Strategies to shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation in patients with post-thymectomy myasthenic crisis / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

Objective To identify the clinical and demographical features that may impact the duration of mechanical ventilation(DMV) in the patients with post-thymectomy myasthenic crisis(PTMC).Methods Reviewed the patients who had PTMC from June 2008 to November 2015.Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to identify potential prognostic factors that may impact DMV and long-term survival,respectively.One-way ANOVA analysis was used to compare the four groups with continuous variates.Statistical powers were calculated by using XLSTAT.Results In total,seventy patients with PTMC were enrolled.Alcoholic abuse,high MGFA classification and Clavien-Dindo classification were the critical factors that remarkably delayed early extubation.Postoperative lung infection(PLI) as sole complication did not prolong DMV as compared to those without any complication,however,PLI with other more severe complications requiring at least pharmacological treatment seemed to remarkably prolong DMV,as compared to those without any complication.Conclusion Preoperative abstinence,proper treatment of MG and postoperative complications can decrease the incidence of PTMC,shorten the use of ventilator time and improve the prognosis of patients.

Current opinion of diagnosis and treatment of myasthenic crisis / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

Myasthenic crisis (MC) is a severe comorbidity or complication which may be critical to the patients during the treatment or onset of myasthenia gravis.We conduct the review and comment regarding prevention and treatment of MC.

Study on the effect of liver function and tumor marker of patients with liver cirrhosis after hepatitis B by nucleoside drugs Entecavir / 中国生化药物杂志

Objective To investigate the effects of liver function and tumor markers by nucleoside analogues Entecavir on patients with liver cirrhosis after hepatitis B.Methods 90 patients with liver cirrhosis after hepatitis B were selected, according to the different drugs were divided into experimental group and control group.Liver function and levels of tumor markers were compared after experiment.Results Two groups of patients with male to female ratio, average age, course of disease, no significant difference in general data of hepatitis B virus DNA content, comparable (P>0.05);Compared with the control group, the experimental group HBV DNA level is low, the negative rate was significantly higher (P<0.05);Compared with the control group, the experimental group ALT, AST and TBiL levels were significantly increased(P<0.05), ChE, AlB were significantly decreased (P<0.05);Compared with the control group, the experimental group CEA, AFP, CA125 and lower CA199 levels (P<0.05).Conclusion Nucleoside drugs can significantly improve liver function in patients with liver cirrhosis after hepatitis Band tumor markers indicators, and it is significance for treatment of liver cirrhosis after hepatitis.