Ancient traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) doctrine says "The superior doctor prevents illnesses," pointing out preventative medicine as the ultimate goal for medical care. TCM recognizes that genetic predisposition and environmental and lifestyle influences contribute to diseases. It divides people into eight constitutions in addition to one normal/healthy kind. People with one of the eight subhealth constitutions are prone to develop different kinds of corresponding illnesses. The goal for this type of categorization is to help people take preemptive measures to prevent or delay disease onset. As the peripheral immune system through surveying the body, it can capture information from essentially all organs and reflect anomalies occurring in each organ. Thus, the detailed profiling of the peripheral immune-system function can generally reflect a person's overall heath state. In this study, we performed the single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from individuals with Tanshi (phlegm dampness) constitution. They were prone to develop metabolic disorders including diabetes. scRNA-seq revealed greatly reduced mucosal-associated invariable T cell content and heightened TNFα-NFκB, JAK-STAT, and interferon signaling. These findings indicated heightened chronic inflammation, as well as increased hypoxia/apoptosis responses, likely resulting from frequent sleep apnea that Tanshi individuals experienced. Altogether, this pilot study demonstrated effectiveness in using scRNA-seq to reveal molecular-immunological bases for constitution categorization, thereby substantiating that preventative medicine originated from TCM.
Humans ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism* ; Male ; Female ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Single-Cell Analysis ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Transcriptome ; Single-Cell Gene Expression Analysis

The implementation of new medical technology projects is a key way for hospitals to improve their medical technology level and core competitiveness. Standardizing medical technology management has become an important part of the construction of the medical quality system in public hospitals of China. In May 2022, a tertiary comprehensive hospital established a " 243" cross departmental collaborative management system, organically integrating multiple information systems within the hospital, and building a medical new technology whole-process information management platform covering the basic system layer, business platform layer, and system function layer. It was officially launched in November 2022, realizing the full process closed-loop management of medical new technology projects from application, approval, project initiation, tracking to completion, improving management quality and efficiency. As of March 2024, the platform had accepted 203 applications for new technologies, of which 139 had been approved and achieved good results, providing references for other hospitals to standardize the management of medical new technologies and reduce medical risks.

The implementation of new medical technology projects is a key way for hospitals to improve their medical technology level and core competitiveness. Standardizing medical technology management has become an important part of the construction of the medical quality system in public hospitals of China. In May 2022, a tertiary comprehensive hospital established a " 243" cross departmental collaborative management system, organically integrating multiple information systems within the hospital, and building a medical new technology whole-process information management platform covering the basic system layer, business platform layer, and system function layer. It was officially launched in November 2022, realizing the full process closed-loop management of medical new technology projects from application, approval, project initiation, tracking to completion, improving management quality and efficiency. As of March 2024, the platform had accepted 203 applications for new technologies, of which 139 had been approved and achieved good results, providing references for other hospitals to standardize the management of medical new technologies and reduce medical risks.

Dendrobium officinale is a Chinese herbal medicine with the same origin as medicine and food,and it is commonly used in making soup and tonic diet,etc.Dendrobium officinale and its compound preparations are widely used in clinical practice.This article used keywords such as"Dendrobium officinale"and"clinical"to search for relevant literature on clinical research on Dendrobium officinale in CNKI,Wanfang,VIP,PubMed and other databases over the past 10 years.It is found that Dendrobium officinale and its compound preparations were mainly used in the treatment of internal medicine(such as chronic gastritis,diabetes,bronchitis,hypertension,coronary heart disease,etc.),surgery,gynecology,pediatrics,ophthalmology and other diseases,and had good clinical effects.It is a Chinese herbal medicine with the development value.This article provides a comprehensive and systematic summary and analysis of the clinical application of Dendrobium officinale,aiming to provide reference for its rational clinical application and further development and research.

In recent years, with the development of neurointerventional techniques, transradial approach (TRA) has been able to meet most needs of neurointerventional procedures. Compared with tranfemoral approach (TFA), TRA can obviously reduce access-site complications, shorten hospital stays and improve patient satisfaction. However, due to the long learning curve, lack of radial-specific catheters, small artery diameter and specific vascular access-site complications, TRA development is relatively slow, and relevant domestic and foreign studies are still at initial stage. Therefore, this article mainly focuses on the anatomy, advantages and limitations, approaches of radial artery, and discuss the safety and feasibility of TRA in neurointerventional diagnosis and treatment, in order to provide more references for neurointerventionalists.

Objective:To explore the application value of virtual reality technology in thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy.Methods:Eighty-four patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer admitted to the First Hospital of Jiaxing from December 2017 to December 2018 were enrolled in the study.They were divided into observation group and control group according to the random digital table method, with 42 cases in each group.The observation group used virtual reality technology to construct a three-dimensional digital model, and performed preoperative evaluation and simulated surgical drills and intraoperative navigation on the three-dimensional digital model, based on the preoperative evaluation and simulated surgical drill results, combined with the specific actual situation during the operation, developed and implemented individualized thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy.Thoracoscopy anatomical segmentectomy was routinely performed in the control group.The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, intraoperative lymph node dissection number, intraoperative lymph node dissection, postoperative hospital stay, postoperative thoracic closed drainage tube, total postoperative drainage, total hospitalization, cost and incidence of postoperative complications were compared between the two groups.Results:The operation of both two groups was successfully completed, and no intraoperative thoracic surgery was performed during the operation.There was no perioperative death.The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, intraoperative lymph node dissection number, intraoperative lymph node dissection, postoperative hospital stay, postoperative thoracic closed drainage tube, total postoperative drainage, total hospitalization cost and the incidence of postoperative complications in the observation group were (100.98±26.51)min, (67.98±32.96)mL, (7.79±1.32), (11.98±4.69), (4.60±1.43)d, (2.86±0.81)d, (437.14±193.86)mL, (3.76±0.31)million, 9.52%(4/42), respectively, which in the control group were (114.88±24.26)min, (104.52±52.37)mL, (6.45±0.3), (8.31±1.94), (6.50±2.55)d, (4.00±2.25)d, (667.26±415.01)mL, (4.20±0.65)million, 26.19%(11/42), respectively, the differences between the two groups were statistically significant ( t=-2.208, -3.328, 5.916, 4.678, -4.221, -3.993, -3.265, -3.968, χ 2=3.977, all P<0.05). No local recurrence or distant metastasis was found during the follow-up period. Conclusion:Virtual reality technology can provide preoperative evaluation and simulated surgical exercises and intraoperative navigation for thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy, which can reduce the difficulty of surgery and improve the accuracy and safety of the operation.

