Electroacupuncture inhibits oxidative stress and improves cognitive function by downregulating the Ang II/AT1R/NOX axis in chronic cerebral ischemia rats.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the effects of Electroacupuncture (EA) on chronic cerebral ischemia (CCI).

Methods: A CCI rat model was established by blocking the common carotid arteries. Model rats were treated with EA at the "Baihui" (GV20) and "Dazhui" (GV14) acupoints and/or ARB.

Acupoint catgut embedding attenuates oxidative stress and cognitive impairment in chronic cerebral ischemia by inhibiting the Ang II/AT1R/NOX axis.

Chronic cerebral ischemia (CCI) is a common neurological disorder, characterized by progressive cognitive impairment. Acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) represents a modern acupuncture form that has shown neuroprotective effects; nevertheless, its effects on CCI and the mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we aimed to explore the therapeutic action of ACE in CCI-induced cognitive impairment and its mechanisms.

Detection of patient-ventilator asynchrony from mechanical ventilation waveforms using a two-layer long short-term memory neural network.

Background And Objective: Mismatch between invasive mechanical ventilation and the requirements of patients results in patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA), which is associated with a series of adverse clinical outcomes. Although the efficiency of the available approaches for automatically detecting various types of PVA from the ventilator waveforms is unsatisfactory, the feasibility of powerful deep learning approaches in addressing this problem has not been investigated.

Methods: We propose a 2-layer long short-term memory (LSTM) network to detect two most frequently encountered types of PVA, namely, double triggering (DT) and ineffective inspiratory effort during expiration (IEE), on two datasets.

[Clinical Observation of the Proprioceptive Sensibility Reflexotherapy by Tendon Acupuncture at Trigger Points for Cervical Vertigo].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the proprioceptive sensibility reflexotherapy by tendon acupuncture needling at trigger points for patients with proprioceptive disorder of cervical vertigo.

Methods: Seventy-nine patients with proprioceptive disorder of cervical vertigo were randomly assigned into a treatment group (42 cases) and a control group (37 cases). Patients in the treatment group received the proprioceptive sensibility reflexotherapy with tendon acupuncture at trigger points in the neck.