Publications by authors named "Shouzhi Fu"

This study aims to explore the perioperative nursing effect of vacuum sealing drainage closed negative pressure drainage in the treatment of emergency traumatic wound infection. A total of 116 patients with trauma-related wound infection were admitted to the Department of orthopedics and skin wound at our hospital from April 2021 to October 2022 were selected as the study subjects. They were divided into an observation group and a control group, with 58 patients in each group.

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Linc00265, a long intergenic non-coding RNA, has garnered significant research attention due to its involvement in various human diseases, particularly cancer. It exhibits tissue-specific and dysregulated expression across multiple cancer types, including blood malignancies, colorectal, gastric, bladder, osteosarcoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. This dysregulation is often associated with tumor aggressiveness, metastasis, and poor prognosis.

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  • - The study investigates the effects of aminophylline (AP) on ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction (VIDD), which increases mortality and morbidity in patients needing mechanical ventilation. It focuses on the involvement of the IGF-1-FOXO1-MURF1 pathway in this dysfunction.
  • - Rat models with VIDD were treated with mechanical ventilation, and various techniques (like lentiviral interference and western blot) were used to analyze protein and mRNA levels, diaphragm contractility, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial stability.
  • - The findings aim to shed light on how AP might ameliorate VIDD and its associated mechanisms, including mitochondrial dynamics and apoptosis, which could lead to improved treatment strategies for patients requiring mechanical
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Acute gastric bleeding (AGB) is a common and potentially serious complication in patients with gastrointestinal disorders. Nursing interventions play a critical role in the management of acute gastric bleeding, but their impact on clinical outcomes is not well understood. The aim of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate the impact of nursing interventions on clinical outcomes in patients with acute gastric bleeding.

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This study was designed to discern the effect of heavy scavenger metallothionein on glutathione (GSH) deprivation-evoked cardiac anomalies and mechanisms involved with an emphasis on ferroptosis. Wild-type and cardiac metallothionein transgenic mice received GSH synthase inhibitor buthionine sulfoximine (BSO; 30 mmol/L in drinking water) for 14 days before assessment of myocardial morphology and function. BSO evoked cardiac remodeling and contractile anomalies, including cardiac hypertrophy, interstitial fibrosis, enlarged left ventricular chambers, deranged ejection fraction, fraction shortening, cardiomyocyte contractile capacity, intracellular Ca handling, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca reuptake, loss of mitochondrial integrity (mitochondrial swelling, loss of aconitase activity), mitochondrial energy deficit, carbonyl damage, lipid peroxidation, ferroptosis, and apoptosis.

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Background: Mechanical ventilation (MV) sustains life in critically ill patients by providing adequate alveolar ventilation. However, prolonged MV could induce inspiratory muscle atrophy known as ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction (VIDD). Insulin-like growth factor () has been proven to play crucial roles in regulating skeletal muscle size and function.

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To develop a C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR)-based nomogram for predicting the risk of in-hospital death in sepsis patients. Sepsis patients were selected from the MIMIC-IV database. Independent predictors were determined by multiple Cox analysis and then integrated to predict survival.

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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected approximately 2 million individuals worldwide; however, data regarding fatal cases have been limited.

Objective: To report the clinical features of 162 fatal cases of COVID-19 from 5 hospitals in Wuhan between December 30, 2019 and March 12, 2020.

Methods: The demographic data, signs and symptoms, clinical course, comorbidities, laboratory findings, computed tomographic (CT) scans, treatments, and complications of the patients with fatal cases were retrieved from electronic medical records.

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Background: Dialysis or non-dialysis end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are accompanied by cardiovascular disease (CVD) or hypertension. We aimed to study the effect of a common treatment for CVD, β-blockers, on the survival of ESRD patients, improving their prognosis from the perspective of drug therapy.

Methods: It was a retrospective cohort study using the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care dataset.

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Paraquat is a quaternary nitrogen herbicide evoking mitochondrial damage and heart failure with little therapeutic remedies available. Recent reports depicted a role for unchecked autophagy in paraquat-induced cardiotoxicity. This study was designed to examine the role of the mitophagy receptor protein FUNDC1 in paraquat-induced cardiac contractile and mitochondrial injury using a murine model of FUNDC1 knockout (FUNDC1) mice.

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The objective is to explore the mind map communication mode used in the emergency department combined with the SBAR standard to reduce the occurrence of handover defects and adverse events. 180 cases of emergency treatment and patient observation from January to June 2021 were selected and studied. According to the time of admission, the selected patients were divided into observation group and control group (90 cases).

