Publications by authors named "Junteng Zhu"

A 65-year-old female with thoracic spinal stenosis and incomplete paraplegia underwent T11-T12 posterior thoracic interbody fusion. During postoperative rehabilitation, she experienced thigh pain, involuntary lower limb convulsions, and muscle fatigue. Despite being prescribed eperisone hydrochloride for relief, her muscle strength decreased after 14 doses.

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Objectives: To determine the analgesic effect of flurbiprofen axetil (FBA) combined with half standard-dose opioids in patients undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Materials And Methods: A total of 100 patients undergoing primary TKA were randomly divided into two groups, namely a control group and an experimental group, with 50 patients in each group. All patients received the same dose of FBA in the form of a patient-controlled intravenous analgesia but in the control group this was combined with a standard-dose of opioids and in the experimental group with a half standard-dose of opioids.

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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a global threat that pushes healthcare to its limits. Hypertension is one of the most common risk factors for cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 and is strongly associated with disease severity and mortality. To date, clinical mechanisms by which hypertension leads to increased risk in COVID-19 are still unclear.

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The role of thoracic CT (computerized tomography) in monitoring disease course of COVID-19 is controversial. The purpose of this study is to investigate the risk factors and predictive value of deterioration on repeatedly performed CT scan during hospitalization.All COVID-19 patients treated in our isolation ward, from January 22, 2020 to February 7, 2020, were reviewed.

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Methods: In this multicenter retrospective study, patients with COVID-19 in China were included and classified into two groups according to whether they were complicated with diabetes or not. Demographic symptoms and laboratory data were extracted from medical records. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression methods were used to explore the risk factors.

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Background: A worldwide outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), since 2019, has brought a disaster to people all over the world. Many researchers carried out clinical epidemiological studies on patients with COVID-19 previously, but risk factors for patients with different levels of severity are still unclear.

Methods: 562 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from 12 hospitals in China were included in this retrospective study.

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic has been almost controlled in China under a series of policies, including "early diagnosis and early treatment". This study aimed to explore the association between early treatment with Qingfei Paidu decoction (QFPDD) and favorable clinical outcomes. In this retrospective multicenter study, we included 782 patients (males, 56 %; median age 46) with confirmed COVID-19 from 54 hospitals in nine provinces of China, who were divided into four groups according to the treatment initiation time from the first date of onset of symptoms to the date of starting treatment with QFPDD.

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