Objective:To observe the efficacy of Biling Weitong Granules combined with Morodan in the treatment of elderly patients with Helicobacter pylori(Hp)-positive chronic atrophic gastritis(CAG)and its influence on inflammatory factors and gastrointestinal function.Methods:A total of 102 elderly patients with Hp-positive CAG who were admitted to our hospital from April 2023 to September 2024 were prospectively included,the syndrome differentiation type in traditional Chinese medicine is qi stagnation and blood stasis type.According to the envelope lottery method,the patients were divided into control group(n=51 cases,treated with Morodan)and study group(n=51 cases,treated with Biling Weitong Granules combined with Morodan).The clinical efficacy,Hp eradication rate,traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores,inflammatory factors[C-reactive protein(CRP),interleukin-1 β(IL-1 β),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)]and gastrointestinal function indicators[gastrin(GAS),pepsinogen Ⅰ(PG Ⅰ)/pepsinogen Ⅱ(PG Ⅱ),gastrin 17(G-17)]and the occurrence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results:Compared with the control group 2 weeks after treatment,the total effective rate,Hp eradication rate,GAS and PG Ⅰ/PG Ⅱ levels in the study group were higher,while the main symptom score,secondary symptom score,total score,CRP,TNF-α,IL-1[3 and G-17 levels were lower(P＜0.05).There was no difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusion:Biling Weitong Granules combined with Morodan in the treatment of elderly patients with Hp-positive CAG,can improve the clinical therapeutic effect and Hp eradication rate,inhibit the inflammatory response,and improve gastrointestinal function.

Objective:To observe the efficacy of Biling Weitong Granules combined with Morodan in the treatment of elderly patients with Helicobacter pylori(Hp)-positive chronic atrophic gastritis(CAG)and its influence on inflammatory factors and gastrointestinal function.Methods:A total of 102 elderly patients with Hp-positive CAG who were admitted to our hospital from April 2023 to September 2024 were prospectively included,the syndrome differentiation type in traditional Chinese medicine is qi stagnation and blood stasis type.According to the envelope lottery method,the patients were divided into control group(n=51 cases,treated with Morodan)and study group(n=51 cases,treated with Biling Weitong Granules combined with Morodan).The clinical efficacy,Hp eradication rate,traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores,inflammatory factors[C-reactive protein(CRP),interleukin-1 β(IL-1 β),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)]and gastrointestinal function indicators[gastrin(GAS),pepsinogen Ⅰ(PG Ⅰ)/pepsinogen Ⅱ(PG Ⅱ),gastrin 17(G-17)]and the occurrence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results:Compared with the control group 2 weeks after treatment,the total effective rate,Hp eradication rate,GAS and PG Ⅰ/PG Ⅱ levels in the study group were higher,while the main symptom score,secondary symptom score,total score,CRP,TNF-α,IL-1[3 and G-17 levels were lower(P＜0.05).There was no difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusion:Biling Weitong Granules combined with Morodan in the treatment of elderly patients with Hp-positive CAG,can improve the clinical therapeutic effect and Hp eradication rate,inhibit the inflammatory response,and improve gastrointestinal function.

As artificial intelligence technology rapidly advances, its deployment within the medical sector presents substantial ethical challenges. Consequently, it becomes crucial to create a standardized, transparent, and secure framework for processing medical data. This includes setting the ethical boundaries for medical artificial intelligence and safeguarding both patient rights and data integrity. This consensus governs every facet of medical data handling through artificial intelligence, encompassing data gathering, processing, storage, transmission, utilization, and sharing. Its purpose is to ensure the management of medical data adheres to ethical standards and legal requirements, while safeguarding patient privacy and data security. Concurrently, the principles of compliance with the law, patient privacy respect, patient interest protection, and safety and reliability are underscored. Key issues such as informed consent, data usage, intellectual property protection, conflict of interest, and benefit sharing are examined in depth. The enactment of this expert consensus is intended to foster the profound integration and sustainable advancement of artificial intelligence within the medical domain, while simultaneously ensuring that artificial intelligence adheres strictly to the relevant ethical norms and legal frameworks during the processing of medical data.
Artificial Intelligence/legislation & jurisprudence* ; Humans ; Consensus ; Computer Security/standards* ; Confidentiality/ethics* ; Informed Consent/ethics*

