Objective To investigate the clinical significance of fine needle aspiration biopsy and immunohistochemical markers in differential diagnosis of thyroid nodule.Methods One hundred and eighty-five cases of thyroid nodule were enrolled in the study.All cases received preoperative fine-needle aspiration biopsy and immunocytochemistry.Results The sensitivity,specificity,diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration biopsy to detect diagnosis of thyroid nodules was 75.0％ (21/28),85.4％ (134/157),83.8％(155/185).The positive rates of p53 and galectin-3 immunodetection in discriminating benign from malignant thyroid nodules were 60.7％ (17/28),85.7％ (24/28),combined with p53 and galectin-3 immunodetection in discriminating benign from malignant thyroid nodules was 50.0％ (14/28).The positive rates of p53 and galectin-3 immunodetection in thyroid adenomas were 0,5.1％ (8/157),combined with p53 and galectin-3 immunodetection in thyroid adenomas was 1.3％ (2/157).The positive rates of p53 and galectin-3 immunodetection in malignant thyroid cytologic specimens,alone or combined were significantly higher than those in thyroid adenomas,there were significant difference(P ＜ 0.05).The diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration biopsy with p53 and galectin-3 immunodetection,alone or combined,in discriminating benign from malignant thyroid nodules [94.1％(174/185),93.5％(173/185),91.4％(169/185)] were higher or equal to those in fine needle aspiration biopsy[83.8％(155/185)],there were significant differences (P ＜0.05).Conclusion Immunodetection of p53 and galectin-3 combined with fine needle aspiration biopsy in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules can raise the diagnostic accuracy.

Objective · To investigate the clinical effects of photo-activated disinfection (PAD)-assisted non-surgical therapy on the treatment of chronic periodontitis. Methods · Eleven patients with chronic periodontitis (totally 118 selected sites) were randomly enrolled. A split-mouth self-control method was adopted. Selected sites with the probing depth (PD) of bilateral homonymous teeth ≥ 5 mm were randomly assigned to the group A (receiving scaling and root planning, SRP) and the group B (receiving SRP+ PAD). Periodontal clinical indexes, inflammation indexes, and periodontal pathogens at selected sites were examined at baseline and 6 and 12 weeks after treatment. Results · Both SRP alone and SRP+PAD improved the periodontal inflammation significantly. The positive rate of bleeding on probing (BOP) 12 weeks after treatment was remarkably lower in the group B than in the group A (37.3% vs 57.6%, P=0.042). Both SRP and SRP+PAD effectively decreased matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) levels in gingival crevicular fluid. The IL-1β levels 6 and 12 weeks after treatment were significantly lower in the group B than in the group A [(17.99±14.26) pg/mL vs (32.64±30.69) pg/mL, P=0.007; (11.37±10.25) pg/mL vs (23.85±15.55) pg/mL, P=0.000]. Both treatments decreased the ratio of P. gingivalis and F.nucleatum in total bacteria. Conclusion · PAD can serve as a potential adjunctive therapy to conventional SRP in the treatment of chronic periodontitis with better improvement of bleeding gums and control of periodontal inflammation.

In recent years,antibiotics have been playing more and more important roles in maintaining human health with the increasing variety and quantity.However,under the influence of different reasons caused by subjective or objective factors,antibiotics irrational use has induced bacterial resistance and adverse reactions,which are becoming more and more serious.The paper put forward the countermeasures of antibiotics irrational use and provided reference for rational use of antibiotics based on the present situation analysis in China and foreign experience in order to control the irrational use.

Objective To evaluate the effects of handholding and providing information on physiology and psychology in patients undergoing percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy under local anesthesia. Methods A total of 74 patients receiving percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy under local anesthesia in China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing were selected and randomly divided into the intervention group and the control group by random number table, with 60 cases in each. During surgery,the patients in the control group only received routine cares, in the intervention group, except the routine cares, nurses held the hands of patients for 20-30 seconds every 10 minnutes and provided them with spoken information. Then the State-Anxiety Inventory (SAI) scale and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were used for assessment of anxiety and pain of two groups of patients. Results The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in SAI score between both groups the day before surgery and before surgery in operation room (P>0.05). The SAI scores of the control group (42.30 ± 10.14) was lower than that of the intervention group (35.35 ± 8.00), there was statistically significant difference between both groups (t=3.273, P=0.002);the VAS score in the control group (54.16 ± 22.02) was lower than that of the intervention group (41.68 ± 15.30), there was statistically significant difference between both groups (t=2.832,P=0.006). Conclusions The nursing method of handholding and providing information for patients who undergoing percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy under local anesthesia is very useful intervention, it can mitigate surgical anxiety,pain degree. It makes patients more comfortable whether in physiology or psychology and better fit surgery.

