OBJECTIVE To formulate Guidelines for the standardized implementation of pharmacist-managed clinics （ 2026 edition ） in response to the challenges faced by such clinics in China， including uneven development， large discrepancies in service specifications， insufficient patient awareness， and limited medical insurance coverage. METHODS Led by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Professional Committee of the Chinese Hospital Association， the Evidence-based Pharmacy Professional Committee of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association， and the Hospital Pharmacy Professional Committee of the Cross-strait Medical and Health Exchange Association， a total of 19 domestic hospital pharmacy experts were organized. Through a systematic review of national policies and literature research， current practical experience was summarized. Consensus on the contents of the guidelines was reached after in-depth discussions. RESULTS &CONCLUSIONS The guidelines covered five sections： definition and connotation of pharmacist-managed clinics， establishment requirements， implementation and management， post competency， and practical research. Firstly， the definition and connotation included three operational forms of pharmacist-managed clinics （independent mode， physician-pharmacist joint mode， and online pharmacist-managed clinic mode） and classified service modes （specialty-specific， drug-specific， and disease-specific pharmacist-managed clinics）. The establishment requirements were further refined， covering system construction （pharmaceutical service management system， quality control and assessment mechanism）， personnel qualifications （professional credentials， continuing education and professional training， etc）， service recipients， as well as service venues and facilities. Subsequently， the implementation and management of pharmacist-managed clinics were proposed， involving service procedures， intervention measures， documentation and records， patient education and follow-up， humanistic care， as well as risk management and quality control. Finally， post competency encompassed the competency requirements for pharmacists providing services in pharmacist-managed clinics， as well as the suggestions on teaching methods； practical research encouraged the conduct of high-quality pharmaceutical practice in the setting of pharmacist-managed clinics. The guidelines provide valuable guidance for the standardized implementation of pharmacist-managed clinics in China in terms of establishment， management， teaching， and research， fill the guideline gap in this field， and can promote the high-quality development of pharmacist-managed clinics.

OBJECTIVES: The traditional processing method for paraffin-embedded tissues is time-consuming, while the ultrasonic rapid processing method has a short processing time. However, its effects on tissue proteins, DNA, and RNA remain unclear. This study aims to evaluate the effects of the ultrasonic rapid processing method on proteins, DNA, and RNA in paraffin-embedded tissues through hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemical staining, and molecular pathological detection. METHODS: Surgical specimens from patients with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, signet-ring cell gastric cancer, liver cancer, and other tumors were selected. Two tissue blocks (1 to 3 mm in diameter) were obtained from each specimen (previously processed and diagnosed by routine pathology). One block was assigned to the control group (traditional processing method), and the other was the experimental group (ultrasonic rapid processing method). Via HE staining, immunohistochemical staining, DNA quality fragment analysis, fluorescent in situ hybrid for HER2 gene expression test, second-generation sequencing for EGFR and ALK gene mutation test, real-time reverse transcription PCR (real-time RT-PCR) for prognosis detection of breast cancer etc, the difference between 2 groups was compared, and further impact of the ultrasonic rapid processing method was analyzed. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, the ultrasound-assisted rapid method efficiently completed fixation, dehydration, clearing, and paraffin embedding, significantly reducing sample preparation time before pathological diagnosis. Results of HE staining, immunohistochemistry, DNA fragment analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization for HER2 gene, next-generation sequencing for EGFR and ALK gene, and real-time RT-PCR for breast cancer prognosis were entirely consistent with those of the control group. CONCLUSIONS The ultrasonic rapid processing method can quickly and effectively shorten the time for specimen processing before pathological diagnosis, and will not affect the DNA, RNA and proteins of the specimens. It can meet the subsequent HE staining, immunohistochemistry and molecular pathological detection.
Humans ; Paraffin Embedding/methods* ; Female ; RNA/analysis* ; DNA/analysis* ; Breast Neoplasms/pathology* ; Neoplasms/genetics* ; Ultrasonics/methods* ; Proteins/analysis*

