Basic researches over spinal cord injury: problems and countermeasures / 中华创伤杂志

Spinal cord injury leads to extremely high mortality and disability rates and its treatment has always been a global challenge. The survival of patients with spinal cord injury is partially lengthened with the development of medical treatments, but the clinical outcome is still not satisfactory. Some important progress has been made in the basic researches over spinal cord injury, such as analysis of repair mechanism of spinal cord injury and development of cellular therapies and biological scaffolds of spinal cord injury in China. However, some basic researches show insufficient understanding of the microenvironment and animal model of spinal cord injury and lack support from clinical problems, leading to too simplistic or contradictory conclusions. There is an urgent need to reexamine the research methods and carry out basic and clinical translational researches. Therefore, the authors discuss the key problems and difficulties in basic researches over spinal cord injury and propose improvement suggestions, aiming to provide a reference for conducting basic researches correctly and accelerating clinical innovational transformation.

Clinical guideline for spinal reconstruction of osteoporotic thoracolumbar fracture in elderly patients (version 2022) / 中华创伤杂志

Osteoporotic thoracolumbar fracture in the elderly will seriously reduce their quality of life and life expectancy. For osteoporotic thoracolumbar fracture in the elderly, spinal reconstruction is necessary, which should comprehensively consider factors such as the physical condition, fracture type, clinical characteristics and osteoporosis degree. While there lacks relevant clinical norms or guidelines on selection of spinal reconstruction strategies. In order to standardize the concept of spinal reconstruction for osteoporotic thoracolumbar fracture in the elderly, based on the principles of scientificity, practicality and progressiveness, the authors formulated the Clinical guideline for spinal reconstruction of osteoporotic thoracolumbar fracture in elderly patients ( version 2022), in which suggestions based on evidence of evidence-based medicine were put forward upon 10 important issues related to the fracture classification, non-operative treatment strategies and surgical treatment strategies in spinal reconstruction after osteoporosis thoracolumbar fracture in the elderly, hoping to provide a reference for clinical treatment.

Research progress in exosomes in repair of spinal cord injury / 中华创伤杂志

Spinal cord injury is a common clinical disease secondary to spinal cord fractures that causes patients with motor and sensory dysfunction or even paralysis. In recent years, exosomes have participated in the occurrence and development of various diseases as nanometer-sized cell particles, and have received extensive attention. Exosomes derived from spinal cord tissue cells during spinal cord injury affect the injury process and tissue repair. In addition, exosomes as a new treatment for spinal cord injury have been widely studied. The authors document the mechanisms of various exosomes from spinal cord tissue and the repair effects of various cell-derived exosomes in spinal cord injury, in order to deepen the understanding of the role of exosomes in spinal cord injury and provide new ideas for studying the course and treatment of spinal cord injury.

Expression and role of SPARCL1 gene in tumor / 国际肿瘤学杂志

Abnormal expression of secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine like 1 (SPARCL1 )gene is closely related to the development,metastasis and prognosis of a variety of tumors.Recent studies show that SPARCL1 gene is high expressed in glioma.The protein product of SPARCL1 gene encoded can interact with collagen,thus affecting the metastasis ability of tumor,which is positively correlated with tumor malignant de-gree.SPARCL1 gene is low expressed in gastric cancer,colorectal cancer,prostate cancer and breast cancer, which is negatively correlated with the invasion and metastasis abilities of tumors.At present,the role of speci-fic molecular mechanisms of SPARCL1 gene remains controversial. The expressions and functions of SPARCL1 gene in tumor tissues seem to depend on the tumor microenvironment.

Vitamin D Receptor Gene, Matrix Metalloproteinase 3 Polymorphisms and the Risk of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Susceptibility: Meta-Analysis

Several studies have evaluated the association between vitamin D receptor, matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) polymorphisms and the risk of intervertebral disc degeneration susceptibility. The findings were inconsistent. This meta-analysis aimed to systematically assess the association between vitamin D receptor, MMP-3 polymorphisms and the risk of intervertebral disc degeneration susceptibility. A search of various databases was done covering all papers published until December 31th, 2014. Eight, 4, 3 studies were finally included that addressed the risk of intervertebral disc degeneration susceptibility and vitamin D receptor FokI (rs2228570), ApaI (rs7975232), and MMP-3 (rs731236) polymorphisms, respectively. FokI (f vs. F: summary odds ratio [OR], 1.13; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.76–1.69; ff vs. FF: OR, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.59–1.77; ff vs. Ff/FF: OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.70–1.58), ApaI (a vs. A: OR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.45–1.19; aa vs. AA: OR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.22–1.25 p=0.14; aa vs. AA/Aa: OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.53–0.89) in the vitamin D receptor gene and MMP3 polymorphisms (5A vs. 6A: OR, 1.92; 95% CI, 0.77–4.80; 5A5A vs. 6A6A: OR, 2.17; 95% CI, 0.75–6.24; 5A5A vs. 5A6A/6A6A: OR, 1.58; 95% CI, 0.72–3.44) were not obviously associated with risk of intervertebral disc degeneration susceptibility. FokI, ApaI polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene and MMP-3 polymorphism are not obvious risk factors for intervertebral disc degeneration susceptibility.

