1.A Case of One-stop Procedure for Cryoballoon Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion of Atrial Fibrillation Under Electroacupuncture Anesthesia
Rongren KUANG ; Shuai WANG ; Yulian JIANG ; Xianliang WANG ; Jianming YIN ; Jingyuan MAO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(7):760-764
Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of chronic cardiac arrhythmia. Catheter ablation and left atrial appendage occlusion are effective treatment methods for atrial fibrillation, but these procedures require anesthesia support. However, anesthetic drugs often cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, involuntary movements, and respiratory depression. This paper presents a case of a successful one-stop procedure for cryoballoon ablation and left atrial appendage occlusion of atrial fibrillation performed entirely under acupuncture anesthesia. Thirty minutes before the procedure, acupuncture needles were inserted perpendicularly at bilateral Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Ximen (PC 4) and (LU 6). After obtaining the deqi (得气) sensation, an electroacupuncture device was connected, and electroacupuncture anesthesia was used for pain control throughout the procedure. The patient exhibited good tolerance and cooperation, with electroacupuncture anesthesia completely replacing intravenous anesthetics, ensuring the smooth completion of the surgery. Postoperative follow-up showed favorable outcomes.
2.Single Center Analysis of Bloodstream Infection Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis in Patients with Hematological Malignancies in the Tropics.
Long-Can CHENG ; Ting YANG ; Hui-Hui KUANG ; Shuai YU ; Li-Xun GUAN ; Zhen-Yang GU ; Yuan-Yuan XU ; Wen-Shuai ZHENG ; Lu WANG ; Ya-Lei HU ; Xiao-Ning GAO ; Quan-Shun WANG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2021;29(1):265-271
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the characteristics, prognosis and risk factors of bloodstream infection in patients with hematological malignancies in the tropics, so as to provide evidence for the prevention and treatment of bloodstream infection.
METHODS:
The clinical features, blood culture results and prognosis of patients with bloodstream infection in patients with hematological malignancies admitted to Hainan Hospital of PLA General Hospital were retrospectively studied.
RESULTS:
The most common primary infection site of the 81 patients with hematological malignancies was lung (46.91%), followed by PICC (11.11%). The detection rate of Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria in the blood culture was 60.98% and 30.02%, respectively. Coagulase-negative staphylococci was the most common Gram-positive bacteria resulting in bloodstream infection in our study. Of the Gram-negatives, Klebsiella pneumoniae (34.38%) was predominant, followed by Escherichia coli (18.75%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18.75%). Gram-positive bacteria was highly sensitive (100%) to vancomycin, linezolid and tigecycline. Study showed that Gram-negative bacteria had low sensitive to quinolones, in particular, the resistance rate of Escherichia coli to quinolones was as high as 83.33%. In terms of overall survival (OS), the 30-days OS of patients with Gram-negative and Gram-positive septicemia was 77.42% and 92.00%, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. Multivariate analysis revealed that septic shock (P=0.001, RR=269.27) was an independent risk factor for 30-day mortality, and remission status (P=0.027, RR=0.114) was an independent predictor of a favourable outcome of bloodstream infection in patients with hematological malignancies.
CONCLUSION
Gram-positive bacteria are the main pathogens causing bloodstream infections in patients with hematological malignancies in the tropics. Improving the care of PICC is an important measure to reduce the incidence of bloodstream infection in patients with hematological malignancies in the tropics. A correct treatment relieving disease and effective prevention and treatment of septic shock can reduce mortality of patients with bloodstream infection in patients with hematological malignancies in the tropics.
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use*
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Bacteremia/drug therapy*
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial
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Gram-Negative Bacteria
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Hematologic Neoplasms/drug therapy*
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Humans
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Prognosis
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Retrospective Studies
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Sepsis
3.The development status and analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Indonesia
Kuang SHUAI ; Yaqian YIN ; Aun Choo NEOH ; Jing ZHAO ; Longhui YANG ; Kakit HUI ; Hongxin CAO
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2021;43(4):318-323
Indonesia is an island country in Southeast Asia. In 2014, Indonesia established the National Health Insurance System (NHIS), and until 2019, the NHIS hadcovered 82% residents. The leading causes of death in Indonesia were stroke, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, tuberculosis and cirrhosis. In 1996, the Indonesian Ministry of Health allowed acupuncturists to enter Indonesian medical institutions to practice acupuncture. After that acupuncture was included in college education as a major course. However, there are still some problems, such as insufficient policy and legislation support of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), imperfect education and talent training system of TCM, and low acceptance of TCM theories. Therefore, it is recommended that the local societies and organizations could actively promote the government’s legislation on TCM; local TCM schools could build a team of excellent teachers, improve teaching quality, and cultivate local TCM talents; strengthen the cooperation and exchanges of traditional medicine between the two countries to promote the spread and development of TCM in Indonesia.
4.Effect of methyl eugenol on hypoxia/reoxygenation injury of human renal tubular epithelial cells and its mechanism.
Bai-Cheng KUANG ; Shuai-Heng HOU ; G Ji ZHAN ; Meng-Qin WANG ; Jia-Si ZHANG ; Kai-Lun SUN ; Zhi-Heng WANG ; Qing-Wen LI ; Nian-Qiao GONG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2021;46(24):6502-6510
This study aimed to investigate the effect of methyl eugenol(ME) on hypoxia/reoxygenation(H/R)-induced injury of human renal tubular epithelial HK-2 cells and its mechanism. The viability of HK-2 cells cultured with different concentrations of ME and exposed to H/R was detected by cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) assay. The effect of ME on the morphology of HK-2 cells was observed under an inverted microscope. The content of intracellular reactive oxygen species in different groups was detected after 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate(DCFH-DA) fluorescence staining. Cell apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry. Changes in mitochondrial membrane potential were monitored by JC-1 dye. The concentrations of nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2(Nrf2), heme oxygenase-1(HO-1), and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphatase oxidase 4(Nox4) were measured by Western blot, followed by the assay of Nrf2 concentration changes in cytoplasm and nucleus by confocal fluorescence staining. The results showed that when the concentration of ME was 0-40 μmol·L~(-1), the activity of HK-2 cells was not affected. Compared with the model group, ME enhanced the activity of HK-2 cells and the cell morphology was normal. As revealed by further experiments, ME inhibited the release of reactive oxygen species and the decline in mitochondrial membrane potential of HK-2 cells after H/R injury, promoted Nrf2/HO-1 expression and Nrf2 translocation to the nucleus, and down-regulated the expression of Nox4, thereby significantly reducing apoptosis. This protective effect of ME could be reversed by the specific Nrf2 inhibitor ML385. These findings have preliminarily proved that ME effectively protected HK-2 cells against H/R injury, which might be related to its promotion of Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway and inhibition of Nox4. Such exploration on the possible mechanism of ME in the treatment of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury(IRI) and protection of organ function from the perspective of antioxidant stress has provided reference for related research on the treatment of acute kidney injury with traditional Chinese medicine.
Apoptosis
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Epithelial Cells/metabolism*
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Eugenol/pharmacology*
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Heme Oxygenase-1/metabolism*
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Humans
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Hypoxia
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NF-E2-Related Factor 2/metabolism*
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Oxidative Stress
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Reactive Oxygen Species
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Reperfusion Injury/drug therapy*
5.Biallelic mutations in CDC20 cause female infertility characterized by abnormalities in oocyte maturation and early embryonic development.
Lin ZHAO ; Songguo XUE ; Zhongyuan YAO ; Juanzi SHI ; Biaobang CHEN ; Ling WU ; Lihua SUN ; Yao XU ; Zheng YAN ; Bin LI ; Xiaoyan MAO ; Jing FU ; Zhihua ZHANG ; Jian MU ; Wenjing WANG ; Jing DU ; Shuai LIU ; Jie DONG ; Weijie WANG ; Qiaoli LI ; Lin HE ; Li JIN ; Xiaozhen LIANG ; Yanping KUANG ; Xiaoxi SUN ; Lei WANG ; Qing SANG
Protein & Cell 2020;11(12):921-927
6.Construction of nursing quality sensitive indicator system for ovarian neoplasms patients
Guofang KUANG ; Shihui LYU ; Peng YU ; Jieting YANG ; Jun LIU ; Xiaoli HUANG ; Shuai SUN ; Huimin GAO ; Xinzhi SHAN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2020;26(26):3634-3638
Objective:To construct a scientific and practical ovarian tumor nursing quality sensitive indicator system so as to provide a reference for evaluating the quality of nursing care for patients with ovarian tumors.Methods:Based on Donabedian's three-dimensional theoretical model of structure-process-outcome quality management, we used literature review and Delphi expert correspondence consultation to construct a nursing quality sensitive indicator system for ovarian tumor patients. From February to April 2019, we selected 20 experts from 16 ClassⅢ Grade A general hospitals and 2 higher nursing institutions from 7 provinces/municipalities in Shandong Province, Jiangsu Province, Beijing, Jilin Province, Shanghai, Guangdong Province and Sichuan Province for consultation.Results:Among two rounds of consultation, valid recovery rates were 90.00% and 94.44% respectively; authority coefficients were all 0.92; familiarity coefficients were 0.89 and 0.91 respectively; judgment coefficients were 0.94 and 0.92 respectively; Kendall harmony coefficients were 0.204 and 0.426 respectively; the differences were all statistically significant ( P<0.05) . The final nursing quality sensitive indicator system for ovarian tumor patients included 3 first-level indicators, 12 second-level indicators and 23 third-level indicators. Conclusions:The nursing quality sensitive indicator system for ovarian tumor patients is highly scientific and practical which can be used to standardize clinical nursing care for patients with ovarian tumors by gynecological nurses and improve the nursing quality.
