One case report and literature review of arrhythmia caused by pituitrin.

Arrhythmias are perceived as a complication of pituitrin. However, injecting a standard dose of pituitrin via vein causes different arrhythmias. In our case, a 35-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital due to a productive cough with sputum for 5 days and two occasions of massive hemoptysis.

Decreased secretion of tumor necrosis factor-α attenuates macrophages-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscle.

Aims: Macrophages, as an important member of immune system, engulf and digest pathogens in innate immunity and help initiate adaptive immunity. However, macrophages also involve in occurrence and development of many diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Here, we aimed to reveal how activated macrophages cause insulin resistance in skeletal muscle in vitro through simulating body environment.

Effect of loading dose of atorvastatin therapy prior to percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials.

Purpose: The study sought to summarize the evidence of pre-procedural atorvastatin therapy to improve the prognosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Patients And Methods: We searched PubMed and Embase from inception to July 2018 for randomized controlled trials that compared loading dose atorvastatin pretreatment with no or low dose for the prevention of cardiovascular events. The primary end points were all-cause mortality and myocardial infarction (MI) at 30 days.