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Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global threat caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.

Aim: To develop and validate a risk stratification tool for the early prediction of intensive care unit (ICU) admission among COVID-19 patients at hospital admission.

Methods: The training cohort included COVID-19 patients admitted to the Wuhan Third Hospital.

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Background: The widespread coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, early risk identification of critically ill patients remains crucial.

Aim: To develop predictive rules at the time of admission to identify COVID-19 patients who might require intensive care unit (ICU) care.

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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to a large and increasing number of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy. The indication and optimal timing of tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients are still unclear, and the outcomes about tracheostomy have not been extensively reported. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia who underwent elective tracheostomies.

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High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has been recommended as a suitable choice for the management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure before mechanical ventilation (MV); however, delaying MV with HFNC therapy is still a dilemma between the technique and clinical management during the ongoing pandemic. Retrospective analysis of COVID-19 patients treated with HFNC therapy from four hospitals of Wuhan, China. Demographic information and clinical variables before, at, and shortly after HFNC initiation were collected and analyzed.

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Background And Purpose: Chronic alcohol consumption contributes to contractile dysfunction and unfavourable geometric changes in myocardium, accompanied by altered autophagy and disturbed mitochondrial homeostasis. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin encoded by PARK2 gene maintains a fundamental role in regulating mitophagy and mitochondrial homeostasis, although little is known of its role in the aetiology of alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Here we assessed the effects of Parkin deletion in chronic alcohol-evoked cardiotoxicity.

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Objectives: This study aims to determine the protection provided by Shenfu injection (a traditional Chinese medicine) against development of organ dysfunction in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Trial Design: This study is a multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label, two-arm ratio 1:1, parallel group clinical trial.

Participants: The patients, who are aged from 18 to 75 years old, with a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of severe or critical COVID-19, will be consecutively recruited in the study, according to the guideline on diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 (the 7 version) issued by National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China.

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Background: The global numbers of confirmed cases and deceased critically ill patients with COVID-19 are increasing. However, the clinical course, and the 60-day mortality and its predictors in critically ill patients have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study is to identify the clinical course, and 60-day mortality and its predictors in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a novel corinavirus (later named SARS-CoV-2 virus), was fistly reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China towards the end of 2019. Large-scale spread within China and internationally led the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 virus infection include asymptomatic infection, mild upper respiratory symptoms, severe viral pneumonia with respiratory failure, and even death.

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Background And Objectives: Previous reports on the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 were on the basis of data from the general population. Our study aimed to investigate the clinical features of patients on maintenance hemodialysis.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: In this retrospective, single-center study, we included 49 hospitalized patients on maintenance hemodialysis and 52 hospitalized patients without kidney failure (controls) with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 at Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University from January 30, 2020 to March 10, 2020.

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Background: No specific antiviral drug has been proven effective for treatment of patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Remdesivir (GS-5734), a nucleoside analogue prodrug, has inhibitory effects on pathogenic animal and human coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in vitro, and inhibits Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, SARS-CoV-1, and SARS-CoV-2 replication in animal models.

Methods: We did a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial at ten hospitals in Hubei, China.

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Background: A COVID-19 outbreak started in Wuhan, China, last December and now has become a global pandemic. The clinical information in caring of critically ill patients with COVID-19 needs to be shared timely, especially under the situations that there is still a largely ongoing spread of COVID-19 in many countries.

Methods: A multicenter prospective observational study investigated all the COVID-19 patients received in 19 ICUs of 16 hospitals in Wuhan, China, over 24 h between 8 AM February 2h and 8 AM February 27, 2020.

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Background And Aims: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new infectious disease. To reveal the hepatic injury related to this disease and its clinical significance, we conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study that included 5,771 adult patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Hubei Province.

Approach And Results: We reported the distributional and temporal patterns of liver injury indicators in these patients and determined their associated factors and death risk.

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Rationale: Use of ACEIs (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors) and ARBs (angiotensin II receptor blockers) is a major concern for clinicians treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with hypertension.

Objective: To determine the association between in-hospital use of ACEI/ARB and all-cause mortality in patients with hypertension and hospitalized due to COVID-19.

Methods And Results: This retrospective, multi-center study included 1128 adult patients with hypertension diagnosed with COVID-19, including 188 taking ACEI/ARB (ACEI/ARB group; median age 64 [interquartile range, 55-68] years; 53.

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