This article reports 2 cases of urinary retention in Alzheimer's disease with agitation treated by acupuncture. Based on patients' clinical symptoms, the etiology and pathogenesis were determined, and acupuncture was applied to Baihui (GV20), Sishencong (EX-HN1), Shenting (GV24), and bilateral Ciliao (BL32), Zhongliao (BL33), Fengchi (GB20), Taiyang (EX-HN5), etc. to regulate the mind and promote water metabolism. The positive and negative electrodes of the SDZ-Ⅴ type electroacupuncture device were attached to ipsilateral Ciliao (BL32), Zhongliao (BL33) respectively, with continuous wave, at the frequency of 15 Hz, and the current of 3 to 10 mA, depending on patients' tolerance. The needles were retained for 20 min. The treatment was delivered once every other day, 3 interventions a week and 12 interventions as 1 course. Both patients reported the micturition desire after 1 intervention with acupuncture and the catheter was removed on the same day. The urination was ameliorated without dysuresia after 1-2 courses of treatment, and the agitated behavior was alleviated. It can be the reference for the clinical treatment of urinary retention in patients with Alzheimer's disease with agitation.
Humans ; Alzheimer Disease/psychology* ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Urinary Retention/etiology* ; Male ; Female ; Aged ; Acupuncture Points ; Psychomotor Agitation/complications*

Objective To investigate the clinical features, liver histological features, and diagnostic and treatment methods for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) with portal hypertension as the main manifestation. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for related data of the patients who attended the hospital due to portal hypertension and were finally diagnosed with MPN in Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, from January 2019 to February 2022, including clinical manifestation, liver pathological features, treatment, and follow-up results. Results Nine patients were included in this study, and all the patients had splenomegaly and esophageal and gastric varices, while portal vein thrombosis was observed in eight patients. All patients had normal or slightly abnormal liver function and routine blood test results. Six patients underwent liver biopsy, without the formation of fibrous septum and pseudolobule, and hepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis was observed in two patients. All nine patients underwent bone marrow biopsy and genetic testing, among whom six had essential thrombocythemia and three had primary myelofibrosis, and genetic testing revealed JAK - 2V617F gene mutation in seven patients and CALR gene mutation in two patients. Conclusion MPN is one of the rare causes of portal hypertension and has the clinical manifestations of esophageal and gastric varices, splenomegaly, and even megalosplenia, without the manifestations of hypersplenism such as leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Detection of the JAK - 2V617F and CALR genes can improve the diagnostic rate of MPN.

OBJECTIVE To establish HPLC fingerprint of Portulaca oleracea， establish quantitative analysis of multi- components by single-marker （QAMS） method for the content determination of caffeic acid， ferulic acid， genistin and quercetin， and provide reference for quality control of the medicine. METHODS The determination was performed on Eclipse XDB-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of methanol-0.2% phosphoric acid solution （gradient elution） at the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The column temperature was 25 °C， and detection wavelength was set at 360 nm. The sample size was 10 μL. HPLC fingerprint of P. oleracea was established according to the above chromatographic conditions. Cluster analysis （CA） and principal component analysis （PCA） were performed for 15 batches of specimens. Using caffeic acid as internal standard， relative correction factors of other three components were calculated by QAMS， and then the component content was calculated on the basis of relative correction factors， which was compared with the external standard method. RESULTS HPLC fingerprints of 15 batches of P. oleracea were calibrated with a total of 17 common peaks， and 4 components （caffeic acid， ferulic acid， genistin， quercetin） were identified； the similarities of 15 batches of samples were greater than 0.890. The results of CA showed that S1-S10 were clustered into one category， and S11-S15 were clustered into one category. The results of PCA revealed that the accumulative contribution rate of the two main components was 92.502%， and the classification results were basically consistent with CA. The linear range of caffeic acid， ferulic acid， genistin and quercetin were 0.003 1-0.157 1， 0.003 6-0.181 7， 0.008 5-0.425 6，0.000 4-0.021 8 mg/mL （R2≥0.999 7）； the results of precision， repeatability， stability （24 h） and recovery tests all complied with the requirements of Chinese Pharmacopoeia. The relative correction factors of ferulic acid， genistin and quercetin calculated by QAMS were 1.534， 5.302 and 0.174； there was no significant difference in the contents of components measured between this method and the external standard method. CONCLUSIONS The established HPLC fingerprint combined with QAMS can be used for the quality control of multiple index components in P. oleracea. The origin has a certain influence on the quality of P. oleracea， and the quality of P. oleracea produced in Sichuan is better than that produced in Anhui and Hebei.

