1.Retrospective Study on Tongue Image Characteristics of Patients with Glucolipid Metabolism Disorders with Different Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes
Shi LIU ; Yang GAO ; Tao JIANG ; Zhanhong CHEN ; Jialin DENG ; Jiatuo XU
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(8):826-833
ObjectiveTo explore the distribution pattern of tongue image characteristics in patients with glucolipid metabolic disorders and its main syndromes. MethodsA total of 841 patients with glucolipid metabolic disorders (disease group), and 380 healthy subjects (control group) were included. The disease group was classified into three syndrome types: 283 cases of liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome, 311 cases of phlegm-dampness obstruction syndrome, and 247 cases of qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome. Tongue image data were collected using the TFDA-1 Tongue Diagnosis Instrument, and the TDAS V3.0 software was used to analyze the color, texture, and morphological features of the tongue body (TB) and tongue coating (TC) in patents with different syndromes of disease group (including lightness (L), red-green axis (a), yellow-blue axis (b), luminance (Y), difference between red signal and brightness (Cr), difference between blue signal and brightness (Cb), contrast (CON), angular second moment (ASM), entropy (ENT), mean value (MEAN), tongue coating area/tongue surface area (perAll), and tongue coating area/non-coated area (perPart)). Logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify influencing factors for different syndrome types of glucolipid metabolic disorders. ResultsThe tongue body indicators TB-L, TB-Y, and TB-Cb in the disease group were significantly higher than those in the control group, while TB-a, TB-b, and TB-Cr were significantly lower. The tongue coating indicators TC-L, TC-Y, TC-Cb, perAll, and perPart in the disease group were significantly higher than those in the control group, while TC-a, TC-b, and TC-Cr were significantly lower (P<0.05). Comparing with the different syndromes in disease group, the TB-L and TB-Y of the liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome, and the phlegm-damp obstruction syndrome were higher than those of the qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome; the TB-a and TB-Cr of the phlegm-damp obstruction syndrome were lower than those of the qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome; the perAll of the phlegm-damp obstruction syndrome was higher than that of the qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome (P<0.05). In the analysis of the morphological characteristics of tongue signs, more spotted tongue in disease group compared with control group, more teeth-marked tongue in liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome than the other two syndromes, more greasy coating in phlegm-damp obstruction syndrome, and more stasis spots of tongue in qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome (P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis identified that greasy coating, spotted tongue, stasis spots of tongue, tooth-marked tongue, perAll, and TB-Cb are the influencing factors of liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome; greasy coating, tooth-marked tongue, TC-Cb, and TC-Cr are the influencing factors of phlegm-damp obstruction syndrome; cracked tongue, stasis spots of tongue, tooth-marked tongue, and TB-Y are the influencing factors of qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome (P<0.05). ConclusionCompared to healthy individuals, patients with glycolipid metabolic disorder have darker tongue color and thicker, greasy tongue coating. Glycolipid metabolic disorder patients of liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome exhibit a reddish tongue with finer textures and more tooth marks; patients of phlegm-damp obstruction syndrome have lighter tongue coating with a coarser texture and a higher prevalence of greasy coating; patients of qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome display lower tongue brightness with a higher prevalence of blood stasis spots.
