Long-term survival of femoral neck fracture patients aged over ninety years: Arthroplasty compared with nonoperative treatment.

Background: The aging of the Chinese population is expected to lead to an increase in nonagenarians and centenarians. The mortality rate in nonagenarian hip fracture patients is equivalent to the mortality rate in the average population at 5 years after injury. It is imperative to evaluate 5-year mortality in this small but very challenging subgroup of patients to optimize patient management.

[Effects of Danqi Capsule on Platelet Function in Healthy People].

Objectives: To study the effects of Danqi Capsule on platelet function in healthy people.

Methods: Sixteen healthy volunteer were divided into low dose (4 capsules/time, 3 times/d) and high dose group (6 capsules/time, 3 times/d), and received Danqi Capsule by orally administration for 2 weeks. The venous blood were collect at 3 time points: one week before taking Danqi Capsule (control), one week after taking Danqi Capsule (1 week), two week after taking Danqi Capsule (2 weeks).

Is there a role of TNFR1 in acute lung injury cases associated with extracorporeal circulation?

The signaling pathway for tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and its receptors is up-regulated during extracorporeal circulation (ECC), and recruits blood neutrophil into the lung tissue, which results in acute lung injury (ALI). In this study, we evaluated the role of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1) in ECC-induced ALI by blocking TNF-α binding to TNFR1 with CAY10500. Anesthetized Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were pretreated intravenously with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) or vehicle (0.