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Objective@#To study the distribution and pharmacokinetics of cefuroxime in rabbit eyes after intravenous administration.@*Methods@#Thirty-five rabbits were randomly divided into 7 groups by random number table method, with 5 rabbits in each group.The rabbits in blank control group were feed without any treatment, the rest rabbits were injected with 40.63 mg/kg cefuroxime intravenously.The rabbits were sacrificed at 0.5 hour, 1.0 hour, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 hours after injection, and the eyeballs were immediately dissected.The concentration of drug in different ocular tissues was detected by high performance liquid chromatography, and the pharmacokinetic parameters in eyes were computed by the DAS software.This study was approved by the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of Shanxi Provincial Eye Hospital (201802b).@*Results@#The peak concentrations (Cmax) of cefuroxime were (11.63±0.20), (1.59±0.05), (1.51±0.08), (0.99±0.07), (1.55±0.08) and (8.57±0.17)μg/ml in aqueous humor, iris-ciliary body, vitreous body, retinal-choroid, cornea and sclera, respectively.The times to peak (Tmax) were 1.5 hours, 1.0, 1.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 0.5 hour in aqueous humor, iris-ciliary body, vitreous body, retinal-choroid, cornea and sclera, respectively.The areas under drug time curve (AUC0-t) were (26.60±0.62), (6.22±0.84), (5.86±0.16), (3.75±0.45), (5.50±0.15) and (26.48±0.73)(μg·h)/ml in aqueous humor, iris-ciliary body, vitreous body, retinal-choroid, cornea and sclera, respectively.Cefuroxime was not detected in the lens at different time points after injection.The parameters of pharmacokinetics were fitted to two compartment model.@*Conclusions@#Cefuroxime shows good penetration in aqueous humor, iris-ciliary body, vitreous body, retinal-choroid, cornea and sclera when administrated by intravenous injection in rabbits and cefuroxime has no distribution in lens.Cefuroxime can reach an effective concentration in ocular tissues 0.5 to 1.5 hours after intravenous injection.
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OBJECTIVE： To investigate the occurrence and influencing factors of dry eye in patients with topical use of anti-glaucoma drugs， and to provide reference for the prevention and treatment of dry eye in glaucoma patients. METHODS： Totally 600 patients receiving topical use of anti-glaucoma drugs were selected from our hospital as research objects during Jun. 2015 to Jun. 2018. The ophthalmologic examination and questionnaire survey were carried out. The univariate analysis and multivariate Logistic regression analysis were conducted for influencing factors of dry eye. RESULTS： A total of 600 questionnaires were distributed and 547 questionnaires were recovered， with a recovery rate of 91.17％. Of the 547 patients who withdrew the questionnaire， 36 patients refused to undergo further examination， 19 patients were excluded， and a total of 492 patients were included in the study.Of 492 patients treated with topical anti-glaucoma drugs， there were 262 dry eye patients with incidence of 53.25％. Top 3 symptoms of dry eye were dryness， burning and foreign body sensation， involving 182 cases （69.47％）， 159 cases （60.69％） and 106 cases （40.46％）. The results of univariate analysis showed that there was statistical significance in the difference of gender， age， sleep quality， use of video display terminals， dry environment， medication time， medication types， medication frequency， medication with or without traditional preservatives， pterygium， tarsal gland dysfunction between 2 groups （P＜0.05）. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that gender， medication time， medication type， medication with or without traditional preservatives， tarsal gland dysfunction and video display terminals were risk factors for the occurrence of dry eye in glaucoma patients （OR were 1.613-2.477）. CONCLUSIONS： The incidence of dry eye in patients treated with topical use of anti-glaucoma drug is high. The clinicians should take the prevention and treatment measures according to its risk factors， such as gender， medication time， medication type， medication with or without traditional preservatives， tarsal gland dysfunction and video display terminals， and minimize ocular discomfort in patients with dry eyes so as to improve the therapeutic compliance of glaucoma patients.
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OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for determination of dextran70 in Compound dextran70 eye drop. METHODS:HPLC-RID was performed on the column of Phenomenex PolySep-GFC-P 4000 with the mobile phase of 0.7% Na2SO4 solution. The flow rate was 0.5 ml/min,column temperature was 35 ℃ and injection volume was 50 μl,and the inner temperature of refrac-tive index detector was 40 ℃. RESULTS:The linear range of dextran70 was 0.1-5.0 mg/ml(r=0.999 5);RSDs of precision,sta-bility and reproducibility tests were lower than 2%;average recovery was 97.45%-101.76%(RSD=0.57%,n=9). CONCLU-SIONS:The method is simple,fast and reliable with high separation and short analysis time,and can be used for the content deter-mination of dextran70 in Compound dextran70 eye drop.
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Background It is imperative for the microbial monitor after opening the bottle of eyedrops in order to ensure the safety during use of ophthalmic solutions with multi-dose packaging.Objective This study was to research the microbiological properties and sterile duration of methylcellulose (MC) eye drops in three common environmental conditions,including room temperature condition of community,refrigeration condition of community and room temperature condition of hospital.Methods MC eye drops were assigned to the community room temperature group,community refrigeration group and hospital room temperature group,and 200 bottles of MC eye drops with or without ethylparaben were collected in each group,including sealed or unsealed drugs at average.The containers of all the eye drops were opened and the opening times were record.The drugs was admistered 1 drop for 3 times per day,with the opening period for 5-10 seconds.Then the drugs were preserved in different environments based on grouping.Microbial isolation and purification were performed by the same lab technician at 8:00 from 1 through 10 days after opening of drugs with automatic microbial analyzer.Results In the unsealed MC eye drops without ethylparaben,the bacterial positive rates were about 30％ in the community room temperature group,community refrigeration group and hospital room temperature group,but no microbial colony was seen in the sealed eye drops.Ten days after opening of containers,the bacterial cultured rates were 30％,32％ and 36％ in the eye drops without ethylparaben in the community room temperature group,community refrigeration group and hospital room temperature group,and those in the eye drops with ethylparaben were 15％,19％ and 23％,respectively,showing significant differences between the eye drops with and without ethylparaben (x2 =6.452,4.448,4.063,all at P＜0.05).The 95％ confidence interval (CI) of difference values of intergroup bacterial rates were-0.166-0.126,-0.110-0.190 and-0.088-0.208 between the community room temperature group and the community refrigeration group,between the hospital room temperature group and the community refrigeration group,between the hospital room temperature group and the community room temperature group respectively in the unsealed eye drops without ethylparaben,and those in the unsealed eye drops with ethylparaben were-0.159-0.079,-0.089-0.169 and-0.043-0.203 respectively,indicating insignificant differences among the groups.Cultured bacteria were identified as Micrococcus luteus,Acinetobacter lwoffii,Bacillus subtilis,Acinetobacter radioresistens,Myroides and Staptococcus xylosus.Conclusions Ethylparaben can reduce the contamination rate of microorganisms after opening of MC eye drops.Three environmental conditions do not play an influence on microbial contamination of MC eye drops after opening.The bacteria of contaminated eye drops appear to be common microorganisms in atmosphere and soil,rather than eye common pathogens.