2.Identifying risk factors for acute graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Dan FENG ; Wei LIANG ; Jiaxin CAO ; Yigeng CAO ; Xin CHEN ; Cuicui LIU ; Rongli ZHANG ; Weihua ZHAI ; Jialin WEI ; Qiaoling MA ; Donglin YANG ; Yi HE ; Sizhou FENG ; Mingzhe HAN ; Aiming PANG ; Hongtao WANG ; Jiaxi ZHOU ; Erlie JIANG
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2025;46(10):914-920
Objective:To identify the risk factors for acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) undergoing haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HID-HSCT) .Methods:A total of 141 AML patients who underwent HID-HSCT at the Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, from January 2020 to July 2021 were included. The cumulative incidence of aGVHD was analyzed using the Fine-Gray competing risk model, with relapse and death as competing events, to compare differences between groups. Potential risk factors were evaluated by univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analyses to determine their independent effects on aGVHD.Results:Among the 141 patients, 86 (61.0%) were male and 55 (39.0%) were female, with a median age at transplantation of 34 years. Within 100 days post-transplant, 59 patients developed grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD, whereas 86 patients experienced no or grade Ⅰ aGVHD (the grade 0-Ⅰ aGVHD group) . Survival analysis showed that the 3-year overall survival was 68.7% (95% CI: 57.7%-81.9%) in the grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD group, compared with 78.8% (95% CI: 70.4%-88.3%) in the grade 0 - Ⅰ aGVHD group, with the difference not being statistically significant ( P=0.190) . Univariable analysis identified donor age ( P=0.020, HR=1.020, 95% CI: 1.000-1.040) and the female donor-male recipient sex combination ( P=0.033, HR=1.980, 95% CI: 1.160-3.380) as risk factors for grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD. Multivariable analysis confirmed that donor age ( P=0.005, HR=1.026, 95% CI: 1.008-1.047) and the female donor-male recipient sex combination ( P=0.002, HR=2.339, 95% CI: 1.354-4.037) were independent risk factors for aGVHD. Patients receiving grafts from donors aged >45 years had a significantly higher 100-day cumulative incidence of grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD compared with those receiving grafts from donors ≤45 years [54.7% (95% CI: 42.3%-67.0%) vs 31.6% (95% CI: 21.0%-42.1%) , P=0.006]. Similarly, patients with the female donor-male recipient sex combination had a higher 100-day cumulative incidence of grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD than those with other sex combinations [56.8% (95% CI: 40.4%-73.1%) vs 36.9% (95% CI: 27.5%-46.3%) , P=0.015]. Conclusion:Older donor age and the female donor-male recipient sex combination remain independent risk factors for aGVHD in patients with AML undergoing HID-HSCT.
3.A qualitative study on the training needs of general practitioners in community health centers for health care of older patients
Xinxin ZHAO ; Hao WANG ; Hua JIANG ; Yanbo WANG ; Zhijuan QI ; Jialin ZHENG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2025;24(7):817-822
Objective:To investigate the training needs of general practitioners in community health center in health care and management of older patients for developing a curriculum for the Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) project accordingly.Methods:This was a qualitative study. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 community health center general practitioners (GPs) using focus groups between March 2024 and April 2024. The interview data were collated using Nvivo12 software and coded using thematic analysis. The focus of the interviews was on the challenges GPs face in health care of older people in the community and relevant training needs.Results:Three male and 17 female GPs took part in the interviews. The interviews showed that GPs in comminity health service centers faced multiple challenges in the helth management of older patients, including implementation of holistic treatment plans, time-consuming comprehensive patient assessment, lack of standardized medication selection, unclear referral processes and difficulties in establishing a trusting doctor-patient relationship. The study suggested that the design and development of training programs should encompass eight core components: differentiated end-of-life care for patients, nutritional advice, positive psychological intervention, software data-based health assessment, systematic geriatric medicine, updated clinical research findings, medication selection and treatment guidelines, and insulin resistance management.Conclusion:Through qualitative investigation, this study explored the challenges faced by general practitioners in providing health care for older patients and relevant training needs, which provids evidence for designing and developing corresponding curricula for ECHO projects.
4.Research on Organizational Inert in Medical Quality and Safety Management and Preventive Strategies
Longjun HU ; Jianhua HUANG ; Ruo JIANG ; Luyang HE ; Jialin YANG ; Keqiang ZUO ; Lengchen HOU
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(3):55-59
In the dynamic process of organizational development,organizations tend to exhibit a tendency towards organizational inertia by maintaining its original behavior patterns.It introduces organizational inertia theory into the medical management.Based on the concept of organizational inertia,the concept of organizational inertia in medical quality and safety management was proposed.From the perspective of connotation of organizational inertia in medical quality and safety management,its essence was the failure of medical institutions to implement or achieve continuous improvement in medical standardized behavior.From the perspective of denotation,it includes six categories:structural inertia,institutional inertia,resource inertia,technological inertia,employee inertia,and cultural inertia.In addition,it explored how to overcome organizational inertia in medical quality and safety management,which can provide new ideas for sustainably improvement research and practice in medical quality and safety management.
