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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the etiology and risk factors for unintentional injuries in children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and to provide a basis for preventing these injuries and decreasing the mortality rate.@*METHODS@#A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of children with unintentional injuries admitted to the PICU from December 2012 to December 2017.@*RESULTS@#A total of 102 children with unintentional injuries were admitted to the PICU, which accounted for 3.30% (102/3 087) of the overall PICU patients. The top three causes of unintentional injuries were food or drug poisoning, drowning, and foreign body ingestion and aspiration. The proportion of unintentional injuries in boys was significantly higher than in girls (P0.05). The logistic regression analysis showed that the number of organs with dysfunction after unintentional injuries, especially respiratory, cardiac, neurological, renal and hematological involvement, was closely associated with the mortality rate of children with unintentional injuries (P0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Prevention is the key to decreasing the incidence of childhood unintentional injuries. Preventive measures should be taken based on patient's sex and age and the cause of unintentional injuries. The spread of first aid knowledge, improvement in emergency transportation, and more attention to organ protection may be useful for decreasing the mortality rate of children with unintentional injuries.
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Child , Female , Humans , Male , Foreign Bodies , Hospitalization , Intensive Care Units, Pediatric , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors , Wounds and InjuriesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To provide references for effective quality control of soft capsules and discuss the applicability of method for dissolution test of soft capsules. METHODS: Based on analyzing dissolution requirements of soft capsules, we were compared the differences of methods for dissolution test in the pharmacopoeias of several countries with current correlative research from home and abord. RESULTS: The dissolution characteristics of soft capsules are more complex than common oral solid dosage forms, and the requirments are different in the pharmacopoeias of several countries. The formula of contents, hydrophilicity, rupture test and crossliking have impacts on the dissolution characteristics as well as dissolution device and so on. CONCLUSION: In order to develop the method for dissolution test of soft capsules, the dissolution device and medium, rupture test and in vitro-in vivo correlation etc. should be studied.
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Microspheres (MS) are an excellent transarterial chemoembolization carrier for cancer treatment. Then the Bletilla striata polysaccharide (BSP) that was isolated from the rattan of Bletilla striata was used as skeleton material, and the matrine (ME) loaded Bletilla striata polysaccharide microspheres (ME-BSPMS) were prepared by emulsify-chemical crosslinking method. ME-BSPMS was characterized for appearance shape, particle size, drug loading, swelling ratio, suspension property, drug entrapment condition and in vitro release characteristics. The results showed that the ME-BSPMS appeared as round spherical and smooth shape by SEM, with an average size of (85 ±7) μm. ME-BSPMS with a good suspension in physiological saline and the swelling ratio could reach upwards of (53 ±4.2)% in 20 minutes, also with a large amount of drug loading of (30.12 ±3.25)%. The results of DSC scanning indicate that good compatibility exists between the ME and BSP, and the ME could be embedded fully in the matrix of the ME-BSPMS. The accumulation drug release from ME-BSPMS was (25.38 ±1.57)% at 12 h, this suggests that the ME-BSPMS has a good sustained release effect. These results indicate that the ME-BSPMS may be a promising transarterial chemoembolization carrier for cancer treatment.
