1.Influence of pterygium thickness and area on corneal refractive status
Xiaodong CHENG ; Jie WANG ; Song GAO ; Yanhong LU ; Yanbo MA ; Xinming CUI ; Xihui CHEN
International Eye Science 2026;26(1):152-156
AIM: To investigate the influence of pterygium thickness and area on corneal refractive status.METHODS: Prospective longitudinal study. A total of 60 cases(60 eyes)of pterygium patients admitted to our hospital from January 2024 to September 2024 were randomly selected. All patients underwent pterygium excision combined with pedicle conjunctival flap transplantation for treatment. Optical coherence tomography(OCT)was used to measure the preoperative thickness of patient's pterygium, and a digital slit lamp microscope was used to measure the area of pterygium. The corneal refractive status(degree of corneal astigmatism and average curvature)and changes in uncorrected visual acuity of patients before surgery, 1 d, 1, and 3 mo after surgery were compared. The relationship between preoperative thickness and area of pterygium in patients and corneal refractive status indicators at different postoperative time points were analyzed, and Logistic regression was used to analyze the impact of pterygium thickness and area on postoperative visual improvement in patients.RESULTS: All patients completed follow-up after surgery for 3 mo. At 3 mo after surgery, visual acuity improved in 21 eyes(35%). The results of bivariate Pearson correlation analysis showed that the thickness and area of pterygium positively correlated with the degree of corneal astigmatism and uncorrected visual acuity before surgery and 1 d, 1, and 3 mo after surgery(all P<0.05), and negatively correlated with the average corneal curvature before surgery and 1 d, 1, and 3 mo after surgery(all P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that the thickness and area of pterygium before surgery, high degree of corneal astigmatism, and low uncorrected visual acuity(large LogMAR value)were all risk factors for poor postoperative visual improvement in patients(OR>1, P<0.05). The large average corneal curvature before surgery was a protective factor for poor postoperative visual improvement in patients(OR<1, P<0.05).CONCLUSION: The increase in thickness and area of pterygium can, to some extent, improve corneal astigmatism, reduce the average curvature of the cornea, and affect postoperative visual recovery.
2.Application and Value of Authentication Methods in the Study on Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics
Lufeng ZHENG ; Zheng GE ; Xiang LI ; Guangkun CHEN ; Fanglin HU ; Yanhong YANG ; Hongtao LI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2026;67(4):349-354
This paper systematically reviewed the concept of authentication studies on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) classics and the research achievements of scholars across historical and contemporary periods. We categorized the authentication studies on TCM classics into four types, including work-oriented authentication research, metho-dological studies on authentication, extended authentication research, and single-book authentication. Multiple methods were applied comprehensively, including investigating bibliographic documents of successive dynasties, analyzing the academic contents of medical books, studying the textual characteristics of medical books, examining the cited references in medical books, verifying the biographies of authors, and analyzing the interpolations and accretions in medical books, to distinguish the authenticity of TCM classics. The academic value of authenticity identification of TCM classics is concluded in three aspects,i.e. it serves as an important means to distinguish authenticity from falsehood in TCM classics, an important guarantee for inheriting the essence of TCM literature, and a key to unlocking the academic treasure trove of TCM classics and achieving inheritance-based innovation, which will lay a solid documentary foundation for constructing identification methodologies and standardized systems.
