Effects of intensive wearing face masks on patients with postinfectious cough: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Postinfectious cough was a common clinical symptom, which troubled patients and increased economic burden. The efficacy of pharmacotherapy for this symptom was unsatisfactory. This study aimed to explore the intervention effect of intensified mask-wearing on patients with post-upper respiratory tract infection cough and its role in reducing the economic burden of patients.

The quantity, reliability, transparency, reporting, and interpretation of pharmacovigilance signal detection studies in pregnancy: a meta-epidemiological study.

Purpose: To systematically review the characteristics of the available pharmacovigilance signal detection studies in pregnancy, and comprehensively assess the reliability, transparency, reporting, and interpretation of these studies.

Methods: We searched five databases from inception to February 2024 to identify the available pharmacovigilance signal detection studies in pregnancy. We extracted three aspects of information (basic information, data processing modes, signal detection analyses) to assess the reliability, transparency, and reporting of each study.

Adverse drug reaction signal detection methods in spontaneous reporting system: A systematic review.

Background: A series of signal detection methods have been developed to detect adverse drug reaction (ADR) signals in spontaneous reporting system. However, different signal detection methods yield quite different signal detection results, and we do not know which method has the best detection performance. How to choose the most suitable signal detection method is an urgent problem to be solved.

Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy with bicanalicular silicone tube intubation for treating chronic dacryocystitis secondary to nasolacrimal duct stent incarceration.

Aim: To investigate the feasibility of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (En-DCR) with bicanalicular silicone tube intubation for treating chronic dacryocystitis secondary to nasolacrimal duct stent (NDS) incarceration.

Methods: En-DCRs were performed on 44 chronic dacryocystitis patients (46 eyes) secondary to NDS incarceration from April 2016 to October 2022. The granuloma and scar tissues were separated, and the removal of NDS incarceration was achieved during the surgery; the flap of the lacrimal sac was trimmed and anastomosed with nasal mucosal, a bicanalicular silicone tube was implanted, and lacrimal size and condition were assessed.

Comparison of Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy Outcomes With or Without Bicanalicular Silicone Tube Intubation in Acquired Lacrimal Sac Mucocele.

Purpose: This paper was established to validate the necessity of bicanalicular silicone tube intubation (BSTI) in patients with acquired lacrimal sac mucocele (ALSM) receiving endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR).

Methods: In total, 92 patients (92 eyes) diagnosed with ALSM undergone endoscopic DCR from November 2016 to December 2021 were recruited for our research. Patients were allocated into 2 equal treatment groups: group A (patients undergoing BSTI) and group B (patients not receiving this procedure).

Different time points, different blood pressures: complexity of blood pressure measurement in hemodialysis patients.

Objective: We used our established database to investigate predialysis blood pressure (BP) measurements at different time points.

Methods: Our study period spanned from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. The different time points included: the long interdialytic interval versus the short interdialytic interval; different hemodialysis shifts.

Seasonal Variation: A Non-negligible Factor Associated With Blood Pressure in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.

Objective: To investigate a seasonal variation in blood pressure (BP) for patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD).

Methods: In this retrospective study, we exported all BP measurements from the information system to investigate a seasonal variation of BP. We also investigated a seasonal variation in BP for patients of different gender types, of different age groups, with diabetic nephropathy (DN), and with non-DN having HD.

Interference of S100A16 suppresses lipid accumulation and inflammation in high glucose-induced HK-2 cells.

Purpose: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major complication of diabetic mellitus and usually leads to the end-stage renal disease. Inflammation-induced lipid disorders have been proposed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of DN. S100A16 is a novel adipogenic factor, but has not been investigated in DN.

[Safety evaluation and risk control measures of Psoralea corylifolia].

Through a systematic and comprehensive study of domestic and foreign literatures and information, this study aims to trace the herbal origin and the toxicity recorded in ancient and current documents, analyze the safety case reports of Psoralea corylifolia and experimental studies on toxicity in recent years, and make a preliminary summary about the clinical characteristics and potential risk factors of cases related to the safety of P. corylifolia and its preparations. The study involved 84 patients in the safety case reports of P.

[Adverse Drug Reactions in Sichuan Children During 2012-2014.].

Objectives: To determine the characteristics of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children.

Methods: Reported ADRs in the patients aged from 0-18 years were extracted from the 2012-2014 Sichuan ADR surveillance system.The time trend,category of ADRs [system organ class (SOC)],outcomes,and demographic characteristics of the patients were analyzed.

Age-associated and tissue-specific expression of osteopontin in male Hu sheep reproductive tract.

Osteopontin (OPN) is indispensable in mammalian reproduction, but the role of OPN in male reproductive tract and fertility remains unclear. The objective of this study is to elucidate the function of OPN by unveiling the localization and expression of OPN in the reproductive tract (testis, epididymis, and ductus deferens) of male Hu sheep in different ages (10-days, 4-months, and 8-months). To accomplish this, the localization, mRNA and protein expression patterns of OPN in all samples were investigated.

Preparation, characterization, and preliminary antibrowning evaluations of norartocarpetin microemulsions.

Norartocarpetin is a flavone widely distributed in Moraceae plants with strong tyrosinase inhibitory activity. However, its poor solubility in aqueous systems and in food grade solvents (oils) limits its extensive applications. The aim of this study was to improve the solubility of norartocarpetin by developing an oil-in-water (o/w) microemulsion with food grade components.

Characterization of cDNAs associated with lignification and their expression profiles in loquat fruit with different lignin accumulation.

The ripening fruit of two loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) cultivars with different levels of lignin accumulation provide an intriguing example of lignification in flesh tissue. Increase in firmness as a result of lignification in ripening red-fleshed Luoyangqing (LYQ) fruit was confirmed, whereas white-fleshed Baisha (BS) fruit softened without lignification.