To investigate the association between sleep-related phenotypes and the risk of malignancy in pulmonary nodules, and to provide complementary evidence from a general population cohort and genetic analyses.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of perioperative transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) on postoperative fatigue syndrome (POFS) in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy. METHODS: A total of 80 elderly patients scheduled for laparoscopic radical gastrectomy were randomized into a TEAS group and a sham TEAS group, 40 cases in each one. In the TEAS group, TEAS intervention was applied at bilateral Hegu (LI4), Neiguan (PC6), Zusanli (ST36) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) from 30 min before anesthesia induction until surgery completion, and at 18:00 on 1st, 2nd and 3rd days after surgery, once a day, 30 min a time. In the sham TEAS group, the same acupoints were selected and connected to the electroacupuncture device at the same time, without electrical stimulation. One day before surgery and 1, 3, 7 days after surgery, the 10-item short form of identity consequence fatigue scale (ICFS-10) score was observed, and the POFS incidence rate of 1, 3, 7 days after surgery was assessed in the two groups. One day before surgery, surgery completion, and 1, 3 days after surgery, the serum levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), β-endorphin (β-EP) were detected; 1 day before surgery and 1, 3, 7 days after surgery, the serum level of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) was detected in the two groups. The pain visual analog scale (VAS) score was observed at 24, 48 and 72 h after surgery; the intraoperative dosage of propofol and remifentanil, and the incidence rate of postoperative nausea and vomiting, itching, respiratory depression were recorded in the two groups. RESULTS: In the TEAS group, on 1, 3, 7 days after surgery, except for the scores of item 8-10, the item scores and the total scores of ICFS-10 were lower than those in the sham TEAS group (P<0.001); on 3 and 7 days after surgery, the POFS incidence rates were lower than those in the sham TEAS group (P<0.05). In the TEAS group, on 1 and 3 days after surgery, the serum levels of SOD were higher than those in the sham TEAS group (P<0.05, P<0.01); at surgery completion, and on 1, 3 days after surgery, the serum levels of β-EP were higher than those in the sham TEAS group (P<0.001, P<0.01); on 1, 3, 7 days after surgery, the serum levels of TNF-α were lower than those in the sham TEAS group (P<0.01, P<0.001). In the TEAS group, at 24, 48 and 72 h after surgery, the pain VAS scores were lower than those in the sham TEAS group (P<0.001, P<0.01, P<0.05); the intraoperative dosage of remifentanil was lower than that in the sham TEAS group (P<0.001); the incidence rate of postoperative nausea and vomiting was lower than that in the sham TEAS group (P<0.01). CONCLUSION Perioperative TEAS intervention can effectively reduce the incidence rate of POFS, improve fatigue symptom and mental state in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy, its mechanism may related to enhancing endogenous β-EP release, inhibiting inflammatory response, and reducing central oxidative stress, thereby promoting postoperative recovery.
Humans ; Acupuncture Points ; Male ; Female ; Aged ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation ; Postoperative Complications/therapy* ; Middle Aged ; Fatigue/etiology* ; Gastrectomy/adverse effects* ; beta-Endorphin/blood* ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/blood*