3.Analysis of Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions to Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Agonists in the Treatment of Central Precocious Puberty
Yuying XU ; Yanhong LI ; Danyi WANG ; Huamei MA ; Qiuli CHEN ; Jun ZHANG ; Song GUO ; Rujiang ZHENG
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) 2026;47(3):551-560
ObjectiveTo summarize the incidence and clinical features of drug hypersensitivity reactions in children treated with sustained-releasing gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa), aiming to provide guidance for the safe clinical application of GnRHa in children. MethodsThe medical data of children diagnosed with central precocious puberty (CPP) or early and fast puberty (EFP) were retrospectively analyzed, who received GnRHa treatment at the Children's Growth Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between January 1990 and July 2023. The occurrence of GnRHa-related drug hypersensitivity reactions were summarized, including the incidence and clinical features of systemic reactions and sterile abscesses. ResultsAmong the 1 684 children treated with GnRHa for CPP/EFP, the female-to-male ratio was 3.8∶1. A total of nine children (0.53%) developed 44 occurrences of drug hypersensitivity reactions. Four children (0.24%) presented with sterile abscesses (21 occurrences), and five children (0.30%) experienced systemic hypersensitivity reactions (14 occurrences). Four children were hypersensitive to triptorelin acetate, three were hypersensitive to leuprorelin acetate, and two were hypersensitive to both triptorelin acetate and leuprorelin acetate. The predominant hypersensitivity reactions to leuprorelin acetate were sterile abscesses, observed in four cases (4/277, 1.44%), whereas the main reactions to triptorelin acetate were systemic hypersensitivity reactions, affecting five cases (5/1 501, 0.33%). Case one presented with a severe and complex condition, exhibiting hypersensitivity to multiple GnRHa preparations (sustained-releasing triptorelin, sustained-releasing leuprorelin, and short-acting triptorelin), and presenting with diverse manifestations, including induration, sterile abscesses, systemic hypersensitivity reactions, and even loss of suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, leading to treatment failure. ConclusionsThe proportion of children experiencing drug hypersensitivity reactions to sustained-releasing GnRHa is relatively low at 0.53%, with diverse manifestations. The reactions primarily manifest as sterile abscesses and systemic hypersensitivity reactions, and in severe cases, may lead to treatment failure due to loss of suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.
4.Clinical experience of low-dose PTCY combined with ATG in preventing graft versus host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with β-thalassemia
Jingyuan LU ; Yanxin CHEN ; Xiuli HONG ; Jie CHEN ; Yanhong ZHUANG ; Quanyi LU
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2025;46(5):358-364
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of low-dose post-transplant cyclophosphamide (PTCY) combined with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) in preventing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in children with β-thalassemia after hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT).Method:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 42 children with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia who underwent HSCT at Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University between March 2019 and June 2023. Based on donor source, recipients were grouped into the haploidentical donor group (Haplo-RD, 10 cases) and the unrelated donor group (UD, 32 cases). The UD group was further subdivided into HLA 8/10 matched (2 cases), HLA 9/10 matched (15 cases), and fully HLA-matched (15 cases). The conditioning regimen included fludarabine, busulfan, cyclophosphamide, and thiotepa. GVHD prophylaxis consisted of ATG (4.5 mg/kg), cyclophosphamide (25 mg/kg for 2 days), cyclosporine A (CsA), and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). Engraftment, GVHD incidence, survival, mortality, and virus reactivation rates were evaluated.Result:The median age was 6 years (range, 2~12). All patients achieved hematopoietic reconstitution. The median times to neutrophil and platelet engraftment were 11 days (range, 10~15) days and 12 days (range, 6~31), respectively. All recipients had >95% peripheral blood STR chimerism by day 30. Grade Ⅲ~Ⅳ acute GVHD occurred in 3 recipients (7.14%), and chronic GVHD occurred in 5 recipients (11.90%) -1 case extensive, 4 cases limited. Both overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were 92.86%. All children in the Haplo-RD group achieved DFS. Eight patients developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia (no CMV disease), with a reactivation rate of 19.05%, and 9 recipients had BK virus-related urinary tract infections (6 cases in the UD group and 3 cases in the Haplo-RD group), for a total incidence of 21.43%.Conclusion:The combination of low-dose PTCY and ATG is a safe and effective strategy to prevent GVHD following haploidentical or unrelated donor HSCT in pediatric β-thalassemia. It is associated with reduced infection and viral reactivation post-transplant and contributes to high survival rates.
5.Bioactivity-guided discovery of antiviral templichalasins A‒C from the endophytic fungus Aspergillus templicola.
