objective:To investigate the present situation of unintended pregnancy within two years postpartum and its influencing factors in China.Methods:Participants who delivered a live birth at 60 hospitals in 15 provinces in the eastern, central and western regions of China during July 2015 to June 2016 were interviewed by using structured questionnaire. Information on occurrence of unintended pregnancy within 2 years after delivery, postpartum contraceptive use, sexual resumption, breastfeeding, and women′s socio-demographic characteristics, and so on, were collected. Life-table analysis, cluster log-rank tests and a 2-level Cox regression model were used for data analysis.Results:A total of 18 045 postpartum women were investigated. The cumulative 1- and 2-year unintended pregnancy rates after delivery were 5.3% (95% CI: 4.5%-6.1%) and 13.1% (95% CI: 11.3%-14.8%), respectively. Cox regression model analysis showed that the risk of unintended pregnancy within 2 years postpartum were increased in younger women, ethnic minorities, women with abortion history, and those who had a vaginal delivery with short lactation time and late postpartum contraceptive initiation (all P<0.01). The risk of postpartum unintended pregnancy was not associated with geographic regions and hospitals where women gave a birth (all P>0.05). Conclusions:In China, the risk of unintended pregnancy within 2 years after delivery is relatively high. Service institutions and service providers should improve the quality of postpartum family planning services, promote the use of high effect contraceptive methods, and educate women to use a method at the time of their sexual resumption or even before.
7.Establishment of screening models for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the adult Blang population
Yebei LIANG ; Chunguang YANG ; Huadong ZENG ; Ruwei TAO ; Qiuming HU ; Xiaoying TANG ; Huaxiang SHI ; Wei WU ; Xuhong HOU ; Weiping JIA
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2021;37(12):2861-2868
Objective To establish simple screening models for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the adult Blang population. Methods Based on the survey data of metabolic diseases in the Blang people aged 18 years or above in 2017, 2993 respondents were stratified by sex and age (at an interval of 5 years) and then randomly divided into modeling group with 1497 respondents and validation group with 1496 respondents. Related information was collected, including demographic data, smoking, drinking, family history of diseases and personal medical history, body height, body weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure, and related markers were measured, including fasting plasma glucose, 2-hour postprandial plasma glucose or blood glucose at 2 hours after glucose loading, triglyceride, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. The chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between two groups. Logistic regression analysis was used to establish the screening model. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were used to evaluate the screening performance of established models versus existing models in the study population, and the DeLong method was used for comparison of AUC. Results Three screening models for NAFLD were established based on physical and biochemical measurements, i.e., simple noninvasive model 1 (age, body mass index, and waist circumference), noninvasive model 2 with the addition of blood pressure, and model 3 with the combination of hematological parameters (diabetes and ALT/AST). In the modeling group, the three models had an AUC of 0.881 (95% confidence interval [ CI ]: 0.864-0.897), 0.892 (95% CI : 0.875-0.907), and 0.894 (95% CI : 0.877-0.909), respectively, and there was a significant difference between model 1 and models 2/3 ( P =0.004 0 and P < 0.001); in the validation group, the three models had an AUC of 0.891 (95% CI : 0.874-0.906), 0.892 (95% CI : 0.875-0.907), and 0.893 (95% CI : 0.876-0.908), respectively, and there was no significant difference between the three groups ( P > 0.05). Based on the overall consideration of screening performance, invasiveness, and cost, the simple noninvasive model 1 was considered the optimal screening model for NAFLD in this population. Model 1 had the highest Youden index at the cut-off value of 5 points, and when the score of ≥5 points was selected as the criteria for NAFLD, the model had a sensitivity of 86.5%, a specificity of 79.7%, a positive predictive value of 50.3%, and a negative predictive value of 96.1% in the modeling group and a sensitivity of 85.6%, a specificity of 80.6%, a positive predictive value of 51.7%, and a negative predictive value of 95.8% in the validation group. Conclusion The NAFLD screening models established for the adult Blang population based on age and obesity indicators have relatively higher sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive value, and this tool is of important practical significance for the intervention of NAFLD and its closely related metabolic diseases in this population.