5.A Dual-Layer Network Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Medical Surge Risk Diffusion Based on MATLAB and REPAST
Nan MENG ; Yanping WANG ; Yiran GAO ; Tian YU ; Min WEI ; Wanmeng TENG ; Peng WANG ; Fengqian ZHONG ; Lili JIANG ; Jialin LU ; Ning NING ; Avdeev SERGEY ; Qunhong WU
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(11):22-27
Objective To explore the coupling mechanism between medical surge response resources and the spread of secondary risks during public health emergencies,as well as the effectiveness of relevant interventions.Methods Based on complex network theory,a dual-layer network model of medical resources and secondary events was constructed.The interactive feedback between medical resource status and secondary event risk,as well as the effects of network structure,were analyzed through MATLAB simulations,REPAST agent-based modeling,and mean-field analysis.Results Simulation and prediction results show that an increase in first-layer resource-deficient nodes significantly raises the activation rate and transmission speed of secondary events,while the clustering and spread of secondary events in the second layer,in turn,intensify resource depletion,creating a negative feedback loop.Mean-field analysis indicates a nonlinear positive correlation between the adequacy of medical resources and the likelihood of secondary events.Network structure analysis reveals that when the average node degree exceeds 8,resource allocation efficiency improves markedly.Conclusion There exists a dynamic coupling and bidirectional feedback relationship between medical resource status and secondary event risks.Enhancing the flexible allocation and responsiveness of medical resources,improving multi-sectoral collaborative monitoring and coordinated regulation,optimizing network connectivity and coordination mechanisms for resource distribution,and establishing dynamic monitoring and tiered early warning systems are key strategies for strengthening the resilience of healthcare systems and effectively containing the spread of secondary events.
6.A Dual-Layer Network Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Medical Surge Risk Diffusion Based on MATLAB and REPAST
Nan MENG ; Yanping WANG ; Yiran GAO ; Tian YU ; Min WEI ; Wanmeng TENG ; Peng WANG ; Fengqian ZHONG ; Lili JIANG ; Jialin LU ; Ning NING ; Avdeev SERGEY ; Qunhong WU
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(11):22-27
Objective To explore the coupling mechanism between medical surge response resources and the spread of secondary risks during public health emergencies,as well as the effectiveness of relevant interventions.Methods Based on complex network theory,a dual-layer network model of medical resources and secondary events was constructed.The interactive feedback between medical resource status and secondary event risk,as well as the effects of network structure,were analyzed through MATLAB simulations,REPAST agent-based modeling,and mean-field analysis.Results Simulation and prediction results show that an increase in first-layer resource-deficient nodes significantly raises the activation rate and transmission speed of secondary events,while the clustering and spread of secondary events in the second layer,in turn,intensify resource depletion,creating a negative feedback loop.Mean-field analysis indicates a nonlinear positive correlation between the adequacy of medical resources and the likelihood of secondary events.Network structure analysis reveals that when the average node degree exceeds 8,resource allocation efficiency improves markedly.Conclusion There exists a dynamic coupling and bidirectional feedback relationship between medical resource status and secondary event risks.Enhancing the flexible allocation and responsiveness of medical resources,improving multi-sectoral collaborative monitoring and coordinated regulation,optimizing network connectivity and coordination mechanisms for resource distribution,and establishing dynamic monitoring and tiered early warning systems are key strategies for strengthening the resilience of healthcare systems and effectively containing the spread of secondary events.
7.Exploration of the Implementation Path for the Improvement Goals of National Medical Quality and Safety Based on the Objective and Key Results Method
Ruo JIANG ; Jianzhong DI ; Chengfang HU ; Longjun HU ; Ya YANG ; Jialin YANG ; Songxuan YU ; Mingxiao MA ; Lengchen HOU
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(1):70-73
To achieve the national objectives of improving medical quality and safety,the Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center has formulated a list of major targets,tasks,and key results based onthe Objective and Key Results (OKR) method.The primary approaches adopted include establishing an organizational structure to advance medical quality and safety supervision,setting up a series of quantitative indicators for medical quality and safety targets,formulating standardized management systems,building an information platform,and strengthening supervision.It argues that the adoption of OKR can effectively promote the implementation of national target management for improving medical quality and safety,establish a cross-institutional management network for medical quality and safety,strengthen process management,and effectively drive continuous improvement in medical quality and safety.
