Publications by authors named "Ru-Rong Wang"

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  • Cardiac open-heart surgery can be risky for older people, especially if they have a condition called sarcopenia, which means they have less muscle mass.
  • In a study analyzing 12 research papers, it was found that older patients with sarcopenia had a higher chance of dying after surgery and needed to stay in the hospital longer.
  • By recognizing sarcopenia early, doctors can take better care of these patients and help them have safer surgeries.
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  • * A study comparing two methods of pudendal nerve block showed that adding dexamethasone to the anesthesia significantly reduced moderate to severe pain during the first dressing change and improved overall recovery quality.
  • * The combination of ropivacaine and dexamethasone not only lowered pain levels but also decreased incidents of complications like postoperative urinary retention, indicating a potential advancement in pain management strategies post-surgery.
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Background: Splanchnic nerve neurolysis (SNN) is commonly used as an alternative pain control technique to celiac plexus neurolysis (CPN) in patients with distortion of anatomy, but the analgesic effect and relative risks of the 2 procedures remain controversial in general condition.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pain condition, safety, and symptom burden of SNN compared with CPN.

Study Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis of neurolysis therapy for intractable cancer-related abdominal pain.

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Background: While emergency laparotomy has been associated with high rates of postoperative mortality and adverse events, preoperative systematic evaluation of patients may improve perioperative outcomes. However, due to the critical condition of the patient and the limited operation time, it is challenging to conduct a comprehensive evaluation. In recent years, sarcopenia is considered a health problem associated with an increased incidence of poor prognosis.

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Purpose: Several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) investigated the effects of the manual placental removal on hemorrhage or other hemorrhage-related complications compared with the spontaneous placental removal during cesarean section (CS), while the results remained controversial and were inconsistent. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to quantify the pooled effects of the methods of placental removal on hemorrhage during CS.

Patients And Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.

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Glioma, the most common intracranial tumor, harbors great harm. Since the treatment for it has reached the bottleneck stage, the development of new drugs becomes a trend. Therefore, we focus on the effect of scutellarin (SCU) and its combination with CHNO (abbreviated as ) on glioma and its possible mechanism in this study.

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease in the central nervous system. The pathological manifestations mainly consist of α-synuclein accumulation, degeneration and death of dopaminergic neurons, and insufficient dopamine secretion. There are many pathophysiological mechanisms leading to these pathological changes.

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Background: The number of caesarean deliveries has been increasing. Although intrathecal morphine (ITM) can relieve pain and is widely applied in caesarean deliveries, it is associated with many side effects. Transversus abdominis plane block (TAPB), a new analgesic technology, has also began playing a certain role after caesarean delivery, with fewer adverse effects.

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Spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion (SCIR) injury is a serious complication of open surgical and endovascular aortic procedures. MicroRNA-132-3p (miR-132-3p) has been reported to be involved in the progression of various diseases, but its role in SCIR injury is unclear. Thus, we aimed in this study to investigate the mechanism of miR-132-3p in SCIR injury and explore its pathway as a therapeutic target for SCIR injury.

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Long noncoding RNAs play critical roles in cellular homeostasis, and long noncoding RNA H19 (H19) is implicated in several pathologic conditions. The putative role of H19 in the pathogenesis and progression of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) is not yet understood. Therefore, a series of in vivo and in vitro experiments were designed to investigate the potential roles of H19 in neuronal apoptosis and cognitive dysfunction in HIBD.

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Objective: This meta-analysis aimed to review the available evidence and evaluate the necessity of immediate coronary angiography (CAG) to obtain positive outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients without ST segment elevation.

Data Sources: Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, and SinoMed databases.

Study Selection: We included observational and case-control studies of outcomes among individuals without ST segment elevation experiencing OHCA who had immediate, delayed, or no CAG.

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Cell death after spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) can occur through necrosis, apoptosis, and autophagy, resulting in changes to the immune environment. However, the molecular mechanism of this immune regulation is not clear. Accumulating evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRs) play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of spinal cord I/R injury.

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Background: We conducted a randomized clinical trial to determine whether adjunctive lidocaine diminishes the incidence of adverse effects in pediatric patients sedated with ketamine.

Methods: This case-control study involved 586 consecutive pediatric patients necessitating anesthesia. Then systolic blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood oxygen saturation were observed.

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Long noncoding RNAs have been documented to be protective against ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, few research works have focused on the protective effects of PRR34-AS1 on I/R injury after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The objective of the present study was to investigate the possible effect of PRR34-AS1 on I/R injury after TKA.

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Hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) is a common neurological disorder. Emerging reports reveal that long non-coding RNAs and microRNAs (miRs) are implicated in the progress of HIBD. In this study we tried to ascertain whether lncRNA MALAT1, with the involvement of miR-429 and WNT1, affects HIBD.

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NF-κB is a core transcription factor, the activation of which can lead to hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD), while RCAN1 plays a protective role in HIBD. However, the relationship between NF-κB and RCAN1 in HIBD remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of NF-κB signaling pathway in hippocampal neuron apoptosis and cognitive impairment of neonatal rats with HIBD in relation to RCAN1.

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Objective: Hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) is a major cause of acute mortality and chronic neurological morbidity in infants and children. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is an effective choice in HIBD treatment. Recent findings have revealed that microRNA-128 (miR-128) is implicated in cerebral ischemia reperfusion.

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Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of safflower yellow in the acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).

Methods: In a prospective, randomized, controlled trial, 127 patients who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled and were randomly divided into two groups. The control group included 64 patients treated according to the global strategy for diagnosis, management, and prevention of COPD (www.

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Objective: To observe the effects of perfusion of the gastrodin in abdominal aorta for alleviating the spinal cord ischemia reperfusion injury (SCIRI).

Methods: A total of 36 New Zealand white rabbits were divided randomly into sham-operated group (group S), control group (group C) and gastrodin group (group G), 12 rabbits for each group. Aorta abdominalis infrarenalis blocking method was applied to establish the SCIRI model.

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Objective. To evaluate the clinical effect of safflower yellow on the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. Methods.

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Objective: To investigate the role of Capsaicin sensitive C fibers (CapsCF) denervation in lung ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury and the possible mechanism related to oxidative stress.

Methods: Thirty two male New Zealand rabbits were randomized into four groups: IR group (IR), sham group (S), capsaicin pretreated IR group (CIR), and capsaicin pretreated sham group (CS). The rabbits in CIR and CS groups were pretreated with capsaicin (100 mg/kg) to induce functional ablation of CapsCF, and then subjected to lung ischemia and reperfusion.

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Objective: To study the effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor on the expression of nuclear factor-kappa b (NF-kappa b) in rat lung after ischemia reperfusion injury.

Methods: Thirty-two adult male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into four groups (8 per group) as follows: sham group (sham thoracotomy), IR group (occlusion of the left pulmonary hilus for 0.5 h followed by reperfusion for 4 h), another two groups were pretreated with CGRP or CGRP8-37 (a CGRP receptor antagonist).

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