This study analyzed the anemia status and change trend of 219 835 pregnant women in eight provinces from 2016 to 2020 in the Maternal and Newborn Health Monitoring Program(MNHMP). The results showed that from 2016 to 2020, the anemia rate of pregnant women in eight provinces was 41.27%, and the rates of mild, moderate and severe anemia were 28.56%, 12.59% and 0.12% respectively; the anemia rates in eastern, central and western regions were 41.87%, 36.09% and 44.63% respectively, and the anemia rates in urban and rural areas were 39.87% and 42.23%. From 2016 to 2020, the anemia rate of pregnant women decreased from 44.93% to 38.22%, with an average annual decline of 3.86% (95%CI:-5.84%, -1.85%). The anemia rate among pregnant women of the eastern region (AAPC=-6.16%, 95%CI:-9.79%, -2.38%) fell faster than that among pregnant women of the central region (AAPC=0.71%, 95%CI:-6.59%, 8.57%) and western region (AAPC=-1.53%, 95%CI:-5.19%, 2.28%). From 2016 to 2020, the moderate anemia rate in pregnant women decreased from 14.98% to 10.74%, with an average annual decline of 8.72% (95%CI:-12.90%, -4.34%), with a statistically significant difference (P<0.05); AAPC for mild and severe anemia in pregnant women was 1.56% (95%CI: 3.44%, 0.36%) and 18.86% (95%CI: 39.88%, 9.52%), respectively, without statistically significant difference (P>0.05).
Infant, Newborn ; Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women ; Prevalence ; Anemia/epidemiology* ; China/epidemiology* ; Family ; Rural Population

Objective: To study the influence of steroid withdrawal protection strategy on height growth in pediatric patients after kidney transplantation. Methods: The prospective cohort study enrolled 40 stage 5 chronic kidney disease children receiving kidney transplantation from July 2017 to September 2022 at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center. Based on the primary preoperative disease, patients with immune abnormality-associated glomerular diseases or unknown causes were assigned to the steroid maintenance group, in which patients received steroid tapering within 3 months after surgery to a maintenance dose of 2.5 to 5.0 mg/d. While patients with hereditary kidney disease or congenital urinary malformations were assigned to the steroid withdrawal group, in which patients had steroids tapered off within 3 months. The characteristics of height catch-up growth and clinical data were compared between the 2 groups at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after kidney transplantation. T-test, repeated measurement of variance analysis, Mann-Whitney U test, and Fisher exact test were used for the comparison between the 2 groups. Results: Among the 40 children, 17 were males, 23 were females, 25 were in the steroid withdraw group ((7.8±2.8) years old when receiving kidney transplantation) and 15 cases were in the steroid maintenance group ((7.6±3.5) years old when receiving kidney transplantation). The study population was followed up for (26±12) months. The total dose per unit body weight of steroids in the steroid withdrawal group was lower than that in the steroid maintenance group ((0.13±0.06) vs. (0.36±0.19) mg/(kg·d), t=5.83, P<0.001). The height catch-up rate (ΔHtSDS) in the first year after kidney transplantation in the steroid withdraw and steroid maintenance groups was 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) and 0.4 (0.1, 1.0), respectively; in the second year, the ΔHtSDS in the steroid withdraw group was significantly higher than that in the steroid maintenance group (1.1 (0.2, 1.7) vs. 0.3 (0, 0.8), U=28.00, P=0.039). The HtSDS in the steroid withdrawal group at the five follow-up time points was -2.5±0.8, -2.0±0.8, -1.5±0.8, -1.3±0.9 and -0.5±0.3, respectively, while in the steroid maintenance was -2.4±1.3, -2.2±1.1, -2.0±1.0, -1.8±1.0 and -1.6±1.0, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in HtSDS at different follow-up time points in both 2 groups (F=19.81, P<0.01), but no statistical differences in overall impact between the 2 groups (F=1.13, P=0.204). The steroid treatment was interaction with the increase of follow-up time (F=3.62, P=0.009). At the 24^th month after transplantation, the HtSDS in the steroid withdrawal group was significantly higher than that in the steroid maintenance group (P=0.047). Six patients in the steroid withdrawal group experienced antibody-mediated immune rejection (AMR), while 3 did in the steroid maintenance group. Moreover, there was no significant difference in AMR between the two groups (χ²=0.06, P=0.814). Conclusion: The steroid withdrawal protection strategy favors the height catch-up growth in pediatric patients after kidney transplantation and does not increase the risk of postoperative antibody-mediated immune rejection.
Male ; Humans ; Child ; Female ; Child, Preschool ; Kidney Transplantation ; Prospective Studies ; Steroids/therapeutic use* ; Antibodies ; Body Weight

