Preoperative low serum albumin increases the rate of perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty: propensity score matching.

Background: To investigate the relationship between preoperative low serum albumin and perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA).

Methods: We enrolled 2,772 TJA patients from our hospital between January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2022. Clinical data were extracted from electronic medical records, including patient ID, sex, BMI (Body Mass Index), age, and diagnoses.

The Outcomes of Patients with Omicron Variant Infection who Undergo Elective Surgery: A Propensity-score-matched Case-control Study.

To investigate whether it is safe for patients with Omicron variant infection to undergo surgery during perioperative period. A total of 3,661 surgical patients were enrolled: 3,081 who were not infected with the Omicron variant and 580 who were infected with the Omicron variant. We conducted propensity score matching (PSM) with a ratio of 1:4 and a caliper value of 0.

Impact of Omicron variant infection on the liver, kidney, and coagulation system in patients undergoing elective surgery: a retrospective case-control study.

We aimed to investigate the impact of Omicron variant infection on the perioperative organ function in patients undergoing elective surgery. A total of 5029 patients who underwent elective surgery between October 2022 and January 2023 at our hospital were enrolled. Among them, the patients who underwent elective surgery between October 2022 and November 2022 composed Group 1 (not infected with the Omicron variant) the control group; those who underwent elective surgery between December 2022 and January 2023 composed Group 2 (one month after Omicron variant infection) the experimental group.

Association Between Low Serum Albumin and Preoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Study.

To investigate the association between albumin and preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA). This study enrolled 2133 patients. We created the receiver operator characteristic curve to determine the cut-off values for preoperative albumin (bromocresol green method) and DVT in TJA patients.

Anemia and formation of deep vein thrombosis before operation in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Preoperative anemia is a common complication in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients. However, the association between anemia and preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in osteoarthritis patients remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate such association.

Association Between Platelet Indices and Preoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis in Elderly Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Study.

To investigate the association between platelet (PLT) indices and preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in elderly patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA). A total of 1391 patients were enrolled. We created receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve using the ratio of PLT indices to DVT before TJA, divided the enrolled patients into groups based on the cut-off value, and then analyzed risk factors for DVT before TJA in the multivariate binary logistic regression analysis.

Formation of granulation tissue on bilateral vocal cords after double-lumen endotracheal intubation: A case report.

Background: Most case reports on laryngeal granuloma formation have described patients after tracheotomy and single-lumen endotracheal intubation. Few studies have investigated vocal cord granuloma formation after double-lumen endotracheal (DLT) intubation.

Case Summary: We report granulation tissue formation on the bilateral vocal cords after DLT intubation in a 45-year-old, 153-cm-tall female patient.

Association Between Red Blood Cell Indices and Preoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Study.

Purpose: To investigate the association of red blood cell (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), red cell distribution width-coefficient of variation (RDW-CV), and red cell distribution width-standard deviation (RDW-SD) with preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA).

Methods: A total of 2059 TJA patients were enrolled. We used the ratios of RBC, Hb, RDW-CV, and RDW-SD to DVT before TJA to create the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve, thereby calculating the cut-off values and the area under the curve (AUC).

Correlation of the severity of anemia in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty with preoperative deep vein thrombosis: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: To explore the correlation of the severity of preoperative anemia with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA).

Methods: A total of 2461 TJA patients were classified into anemia and non-anemia groups or DVT and non-DVT groups. A logistic regression model was established using propensity score matching (PSM) analysis with preoperative anemia of TJA patients as a dependent variable and DVT-related variables as covariates.

Association between glycosylated hemoglobin, diabetes mellitus, and preoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty: a retrospective study.

Background: To investigate the association between the level of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and that between diabetes mellitus (DM) and preoperative DVT in patient undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA).

Methods: A total of 1386 patients were enrolled. We created the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of HbA1c, and based on the cutoff value, patients were divided into two groups.

A Review of Erucic Acid Production in Brassicaceae Oilseeds: Progress and Prospects for the Genetic Engineering of High and Low-Erucic Acid Rapeseeds ().

Erucic acid (C22:1, ω-9, EA) is a very-long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid (FA) that is an important oleochemical product with a wide range of uses in metallurgy, machinery, rubber, the chemical industry, and other fields because of its hydrophobicity and water resistance. EA is not easily digested and absorbed in the human body, and high-EA rapeseed (HEAR) oil often contains glucosinolates. Both glucosinolates and EA are detrimental to health and can lead to disease, which has resulted in strict guidelines by regulatory bodies on maximum EA contents in oils.

