Prognostic value of PaO/FiO, SOFA and D-dimer in elderly patients with sepsis.

Objective: To investigate the prognostic value for predicting mortality of partial pressure of oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO/FiO), the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and D-dimer in elderly patients with sepsis.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study enrolled elderly patients with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) between January 2019 and October 2020. Patients were divided into a survival group and a non-survival group.

[Accumulation of Cd in Different Crops and Screening of Low-Cd Accumulation Cultivars].

Pot-culture experiments were carried out in Shanghai to screen crop varieties with low bioaccumulation properties with respect to cadmium (Cd). Eight common crops, such as green pepper, cucumber, cowpea, spinach, cauliflower, tomatoes, rice, and wheat, were planted in contaminated soil with different Cd concentrations of 0.23, 0.

Toll-like receptor 4 knockout protects against isoproterenol-induced cardiac fibrosis: the role of autophagy.

Background: Toll-like receptor 4 participates in the process of acute heart injury. The underlying mechanisms of its protection are multifactorial, but we hypothesized that toll-like receptor-mediated autophagy control plays a vital role. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of autophagy on cardiac fibrosis.