1.Application and Considerations on"Internet+"Healthcare in Outpatient Special Disease Management
Mingge XIA ; Qi LIU ; Luwei ZHU ; Wenhao WANG ; Min LI
Journal of Medical Informatics 2023;44(12):34-39
Purpose/Significance According to the experience of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital in implementing the internet outpatient special disease services,the paper puts forward some thoughts and suggestions,so as to provide references for further promoting the application of"internet+"healthcare in outpatient special disease management.Method/Process Based on the operational data of the internet hospital,the paper analyzes the operation status and existing problems of internet outpatient special disease services from the aspects of patient visits,departments,and complaints feedback.Result/Conclusion At present,there are problems such as low utiliza-tion rate of internet outpatient special disease services,poor prescription circulation,and untimely drug delivery.It is necessary to opti-mize online service for key groups,establish the regional electronic prescription sharing platform,improve the drug distribution system,strengthen cooperation between medical institutions at different levels,and build a regional outpatient special disease management system.
2.68Ga-PSMA PET/CT-targeted biopsy for the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer in patients with serum PSA levels <20.0 ng/ml
Zheng XU ; Lele ZHANG ; Fei YU ; Wencheng LI ; Shiming ZANG ; Luwei XU ; Feng WANG ; Wenbin HUANG ; Kai LIANG ; Jianghao SU ; Jiageng ZHU ; Hongbin SUN
Chinese Journal of Urology 2020;41(10):752-756
Objective:To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT-guided targeted prostate biopsy for the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer(csPCa). Methods:This retrospective analysis allocated 89 patients with elevated PSA levels between 4.0-20.0 ng/ml to PET group(n=48) or TRUS group(n=41) between September 2017 and June 2019. Patients with PSMA-avid lesions (SUV max≥8.0) underwent PET-TB via a single-puncture percutaneous transgluteal approach (n=19), while patients with negative PSMA-PET underwent systematic TRUS-GB (n=29). Patients in the TRUS group who did not get 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT examination underwent TRUS-GB directly (n=41). The mean age, prostate volume, PSA value of PET group and TURS group were (71.2±9.1) years vs. (68.0±12.0) years, (62.9±29.1)ml vs. (65.4±38.9)ml , 8.8(6.6, 13.6) ng/ml vs. 9.8(7.1, 13.1)ng/ml, respectively (all P>0.05). The diagnostic efficacy and difference of PCa and csPCa between the two groups were compared. PET-TB adopts a new mode of percutaneous gluteus approach and carries out precise image fusion of PSMA-PET/CT and pelvic CT in the same machine and in the same position (prone position). Under the direct guidance of CT, the biopsy is performed with only one precise puncture. Results:PCa and csPCa were detected in 27/89(30.3%)and 20/89(22.5%)in all patients. PET group detected significantly more cases of PCa and csPCa than those of TRUS group [PCa: 41.7%(20/48) vs. 17.1%(7/41), χ2=6.328; csPCa: 33.3%(16/48) vs. 9.8%(4/41), χ2=7.055, P<0.01]. Of 19 patients with PSMA-PET positive, PET-TB detected 16 cases of PCa(84.2%) by a single needle puncture, and the proportions of cancer tissues were ≥80% in 2, 50%-79% in 8, and <50% in 6 cases. Among these, Gleason score was underestimated by biopsy histopathology in 2 patients. Of 3 patients with PET-TB negative, 1 case of low-risk PCa(Gleason 3+ 3) was detected by complementary TRUS-GB. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, accuracy of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT(SUV max≥8.0) for the diagnosis of csPCa were 73.9%(14/19), 93.1%(27/29), 87.5%(14/16), 81.3%(26/32)and 85.4%(41/48), respectively. For PET-TB, only one patient had slight symptoms of haematuria after the puncture, no cases of hematochezia, hemospermia, urinary retention or pelvic infection were observed. Conclusions:68Ga-PSMA PET/CT is a feasible novel puncture technique that may serve as a triage tool for prostate biopsy, and PET-TB may improve the detection rate of csPCa compared with TURS-GB, especially in patients with serum PSA 4.0-20.0 ng/ml.