The study on the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of nerve root sciatica: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Background:Nerve root sciatica (NRS) is a common orthopedic disease, which usually occurs between 20 and 40 years of age, and the incidence rate is increasing year by year and is being younger. The disease has no special effect of treatment, clinically generally taking the symptomatic treatment, such as taking short-term glucocorticoids, sedatives, analgesics, and so on. Long-term use of drugs will adversely affect the patient''s gastrointestinal tract, liver, and kidney function. The surgical treatment has a high risk of surgery, high cost, side effects, and other problems, so the choice of treatment method has always been a difficult problem in clinical and scientific research. The study shows that 90% of patients with sciatica can be cured by non-surgical treatment, so conservative therapy is often used in the treatment of sciatica, traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods in the treatment of NRS has been widely used, which has achieved good results, but there is no evidence of evidence-based medicine. Therefore, this study uses systematic evaluation to conduct the scientific evaluation of the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of NRS, and provide evidence-based medical evidence support for the treatment of NRS.Methods:Using the computer to retrieve the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP, WANFANG Database, and CBM. Using the subject words and terminology words to retrieve the Chinese-English database and retrieve a randomized controlled study on the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of NRS, and the range of search time is January 1990 to January 2021. The searched literature is screened and evaluated by two researchers respectively according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. If there is disagreement, discussing it with the third researcher to determine the final inclusion of the literature. Using the RevMan 5.3 software to conduct the meta-analysis.Results:This study will compare the effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of NRS.Conclusion:The results of this study will be published in internationally influential academic journals to provide evidence-based medical evidence for the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of NRS.Ethics and dissemination:This study does not involve specific patients, and all research data comes from publicly available professional literature, so an ethics committee is not required to conduct an ethical review and approval of the study.OSF registration number:DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/Q492E.     

The global state of research in pain management of osteoarthritis (2000–2019): A 20-year visualized analysis

There has been a highly active area in the pain management of osteoarthritis (OA) over the past 2 decades. The study aims to unmask the global status and trends in this field.Publications on pain management of OA from 2000 to 2019 were retrieved from the Web of Science (WOS) database. The data were analyzed using bibliometric statistical methodology. The software VOS viewer was used for bibliographic coupling, co-authorship, co-citation, co-occurrence analysis and to investigate the publication trends in pain management of OA.A total of 8207 researches in amount were included. The relative research interests and number of publications indicated a rising trend. The USA made the greatest contribution to this field, with the most publications, total citations and the highest H-index, while Sweden had the highest average citation per publication. The most contributive organization was Boston University. The journal OA and Cartilage published the most relative articles. Researches could be grouped into 5 clusters based on co-occurrence network map: Health and Epidemiology; Sport Medicine; Clinical Study; Mechanism Research and Medical Technology and Science. Medical Technology and Science was predicted as the next research topic in this field.The number of publications about pain management of OA would be increasing based on current global trends. The USA made the largest contribution to this field. The development of Medical Technology and Science may be the next popular topics in the pain management of OA research.     

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Osteopathy in Chronic Pancreatitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences - The high incidence of osteopathy among patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) has garnered increased attention over recent years. The aims of this study were to...     

Protective effect of catalpol on lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in mice

Catalpol, an iridiod glucoside isolated from Rehmannia glutinosa, has been reported to have anti-inflammatory properties. Although anti-inflammatory activity of catalpol already reported, its involvement in lung protection has not been reported. Thus, we investigated the role of catalpol on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury in this study. Mice acute lung injury model was induced by intranasal instillation of LPS. Catalpol was administrated 1 h prior to or after LPS exposure. The severity of pulmonary injury was evaluated 12 h after LPS administration. The results showed that catalpol inhibited lung W/D ratio, myeloperoxidase activity of lung samples, the amounts of inflammatory cells and TNF-α, IL-6, IL-4 and IL-1β in BALF induced by LPS. The production of IL-10 in BALF was up-regulated by catalpol. In vitro, catalpol inhibited TNF-α, IL-6, IL-4 and IL-1β production and up-regulated IL-10 expression in LPS-stimulated alveolar macrophages. Moreover, western blot analysis showed that the activation of NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways was inhibited by catalpol. Furthermore, catalpol was found to inhibit TLR4 expression induced by LPS. In conclusion, catalpol potently protected against LPS-induced ALI. The protective effect may attribute to the inhibition of TLR4-mediated NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways.     