Preoperative risk factors for deep vein thrombosis in knee osteoarthritis patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

Background: To analyze the risk factors for preoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods: In this retrospective study, a total of 584 knee OA patients undergoing TKA were enrolled. General information, medical records and preoperative laboratory examination results of the patients were collected.

A Review of Nervonic Acid Production in Plants: Prospects for the Genetic Engineering of High Nervonic Acid Cultivars Plants.

Nervonic acid (NA) is a very-long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid that plays crucial roles in brain development and has attracted widespread research interest. The markets encouraged the development of a refined, NA-enriched plant oil as feedstocks for the needed further studies of NA biological functions to the end commercial application. Plant seed oils offer a renewable and environmentally friendly source of NA, but their industrial production is presently hindered by various factors.

Comparison of three -mediated co-transformation methods for generating marker-free transgenic plants.

Background: Generation of marker-free transgenic plants is very important to the regulatory permission and commercial release of transgenic crops. Co-transformation methods that enable the removal of selectable marker genes have been extensively used because they are simple and clean. Few comparisons are currently available between different strain/plasmid co-transformation systems, and also data are related to variation in co-transformation frequencies caused by other details of the vector design.

Wuzhi capsule regulates chloroacetaldehyde pharmacokinetics behaviour and alleviates high-dose cyclophosphamide-induced nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity in rats.

High-dose cyclophosphamide (HD-CTX) treatment often leads to severe nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity, which are mainly caused by one of its metabolites, chloroacetaldehyde (CAA). However, there are no effective antidotes to prevent these side effects. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Wuzhi Capsule (WZC) on the pharmacokinetics of CTX and its metabolites in rats, and the attenuation of CAA induced kidney and brain injuries, which was produced at equimolar with 2-dechloroethylcyclophosphamide.

Diagnostic value of plasma tryptophan and symmetric dimethylarginine levels for acute kidney injury among tacrolimus-treated kidney transplant patients by targeted metabolomics analysis.

Few literatures have evaluated the exact role of metabolomics in the identification process of potential biomarkers for acute kidney injury among the patients receiving renal transplantation. On top of this, the success of metabolomics in biomarker translation seems to lie in the robust quantitative method. As such, a single-center retrospective observational study was conducted enrolling 42 patients underwent renal transplantation with/without acute kidney injury, as well as 24 healthy volunteers, in Shanghai Changzheng Hospital.

New Sesquiterpenenoids from Ainsliaea yunnanensis.

Investigation of the ethanol extract of the whole plant of Ainsliaea yunnanensis led to the isolation of four new dimeric sesquiterpene lactones, ainsliadimer F-I (1-4), together with seven known dimeric sesquiterpene lactones (5-11) and ten sesquiterpenes (12-21). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. The relative stereochemistry of ainsliadimer F was further confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.

Quantification of 18 amino acids in human plasma: application in renal transplant patient plasma by targeted UHPLC-MS/MS.

Aim: Quantification of amino acids in human plasma has become an important and essential analysis parameter in life science. In this paper, we developed a targeted UHPLC-MS/MS method for 18 amino acids in the renal transplant patients.

Methods & Results: Plasma in small volume (150 μl) was pretreated by a one-step protein precipitant extraction for analysis.

Anti-Inflammatory Constituents from Bidens frondosa.

A new polyacetylene glucoside (3E,5E,11E)-tridecatriene-7,9-diyne-1,2,13-triol-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), a new phenylpropanoid glucoside 2'-butoxyethylconiferin (2), and a new flavonoid glycoside 8,3',4'-trihydroxyflavone-7-O-(6''-O-p-coumaroyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), have been isolated from Bidens frondosa together with fifty-three known compounds 4-56. The structures of these compounds were established by spectroscopic methods. mainly ESIMS, 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopic data.

Enhanced seed oil content by overexpressing genes related to triacylglyceride synthesis.

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is one of the most important oilseed crops globally. To meet increasing demand for oil-based products, the ability to enhance desirable oil content in the seed is required. This study assessed the capability of five genes in the triacylglyceride (TAG) synthesis pathway to enhance oil content.

BraLTP1, a lipid transfer protein gene involved in epicuticular wax deposition, cell proliferation and flower development in Brassica napus.

Plant non-specific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) constitute large multigene families that possess complex physiological functions, many of which remain unclear. This study isolated and characterized the function of a lipid transfer protein gene, BraLTP1 from Brassica rapa, in the important oilseed crops Brassica napus. BraLTP1 encodes a predicted secretory protein, in the little known VI Class of nsLTP families.

[Effects of ursolic acid on liver-protection and bile secretion].

Objective: To study the liver-protection and promoting bile secretion of ursolic acid.

Methods: Ursolic acid was administrated to the mice with liver injury induced by CCl4 or APIT. ALT, AST levels in serum were examined.