Objective:To prepare a peptide fluorescent probe based on aggregation-induced emission and to investigate its application in the detection of early caries.Methods:Eight aspartate-serine-serine (DSS) were combined with aggregation-induced emission material to prepare peptide fluorescent probes, and an artificial demineralization model was established in vitro. The samples were immersed in the peptide fluorescent probe solution for 1 min, and a fluorescence imaging system was applied to examine the tooth samples and collect images and fluorescence data. Scanning electron microscopy was also applied to observe the phenotype of the teeth, and electron microscopy was applied to detect the calcium-phosphorus ratio on the enamel surface of the teeth. Polarized light microscopy was also applied to observe the enamel area of the teeth. Results:The fluorescence intensity of demineralized teeth was clearly observed to be lower than that of normal teeth in the peptide fluorescent probe-treated area, and the difference was statistically significant ( P < 0.05). The results of scanning electron microscopy showed that the enamel surface of the demineralized group had more irregular pores, while the enamel surface of the undemineralized group was flatter with only some irregular accumulation of flakes. The results of polarized light microscopy showed that a clear birefringence could be observed in the enamel region of normal teeth, while a black area or the disappearance of the birefringence effect accompanied by a partial black dark shadow could be observed in the enamel region of demineralized teeth. Conclusions:An aggregation-induced luminescence-based peptide fluorescent probe was successfully prepared, which can precisely localize the enamel and show some application value in early caries detection.

There are many difficulties in digital medical teaching, including new course content, multiple key and difficult points, wide knowledge coverage, large knowledge structure span, high requirements for teachers, and few shared resources for online teaching during the epidemic. This research aims to give full play to the advantages of our team in the field of digital medicine, and promote the construction of network resources of this course and its extensive development in more universities through the exploratory and research on the course construction and teaching mode of the Digital Medicine MOOC (massive open online course). The questionnaire study found that the satisfaction score of the average satisfaction score of MOOC teaching in terms of students' pre-class preview, quick grasp of knowledge points in class and after-class review reached more than 90 points, and the score of improving students' learning initiative was (88.10±10.87) points. It can be seen that the use of MOOC teaching mode can significantly help students to preview before class, master knowledge points in class and review after class, and improve students' initiative in learning. The research suggests that the production of Digital Medicine MOOC should keep the consistency and individuality of all knowledge points under the framework of digital medical knowledge; teachers should focus on the explanation of basic knowledge points and deepen in further step integrated with frontiers of this field; it’s suggested to make a separate MOOC on frontier knowledge and application explanation, so as to cope with the outdated courseware content caused by the development and update of this subject.

Objective:To evaluate the rapid nucleic acid amplification detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP)-DNA and MP-RNA in the diagnosis of MP infection and therapeutic values in children. Methods:Patients who were diagnosed with pneumonia were enrolled from the Department of Respiration, Children′s Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics from January 2018 to December 2018.Specimens were detected using the MP and Macrolide-Resistant isolates Diagnostic Kit (PCR Fluorescence Probing, Jiangsu Mole Bioscience Co., Ltd.) and MP Diagnostic Kit (Isothermal RNA amplification, Shanghai Rendu Biotechnology Co., Ltd.).Results:Among them, 42.1%(840 cases) of the 1 994 cases were positive for MP-DNA, and the macrolide associated gene mutations were detected in 96.0% (806/840 cases) of them, while 33.9% (551 cases) of 1 624 cases were positive for MP-RNA.Seven hundred and fifty-eight specimens were simultaneously detected by adopting MP-DNA and MP-RNA, and the positive rate was 43.1% (327/758 cases) and 36.7% (278/758 cases), accordingly, which were inconsistent (Kappa=0.604) in 613 (80.9%, 613/758 cases) cases, with significant differences ( χ2=6.60, P=0.01). Part of the specimens were rechecked with the interval of 7 days: MP-RNA was negative in 70.1% (47/67 cases) specimens and MP-DNA was negative in 36.1% (22/91 cases) specimens ( χ2=33.20, P<0.01). Conclusions:The positive detection rate of MP was at a high level in 2018, in Beijing, China.The results of MP-DNA and MP-RNA are consistant.But RNA detection can help to diagnose MP in the early stage, and monitor the survival of MP and its efficiency.

