1.Curative efficacy of tacrolimus combined with corticosteroids in treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy and response of anti-M-type phospholipase A2 receptor antibody to treatment
Guangyu ZHOU ; Ying GUO ; Li ZHANG ; Xueting WANG ; Chen WU
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2016;42(5):937-941
Objective:To evaluate the curative efficacy of tacrolimus (FK506)combined with corticosteroids in the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN ), and to analyze the response of anti-M-type phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R)antibody to the treatment.Methods:Sixty-one adult IMN patients were divided into FK506 group (FK506 combined with corticosteroids,n = 24)and CTX group (cyclophosphomide combined with corticosteroids,n=37)according to their willing to the acceptance of different immunosuppressives. The remission rates of the patients at 4,8,12 and 24 weeks after treatment in two groups were analyzed.The ELISA method was used for the detection of serum anti-PLA2R antibodies of the patients before and after treatment.The antibody level changes were observed and the difference of remission rates was compared between the antibody positive patients and the negative patients in FK506 group.Results:The total remission rates of the patients in FK506 and CTX groups 24 weeks after treatment were 91.7% and 64.9% respectively and the total remission rate of the patients in FK506 group was significantly higher than that in CTX group (P < 0.05).The total remission rates at 8,12,24 week after treatment and the partial remission rates at 12 and 24 weeks in FK506 group were significantly higher than those in CTX group (P <0.05).The anti-PLA2R antibody positive rates in FK506 group and CTX group were 75.0% and 70.3%,respectively;the negative conversion rate of anti-PLA2R antibody at 24 weeks after treatment in two groups were 61.6% and 57.7%,respectively;there were no significant differences between two groups (P >0.05).The total remission rates of the antibody positive patients and negative patients at baseline in FK506 group 24 weeks after treatment were 88.9% and 100.0%,respectively;there was no significant difference (P > 0.05).Except the characteristic side effects of corticosteroids,the patients in FK506 group presented no hyperglycemia,tubulointerstitial damage,hepatic lesion or neurotoxicity. But the patients in CTX group showed mild hepatic lesion or gastrointestinal symptoms.Conclusion:The remission rate of FK506 combined with corticosteroids is higher than that of CTX combined with corticosteroids in the treatment of IMN patients.FK506 treatment has relatively rapid effect and less side effects as well.The negative conversion of serum anti-PLA2R antibody follows the remission after treatment;however,the negative conversion rate has no significant difference between FK506 group and CTX group.The remission rate of IMN patients treated with FK56 combined with hormone has no relationship with the baseline anti-PLA2R antibody.
2.Vitamin D levels in preterm infants
Renqiang YU ; Xiangpeng LIAO ; Xueting LIU ; Min JIANG ; Shanyu JIANG ; Qin ZHOU
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2017;35(4):259-263
Objective To analyze serum 25(OH)D level and the influence factors in preterm infants. Methods The data of serum 25(OH)D level in preterm infants born from July 2012 to June 2014 were retrospectively analyzed along with gestational age, gender, parity, delivery mode, birth season, birth weight, age of the mother and pregnancy complications. Results Totally 325 cases were included and their average gestational age was 33.41±2.29 week, the ratio of male to female was 1.32?1 and average serum 25(OH)D level was 37.34±16.17 nmol/L. The incidence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in preterm infants was 37.8% and 41.8% respectively. Serum 25 (OH) D levels in preterm infants born in summer and autumn were higher than those born in winter and spring, and there was statistical difference (P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that birth season and the mother's age may be the risk factors that influence serum 25 (OH) D levels in preterm infants. Conclusion The incidence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in preterm infants is high, and the factors affecting the level of vitamin D need to be further studied.
3.The impact of childhood abuse and exposure to family violence on college students' self-esteem
Ying HE ; Yalin ZHANG ; Li LI ; Renzhi HUANG ; Xueting ZHOU ; Yingli ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(4):355-357
Objective To investigate the impact of childhood abuse and exposure to family violence on college students'self-esteem.Methods Using Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-28 Item Short Form(CTQ-SF),Witness to interparental Violence Questionnaire,Self-esteem Scale(SES),and to investigate 412 college students tional abuse,emotional ignorance,physical ignorance or exposure to interparental physical violence had lower selfesteem(28.04±4.31,28.43±3.81,28.55±3.70,28.66±3.67,28.15±3.87),compared to the students withStudy showed the self-esteem was negatively correlated with childhood physical abuse,emotional abuse,sexual abuse,emotional ignorance,physical ignorance and exposure to interparental physical violence(r=-0.134,-0.216,-0.359,-0.250,-0.170,P<0.01).Study showed most significant correlation between childhood emotional ignorance,childhood emotional abuse and self-esteem.Conclusion The experience of childhood abuse and ignorance,exposure to family violence have side effects on college students'self-esteem.The most important factors are childhood emotional ignorance and emotional abuse.
