Objective To explore the effects of health belief mode (HBM)-based home visits on the blood pressure (BP) and health-related behaviors of elderly hypertensive patients.Methods One-year HBM-based home visits were paid to 114 elderly hypertensive patients over 80 years old chosen from the community.The normalization rate of blood pressure after intervention at 3,6,12 months and health-related behaviors after intervention were also compared with those of pre-intervention.Results The BP after intervention was improved significantly after intervention as compared with that of pre-intervention (P＜0.01).Health-related behaviors after intervention were significantly more than those before pre-intervention (P＜0.01).Conclusions The hypertensions are controlled effectively with the implementation of the HBM-based home visits to the elderly hypertensive patients.The development of disease in elderly hypertensive patients can be slowed down and their life quality can be improved.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of the urethra URSL combined with micro-puncture and drainage treatment for pediatric calculus of lower urinary tract. Methods From January 2003 to January 2013, 66 cases with pediatric urinary tract calculi in our hospital were randomly equally divided into experimental group and control group. The experimental group was treated with transurethral bladder micro URSL combined puncture and drainage treatment, and the control group was given a simple transurethral URSL method of treatment. The operative time, postoperative urine turned clear time,pulling stone clearance after catheter time,postoperative hospital stay and the incidence of postoperative urethral stricture were observed and recorded. In addition, these data were compared between the two groups. Results The operations of two groups have successfully completed. The mean operative time, postoperative urine turned clear time, pull out the catheter stone clearance after time and postoperative hospital stay of control group was 30.2±2.45 minutes,2.5±0.5 days,2.1±0.8 days and 4.0±0. 5 days, respectively. Patients were followed up 1 year after operation, and 1 case of urethral stricture occurred. However, the mean operative time, postoperative urine turned clear time, pull out the catheter stone clearance after time and postoperative hospital stay of the test group was 20.36±2.35 minutes,1.5±0.7 days,1.1±0.25 days and 3.1±0.3 days,respectively,with no urethral stricture case occurred. There were significant differences between the two groups ( <0.05) . Conclusion Transurethral bladder URSL micro puncture and drainage combined with transurethral ureteroscopy lithotripsy treatment for children with lower urinary tract calculi has better efficacy and safety. It could shorter operative time, postoperative urine turned clear time, the gravel discharge time and average hospitalization time, reduce the incidence of postoperative secondary urethral stricture.

Objective To investigate the feasibility and safety of endoscopic treatment of ureteral calculi acute obstruction with urinary extravasation. Methods 56 patients with ureteral calculi acute obstruction and urinary extravasation were randomly divided into two groups:the treatment group and the control group,28 cases in each group. Patients in the treatment group were given URSL or percutaneous nephrostomy drainage, and the secondary fistula was given URSL stone clearance treatment. Patients in control group were given traditional ureterolithotomy treatment. The stone clearance rate, the average recovery time after surgery, postoperative wound infection rate and the abnormal rate of postoperative albumin were observed in two groups. Results In the treatment group,28 patients had no residual stones with mean postoperative recovery time of (5.2 1.3) days,postoperative fever was found in 3 cases,obvious abnormal postoperative albumin in 3 cases. In the control group,residual stones were found in 3 cases,the average recovery time after surgery was (7.9 2.6) days,postoperative fever was found in 10 cases, and obvious abnormal postoperative albumin in 11 cases. There were statistically significant differences in stone clearance rate, the average recovery time after surgery, postoperative wound infection rate and the abnormal rate of postoperative albumin between two groups (P<0.05) . Conclusion Endoscopic treatment of ureteral calculi acute obstruction and urinary extravasation has advantages including better efficacy, less trauma, less complications and quicker recovery.

