1.Analysis of the ethical dilemmas of patients in a cancer specialty hospital in the context of the smart hospital
Chinese Medical Ethics 2025;38(2):261-266
ObjectiveTo explore the ethical dilemmas of patients in a cancer specialty hospital in the context of the smart hospital and to propose relevant countermeasures. MethodsUsing the purposive sampling method, medical staff from a tertiary cancer specialty hospital in a certain city were selected as research subjects from December 2023 to January 2024. Qualitative interviews were conducted on the ethical dilemmas of the specialized cancer patients in the context of the smart hospital, and Nvivo 12.0 software was used for data transcription and analysis. ResultsThree themes were extracted. First, the ethical dilemmas faced by specialized cancer patients in the context of smart hospitals, including the ethical dilemma between privacy protection and information disclosure, the right to life and choice, fairness and priority, and scientific research and clinical practice. Second, smart hospitals relied on advanced information technology to improve the level of medical teaching and research, but this had led to various ethical dilemmas mentioned above. Medical staff should correctly view and scientifically respond to these ethical dilemmas. Third, the response strategies for ethical dilemmas in cancer specialty hospitals in the context of smart hospitals include improving relevant policies and regulations, optimizing medical resource allocation, strengthening ethics education of medical staff, enhancing doctor-patient communication, and strengthening feedback and regulatory mechanisms. ConclusionMedical institutions should strengthen ethical supervision while promoting innovation and application of medical information technology, to ensure compliance and sustainability in the development of smart hospitals.
2.An accurate diagnostic approach for urothelial carcinomas based on novel dual methylated DNA markers in small-volume urine.
Yucai WU ; Di CAI ; Jian FAN ; Chang MENG ; Shiming HE ; Zhihua LI ; Lianghao ZHANG ; Kunlin YANG ; Aixiang WANG ; Xinfei LI ; Yicong DU ; Shengwei XIONG ; Mancheng XIA ; Tingting LI ; Lanlan DONG ; Yanqing GONG ; Liqun ZHOU ; Xuesong LI
Chinese Medical Journal 2024;137(2):232-234
3.An empirical study on the effect of influenza vaccination on the prevention of school absence among primary and secondary school students
LI Wu, LIU Lanlan, TAN Huiling, JIANG Yawen, CHEN Wanyi, ZHUANG Chunyan, XIE Yuanna, XIE Xu, LI Gang
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(12):1775-1779
Objective:
To evaluate the preventive effect of implementing the free influenza vaccination policy on school absence among primary and secondary school students, so as to provide a reference for formulating and adjusting vaccination strategies.
Methods:
Among primary and secondary school students aged 6 to 18 in Longgang District, Shenzhen, they were divided into a vaccinated group (265 996 students) and an unvaccinated group (122 513 students) according to their influenza vaccination history during November 2023. Propensity score matching was used to conduct a 1∶1 match between the two groups to balance covariates. The number of absences per month was set as the dependent variable to construct a difference in differences model, and Poisson regression was employed to analyze the overall and multi time point effects.
Results:
Vaccination against influenza was associated with low rate of absenteeism among primary and secondary school students, with an overall preventive effect of 26.52% (95% CI = 23.47% -29.45%). The preventive effects in November (the month of vaccination) and December 2023, January and March 2024 were 42.12%, 40.12%, 30.33% and 20.91%, respectively. The preventive effect of the influenza vaccine on absenteeism among primary school students (26.39%) was not significantly different from that among secondary school students ( 27.97% ) ( P >0.05). The regression coefficient for class vaccination rates ranged from 0.998 to 0.999 ( P <0.01), indicating that for every 10% increase in influenza vaccination rates, absenteeism could be reduced by 1.5% to 2.2%.
Conclusion
Implementing free influenza vaccination for primary and secondary school students might help to reduce the risk of absenteeism, yielding significant socioeconomic benefits.