An analysis of relevant factors influencing the prognosis of post cardiac arrest syndrome / 中华危重病急救医学

ObjectiveTo investigate the relevant factors influencing the incidence and mortality of post cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS), and to provide the basis of improvement of resuscitation rate.Methods A single center retrospective study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) according to Utstein model was conducted. A clinical case report form was designed to collect clinical data. The clinical data of patients whose spontaneous circulation was restored (ROSC)> 24 hours in intensive care unit (ICU) of the First Hospital of Jilin University from January 2008 to June 2014 were collected and analyzed. The relevant risk factors of the incidence and mortality rate of PCAS were screened and analyzed by multivariate logistic regression analysis.Results① Successful CPR was achieved in 93 patients, of whom 83 patients were shown to have systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and 75 patients suffered from PCAS (80.65%). Among them 49 died, and 18 patients who did not suffer from PCAS survived.② The age, gender, history of previous chronic disease, site of occurrence of cardiac arrest, type of rhythm when cardiac arrest occurred, and dosage of adrenaline showed no significant influence on the incidence of PCAS. The incidence of PCAS was elevated when defibrillation was done more than 3 times (χ2= 10.806,P= 0.001), SIRS occurred after ROSC (χ2= 46.687,P 5 minutes (χ2 = 4.190,P = 0.041), and ROSC time was longer than 10 minutes (χ2 = 20.042,P 10 minutes (χ2 = 36.451,P 2 mmol/L (χ2 = 28.926, P 15 (χ2 = 33.558,P< 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors affecting the prognosis were ROSC time [odds ratio (OR) after adjustment = 36.643, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 2.382-563.767,P = 0.010], the number of organs with dysfunction (OR = 9.010, 95%CI = 1.140-71.199,P = 0.037), and APACHEⅡ score (OR = 10.001, 95%CI =1.336-74.893,P = 0.025).Conclusions ROSC time, the number of organs with dysfunction, and APACHEⅡ score were independent predictors of PCAS prognosis. Efforts should be given to shorten the rescue time, to shorten the time for restoring the spontaneous circulation, to prevent and treat SIRS after ROSC, and to protect the function of organs, in order to improve the prognosis of patients with PCAS.

Predictive value of AGI grading system introduced into SOFA score in patients with severe acute pancreatitis / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To study the predictive value of acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) grading system introduced into Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in order to provide a reliable clinical tool for the evaluation of prognosis of SAP.Methods Patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to ICU from July 2012 to July 2014 were enrolled for study.The criteria of exclusion were the age below 18 years old,pregnancy,or patients without consent to the treatment.A total of 63 patients with 37 males and 26 females aged (47 ± 15.3) years were included.The data of their acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) Ⅱ score,the highest SOFA score and AGI grade within the first week,and the 28-day mortality rate were collected.Patients without AGI were defined as zero point,and AGI grade Ⅰ-Ⅳ were defined as 1-4 points.The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to evaluate the value of APACHE Ⅱ score,SOFA score,and SOFA + AGI score in predicting the prognosis of SAP.The areas under ROC curve (AUC) of the APACHE Ⅱ score,SOFA score,and SOFA + AGI score were compared with MedCalc software,and P value less than 0.01 was considered to be statistical significance.Results (1) The 28-day mortality of the 63 patients with SAP was 20.6％ (13/63),in which 50 patients in the survival group,13 patients in the death group.The APACHEⅡ scores of two groups were (15.62 ± 4.33 vs.12.10 ± 3.74,P=0.0048),the SOFA scores were (14.77 ± 3.09 vs.9.24 ± 2.88,P ＜0.01),and the SOFA + AGI scores were (18.77 ±3.09 vs.10.74 ± 3.17,P＜0.01).(2) The AUC of APACHEⅡ score was0.748 ± 0.084 (95％ CI:0.622-0.849),the AUC of SOFA score was 0.902 ± 0.059 (95％ CI:0.801-0.962),and the AUC of SOFA +AGI score was 0.963 ± 0.037 (95％ CI,0.882-0.994);There was no significant difference in AUC between APACHE Ⅱ score and SOFA score (P =0.10),and there was statistical significance between the AUC of APACHE Ⅱ score and that of SOFA + AGI score (P =0.013),and the difference in AUC between SOFA score and SOFA + AGI score was statistically significant (P =0.008).The Youden index and the positive likelihood ratio of SOFA + AGI score system were the greatest to be 0.863 and 15.38,respectively.Conclusions SOFA scoring system has better predictive value in patients with SAP when AGI grading system was introduced into it.

