Effectiveness of acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure in the treatment of postoperative ileus: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: About one-third of patients experience postoperative ileus (POI) after abdominal surgery, which can cause various complications and has not been treated well in clinical practice. The comprehensive treatment offered by traditional Chinese medicine may be a good choice for promoting intestinal mobility. Therefore, the aim of this study protocol is to observe the effectiveness of acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure in decreasing the incidence and related symptoms of POI.

Critical bloodstream infection caused by : a case report in a 15-year-old male with sepsis-induced cardiogenic shock and purpura fulminans.

() is a gram-negative bacillus that is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas. Although rarely infects humans, it can cause critical illness with a mortality rate above 50%. Here, we report the successful treatment of a 15-year-old male who presented with bloodstream infection of along with sepsis, specific skin lesions, and liver abscesses.

The prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and mortality of hypertensive heart disease and its attributable risk factors: results from the Global Burden Disease study 2019.

Introduction: No survey has evaluated hypertensive heart disease (HHD) burden with statistics from the Risk Factors Study, Injuries, and the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) 2019.

Material And Methods: The evaluated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) were obtained to assess the trend in prevalence standardized by age, mortality rates standardized by age, and DALYs standardized by age between 1990 and 2019. We also evaluated the contribution of risk factors to HHD-associated DALYs and mortality.

A deep reinforcement learning-based wireless body area network offloading optimization strategy for healthcare services.

Wireless body area network (WBAN) is widely adopted in healthcare services, providing remote real-time and continuous healthcare monitoring. With the massive increase of detective sensor data, WBAN is largely restricted by limited storage and computation capacity, resulting in severely decreased efficiency and reliability. Mobile edge computing (MEC) technique can be combined with WBAN to resolve this issue.

Case report of Salmonella derby septicemia complicated with co-occurrence of disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombotic microangiopathy.

Background: Both disseminated intravascular coagulation and thrombotic microangiopathy are complications of sepsis as Salmonella septicemia, respectively. They are related and have similar clinical characteristics as thrombopenia and organ dysfunctions. They rarely co-occur in some specific cases, which requires a clear distinction.

The risk factors of type 2 diabetes in hypertensive subjects.

Objective: Hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) share common risk factors and usually co-occur. This study examined the relationship between HTN history and T2DM incidence in a cohort of Chinese hypertensive subjects.

Methods: We recruited 443 cases (T2DM and HTN) and 443 sex- and age-matched controls (HTN).

Metformin protects against insulin resistance induced by high uric acid in cardiomyocytes via AMPK signalling pathways in vitro and in vivo.

High uric acid (HUA) is associated with insulin resistance (IR) in cardiomyocytes. We investigated whether metformin protects against HUA-induced IR in cardiomyocytes. We exposed primary cardiomyocytes to HUA, and cellular glucose uptake was quantified by measuring the uptake of 2-NBDG, a fluorescent glucose analog.

High Uric Acid Inhibits Cardiomyocyte Viability Through the ERK/P38 Pathway via Oxidative Stress.

Background/aims: Clinical studies have shown that hyperuricaemia is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease. However, the molecular mechanisms of high uric acid (HUA) associated with cardiovascular disease remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of HUA on cardiomyocytes.

Chitooligosaccharides promote radiosensitivity in colon cancer line SW480.

Aim: To investigate the anti-proliferation and radiosensitization effect of chitooligosaccharides (COS) on human colon cancer cell line SW480.

Methods: SW480 cells were treated with 0, 1.0, 2.

Anti-proliferation effect of zoledronic acid on human colon cancer line SW480.

Objective: To investigate the anti-proliferation effect and mechanism of zoledronic acid (ZOL) on human colon cancer line SW480.

Methods: SW480 cells were treated with 0, 12.5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 μmoL/L of ZOL for 48 h, and CCK-8 assay was employed to obtain the survival rate of SW480 cells.