Objective:To investigate the therapeutic effect of different prone position ventilation (PPV) on patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) at high altitude.Methods:The severe ARDS patients who met the Berlin standard admitted to the department of intensive care unit (ICU) of Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital from January 2017 to January 2020 were enrolled. The patients with classic PPV treatment (i.e. alternate prone supine position, about 16 hours per day) were included in the discontinuous PPV group; the patients with modified PPV treatment (i.e. alternate left and right prone positions 20°-30°, every 4 hours and continuous treatment for 24 hours per day) were included in the continuous PPV group. The oxygenation index (PaO 2/FiO 2), mechanics of breathing, ventilator parameters before treatment and 72 hours after treatment, and mechanical ventilation time, the length of ICU stay, and related complications between the two groups were analyzed. Results:Eighteen cases were treated with continuous PPV and 20 cases were treated with discontinuous PPV. There were no significant differences in gender, age, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHEⅡ), PaO 2/FiO 2, lung compliance, driving pressure (ΔP) and positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) before treatment between the two groups. Compared with before treatment, PaO 2/FiO 2 in discontinuous PPV group and continuous PPV group was increased significantly after 72-hour treatment [mmHg (1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa): 99.7±15.4 vs. 55.5±6.3, 121.8±25.3 vs. 55.1±7.1, both P < 0.05], lung compliance was improved significantly (mL/cmH 2O: 36.8±2.4 vs. 28.0±2.0, 43.4±6.7 vs. 27.7±2.1, both P < 0.05), and ΔP was decreased significantly [cmH 2O (1 cmH 2O = 0.098 kPa): 10.5 (10.0, 12.0) vs. 13.0 (12.3, 14.0), 10.0 (8.0, 12.0) vs. 13.0 (12.0, 14.0), both P < 0.05], PEEP was also decreased [cmH 2O: 12 (12, 14) vs. 14 (13, 14), 10 (8, 10) vs. 14 (12, 15), both P < 0.05], and the indexes in continuous PPV group were improved more significantly than those in discontinuous PPV group [PaO 2/FiO 2 (mmHg): 121.8±25.3 vs. 99.7±15.4, lung compliance (mL/cmH 2O): 43.4±6.7 vs. 36.8±2.4, ΔP (cmH 2O): 10.0 (8.0, 12.0) vs. 10.5 (10.0, 12.0), PEEP (cmH 2O): 10 (8, 10) vs. 12 (12, 14), all P < 0.05]. The duration of mechanical ventilation and the length of ICU stay in the continuous PPV group were significantly shorter than those in the intermittent PPV group [days: 6.0 (5.0, 7.3) vs. 8.0 (7.0, 9.0), 9.7±1.5 vs. 12.1±2.2, both P < 0.01]. During the PPV treatment, there were 3 cases of cheek skin damage and 2 cases of ear skin damage in the continuous PPV group, and 3 cases of facial skin damage in the intermittent PPV group. There was no significant difference in the incidence of complications between the two groups ( χ2 = 0.321, P = 0.571). All patients were repaired normally after PPV, without adverse consequences. Conclusion:Continuous PPV is more effective than discontinuous PPV in the treatment of severe ARDS patients at high altitude, and the related complications are did not increased in prolonged time of PPV.

Objective:To explore the expression and clinical significance of miR-143 in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) .Methods:Tumor samples and adjacent tissues from 52 patients with PTC were obtained from Jan. 1st, 2018 to Mar. 31st, 2018 in Thyroid Surgery Department of the Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University. Quantitative reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to measure the expression of miR-143 in those subjects. In addition, the relationship between the expression levels of miR-143 and the clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed.Results:RT-qPCR indicated that the expression of miR-143 was down-regulated in PTC, which was significantly lower than that in adjacent tissues ( t=-21.39, 95% CI: 18.20-15.07, P<0.001) . Low expression of miR-143 was related to the number of lymph node metastasis ≥3 in central compartment ( t=10.13, P=0.012) and lateral neck lymph node metastasis ( t=-4.67, P<0.001) . Conclusion:Downregulation of miR-143 in PTC is linked to the metastasis of PTC and may be a potential target for therapeutic intervention.