4.Discussion on mechanism of modified Biminkang Granules in treatment of allergic rhinitis based on network pharmacology and experimental verification
Lanlan CHEN ; Rongchen LIU ; Anqi WANG ; Guihua WU ; Li LI
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;46(3):336-344
Objective:To predict the molecular mechanism of Biminkang Granules in the treatment of allergic rhinitis using network pharmacological methods combined with animal experiments.Methods:Active component targets and allergic rhinitis targets were screened from TCMSP, OMIM, GeneCards, TTD, DrugBank and PharmGKB databases; R language software was used to map the intersection of drug and disease targets; Cytoscape software and String platform were used to construct intersection target PPI network and conduct network topology analysis; DAVID platform was used to perform GO enrichment and KEGG pathway analysis, and perform molecular docking verification on the main active components and key targets. 32 rats were divided into a blank group of 8 and a model group of 24 using a random number table method. Model rats were induced by ovalbumin to establish an allergic rhinitis model. 24 SD rats that were successfully modeled and were randomly divided into model group, Western medicine group, and Biminkang Granules group using a random number table method, with 8 rats in each group. The Western medicine group was gavaged with 1 mg/kg of loratadine solution, the Biminkang Granules group was gavaged with 4.1 g/kg of Biminkang Granules solution, and the blank group and model group rats were gavaged with the same volume of physiological saline once a day for 2 consecutive weeks. The symptoms of rhinitis in each group of rats for 30 minutes were observed and recorded, and the pathological changes of the rat nasal mucosa were observed using HE staining. ELISA method was used to detect the levels of IL-17 and IL-6 in rat serum, and Western blot method was used to determine the expressions of TNF and STAT3 proteins in rat tissues.Results:A total of 41 target proteins of BiMinKang Dranule in the treatment of allergic rhinitis were predicted, and TNF, STAT3 and other core target proteins were obtained by PPI network topology analysis. The biological process of GO involved drug response, inflammatory response, cytokine response, etc.KEGG enrichment is involved in Th17 cell differentiation, lipid and atherosclerosis, IL-17, toll-like receptor and other pathways. Molecular docking results indicated that the main active components had good binding activity to key target proteins.Animal experiments showed that BiMinKang Dranule could improve the inflammatory symptoms of allergic rhinitis rats, down-regulate the expression of IL-17 and IL-6 in blood, and inhibit the expression of TNF and STAT3 proteins.Conclusion:Biminkang Granules can treat allergic rhinitis through multiple active components, multiple target proteins and multiple pathways, and the mechanism may be related to the regulation of Th17 cell differentiation pathway related proteins.
5.Application value of MEX3A,CDX2,MUC2 and MUC5AC in judging cancerous gastric mucosal intestinal metaplasia
Mengyuan ZHANG ; Jiarui LIU ; Zhong ZHANG ; Lanlan JIAO ; Min ZHANG ; Wei BO ; Jiayu GOU ; Chengcheng WU ; Xudong YANG ; Xuguang WANG
China Modern Doctor 2024;62(10):1-5
Objective To investigate the correlation between MEX3A and differentiation characteristics of gastric cancer and intestinal metaplasia,and its combination with caudal-related homeobox transcription factor 2(CDX2)and mucin 2(MUC2)and mucin 5AC(MUC5AC)to determine the role of carcinogenic intestinal metaplasia.Methods From January 2010 to December 2014,a total of 410 cases of gastric cancer and paracarcinoma paraffin-embedded tissue samples were selected from the Central Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College and the Second Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College.According to pathological diagnosis,they were divided into control group(mild superficial gastritis,79 cases),intestinal metaplasia group(149 cases)and gastric cancer group(182 cases).The expressions of MEX3A,CDX2,MUC2 and MUC5AC were detected by immunohistochemistry.Results MEX3A was highly expressed in gastric cancer group and intestinal metaplasia group,especially diffuse gastric cancer,poorly differentiated gastric cancer and type Ⅲ intestinal metaplasia(P<0.05).CDX2 and MUC2 were highly expressed in gastric cancer group and intestinal metaplasia group,especially intestinal type gastric cancer,highly and moderately differentiated gastric cancer,type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ intestinal metaplasia(P<0.05).The expression of MUC5AC was high in control group and low in gastric cancer group and intestinal metaplasia group,especially in intestinal type gastric cancer,type Ⅰ and type Ⅲ intestinal metaplasia(P<0.05).Gastric cancer and intestinal metaplasia differentiation were negatively correlated with MEX3A and MUC5AC expression,but positively correlated with CDX2 and MUC2 expression(P<0.05).MEX3A was negatively correlated with the expression of CDX2 and MUC2,and positively correlated with the expression of MUC5AC in gastric cancer(P<0.05).MEX3A was negatively correlated with the expression of CDX2 and MUC2 in intestinal metaplasia(P<0.05),while CDX2 was positively correlated with the expression of MUC2(P<0.05).Conclusion MEX3A is negatively correlated with gastric cancer and intestinal metaplasia differentiation.Gastric cancer is characterized by high MEX3A expression and low CDX2 and MUC2 expression.
6.Factors affecting hospitalization costs among stroke patients in Nanshan District
ZOU Quan ; ZHAO Xinxing ; CHEN Hong' ; en ; WU Lanlan ; LIANG Xiaofeng ; WU Jing ; WANG Changyi
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(4):328-332,337
Objective:
To analyze the influencing factors for hospitalization costs among stroke patients with different subtypes, so as to provide the reference for reducing the economic burden of patients.
Methods:
Data of patients with hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke who were discharged from hospitals in Nanshan District, Shenzhen City from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2021 were collected through Hospital Information System. Hospitalization costs were analyzed between hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients, and factors affecting hospitalization costs among stroke patients with different subtypes were identified using a structural equation model.
