Outcomes associated with prehospital epinephrine in adult and pediatric patients with anaphylaxis.

Background: Prompt epinephrine administration is important to improve outcomes in anaphylaxis.

Objective: To assess the impact of prehospital epinephrine on clinical outcomes of hospital admission, biphasic reactions, and emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) in a cohort of ED patients who had anaphylaxis including both children and adults.

Methods: We conducted a single-center prospective and retrospective cohort study of patients who had anaphylaxis from April 2008 to December 2022.

Frequency of headache in emergency department patients with anaphylaxis: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Multiple anaphylaxis mediators have been demonstrated to provoke migraine-like attacks following intravascular infusion, suggesting that anaphylaxis could cause headache; however, headache is rarely noted in anaphylaxis and is not included among diagnostic criteria.

Objective: Our study objectives were to estimate the frequency of headache among prospectively enrolled emergency department (ED) patients with anaphylaxis and assess the association of headache with patient and anaphylaxis characteristics.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of ED patients aged ≥5 years who met anaphylaxis diagnostic criteria from January 8, 2020 to September 9, 2022 was conducted.

Effect of Palygorskite on the Sintering Process and Kinetics of Bone China.

The sintering process of bone china bodies containing 0, 2, 4, and 6 wt % palygorskite was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry (DSC/TG), and dilatometric tests. According to the XRD and DSC/TG results, the increment of palygorskite increased the content of the amorphous phase and reduced the formation temperature of the early liquid phase in the bone china bodies. The shrinkage data showed that the starting sintering temperature and maximum shrinkage temperature of bone china bodies in the stage of liquid-phase sintering decreased by 20 and 15 °C via adding 6 wt % palygorskite, respectively.

The Preparation and Properties of Porous Sepiolite Ceramics.

In this paper, a new type of porous ceramics was prepared using the raw sepiolite mineral. The porous ceramics was shaped by the dry pressing method and sintered in the range of 700 ~ 1200 °C. The temperature-microstructure evolution and the properties of porous sepiolite ceramics were investigated by thermo gravimetric and differential thermal analyses (TG-DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), bending strength, compressive strength, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and mercury intrusion porosimeter (MIP).

Regulation of NF-κB/MAPK signaling pathway attenuates the acute lung inflammation in Klebsiella pneumonia rats by mollugin treatment.

Present study evaluates the protective effect of mollugin against Klebsiella pneumonia (KP) and also postulates the possible mechanism of its action. Klebsiella pneumoniae (2.4 × 10 CFU/ml) was used for the induction of KP.

The sintering kinetics of shellfish porcelain reinforced by sepiolite nanofibres.

The work investigated the effect of sepiolite nanofibres on mechanical properties and sintering behaviour of shellfish porcelain. Samples of shellfish porcelain reinforced by sepiolite nanofibres were fired in an electric furnace at 1150, 1200 and 1250°C for a period of 80, 100, 120 and 140 min. Sintered samples were characterized by flexural strength, fracture toughness, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction.