Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Tongyuan acupuncture in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis.Methods A total of 126 cases of patients with definitive diagnosis of acute gouty arthritis admitted to the wards and outpatient clinics of Guangzhou Nansha District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from November 2023 to June 2024 were selected as the study subjects.The patients were randomly divided into observation group and control group according to the random number table method,with 63 cases in each group.The control group was given health training and conventional treatment,while the observation group was given Tongyuan acupuncture on the basis of treatment in the control group.Patients in both groups were treated for 14 consecutive days.After two weeks of treatment,the clinical efficacy of the two groups was evaluated.The changes in the clinical symptom scores,the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)scores of pain,the levels of musculoskeletal ultrasonography(synovial proliferation,blood flow signals,and joint fluid)before and after the treatment were observed in patients of both groups.The changes of blood uric acid(UA),erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR),C-reactive protein(CRP),tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α),and interleukin 1(IL-1)before and after treatment were compared between the two groups.Results(1)The total effective rate was 95.24%(60/63)in the observation group and 84.13%(53/63)in the control group.The efficacy of the observation group was superior to that of the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).(2)After treatment,the clinical symptom scores and VAS scores of the patients in the two groups were improved significantly(P<0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly superior to that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).(3)After treatment,the serum UA,ESR,and CRP levels of patients in the two groups were improved significantly(P<0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly superior to that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).(4)After treatment,the TNF-α and IL-1 levels of patients in the two groups were improved significantly(P<0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly superior to that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).(5)After treatment,the musculoskeletal ultrasound indicators of the two groups of patients were improved significantly(P<0.05),and the improvement in the observation group was significantly superior to that in the control group,the difference being statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion Tongyuan acupuncture in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis can significantly improve the clinical symptoms of patients,reduce the level of patients'blood UA and inflammatory factor.

Pyroptosis is a kind of programmed cell death,which is not only related to colorectal cancer,bladder cancer,gastric cancer,breast cancer and other tumors,but also related to cervical cancer,ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer.In recent years,the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumors have been improved,but their incidence and mortality are still high,which seriously threaten women's health.The current difficulty in treating gynecological tumors is reflected in the chemotherapy resistance of cervical cancer,the difficulty in early detection of ovarian cancer,the rapid progression and easy recurrence of late stage ovarian cancer,and the poor prognosis of late stage endometrial cancer.Therefore,this article reviews the roles of pyroptosis in the occurrence and development of gynecologic tumors,in order to provide clues for early diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumors.

Pyroptosis is a kind of programmed cell death,which is not only related to colorectal cancer,bladder cancer,gastric cancer,breast cancer and other tumors,but also related to cervical cancer,ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer.In recent years,the diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumors have been improved,but their incidence and mortality are still high,which seriously threaten women's health.The current difficulty in treating gynecological tumors is reflected in the chemotherapy resistance of cervical cancer,the difficulty in early detection of ovarian cancer,the rapid progression and easy recurrence of late stage ovarian cancer,and the poor prognosis of late stage endometrial cancer.Therefore,this article reviews the roles of pyroptosis in the occurrence and development of gynecologic tumors,in order to provide clues for early diagnosis and treatment of gynecological tumors.