Results:
A total of 10 298 patients with stroke were recruited, including 2 820 patients with hemorrhagic stroke (27.38%) and 7 478 patients with ischemic stroke (72.62%). The patients with hemorrhagic stroke had a median duration of hospital stay of 19.00 (interquartile range, 18.00) d, and a median hospitalization cost of 26 759.48 (interquartile range, 51 000.87) Yuan. The patients with ischemic stroke had a median duration of hospital stay of 12.00 (interquartile range, 10.00) d, and a median hospitalization cost of 12 199.87 (interquartile range, 13 290.20) Yuan. Structural equation model analysis showed that department of hospitalization, discharge status, ways of leaving hospital, surgery and hypertension had direct effects on hospitalization costs and indirect effects on hospitalization costs through duration of hospital stay among hemorrhagic stroke patients, and duration of hospital stay had the highest total effect (0.684), followed by surgery (0.632). Employment status, admission route, department of hospitalization, ways of leaving hospital, payment mode, surgery and dyslipidemia had direct effects on hospitalization costs and indirect effects on hospitalization costs through duration of hospital stay among ischemic stroke patients, and duration of hospital stay (0.746), surgery (0.424) and department of hospitalization (0.151) ranked the top three in total effects.
Conclusion
The hospitalization cost is relatively high among stroke patients in Nanshan District, and duration of hospital stay and surgery have great influence on hospitalization costs among stroke patients with different subtypes.
7.A comparative study with real-world data of different surgery for lung malignancies in the context of DRG payment
Yuanlin WU ; Yao LIU ; Lanlan GAN ; Guiyuan XIANG ; Chen LI ; Shigeng CHEN ; Qiuwan XIAN
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(11):1645-1649
Objective To compare the safety,effectiveness and affordability of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery in the treatment of malignant pulmonary tumors,and provide ref-erences for the management of selection of different surgical strategies for malignant pulmonary tumors in hospitals and medical insurance departments.Methods The medical records homepages and information sys-tem data of patients with malignant pulmonary tumors who underwent major thoracic surgery in this hospital and discharged from January 1 to December 31,2022 were obtained.The patients were divided into the robotic-assistedthoracic surgery group and video-assisted thoracic surgery group according to the surgical methodolo-gies.After performing propensity score matching (PSM),no statistically significant difference was observed in baseline data between the two groups (117 cases in each group).Then the indicators of safety,effectiveness and affordability were compared between the two groups.Results Concerning the safety,the postoperative in-cision infection rate in the robotic-assisted thoracic surgery group was significantly lower than that in the vide-o-assisted thoracic surgery group (P<0.05),and the amount of intraoperative blood loss and postoperative complication rate were not significantly different between the two groups (P>0.05).Regarding the effective-ness,the average surgical duration in the robotic-assisted thoracic surgery group was appreciably shorter than that in the video-assisted thoracic surgery group (P<0.05),no patient in the two groups was converted to open thoracotomy,and there was no statistically significant difference in the average length of hospital stay and postoperative hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05).With regard to the affordability,the aver-age inpatient expenditure per case and average daily inpatient expenditure per case in the robotic-assisted tho-racic surgery group were significantly higher than those in the video-assisted thoracic surgery group (P<0.05),and there were disparities in the cost structure between the two procedures.The medical cost,adminis-tration cost and consumables cost in the robotic-assisted thoracic surgery group were significantly higher than those in the video-assisted thoracic surgery group (P<0.05).The cost of medical technology in the robotic-assisted thoracic surgery group was significantly lower than that in the video-assisted thoracic surgery group (P<0.05).Conclusion Physicians should comprehensively consider the clinical efficacy and cost burden of patients when selecting the robotic-assisted thoracic surgery or the video-assisted thoracic surgery,and the monitoring and evaluation of the utilization of clinical robotic-assisted thoracic surgery should be strength-ened.
8.Multi-disciplinary open comprehensive training program in improving the post competency of medical imaging students
Xi TANG ; Shaoping WU ; Jinguang ZENG ; Lanlan YOU ; Zhi ZHANG ; Hong LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2023;22(1):120-124
Objective:To evaluate the teaching effect of multi-disciplinary integrated training program on the open comprehensive training room to improve the post competency of medical imaging students.Methods:A total of 122 residential students of five-year medical imaging from Batch 2014 of The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College were divided into experimental group and control group. The experimental group carried out the multi-disciplinary open comprehensive training program, and the control group carried out open-ended exercises. The comprehensive discipline theory examination, assessment of clinical thinking and comprehensive skill appraisal, and satisfaction questionnaire results were compared between the two groups. SPSS 23.0 was used for t test. Results:①Comprehensive discipline theory examination scores were higher in experimental group than the control group [(80.33±3.70) vs. (74.56±5.09)], with statistical differences ( P<0.05). ②Experimental group scored higher in clinical thinking and comprehensive skills than the control group did, and the difference was statistically significant [(87.58±3.15) vs. (74.52±3.66), P<0.05]. ③The questionnaire investigation showed that the experimental group students did better in improving autonomous learning ability, expression ability, the team cooperation ability, the ability to find and fix problems and the degree of self-esteem than control group, with statistically significant differences ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The multi-disciplinary open comprehensive training program has a good effect on optimizing the open-ended exercises. Students' knowledge of multi-disciplinary comprehensive theoretical knowledge and imaging skills have been improved, and the ability of teamwork, problem-solving ability, self-learning ability and innovation ability required by the core competence of the profession have been developed and improved, which meets the modern medical treatment of education "to create an educational platform of medical education collaboration and multi-disciplinary integration, and to cultivate students' innovative and autonomous learning."