Objective:To investigate the sleep characteristics and clinical features of patients with vestibular migraine（VM）, and to explore the influencing factors of sleep disorder in VM patients. Methods:A cross-sectional study method was adopted to collect VM patients from Otolaryngology department and neurology department of our hospital from June 2022 to June 2024（divided into sleep disorder group and non-sleep disorder group according to whether there is sleep disorder） as the experimental group, and recruit non-VM volunteers with clinical characteristics matching with the experimental group during the same period as the control group. The clinical data of the subjects were collected, and the sleep quality of the subjects was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index（PSQI）. The influencing factors of sleep disorders in VM patients were analyzed by multivariate Logistic regression, and the correlation between sleep disorders and clinical features such as headache, vertigo and hearing in VM patients was analyzed by Spearman correlation coefficient. Results:A total of 530 individuals with VM were analyzed, including 332 with sleep disturbances（62.64%）, 198 without sleep issues（37.36%）, and 50 in the control group. The overall PSQI score and all its components were significantly higher in the VM group compared with the control group（P<0.05）. A positive correlation was observed between PSQI and VAS, DHI-T, DHI-E, DHI-F and DHI-P（r=0.797, P<0.05; r=0.834, P<0.05; r=0.794, P<0.05; r=0.771, P<0.05; r=0.877, P<0.05）, PSQI had no correlation with pure tone hearing（r=0.324, P=0.167）. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that female, age ≥60 years, living alone, duration of disease ≥3 months, motion sickness history, and HADS-A were independent influencing factors for comorbidification of sleep disorder in VM patients（P<0.05）. Conclusion:The prevalence of sleep disorders in patients with vestibular migraine（VM） was significantly higher compared to the control group. Moreover, the severity of sleep disorders was positively correlated with the intensity of headache and vertigo in VM patients. It is recommended that female VM patients aged 60 years or older, living alone, with a disease duration of three months or longer, a history of motion sickness, and anxiety symptoms undergo sleep assessments to determine the presence of sleep disorders. This approach provides a theoretical foundation for precise treatment and prevention strategies for VM.
Humans ; Migraine Disorders/complications* ; Sleep Wake Disorders/complications* ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Vertigo ; Female ; Male ; Vestibular Diseases/complications* ; Sleep Quality ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Logistic Models

This study explored how the human cortical folding pattern composed of convex gyri and concave sulci affected single-subject morphological brain networks, which are becoming an important method for studying the human brain connectome. We found that gyri-gyri networks exhibited higher morphological similarity, lower small-world parameters, and lower long-term test-retest reliability than sulci-sulci networks for cortical thickness- and gyrification index-based networks, while opposite patterns were observed for fractal dimension-based networks. Further behavioral association analysis revealed that gyri-gyri networks and connections between gyral and sulcal regions significantly explained inter-individual variance in Cognition and Motor domains for fractal dimension- and sulcal depth-based networks. Finally, the clinical application showed that only sulci-sulci networks exhibited morphological similarity reductions in major depressive disorder for cortical thickness-, fractal dimension-, and gyrification index-based networks. Taken together, these findings provide novel insights into the constraint of the cortical folding pattern to the network organization of the human brain.
Humans ; Cerebral Cortex/anatomy & histology* ; Male ; Female ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Adult ; Connectome/methods* ; Young Adult ; Nerve Net/anatomy & histology* ; Neural Pathways ; Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnostic imaging*

