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Objective:To investigate the influence of T2DM Spleen-qi Deficiency syndrome on Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI).Methods:The clinical data of 298 patients with T2DM who were hospitalized in Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine from January 2019 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the diagnostic criteria of spleen-qi deficiency syndrome, the patients were divided into two groups: spleen-qi deficiency syndrome group and non-spleen-qi deficiency syndrome group. There were 142 patients in the spleen-qi deficiency syndrome group and 156 patients in the non-spleen-qi deficiency syndrome group. The differences of ABI between the two groups were compared, and the correlation between spleen-qi deficiency syndrome and clinical indicators (gender, age, body mass index, course of diabetes, history of hypertension, smoking history, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, platelet, hemoglobin, serum albumin, blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate) and ABI in T2DM patients was analyzed.Results:The left ABI [1.09 (1.00, 1.19) vs. 1.13 (1.03, 1.22)] and the right ABI [1.09 (0.96, 1.17) vs. 1.12 (1.02, 1.20)] in T2DM spleen-qi deficiency syndrome group were significantly lower than those in non-spleen-qi deficiency group ( P<0.05).The left ABI was significantly correlated with spleen-qi deficiency syndrome ( r=0.122, P=0.035) and estimated glomerular filtration rate ( r=0.137, P=0.018), and the right ABI was significantly correlated with spleen-qi deficiency syndrome ( r=0.123, P=0.034) and PLT ( r=-0.115, P=0.047). After correcting for other confounding factors by multiple linear regression analysis, there was significantly correlation between spleen-qi deficiency syndrome and ABI. Conclusion:Compared with the non-spleen-qi deficiency syndrome group, T2DM patients in the spleen-qi deficiency group had a lower ankle-brachial index and were more likely to develop peripheral arterial disease.
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The main pathophysiological features of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are alveolitis edema,collapse and V/Q ratio imbalance. Consensus Recommendations from the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference recommends that the lung protective ventilation strategy be the first choice for mechanical ventilation of PARDS with small tidal volume and high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) used to improve oxygenation. High PEEP is an important technical tool for the " Open Lung Con-cept". It is beneficial to improve oxygenation through the operation of lung recruitment (RM) and the main-tenance of alveolar open. High PEEP reduced the formation of pulmonary edema in animal experimental mod-els. Large-scale adult randomized controlled trials have shown that high PEEP may reduce mortality in patients with severe hypoxemia,but it is currently subject to some challenges. Simultaneously,high PEEP and ventilator-induced lung injury(VILI) caused by excessive lung expansion are closely related,and increase the incidence of barotrauma and pneumothorax. High PEEP may reduce the volume of blood returning to the heart,reduce cardiac output,and also reduce cerebral perfusion pressure and aggravate brain edema. It is still a highly controversial issue to use high PEEP to optimize lung recruitment in patients with ARDS and to choose the best PEEP to maintain the alveolar open. It has been suggested that the purpose of lung recruitment is no longer to restore normal lung ventilation,but to provide reasonable arterial oxygen saturation and reduce oxy-gen toxicity priority. PEEP above 10 cmH2 O is suggested to be used to optimize lung recruitment if lung col-lapse is diffuse. When the lung collapse is locally distributed,it is not suitable to use excessive PEEP for RM and other methods can be used to improve V/Q ratio.
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Objective To observe the effect of intermittent inhalation of budesonide on lung function and recurrence in asthmatic infants .Methods 120 children with recurrent wheezing and asthma predictive index were selected.They were randomly divided into control group and observation group according to the digital table ,60 cases in each group .The two groups were given conventional treatment .The observation group was treated with high dose of inhaled budesonide in the acute phase for 7 days,and stopped after the symptoms were controlled .However,cold air or acute infection caused wheezing recurrence ,used the above dose for 7 days to control the wheezing symptoms ,if not properly controlled to extend the treatment time so that wheezing control .In the control group ,children were treated with foggy cans inhalation of fluticasone propionate aerosol .After the symptoms were controlled ,the dose was reduced for 3 months.If the cold air or the occurrence of acute wheezing ,should be treated in time.The time of disappearance of wheeze in the lungs of the two groups was observed .The changes of lung function were observed before and after treatment for 6 months.The number of recurrent respiratory tract infections was observed in the two groups during this period.Results The disappearance time of wheeze ,cough,wheezing rale between the two groups had no statistically significant differences(t =0.67,P =0.25;t =0.96,P =0.17;t =1.60,P =0.06).Before treatment,the lung function indicators between the two groups had no statistically significant differences (all P>0.05).After treatment, TV,VPFE/VE,TPTEF/TE of the two groups were improved (all P<0.05),and there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups (all P>0.05).The number of respiratory infections ,the number of wheezing and the duration of wheezing in the observation group were less than those in the control group (t=14.72,P=0.00;t=9.15,P=0.00;t=6.97,P=0.00).There were 5 cases of hoarseness and 4 cases of rash in the control group .There were no serious adverse reactions in the observation group ,the difference was statistically significant (χ2 =9.73,P=0.002).Conclusion Intermittent inhalation of budesonide suspension can improve the clinical symptoms and improve lung function in children .It is better than long -term inhaled glucocorticoid in prevention of wheezing and with safety.It is suitable for clinical use .
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Objective To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of IgAN patients with massive proteinuria,as well as their treatment response to glucocorticoids and long-term prognosis.Methods Clinical and pathological parameters were collected in patients diagnosed with IgA nephropathy in our hospital from Jan 2003 to Oct 2015.Patients were followed up for at least six months under the treatment with full dosage of glucocorticoids.Responses of patients with and without nephrotic syndrome were compared.Results A total of 156 patients were enrolled for the analysis (86 patients in the nephropathic proteinuria group,and 70 patients in the nephrotic syndrome group).Patients presented with nephrotic syndrome showed higher proportion of IgM deposition in renal slides.There exited no difference in treatment response to glucocorticoids between the two groups.Patients with full or partial remission showed a better prognosis by Kaplan-Meier analysis than no remission group (P ＜ 0.001).The ratio of segmental sclerosis was negatively correlated with treatment response to glucocorticoids by multiple linear regression (3 value=-0.330,P ＜ 0.001).Multivariate Cox regression model showed that glomerular density (HR=0.45,P=0.02) and eGFR (HR=0.95,P=0.001)were independent influential factors for renal survival.Conclusions Patients presented with nephrotic syndrome show higher proportion of IgM deposition in renal slides.Patients in remission after treatment with 6-month glucocorticoids present a better prognosis than no remission patients,and glomerular density as well as eGFR are independent influential factors for renal survival.
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Objective To explore the correlation of serum HBV-DNA load,transaminase(ALT)and total bile acid (TBA)levels with hepatitis B virus (HBV)infection patterns to assess HBV infectivity.Methods The fluorescent quantitative PCR was used to detect serum HBV-DNA in 308 patients with HBV infection.ELISA was adopted to detect the HBV markers.The continuous mo-nitoring method was adopted to detect serum ALT and the cycling enzymatic method was adopted to detect serum TBA.Results The HBV-DNA content and serum ALT level had staitstical differences among the 3 infection patterns of HBsAb,HBeAg and HB-cAb positive,HBsAg,HBsAb,and HBcAb positive and 1,5 positive (P 0.05).Conclusion Serum HBV-DNA content and ALT activity have the correlation with the different HBV infection patterns,which could reflect the HBV replication and the infectivity intensity in some extent.