Ancient Chinese variolation represents the world′s earliest practice of disease prevention through vaccination. Its theoretical foundation lies in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hypothesis of smallpox pathogenesis, which posits that "external pathogens trigger fetal toxins." Through the lens of modern vaccinology, this paper analyzes the scientific rationale of this traditional immunization method. Key aspects examined include the use of pox scabs as vaccines, nasal inoculation, passage attenuation for vaccine preparation, and TCM′s understanding of smallpox pathogenesis. The paper also addresses the historical limitations of variolation, including uncontrollable viral activity and load, safety risks posed by strong immune responses that could occur, and insufficient vaccination accessibility.

Ancient Chinese variolation represents the world′s earliest practice of disease prevention through vaccination. Its theoretical foundation lies in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hypothesis of smallpox pathogenesis, which posits that "external pathogens trigger fetal toxins." Through the lens of modern vaccinology, this paper analyzes the scientific rationale of this traditional immunization method. Key aspects examined include the use of pox scabs as vaccines, nasal inoculation, passage attenuation for vaccine preparation, and TCM′s understanding of smallpox pathogenesis. The paper also addresses the historical limitations of variolation, including uncontrollable viral activity and load, safety risks posed by strong immune responses that could occur, and insufficient vaccination accessibility.

Objective To investigate the long-term incidence of in-stent stenosis(ISS)in patients with intracranial aneurysms receiving pipeline embolization device(PED)who showed no ISS at short-to-medium term follow-up examination.Methods The clinical data of patients,who received PED treatment at the Department of Neurointervention,First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University of China between April 2015 and June 2022,were retrospectively collected.The patients with intracranial aneurysms,who showed no ISS at the initial follow-up with DS A and completed＞12 months long-term follow-up check after treatment at the same hospital,were screened out,and their relevant clinical data and imaging materials were collected.The incidence of ISS occurring in postoperative＞12 months long-term follow-up was calculated.The ISS was defined as a＞25％lumen loss of the parent artery when compared with its lumen size measured immediately after PED implantation.Results A total of 57 patients with 61 aneurysms were enrolled in this study,and a total of 68 PEDs were implanted.Forty-one(67.21％)aneurysms were treated by PED implantation only,and 20(32.79％)aneurysms by PED plus spring coils.The median initial follow-up time was 184.0 days(119.0,212.5).At postoperative＞12 months long-term follow-up visit,DSA was employed for 35(57.38％)aneurysms,CTA was adopted for 22(36.07％)aneurysms,and 3D-SPACE sequence MR scan was performed in 4(6.56％)aneurysms.The median follow-up time was 538.0 days(407.5,678.0),and the incidence of ISS was 0％.No ISS-related neurological symptoms occurred in all patients.Conclusion In treating intracranial aneurysms with PED,the postoperative incidence of ISS is low.No ISS is found during the short-term follow-up period,and long-term follow-up results tend to indicate that no ISS events have occurred.

A 70-year-old male patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus was treated with sitagliptin phosphate (sitagliptin) on the basis of previous oral metformin hydrochloride due to poor glycemic control. After 16 days of medication, the patient developed erythema and blisters with itching on the skin of the limbs. Laboratory tests showed that the white blood cell count was 12.2×10 9/L, neutrophil count was 8.5×10 9/L, and eosinophil count was 4.56×10 9/L. Histopathological examination of the skin lesion showed blisters under the epidermis, intact epidermis at the top of the blisters, dermal papillae at the bottom of the blisters, serous fluid and eosinophils in the blisters, and slight infiltration of eosinophils in the superficial dermis under the blisters. Bullous pemphigoid was diagnosed, which was considered to be related to sitagliptin. Therefore, the drug was discontinued. One week later, erythema and blisters gradually disappeared and no erythema or blisters recured.

