Publications by authors named "Lv Qian-Zhou"

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  • This study evaluated sleep quality in patients before and after total hip arthroplasty (THA), focusing on changes from the preoperative phase to 12 weeks post-surgery.
  • Findings indicated a 60.6% prevalence of sleep disturbance before surgery, with a significant decline in sleep quality at 2 weeks postoperatively, influenced by pain, daytime sleepiness, and anxiety levels.
  • A risk prediction model was developed using these factors, demonstrating good ability to identify patients likely to experience sleep disturbances after THA, potentially allowing for early interventions.
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Subject: To investigate the correlation between mean platelet volume (MPV) levels and Gensini scores in stable coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with or without diabetes.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 2525 patients with stable CHD in Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University. There were 1274 in the low MPV group and 1251 in the high MPV group, divided by a median MPV level of 10.

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Objectives: Several linezolid population pharmacokinetic (popPK) models have been established to facilitate optimal therapy; however, their extrapolated predictive performance to other clinical sites is unknown. This study aimed to externally evaluate the predictive performance of published pharmacokinetic models of linezolid in adult patients.

Methods: For the evaluation dataset, 150 samples were collected from 70 adult patients (72.

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Aims: The aim was to quantify the relationship between pharmacist intervention and vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: Electronic databases were searched up to August 2020 for meta-analyses of cohort studies and/or randomized controlled trials. Studies that compared the incidence of AKI in patients between post- and prepharmacist intervention were investigated.

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  • The study aimed to find risk factors for new-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) related to calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
  • A total of 98 out of 336 patients were identified, with 15 (15.3%) developing NODM, and factors like elevated glycosylated hemoglobin and high CNI concentrations were linked to increased risk, while prednisone was found to offer some protection.
  • The findings suggest close monitoring of blood sugar levels in CKD patients on CNIs, especially those with slightly elevated glycosylated hemoglobin, as high concentrations of cyclosporin A can lead to diabetes, but recovery from NODM is possible.
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Objectives: Endothelial dysfunction is involved in various aspects of vascular biology and different stages of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein (NOD) 2, a pivotal innate immune receptor for muramyl dipeptide (MDP), has been reported to be a central regulator in CVDs. Previously, we reported that NOD2 played a leading role in MDP-triggered oxidative stress in endothelial cells (ECs).

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Purpose: This study aimed to examine sleep quality and risk factors associated with sleep disturbance in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) managed with an enhanced recovery protocol from preoperatively until 12 weeks postoperatively in order to provide suggestions for improving the prevention and treatment of sleep disturbance in these patients.

Methods: The Chinese versions of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (CPSQI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (CESS) were used to evaluate sleep quality. Pain was measured by a visual analog scale (VAS).

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The liver is the central metabolic organ and plays a pivotal role in regulating homeostasis of glucose and lipid metabolism. Aberrant liver metabolism promotes insulin resistance, which is reported to be a common characteristic of metabolic diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). There is a complex and bidirectional relationship between NAFLD and T2DM.

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Ginsenoside Rb (Rb) has been demonstrated its protection for central nervous system and is apparently highly distributed to the brain. The objective of this study was to characterize Rb transport at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) using primary cultured rat brain microvascular endothelial cells (rBMEC), an BBB model. The initial uptake velocity of Rb in rBMEC was temperature- and concentration-dependent, and was significantly reduced by phloretin, an inhibitor of GLUT1 transporter, but was independent of metabolic inhibitor.

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Vascular endothelium dysfunction caused by oxidative stress accelerates the pathologic process of cardiovascular diseases. NOD2, an essential receptor of innate immune system, has been demonstrated to play a critical role in atherosclerosis. Here, the aim of our study was to investigate the effect and underlying molecular mechanism of muramyl dipeptide (MDP) on NOX4-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).

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Aims: The objective of the present study was to investigate the current situation concerning, and risk factors for, vancomycin (VAN)-induced acute kidney injury (VI-AKI) in elderly Chinese patients, to assess outcomes and risk factors in patients who have developed VI-AKI, in order to provide suggestions for improving the prevention and treatment of this condition in these patients.