Objective To investigate the expression of p53, Ki-67 in colorectal adenocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation (NED), and to explore the correlation between the expression and its prognosis. Methods The expression of NSE, CgA, Syn, CD-57, p53, Ki-67 in 65 colorectal adenocarcinoma were determined by using immunohistochemi-cal staining. According the neuroendocrine index, 65 cases were divided into two groups,NED positive group(35 cases) and NED negative group (30 cases),and analyzed the influence of erpression of p53, ki-67cm prognosis. Results The positive expression rates of p53, Ki-67 in NED positive group were higher than those in NED negative group (P<0.05). The expression of p53,Ki-67 in NED positive group were significantly associated with lymph node metastasis, differen-tiation and DUCK stages (P<0.05). The 5-year survival rate of NED negative group was obviously higher than that of NED positive group (P<0.05);In NED positive group, the 5-year survival rate of p53 negative and Ki-67 negative ex-pression were significantly higher than that of p53 positive and Ki-67 positive expression (P<0.05). Using Cox regres-sion, lymph node metastasis, differentiation, DUCK stages and the expression of p53,Ki-67 were strong independent prognostic factors for five years of disease-free survival rate of colorectal adenocarcinoma with NED patients (P<0.05). Conclusion The high expression of p53, Ki-67 may be associated with colorectal adenocarcinoma with NED and play an important role in malignant proliferation. p53,Ki-67 are valuable prognostic factors for colorectal adenocarcinoma with NED patients.

We reviewed and developed an indicator system framework for assessing teaching effect of laparoscopic simulation training through literature research, expert consultation, analytic hierarchy process and factor analysis. We also made an empirical study on the constructed index system. The system included 3 domains (A1: evaluation of laparoscopic simulator; A2: operation evaluation of experimental animals; A3: evaluation of clinical practice), 10 second-level indicators and 23 third-level indicators for assessing teaching effect of laparoscopic simulation training. The indicator system framework has good internal consistency (Cronbach α= 0.968) and external consistency (>0.72). The empirical study found that: in the results of A1-A3 in the first level indicator, the score of the experienced group was significantly higher than that of the inexperienced group ( P<0.05). In the evaluation results of the 10 secondary indicators in the secondary indicators B1-B10, the score of the experienced group was significantly higher than that of the inexperienced group ( P<0.01). For the first time, we have established and evaluated a comprehensive evaluation indicator system which is reliable and effective and can be used for further evaluation of teaching effect of laparoscopic simulation training. The following empirical studies have verified the effectiveness and practicability of the evaluation system.

Artificial Intelligence ; Forecasting ; Humans ; Rare Diseases ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/diagnosis*

Stapled peptides with significantly enhanced pharmacological profiles have emerged as promising therapeutic molecules due to their remarkable resistance to proteolysis and performance to penetrate cells. The all-hydrocarbon peptide stapling technique has already widely adopted with great success, yielding numerous potent peptide-based molecules. Based on our prior efforts, we conceived and prepared a double-stapled peptide in this study, termed FRNC-1, which effectively attenuated the bone resorption capacity of mature osteoclasts in vitro through specific inhibition of phosphorylated GSK-3β. The double-stapled peptide FRNC-1 displayed notably improved helical contents and resistance to proteolysis than its linear form. Additionally, FRNC-1 effectively prevented osteoclast activation and improved bone density for ovariectomized (OVX) mice after intravenous injection and importantly, after oral (intragastric) administration. The double-stapled peptide FRNC-1 is the first orally effective peptide that has been validated to date as a therapeutic candidate for postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP).