Publications by authors named "Qiu-ming Xia"

In order to classify different types of health data collected in clinical practice of hernia surgery more effectively and improve the classification performance of support vector machine (SVM). A prospective randomized study was conducted. Sixty patients undergoing hernia repair under general anesthesia were randomly divided into two groups, PLMA group ( = 30) and ETT group ( = 30), for airway management.

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Objective: To evaluate the possible role of alkaloid sinomenine (SIN) on chronic rejection in rat heart transplantation model.

Methods: After a brief course of cyclosporine A (CsA), DA recipients of PVG hearts were treated with placebo, SIN, CsA, or a combination of both drugs. Grafts were analyzed morphometrically and by immuno-histochemistry.

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Objective: To evaluate the effects of the alkaloid sinomenine (SIN), a COX-2 inhibitor, on the acute rejection in heart allografts.

Methods: Forty Wistar rats received the allograft of the hearts of 40 SD rats into the peritoneum. Then the recipients were randomly divided into 2 groups: SIN group, injected with SIN within 24 hours after the operation; and control group, injected with normal saline.

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Background: A living fetus within the maternal uterus provides an example of allogene tolerance in mammals. Poria cocos Wolf is the main component of many Chinese medicinal combination drugs that have therapeutic effects on recurrent spontaneous abortion and that can maintain pregnancy until delivery. It was hypothesized that this herbal medicine can also prolong allograft survival after organ transplantation.

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