8.Protective effects of endothelial progenitor cells-derived microvesicles on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in newborn rats
Wen ZENG ; Qiaoling LEI ; Xuhong HU ; Rong JU ; Shuqiang GAO
Chinese Journal of Neonatology 2020;35(1):54-59
Objective To study the protective effects and preliminary mechanisms of endothelial progenitor cells-derived microvesicles (EPC-MVs) on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) in newborn rats by using the HIBD model.Method Rat endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were cultured and microvesicles were extracted from EPCs culture medium by ultracentrifugation.A total of 60 neonatal SD rats were randomly assigned into control group,HIBD group,saline group and EPC-MVs group.The HIBD model was prepared in HIBD group,saline group and EPC-MVs group.After the preparation of the HIBD model,rats in saline group and EPC-MVs group received intraventricular injection with saline and EPC-MVs,respectively.After 72 hours,the rats were sacrificed for brain tissue,cerebral infarction was detected by TTC staining,vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA was tested by real-time PCR,protein western blot was used to detect changes in VEGF protein expression.Result Cells extracted and cultured from the spleen of 12-week-old SD rats were confirmed as EPCs by morphology and flow cytometry.EPC-MVs isolated by high-speed centrifugation from EPCs culture supernatant met the morphological characteristics of microvesicles by transmission electron microscopy.The infarcted brain tissue was not detected in the control group.The cerebral infarction volume ratios of HIBD group,saline group and EPC-MVs group were (80.3 ± 6.3) %,(77.9 ± 8.9) %,(35.2 ± 7.7) %,respectively.The infarct volume of EPC-MVs group was significantly lower than that of HIBD group and saline group (P < 0.001).The expression of VEGF mRNA and protein in HIBD group,saline group and EPC-MVs group were higher than those in control group (P <0.001).Among them,EPC-MVs group had the most significant increase,compared with the other three experimental groups,and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001).There was no significant difference between saline group and HIBD group in the expression of VEGF mRNA and protein (P > 0.05).Conclusion Intraventricular injection of EPC-MVs can attenuate HIBD in neonatal rats,and the mechanism may be related to up-regulation of VEGF expression.
9.Identification of Sigma N signaling system target genes in Leptospira interrogans
Shibiao DING ; Kaixuan LI ; Shupei LI ; Xuhong CHEN ; Shuai GAO ; Jie YAN ; Weilin HU
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2020;40(8):600-606
Objective:To confirm the Sigma N transcription factor activity of a gene product encoded by LA2404 gene of Leptospira interrogans ( L. interrogans) and to identify the target genes of Sigma N signaling system. Methods:L. interrogans LA2404 gene and its regulated target genes were predicted using bioinformatic analysis according to the promoter sequence signature in Sigma N-regulated genes. A LA2404 gene-knockout (ΔLA2404) strain of L. interrogans was constructed based on homologous sequence recombinant of suicide plasmid. Real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the changes in the expression of target genes at mRNA level in the ΔLA2404 mutant. A prokaryotic expression system for LA2404 gene was established and the target recombinant protein rSigma N was extracted by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. Gel electrophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA) was used to screen out the target genes regulated by rSigma N. Results:Pathogenic L. interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae serovar Lai strain Lai carried one Sigma N gene and 22 Sigma N promoter sequence-containing target genes. Qualitative examination of the ΔLA2404 mutant by microscopy revealed no defect in motility and appearance. Expression of LA1188, LA2306, LA3426, LA1968, LA1313, LA3806 and LA0773 genes at mRNA level in the ΔLA2404 mutant was significantly down-regulated ( P<0.05), but no significant changes in the expression of other target genes at mRNA level were detected. EMSA results confirmed that rSigma N could bind to the promotor sequences of the target genes mentioned above. Conclusions:Sigma N transcription factor was encoded by LA2404 gene. LA1188, LA2306, LA3426, LA1968, LA1313, LA3806 and LA0773 genes contained Sigma N promoter sequence and the expression of them was regulated by Sigma N signaling system.
10.Effects of optimizing project in nursing quality management on patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in chest pain center
Yanping LIU ; Honglei YANG ; Yanli DING ; Shu LIU ; Shuangshuang CHAI ; Xuhong HU ; Shuangna WANG ; Huaimin GUAN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2019;25(17):2204-2206
Objective? To investigate the effects of nursing quality improvement in chest pain center on patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods? A total of 93 patients with STEMI who received routine nursing care from July to December 2016 (n=30) and optimized quality nursing care from January to July 2017 (n=63) in the First Affiliated Hospital of He'nan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were enrolled to the study. The patients' gender, age, and 18-lead ECG completion time, Door-To-Balloon time (D2B), myocardial injury marker report time, and their hospitalization days (d), were compared between the two groups. Results? The differences in the indicators including sex,age and 18-leads ECG completion time were not statistically different (P>0.05). However, the differences in hospitalization time, D2B time, and myocardial injury marker report time had statistical significance (P< 0.05). Conclusions? The optimizing project of nursing quality management, including the optimization of nursing document writing, specialized instrument operation process and ward management index, can reduce patients' hospital stay, D2B time, and myocardial injury marker report time, hence improve the overall treatment quality for the patients.


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