1.Effect of Xiangsha Liu Junzitang Combined with Phlegm-removing and Detoxifying Traditional Chinese Medicine on Immune Escape in Lewis Lung Cancer Mice
Qian YANG ; Shumei WANG ; Shihan FENG ; Xue ZHAN ; Lintao XIA ; Mingxing WU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(7):78-86
ObjectiveTo study the effect and mechanism of Xiangsha Liu Junzitang combined with phlegm-removing and detoxifying traditional Chinese medicine on immune escape in Lewis lung cancer mice. MethodA total of 60 specific-pathogen-free (SPF)-grade C57BL/6J male mice were injected subcutaneously with 0.2 mL of Lewis cell suspension (containing 2×106 cells·mL-1) in the right mid-axillary line. After 7 days, the mice that had been successfully modeled were randomly divided into six groups: the model group, the cisplatin group, the Xiangsha Liu Junzitang low-, medium-, and high-dose groups, and the combined group, with 10 mice in each group. The Xiangsha Liu Junzitang low-, medium- and high-dose groups were gavaged with 17.88, 35.75, 71.50 g·kg-1 Xiangsha Liu Junzitang solution once a day, respectively, and the dosage of cisplatin intraperitoneally injected into the mice was converted to 5 mg·kg-1 twice a week, and the tumour volumes of each group were measured every two days. The intervention lasted for 14 consecutive days. At the end of treatment, the tumour mass of mice in each group was weighed and the tumour inhibition rate was calculated. The morphological characteristics of tumours in each group were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. Fluorescent quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) assay was used to detect messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) contents of the natural killer group 2 member D (NKG2D) receptor, ribonucleic acid export-1 (RAE-1), and γ interferon (IFN-γ) in the tumour tissues of each group. NKG2D, RAE-1, and IFN-γ mRNA in tumour tissues of each group. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blot were applied to detect the expressions of RAE-1, NKG2D, and IFN-γ in tumour tissues of each group, and Western blot was used to detect the expressions of interleukin-6 (IL-6), Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), p-JAK2, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), and p-STAT3 in tumour tissues of each group, as well as the protein levels of NKG2D, and RAE-1 in spleen tissues of each group. ResultCompared with that in the model group, the tumour mass decreased in all dose groups of Xiangsha Liu Junzitang, with no statistically significant difference. The tumour volume was reduced (P<0.05, P <0.01). The pathological morphology was improved. The mRNA contents of NKG2D, RAE-1 and IFN-γ were increased in the medium-dose group (P<0.05, P<0.01), and the protein expressions of NKG2D, RAE-1, and IFN-γ in tumour tissues were elevated (P<0.05, P<0.01), and p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 protein expressions were decreased (P<0.05, P<0.01). In spleen tissues, the protein expressions of NKG2D and RAE-1 in all dose groups of Xiangsha Liu Junzitang were significantly elevated (P<0.01). Compared with those in the cisplatin group, NKG2D, RAE-1 and IFN-γ mRNA contents were elevated in the middle-dose group of Xiangsha Liu Junzitang, and the difference was not statistically significant. IHC showed that the protein expressions of NKG2D and IFN-γ in the combined group were significantly elevated (P<0.01), and Western blot results showed that the protein expressions of RAE-1, NKG2D and IFN-γ were elevated (P<0.05, P<0.01). p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 protein expressions were decreased in the combined group (P<0.05, P<0.01). NKG2D and RAE-1 protein expressions were significantly increased in spleen tissues of the medium-dose groups and the combined group (P<0.01). ConclusionXiangsha Liu Junzitang combined with phlegm-removing and detoxifying traditional Chinese medicine can inhibit the growth of tumours in Lewis lung cancer mice by up-regulating the expressions of RAE-1/NKG2D, promoting the activation of NK cells, and inhibiting immune escape, the mechanism of which may be related to down-regulation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway.
