Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The immediate effects of lavender-based essential oil inhalation on subsequent polysomnography in people with poor sleep quality.
Although aromatherapy is considered an adjuvant therapy to promote sleep quality, few objective sleep testing instruments can confirm the effects of aromatherapy on sleep physiology. The purpose of this study was to confirm and compare the immediate effects of a single lavender essential oil (SLEO) group to a complex lavender essential oil (CLEO) group by objective polysomnography (PSG) recordings. ⋯ Both SLEO and CLEO extended TST and SPT, with no significant differences between these two groups. These results warrant practical applications and merit future studies (Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT03933553).
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Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH) is a syndrome characterized by an excessive systemic inflammatory response, manifested by multiple organ dysfunction, lacking reliable immune biomarkers for predicting their inflammatory status and prognosis. Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1) is associated with various inflammation-related diseases, including sepsis and severe organ failure. ⋯ Retrospective analysis showed that sFlt-1 was a promising prognostic factor.
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Very few studies have focused on the correlation between structural heart disease and lower urinary tract symptoms. In this study, we applied echocardiography to explore the correlation between lower urinary tract symptoms and structural heart disease. ⋯ Moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms, especially storage symptoms, are an independent predictor of the co-existence of moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation in women with cardiac symptoms. Early cardiological referral of patients with moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms and cardiac symptoms may improve their general health.