The auxiliary effect of decoction of four-drug juice combined with glutamine on nutritional support in the elderly critical ill patients / 中国综合临床

Objective To explore the effect of decoction of four-drug juice plus glutamine on nutritional support in the elderly critically ill patients. Methods One hundred and twenty-four elderly critical ill patients in The First Hospital of Jilin University from May 2010 to May 2012 were randomly divided into treatment group(n = 62)and control group(n = 62). Patients in both two groups were given enteral nutrition(EN)plus parenteral nutrition(PN)after the hemodynamics became stable. In addition,patients in control group were given routine EN + PN,while in treatment group was given decoction o four-drug juice + EN plus glutamine + PN. Prealbumin (PA),serum total protein( TP),transferrin( TF)and serum albumin( ALB)were detected before and after treatment of nutritional support. The informations including recovery of bowel sounds,the occurrence of complications,antibiotic use time and the duration of ICU stay were recorded. Results There were no significant differences between two groups in terms of nutrition indices before treatment(P > 0. 05). After treatment,the contents of pre albumin,transferrin,total serum protein,serum albumin in treatment group were( 145. 24 ± 6. 72)g/ L,(1. 93 ± 0. 98)g/ L,(79. 86 ± 10. 38)g/ L,(54. 91 ± 2. 91)g/ L respectively,better than those in control groups((139. 24 ± 38. 76),(1. 68 ± 0. 33),(74. 73 ± 7. 31),(49. 87 ± 2. 61)g/ L),and the differences were statistically significant( t = 3. 610,2. 929,4. 360,6. 767;P < 0. 05). The incidence of stress ulcer and double infection in treatment group were 42%(26 / 62),37%(23 / 62),significantly lower than the control group(59%(37 / 62),53%(33 / 62)),and the differences were statistically significant( χ2 = 5. 186, 5. 271,P < 0. 05). Antibiotic use time and the duration of ICU stay in treatment group were(8. 82 ± 0. 71)d and(16. 14 ± 3. 01)d,and reaching full eternal nutrition time was(6. 90 ± 1. 01)d,decreased less than that in control group((10. 21 ± 1. 30),(20. 67 ± 2. 29),(13. 91 ± 1. 51)d)and the differences were statistically significant(t = 8. 892,7. 786,3. 609,P < 0. 05). The average recovery time of bowel sounds and first anal exhaust time average in treatment group were(26. 8 ± 3. 6)h,(25. 4 ± 3. 2)h,lower than that in control group ((38. 4 ± 4. 8)h,(37. 6 ± 4. 9)h)and the differences were statistically significant( t = 3. 551,2. 516,P< 0. 05). Conclusion The application of decoction of four-drug juice plus glutamine on nutritional support of the elderly critically ill patients can reduce complications,shorten the duration of ICU,recover the intestinal function as soon as possible. Meanwhile,patients can transit to full eternal nutrition as soon as possible,then the cost of therapy is reduced and rehabilitation is quickly.

Furosteroidal saponin from Smilacina japonica / 中国中药杂志

Smilacina japonica is a perennial herb, belonging to Smilacina genus of Liliaceae. A new furosteroidal saponin (1) was isolated and purified from the ethanol extract of the rhizome of S. japonica by various column chromatography. Its structure was established as 26-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(25R)-furost-5-en-3beta, 12, 17alpha, 22xi, 26-pentol-12-O-acetyle-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 --> 2)-beta-D-glucopyranoside by physical and chemical properties and IR, MS, 1D, 2D NMR techniques. It showed strong cytotoxicity against the SPC-A-1 cancer cell lines.

Separation and Purification of Prim-O-glucosylcimifugin and 5-O-methylvisammioside from Saposhnikovia Divaricata by High-speed Counter-current Chromatography / 分析化学

High-speed counter-current chromatographic ( HSCCC ) method was successfully used to separate and purify prim-O-glucosylcimifugin and 5-0-methylvisammioside from Saposhnikovia divaricata(Thicz. ) Schis-chk. ,a traditional Chinese herb,with a solvent system composed of ethyl acetate-n-butanol-water(2:7:9,V/V). The lower phase of the system was used as the mobile phase at the flow rate of 2.0 mL/min,and the upper phase was used as the stationary phase. The separation produced a total 13.9 mg prim-O-glucosylcimifugin and 25.0 mg 5-0-methylvisammioside with the purity of 98. 1% and 99.2% determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) from 316 mg of crude sample from S. divaricata. The structures of isolated compounds were identified by ESI-MS,~1H NMR and ~(13)C NMR.

Study on the Synthetic Technique of Magnesium Gluconate / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To study the synthetic technique of magnesium gluconate METHODS:By taking gluconolactone and magnesium oxide as the semifinished materials,the synthetic technique of magnesium gluconate was optimized by orthogonal design RESULTS:The optimal preparing condition:gluconolactone∶magnesiumoxide(mol∶mol)was 1∶0 6;reaction temperature 100℃;reaction time 3 hours Under the optimal conditions,the drug were synthesized with a rate of total output over 95 0% CONCLUSION:This synthetic technique is stable in output rate,short in reaction period and feasible in operation

Studies on the Quality standard of Multicomponent Dibiling / 中草药

The Quality Standard of Multicomponent Dibiling, a nose drop for nasitis was studied.The presence of garlic, cassia and ephedra were demonstrated by TLC and the amouns of Allicin in the preparation was determined by HPLC. The method is simple, rapid and accurate.Average recoyery (n = 6 ) was 101.41 %and CV%was1 .76.