Method: We retrospectively identified elderly older inpatients who had received four or more doses of VAN treatment. We compared patients with VI-AKI with those who received VAN treatment and had not developed AKI (NO-AKI).

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Background And Objectives: To investigate the clinical outcomes in septic patients receiving parenteral fish oil.

Methods And Study Design: A prospective, non-randomized, observational clinical study was carried out in 112 patients with sepsis from March, 2013 to May, 2015 in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) of a tertiaryreferral hospital. The patients were put into one of two groups; either the control or the study group.

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Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAT) with aspirin and clopidogrel is the standard regimen to achieve rapid platelet inhibition and prevent thrombotic events. Currently, little information is available regarding alternative antiplatelet therapy in patients with an allergy or intolerance to aspirin. Although cilostazol is already a common alternative to aspirin in clinical practice in China, its efficacy and safety remain to be determined.

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Some biomarkers play important roles in the endothelial dysfunction of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), including nitric oxide (NO), endothelin-1 (ET-1), asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), galectin-3 (Gal-3), B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), and uric acid (UA). However, studies on these biomarkers in pulmonary artery blood in congenital heart disease-PAH (CHD-PAH) and the effect of iloprost on the regulation of biomarkers are lacking. This study investigated potential CHD-PAH biomarkers and their association with the severity of disease.

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. The study was designed to explore whether hydrogen sulphide (HS) and nitric oxide (NO) generation changed in D-galactose- (D-gal-) induced ageing, the possible effects of exogenous HS supplementation, and related mechanisms. .

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The present study was carried out to investigate the clinical significance of TMPRSS3 and TNFRSF11B in breast cancer. Thus, the expression levels of TMPRSS3 and TNFRSF11B and the correlation with prognosis in patients with breast cancer were analyzed in silico using gene microarray and hierarchical clustering analysis. Then, the differential expression in breast cancer vs.

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Our previous study suggested that co-administration of celecoxib increased chemo-sensitivity of multidrug-resistant human gastric cancer SGC-7901/DDP cells to cisplatin (DDP) in vitro. The present study was designed to investigate whether celecoxib had the similar activities in vivo. SGC-7901/DDP and SGC-7901 xenograft mouse models were established.

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Recently studies indicated that cyclooxygenase-2 might induce P-glycoprotein expression, and was involved in the development of drug resistance phenotype in human gastric cancer cells. The present study was to explore the correlation of celecoxib, a cyclooxygenase-2 specific inhibitor, and P-glycoprotein in drug-resistant gastric cancer cells. The results showed the over-expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and P-glycoprotein in cisplatin-resistant gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells (SGC-7901/DDP), suggesting the possible involvement of cyclooxygenase-2 in the development of P-glycoprotein-mediated drug resistance.

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The aim of the study was to investigate the risk factors of preprocedural laboratory investigations and drug effects to the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with diabetes who underwent coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention and to assess the short-term safety. We retrospectively studied a total of 568 patients with diabetes who underwent coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention from January, 2013 to January, 2014 in our hospital and compared the baseline clinical characteristics, especially the laboratory investigations and preprocedural drugs of those 2 groups (with CIN group and without CIN group), and half year follow-up. Overall, 53 (9.

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Purpose: The study aims to compare the efficacy and safety of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) with 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin plus oxaliplatin (FOLFOXs) in patients with advanced gastric cancer.

Methods: Five databases were searched up to June 2014, without language restrictions. The outcomes included overall response rate (ORR), clinical benefit rate (CBR), and toxicity.

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Aims: To investigate whether nisoldipine and olmesartan improve endothelial function, decrease asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and alleviate the inflammatory and oxidative process.

Methods: Fifty-five essential hypertensive patients were randomized to receive nisoldipine or olmesartan for 8 weeks according to a parallel-group, active-controlled, single blind study, and 28 matched normotensive subjects served as healthy controls. Flow-mediated dilation (FMD), and plasma levels of nitric oxide (NO), endothelin-1 (ET-1), high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), 8-isoprostane (also named 8-isoPGF2α), and ADMA were determined.

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