Objective To investigate the effect of decitabine (DAC) on human acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell line HL-60 and the regulating of natural killer (NK) cell activating receptor (NKG2D) ligands(NKG2DL), and to detect the molecular mechanism of JAK-STAT3-SOCS signaling pathway. Methods The effect of DAC on the proliferation of HL-60 was detected by using CCK-8 assay. The cell apoptosis was analyzed by using Annexin-V/PI double standard method. The expressions of receptor NKG2DL including MICA/B and ULBPs in HL-60 cells were detected by using flow cytometry (FCM). The killing activity of NK cells was analyzed by using carboxy fluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE). The expressions of JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway or molecules including STAT3, its upstream kinases JAK1, JAK2 and the negative regulator of STAT3,SOCS-1,SOCS-3 were examined by Western blot.Methylation level of the SOCS-1,SOCS-3 gene after the treatment of DAC was analyzed by using methylation-sensitive high resolution melting(MS-HRM). Results There was an obvious inhibitory effect of DAC on HL-60 cells. The cell viability of HL-60 treated with 0.2, 0.5, and 1.0 μmol/L DAC for 48 h was decreased by (25±11) %, (39±8) % and (50±7)%(P<0.01)respectively compared with those cells without DAC treatment.The incidence of apoptosis was (24.77±7.50) %, (27.10±4.48) % and (30.53±3.93) % after DAC treatment for 48h respectively, which were higher than that of untreated cells[(3.11±0.50)%](P<0.01).DAC induced a significant up-regulation of MICA/B, ULBP-1, ULBP-3 in HL-60 cells, and enhanced the sensitivity of HL-60 cells to NK cytotoxicity. Western blot results showed that a down-regulating expression of STAT3 and JAK1, JAK2 protein was detected, in addition to the phosphor-STAT3 and phosphor-JAKs in HL-60 cells after DAC treatment, but the expressions of SOCS-1 and SOCS-3 protein were increased. HRM results showed that DAC could inhibit the methylation of SOCS-3 gene. Conclusion DAC can inhibit the proliferation of HL-60 cells, upregulate the expression of NKG2DL and enhance the cytotoxicity of NK targeted to HL-60 cells, which might be related to the activity regulation of intracellular JAK-STAT3-SOCS signaling pathway.

Objective:To explore the clinical significance of recurrent laryngeal nerve inlet zone(RLNIZ) lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer(PTC).Methods:The clinical data of the clinicopathologic characteristics of 738 cases with papillary thyroid cancer at our centers from Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 was retrospectively reviewed. 108 cases with RLNIZ lymph node dissection for pathological examination were included. The relationship between metastasis of RLNIZ lymph node and clinicopathologic characteristics was analyzed.Results:RLNIZ lymph node was detected in 12.3%(91/738)cases, the mean lymph node number in RLNIZ was 1.5±0.7, and 30.8%(28/91) cases suffered RLNIZ lymph node metastasis. RLNIZ lymph node metastasis(LNM) is associated with tumor size( P=0.028), capsular invasion( P=0.019), No. of central compartment LNM( P<0.001) and lateral neck LNM( P<0.001). No. of central compartment LNM was found to be the independent risk factor of RLNIZ lymph node metastasis. The incidence of dysphagia and inferior parathyroid damage was 0.9%(1/108)respectively. Conclusions:RLNIZ lymph node metastasis is common among PTC patients , therefore, RLNIZ lymph node should be routinely removed especially in patients with tumor size over 1cm、suspected capsular invasion and lateral neck lymph node metastasis confirmed by preoperative imaging examination.

Chest trauma is one of the most common injuries. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) as a common complication of chest trauma seriously affects the quality of patients′ life and even leads to death. Although there are some consensus and guidelines on the prevention and treatment of VTE at home and abroad, the current literatures lack specificity considering the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of VTE in patients with chest trauma have their own characteristics, especially for those with blunt trauma. Accordingly, China Chest Injury Research Society and editorial board of Chinese Journal of Traumatology organized relevant domestic experts to jointly formulate the Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of chest trauma venous thromboembolism associated with chest trauma (2022 version). This consensus provides expert recommendations of different levels as academic guidance in terms of the characteristics, clinical manifestations, risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of chest trauma-related VTE, so as to offer a reference for clinical application.