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    Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is significant public concern. Clinical practice indicates that Chinese medicine has certain therapeutic advantages, while there is a lack of evidence-based medicine support. The aim of this study is to synthesize related data to explore efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine for OSA.

    Data in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, CNKI, WanFang, VIP databases were comprehensively searched. All the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in OSA children were identified, in which the effects of Chinese medicine on a range of outcomes were compared. The search had a deadline of January 1, 2020. Two investigators independently conducted data extraction and assessed the literature quality of the included studies. The Revman5.3 software was used for meta-analysis of the included literature.

    The efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine for OSA were evaluated in terms of apnea hypopnea index (AHI, the average and lowest blood oxygen, the Epworth Sleep Scale [ESS], and adverse effects).

    This study provides reliable evidence-based support for the clinical application of Chinese medicine for OSA.

    CRD42020154864.

    CRD42020154864.

    Several previous trials have attempted to compare the efficacy of femoral nerve block (FNB) and local infiltrative analgesia (LIA) for patients received anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, but reached inconsistent conclusions. The primary purpose of this present research was to compare the FNB and LIA in the reconstruction of ACL.

    This investigation was conducted and then reported on the basis of Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in the Epidemiology checklist. From our registry database, we retrospectively determined 688 patients who received the primary reconstruction of ACL from 2016 to 2019 at our academic institutions. This current retrospective cohort study was approved through the institutional review committee at our hospital. Inclusion criteria contained the primary or autograft bone-patellar tendine-bone reconstruction of ACL in the patients over 16 years of age. Patients in the LIA group underwent intraoperative infiltration at the harvested site after tendon harvest, with use of 2 mg/mL of ropivacaine 20 mL and 5 mg/mL of epinephrine, respectively. After the reconstruction of ACL, 5 Lg/mL of epinephrine, and 20 mL of ropivacaine (2 mg/mL) were injected at the site of surgical trauma. The patient in FNB group was given 40 mL of ropivacaine (2 mg/mL), and the ropivacaine was injected into femoral nerve sheath at femoral triangle level. The primary outcome was the consumption of morphine 24 h after the operation. And the secondary results involved the complications, functional results, and the scores of pain.

    It is assumed that the efficacy of LIA in the early postoperative pain is no less than that of FNB. buy Ipatasertib For our study, the major limitation is the lack of randomization. Nevertheless, these data were prospectively harvested, with high response rate of patient.

    This study protocol was registered in Research Registry (researchregistry6277).

    This study protocol was registered in Research Registry (researchregistry6277).

    In recent years, several reports have tried to prove this connection between rs1800872 polymorphism in interleukin-10 and cervical cancer among different populations, but the results are debatable. Thus, we collected all the published literature and conducted an integrated meta-analysis, which provided better evidence-based medicine for the relationship between rs1800872 polymorphism in interleukin-10 and risk of cervical cancer.

    We systematically performed our search on PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, WanFang database, and CNKI for all papers related to this research, published up to August 1, 2020. Summary odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were calculated in allelic, homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, and recessive model to appraise the association.

    The meta-analysis included 8 studies containing 1393 cervical cancer cases and 1307 controls. The aggregate data under heterozygous model and dominant inheritance model (OR = 0.66, 95% CI 0.55–0.80) indicated a significant association between rs1800872 and the low risk of cervical cancer in the entire population. And the aggregated data under the dominant inheritance model shows that rs1800872 is significantly associated with the reduction in the risk of cervical tumors in the entire population.

    Our conclusion is that the AC/AA + AC variant of Rs1800872 indicates a protective effect in the development of cervical cancer.

    Our conclusion is that the AC/AA + AC variant of Rs1800872 indicates a protective effect in the development of cervical cancer.

    Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional bowel disorder. The global incidence of IBS is as high as 9% to 23%, accounting for about 50% of outpatients in gastroenterology, and the new case detection rate is 0.2% every year. IBS has become a global gastrointestinal functional disease. Although IBS is not a life-threatening disease, it seriously affects the quality of life of patients, causing huge economic and mental burden to individuals, society and families. Lipi Guben decoction (LPGBD) is an important auxiliary treatment for IBS, but lack of robust Evidence-based medicine evidence proving its efficacy. Therefore, we designed a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LPGBD in the treatment of IBS.

    In this randomized controlled trial, a total of 100 eligible patients will be allocated to the blank control group or LPGBD group in a ratio of 11. The treatment period was 12 weeks. The primary outcome measure will be the total clinical effective rate. The Secondary outcomes will include IBS clinical symptom scores, IBS-Severity Scoring System, IBS-Quality of life, Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, and Bristol Stool Form Scale. The safety outcome will include Echocardiogram, blood examination (including blood routine test, liver function test, and renal function test), urine routine test and stool routine test. The evaluation indicators and all safety results will be performed at baseline, week 4, week 8 and week 12.

    This study will be helpful to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LPGBD in the treatment of IBS.

    LPGBD may improve the clinical efficacy of patients with IBS, which has important value in practical application.

    Chictr20000039617, registration time November 3, 2020.

    Chictr20000039617, registration time November 3, 2020.