4.Location and segmentation method of optic disc in fundus images based on deep learning
Cheng WAN ; Xueting ZHOU ; Peng ZHOU ; Jianxin SHEN ; Qiuli YU
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2020;36(8):628-632
Objective:To observe and analyze the accuracy of the optic disc positioning and segmentation method of fundus images based on deep learning.Methods:The model training strategies were training and evaluating deep learning-based optic disc positioning and segmentation methods on the ORIGA dataset. A deep convolutional neural network (CNN) was built on the Caffe framework of deep learning. A sliding window was used to cut the original image of the ORIGA data set into many small pieces of pictures, and the deep CNN was used to determine whether each small piece of picture contained the complete disc structure, so as to find the area of the disc. In order to avoid the influence of blood vessels on the segmentation of the optic disc, the blood vessels in the optic disc area were removed before segmentation of the optic disc boundary. A deep network of optic disc segmentation based on image pixel classification was used to realize the segmentation of the optic disc of fundus images. The accuracy of the optic disc positioning and segmentation method was calculated based on deep learning of fundus images. Positioning accuracy=T/N, T represented the number of fundus images with correct optic disc positioning, and N represented the total number of fundus images used for positioning. The overlap error was used to compare the difference between the segmentation result of the optic disc and the actual boundary of the optic disc.Results:On the dataset from ORIGA, the accuracy of the optic disc localization can reach 99.6%, the average overlap error of optic disc segmentation was 7.1%. The calculation errors of the average cup-to-disk ratio for glaucoma images and normal images were 0.066 and 0.049, respectively. Disc segmentation of each image took an average of 10 ms.Conclusion:The algorithm can locate the disc area quickly and accurately, and can also segment the disc boundary more accurately.
5.Clinical efficacy of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration combined with endoscopic nasobiliary drainage versus T-tube drainage in the treatment of choledocholithiasis: a Meta analysis
Xueting ZHOU ; Lei MAO ; Jipi LI ; Feifei DING ; Huimin MA ; Xiang WANG
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2020;19(8):856-868
Objective:To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) combined with endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD) versus T-tube drainage in the treatment of choledocholithiasis.Methods:Databases including PubMed(Medline), Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Wanfang, CNKI and CBM were searched for literatures from January 1960 to May 2019 with the key words including "胆总管结石病,胆总管结石; T管引流, T管;鼻胆管引流,经内镜鼻胆管引流术, ENBD管, ENBD引流; cholelithiasis, common bile duct stone, jaundice, obstructive, Jaundice, gallstone; T-tube drainage, T-tube, t-tube, biliary tract drainge, drainge tube; endoscopic nasobiliary drainage, nasobiliary drainage, nasobiliary tube, endoscopic drainage tubes, endoscopic drainage tube, endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage" . The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and high quality non-randomized controlled trials (NRCTs) on comparing ENBD and T-tube drainage during laparoscopic choledocholithotomy were included.Patients who received LCBDE combined with preoperative or intraoperative ENBD were allocated into ENBD group, and patients who received LCBDE combined with postoperative T-tube drainage were allocated into T-tube drainage group. Reported outcomes: operation time, volume of intraoperative blood loss, duration of postoperative hospital stay, time to drainage tube removal, time to postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery, treatment expenses, rate of surgical failure, incidence of postoperative biliary fistula, incidence of postoperative incisional infection, incidence of postoperative residual stones, incidence of postoperative pancreatitis, incidence of postoperative hyperamylasemia, incidence of postoperative bile peritonitis. Count data were represented as odds ratio ( OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Measurement data were represented as mean difference ( MD) and 95% CI. The I2 and Q tests were used to analyze literature heterogeneity. I2≤50% or P>0.10 indicated no significant heterogeneity, so fixed effects model was used for Meta analysis. I2>50% and P≤0.10 indicated a significant heterogeneity, so random effects model was used for Meta analysis. When analyzing the measurement data, subgroup analysis of individual indicators was performed if there were more than 4 RCTs included, and NRCTs were analyzed for supplement if there were no more than 4 RCTs included. When analyzing the count data, RCTs and NRCTs were combined for analysis. Funnel plots were used to test potential publication bias if there were more than or equal to 10 studies included, while no test was needed if there were less than 10 studies included. Results:(1) Document