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Flexible liposomes are an excellent drug delivery nanocarrier, however, the leakage of drugs from liposomes has become common technical obstacle in the industry and also hindered its further application seriously. It is very urgent and necessary to avoid or reduce the leakage of drugs from liposomes. In this work, five kinds of essential oils such as Folium Artemisiae Argyi oil (FA), Folium Eucalypti oil (FE), Arabian Jasmine oil (AJ), Syzygium Aromaticum oil (SA) and Fructus Forsythiae oil (FF) were encapsulated in the lipid bilayer of palmatine chloride (PC) loaded flexible nano-liposomes (PFL), then the optimal essential oil and its dosage level were determined by the external leakage curve of PC. The female Japanese white rabbits were used to evaluate the vaginal irritancy potential of liposomes samples. The pharmaceutical properties such as encapsulation efficiency, particle size, zeta potential, deformability and structure of liposomes samples were evaluated. In order to investigate the permeability of liposomes samples to deliver PC across skin and mucous membrane in vitro, the side-by-side diffusion cells were used. The results showed that the leakage of hydrosoluble PC from PFL was reduced at different degrees by the essential oils in the lipid bilayer of PFL, however, the reduction in leakage degree was obviously higher for FA than thoses of FE, AJ, SA and FF (P < 0.05), and the highest reduction in leakage degree was obtained when the FA and lipid mass ratio was 1:6. The encapsulation efficiency, particle size, zeta potential and deformability of PFL were not significantly changed after FA was encapsulated in the lipid bilayer of the PFL (P > 0.05), so did the lamellar structure of PFL. In addition, the transdermal and transmucosal permeability of PC were also enhanced obviously by encapsulating FA in the lipid bilayer of PFL, and there was no vaginal/vulvar irritation observed in the rabbits. In summary, the drug leakage was reduced by encapsulating suitable essential oil (such as FA) in the lipid bilayer of flexible liposomes, and the vaginal mucosa permeability were improved for the drug. These results provide a novel technique in the improvement of flexible nano-liposomes for drug delivery.
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Objective:To explore the effects ofbufalin (BUF) combined with doxorubicin (DOX) on the proliferation and apoptosis in human lung cancer cell line A549 in vitro.Methods:Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay was used to measure the inhibitory effects of BUF,DOX and their combination on the growth ofA549 cells.Hoechst 33342 staining was used to observe the changes of nucleus.Flow cytometry was used to investigate the apoptosis and cell cycle distribution of A549 cells.Western blot was used to examine the expression of apoptotic protein.Results:BUF and DOX showed inhibitory effect on the A549 cells in a dose and time-dependent manner.Compared with BUF or DOX alone,combination of BUF (1,20,100 nmol/L) with DOX (1.0 μg/mL) could significantly increase the growth inhibition rate ofA549 cells at 24,36,72 h,respectively (all P＜0.05).BUF and DOX alone could induce apoptosis,and their combination could significantly increase the apoptosis ratio.In addition,BUF combined with DOX could block the cell stage of A549 cells,keep the cell stage stay in S stage and up-regulate the expression of caspase-3.Conclusion:BUF combined with DOX can significantly inhibit the proliferation ofA549 cells,which might be related to the induction of apoptosis,cell cycle S phase arrest and caspase-3 up-regulation.
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OBJECTIVE: To summarize and analyze the physiological parameters of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as the progress in research of biorelevant dissolution media. METHODS: Related literatures in recent years were reviewed. RESULTS: The biorelevant dissolution media based on physiological relevant information were used to establish the methods of dissolution evaluation in vitro. CONCLUSION: With depth understanding of the physiological parameters of the gastrointestinal tract, in vitro dissolution of dosage form in biorelevant dissolution media could predict in vivo dissolution performance. In addition, biorelevant media were utilized to investigate the food effect on dissolution. Therefore, the liability of evaluating in vitro-in vivo correlation is further improved.
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Detecting small breast tumors is difficult for conventional ultrasound. The goal of this study was to assess the value of ultrasound elastography in characterizing small breast tumors and to compare its sensitivity, specificity and accuracy with conventional ultrasound.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 308 breast tumors less than 2 cm in size from 283 in-hospital patients examined with both conventional ultrasound and ultrasound elastography were retrospectively analyzed. The results were compared to surgical pathology.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were 104 malignant and 204 benign lesions. The sensitivities of sonography and sonoelastography were similar (P < 0.05), and the sensitivity of the two modalities combined improved remarkably to 97.1%. The mean elastic score of malignant and benign tumors less than 2 cm were 3.76 ± 1.01 and 1.73 ± 0.99, respectively (P < 0.05), and the mean elastic score of the false-negative lesions on conventional ultrasound was 3.61 ± 1.14.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Ultrasound elastography in combination with conventional ultrasound can improve the sensitivity for detecting small breast tumors. It is also valuable in detecting small malignant tumors which are difficult to diagnose with conventional ultrasound. Ultrasound elastography can be a useful adjunct to conventional ultrasound in diagnosing small breast tumors.</p>