2.Analysis of fertility intention and influencing factors of nurses of childbearing age in Chongqing under the influence of the comprehensive three children policy
Yu QIANG ; Di WU ; Yaling WANG ; Li ZHANG ; Nan WANG ; Shumei LIAO ; Hong CHEN ; Ling WANG ; Yuan ZHENG
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(10):1525-1530
Objective To investigate the current situation of fertility intention of nurses of childbearing age in Chongqing,and to explore the related factors affecting their fertility intention.Methods A total of 509 in-service nurses(39 males and 470 females)from 12 hospitals in Chongqing were selected as the research ob-jects,and a questionnaire survey was conducted on their fertility intention.Univariate analysis and logistic re-gression analysis were performed on the relevant variables.Results Only nine people(1.77%)had the will-ingness to have a third child.Among them,the single influencing factors of the willingness to have a third child were parents living together(P=0.043),hospital category(P=0.013),and gender(P=0.025).The respondents who clearly stated that they did not want to have three children believed that fertility pressure came from children's education investment,children's medical expenses,elderly medical expenses and insur-ance investment,in 65.80%of the families,the investment in children's education accounts for ≥10%of the annual family income.The log-binomial regression analysis of the fertility behavior of the second child showed that the fertility behavior of the second child of the intermediate title was 2.41 times that of the primary title(P<0.01),the non-parental living was 0.41 times that of the parents living together(P<0.01),the contract system was 0.40 times that of the formal establishment(P<0.01),and the annual household income of>500 000 yuan was 6.09 times that of 0 to 100 000 yuan(P<0.05).Conclusion The fertility intention of the three-child childbearing age group of licensed nurses in Chongqing is weak,and economic factors and educa-tional pressure are the main factors affecting the fertility intention.
3.Analysis of clinical characteristics and treatment of patients with perianal necrotizing fasciitis
Shaoban ZHU ; Dehui LI ; Da'en LIU ; Jun WEI ; Chaoyi ZHONG ; Yajun WU ; Qingwen NONG ; Shumei QIU ; Shuntang LI
Chinese Journal of Burns 2024;40(10):955-962
Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment of patients with perianal necrotizing fasciitis.Methods:This study was a retrospective cohort study. Twenty patients with perianal necrotizing fasciitis who met the inclusion criteria were admitted to the Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University (hereinafter referred to as our department) from August 2013 to September 2023, including 19 males and 1 female, aged 24-74 (56±11) years. Based on the spreading route of perianal infection to the lower abdomen, the patients were divided into perianal-inguinal-lower abdominal wall group (12 cases) and perianal-pelvic cavity-retroperitoneal group (8 cases). The following clinical data were compared between the two groups of patients: general data, including gender, age, combined underlying diseases, blood glucose level and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ) score when admitted to our department, and laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) score when admitted to our department and at 14 d after admitted to our department; infection indicators when admitted to our department, including C-reactive protein level, white blood cell count, lymphocyte count, procalcitonin level, and lactic acid level; clinical outcome-related indicators, including time from onset to definite infection range, number of surgery, treatment in intensive care unit (ICU), length of hospital stay, treatment outcome, and recurrence of necrotizing fasciitis during follow-up; detection of pathogen and bacterial drug resistance in wound necrotic tissue specimen when admitted to our department.Results:Compared with those in perianal-inguinal-lower abdominal wall group, the APACHE Ⅱ score and lactic acid level when admitted to our department and LRINEC score at 14 d after admitted to our department (with t values of -5.98, -5.01, and -2.86, respectively, P<0.05) and ICU treatment ratio ( P<0.05) were significantly increased, the time from onset to definite infection range was significantly prolonged ( Z=-3.75, P<0.05), and the number of surgery was significantly increased ( Z=2.80, P<0.05) in patients in perianal-pelvic cavity-retroperitoneal group. There were no statistically significant differences in other data between the two groups of patients ( P>0.05). Eighteen patients were cured, and no recurrence of perianal necrotizing fasciitis was observed during follow-up of 6 months in 18 cured patients. The main bacteria were Escherichia coliand Klebsiella pneumoniae, and the fungui were Aspergillus and Candida albicans detected in wound necrotic tissue specimens in two groups of patients when admitted to our department. The ratio of multiple drug resistance of bacteria in wound necrotic tissue specimens in perianal-pelvic cavity-retroperitoneal group of patients was significantly higher than that in perianal-inguinal-lower abdominal wall group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Perianal necrotizing fasciitis can spread to the lower abdomen through two routes: the perianal-inguinal-lower abdominal wall route and the perianal-pelvic cavity-retroperitoneal route. The latter is more insidious in disease progression and more challenging in treatment. Establishing a mechanism of multi-disciplinary team diagnosis and treatment can achieve the goal of early diagnosis and precise treatment of perianal necrotizing fasciitis.
