Exp Ther Med
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The present prospective, randomized, double-blind study aimed to determine the impact of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on propofol and remifentanil consumption, when administered by closed-loop titration guided by processed electroencephalography, i.e., bispectral index (BIS) values. Following institutional review board approval, 60 patients were scheduled for laparoscopic colectomy under general anesthesia. Patients were randomly assigned to receive bilateral TAP block with 20 ml 0.375% ropivacaine (TAP group) or 20 ml 0.9% saline [control (CON) group]. ⋯ Pain score at 2 h after surgery was also significantly reduced in the TAP group compared with the CON group (P<0.05), whereas the time to first rescue analgesia was delayed in patients who received TAP block (P<0.05). Postoperative nausea and vomiting occurred at comparable rates in each group (P>0.05). In conclusion, TAP block combined with general anesthesia reduced propofol and remifentanil consumption, shortened time to tracheal extubation and promoted hemodynamic stability in laparoscopic colectomy.
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In the clinical settings, patients often develop opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) after utilization of high dose intra-operative remifentanil. Systemic α2 agonists, including dexmedetomidine, are believed to reduce pain and opioid requirements after surgery, thus decreasing the incidence of hyperalgesia. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine on remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia and explored the sex differences. ⋯ The present findings indicated that low- and high-dose dexmedetomidine injection significantly decreased the patient's risk of enhanced pain intensity and increased postoperative morphine dosing caused by remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia. These findings suggest that the influence of dexmedetomidine displayed minimal significant differences between sex. Trial registration no., IRB2018-YX-001 (Name of registry: Institutional Medical Ethics Committee of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital; date of registration: February 1, 2016).
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Accumulating evidence suggests that microRNAs (miRs) exert vital functions in the development and progression of multiple types of human cancer. However, the role of miR-6852 in gastric cancer (GC) remains unclear. In the present study, miR-6852 expression was significantly downregulated in GC tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues determined by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis. ⋯ Rescue assays indicated that overexpression of FOXJ1 significantly reversed the effects of miR-6852 transfection on GC cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Taken together, the present findings demonstrated that miR-6852 exerted a tumor suppressive role through targeting FOXJ1 in GC. These results implied that miR-6852 may be a novel therapeutic target of GC treatment.
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The present study presented the results of a prospective, randomized controlled trial. The present study enrolled 98 very elderly patients with hip fractures, complicated with at least one cardiovascular, neurological or pulmonary disease, of whom 10 patients were excluded. A total of 88 patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups: i) The control group, receiving traditional analgesia including 50 mg Tramadol and 500 mg paracetamol orally three times a day from admission to surgery; and ii) the study group, receiving ultrasound-guided continuous fascia iliaca compartment block (CFICB), a single 50 ml 0.4% ropivacaine injection with continuous infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine at a dose of 5 ml/h from admission to surgery. ⋯ Duration of hospital stay of patients in the control group was significantly longer compared with the study group (P=0.001). Patients in the study group were less likely to have increased complications compared with patients in the control group over the N2-N4 period (from preoperative period to after surgery; P=0.016). The present study concluded that ultrasound guided CFICB was an effective method of providing analgesia for very elderly (≥80 years old) with hip fracture.
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The present study investigated changes in the regional cerebral metabolic rates of glucose uptake (rCMRglc) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) and regional homogeneity (ReHo), together with resting-state blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). In total, 18 patients with untreated MDD and 17 healthy control subjects underwent 18F-FDG PET and BOLD-fMRI scanning. The MDD patients' cerebral changes, measured as rCMRglc and ReHo values, were mapped and statistically analyzed. ⋯ However, no correlation was detected between the SUV and ReHo in the right caudate and anterior cingulate cortex (r=0.41 and 0.37, respectively; P>0.05). Taken together, these results demonstrated that patients with MDD displayed characteristic patterns regarding changes of brain glucose uptake and ReHo in the resting state. Furthermore, 18F-FDG PET may be a more sensitive technique compared with BOLD-fMRI for the identification of brain lesions in patients with MDD.