retrival: 26 literatures meeting the standards were included, including 9 RCTs and 17 NRCTs (4 semi-randomized studies and 13 case-control studies). There were 2 098 patients, including 1 114 patients in the ENBD group and 984 patients in the T-tube drainage group. (2) Results of Meta analysis. ① Duration of postoperative hospital stay: there was a significant difference in the duration of postoperative hospital stay between the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group ( MD=-6.53, 95% CI: -8.64 to -4.43, P<0.05). Further analysis of 9 RCTs showed significant differences in the duration of postoperative hospital stay between patients without acute complications of choledocholithiasis in the ENBD group and those in the T-tube drainage group, between patients with acute complications of choledocholithiasis in the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group, respectively ( MD=-5.88, -8.77, 95% CI: -8.32 to -3.45, -12.39 to -5.15, P<0.05). ② Time to drainage tube removal: for the RCTs, there was a significant difference in the time to drainage tube removal between the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group ( MD=-46.01, 95% CI: -83.64 to -8.37, P<0.05). For the NRCTs, there was a significant difference in the time to drainage tube removal between the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group ( MD=-24.05, 95% CI: -32.93 to -15.18, P<0.05). ③ Time to postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery: for the RCTs, there was a significant difference in the time to postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery between the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group ( MD=17.80, 95% CI: -31.11 to -4.48, P<0.05). For the NRCTs, there was a significant difference in the time to drainage tube removal between the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group ( MD=-5.64, 95% CI: -10.16 to -1.12, P<0.05). ④ Incidence of postoperative biliary fistula: there was a significant difference in the incidence of postoperative biliary fistula between the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group ( OR=0.50, 95% CI: 0.28-0.89, P<0.05). ⑤ Incidence of postoperative incisional infection: there was a significant difference in the incidence of postoperative incisional infection between the ENBD group and T-tube drainage group ( OR=0.35, 95% CI: 0.17-0.73, P<0.05). (3) Analysis of publication bias. The incidence of postoperative biliary fistula in the two groups was analyzed by funnel plot based on the 15 studies. The bilateral symmetry was presented in the funnel plot for incidence of postoperative biliary fistula, suggesting that publication bias had little influence on results of Meta analysis. Conclusion:For patients with choledocholithiasis that endoscopic lithotomy is not feasible, LCBDE combined with ENBD can significantly shorten duration of postoperative hospital stay, time to drainage tube removal, postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery time, reduce the incidence of postoperative biliary fistula and incisional infection compared with LCBDE combined with T-tube drainage.
6.Clinical charateristics and pathogen distribution of bloodstream infections in obstetric patients:a report of 111 cases
Xueting OU ; Xingfei PAN ; Liyang ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2019;19(1):18-22
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of bloodstream infections in obstetric patients and analyze the distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of the pathogenic organisms. Methods The clinical data of bloodstream infections in obstetric patients treated in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from December 2014 to December 2017 were studied retrospectively. Results A total of 111 cases were identified, including 31(27.9%)during pregnancy and 80(72.1%)after delivery. Most(79.3%, 88/111)of these patients had obstetric disease or complication, and urinary, abdominal or intrauterine infection was found in 15(13.5%)cases. All patients had fever, and 7 cases showed septic shock. After treatment, 109(98.2%)patients were cured, despite infectious abortions in 6 cases. A total of 118 isolates were collected, including 31(26.3%)from pregnant women and 87(73.7%)isolates from puerperants. Gram-negative organisms, gram-positive organisms and Candia accounted for 58.5%, 39.0%, and 2.5%, respectively. The most common pathogens identified were Escherichia coli(44.1%), Enterococcus spp.(22.0%), and Staphylococcus spp.(5.1%). The prevalence of ESBLs-producing strains was 62.5% in E. coli. All the E. coli strains were susceptible to piperacillin-tazobactam, imipenem, and tigecycline. No Enterococcus isolates were resistant to vancomycin or tigecycline. About 88.5% of the Enterococcus strains were susceptible to ampicillin. Conclusions Bloodstream infection in obstetric patients usually occurs after delivery, probably resulting in septic shock or infectious abortion. The main pathogens are gram-negative bacteria and Enterococcus spp. The prevalence of ESBLs-producing strains was high in E. coli. Most of the Enterococcus strains were susceptible to ampicillin.