紫杉醇联合替吉奥胶囊治疗晚期食管癌的临床疗效观察

目的观察紫杉醇联合替吉奥胶囊治疗晚期食管癌的临床疗效和不良反应。方法选择37例晚期食管癌患者,予紫杉醇175 mg/m2,d1,静脉滴注3 h;替吉奥胶囊服用剂量按体表面积<1.25 m2者剂量40毫克/次;体表面积1.25~1.5 m2者剂量50毫克/次;体表面积>1.5 m2者剂量60毫克/次;均每日2次,早晚餐后口服,连服14 d,21 d为1个周期。结果疗效可评价患者36例,其中完全缓解(CR)1例,部分缓解(PR)14例,病情稳定(SD)11例,病情进展(PD)10例,有效率(CR+PR)为41.7%;疾病控制率(CR+PR+SD)为72.2%;中位疾病进展时间(m TTP)及中位生存时间分别为7.4个月、10.6个月,1年生存率为36.1%。化疗的主要不良反应为脱发及骨髓抑制,其中Ⅲ~Ⅳ度中性粒细胞减少发生率为16.7%。结论紫杉醇联合替吉奥胶囊治疗晚期食管癌疗效肯定,且耐受性较好。     

幼年特发性关节炎诊疗规范

幼年特发性关节炎(JIA)临床上常见亚型包括全身型JIA、少关节型/多关节型JIA和幼年脊柱关节炎。本病无特异性诊断指标, 需与感染性疾病和恶性病相鉴别。全身型JIA起病多急骤, 病情进展快, 易合并巨噬细胞活化综合征而危及生命。儿童风湿科医生对JIA的诊断及治疗经验仍不足, 规范化诊疗水平有待进一步提高。中华医学会风湿病学分会组织有关专家, 在借鉴国内外诊疗规范和分类标准的基础上, 制定本规范, 旨在规范JIA各亚型及全身型JIA合并巨噬细胞活化综合征的诊断和治疗方案, 以降低致死率和严重并发症的发生率, 从而改善患儿预后。     

志贺菌福氏5a M90T热休克蛋白70(DnaK)多克隆抗体的制备和鉴定

目的制备小鼠抗志贺菌福氏5a M90T热休克蛋白70(Dna K)的多克隆抗体,并鉴定其特异性和效价。方法 PCR扩增M90T中的基因dna K插入到原核表达载体p ET-24a中,获得p ET24a-dna K重组质粒,然后转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中表达,通过亲和柱纯化融合蛋白Dna K-His。将纯化的融合蛋白作为抗原免疫BALB/c小鼠,采集抗血清。用免疫印迹法、ELISA和免疫荧光技术鉴定抗血清的特异性和效价。结果重组质粒p ET24a-dna K在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中可以高效表达。用纯化的融合蛋白Dna K-His免疫小鼠制备得到的多克隆抗体能特异性低检测志贺菌福氏5a M90T Dna K蛋白,能有效地用于免疫印迹法、ELISA和免疫荧光等试验。结论成功制备了抗志贺菌福氏5a M90T Dna K蛋白的小鼠多克隆抗体。     

The impact of cigarette smoking on healthcare utilization among rural residents in China

Objectives: To assess how cigarette smoking affects health care utilization among rural residents in China and to analyze the choice of health facility among current and former smokers in rural China.

Methods: This study employed three waves (2010–2014) of the China Family Panel Studies. The data set included 10,330 adults in each wave. Fixed effect and random effect logistic models and multinomial logistic model were used for data analysis.

Results: First, according to the fixed effect logistic model, the results showed that current and former smokers are positively (ORs > 1) and significantly associated with outpatient care. Moreover, former smokers are positively (ORs > 1) and significantly associated with inpatient utilization. Second, based on the random effect logistic model, the results illustrated that heavy smokers and long-term quitters are positively (ORs > 1) and significantly related to outpatient care, and former smokers are positively (ORs > 1) and significantly associated with inpatient utilization.

Conclusions: Firstly, the present study found that current and former smokers use more outpatient care than non-smokers. Moreover, former smokers use more inpatient care than non-smokers. Secondly, former smokers use more inpatient care than non-smokers, long-term quitters decrease the probability of using inpatient care compared with recent and moderate-term quitters.     

Economic assessment of nutritional recommendations

The effect of consumers’ compliance with nutritional recommendations is uncertain because of potentially complex substitutions. To lift this uncertainty, we adapt a model of consumer behaviour under rationing to the case of linear nutritional constraints. Dietary adjustments are derived from information on consumer preferences, consumption levels, and nutritional contents of foods. A calibration exercise simulates, for different income groups, how the French diet would respond to various nutrition recommendations, and those behavioural adjustments are translated into health outcomes through the DIETRON epidemiological model. This allows for the ex-ante comparison of the efficiency, equity and health effects of ten nutritional recommendations. Although most recommendations impose significant taste costs on consumers, they are highly cost-effective, with the recommendations targeting salt, saturated fat, and fruits and vegetables (F&V) ranking highest in terms of efficiency. Most recommendations are also economically progressive, with the exception of that targeting F&V.