Objective:To evaluate the clinical equivalence between a domestic calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate ointment and the originator product in the treatment of stable plaque psoriasis.Methods:A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, three-arm, parallel-group, active- and placebo-controlled study was conducted, and 449 patients aged 18 - 65 years with stable plaque psoriasis were enrolled from 25 hospitals (such as the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University). Eligible patients had a baseline physician's global assessment (PGA) score of ≥ 3 points, baseline body surface area (BSA) involvement of 5% - 30%, and a target lesion psoriasis area and severity index (TL-PASI) for plaque elevation of ≥ 3 points. Participants were randomly assigned in a 2:2:1 ratio to the test group ( n = 179), reference group ( n = 180), and placebo group ( n = 90), and applied the domestic calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate ointment, originator product, and ointment base respectively, once daily in the evening for 4 weeks. Efficacy and safety were assessed at weeks 1, 2, and 4. The primary efficacy endpoints were the treatment success rates and clinical success rates in each group at week 4. The per-protocol set (PPS) was used for the primary efficacy analysis, and the intention-to-treat (ITT) set for supplementary efficacy analysis. Equivalence between the test and reference preparations was tested using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel method adjusted for randomization strata. Superiority of the test and reference preparations over the placebo was also tested. Measurement data were compared among the 3 groups using analysis of variance or non-parametric tests, while treatment success rates, clinical success rates, and incidence rates of adverse reactions were compared using the chi-square test. Results:The ITT, PPS, and safety sets included 447, 420, and 448 patients, respectively. In the ITT set, patients were aged 43.6 ± 12.8 years, including 320 (71.6%) males and 127 (28.4%) females, and the disease duration was 11.21 ± 9.05 years; 316 (70.7%) had a PGA score of 3 points and 131 (29.3%) had a PGA score of 4 - 5 points. No significant differences in the baseline characteristics (including age, sex, disease duration and disease severity) were observed among the 3 groups (all P > 0.05). Based on the PPS analysis, the treatment success rates were 57.9% (99/171) in the test group, 50.3% (86/171) in the reference group, and 7.7% (6/78) in the placebo group, and the clinical success rates were 57.9% (99/171), 50.3% (86/171), and 10.3% (8/78), respectively; both the test and reference groups were superior to the placebo group in both treatment and clinical success rates (all P < 0.001) ; the rate differences for treatment success (90% confidence interval [ CI]: -1.3% - 16.4%) and clinical success (90% CI: -1.3% - 16.3%) between the test and reference groups were entirely within the pre-defined equivalence margin (-20% - 20%). Subgroup analyses by baseline PGA scores: for patients with a baseline PGA score of 3 points, the treatment success rates in the test, reference, and placebo groups were 60.8% (73/120), 52.1% (62/119), and 11.1% (6/54), respectively, and the corresponding clinical success rates were 61.7% (74/120), 53.8% (64/119), and 13% (7/54), respectively; the test and reference groups did not differ significantly in treatment or clinical success rates (both P > 0.05), but both showed higher success rates than the placebo group (all P < 0.001) ; the results of statistical comparisons among the 3 groups in patients with a baseline PGA score of 4 - 5 points were consistent with those observed in patients with a baseline PGA score of 3 points. The percentage reductions in PGA and TL-PASI scores from baseline to weeks 1, 2, and 4 showed significant differences among the 3 groups, which were significantly higher in the test and reference groups than in the placebo group (all P < 0.001), but did not differ between the test and reference groups (all P > 0.05). The primary adverse reactions were local skin reactions, such as pruritus, pain, and erythema. The incidence rates of adverse reactions were 8.9% (16/179) in the test group, 7.3% (13/179) in the reference group, and 7.8% (7/90) in the placebo group, with no significant difference among the 3 groups ( P > 0.05) . Conclusions:The domestic calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate ointment demonstrated clinical equivalence to the originator product in the treatment of stable plaque psoriasis, and the two agents exhibited comparable efficacy for patients with varying degrees of disease severity, and were comparable in the speed and degree of clinical improvement, with similar favorable safety profiles.

Epidural spinal cord stimulation (eSCS) represents an emerging neuromodulation technology that ameliorates motor dysfunction in patients with spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, and stroke by activating sensory afferent fibers, enhancing spinal cord neural network integration, optimizing brain-spinal cord information transmission, and inducing neural plasticity. This article reviews the mechanism, electrode implantation, and stimulation parameter of eSCS, and application of eSCS in spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, and stroke, aiming to provide valuable insight for its clinical implementation.

Objective: To investigate the impact of mandibular retrognathism on brain function in rats and its potential mechanisms． Methods : Male SD rats aged 3 to 4 weeks ( w) were randomly divided into control group ( n = 10) and mandible retrusion ( MR) group ( n = 30) ，with the MR group further divided into three subgroups: 1，2， or 4 weeks，with 10 rats in each subgroup．The MR group used modified metal tubes，which were bonded to the lingual side of the maxillary incisors in rats，forcing the mandible to retract by 2－2. 5 mm，thereby achieving the goal of constructing a mandibular retrognathism model; the control group received no interventions．The effects of mandibular retraction on the spatial learning ability and memory ability of rats were explored by behavioral experi- ments such as Morris water maze，Y maze and new object recognition 1，2，and 4 weeks after modeling，respective- ly．Hematoxylin-eosin ( HE) and Nissl staining were employed to observe the histomorphological changes in CA1， CA3，and DG regions of hippocampal tissues．Immunohistochemistry was employed to detect the protein expression levels of tropomyosin receptor kinase B ( TrkB) in the CA1，CA3，and dentate gyrus ( DG) regions of the hippo- campus．Western blot was used to assess the expression changes in the TrkB / phosphoinositide 3-kinase ( PI3K) / protein kinase B ( AKT) pathway in hippocampal tissue．Quantitative analysis of apoptosis-related proteins in the hippocampus，including Bcl-2-associated X protein ( Bax) ，B-cell lymphoma-2 protein ( Bcl-2) ，and Caspase-3， was conducted using qRT-PCR and Western blot． Results: Behavioral experiments showed that rats in the MR group，especially the MR 4 w group，were significantly weaker in learning and spatial memory than the control group，MR 1 w，and MR 2 w( P＜0. 05) ．HE staining showed that pyramidal cells in the control group were ar- ranged orderly with regular morphology．In contrast，the MR group exhibited a reduction in the number of cells in the hippocampal CA1，CA3，and dentate gyrus ( DG) regions．The cells were sparsely and irregularly arranged， with nuclear condensation and enlarged cellular spaces． Nissl staining further demonstrated damage to the Nissl bodies in the MR group．Meanwhile，the TrkB / PI3K / AKT signaling pathway was activated in the MR group，and the expression of p-TrkB，PI3K，and p-AKT proteins was up-regulated ( P ＜0. 05) ．Western blot and qRT-PCR indicated that MR up-regulated the expression of pro-apoptotic protein Bax，apoptotic effector protein Caspase-3 ( P＜0. 05) ，and inhibited the expression of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 ( P ＜0. 05) ． Conclusion Mandibular retraction impairs brain function and affects cognition and learning memory in rats．This may be achieved by regula- ting the TrkB / PI3K / AKT signaling pathway to induce apoptosis in hippocampal neurons．

