1.TCM Research of Theories and Prescriptions on Blood Glucose Fluctuation in Diabetes Mellitus: A Review
Yongjiang ZHU ; Xiaoxu FU ; Hongyan XIE ; Chunguang XIE
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2025;31(8):303-310
A systematic review of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) literatures published over the past decade on blood glucose fluctuations in diabetes mellitus was conducted to summarize related TCM research progress of theories and prescriptions, so as to provide references for future TCM theoretical exploration, basic research, and clinical prevention and treatment. Blood glucose fluctuation is an independent risk factor for chronic complications of diabetes mellitus, with significant progress made in TCM theories and prescription studies targeting this condition. The TCM theories include "spleen-pancreas homology", "liver controlling dispersion", "small intestine transforming qi and separating purity from turbidity", "Yi Qi Zhou Liu theory", "Xuan Fu Qi Ye theory", "Yin-fire theory" and so on, all of which emphasize "Qi". Prescription studies primarily utilize clinical trials, which evaluate plentiful indexes of blood glucose fluctuation such as the mean amplitude of glycemic excursion. Classical and self-formulated prescriptions are widely used, with various dosage forms such as decoctions, granules and capsules. "Qi-Yin deficiency" is the main syndrome of blood glucose fluctuation. Basic research focuses on mechanisms that improve blood glucose fluctuation and reduce chronic complications, such as the renin-angiotensin system regulating islet β cell's function, and the transforming growth factor-β1 inhibiting organ fibrosis. However, there are still some deficiencies in the evidential support and syndrome study of TCM theories, in the high-level evidence-based evaluation, efficacy comparison among multiple dosage forms, and the integration of TCM theories with prescription's clinical research, in the quantities, multi-level verifications, blood glucose fluctuation model establishment and intervention criteria as well as prescription-syndrome correspondence of prescription's basic research, and in the collaboration between clinical and basic research. Despite these challenges, TCM offers a promising approach to improving blood glucose fluctuation and reducing chronic complications in diabetes mellitus, with its rich theories, diverse methods, and proven efficacy.
2.Research on the necessity and program design of the development of an ethical review information system for organ donation and transplantation
Guishu CHEN ; Xingrui YU ; Xiaoxu ZHU ; Lan LI ; Min CHEN ; Longrui DUAN ; Rui CHEN ; Shaohong YU ; Hongying LI
Chinese Medical Ethics 2024;37(4):428-433
Currently,the ethical review model for organ donation and transplantation in domestic hospitals is generally characterized by suddenness,unpredictability,tight time,difficulty in convening meetings and training committee members,as well as generally low quality and efficiency of ethical review,which cannot meet clinical needs and cause the waste of some scarce resources.The team of the Clinical Application Center of Human Organ Transplantation and the Ethics Committee of the First People's Hospital of Kunming combine more than 10 years of review practice experience,as well as continuously explore and optimize the ethical review process and operating procedures for organ donation and transplantation.The special application has been approved and jointly developed with Soochow University and the Medical Ethics Committee of Fujian Province to build a full-process information software system management platform for organ ethical review of donation and transplantation,giving the full play the advantages of the review information system in improving work efficiency and review quality,facilitating full-process information management,and conducting online training and learning for committee members,with a view to providing a specialized practical model for addressing the difficulties and challenges related to ethical review of human organ donation and transplantation.
3.Construction and practice of an informatization management system for institutional ethical review
Luyuan ZHANG ; Chong LI ; Zhiyong DENG ; Hongying LI ; Xiaoxu ZHU ; Min CHEN ; Weiling LYU ; Mo ZHOU
Chinese Medical Ethics 2024;37(2):219-223
With the progress of society,the global development of scientific and technical research activities,and the increasing number of medical Institutional Review Board(IRB)review projects,the construction and management of electronic informatization have become extremely important.In the process of electronic information construction in institutional ethics review,it is necessary to take into account the new policy of ethical governance of science and technology,consider the system and standard operating procedures of IRB,and develop reasonable processes based on practical work,simplify manual operation,improve the accuracy of project management,achieve refined management,and facilitate communication among researchers,ethics committee secretaries,and members.
4.Brief interpretation on the disease's name and pathogenesis of "drinking little but urinating much"
Yongjiang ZHU ; Xiaoxu FU ; Chunguang XIE
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;47(3):320-324
First recorded in Huangdi Neijing, "drinking little but urinating much" is the main symptom of "Feixiao", of which the pathogenesis is heart transferring cold to lung. Many later traditional Chinese medicine doctors have worked and brought different expositions on the disease's name, "Shangxiao", "Xiaxiao", "Feixiao" or "Shenxiao" are used respectively. In regard to the pathogenesis, dryness-fire, simultaneous occurrence of cold and heat or deficiency-cold are supposed to be the main properties of the disease, while heart, lung, liver, and kidney are the core disease locations. For example, YU Jiayan emphasized "dryness-heat in heart and lung", ZHENG Qin'an advocated "wind-fire of Jueyin", ZHANG Congzheng expounded "cold with heat in the heart and lung", LOU Ying revealed "cold with heat in the lung and kidney", and HUANG Yuanyu proposed " cold in kidney with dampness in spleen". By analyzing the theories of different schools of traditional Chinese medicine and related prescriptions or herbs and medical records, "drinking little but urinating much" could be attributed to "Shenxiao", and "deficiency-cold in lung and kidney" could be its basic pathogenesis, and meanwhile the cross-transmission of zang-fu viscera, intermingled deficiency and excess as well as inter-transformation between cold and heat should be considered adequately. This paper summarizes and sorts out the theories of "Xiao" disease in ancient literature, so as to provide new ideas for the modern prevention and treatment of diabetes.