Objective: To study the correlation between ceramic and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and explore its related risk factors. Methods: In January 2021, five representative ceramic enterprises were selected from Chancheng District, Nanhai District, Gaoming District and Sanshui District of Foshan City. The ceramic workers who came to Chancheng Hospital of Foshan First People's Hospital for physical examination from January to October 2021 were selected as the research objects, and 525 people were included. Conduct questionnaire survey and pulmonary function test. Logistic regresion was performed to analyze the influencing facters of COPD among ceramic workers. Results: The subjects were (38.51±1.25) years old, 328 males and 197 females, and the detection rate of COPD was 9.52% (50/525). The incidence of respiratory symptoms such as dyspnea, chronic cough, wheezing and chest tightness, the detection rates of abnormal lung age, abnormal lung function and COPD in males were higher than those in females (P<0.05). The logistic regression analysis showed that male, age, working years, smoking status and family history of COPD were the risk factors for COPD among ceramic workers (P<0.05) . Conclusion: The ceramic workers are the high risk population of COPD. We should do a good job in health education, and do a regular physical examination to find the changes of lung function in time, and prevent the occurrence of COPD as soon as possible.
Female ; Humans ; Male ; Adult ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology* ; Ceramics ; Health Education ; Hospitals ; Physical Examination

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of auricular acupoint bloodletting (AB) and auricular acupressure (AA) on sleep quality and the levels of melatonin (MT), glutamic acid (Glu), and γ -aminobutyric acid (GABA) in college students with primary insomnia, and to explore the possible mechanism. METHODS: Totally 74 college students at Hebei University of Chinese Medicine with primary insomnia were selected from October 2019 to October 2020. All patients were assigned to AB+AA group (37 cases, received combination of AB and AA) and AA group (37 cases, received only AA on the same acupoints) by a random number table. Each group was treated twice a week for 4 weeks. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score, Chinese medicine (CM) syndrome score, total effective rate, serum concentrations of MT, Glu, and GABA, and Glu/GABA ratio were compared between the two groups after treatment and at follow-up. The safety of therapy was also evaluated. RESULTS: After 4-week treatment, the total scores of PSQI, each PSQI component score, and the CM syndrome scores in both groups all decreased (P<0.05); the serum MT concentrations in both groups all increased (P<0.05). The concentrations of Glu and GABA in the AB+AA group were significantly higher than those in the AA group after treatment (P<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in the ratio of Glu/GABA in both groups before and after treatment (P>0.05). At follow-up, the CM syndrome score in the AB+AA group was significantly lower than that in the AA group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the two groups in total effective rates and adverse events (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS Both AB+AA and AA can relieve insomnia symptoms, but a stronger long-term effect were observed for AB+AA. AB+AA can promote the secretion of MT, increase the levels of Glu and GABA more effective than AA, and regulate their imbalance, and thus it may be benificial for treating insomnia.
Humans ; Acupressure ; Acupuncture Points ; Bloodletting ; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/therapy* ; Sleep Quality ; Syndrome ; Students ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Objective:To explore the risk factors of changes in the condition of patients waiting for emergency pre-examination and triage, so as to provide a feasible basis for medical and nursing staff to effectively assess changes in the condition of emergency patients.Methods:From October to December 2019, 244 patients waiting for pre-examination and triage in the Emergency Department of a ClassⅢ Grade A in Beijing were selected as the research object. Patients with changes in their condition during treatment were regarded as the observation group ( n=120) , and patients without changes in their condition were regarded as the control group ( n=124) . Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to identify the risk factors for changes in the condition of waiting patients in the Emergency Department. Results:The differences in gender, age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, disease type, main symptoms and triage level between the two groups of patients waiting for emergency pre-examination and triage were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that male, age ≥60 years, abnormal heart rate, low blood oxygen saturation, and low triage level had a high rate of disease change ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:The risk factors for changes in the condition of emergency pre-examination and triage patients are mainly reflected in five aspects, namely gender, age, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation and triage level. During the pre-examination and triage, nurses should not only make timely and correct responses according to the triage level, but also pay full attention to patients with high-risk factors in order to timely find patients with changing conditions and provide emergency treatment.