7.Clinical analysis of ankylosing spondylitis with hyperuricemia
Peiying ZENG ; Jianqiu ZHONG ; Xueting HUANG ; Jiali HE ; Gengmin ZHOU ; Meiying WANG ; Qingwen WANG
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2019;23(7):454-458
Objective To observe the clinical characteristics of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with hyperuricemia (HUA), and to understand the correlation between AS and HUA, so as to improve the understanding of AS patients with HUA. Methods A retrospective analysis was carried out in patients with the diagnosis with AS from November 2012 to August 2016. Patients were divided into two groups based on complicated with and without HUA. The clinical manifestations, inflammatory indicators, imaging manifest-ations, treatment and outcomes of the two groups were statistically analyzed, and the follow-up results of some patients with HUA were analyzed. The chi-square test was used for the counting data. The measurement data in line with the normal distribution were tested by t test, and the measurement data in non-normal distribution were tested by Mann-Whitney U test. Results Three hundred and sixty-two patients with AS were collected, consisting of 288 males (79.6%) and 74 females (20.4%), aged from 14 to 72 years, a course of disease was 3 months to 40 years. There were 87 cases (24.0%) with hyperuricemia, 77 cases were male (88.5%, 21.3%of all AS patients), and 10 were female (11.5%, 2.8% of all AS patients). Shorter morning stiffness time [(13 ±31) min and (22 ±48) min, Z=-2.231, P=0.026], lower IgM level [(1.4 ±1.3) g/L and (3.0 ±4.3) g/L, Z=-2.040, P=0.041], and lower erythrocyte sedimentation rate [(25±17) mm/1 h and (33±22) mm/1 h, t=-2.617, P=0.007] in the HUA group when compared with patients without HUA. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant. Four cases (4.6%) had gout arthritis in the group with HUA, all were male, blood uric acid level all>420 μmol/L. There were 7 cases (8.0%) of urolithiasis in the group with HUA, and 24 cases (8.7%) of urolithiasis in the group without HUA, but there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of urolithiasis between the two groups. None developed hypertensive disease, heart disease, nephropathy, or diabetis. Conclusion The incidence of hyperuricemia is high in AS, and with lower disease activity, and fewer complications.
8.Evaluation of multi-classification method of color fundus photograph quality based on ResNet50-OC
Cheng WAN ; Xueting ZHOU ; Qijing YOU ; Jianxin SHEN ; Qiuli YU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2021;39(9):785-790
Objective:To evaluate the efficiency of ResNet50-OC model based on deep learning for multiple classification of color fundus photographs.Methods:The proprietary dataset (PD) collected in July 2018 in BenQ Hospital of Nanjing Medical University and EyePACS dataset were included.The included images were classified into five types of high quality, underexposure, overexposure, blurred edges and lens flare according to clinical ophthalmologists.There were 1 000 images (800 from EyePACS and 200 from PD) for each type in the training dataset and 500 images (400 from EyePACS and 100 from PD) for each type in the testing dataset.There were 5 000 images in the training dataset and 2 500 images in the testing dataset.All images were normalized and augmented.The transfer learning method was used to initialize the parameters of the network model, on the basis of which the current mainstream deep learning classification networks (VGG, Inception-resnet-v2, ResNet, DenseNet) were compared.The optimal network ResNet50 with best accuracy and Micro F1 value was selected as the main network of the classification model in this study.In the training process, the One-Cycle strategy was introduced to accelerate the model convergence speed to obtain the optimal model ResNet50-OC.ResNet50-OC was applied to multi-class classification of fundus image quality.The accuracy and Micro F1 value of multi-classification of color fundus photographs by ResNet50 and ResNet50-OC were evaluated.Results:The multi-classification accuracy and Micro F1 values of color fundus photographs of ResNet50 were significantly higher than those of VGG, Inception-resnet-v2, ResNet34 and DenseNet.The accuracy of multi-classification of fundus photographs in the ResNet50-OC model was 98.77% after 15 rounds of training, which was higher than 98.76% of the ResNet50 model after 50 rounds of training.The Micro F1 value of multi-classification of retinal images in ResNet50-OC model was 98.78% after 15 rounds of training, which was the same as that of ResNet50 model after 50 rounds of training.Conclusions:The proposed ResNet50-OC model can be accurate and effective in the multi-classification of color fundus photograph quality.One-Cycle strategy can reduce the frequency of training and improve the classification efficiency.
