Publications by authors named "Tong-Yan Zhang"
Objectives: The early prediction of death is a challenge for medical staff. We evaluated the ability of the heart/breathing rate ratio (HBR) to predict mortality.
Methods: This was a single-center retrospective observational study of adult patients who had fever with or without respiratory symptoms, who survived at least 2 h after visiting the hospital, and whose lactate levels and vital signs were tested.
Bacterial β-glucuronidases play key roles in the deconjugation of a variety of endogenous and drug glucuronides, thus have been recognized as important targets to modulate the enterohepatic circulation of various glucuronides. In this study, more than 30 natural flavonoids were collected and their inhibitory effects against E. coli β-glucuronidase (EcGUS) were assayed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Temperature recrudescence caused by praziquantel treatment after falling to normal automatically in acute schistosomiasis patients: a report of 19 cases].
Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi
August 2011
Nineteen cases of acute schistosomiasis patients whose temperatures had fallen to normal automatically were treated with praziquantel, and their temperatures recrudesced after the treatment. Then they were treated with larger dose of praziquantel according to the scheme of acute schistosomiasis therapy, and all of them were cured.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Efficiency and safety evaluation of glucose control in critically ill patients].
Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue
May 2009
Objective: To evaluate the efficiency and safety of the computerized glucose control protocol in critically ill patients.
Methods: The patients who were admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) from June 2005 through December 2007 were retrospectively analyzed. Based on the glucose-control target, patients were divided into two groups: group A (target range was 4.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how insulin receptors change in critically ill patients who experience stress hyperglycemia and the impact of tight glucose control on these receptors.
- Nineteen surgical intensive care unit patients were divided into two groups: one receiving intensive glucose control and the other with higher glucose levels, both monitored for insulin receptor expression in erythrocytes over a week.
- Results showed insulin receptor numbers decreased initially but improved in patients receiving intensive glucose control, suggesting better recovery of insulin function and potential benefits of tighter glucose management.
[Impact of intensive insulin therapy on surgical critically ill patients].
Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi
August 2007
Objective: To evaluating the effect of different levels of blood glucose control on inflammatory response and prognosis of the patients in surgical intensive care unit (SICU).
Methods: One hundred and eighty-eight patients admitted to SICU were randomly divided into three groups, blood glucose were controlled by insulin infusion. Group A (75 cases): the mean blood glucose (MBG) was maintained at the level of 4.