Objective To investigate the effect of comfort nursing on dysphoria patients in neurosurgical department.Methods Thirty-six patients with dysphoria in the neurosurgical department were treated with comfort nursing. The degree of dysphoria after implementation of comfort nursing and the incidence of nursing-related adverse events were investigated.Results The degree of dysphoria in the patients after implementation of comfort nursing was lower than that after the implementation(P<0.05).There were 3 cases(8.33%)of nasogastric tube slippage and skin injury,2 cases(5.56%)of urinary catheter slippage and no case of falling out of bed.Conclusions The implementation of comfort nursing can stabilize the mood of patients and comfort the patients. It is helpful for abating the degree of dysphoria of patients,reducing the adverse effects of nursing work and ultimately improving the quality of nursing.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: A variety of immunomodulators can improve the efficacy of low-dose chemotherapeutics. Active hexose correlated compound (AHCC), a mushroom mycelia extract, has been shown to be a strong immunomodulator. Whether AHCC could enhance the antitumor effect of low-dose 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) via regulation of host immunity is unknown. MATERIALS/METHODS: In the current study Hepatoma 22 (H22) tumor-bearing mice were treated with PBS, 5-FU (10 mg.kg-1.d-1, i.p), or AHCC (360 mg.kg-1.d-1, i.g) plus 5-FU, respectively, for 5 d. CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, and NK in peripheral blood were detected by flow cytometry. ALT, AST, BUN, and Cr levels were measured by biochemical assay. IL-2 and TNFalpha in serum were measured using the RIA kit and apoptosis of tumor was detected by TUNEL staining. Bax, Bcl-2, and TS protein levels were measured by immunohistochemical staining and mRNA level was evaluated by RT-PCR. RESULTS: Diet consumption and body weight showed that AHCC had no apparent toxicity. AHCC could reverse liver injury and myelosuppression induced by 5-FU (P < 0.05). Compared to mice treated with 5-FU, mice treated with AHCC plus 5-FU had higher thymus index, percentages of CD3+, CD4+, and NK cells (P < 0.01), and ratio of CD4+/CD8+ (P < 0.01) in peripheral blood. Radioimmunoassay showed that mice treated with AHCC plus 5-FU had the highest serum levels of IL-2 and TNFalpha compared with the vehicle group and 5-FU group. More importantly, the combination of AHCC and 5-FU produced a more potent antitumor effect (P < 0.05) and caused more severe apoptosis in tumor tissue (P < 0.05) compared with the 5-FU group. In addition, the combination of AHCC and 5-FU further up-regulated the expression of Bcl-2 associated X protein (Bax) (P < 0.01), while it down-regulated the expression of B cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: These results support the claim that AHCC might be beneficial for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Agaricales ; Animals ; Apoptosis ; Body Weight ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* ; Diet ; Drug Therapy ; Flow Cytometry ; Fluorouracil* ; Humans ; Immunologic Factors ; In Situ Nick-End Labeling ; Interleukin-2 ; Killer Cells, Natural ; Liver ; Lymphoma, B-Cell ; Mice* ; Radioimmunoassay ; RNA, Messenger ; Thymus Gland ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a cancer arising from the nasopharynx epithelium, and is one of the most frequent head and neck malignancies in adolescents. Treatment strategies for juvenile NPC follow the guidelines established for adult NPC. However, juvenile NPC has its distinct clinical characteristics. For juvenile patients in the developmental stage, the late toxicity of treatment should not be ignored. Therefore, it is important to seek appropriate treatment strategies for juvenile NPC. This review gives an overview of the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and current treatment of juvenile NPC, along with the promising strategies to reduce the intensity of treatment in adolescents. This review aims to provide new insight for improving the treatment of this disease.

Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of HEMO-FISS-QoL(HF-QoL) questionnaire (HF-QoL-C) in the Chinese population with hemorrhoids.Methods:From November 2021 to November 2022, a self-constructed general information questionnaire, HF-QoL-C, and the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36), Goligher classification, and Giordano severity of hemorrhoid symptom questionnaire (GSQ) were used to conduct a questionnaire survey on 760 hemorrhoid patients in the anorectal department of six hospitals. The data was analyzed for reliability and validity using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 26.0 software.Results:The Cronbach's α coefficient of HF-QoL-C and its dimension ranged from 0.831 to 0.960, and the split coefficient was 0.832-0.915. Four common factors were extracted through principal component exploratory factor analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated acceptable structural validity( χ2/ df=8.152, RSMEA=0.097, CFI=0.881, IFI=0.881, NFI=0.867). HF-QoL-C was correlated with SF36 and GSQ( r=-0.694, 0.501, both P<0.01). There were differences in the total score and dimensional scores of HF-QoL-C between surgical and drug treated patients, different grades of Goligher classification for hemorrhoidal disease, and different ranges of hemorrhoid prolapse (all P<0.001). No ceiling effect was found in the total score and the scores of each dimension(0.3%-2.0%). There was a floor effect in both psychological function and sexual activity dimensions (16.7%, 35.1%). Conclusion:HF-QoL-C has good reliability and validity, which can be used to measure the quality of life of Chinese hemorrhoid patients.