5.Development of the Nutrition Impact Symptom Scale for Colorectal Cancer Patients and its reliability and validity
Jie CHEN ; Tiantian WANG ; Aifeng MENG ; Yamei BAI ; Yinan ZHANG ; Haitao ZHU ; Lu LIU ; Xiaoxu ZHI
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2024;30(15):1986-1992
Objective:To develop the Nutrition Impact Symptom Scale for Colorectal Cancer Patients.Methods:Guided by the theory of unpleasant symptoms, the initial draft of the scale was formed through literature research, expert consultation, and small sample pre-survey. From March to May 2023, convenience sampling was used to select 127 colorectal cancer patients who visited Jiangsu Cancer Hospital as the research subject for item analysis and reliability and validity testing of the scale.Results:The final scale consisted of five dimensions and a total of 17 items. The content validity index of the scale was from 0.83 to 1.00, with an average content validity index of 0.97. Exploratory factor analysis extracted five common factors, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 61.622%. The total Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.708, and the coefficients for each dimension were 0.762, 0.642, 0.625, 0.510, and 0.644, respectively. The half reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.824.Conclusions:The development process of the Nutrition Impact Symptom Scale for Colorectal Cancer Patients is scientific, with good reliability and validity, and can be used to evaluate the nutrition impact symptom of colorectal cancer patients.
6.Mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation strategy on stress overload and stress response of palliative care nurses
Yichang ZHU ; Yun ZHAO ; Tao WU ; Zhuyue MA ; Bo YANG ; Bing WU ; Xiaoxu LI
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2023;39(7):538-545
Objective:To explore the current status and correlation between stress overload, different cognitive emotion regulation strategies and stress response in palliative care nurses, and to provide reference for reducing stress reaction of hospice nurses.Methods:A total of 448 palliative care nurses from Beijing City, Jiangsu Province, Hunan Province and Anhui Province were selected as subjects by convenience sampling method in February 2022. The general information questionnaire, Stress Overload Scale, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Stress Response Questionnaire were used to conduct a cross-sectional survey. After analyzing their scores, correlation analysis and mediating effect analysis were conducted.Results:The stress overload score of palliative care nurses was 66.00 (55.00, 67.00), and the stress response score was 80.00 (63.00, 84.00). The stress overload was positively correlated with the stress response ( r=0.735, P<0.05), and the positive emotion regulation strategy was negatively correlated with the stress response ( r=-0.440, P<0.05), negative emotion regulation strategy was positively correlated with stress response ( r=0.747, P<0.05). The cognitive emotion regulation strategy had a partial mediating effect between the stress overload and the stress response, accounting for 29.6% of the total effect. Conclusions:Cognitive emotion regulation is the mediating variable between stress overload and stress response of palliative care nurses. Managers should pay more attention to the stress level and mental health status of palliative care nurses, and guide them to choose appropriate emotional regulation strategies, so as to reduce stress response and maintain physical and mental health.
7.Construction andeffect evaluation of precise oral nutrition guidance program for postoperative patients with colorectal cancer undergoing accelerated rehabilitation
Aihua WANG ; Yinan ZHANG ; Xiaoxu ZHI ; Niu NIU ; Chang XU ; Zhu ZHU ; Jing GAO
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2023;39(17):1281-1287
Objective:To construct and evaluate the effect of precise oral nutrition guidance program for colorectal cancer patients with accelerated rehabilitation after operation.Methods:This study was a quasi experimental study. A total of 116 patients with colorectal cancer from department of Colorectal Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital from March to Deamber, 2021 were selected by convenience sampling method. They were divided into two groups according to their admission time, the experimental group (58 cases), was given precise oral nutrition guidance program after colorectal cancer surgery based. In the control group, 58 cases were treated with the conventional dietary guidance for rapid rehabilitation. The gastrointestinal tolerance rate, the compliance rate of oral nutritional supplements, the first defecation time after operation, albumin, total albumin, prealbumin and other nutritional indexes were compared between the two groups before and after intervention.Results:Finally, 111 cases were included, induding 56 in the experimental group and 55 in the control group. The compliance rate of oral nutritional supplements after intervention in the experimental group was 73.2% (41/56), higher than that in the control group 40.0%(22/55), and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( χ2 = 12.47, P<0.05). The first defecation time after operation in the experimental group was (29.51 ± 5.52) h, while in the control group was (61.48 ± 8.39) h, the difference between the two groups was significant ( t = -12.06, P<0.05). The postoperative enteral nutrition tolerance rate of the experimental group was 91.1% (51/56), which was higher than the 69.1%(38/55) in the control group, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant ( χ2 = 8.44, P<0.05). The serum total protein, albumin and prealbumin levels of the experimental group at discharge were (66.56 ± 5.15), (46.78 ± 7.62) g/L and (276.07 ± 53.57) mg/L, compared with the (60.27 ± 4.37), (39.12 ± 6.41) g/L and (230.14 ± 44.58) mg/L in the control group, the differences were statistically significant ( t = 6.66, 5.02, 4.91, all P<0.05). Conclusions:The implementation of precise oral nutrition guidance program is conducive to guiding the clinical practice of oral nutritional supplements in patients with colorectal cancer after surgery, improving patient compliance, reducing gastrointestinal intolerance, promoting intestinal function recovery, and improving nutritional status of patients.
8.Pharmacological Activities, Pharmacokinetics, and Adverse Reactions of Polyphyllin Ⅱ: A Review
Huating HUANG ; Linyue PENG-HU ; Manting LIU ; Panxiang HU ; Rongyue ZHU ; Yuchang YANG ; Changhai QU ; Jian NI ; Xiaoxu DONG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(8):257-265
As a rare Chinese medicinal material, Paridis Rhizoma is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou in southwestern China, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, alleviating edema and relieving pain, cooling liver and tranquilizing mind. It is particularly effective for injuries from falls, fractures, contusions and strains, snake bites, cold wind-induced convulsion, and other diseases, which has been used for more than 2 000 years. According to modern research, polyphyllin Ⅱ, one of the main active components of Paridis Rhizoma, belongs to diosgenin in structure. It has the anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, immune-regulating, antioxidant, and multidrug resistance-reversing activities, showing good application prospect. Especially, the anti-tumor effect of polyphyllin Ⅱ has attracted wide attention, and the mechanism is inhibiting proliferation, migration, and invasion of tumor cells, inducing cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and autophagy, suppressing angiogenesis, and modulating tumor microenvironment. However, the pharmacokinetic results show that polyphyllin Ⅱ has low bioavailability in vivo due to the low solubility, poor absorption, unsatisfactory distribution, and slow metabolism, which limit the clinical application. In recent years, there has been an explosion of research on the adverse reactions of polyphyllin Ⅱ, such as the strong hemolytic activity and obvious cytotoxicity to liver, kidney, myocardium and cardiovascular cells. Thus, papers were retrieved from "CNKI", "VIP", "Wanfang Data", "PubMed", "Web of Science", and "Elsevier SD" with "Paris saponin Ⅱ", "Polyphyllin Ⅱ" as the main keywords, and the pharmacological activities and mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, and adverse reactions were summarized. The findings are expected to serve as a reference for the in-depth research, development, and utilization of polyphyllin Ⅱ.
9.EB virus-positive discordant lymphoma: report of 1 case and review of literature
Yi ZHAO ; Yuan XIA ; Xiaoxu ZHANG ; Mengying YU ; Jianfeng ZHU
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2022;31(3):170-173
Objective:To investigate the clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, diagnosis and treatment of discordant lymphoma (DL).Methods:The clinical data of a patient with EB virus-positive DL admitted to Taizhou People's Hospital in November 2019 were retrospectively analyzed and the related literature was reviewed.Results:The patient underwent a cervical lymph node biopsy pathology examination at onset, and then results suggested angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). The patient subsequently developed gastrointestinal bleeding and underwent resection of small bowel lesions, and postoperative pathology suggested diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The patient was finally diagnosed as DL. The R2-CHOP chemotherapy regimen was given to the patient, but the patient still had recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and poor general condition. The patient refused chemotherapy and was changed to lenalidomide monotherapy. Finally, the patient died due to multiorgan failure, with an overall survival of 13 months.Conclusions:DL is rarely seen in lymphoma, whereas the combination of AITL and DLBCL is extremely rare. The clinicians need to improve the understanding of this disease to avoid misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.
10.Meta-integration of medication experience and needs of oral chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients at home
Xiaoli LI ; Aifeng MENG ; Guihua XU ; Xiaoxu ZHI ; Liuliu ZHANG ; Ping ZHU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2022;38(32):2555-2561
Objective:To systematically evaluate the medication experience and needs of patients with oral anticancer drugs at home, providing reference for the formulation and implementation of home supervision measures for these patients.Methods:PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang database, VIP database and Chinese biomedical literature database were searched by computer to collect qualitative studies on medication experience and needs of patients with oral anticancer drugs at home. The retrieval period was from the database construction to May 1, 2021. The quality of the literature was evaluated by the Australian JBI qualitative research quality evaluation criteria for evidence-based health care centres, and the results were integrated by the pooled integration method of Meta-integration.Results:A total of 11 studies were included, 52 results were extracted, 13 categories were summarized and 4 integrated results were obtained: heavy negative psychological experience; undergo physical trials; a desire for outside support; adjust to the disease.Conclusions:According to the four aspects of experience and needs of patients with oral anticancer drugs at home, medical staff should guide them to establish health belief, improve disease perception and coping ability, and take measures to meet patients′ needs for knowledge, communication and social support through multiple channels.

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