4.Dantrolene sodium treatment of amisulpride-related neuroleptic malignant syndrome:a case report
Shumei WU ; Yuxia SHI ; Li ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology 2024;33(5):572-577
A 32-year-old woman,previously diagnosed with schizophrenia and undergoing long-term treatment with clozapine,experienced the onset of symptoms such as shallow coma,persistent high fever,and increased muscle tone one day after transitioning from clozapine to amisulpride.Combining with elevated creatine kinase levels and other examination findings,the patient was diagnosed with amisulpride-related neuroleptic malignant syndrome(NMS).Amisulpride treatment was promptly discontinued,and the patient was treated with bromocriptine,but it failed to relieve the symptoms.On the same day,intravenous administration of dantrolene sodium was conducted,then her body temperature decreased,convulsions and tremors improved,and other symptoms gradually relieved.After 5 days,her consciousness improved,and she was discharged after 10 days.Amisulpride-related NMS are relatively rare,and dantrolene sodium can be used as a potential option when conventional treatments prove ineffective.
5.Development of the Care Needs Scale for Young and Middle-aged Terminally Ill Patients and its reliability and validity
Shumei ZHUANG ; Xueying ZHOU ; Jing WANG ; Peng WANG ; Ying GUO ; Chengmei ZHAO ; Shimei JIN ; Shanshan WU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2023;29(19):2554-2561
Objective:To develop the Care Needs Scale for Young and Middle-aged Terminally Ill Patients and test its reliability and validity, so as to provide an effective tool for evaluating the care needs of young and middle-aged terminally ill patients for medical and nursing staff.Methods:This study is a cross-sectional study. Guided by the theory of supportive care needs, an initial scale was formed through literature review, qualitative interviews, Delphi expert consultation, and pre-survey. From July to September 2022, convenience sampling was used to select 570 young and middle-aged terminally ill patients hospitalized in the Oncology Department and Hospice Care Ward of six Class Ⅲ hospitals in Tianjin as the research subject, and a questionnaire survey was conducted on the patients. The items in the scale were selected using item analysis method. The structural validity of the scale was evaluated using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The content validity of the scale was evaluated using the scale-level content validity index and the item-level content validity index. The reliability of the scale was evaluated using internal consistency coefficient and half reliability coefficient. A total of 570 questionnaires were distributed, and 565 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective response rate of 99.12% (565/570) .Results:A total of 18 experts completed two rounds of consultation, with an expert authority coefficient of 0.890, the Kendall's W values of 0.309 and 0.417, respectively ( P<0.05). The Care Needs Scale for Young and Middle-aged Terminally Ill Patients included 6 dimensions and a total of 39 items. Exploratory factor analysis extracted 6 common factors, with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 71.515%. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the overall model fitted well. The content validity index at the scale level was 0.942, and the content validity index at the item level was 0.833 to 1.000. The total Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.975, and the half reliability coefficient was 0.911. Conclusions:The reliability and validity of the Care Needs Scale for Young and Middle-aged Terminally Ill Patients are good, and it can be used as an evaluation tool for the care needs of young and middle-aged terminally ill patients.
