Adult ; Burnout, Professional ; Female ; Humans ; Jurisprudence ; Male ; Mental Health ; Middle Aged

Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Immune Tolerance ; drug effects ; Materia Medica ; therapeutic use ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications ; drug therapy

Objective To observe the clinical characteristics of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV).Methods Two hundreds fifty-four PCV patients (306 eyes) were enrolled in this study.All the patients were examined for corrected visual acuity (BCVA) testing,slit-lamp microscope,indirect ophthalmoscopy,fundus photography,fluorescein angiography,indocyanine green angiography and optic coherence tomography.Results The patients included 152 males (59.8％) and 102 females (40.2％) ; the age was from 38 to 91 years,with a mean age of (65.4±8.9) years.Bilateral lesions were observed in 52 patients (20.5％) and unilateral lesions were observed in 202 patients (79.5％).BCVA varied from nonlight perception to 1.2.BCVA was lower than ＜0.1 in 167 eyes (54.6％),≥0.1 but ＜0.3 in 92 eyes(30.1％) and ≥0.3 in 47 eyes (15.4％).Vitreous hemorrhage was observed in 61 eyes (19.9％).In 202 patients with unilateral PCV lesions,drusen can be observed in the contralateral eyes of 68 patients (33.7％),exudative age-related macular degeneration changes in the contralateral eyes of 24 patients (11.9 ％),and central serous chorioretinopathy history was positive in the contralateral eyes in nine patients (4.5％).In 306 eyes,there were 43 eyes (14.1％) with high permeable choroid.PCV lesions located at macula area in 199 eyes (65.0％),under the temporal retinal vascular arcade in 49 eyes (16.0％),and peripapillary in 15 eyes (4.9％).PCV lesion formation was single in 110 eyes (35.9％),cluster in 176 eyes (57.5％),string in three eyes (1.0％),branch in four eyes (1.3％),and both single and cluster polyps in 13 eyes (4.2％).There were 125 eyes (40.8％) with sub-neuroretinal fluid,121 eyes (39.5％) with hemorrhagic pigment epithelium detachment,and 73 eyes (22.9％) with serous pigment epithelium detachment.Conclusion PCV patients have higher bilateral incidence and female prevalence,and lower rate of peripapillary lesions.

Objective: To explore the impact of personality and locus of control on job burnout.Methods: Chinese Maslach burnout inventory,Eysenck personality questionnaire and internal-external locus of control scale were used to examine 247 judges.Results: Introversion-extroversion was a significant predictor of exhaustion(P

Objective To compare the diagnostic value of the Standardized Bedside Swallowing Assessment (SSA)and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines(SIC)for bedside dysphagia screening of patients after acute cerebral infarction(ACI). Methods Eighty-six ACI patients within 24 h of stroke onset were enrolled in the study.Within 48 h after hospitalization,swallowing function assessments and dysphagia screenings were carried out with the SSA and SIG,as well as video fluroseopic swallowing studies(VFSSs).The SSA and SIG assessments generated sensitivities,specificities,positive predict values(PPVs),negative predict values(NPVs),positive likelihood ratios (PLRs)and negative likelihood ratios(NLRs).These were compared with the VFSS results. Results The SSA showed a sensitivity of 89.1%,specificity of 75%,PPV of 0.804,NPV of 0.833,PLR of 3.56,NLR of 0.15,and Kappa of 0.648 compared to the VFSS results.The SIG showed a sensitivity of 60.9%,specificity of 82.5%,PPV of 0.800,NPV of 0.647,PLR of 3.44,NLR of 0.47 and Kappa of 0.425 compared to the VFSS.The sensitivity of of the SIG.Both assessments correlated well with the VFSS results. Conclusions Both the SSA and the SIG are elfective in dysphagia screening.The SSA is more sensitive than the SIG and is more suitable for early screening.The SIG is helpful in guiding dysphagia management and evaluating curative effects.

Animals ; Endothelium, Vascular ; injuries ; Female ; Hemodynamics ; Infusions, Intravenous ; methods ; Injections ; methods ; Male ; Rabbits ; Syringes

Adult ; Cartilage ; surgery ; Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear ; surgery ; Ear Auricle ; surgery ; Esthetics ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Otitis Media, Suppurative ; surgery ; Tympanoplasty ; methods

Objective: To investigate the mechanisms of anti-tumor cytotoxicity of human ??T cells activated by Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen (Mtb-Ag) . Methods: The peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy donors were stimulated by Mtb-Ag in vitro to activate preferentially ??T cells that were expanded in IL-2 contained medium.The high purified ??T cells were isolated by the positive selection on MACS separator. The expression of mRNA of perforin, granzyme B and Fas Ligand in purified ??T cells were measured by RT-PCR technique. Fas Ligand on ??T cells and Fas molecule on tumor cells were detected by flow cytometry. The MTT assay was used to measureanti-tumor cytotoxicity of ??T cells. The inhibitory effects of concanamycin A (CMA) for perforin/granzyme pathway, and brefeldin A (BFA) for Fas/Fas ligand pathway on cytotoxicity of ??T cells were observed. Results: The mRNA of perforin and granzyme B and Fas ligand were highly expressed in purified ??T cells. The cytotoxicity of ??T cells against K562 and PG that expressed low level of Fas molecule (6.5% and 7.8%) was remarkably inhibited by pretreatment of the ??T cells with CMA (200 nmol/L) by 72% and 76%, respectively, while the BFA(30 ?mol/L) showed less inhibitory effects by 32% and 25%, respectively; However, it was showed that the BFA (30 ?mol/L) preferentially inhibited the cytotoxicity of ??T cells against tumor cell lines Raji and A375 that expressed high level of Fas molecule on cell surface (98.5% and 70.6%, respectively).Conclusion: Preferentially, granule exocytosis was a main mechanism by which the Mtb-Ag activated ??T cells showed cytotoxicity aganist tumor cells that expressed low level of Fas molecule, whereas both Fas/Fas ligand pathway and granule exocytosis were involved in the cytotoxicicty of Mtb-Ag activated ??T cells against the tumor cells that expressed high level of Fas molecule.

Objective To evaluate contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma (SHCC) ( ≤ 2. 0 cm) with liver cirrhosis after contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) examination. Methods Forty five patients with liver cirrhosis received CECT and CEUS examinations before operation or needle biopsy and the diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination.CEUS and CECT findings of 51 liver space-occupying lesions from 45 patients were retrospectively analyzed.Results Among all 51 lesions detected CEUS and CECT found 49 and 35, respectively. The typical characteristics of SHCC were "fast-in and fast-out" and "fast-in and slow-out". The sensitivity of CEUS and CECT in diagnosis of SHCC was 88. 9% (32/36) and 69. 4 % (25/36) respectively ( x2 = 3. 02, P =0. 08);the diagnostic accuracy was 84. 3 % (43/51 ) and 56. 9% (29/51 ) respectively ( x2 = 1.46, P =0. 22). Among 16 lesions missed by CECT, 12 were detected by CEUS. Conclusions CEUS and CECT show the similar diagnostic rate for typical SHCC ,however, CEUS is more sensitive for atypical lesions. With high time resolution, CEUS have advantages for follow-up study of benign liver lesions.

Adolescent ; Child ; Humans ; Male ; Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral ; pathology ; Sarcoma, Ewing ; pathology