Objective:To investigate the protective effect of a composite hydrogel against hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)-induced oxidative stress injury in the cardiomyocytes,and to clarify its possible mechanism.Methods:The mice were subcutaneously injected with 100 μL of hydrogel.After normal feeding for 1,14,and 28 d,the mice were sacrificed.Tissue samples were collected and subjected to HE staining to observe the histocompatibity of the hydrogel.The primary cardiomyocytes isolated from 1-day-old SD rats were used to establish an oxidative stress injury model.The primary cardiomyocyties were divided into control,H2O2 and H2O2+Hydrogel groups.The primary cardiomyocytes in control group were cultured normally,the primary cardiomyocytes in H2O2 group were treated with 200 μmol·L-1 H2O2 for 24 h,and the primary cardiomyocytes in H2O2+Hydrogel group were incubated with 1 g·L-1 composite hydrogel and 200 μmol·L-1 H2O2 for 24 h.The viabilities of cardiomyocytes in various groups were assessed by cell counting kit-8(CCK-8)method.Dihydroethidium(DHE)and 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate(DCFH-DA)staining were used to assess the reactive oxygen species(ROS)levels in the cells.The expressions of filamentous actin(F-actin)in the cells in various groups were detected by phalloidin fluorescence staining;the expressions of connexin 43(Cx43)and cardiac troponin T(cTnT)proteins in the cardiomyocytes in various groups were detected by immunofluorescence method.The apoptotic rates of cardiomyocytes in various groups were assessed with TUNEL staining method.The expression levels of apoptosis-related proteins B-cell lymphoma-2(Bcl-2)and Bcl-2-associated X protein(Bax)in the cardiomyocytes in various groups were assessed by Western blotting method.Results:The HE staining results showed that the inflammatory cells around the implanted hydrogel were less infiltrated,and the inflammatory reaction of subcutaneous implantation was less.Compared with control group,the viability of cardiomyocytes in H2O2 group was significantly decreased(P＜0.05),the level of ROS in the cells was increased(P＜0.05),the expression levels of Cx43,cTnT and F-actin proteins in the cells were decreased(P＜0.001),the apoptosis rate of cardiomyocytes were decreased(P＜0.01),the expression level of Bcl-2 protein in the cells was increased(P＜0.001),and the expression level of Bax protein was decreased(P＜0.01).Compared with H2O2 group,the viability of cardiomyocytes was significantly increased(P＜0.05),the level of ROS in the cells was decreased(P＜0.01),the expression levels of cTnT,Cx43 and F-actin proteins were increased(P＜0.01),the apoptotic rate of cardiomyocytes were significantly decreased(P＜0.001),the expression level of Bcl-2 protein in the cells were decreased(P＜0.01),and the expression level of Bax protein was increased(P＜0.01).Conclusion:Hydrogel may promote the expression of cardiomyocyte-related proteins by scavenging ROS in the environment and inhibit the cardiomyocyte apoptosis to achieve the protective effect on the cardiomyocytes under oxidative stress.

Aim To investigate the relationship between fat attenuation index(FAI)of pericoronary adipose tis-sue and coronary slow flow(CSF).Methods The clinical data of 135 hospitalized patients who underwent coronary angiography(CAG)due to chest tightness,chest pain and other similar symptoms from November 2023 to July 2024 were retrospectively collected.According to the blood flow grading criteria,the patients were divided into CSF group(n=61)and normal blood flow group(n=74).The basic information of the patients,the laboratory test results on the day of ad-mission and the data of coronary CT angiography(CCTA)were also collected.Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors for CSF.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to evaluate the efficacy of FAI in predicting CSF.Results The white blood cell count(WBC),fasting blood glucose(FBG),high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP),interleukin-6(IL-6)and right coronary artery(RCA)FAI in the CSF group were 1.23,1.10,1.33 1.53 and 1.13 times that of those in the normal blood flow group,respectively(P＜0.05).The left ventricu-lar ejection fraction(LVEF)in the CSF group was 94.78％of the normal blood flow group(P＜0.05).Multivariate Lo-gistic regression analysis showed that elevated WBC(OR=1.891),elevated FBG(OR=1.774),decreased LVEF(OR=0.094),elevated hs-CRP increased(OR=1.124),increased RCA-FAI(OR=1.077)were independent risk factors for CSF(P＜0.05).The results of ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve(AUC)of RCA-FAI in predic-ting CSF was 0.715(95％CI:0.627～0.802),the optimal cut-off value was-81.5 HU,the sensitivity was 0.803,and the specificity was 0.581.Conclusion Elevated WBC,elevated FBG,decreased LVEF,increased hs-CRP,and in-creased RCA-FAI are risk factors for CSF.Among them,RCA-FAI has a good efficacy in predicting the occurrence of CSF,which can be used to identify high-risk CSF patients as early as possible and reduce the incidence of CSF.

Aim To investigate the relationship between fat attenuation index(FAI)of pericoronary adipose tis-sue and coronary slow flow(CSF).Methods The clinical data of 135 hospitalized patients who underwent coronary angiography(CAG)due to chest tightness,chest pain and other similar symptoms from November 2023 to July 2024 were retrospectively collected.According to the blood flow grading criteria,the patients were divided into CSF group(n=61)and normal blood flow group(n=74).The basic information of the patients,the laboratory test results on the day of ad-mission and the data of coronary CT angiography(CCTA)were also collected.Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors for CSF.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to evaluate the efficacy of FAI in predicting CSF.Results The white blood cell count(WBC),fasting blood glucose(FBG),high-sensitivity C-reactive protein(hs-CRP),interleukin-6(IL-6)and right coronary artery(RCA)FAI in the CSF group were 1.23,1.10,1.33 1.53 and 1.13 times that of those in the normal blood flow group,respectively(P＜0.05).The left ventricu-lar ejection fraction(LVEF)in the CSF group was 94.78％of the normal blood flow group(P＜0.05).Multivariate Lo-gistic regression analysis showed that elevated WBC(OR=1.891),elevated FBG(OR=1.774),decreased LVEF(OR=0.094),elevated hs-CRP increased(OR=1.124),increased RCA-FAI(OR=1.077)were independent risk factors for CSF(P＜0.05).The results of ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve(AUC)of RCA-FAI in predic-ting CSF was 0.715(95％CI:0.627～0.802),the optimal cut-off value was-81.5 HU,the sensitivity was 0.803,and the specificity was 0.581.Conclusion Elevated WBC,elevated FBG,decreased LVEF,increased hs-CRP,and in-creased RCA-FAI are risk factors for CSF.Among them,RCA-FAI has a good efficacy in predicting the occurrence of CSF,which can be used to identify high-risk CSF patients as early as possible and reduce the incidence of CSF.

Objective:To investigate the early auditory discrimination of vowels, consonants and lexical tones in prelingually-deafened children with cochlear implants (CI) using auditory event-related potentials.Methods:Nineteen prelingually-deafened CI children and 19 normal hearing (NH) children were recruited in this study. A multi-deviant oddball paradigm was constructed using the monosyllable/ta1/as the standard stimulus and monosyllables/tu1/,/te1/, /da1/,/ra1/,/ta4/and/ta2/as the deviant stimuli. The event-related potentials evoked by vowel, consonant and lexical tone contrasts were recorded and analyzed in the two groups.Results:NH children showed robust mismatch negativities (MMNs) to vowel, consonant and lexical tone contrasts ( P<0.05), whereas CI children only showed positive mismatch responses (pMMRs) and P3a responses to the vowel ( P<0.05) and consonant contrasts ( P<0.05) and no significant event-related potential to the lexical tone contrasts ( P>0.05). The longer pMMR and P3a peak latencies ( P<0.01) but similar amplitudes ( P>0.05) were found in CI children than in NH children. CI children showed weaker phase synchronization of θ oscillations than NH children ( P<0.05). The duration of CI use was positively correlated with the scores of Categories of Auditory Performance (CAP) ( P=0.004), Speech Intelligibility Rate (SIR) ( P=0.044) and Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) ( P=0.001) in CI children. Conclusions:Prelingually-deafened CI children can process vowels and consonants at an early stage. However, their ability of processing speech, especially lexical tones, is still more immature compared with their NH peers. The event-related potentials could be objective electrophysiological indicators reflecting the maturity of CI children′s auditory speech functions. Long-term CI use is beneficial for prelingually-deafened children to improve auditory and speech performance.

Objective:To explore the symptom clusters, core symptoms and bridging symptoms in the symptom network of early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer.Methods:From January 2021 to April 2024, convenience sampling was used to select early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer admitted to the Department of Otolaryngology at the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China as participants. The General Information Questionnaire and M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head & Neck were used for the survey. R language software was used to analyze symptom clusters, core symptoms, and bridging symptoms in early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer.Results:A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed and 287 valid questionnaires were collected, with a valid response rate of 95.7%. Network analysis extracted three symptom clusters (oropharyngeal specific symptom cluster, shortness of breath and fatigue symptom cluster, and sleep emotion symptom cluster), among which the oropharyngeal specific symptom cluster was the most severe. Symptom network analysis showed a strong correlation between oropharyngeal pain and swallowing difficulties, distress and fatigue, and restless sleep and sadness. Shortness of breath exhibited the highest intensity centrality ( rs=1.29) and mediation centrality ( rb=96) in the symptom network. It was the core symptom and bridging symptom in the symptom network of early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer. Conclusions:Early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer have a severe oropharyngeal-specific symptom cluster, with shortness of breath being the core symptom and bridging symptom in the symptom network. Medical and nursing staff should focus on the mutual influence between early symptoms of patients after laryngectomy and correctly identify core symptoms and bridging symptoms to improve symptom management accuracy.

Objective:To explore the symptom clusters, core symptoms and bridging symptoms in the symptom network of early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer.Methods:From January 2021 to April 2024, convenience sampling was used to select early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer admitted to the Department of Otolaryngology at the First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China as participants. The General Information Questionnaire and M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory-Head & Neck were used for the survey. R language software was used to analyze symptom clusters, core symptoms, and bridging symptoms in early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer.Results:A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed and 287 valid questionnaires were collected, with a valid response rate of 95.7%. Network analysis extracted three symptom clusters (oropharyngeal specific symptom cluster, shortness of breath and fatigue symptom cluster, and sleep emotion symptom cluster), among which the oropharyngeal specific symptom cluster was the most severe. Symptom network analysis showed a strong correlation between oropharyngeal pain and swallowing difficulties, distress and fatigue, and restless sleep and sadness. Shortness of breath exhibited the highest intensity centrality ( rs=1.29) and mediation centrality ( rb=96) in the symptom network. It was the core symptom and bridging symptom in the symptom network of early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer. Conclusions:Early postoperative patients with laryngeal cancer have a severe oropharyngeal-specific symptom cluster, with shortness of breath being the core symptom and bridging symptom in the symptom network. Medical and nursing staff should focus on the mutual influence between early symptoms of patients after laryngectomy and correctly identify core symptoms and bridging symptoms to improve symptom management accuracy.

Growth stimulating gene 2 (ST2) protein is a member of the interleukin-1 receptor family. It is mainly divided into a soluble secreted form sST2 and a transmembrane form ST2L. sST2 is a decoy receptor that competitively binds to interleukin-33 to block the interleukin-33/ST2L signaling pathway, worsening myocardial hypertrophy, fibrosis, and ventricular dysfunction. Measuring sST2 is of important value for diagnosis and/or prognosis evaluation of cardiovascular diseases. This paper mainly reviews the research progress in the relationship between cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure, coronary heart disease, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, acute aortic dissection, and pulmonary hypertension, and sST2.

Objective:To investigate the effect of posterior nasal neurectomy（PNN） with pharyngeal neurectomy （PN） on chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps （CRSwNP）complicated with perennial allergic rhinitis （PAR）. Methods:83 patients with perennial allergic rhinitis combined with chronic group-wide sinusitis with nasal polyps who attended our hospital from July 2020 to July 2021 were selected. All patients underwent conventional functional endoscopic sinusitis surgery（FESS）+ nasal polypectomy. Patients were divided according to whether they underwent PNN+PN. 38 cases in the experimental group underwent FESS combined with PNN+PN; 44 cases in the control group underwent conventional FESS alone. All patients underwent the VAS, RQLQ, and MLK before treatment, and at 6 months and 1 year after surgery. Meanwhile, other relevant data were collected and the preoperative and postoperative follow-up data were collected and analyzed to assess the differences between the two groups. Results:The total postoperative follow-up period was 1 year. The recurrence rate of nasal polyps at 1 year postoperatively and the nasal congestion VAS score at 6 months postoperatively were not statistically significant in the two groups（P>0.05）. However, the patients in the experimental group had statistically significantly lower effusion and sneezing VAS scores, MLK endoscopy scores and RQLQ scores at 6 months and 1 year postoperatively, and nasal congestion VAS scores at 1 year postoperatively compared to the control group（P<0.05）. Conclusion:For patients with perennial AR complicated with CRSwNP, the combination of the PNN+PN in FESS can significantly improve the short-term curative effect, and PNN+PN is a safe and effective surgical treatment.
Humans ; Nasal Polyps/surgery* ; Rhinitis, Allergic/surgery* ; Sinusitis/surgery* ; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial ; Endoscopy ; Denervation ; Chronic Disease ; Rhinitis/complications*

Objective:To explore the relationship between pathogens in the olfactory cleft area and olfactory disorders in patients with upper respiratory inflammation (URI) during the prevention and control of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).Methods:A total of 234 URI patients including acute upper respiratory infection, chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), allergic rhinitis (AR) were continuously selected from September 2020 to March 2021 in Beijing Anzhen Hospital and 98 healthy adults were enrolled as controls. The secretions from the olfactory cleft of all subjects were collected with nasal swabs under nasal endoscopy. Multiple real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction detection method was used to detect nucleic acids of 33 types of respiratory pathogenic microorganism. Sniffin′ Sticks olfactory test was performed on all patients with URI. URI patients with olfactory dysfunction were followed up for 9 (8, 10) months ( M ( Q1, Q3)). SPSS 20.0 software was used for statistical analysis. Results:Among the 98 controls, 9 (9.18%) were positive for pathogenic microorganisms, including 1 (1.02%) rhinovirus, 1 (1.02%) parainfluenza virus type 3, 3 (3.06%) enterovirus, 1 (1.02%) staphylococcus aureus and 3 (3.06%) Moraxella catarrhalis. Among the 234 URI patients, 111 (47.44%) had olfactory disorders and 123 (52.56%) had normal sense of smell. In the olfactory disorder group (111 cases), 38 cases (34.23%) were positive for pathogenic microorganisms, and 4 cases (3.60%) were mixed infection, including 11 cases of rhinovirus (9.91%), 5 cases of coronavirus 229E (4.50%), 2 cases of coronavirus OC43/NL63 (1.80%), 3 cases of parainfluenza virus type 1 (2.70%), 2 cases of enterovirus (1.80%), 1 case of influenza B virus type BV (0.90%), 11 cases of Staphylococcus aureus (9.91%), 7 cases of Moraxella catarrhalis (6.31%), and 1 case of Klebsiella pneumoniae (0.90%). In the normal smell group (123 cases), 18 cases (14.63%) were positive for pathogenic microorganisms, and 1 case (0.81%) was mixed infection, including 3 cases of rhinovirus (2.44%), 4 cases of coronavirus 229E (3.25%), 1 case of Influenza virus type 3 (0.81%), 3 cases of enterovirus (2.44%), 3 cases of Staphylococcus aureus (2.44%), 4 cases of Moraxella catarrhalis (3.25%), and 1 case of Klebsiella pneumoniae (0.81%). Univariate analysis between the two groups found that there were significant differences in the detection rate of pathogenic microorganisms, rhinovirus and Staphylococcus aureus between the groups (all P<0.05). The detection rate of parainfluenza virus type 1, Staphylococcus aureus, and rhinovirus were different between the patients with olfactory disorder and normal olfactory function in the three subgroups of acute upper respiratory tract infection, CRS and AR, respectively (χ 2 value was 3.88, 4.53 and 4.73, respectively, all P<0.05). During the follow-up period, among the 111 patients with olfactory disorder, 71 (63.96%) patients′ olfactory function returned to normal, 32 (28.83%) patients′ olfactory function improved but not completely returned to normal, 8 (7.21%) patients′ olfactory function did not improve. Conclusions:During the prevention and control of COVID-19, rhinovirus or Staphylococcus aureus infection or colonization of URI patients is closely related to olfactory disorders. Parainfluenza virus type 1 infection can cause relatively persistent olfactory disorders in patients with acute upper respiratory tract infection. Staphylococcus aureus and rhinovirus colonization are related to the occurrence of olfactory dysfunction in CRS and AR patients respectively.