6.The application and value evaluation of assisted diagnosis system for five fundus lesion based on artificial intelligence combined with optical coherence tomography
Jian MA ; Shumei CHEN ; Min WANG ; Fuli WU ; Jian WU ; Xiaoyun FANG
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2022;38(2):126-131
Objective:To establish an artificial intelligence robot-assisted diagnosis system for fundus diseases based on deep learning optical coherence tomography (OCT) and evaluate its application value.Methods:Diagnostic test studies. From 2016 to 2019, 25 000 OCT images of 25 000 patients treated at the Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine were used as training sets and validation sets for the fundus intelligent assisted diagnosis system. Among them, macular epiretinal membrane (MERM), macular edema, macular hole, choroidal neovascularization (CNV), and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were 5 000 sheets each. The training set and the verification set are 18 124 and 6 876 sheets, respectively. Through the transfer learning Attention ResNet structure algorithm, the OCT image was characterized by lesion identification, the disease feature was extracted by a specific procedure, and the given image was distinguished from other types of disease according to the statistical characteristics of the target lesion. The model algorithms of MERM, macular edema, macular hole, CNV and AMD were initially formed, and the fundus intelligent auxiliary diagnosis system of five models was established. The performance of each model-assisted diagnosis in the fundus intelligent auxiliary diagnostic system was evaluated by applying the subject working characteristic curve, area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity.Results:With the intelligent auxiliary diagnosis system, the diagnostic sensitivity of the MERM was 93.5%, the specificity was 99.23%, and AUC was 0.983 7; the diagnostic sensitivity of macular edema was 99.02%, the specificity was 98.17%, and AUC was 0.994 6; the diagnostic sensitivity of macular hole was 98.91%, the specificity was 99.91%, AUC was 0.996 2; the diagnostic sensitivity of CNV was 97.54%, the specificity was 94.71%, AUC was 0.987 5; the diagnostic sensitivity of AMD was 95.12%, the specificity was 97.09%, AUC was 0.985 3.Conclusions:The artificial intelligence robot-assisted diagnosis system for fundus diseases based on deep learning for OCT images has accurate and efficient diagnostic performance for assisting the diagnosis of MERM, macular edema, macular hole, CNV, and AMD.
7.Establishment of clinical features and prognostic scoring model in early-stage hepatitis B-related acute-on-chronic liver failure
Tianzhou WU ; Xi LIANG ; Jiaqi LI ; Tan LI ; Lingling YANG ; Jiang LI ; Jiaojiao XIN ; Jing JIANG ; Dongyan SHI ; Keke REN ; Shaorui HAO ; Linfeng JIN ; Ping YE ; Jianrong HUANG ; Xiaowei XU ; Zhiliang GAO ; Zhongping DUAN ; Tao HAN ; Yuming WANG ; Baoju WANG ; Jianhe GAN ; Tingting FEN ; Chen PAN ; Yongping CHEN ; Yan HUANG ; Qing XIE ; Shumei LIN ; Xin CHEN ; Shaojie XIN ; Lanjuan LI ; Jun LI
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2020;28(4):310-318
Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics and establish a corresponding prognostic scoring model in patients with early-stage clinical features of hepatitis B-induced acute-on-chronic liver failure (HBV-ACLF).Methods:Clinical characteristics of 725 cases with hepatitis B-related acute-on-chronic hepatic dysfunction (HBV-ACHD) were retrospectively analyzed using Chinese group on the study of severe hepatitis B (COSSH). The independent risk factors associated with 90-day prognosis to establish a prognostic scoring model was analyzed by multivariate Cox regression, and was validated by 500 internal and 390 external HBV-ACHD patients.Results:Among 725 cases with HBV-ACHD, 76.8% were male, 96.8% had cirrhosis base,66.5% had complications of ascites, 4.1% had coagulation failure in respect to organ failure, and 9.2% had 90-day mortality rate. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that TBil, WBC and ALP were the best predictors of 90-day mortality rate in HBV-ACHD patients. The established scoring model was COSS-HACHADs = 0.75 × ln(WBC) + 0.57 × ln(TBil)-0.94 × ln(ALP) +10. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of subjects was significantly higher than MELD, MELD-Na, CTP and CLIF-C ADs( P < 0.05). An analysis of 500 and 390 cases of internal random selection group and external group had similar verified results. Conclusion:HBV-ACHD patients are a group of people with decompensated cirrhosis combined with small number of organ failure, and the 90-day mortality rate is 9.2%. COSSH-ACHDs have a higher predictive effect on HBV-ACHD patients' 90-day prognosis, and thus provide evidence-based medicine for early clinical diagnosis and treatment.