Teng CAI ; Jingzu SUN ; Wenxuan CHEN ; Qiang HE ; Baosong CHEN ; Yulong HE ; Peng ZHANG ; Yanhong WEI ; Hongwei LIU ; Xiaofeng CAI
Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.) 2025;23(6):754-761
The bioactivity-guided isolation of potentially active natural products has been widely utilized in pharmaceutical discovery. In this study, by screening fungal extracts against coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3), three new aspochalasins, templichalasins A‒C (1‒3), along with six known aspochalasins (4‒9) were isolated from an active extract derived from the endophytic fungus Aspergillus templicola LHWf045. Compound 1 features a unique 5/6/5/7/5 pentacyclic ring system, while compounds 2 and 3 possess unusual 5/6/6/7 tetracyclic skeletons. Their structures were characterized through extensive spectroscopic analyses, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Additionally, we demonstrated that compound 4 can be readily converted into compounds 1‒3 under mild acidic conditions and proposed a plausible mechanism for this conversion. Bioactivity evaluation of compounds 1‒9 against CVB3 revealed the inhibitory effects of all compounds against the virus. Notably, compound 9 exhibited superior antiviral activity, surpassing the commercial drug ribavirin in selectivity index (SI) value.
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6.Classification prediction of exercise perception in elderly hip arthroplasty patients and nursing implications
Qianming XIE ; Chunyan LIAO ; Guowei CHEN ; Yanhong PENG ; Guixiang JIANG ; Huihua TANG
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2025;60(19):2364-2370
Objective To explore the potential categories of exercise perception in elderly hip arthroplasty(HA)patients,analyze the prediction factors of different categories,and provide references for clinical nursing.Methods A convenience sampling method was used to select elderly HA patients treated in 6 orthopedic wards of 2 tertiary A hospitals in Guilin from October 2024 to February 2025.The general data questionnaire,Exercise Benefits and Barriers Perception Scale for Hip/Knee Throplasty Patients,Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia,the 5-Factor Modified Frailty Index,and Self-Efficacy for Rehabilitation Outcome Scale were used for investigation.Latent profile analysis was used to identify the potential categories of exercise perception of elderly HA patients,and decision tree model was used to explore the core predictive factors of different profile.Results 222 valid questionnaires were collected,with an effective response rate of 96.52%.A total of 222 elderly HA patients were divided into 3 profiles:high benefit-low barrier group(19.82%),low benefit-high barrier group(22.07%),and mild barrier group(58.11%).Frailty,kinesophobia,rehabilitation self-efficacy,residence,educational level and daily exercise were significant predictors of latent profiles(P<0.05),and the frailty was located in the root node of the decision tree model.Conclusion The level of exercise perception in elderly HA patients needs to be improved,and shows population heterogeneity.Medical staff should prioritize interventions for low benefit-high barrier and mild-barrier groups,implementing targeted strategies based on profile characteristics and predictive factors to improve their exercise perception.
7.Summary of best evidence for early rehabilitation management of hand function in patients with hand burns
Xueqin YAN ; Songmei CAO ; Fangfang ZHOU ; Liqun ZHU ; Cheng CHEN ; Mengxue ZHU ; Yanhong ZHANG ; Yiqing LIANG ; Suping BAI
Chinese Journal of Nursing 2025;60(8):998-1004
Objective To summarize the best evidence of early rehabilitation management of hand function in patients with hand burn,and provide basis for medical personnel to carry out early rehabilitation management of hand burn.Methods According to the 5S model,all evidence on early rehabilitation management of hand function in patients with hand burns was retrieved from databases and websites including UpToDate,BMJ Best Practice,NICE,RNAO,GIN,and so on.The retrieved evidence included clinical decisions,guidelines,evidence summaries,expert consensuses,systematic reviews,Meta analysis.The search period of the summary of best evidence,expert concensus and guidelines are from the establishment of the database to December 20,2024,and the search period of the systematic reviews is from January 1,2019 to December 20,2024.Quality evaluation of literature,evidence extraction and summary were conducted.The evidence was graded according to JBI evidence pre-grading system 2014.Results Totally 17 pieces of the literature were included,including 1 clinical decision,4 guidelines,6 evidence summaries,3 expert consensus articles,and 3 systematic reviews.Totally pieces of best evidence were summarized,including 7 aspects of assessment,hand positioning,treatment of edema,dressing,use of orthotics,joint mobility training,and health education.Conclusion This study summarized the best evidence of early rehabilitation management of hand function in patients with hand burn,and provided evidence-based evidence for clinical rehabilitation management plan.According to the clinical situation,the medical staff can apply the evidence to clinical practice,so as to improve the hand function and quality of life of patients.