8.Exploration of the Implementation Path for the Improvement Goals of National Medical Quality and Safety Based on the Objective and Key Results Method
Ruo JIANG ; Jianzhong DI ; Chengfang HU ; Longjun HU ; Ya YANG ; Jialin YANG ; Songxuan YU ; Mingxiao MA ; Lengchen HOU
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(1):70-73
To achieve the national objectives of improving medical quality and safety,the Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center has formulated a list of major targets,tasks,and key results based onthe Objective and Key Results (OKR) method.The primary approaches adopted include establishing an organizational structure to advance medical quality and safety supervision,setting up a series of quantitative indicators for medical quality and safety targets,formulating standardized management systems,building an information platform,and strengthening supervision.It argues that the adoption of OKR can effectively promote the implementation of national target management for improving medical quality and safety,establish a cross-institutional management network for medical quality and safety,strengthen process management,and effectively drive continuous improvement in medical quality and safety.
9.Research on Organizational Inert in Medical Quality and Safety Management and Preventive Strategies
Longjun HU ; Jianhua HUANG ; Ruo JIANG ; Luyang HE ; Jialin YANG ; Keqiang ZUO ; Lengchen HOU
Chinese Hospital Management 2025;45(3):55-59
In the dynamic process of organizational development,organizations tend to exhibit a tendency towards organizational inertia by maintaining its original behavior patterns.It introduces organizational inertia theory into the medical management.Based on the concept of organizational inertia,the concept of organizational inertia in medical quality and safety management was proposed.From the perspective of connotation of organizational inertia in medical quality and safety management,its essence was the failure of medical institutions to implement or achieve continuous improvement in medical standardized behavior.From the perspective of denotation,it includes six categories:structural inertia,institutional inertia,resource inertia,technological inertia,employee inertia,and cultural inertia.In addition,it explored how to overcome organizational inertia in medical quality and safety management,which can provide new ideas for sustainably improvement research and practice in medical quality and safety management.
10.Identifying risk factors for acute graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Dan FENG ; Wei LIANG ; Jiaxin CAO ; Yigeng CAO ; Xin CHEN ; Cuicui LIU ; Rongli ZHANG ; Weihua ZHAI ; Jialin WEI ; Qiaoling MA ; Donglin YANG ; Yi HE ; Sizhou FENG ; Mingzhe HAN ; Aiming PANG ; Hongtao WANG ; Jiaxi ZHOU ; Erlie JIANG
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2025;46(10):914-920
Objective:To identify the risk factors for acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) undergoing haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HID-HSCT) .Methods:A total of 141 AML patients who underwent HID-HSCT at the Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, from January 2020 to July 2021 were included. The cumulative incidence of aGVHD was analyzed using the Fine-Gray competing risk model, with relapse and death as competing events, to compare differences between groups. Potential risk factors were evaluated by univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analyses to determine their independent effects on aGVHD.Results:Among the 141 patients, 86 (61.0%) were male and 55 (39.0%) were female, with a median age at transplantation of 34 years. Within 100 days post-transplant, 59 patients developed grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD, whereas 86 patients experienced no or grade Ⅰ aGVHD (the grade 0-Ⅰ aGVHD group) . Survival analysis showed that the 3-year overall survival was 68.7% (95% CI: 57.7%-81.9%) in the grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD group, compared with 78.8% (95% CI: 70.4%-88.3%) in the grade 0 - Ⅰ aGVHD group, with the difference not being statistically significant ( P=0.190) . Univariable analysis identified donor age ( P=0.020, HR=1.020, 95% CI: 1.000-1.040) and the female donor-male recipient sex combination ( P=0.033, HR=1.980, 95% CI: 1.160-3.380) as risk factors for grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD. Multivariable analysis confirmed that donor age ( P=0.005, HR=1.026, 95% CI: 1.008-1.047) and the female donor-male recipient sex combination ( P=0.002, HR=2.339, 95% CI: 1.354-4.037) were independent risk factors for aGVHD. Patients receiving grafts from donors aged >45 years had a significantly higher 100-day cumulative incidence of grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD compared with those receiving grafts from donors ≤45 years [54.7% (95% CI: 42.3%-67.0%) vs 31.6% (95% CI: 21.0%-42.1%) , P=0.006]. Similarly, patients with the female donor-male recipient sex combination had a higher 100-day cumulative incidence of grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD than those with other sex combinations [56.8% (95% CI: 40.4%-73.1%) vs 36.9% (95% CI: 27.5%-46.3%) , P=0.015]. Conclusion:Older donor age and the female donor-male recipient sex combination remain independent risk factors for aGVHD in patients with AML undergoing HID-HSCT.

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