8.Advances in the research of virtual reality technology for pain intervention after burns
Weiwei WU ; Shumei LIU ; Tingting HE ; Shifeng WU
Chinese Journal of Burns 2020;36(7):620-622
Pain is one of the most common complications of burn patients. Burn from onset to rehabilitation is a long and complex process, during which dressing change, debridement, operation, and rehabilitation may cause different degrees of pain to the patients. As one of the means of non-pharmaceutical pain management, the interventional effect of virtual reality technology has gradually been recognized by more and more researchers. This paper reviewed the definition, the interventional mechanisms, and the interventional effect on burn pain of virtual reality technology, to provide a reference for clinical application of virtual reality technology in pain management of burn patients.
9. Epidemiological and clinical features of dengue fever outbreak in Jiangxi Province in 2019
Hongyi CHEN ; Yi ZHANG ; Jingwen AI ; Jingen WANG ; Qiubo CHEN ; Feibing LUO ; Chengyun YANG ; Jing WU ; Yang ZHOU ; Xinyu WANG ; Ning JIANG ; Shumei WANG ; Wenhong ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2019;37(11):641-645
Objective:
To investigate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 91 cases of dengue fever outbreak in Jiangxi Province in 2019, and to strengthen the management and prevention of dengue fever.
Methods:
The clinical data, laboratory results and etiology tests of 91 patients with dengue fever from the Ninth Hospital of Nanchang, Zhangshu People′s Hospital, Fengcheng People′s Hospital and Nanchang County People′s Hospital from July 31, 2019 to September 27, 2019 were retrospectively collected. The
10.Clinical data analysis of 2491 acupuncture inpatient consultations: a report from Qilu Hospital of Shandong University.
Xiaobin GE ; Lei ZHANG ; Gonglei YUE ; Xuewei XIAO ; Zhenjie YANG ; Bin TANG ; Shumei WU ; Yan LI ; Guangzhong DU
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2018;38(2):211-217
OBJECTIVETo summarize the 2491 acupuncture inpatient consultations in Qilu Hospital of Shandong University during 2014, and analyze the application of acupuncture in comprehensive hospital, hoping to provide direction and methods for clinical practice and scientific research of acupuncture.
METHODSThe consultation record and hospitalization information during 2014 in Department of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, were collected and summarized through Inpatient Information Management System. The distribution of consultation discipline and disease were analyzed.
RESULTSAmong all the consultations, 15 second-class disciplines were involved, and the number of neurology and surgery was 1399, accounting for 59.00% of all consultation. 111 types of diseases were found in consultation, mainly postoperative complications, cerebrovascular disease and arthropathy. The primary disease of consultations involved all the systems, mainly nervous system disease, musculoskeletal system disease, connective tissue diseases and genitourinary system diseases, accounting for 73.89% of all consultations. .
CONCLUSIONAcupuncture is closely related with clinical disciplines of neurology and surgery. The cooperation between acupuncture and pediatrics and oncology should be strengthened. Acupuncture has an advantage over treating postoperative complications and neuromuscular diseases.

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