With the scientific and modernization of acupuncture,various kinds of acupuncture medical equipment continue to innovate,especially with the emergence of intelligent acupuncture diagnosis and treatment units,automatic detection of acupuncture needles in the"needle retention"stage of acupuncture clinical practice has become a hot demand.Aiming at the problems that the input image size is too large,the acupuncture needles are slender,and the acupuncture needles are densely distributed,the Acupuncture Needle Object Detection Model(ANODM),an improved YOLOv5 model for acupuncture needles,is proposed in this paper.① In the preprocessing stage,the image is divided into multiple patches for prediction,respectively.② At the model structure level,a new small object detection layer is added to the original three detection layers to improve the recognition ability of small objects.The ordinary convolution of the backbone network is replaced by the dialated convolution to increase the sensitivity field.Features of different stages are fused.③ In the post-processing stage,Soft-NMS is used to reduce the miss rate of positive samples,and cosine similarity match is used to reduce the error rate of negative samples.The experimental results show that,compared with the original YOLOv5,the detection accuracy of the improved YOLOv5 in this paper is improved by 4.2%on the acupuncture needle small object dataset,which can better complete the acupuncture needle small target detection task.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of low-dose esketamine on intraoperative electroencephalogram (EEG) burst suppression under general anesthesia in elderly patients.Methods:In this prospective randomized controlled trial, 86 elderly patients of either sex, scheduled for elective lumbar fusion surgery at Anhui No. 2 Provincial People′s Hospital from March 15 to June 1, 2024, aged 60-85 yr, with a body mass index of 18-28 kg/m 2, of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification ⅡorⅢ, were divided into 2 groups ( n=43 each) using a random number table method: esketamine group (group S) and control group (group C). In group S, esketamine at a dose of 0.25 mg/kg was intravenously injected after anesthesia induction, while the equal volume of normal saline was intravenously injected in group C. The occurrence of EEG burst suppression and frequency of the characteristic density spectral array were recorded using the Masimo Sedline cerebral function monitor. The patient state index was recorded before esketamine administration and at 5, 10, 30 and 60 min after administration and at 5 min before the end of the surgery. Delirium was assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method at 1 and 3 days after operation. The total pressing times of patient-controlled analgesia within 48 h after operation, requirement for rescue analgesia and occurrence of adverse reactions (nausea and vomiting, delayed emergence from anesthesia, agitation, headache) were recorded. The consumption of ephedrine, phenylephrine, sufentanil and remifentanil during operation, emergence time, time of tracheal extubation, length of stay in the post-anesthesia care unit, and length of postoperative hospital stay were also recorded. Results:Compared with group C, the incidence of EEG burst suppression and frequency of the characteristic density spectral array were significantly decreased, the patient state index values were increased at each time point after administration and 5 min before the end of surgery, the consumption of ephedrine, phenylephrine, sufentanil and remifentanil during operation was reduced, the effective pressing times of patient-controlled analgesia, rate of rescue analgesia, and incidence of postoperative delirium within 3 days after operation were decreased, and the length of postoperative hospital stay was shortened in group S ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Low-dose esketamine can reduce intraoperative EEG burst suppression and decrease the development of postoperative delirium under general anesthesia in elderly patients.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of low-dose esketamine on intraoperative electroencephalogram (EEG) burst suppression under general anesthesia in elderly patients.Methods:In this prospective randomized controlled trial, 86 elderly patients of either sex, scheduled for elective lumbar fusion surgery at Anhui No. 2 Provincial People′s Hospital from March 15 to June 1, 2024, aged 60-85 yr, with a body mass index of 18-28 kg/m 2, of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification ⅡorⅢ, were divided into 2 groups ( n=43 each) using a random number table method: esketamine group (group S) and control group (group C). In group S, esketamine at a dose of 0.25 mg/kg was intravenously injected after anesthesia induction, while the equal volume of normal saline was intravenously injected in group C. The occurrence of EEG burst suppression and frequency of the characteristic density spectral array were recorded using the Masimo Sedline cerebral function monitor. The patient state index was recorded before esketamine administration and at 5, 10, 30 and 60 min after administration and at 5 min before the end of the surgery. Delirium was assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method at 1 and 3 days after operation. The total pressing times of patient-controlled analgesia within 48 h after operation, requirement for rescue analgesia and occurrence of adverse reactions (nausea and vomiting, delayed emergence from anesthesia, agitation, headache) were recorded. The consumption of ephedrine, phenylephrine, sufentanil and remifentanil during operation, emergence time, time of tracheal extubation, length of stay in the post-anesthesia care unit, and length of postoperative hospital stay were also recorded. Results:Compared with group C, the incidence of EEG burst suppression and frequency of the characteristic density spectral array were significantly decreased, the patient state index values were increased at each time point after administration and 5 min before the end of surgery, the consumption of ephedrine, phenylephrine, sufentanil and remifentanil during operation was reduced, the effective pressing times of patient-controlled analgesia, rate of rescue analgesia, and incidence of postoperative delirium within 3 days after operation were decreased, and the length of postoperative hospital stay was shortened in group S ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Low-dose esketamine can reduce intraoperative EEG burst suppression and decrease the development of postoperative delirium under general anesthesia in elderly patients.

With the scientific and modernization of acupuncture,various kinds of acupuncture medical equipment continue to innovate,especially with the emergence of intelligent acupuncture diagnosis and treatment units,automatic detection of acupuncture needles in the"needle retention"stage of acupuncture clinical practice has become a hot demand.Aiming at the problems that the input image size is too large,the acupuncture needles are slender,and the acupuncture needles are densely distributed,the Acupuncture Needle Object Detection Model(ANODM),an improved YOLOv5 model for acupuncture needles,is proposed in this paper.① In the preprocessing stage,the image is divided into multiple patches for prediction,respectively.② At the model structure level,a new small object detection layer is added to the original three detection layers to improve the recognition ability of small objects.The ordinary convolution of the backbone network is replaced by the dialated convolution to increase the sensitivity field.Features of different stages are fused.③ In the post-processing stage,Soft-NMS is used to reduce the miss rate of positive samples,and cosine similarity match is used to reduce the error rate of negative samples.The experimental results show that,compared with the original YOLOv5,the detection accuracy of the improved YOLOv5 in this paper is improved by 4.2%on the acupuncture needle small object dataset,which can better complete the acupuncture needle small target detection task.