To unravel the genetic mechanisms of disease and physiological traits, it requires comprehensive sequencing analysis of large sample size in Chinese populations. Here, we report the primary results of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Precision Medicine Initiative (CASPMI) project launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including the de novo assembly of a northern Han reference genome (NH1.0) and whole genome analyses of 597 healthy people coming from most areas in China. Given the two existing reference genomes for Han Chinese (YH and HX1) were both from the south, we constructed NH1.0, a new reference genome from a northern individual, by combining the sequencing strategies of PacBio, 10× Genomics, and Bionano mapping. Using this integrated approach, we obtained an N50 scaffold size of 46.63 Mb for the NH1.0 genome and performed a comparative genome analysis of NH1.0 with YH and HX1. In order to generate a genomic variation map of Chinese populations, we performed the whole-genome sequencing of 597 participants and identified 24.85 million (M) single nucleotide variants (SNVs), 3.85 M small indels, and 106,382 structural variations. In the association analysis with collected phenotypes, we found that the T allele of rs1549293 in KAT8 significantly correlated with the waist circumference in northern Han males. Moreover, significant genetic diversity in MTHFR, TCN2, FADS1, and FADS2, which associate with circulating folate, vitamin B12, or lipid metabolism, was observed between northerners and southerners. Especially, for the homocysteine-increasing allele of rs1801133 (MTHFR 677T), we hypothesize that there exists a "comfort" zone for a high frequency of 677T between latitudes of 35-45 degree North. Taken together, our results provide a high-quality northern Han reference genome and novel population-specific data sets of genetic variants for use in the personalized and precision medicine.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of thiophene tiotropium powder inhaler for postop-erative lung function recovery in lung cancer patients.Methods 80 patients of thoracic surgery lobectomy who had lung cancer were selected as research subjects.The patients were randomly divided into two groups.The observation group received tiotropium bromide powder for inhalation therapy,the control group was inhaled salmeterol /fluticasone propionate powder for inhalation therapy.Before treatment,after treatment,2d,6d of CRP,absolute neutrophil ANC, tumor necrosis factor α(TNF -α) were observed.Before treatment,after treatment 4 weeks,8 weeks of forced vital capacity (FVC),within one second force expiratory volume in FEV1 ,FEV1 percent predicted (FEV1%),FEV1 /FVC, PaO2 ,PaCO3 were detected.Results Before treatment,CRP,AND,TNF -αhad no significant differences between the two groups (all P >0.05).Postoperative 2d,CRP,ANC,TNF -αof the two groups were all increased.Postopera-tive 6d,the above indicators of the two groups were declined,and the decline of the observation group was significantly lower than the control group (t =3.163 4,3.651 8,4.025 3,all P <0.05).Before treatment,FVC,FEV1 ,FEV1%, FEV1 /FVC,PaO2 ,PaCO3 between the two groups had no significant differences (all P >0.05).4 weeks,8 weeks af-ter treatment,FVC,FEV1%,FEV1 /FVC,PaO2 of the observation group were significantly higher than the control group (t =2.041 8,4.116 7;2.043 1,3.722 8;3.056 2,4.138 6;3.227 6,5.161 9;all P <0.05),FEV1 ,PaCO3 were significantly lower than the control group (t =1.523 7,3.427 6;3.439 2,4.521 7;all P <0.05).Conclusion Tiotropium bromide inhalation powder agents has certain effect on lung function recovery for lung cancer patients after surgery,it is worthy of clinical application.

Objective To investigate the effect of vitamin D (VD) on gastric cancer and its underlying mechanisms by detecting serum VD levels in gastric cancer patients and the expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in gastric tumor.Methods Serum VD levels was detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay,VRD expression of tumor tissue and normal mucosa were detected by immunohistochemistry.At the same time,relationships of VDR expression and the prognosis of the patients were analyzed.Results The serum levels of VD of gastric cancer patients were lower than that of healthy people (P＜0.05),and they were negatively related to the degree of cell differentiation significantly (P＜0.001).VDR expression in gastric tumor tissue significantly decreased compared to that of the normal mucosa (P＜0.05).A significant correlation was found between the VDR expression and the differentiation grade of the carcinoma,with well differentiated carcinoma having the highest level of VDR expression (P＜0.05).For patients with gastric cancer,those with positive VDR expression had significant longer progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than the patients with negative VDR expression (P＜0.05).Conclusions VD may be a protecting factor of gastric cancer.VDR can be regarded as a marker of differentiation of gastric cancer and served as an effective prognostic factor in patients with postoperative gastric cancer.

Hoarseness ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Humans ; Vocal Cord Paralysis ; complications ; diagnosis