Background: This study aimed to examine the evolving trends in the global burden of low back pain (LBP) from 1990 to 2021 and predicted disease burden until 2035.
Materials And Methods: LBP-related data were obtained from the Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) query tool. All estimates and their 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) were generated using DisMod-MR 2.
: Coke oven emissions (COEs) are formed in the process of coking production, mainly composed of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and benzene; however, the health impacts of COE exposure in coking workers are not fully clear so far. We aimed to explore the associations of occupational COE exposure with pulmonary function, blood pressure, blood cell parameters, and blood biochemical indices, and to bolster health surveillance and disease prevention and control in coking workers. : We investigated 566 coking workers at a large state-owned enterprise coking plant in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, measured the concentrations of plasma 16 PAHs and urinary phenol, assessed the health outcomes including pulmonary function, blood pressure, the levels of peripheral hematologic parameters and biochemical indices, and examined the associations of PAH and phenol concentrations with the health outcomes using multiple linear regressions, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression (LASSO), and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk factors after artificial femoral head replacement for elderly femoral neck fractures. A nomogram model was constructed to predict its risk.
Methods: In analyzing 144 participants who underwent artificial femoral head replacement for elderly femoral neck fractures, researchers collected clinical data to identify factors associated with lower extremity DVT.
Background: To retrospectively analyse postoperative adverse events in oldest-old patients (aged 90 years and older) with intertrochanteric fractures treated under various anaesthetic techniques.
Methods: A total of 153 consecutive patients participated in this study, of which 127 patients who underwent surgery with neuraxial anaesthesia or general anaesthesia for intertrochanteric fractures between October 2019 and October 2022 were eligible and evaluated. They were divided into the neuraxial anaesthesia and general anaesthesia groups.
Trimethylamine N-oxide(TMAO), a metabolite of gut microbiota, is closely associated with chronic kidney disease(CKD). It can aggravate the kidney injury and promote the occurrence of complications of CKD mainly by inducing renal fibroblast activation, vascular endothelial inflammation, macrophage foaming, platelet hyperreactivity, and inhibition of reverse cholesterol transport. Thus it is of great significance for clinical treatment of CKD to regulate circulating TMAO and alleviate its induced body damage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is associated with overall mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Previous findings suggest that P. frutescens (L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAt present, lumbar disc herniation has become a problem that plagues people's health, life safety, and social and economic development. Among them, the research of lumbar disc nucleus pulposus tissue is the focus of the treatment of lumbar disc diseases. At present, the treatment methods of lumbar disc herniation are divided into conservative treatment and surgical treatment, among which surgical treatment can be divided into open surgery and minimally invasive surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: (), which has been used in traditional oriental medicine for a long period, was reported to exert extensive antitumor activity, but the effect and molecular biological mechanism of on multiple myeloma (MM) has not been elaborated. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) exhibit a sustained polarization between tumor killing M1 subtype and tumor supporting M2 subtype. And a lower ratio of M1/M2 is associated with tumor angiogenesis, proliferation and invasion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArtemisia capillaris Thunb. is widely used in the treatment of kidney diseases, but the underlying mechanism remain elusive. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the mechanism of Artemisia capillaris Thunb.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Proteinuria is an independent risk factor of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Albumin-induced tubulointerstitial inflammation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) via the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome is a potential therapeutic target for CKD. Suyin Detoxification Granule (SDG) improves proteinuria and postpones renal failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic kidney disease (CKD) is a chronic progressive disease that seriously threatens human health. Some patients will continue to progress into the CKD stage 3-5 (also called chronic renal failure), which is mainly manifested by a decline in renal function and multi-system damage. is one of the most widely used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herbs in CKD, especially in CKD stage 3-5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: Doxorubicin (DOX) is an anthracycline antitumor antibiotic widely utilized in treating various tumors. Nevertheless, the toxicity of DOX toward normal cells limits its applicability, with nephrotoxicity considered a major dose-limiting adverse effect. Apigenin (APG), a flavonoid widely distributed in natural plants, has been reported to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and mild tumor-suppressive properties.
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January 2020
Based on carbon fibers (CFs) delivered localized electrical induction heat, a novel electrical induction framework synthesis (EIFS) strategy has been developed to in-situ grow versatile metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) on CFs, resulting in the production of a set of MOF-coated CF (MOF@CF) fibers. Detailed studies on the production of UiO-66-NH@CFs indicate that the use of EIFS leads to dramatically accelerated MOF growth at dozen times higher reaction rate than that of the conventional solvothermal reaction. By periodically switching anodes during EIFS reactions, uniform MOF@CF fibers with well-controlled MOF loadings have been achieved depending on the reaction conditions.
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