9.Evaluation of low-quality fundus image enhancement based on cycle-constraint adversarial network
Xueting ZHOU ; Weihua YANG ; Xiao HUA ; Qijing YOU ; Jing SUN ; Jianxin SHEN ; Cheng WAN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2021;39(9):769-775
Objective:To propose and evaluate the cycle-constraint adversarial network (CycleGAN) for enhancing the low-quality fundus images such as the blurred, underexposed and overexposed etc.Methods:A dataset including 700 high-quality and 700 low-quality fundus images selected from the EyePACS dataset was used to train the image enhancement network in this study.The selected images were cropped and uniformly scaled to 512×512 pixels.Two generative models and two discriminative models were used to establish CycleGAN.The generative model generated matching high/low-quality images according to the input low/high-quality fundus images, and the discriminative model determined whether the image was original or generated.The algorithm proposed in this study was compared with three image enhancement algorithms of contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE), dynamic histogram equalization (DHE), and multi-scale retinex with color restoration (MSRCR) to perform qualitative visual assessment with clarity, BRISQUE, hue and saturation as quantitative indicators.The original and enhanced images were applied to the diabetic retinopathy (DR) diagnostic network to diagnose, and the accuracy and specificity were compared.Results:CycleGAN achieved the optimal results on enhancing the three types of low-quality fundus images including the blurred, underexposed and overexposed.The enhanced fundus images were of high contrast, rich colors, and with clear optic disc and blood vessel structures.The clarity of the images enhanced by CycleGAN was second only to the CLAHE algorithm.The BRISQUE quality score of the images enhanced by CycleGAN was 0.571, which was 10.2%, 7.3%, and 10.0% higher than that of CLAHE, DHE and MSRCR algorithms, respectively.CycleGAN achieved 103.03 in hue and 123.24 in saturation, both higher than those of the other three algorithms.CycleGAN took only 35 seconds to enhance 100 images, only slower than CLAHE.The images enhanced by CycleGAN achieved accuracy of 96.75% and specificity of 99.60% in DR diagnosis, which were higher than those of oringinal images.Conclusions:CycleGAN can effectively enhance low-quality blurry, underexposed and overexposed fundus images and improve the accuracy of computer-aided DR diagnostic network.The enhanced fundus image is helpful for doctors to carry out pathological analysis and may have great application value in clinical diagnosis of ophthalmology.
10.Development of the modified medication regimen complexity index of Chinese version(mMRCI-C)and its validation in elderly diabetic patients
Xueting SHEN ; Juan SHOU ; Jing ZHOU ; Zheng YE ; Xiaoyan WANG ; Bin YU
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2022;21(9):840-846
Objective:To develop the modified medication regimen complexity index of Chinese version (mMRCI-C)and test its reliability and validity.Method:The Chinese version of MRCI was developed by modification,translation and back translation. The MRCI was interculturally adapted by 2-rounds of expert consultation and pilot study to ensure the semantics, content and conceptual equivalence. The validation of the mMRCI-C scale was tested among 420 community-dwelling elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) in Shanghai Changfeng Community Health Service Center from October to December 2020. SPSS 23.0 was used to analyze the reliability and validity of the scale.Results:The mMRCI-C scale included 3 dimensions, namely drug dosage form (14 entries), medication frequency (5 entries), and additional instructions (6 entries), with a total of 25 entries. Among 420 valid questionnaires collected,the respondents were 212 males (50.4%) and 208 females (49.6%) with a mean age of (71.4±8.1) years. The test-retest reliability was 0.999 and internal consistency reliability was 0.849. The content validity exceeded 0.80,the convergent validity was 0.932; and discriminant validity P<0.001. Conclusion:The preliminary testing results show that the reliability and validity of the mMRCI-C scale are satisfactory.