8.Value of an obstetric intelligent assistant in predicting postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal delivery
Lin YU ; Huilan WANG ; Yanmei ZHOU ; Lin LIN ; Yanhong CHEN ; Yong WANG ; Xianqin YIN ; Dunjin CHEN
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2025;28(10):829-834
Objective:To evaluate the clinical value of an obstetric intelligent assistant in predicting postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) after vaginal delivery.Methods:This retrospective cohort study included 4 832 women who delivered vaginally at ≥26 weeks of gestation at the Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University between May 2023 and April 2025. Participants were categorized into PPH (382 cases, blood loss ≥500 ml within 24 h after delivery) and non-PPH groups (4 450 cases). Using traditional statistical methods combined with machine learning approaches, including support vector machines and extreme gradient boosting, supplemented with deep learning techniques, we developed a novel artificial neural network model—the obstetric intelligent assistant. This model provides a refined classification of PPH occurrence and estimated blood loss volume. The obstetric intelligent assistant integrates 70 antenatal and intrapartum risk factors through hospital information system interfacing to generate visualized risk probability outputs. Predictive performance was compared between the obstetric intelligent assistant and four conventional prediction tools (Chinese Labor Room Traffic Light System; Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses; American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Safe Motherhood Initiative; and California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative prediction tools) using receiver operating characteristic curve.Results:(1) For antenatal prediction, the obstetric intelligent assistant achieved an area under the curve of 0.826 (95% CI: 0.774-0.838), with sensitivity of 0.794 and specificity of 0.712, while the four conventional prediction tools showed area under the curve ranging from 0.569 to 0.586. (2) For intrapartum prediction, the obstetric intelligent assistant achieved an area under the curve of 0.786 (95% CI: 0.751-0.820), with sensitivity of 0.837 and specificity of 0.762, whereas the conventional tools showed area under the curve between 0.600 and 0.613. Conclusion:The obstetric intelligent assistant demonstrates superior performance in predicting PPH compared to conventional prediction tools.
9.NLUS-VQA: construction and evaluation of a visual question answering model for neonatal lung ultrasound diagnosis
Xuming TONG ; Jiangang CHEN ; Yiran WANG ; Xiqing ZHAO ; Yanhong YUAN ; Zishuo WANG ; Peng JIANG ; Qingyao XIONG ; Renxing LI ; Xueli WANG ; Jing LIU
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine 2025;28(11):917-928
Objective:To develop and evaluate a medical visual question answering (VQA) model for neonatal lung ultrasound (LUS) images to enhance intelligent auxiliary diagnosis of neonatal pulmonary diseases.Methods:Using data from neonates admitted to Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University (January 2023 to December 2024), an image-question-answer dataset comprising 251 LUS images was constructed [43 pneumonia (17.1%), 42 neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (16.7%), 83 transient tachypnea (33.1%), and 83 normal (33.1%) images] with a four-tier medical question-answer framework. Building upon the Qwen2.5-VL-7B base model and integrating LoRA fine-tuning with chain-of-thought prompting, we developed the NLUS-VQA model to enhance visual-language semantic alignment and enable stepwise clinical reasoning, achieving efficient small-sample adaptation. Model performance was comprehensively assessed through natural language generation metrics (BLEU-4, ROUGE-1/2/L), qualitative evaluation of characteristic recognition, and clinical consistency analysis.Results:(1) Quantitative evaluation demonstrated that NLUS-VQA achieved scores of 22.38 (BLEU-4), 48.26 (ROUGE-1), 22.40 (ROUGE-2), and 37.20 (ROUGE-L), representing significant improvements over baseline models. (2) Qualitatively, the model exhibited strong performance in identifying lung consolidation, coalescent B-lines, and snowflake signs, with its chain-of-thought strategy enhancing clinical interpretability and answer accuracy. (3) Clinically, NLUS-VQA achieved a Cohen's Kappa coefficient of 0.78 and diagnostic accuracy of 80.8% (21/26), indicating substantial agreement with clinical experts.Conclusion:The NLUS-VQA model demonstrates robust interpretability in recognizing key sonographic patterns (e.g. lung consolidation, confluent B-lines, and snowflake signs), providing a scalable framework for small-sample medical image analysis, though diagnostic performance on complex conditions remains limited by dataset scale and minority class representation.
