Publications by authors named "Zhao Hui Cheng"

Background: Volar locking plating remains a popular method for the surgical management of distal radius fractures. Dorsal metaphyseal comminution (DMC) is a common fracture pattern which weakens the stability during fracture fixation. In this study, we aimed to compare the radiographic and functional outcome of the intra- and extra-articular distal radius fractures with DMC following single volar locking plate fixation.

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COVID-19 is currently a pandemic in the world, can invade multiple systems, and has a high morbidity and mortality. So far, no cases of acute cerebrovascular disease have been reported. This article reports the clinical features of a COVID-19 patient whose first symptom was cerebral hemorrhage.

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Osteoporosis is a common health problem worldwide caused by an imbalance of bone formation vs. bone resorption. However, current therapeutic approaches aimed at enhancing bone formation or suppressing bone resorption still have some limitations.

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  • China reformed its public hospitals in 2012, and a study analyzed the technical efficiency (TE) and productivity of 127 county hospitals across Eastern, Central, and Western China from 2012-2015 using bootstrapping data envelopment analysis (DEA).
  • The analysis revealed varying levels of TE, with Eastern and Western China performing better than Central China, and a general trend of increasing productivity across all regions despite some negative changes in pure technical efficiency (PTE).
  • More than 60% of the county hospitals operated at decreasing returns to scale, indicating significant potential for efficiency improvement, prompting calls for action from decision makers to address inefficiencies.
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  • The study evaluated surgical units' patient safety culture compared to other hospital units, using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) among staff in a tertiary hospital in Shandong, China.
  • Surgical units showed higher "overall perceptions of safety" and "frequency of events reported," but lower communication openness compared to other units.
  • Recommendations for improving patient safety in surgical units include enhancing supervisors' understanding of patient safety, improving communication within and across units, increasing staffing, and fostering a nonpunitive reporting culture.
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A simple, inexpensive and efficient method based on the mixed cloud point extraction (MCPE) combined with high performance liquid chromatography was developed for the simultaneous separation and determination of six flavonoids (rutin, hyperoside, quercetin-3-O-sophoroside, isoquercitrin, astragalin and quercetin) in Apocynum venetum leaf samples. The non-ionic surfactant Genapol X-080 and cetyl-trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) was chosen as the mixed extracting solvent. Parameters that affect the MCPE processes, such as the content of Genapol X-080 and CTAB, pH, salt content, extraction temperature and time were investigated and optimized.

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Stroke is caused by vascular dysfunction and currently there are no effective therapeutics to stroke induced brain damage. In contrast to an intense emphasis on neuroprotection, relatively few studies have addressed means of vascular protection in cerebral ischemia. Here we discovered that the ligand to immidazolin receptor, 2-BFI, not only provided potent neuroprotection during middle cerebral artery occlusion in rat, which confirmed our previous reports, but also protected the integrity of the cerebral vasculature.

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In this work, a new sample-preparation method based on hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction (HF-LPME) was developed for analysis of magnoflorine in rat plasma. Analysis was accomplished by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), with ultraviolet detection by use of a photodiode-array detector. An orthogonal array design (OAD) was found to be effective for optimization of major conditions which may affect the efficiency of HF-LPME.

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A simple and solvent-minimized sample preparation technique based on two-phase hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction has been developed and used to quantify the osthole in cerebral ischemia reperfusion rat plasma following oral administration. The analysis was performed by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Extraction conditions such as solvent identity, agitation rate, salt concentration, extraction time, and length of the hollow fiber were optimized.

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