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Objective To develop an LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of metolazone and valsartan in beagle dog plasma.Methods The chromatographic separation was achieved on an Agilent Poroshell 120(2.1 mm ×30 mm × 2.7 μm)analytical column.The multiple reaction monitoring mode operating in positive ion was adopted in MS detection, and precursors to the product ion transitions of m/z 366.2/259, 436.2/291 and 423.4/207 were used to measure metola-zone, valsartan and internal standard ( losartan potassium) .Results The method was linear over the concentration range of 0.5 ng/ml-100 ng/ml for metolazone and 5-5000 ng/ml for valsartan, with the correlation coefficients ( r2 ) of 0.9937 and 0.9939, respectively.The average intra-day precision values ( RSD) were 2.09% -8.85% for metolazone and 2.36%-13.12%for valsartan.The matrix effect values were 87.73%-98.62%for metolazone and 99.03%-137.35%for valsartan.The average recovery was 75.74%-81.82%for metolazone and 83.89%-95.64%for valsartan.Conclu-sion This analytical method for metolazone and valsartan is simple, accurate and sensitive, so it can be used for pharma-cokinetic research of metolazone and valsartan immediate release tablets in beagle dogs.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the preoperative utilization of antibacterial in orthopaedic patients in our hospital. METHODS: The preoperative use of antibacterial in 300 orthopaedic patients in our hospital in 2008 was reviewed. RESULTS: Of the 300 patients in our study, 100% of them were recieved preoperative antibacterial. Two of the most widely used antibacterials were clindamycin and cefuroxime sodium. The use of antibacterial in 228 patients were overtime after operation (76.00%), of which the use of antibacterial in 161 patients in type Ⅰ incision exceed 24 hour(70.61%), 56 patients in type Ⅱ incision exceed 2 days(24.56%) and 11 patients in type Ⅲ incision exceed 7 days (4.82%). CONCLUSION: The usage of preoperative antibacterial was inappropriate and the duration of administration is too long, which should be standardized.