9.Analysis of the grouping effect and hospitalization cost of patients with malignant proliferative disease in a hospital under DRG payment
Guiyuan XIANG ; Yuanlin WU ; Lanlan GAN ; Shigeng CHEN ; Yao LIU
China Pharmacy 2023;34(13):1637-1641
OBJECTIVE To analyze the grouping effect and composition of hospitalization costs for cases of patients with malignant proliferative disease under the diagnosis-related group (DRG) payment system, as well as any changes, in order to provide a basis for medical institutions to improve DRG payment-related measures, control drug costs, and for relevant departments to make decisions. METHODS The data of patients with malignant proliferative disease cases were collected from a “Third Grade Class A” hospital in 2021 and 2022, and the variation coefficient (CV) was used to evaluate the grouping of DRG. The structural variation degree and the new grey correlation analysis were used to study the structural variation of hospitalization cost and the correlation degree between the hospitalization cost and the cost of other items. RESULTS The overall reduction in variance (RIV) for the DRG group of patients with malignant proliferative disease was 79.36%; the CV of other groups were all lower than one except that the RW21 group was 1.09. Compared with 2021, the hospitalization cost for patients with malignant proliferative disease in 2022 decreased by 17.80%, and the decreases in management fees and drug costs were 32.15% and 21.30%, respectively, while the per capita medical expenses increased by 17.26%. The new grey correlation degree of drug cost decreased, but that of medical expenses increased. CONCLUSIONS Under the DRG payment system, hospitalization costs for patients with malignant proliferative disease in the sample hospital decrease, but the grouping efficiency of RW21 and other disease groups needs improvement, and the cost structure needs optimization.
10.Expression and Correlation of TRPV1/TRPM8 Channels in Intestinal and Spinal Dorsal Root Ganglia in Mice with Experimental Colitis
Lanlan ZHA ; Lei SHEN ; Jing WU
Journal of Medical Research 2023;52(12):20-25,88
Objective To investigate the expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1(TRPV1)and transient receptor po-tential melastatin member 8(TRPM8)in the intestinal and spinal dorsal root ganglion(DRG)in experimental colitis mice induced by dextran sodium sulfate(DSS),and further explore the connection and related pathways.Methods A total of 20male C57BL/6mice were selected and randomly divided into blank control group and DSS group,with 10mice in each group.Mice in the DSS group were treated with 30g/L DSS for 7days to construct colitis model.The hair,body mass,fecal characteristics(granular,loose stool,bloody stool,etc)and perianal conditions(redness,swelling,bloody stool,etc)of every group were observed and recorded at the same time every day,the colitis related disease activity index(DAI)calculated,and colon histopathological score were calculated according to the pathological sec-tions.The protein expression levels of TRPV1,TRPM8,Gαq in colon tissue were detected by Western blot.The expression levels of in-terleukin-6(IL-6),interleukin-1β(IL-1β)in the colon tissue were detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).The localization and expression of TRPV1,TRPM8,Gαq in colon tissue and DRG were detected by immunofluorescence.Results Compared with the blank control group,the colon pathological damage was obvious in the DSS group,and DAI score of colon tissue was significantly increased(P<0.05),inflammatory factors including IL-1β,IL-6 and TRPV1,Gαq proteins were up-regula-ted significantly(P<0.05),TRPM8 expression was down-regulated(P<0.05).Meanwhile,co-expression of TRPV1/TRPM8,TR-PV 1/Gαq were observed in colonic mucosa and submucosa,and TRPV1/TRPM8 were co-expression in DRG.Compared with the blank control group,TRPV1 expression was increased and TRPM8 was decreased in DSS group.Conclusion The increased TRPV1 expres-sion and decreased TRPM8 expression are found in the colonic tissue of experimental colitis mice,and TRPV1/TRPM8 can be co-expressed in the colonic tissue and DRG.There may be some balance mechanism between them to maintain the stability of intestinal function.


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