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method was established for trace analysis of the potential genotoxic impurity chlorocyclohexane in trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride bulk drug, utilizing an RXI-5SIL MS column at isothermal temperature of 60 °C for the entire 6-minute run time.The inlet temperature was 180 °C and a split ratio of 10∶1 was used with the injection volume of 1.0 μL.The selective ion monitoring mode was set at m/z 82 for chlorocyclohexane with a detector voltage of 0.3 kV and an ion source temperature of 240 °C.The method was verified with respect to specificity, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantitation (LOQ), accuracy, precision and robustness.Good linear correlation was achieved with coefficient r of 0.999 9 in the concentration range of 59.72-493 ng/mL.The intra- and inter-day precision was satisfactory (RSD ≤ 5.0%) and robust (RSD ≤ 1.65%).The proposed method in this study can be adequately adopted as a tool for quality assurance of trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride in routine test of potential genotoxic impurity.

The study aimed to achieve enhanced targeted cytotoxicity and cell-internalization of cisplatin-loaded deoxyribonucleic acid-nanothread (CPT-DNA-NT),mediated by scavenger receptors into HeLa cells.DNA-NT was developed with stiff-topology utilizing circular-scaffold to encapsulate CPT.Atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization of the DNA-NT showed uniformity in the structure with a diameter of 50-150 nm and length of 300-600 nm.The successful fabrication of the DNA-NT was confirmed through native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis,as large the molecular-weight (polymeric) DNA-NT did not split into constituting strands under applied current and voltage.The results of cell viability confirmed that blank DNA-NT had the least cytotoxicity at the highest concentration (512 nM) with a viability of 92％ as evidence of its biocompatibility for drug delivery.MTT assay showed superior cyto-toxicity of CPT-DNA-NT than that of the free CPT due to the depot release of CPT after DNA-NT inter-nalization.The DNA-NT exhibited targeted cell internalizations with the controlled intracellular release of CPT (from DNA-NT),as illustrated in confocal images.Therefore,in vitro cytotoxicity assessment through flow cytometry showed enhanced apoptosis (72.7％) with CPT-DNA-NT (compared to free CPT;64.4％).CPT-DNA-NT,being poly-anionic,showed enhanced endocytosis via scavenger receptors.

A Mn-clusters-porphyrin metal-organic framework nanosheet(nMn-MOF)was synthesized by coordination chelation to enhance photodynamic therapy. The nanosheet was characterized by dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Oxygen sensor and ICG were used to investigate the production of oxygen and the singlet oxygen(1O2)generation. The cytotoxicity of the nanosheet against tumor cells were detected by CCK-8 assay, and the anti-hypoxia and oxygen-generation ability of nanosheets were investigated by fluorescence staining assay. The results indicated that this nanosheet could catalyze the intracellular H2O2 into O2, which overcame the tumor hypoxia. Furthermore, the generated oxygen was converted to cytotoxic 1O2 under the near infrared light irradiation, thereby enhancing photodynamic therapy.

Objective To summarize the long-term outcomes and safety of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) with protocol ABVD. Methods The clinical data of 20 children with HL admitted to the Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University from July 2010 to June 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Among the 20 children with HL, 15 were male and 5 were female. The median age of initial diagnosis was 6.5 years old (3-12 years old). The pathological types were as follow: 1 case was nodular lymphocyte-predominant HL (NLPHL) and 19 cases were classical HL (cHL), including 9 cases of mixed cell type, 9 cases of nodular sclerosis type and 1 case of lymphocyte rich type. Basing on Ann Arbor staging system, 1 patient was evaluated as stage Ⅰ, 4 patients were stage Ⅱ, 10 patients were stage Ⅲ, and 5 patients were stage Ⅳ. There were 3 patients in the low-risk group, 7 patients in the intermediate-risk group, and 10 patients in the high-risk group. There were 9 patients with B symptoms. All patients were treated with the ABVD regimen. Results All the 20 patients completed all chemotherapy courses. After 2 courses, the effective rate was 100％(20/20), including 12 cases of complete remission (CR) and 8 cases of partial remission (PR). After the treatment, 19 cases achieved CR, and at the end of the 6 courses, the evaluation showed that 1 case had residual lesions. Follow-up to February 2018, clinical symptoms of 18 cases achieved CR, 2 cases relapsed (all high-risk group); the median follow-up time was 42 months (10.1-87.9 months), the overall survival rate was 100 ％ (20/20), the estimated 5-year rate of freedom from treatment failure (FFTF) was (89.1 ±7.3) ％.Conclusions According to the risk stratification, ABVD regimen has good safety and long-term efficacy for children with cHL. Even the patients in low-risk or intermediate-risk group do not achieve CR after 2 courses and do not receive radiotherapy, the prognosis of them is still good.