Objective: To investigate the urban and rural differences in adverse outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus comorbidity (PTB-DM), so as to provide insights into improving the prevention and treatment measures for PTB-DM. Methods: Patients with PTB-DM who were admitted and discharged from 14 designated tuberculosis hospitals in Hangzhou City from 2018 to 2022 were selected. Basic information, and history of diagnosis and treatment were collected through hospital information systems. The adverse outcomes of PTB were defined as endpoints, and the proportions of adverse outcomes of PTB in urban and rural patients with PTB-DM were analyzed. Factors affecting the adverse outcomes of PTB were identified using a multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results: A total of 823 patients with PTB-DM were enrolled, including 354 (43.01%) urban and 469 (56.99%) rural patients. There were 112 (13.61%) patients with adverse outcomes of PTB. The proportions of adverse outcomes of PTB in urban and rural patients were 14.41% and 13.01%, respectively, with no statistically significant difference (P>0.05). Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis identified first diagnosed in county-level hospitals or above (HR=2.107, 95%CI: 1.181-3.758) and drug resistance (HR=3.303, 95%CI: 1.653-6.600) as the risk factors for adverse outcomes of PTB in urban patients with PTB-DM, while the treatment/observed management throughout the process (HR=0.470, 95%CI: 0.274-0.803) and fixed-dose combinations throughout the process (HR=0.331, 95%CI: 0.151-0.729) as the protective factors for adverse outcomes in rural patients with PTB-DM. Conclusions There are differences in influencing factors for adverse outcomes of PTB in urban and rural patients with PTB-DM. The adverse outcomes of PTB are associated with first diagnosed hospitals and drug resistance in urban patients, and are associated with the treatment/observed management and fixed-dose combinations throughout the process in rural patients.

Objective To identify the hemodynamic characteristics of frontal polar cortex(FPC)in patients with chronic subjective tinnitus,and to study the short-term efficacy of multielement integration sound(MIS)treatment,and its effects on FPC oxyhemoglobin(HbO).Methods Fifty patients with chronic subjective tinnitus(tinnitus group)and 50 subjects without tinnitus matching their age,sex and education level(control group)were collected from June 2023 to Oc-tober 2023.The tinnitus group and control group received MIS treatment for 15 minutes,respectively.Tinnitus handicap inventory(THI)and visual analogue scale(VAS)scores were collected before and after treatment in tinnitus group.Func-tional near infrared spectroscopy(fNIRS)was used to measure the 8-minute average HbO concentration in the frontal cortex of both groups before and after treatment.The changes of HbO concentration before and after treatment were compared be-tween the two groups.The correlation between clinical features and HbO was analyzed.Results The VAS score of the tin-nitus group decreased after short-term MIS treatment.The HbO concentration of FPC in tinnitus group was higher than that in control group before treatment.The HbO concentration of FPC in tinnitus group was decreased by MIS short-term treatment.The difference of HbO concentration before and after treatment(ΔHbO)was positively correlated with the difference of VAS score before and after treatment(ΔVAS)in the tinnitus group.Conclusion The hemodynamics of the frontal polar cortex in chronic subjective tinnitus patients is different from that of in non-tinnitus control group.MIS can change the hemodynamics of the frontal polar cortex in chronic subjective tinnitus patients.The frontal polar cortex may be the site of MIS.