A 70-year-old male patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus was treated with sitagliptin phosphate (sitagliptin) on the basis of previous oral metformin hydrochloride due to poor glycemic control. After 16 days of medication, the patient developed erythema and blisters with itching on the skin of the limbs. Laboratory tests showed that the white blood cell count was 12.2×10 9/L, neutrophil count was 8.5×10 9/L, and eosinophil count was 4.56×10 9/L. Histopathological examination of the skin lesion showed blisters under the epidermis, intact epidermis at the top of the blisters, dermal papillae at the bottom of the blisters, serous fluid and eosinophils in the blisters, and slight infiltration of eosinophils in the superficial dermis under the blisters. Bullous pemphigoid was diagnosed, which was considered to be related to sitagliptin. Therefore, the drug was discontinued. One week later, erythema and blisters gradually disappeared and no erythema or blisters recured.

Objective? To investigate the changes of body temperature and the effect of nursing intervention in patients with low body mass index (BMI＜18.5 kg/m2) during thoracic surgery. Methods? Sixty patients with low BMI who underwent thoracic surgery in the Operating Department of the 4th Hospital of Hebei Medical University from June 2016 to December 2018 were randomly divided into observation group and control group, with 30 cases in each group. In addition, 30 patients with normal BMI (18.5-23.0 kg/m2) who underwent thoracic surgery in the same period were selected as the normal group. The observation group adopted comprehensive thermal insulation measures during the operation, and the control group and the normal group adopted routine insulation measures. The patient's body temperature of three groups was compared at each time point: entering operation room, disinfection, body cavity exploration , cutting specimens, closing the chest, suture skin and exiting operation time. the occurrence of adverse reactions during surgery, the blood coagulation index and lactic acid in the peripheral blood before and at the end of surgery, and the peripheral blood inflammatory factor levels were also compared. Results? There were no significant differences in body temperature between the three groups (P＞ 0.05). During the operation, the body temperature of the three groups decreased, and the recovery from the chest was restored. There were significant differences in body temperature between the three groups (P＜ 0.05) at the time point: closing the chest, suture skin and exiting operation room. The incidence of adverse reactions in the observation group was lower than that in the control group and the normal group, and the difference was statistically significant (P＜ 0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the control group and the normal group (P＞ 0.05). The coagulation and stress indexes of the observation group and the control group were significantly different from those of the normal group (P＜ 0.05). There was no significant difference in the coagulation,lactic acid and stress indexes between the observation group and the control group (P＞ 0.05). The coagulation, lactic acid and stress indexes of the three groups were significantly different before and after surgery (P＜ 0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in interleukin-6(IL-6) levels before and after surgery (F=134.241, P＜ 0.001); there was an interaction between the intervention and the time, and the difference was statistically significant (Finteraction =12.202, P＜0.001). There were significant differences between the three groups in the interleukin-10(IL-10) level group (between group F=7.792, P ＜ 0.001); the difference of IL-10 levels before and after surgery was statistically significant (Ftime=112.121, P＜ 0.001); There was an interaction between the intervention and the time, and the difference was not statistically significant (Finteraction=2.990,P=0.055). Conclusions? Compared with patients with normal BMI thoracic surgery, patients with low BMI have abnormal blood coagulation and stress indicators before surgery, and are more likely to have intraoperative blood pressure drop and adverse reactions. Comprehensive intraoperative warming measures can effectively prevent hypothermia in patients with low BMI.

Cancer immunotherapy uses the host′s immune system to mobilize immune cells to rec-ognize and eventually eliminate cancer cells .At present, studies in terms of cancer immunotherapy mainly focus on programmed cell death protein 1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) antibody, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 ( CTLA-4 ) antibody, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy (CAR-T), T cell receptor Immunotherapy (TCR-T), etc.Despite the fact that cancer immunotherapies elicit unprecedented durable responses in clinical therapy , they appear to be ineffective to some patients .In addition, some responders relapse and show resistance to immunotherapies even if their symptoms are re -lieved for a time .Resistance to cancer immunotherapy can be categorized into primary , adaptive and ac-quired, which can occur in every stage during the process of anti-tumor response.In this review, we discuss the known mechanisms of resistance and provide a rationale for the use of combination therapy to overcome resistance.

The hospital observed the principles of ensuring medical safety,shared risks and responsibilities in its attempt to build the risk mortgage mechanism in the hospital.The mechanism is characteristic of setting up the scope and standards for the risk mortgage,defining the use and refund cycle of the risk mortgage,along with a series of rewards and penalties.This design aims at minimizing cases of medical disputes (malpractice) for better medical safety.