7.Multi-center clinical trial of Rongxin Pills in treating viral myocarditis in children with deficiency of both qi and yin and heart meridian stasis syndrome
Shuai FAN ; Hong CUI ; Siyuan HU ; Hong LIU ; Jie SHEN ; Xianchun DING ; Honghua KUANG ; Shunyi SONG ; Wei ZHANG
Drug Evaluation Research 2017;40(1):68-74
Objective To observe Rongxin Pills in the treatment of viral myocarditis in children (deficiency of both qi and yin and heart meridian stasis syndrome) and the effectiveness and clinical application of safety.Methods Viral myocarditis patients (280 cases,deficiency of both qi and yin and heart meridian stasis syndrome),according to 3:1 ratio as the test group (n =21 0) and control group (n =70).The test group took orally Rongxin pills each time 4.5~9 g,3 times daily;the control group oral coenzyme Q10 capsule each time 10 ~ 20 mg,twice daily.The course of treatment was 28 d.The experiment was carried out with the random and double blind method.The symptoms of myocarditis,integrated and electrocardiogram,echocardiography,myocardial enzymes,as well as the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine and improvement of the effect of the disease were observed.Results The results of FAS (PPS) analysis showed that 28 d after treatment,the symptom score and mean of experimental group and control group were 5.975 (6.000) and 4.721 (4.788).The syndromes of the total effective rates were 91.62% (90.59%) and 70.59% (71.21%),curative effect the total effective rates were 90.14% (92.08%) and 72.06% (72.73%).The total effective rate of experimental group was higher than that of the control group,the difference was statistically significant.In this experiment,three cases of clinical adverse events were reported,which were not related to the experimental drug.It also not belongs to adverse drug reactions.Conclusion Rongxin Pill in the treatment of viral myocarditis in children (deficiency of both qi and yin and heart meridian stasis syndrome) is more effective than coenzyme Q 10 capsule,and there was no indication of higher risk of clinical application.
8.Improvement of Digital Capsule Endoscopy System and Image Interpolation.
Shaopeng ZHAO ; Guozheng YAN ; Gang LIU ; Shuai KUANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2016;40(1):27-37
Traditional capsule image collects and transmits analog image, with weak anti-interference ability, low frame rate, low resolution. This paper presents a new digital image capsule, which collects and transmits digital image, with frame rate up to 30 frames/sec and pixels resolution of 400 x 400. The image is compressed in the capsule, and is transmitted to the outside of the capsule for decompression and interpolation. A new type of interpolation algorithm is proposed, which is based on the relationship between the image planes, to obtain higher quality colour images. capsule endoscopy, digital image, SCCB protocol, image interpolation
Algorithms
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Capsule Endoscopy
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instrumentation
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Equipment Design
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Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
9.A method for bleeding detection in endoscopy images using SVM.
Wenming XU ; Guozheng YAN ; Zhiwu WANG ; Gang LIU ; Shuai KUANG ; Shaopeng ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2015;39(1):9-12
Because the huge number of images of the digestive tract by Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) are left to the medical personnels detected by their eyes, huge burden leaves to doctors. This article provides a classification of method based on SVM (Support Vector Machine) for the capsule endoscopy bleeding intelligent recognition. We created a new kind of feature parameter, and the experiment result can reach 83% specificity and 94% sensitivity.
Capsule Endoscopy
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Gastrointestinal Tract
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pathology
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Hemorrhage
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diagnosis
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Humans
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Support Vector Machine
10.A Method for Bleeding Detection in Endoscopy Images Using SVM
Wenming XU ; Guozheng YAN ; Zhiwu WANG ; Gang LIU ; Shuai KUANG ; Shaopeng ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2015;(1):9-12
Because the huge number of images of the digestive tract by Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) are left to the medical personnels detected by their eyes, huge burden leaves to doctors. This article provides a classification of method based on SVM (Support Vector Machine) for the capsule endoscopy bleeding intelligent recognition. We created a new kind of feature parameter, and the experiment result can reach 83% specificity and 94% sensitivity.

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