Hyponatremic encephalopathy due to polyethylene glycol-based bowel preparation for colonoscopy: A case report.

Background: Adequate bowel preparation is critical for colonoscopy screening. At present, the most widely used intestinal cleaner recommended at home and abroad is Polyethylene glycol (PEG). Intestinal cleansers can cause electrolyte disturbances and hyponatremia.

Fecal Bile Acids Profile of Crewmembers Consuming the Same Space Food in a Spacecraft Simulator.

Recently, bile acids (BAs) are increasingly being considered as unique metabolic integrators and not just for the cholesterol metabolism and absorption of dietary lipids. Human BAs profiles are evolved to be individual under different environmental, dietary, and inherited factors. Variation of BAs for crewmembers from freshly prepared kitchen diets to wholly prepackaged industrial foods in a ground-based spacecraft simulator has not been clearly interpreted.

Simulated manned Mars exploration: effects of dietary and diurnal cycle variations on the gut microbiome of crew members in a controlled ecological life support system.

Background: Changes in gut microbiome are closely related to dietary and environment variations, and diurnal circle interventions impact on human metabolism and the microbiome. Changes in human gut microbiome and serum biochemical parameters during long-term isolation in a controlled ecological life support system (CELSS) are of great significance for maintaining the health of crewmembers. The Green Star 180 project performed an integrated study involving a four-person, 180-day duration assessment in a CELSS, during which variations in gut microbiome and the concentration of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, α-tocopherol, retinol and folic acid from the crewmembers were determined.

[Feasibility reaserch on using Raman spectroscopy with PLS for the quantitative detection of cholesterol content in serum].

Taking the serum obtained from daily clinical inspection as study object, the Raman spectra were collected with the range of 250 to 2 400 cm(-1). Taking the serum cholesterol content determined by traditional clinical biochemical method as contrast, together with combination of PLS, we established a Raman spectroscopy quantitative models for cholesterol content in serum. The experimental results show that Raman spectroscopy displacement could reflect certain chemical group in organic compound.