Objective:To explore the type distribution and severity of central nervous system(CNS) complications in severe hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases prior to the introduction of human enterovirus A group 71 type (EV-A71) vaccine, and provide scientific data for early clinical intervention.Methods:A total of 3 583 laboratory-confirmed severe HFMD cases in Jiangsu province during 2010-2016 were collected and analyzed retrospectively. Related early warning signs of increased HFMD severity were estimated with logistic regression analyses.Results:The severity-fatality rate, severity-pediatric intensive care unit(PICU) admission rate, and sequelae rate were 8.09‰(29/3 583), 11.75% (421/3 583)and 5.30‰(19/3 583). Of them, 39.02% (1 398/3 583) patients suffered from mild CNS involvement, 59.22% (2 122/3 583) patients suffered from severe CNS involvement, 1.76%(63/3 583) suffered from critical CNS involvement. The rates of the cases whose age of onset was 6-11 months, the rates of cases with atypical rash, respiratory-related signs and symptoms (shortness of breath, slowed breathing, dyspnea, etc), neurological-related signs and symptoms [(hand and foot shaking, convulsions, lethargy(sleepiness), etc], circulatory-related system signs and symptoms (faster heart rate, abnormal skin color, arrhythmia, cold limbs), laboratory-related indicators (increased white blood cell count, increased lymphocyte count, increased platelet count, increased C-reactive protein, etc), clinical auxiliary examination [electroencephalogram(EEG), brain CT, chest X-ray)] were highest in the critical CNS involvement group, and the differences were significant ( P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that with the increase of proportion of convulsions, slowed breathing, vomiting, meningeal irritation and other 7 variables, the severity of CNS complications increased ( P<0.05). Conclusions:The indicators such as easily startled, slow breathing, vomiting, elevated lymphocytes, abnormal EEG and other indicators have important clinical significance for children with severe HFMD to progress to CNS complications of different severity.

Objective: To investigate the impact of different levels of systolic blood pressure on all-cause, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mortality in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: This is a prospective cohort study. Patients with AF or atrial flutter diagnosed by 12 lead electrocardiogram during physical examination of Kailuan Group employees from July 2006 to December 2017 or previously diagnosed with AF in an inpatient setting at a level 2A hospital or above were eligible for the study. Baseline clinical characteristics including age, gender, systolic blood pressure were collected. According to the level of systolic blood pressure, patients were divided into systolic blood pressure<120 mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa)group, 120 mmHg ≤ systolic blood pressure<140 mmHg group, and systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg group. The time of first diagnosis with AF was defined as the start of follow-up and the final follow-up ended at December 2018. Primary endpoint was all-cause death. Related information was obtained through the social security system or inpatient medical records. The cause of death was defined according to the International Classification of Diseases disease (ICD-10) codes by professional medical stuffs. Multifactorial Cox proportional risk model was used to analyze the relative risk ratios for the occurrence of death in different systolic blood pressure level groups. The relationship between systolic blood pressure levels and mortality in the patients with AF was analyzed by using natural spline function curves. Results: A total of 1 721 patients with AF were enrolled (average age=(67.0±9.0) years), patients were followed up for (6.3±3.8) years. 544 out of 1 721 patients with AF died during the follow-up period (31.61%). The cumulative incidence rate of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death was 26.13%, 25.59%, 36.96% and 14.86%, 11.87%, 19.76% respectively in the systolic blood pressure<120 mmHg, 120 mmHg ≤ systolic blood pressure<140 mmHg and systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg groups. The cumulative incidence rate of all-cause, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death was significantly higher in the group with systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg than in 120 mmHg ≤ systolic blood pressure<140 mmHg group (P<0.05). Compared with 120 mmHg ≤ systolic blood pressure<140 mmHg group, multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models showed that the HRs (95%CI) for all-cause, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death were 1.47 (1.20 to 1.79) and 1.69 (1.27 to 2.26) for the group with systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg (P<0.05). In contrast, the HRs (95%CI) for all-cause, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death in the systolic blood pressure<120 mmHg group were 0.99 (0.73-1.35) and 1.24 (0.82-1.89), respectively, with no statistically significant differences between the two groups (P>0.05). The natural spline curve showed that there was a "U" relationship between systolic blood pressure levels and all cause death and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death in this patient cohort. Systolic blood pressure greater than or less than 123 mmHg was associated with increased risk of death of AF patients in this cohort. Conclusion: Compared with systolic blood pressure<120 mmHg and systolic blood pressure≥140 mmHg group, the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death is the lowest in AF patients with 120 mmHg ≤ systolic blood pressure<140 mmHg in this cohort.