OBJECTIVE To explore the prognostic significance of the prognostic nutrition index(PNI)in patients with hypopharyngeal cancer undergoing surgical treatment.METHODS Clinical and pathological data of 117 patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma who underwent surgical treatment at the center of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of Beijing Friendship Hospital,Capital Medical University from May 2014 to June 2022 were collected.The prognostic significance of hematological indicators such as PNI and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR),platelet to lymphocyte ratio(PLR),and systemic immune inflammation index(SⅡ)were investigated.The time-dependent receiver operating characteristic(tROC)curves were used to analyze the sensitivity and specificity of various hematological indicators and to determine their optimal cutoffvalues.The Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot the postoperative survival curve,and the Cox regression model was used to analyze the correlation between PNI and overall survival(OS)and disease-free survival(DFS).RESULTS 117 patients were enrolled in this cohort,of which 109 were clinically classified as advanced stage(Ⅲ-Ⅳ).63 cases underwent surgery to preserve laryngeal function.The 5-year OS is 46.07％.According to the analysis of the tROC curve,the optimal cutoffvalue for PNI is 46.75.PNI is correlated with tumor T staging,NLR,PLR,and SⅡ.Kaplan Meier univariate analysis showed that PNI was significantly correlated with OS and DFS(P<0.05).In addition,tumor N-stage,postoperative complications,adverse pathological prognostic factors,NLR,PLR,and SⅡ were all significantly correlated with OS(P<0.05).Tumor N-stage,laryngeal preservation,postoperative complications,NLR,and SⅡ were significantly correlated with DFS(P<0.05).The Cox multivariate analysis results indicated that PNI,tumor N-stage,and postoperative complications were independent factors affecting OS and DFS.CONCLUSION Preoperative PNI,tumor N-stage,and postoperative complications are independent risk factors for OS and DFS in patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma.PNI,as a prognostic indicator for predicting hypopharyngeal cancer patients,is superior to other hematological indicators.

Objective:To explore the characteristics and differences of oxygenated hemoglobin responses in different brain regions in adolescent depressive disorder patients and healthy adolescents during speech fluency task based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy imaging.Methods:From March 2021 to June 2021, twenty-nine adolescents with depression(depressed group) and 26 healthy adolescents(normal group) were enrolled. The severity of depression was assessed by Hamilton depression scale, and the speech fluency task was performed by functional near-infrared spectroscopy brain imaging, and the relative concentrations of oxyhemoglobin in the prefrontal and bilateral temporal lobes were measured.SPSS 26.0 statistical software was used for data analysis, chi-square test was used for gender count data. The t-test was used for comparison of two groups. The measurement data that did not conform to normal distribution were compared between the two groups by Mann-Whitney U test. Results:In the speech fluency task, there was no significant difference in the concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin in prefrontal and left temporal between the depressed group and the normal group (both P>0.05); the oxygenated hemoglobin concentration in the right temporal lobe(-9.179(-22.231, 4.789)) of depressed group was significantly lower than that of the normal group (12.754(-9.438, 35.008)), and the difference was statistically significant ( U=538.00, P<0.05). The oxygenated hemoglobin concentration in right temporal lobe of depressed group had no correlation with the score of Hamilton depression rating scale ( r=0.092, P>0.05). Conclusion:The right temporal lobe function of adolescent depression patients is lower than that of healthy controls during speech fluency tasks, which provides a basis for study of the relationship between depression and some cognitive sensitivity impairment and the function of right temporal lobe.

Objective To explore the current situation of stressor,job burnout and anxiety of pediatric nurses of Class Ⅲ Grade A hospitals and to analyze the correlation between stressor and job burnout as well as stressor and anxiety.Methods From January to February 2017,a total of 233 pediatric nurses of 5 Class Ⅲ Grade A hospitals of Beijing were selected by convenience sampling as subjects.All of the pediatric nurses were investigated with the Nurse Job Stressor Scale (NJSS),Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS),Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).Results Among 233 pediatric nurses,two dimensions of NJSS with high scores included time allocation and workload (2.69 ± 0.87) as well as patient care(2.54 ± 0.70).Two items of NJSS with high scores contained that the wages and other welfare treatment was low (3.04 ± 0.93) as well as worrying about mistakes and accidents in work (2.97 ± 0.97).The emotion exhaustion dimension of MBI-HSS was with 22.7％ for the severe level.Patients with low scores of sense of personal achievement accounted for 41.2％.The score of SAS was (38.38 ± 7.47) significantly higher than Chinese model (t=17.57,P ＜ 0.01).There were 10.7％ of nurses with the moderate-severe level of anxiety.The correlation analysis among stressor,job burnout and anxiety of pediatric nurses showed that except for time allocation and workload as well as sense of personal achievement,other dimensions of NJSS had positive correlations with dimensions of MBI-HSS and SAS (r=0.169-0.527,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Pediatric nurses are with high working pressure.Policy makers and managers should consider characteristics in pediatric nursing,reduce nurses' stressors as well as the level of nurses' job burnout and improve their mental health,so as to ensure the quality of pediatric nursing.