A Comparative Study of Two Tube Feeding Methods in Patients with Dysphagia After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Dysphagia is a common symptom seen in stroke patients, it not only affects patients' nutrition supply, but also causes aspiration pneumonia. To solve the problem of nutritional support for patients with dysphagia after stroke, nasogastric tubes are routinely indwelling to provide nutrition in China. However, this feeding method sometimes causes food reflux, aspiration, pneumonia, and often affects the patients' comfort and self-image acceptance.

Metal-Organic Frameworks with Double Channels for Rapid and Reversible Adsorption of 1,2-Ethylenediamine and Gases.

Selective liquid and gas adsorptions are important for environmental control and industrial processes. Here, unique porous lanthanide-organic frameworks of [Ln(1,3-pdta)(HO)] {Ln = La (), Ce (), Pr (), and Nd (), 1,3-pdta = CH[CHN(CHCOH)]} are template-synthesized by 1,2-ethylenediamine and fully characterized, which possess hydrophobic and hydrophilic open channels simultaneously. The skeletons are stable up to 200 °C.

Clinical Application of the Heart Rate Deceleration Capacity Test to Predict Epirubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity.

Objective: To investigate the clinical value of heart rate deceleration capacity (DC) in predicting the risk of epirubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.

Methods: The CK-MB and cTnI levels and DC values of 86 patients were examined before chemotherapy and again after 2 and 4 cycles of chemotherapy. Patients were divided into low-risk group (LRG) (40 cases), medium-risk group (26 cases), and high-risk group (HRG) (20 cases) based on the calculated DC values.