Risk factors and predictive model of adrenocortical insufficiency in patients with traumatic brain injury.

Background: Neuroendocrine dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI) has received increased attention due to its impact on the recovery of neural function. The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence and risk factors of adrenocortical insufficiency (AI) after TBI to reveal independent predictors and build a prediction model of AI after TBI.

Methods: Enrolled patients were grouped into the AI and non-AI groups.

Efficacy and safety of tigecycline for complicated urinary tract infection: a systematic review.

Background: Facing the global threat of emerging resistance to antibiotics, tigecycline, a novel glycylcycline antibiotic, is developed to against multidrug-resistant pathogens, but not recommended for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI). We performed a summary of the literatures to characterize and evaluate the efficacy and safety of tigecycline in patients with cUTI.

Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane and Clinical Trials using appropriate syntax to retrieve potential articles up to Jan 2020.

Platelet-fibrin clot strength measured by thromboelastography could predict hypercoagulability and antiplatelet effects in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background: It has been estimated that nearly one-fifth post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients treated with clopidogrel continued to have recurrent thrombotic events, which implied the limitation of "one-size-fits all" strategy for antiplatelet therapy.

Methods: From July 2017 to April 2019, patients with acute coronary syndrome [ACS, including unstable angina (UA), non-ST segment elevation myocardial infraction (NSTEMI), and ST segment elevation myocardial infraction (STEMI)] or old myocardial infarction (OMI), or patients without coronary heart disease (non-CAD) were retrospectively enrolled in this study. For CAD patients undergoing PCI, standard dual antiplatelet therapy (100 mg aspirin and 75 mg clopidogrel) was prescribed.

Association of CYP3A polymorphisms with the pharmacokinetics of cyclosporine A in early post-renal transplant recipients in China.

Aim: To evaluate retrospectively the association of cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) and ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 1 (ABCB1) gene polymorphisms with the pharmacokinetics of cyclosporine A (CsA) in Chinese renal transplant patients.

Methods: One hundred and twenty-six renal transplant patients were recruited. Blood samples were collected, and corresponding clinical indices were recorded on the seventh day after the procedure.