Objective: To investigate the season, age and gender distribution of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection in children in Beijing, and to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of MP infection. Methods: A total of 4 271 children with community acquired pneumonia hospitalized at the Respiratory Department of Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics were collected between January 2006 and December 2015.MP 16S rRNA and tandem repeat locus-Mpn16 were amplified by nested polymerase chain reaction(PCR). Results: Among 4 271 specimens, 1 042 were positive for MP by PCR, and the positive rate was 24.4% (1 042/4 271 cases). There were 3 MP outbreaks (2006-2007, 2012-2013 and 2015, respectively). The positive rate was up to 44.6% in the epidemic year, but as low as 13.0% in the non-epidemic year.The positive rates of MP in spring, summer, autumn and winter were 21.2% (217/1 022 cases), 22.0% (230/1 044 cases), 28.9% (320/1 108 cases) and 25.1% (275/1 097 cases), respectively.There were mild epidemic peaks in April to May and August to September every year.The infection rates of MP in autumn were significantly higher than those in other 3 seasons(χ²=16.50, 13.30, 4.07, all P<0.05). The positive rates of children in each age group were 10.6% (69/651 cases) in < 1 year old group, 17.5% (216/1 233 cases) in 1- 2 years old group, 28.5% (369/1 294 cases) in 3-6 years old group, and 35.5% (388/1 093 cases) in > 7 years old group, respectively.The positive rate of preschool and school-age children was 31.7% (757/2 387 cases), which was higher than that of the infants (15.1%, 285/1 884 cases), and there was a statistical significance (χ²=157.0, P<0.05). The positive rate of MP in girls was 28.3% (481/1 699 cases), which was significantly higher than that in boys [21.8% (561/2 572 cases)], and there was a statistical significance (χ²=23.4, P<0.05), especially during the epidemic years. Conclusions The detection rate of MP infection in children in Beijing is high in autumn and winter, and low in summer.The positive rate of MP increases with age.The high incidence of MP infection is in preschool and school-age children, especially girls.There is a significant difference between the prevalence of MP infection and the prevalence intervals.The prevalence of MP infection may be closely related to the long-term closed and semi-closed living habits.

Objective To analyze the relationship between macrolide resistance mutations in My-coplasma pneumoniae (Mp) and its genotype by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA). Methods One hundred and forty-three Mp-positive specimens were collected in Beijing(54 col-lected at the Affiliated Children′s Hospital of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics),the United States(59 col-lected at four different geographical locations:Kansas City,Missouri;Seattle,Washington;New York,New York;Chicago,Illinois) and Australia(30 provided by the diagnostic laboratory at the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services,Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research,West-mead Hospital,Sydney). Nested PCR was used to detect mutations in 23S rRNA. A capillary electrophore-sis-based single tube multiplex PCR (mPCR-CE) was used to analyze the MLVA types of Mp in those sam-ples. Results A2063G mutation was identified in 57 specimens including 49 from Beijing,seven from the United States and one from Australia. The 143 Mp-positive specimens were typed into 10 distinct MLVA types. Fifty-four specimens collected in Beijing belonged to four MLVA types, which were M4-5-7-2 (44/54,81.5%),M3-5-6-2 (7/54,13.0%), M4-5-6-2 (2/54,3.70%) and M4-5-5-2 (1/54,1.85%). Fifty-nine specimens collected in the United States belonged to six MLVA types including M4-5-7-2(27/59, 45.8%),M3-5-6-2 (18/59,30.5%),M3-6-6-2 (11/59,18.6%),M3-5-6-1 (1/59,1.69%),M4-5-7-3 (1/59,1.69%) and M5-5-7-2 (1/59,1.69%). Thirty specimens of Mp from Australia were grouped to five types with M3-5-6-2 (12/30, 40.0%) and M4-5-7-2 (10/30, 33.3%) and M3-5-7-2 (5/30, 16.7%) being the predominant types. Macrolide resistance mutations were detected in 57 out of 143 speci-mens (49 from Beijing,seven from the United States and one from Sydney) and 50 of them were MLVA type of M4-5-7-2. Conclusion The MLVA type of M4-5-7-2 is associated with macrolide resistance in Mp.

Clinical data of patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy due to malignant ampullary tumors from January 2013 and December 2016 in our hospital with full access to medical records were collected,and 144 patients were enrolled in total.Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) was calculated based on the intraoperative lowest mean arterial pressure,lowest heart rate and blood loss.The patients were divided into 2 groups depending on whether postoperative delirium developed or not within 7 days after surgery.The receiver operating characteristic curve of SAS in predicting postoperative delirium was drawn.The area under the curve,optimal cut-off value and sensitivity and specificity were calculated.Thirty-six patients developed postoperative delirium,and the incidence was 25.0％.The area under the curve of SAS in predicting postoperative delirium was 0.86 (95％ confidence interval 0.79-0.91).The optimal cut-off value was 6 with a sensitivity of 86％ and a specificity of 83％.In conclusion,intraoperative SAS can predict the development of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of salvianolic acid A (SAA) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) induced by pristane in BALB/c mice. Lupus mice were established by confirming elevated levels of autoantibodies and IL-6 after intraperitoneal injection of pristane. Mice were then treated with daily oral doses of SAA for 5 months in parallel with mice treated with prednisone and aspirin as positive controls. The levels of autoantibodies were monitored at monthly intervals and nephritic symptoms observed by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining. Western blot analysis of renal tissue was also employed. SAA treatment caused a significant reduction in the levels of anti-Sm autoantibodies and reduced renal histopathological changes and pathological effects. SAA treatment also significantly inhibited the phosphorylation of IKK, IB and NFB in renal tissues of lupus mice. In conclusion, the results suggest that SAA alleviates renal injury in pristane-induced SLE in BALB/c mice through inhibition of phosphorylation of IKK, IB and NFB.