10.National bloodstream infection bacterial resistance surveillance report 2023: Gram-positive bacteria
Chaoqun YING ; Jinru JI ; Zhiying LIU ; Qing YANG ; Haishen KONG ; Jiangqin SONG ; Hui DING ; Yanyan LI ; Yuanyuan DAI ; Haifeng MAO ; Pengpeng TIAN ; Lu WANG ; Yongyun LIU ; Yizheng ZHOU ; Jiliang WANG ; Yan JIN ; Donghong HUANG ; Hongyun XU ; Peng ZHANG ; Xinhua QIANG ; Hong HE ; Lin ZHENG ; Junmin CAO ; Zhou LIU ; Ying HUANG ; Yan GENG ; Haiquan KANG ; Dan LIU ; Guolin LIAO ; Lixia ZHANG ; Fenghong CHEN ; Yanhong LI ; Baohua ZHANG ; Haixin DONG ; Xiaoyan LI ; Donghua LIU ; Qiuying ZHANG ; Xuefei HU ; Liang GUO ; Sijin MAN ; Dijing SONG ; Rong XU ; Youdong YIN ; Kunpeng LIANG ; Aiyun LI ; Zhuo LI ; Hongxia HU ; Guoping LU ; Jinhua LIANG ; Qiang LIU ; Yinqiao DONG ; Jilu SHEN ; Shuyan HU ; Liang LUAN ; Jian LI ; Ling MENG ; Dengyan QIAO ; Xiusan XIA ; Bo QUAN ; Dahong WANG ; Chunhua HAN ; Xiaoping YAN ; Fei LI ; Shifu WANG ; Ping SHEN ; Yunbo CHEN ; Yonghong XIAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2025;18(2):118-132
Objective:To report the nationwide surveillance results of pathogenic profiles and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Gram-positive bloodstream infections in China in 2023.Methods:The clinical isolates of Gram-posttive bacteria from blood cultures were collected in member hospitals of National Bloodstream Infection Bacterial Resistant Investigation Collaborative System(BRICS)during January to December 2023. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the dilution method recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute(CLSI). Statistical analyses were conducted using WHONET 5.6 and SPSS 25.0 software.Results:A total of 4 385 Gram-positive bacterial isolates were obtained from 60 participating center. The top five pathogens were Staphylococcus aureus( n=1 544,35.2%),coagulase-negative Staphylococci( n=1 441,32.9%), Enterococcus faecium( n=574,13.1%), Enterococcus faecalis( n=385,8.8%),and α-hemolytic Streptococci( n=187,4.3%). The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci(MRCNS)was 26.2%(405/1 544)and 69.8%(1 006/1 441),respectively. Notably,all Staphylococci remained susceptible to glycopeptide or daptomycin. Staphylococcus aureus demonstrated excellent susceptibility(>97.0%)to cephalobiol,rifampicin,trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole,linezolid,minocycline,tigecycline,and eravacycline. No Enterococcus exhibiting resistance to linezolid were detected. Glycopeptide resistance was uncommon but more frequent in Enterococcus faecium(resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin:both 1.7%)compared to Enterococcus faecalis(both 0.3%). The detection rates of MRSA and MRCNS exhibited significant regional variations across the country( χ2=17.674 and 148.650,respectively,both P<0.001). No vancomycin-resistant Enterococci were detected in central China. Institutional comparison demonstrated higher prevalence of MRSA( χ2=14.111, P<0.001)and MRCNS( χ2=4.828, P=0.028)in provincial hospitals than that in municipal hospitals. Socioeconomic analysis identified elevated detection rates of both MRSA( χ2=18.986, P<0.001)and MRCNS( χ2=4.477, P=0.034)in less developed regions(per capita GDP

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