Objective:To understand the problems of data mining in adverse drug reaction (ADR)/adverse event (AE) signal detection study in China.Methods:The literature on ADR/AE signal detection study in SinoMed, CNKI, WanFang Data and VIP databases were retrieved (up to May 30, 2022). The relevant content of the data mining in the literature was investiagted and evaluated from the following 4 dimensions and 9 items: (1) background data, including 1 item; (2) data preprocessing, including 4 items such as drug mapping, AE mapping, missing value processing, and data deduplication; (3) data mining algorithm (DMA), including 3 items such as DMA selection, DMA formula interpretation, and signal threshold; (4) interpretation of the results, including 1 item. According to the relevant specifications and technical requirements of data mining, the reporting/reporting error-free rate of the 4 dimensions and 9 items in the literature was taken as the overall quality evaluation index. Reporting/reporting error-free rate ≥60% was considered to be an excellent level of overall quality.Results:A total of 165 articles were included. On the background data dimension, the reporting/reporting error-free rate of using all the other drug data of the entire database in the literature was 35.2% (58/165), which did not reach an excellent level. On the data preprocessing dimension, the reporting/reporting error-free rates of drug mapping, AE mapping, missing value processing, and data deduplication in the literature were 22.4% (37/165), 73.9% (122/165), 10.3% (17/165), and 55.2% (91/165), respectively. The reporting/reporting error-free rate on this dimension was 40.5% (267/660), which did not reach the excellent level, only the rate of AE mapping reached the excellent level. On the DMA dimension, the reporting/reporting error-free rates of ≥2 DMA, DMA formula interpretation, and signal threshold in the literature were 63.6% (105/165), 78.2% (129/165), and 87.9% (145/165), respectively. The reporting/reporting error-free rate on this dimension was 76.6% (379/495), which reached an excellent level. The reporting/reporting error-free rate was 87.4% (144/165), reaching an excellent level. The signals were interpreted as "positive" or "negative" signals in 7 articles, and the meaning of signals were interpreted as causality in 14 articles. The overall reporting/reporting error-free rate in the 165 literature, analyzed from 9 items on 4 dimensions, was 57.1% (848/1 485), which did not reach the excellent level.Conclusion:The main problems in the domestic literature of ADR/AE signal detection study are the incomplete selection of background data and the lack of data preprocessing, suggesting that the further relevant studies in China should be improved on above 2 dimensions for better quality of ADR/AE signal detection research.

Objective:To understand the problems of data mining in adverse drug reaction (ADR)/adverse event (AE) signal detection study in China.Methods:The literature on ADR/AE signal detection study in SinoMed, CNKI, WanFang Data and VIP databases were retrieved (up to May 30, 2022). The relevant content of the data mining in the literature was investiagted and evaluated from the following 4 dimensions and 9 items: (1) background data, including 1 item; (2) data preprocessing, including 4 items such as drug mapping, AE mapping, missing value processing, and data deduplication; (3) data mining algorithm (DMA), including 3 items such as DMA selection, DMA formula interpretation, and signal threshold; (4) interpretation of the results, including 1 item. According to the relevant specifications and technical requirements of data mining, the reporting/reporting error-free rate of the 4 dimensions and 9 items in the literature was taken as the overall quality evaluation index. Reporting/reporting error-free rate ≥60% was considered to be an excellent level of overall quality.Results:A total of 165 articles were included. On the background data dimension, the reporting/reporting error-free rate of using all the other drug data of the entire database in the literature was 35.2% (58/165), which did not reach an excellent level. On the data preprocessing dimension, the reporting/reporting error-free rates of drug mapping, AE mapping, missing value processing, and data deduplication in the literature were 22.4% (37/165), 73.9% (122/165), 10.3% (17/165), and 55.2% (91/165), respectively. The reporting/reporting error-free rate on this dimension was 40.5% (267/660), which did not reach the excellent level, only the rate of AE mapping reached the excellent level. On the DMA dimension, the reporting/reporting error-free rates of ≥2 DMA, DMA formula interpretation, and signal threshold in the literature were 63.6% (105/165), 78.2% (129/165), and 87.9% (145/165), respectively. The reporting/reporting error-free rate on this dimension was 76.6% (379/495), which reached an excellent level. The reporting/reporting error-free rate was 87.4% (144/165), reaching an excellent level. The signals were interpreted as "positive" or "negative" signals in 7 articles, and the meaning of signals were interpreted as causality in 14 articles. The overall reporting/reporting error-free rate in the 165 literature, analyzed from 9 items on 4 dimensions, was 57.1% (848/1 485), which did not reach the excellent level.Conclusion:The main problems in the domestic literature of ADR/AE signal detection study are the incomplete selection of background data and the lack of data preprocessing, suggesting that the further relevant studies in China should be improved on above 2 dimensions for better quality of ADR/AE signal detection research.

Objective:To evaluate the clinical effect of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine on common type of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID -19) in Henan Province. Methods:A prospective single arm clinical study was performed. Patients with common type of COVID -19 admitted to seven designated hospitals for COVID -19 in Henan Province from January 25th to February 26th, 2020 were enrolled, and treated with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. The negative transformation of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 -nCoV) nucleic acid, disease outcome, hospital stay, clinical symptoms and signs scores, and chest imaging performance were observed. Results:Totally 86 cases were included in the analysis, including 48 males (55.8%), aged 43.5 (35.0, 53.3) years old, 24 patients (27.9%) with previous medical history. Fifty-eight patients were primarily diagnosed COVID -19 and 28 patients were transferred. The 2019 -nCoV nucleic acid of 86 cases (100%) turned negative, and the median time of turning negative was 10 (7, 14) days. Eighty-six cases (100%) were discharged from hospital, and none turned into the severe type; the average length of hospital stay was (13.8±5.6) days. The scores of fever, cough, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and fatigue decreased with the treatment time, and the scores of 7 days and 14 days after treatment were significantly lower than those before treatment [fever (points): 0 (0, 0), 0 (0, 0) vs. 1 (0, 1); cough (points): 1 (0, 1), 0 (0, 1) vs. 1 (0, 2); chest tightness (points): 0 (0, 0), 0 (0, 0) vs. 0 (0, 1); shortness of breath (points): 0 (0, 0), 0 (0, 0) vs. 0 (0, 1); fatigue (points): 0 (0, 1), 0 (0, 1) vs. 1 (0, 1); all P < 0.05]. The improvement rate of X ray and CT image was 42.9% (12/28) and 81.0% (64/79), respectively. Conclusions:The treatment with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine has good curative effect on common type of COVID -19 in 7 designated hospitals of Henan Province. It can improve the clinical symptoms, promote the absorption of pulmonary inflammation, and to some extent control the progress of disease and shorten the time of turning negative of virus nucleic acid and hospital stay.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the status of anxiety and depression in patients requiring emergency treatment during the epidemic of COVID-19 to identify the patients with acute psychological stress disorder. METHODS: During the COVID-19 epidemic, the medical staff divided the patients visiting the emergency department into suspected group, fever group and control group through interview of the patients at triage. Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) were distributed to each patient, and a trained medical staff was responsible for assisting the patient to complete the scales. RESULTS: A total of 557 sets of scales were distributed, including 211 in suspected COVID-19 case group, 167 in fever group and 179 in the control group. A total of 516 scales were retrieved, including 197 in suspected case group, 151 in fever group and 168 in control group. In the 3 groups, the incidence rates of anxiety and depression were 57.87% and 58.88%, 48.34% and 43.71%, and 18.31% and 18.99%, respectively, and the rates were significantly higher in suspected group and fever group than in the control group ( < 0.01), and significantly higher in suspected group than in fever group ( < 0.05). The standardized anxiety and depression scale scores in suspected case group, fever group and control group were 57.38±16.25 and 42.58±14.27, 51.23±15.29 and 38.32±15.39, and 32.58±17.8 and 12.25±12.94, respectively. Compared with the control group, both suspected case group and fever group had significantly higher standard scores for anxiety and depression ( < 0.01), and suspected case group had significantly higher standardized scores than fever group ( < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Among the patients visiting the emergency treatment, the patients with suspected COVID-19 and common fever are more likely to develop anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Anxiety ; epidemiology ; Betacoronavirus ; Coronavirus Infections ; epidemiology ; psychology ; Depression ; epidemiology ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral ; epidemiology ; psychology

Objective To study the process of hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) inclusion techniques for osthol. Methods The inclusion complex of osthol and HP-β-CD was prepared by unsaturated water solution and freeze-drying technique. Inclusion techniques were selected by screening on quadratic orthogonal rotation combination design method, and the entrapment efficiency was identified by HPLC. Results The optimal technical conditions were as follows:the ratio of HP-β-CD and drug was 4.5∶1;temperature for electric mixer was 35 ℃;the stirring time for thermostatic waterbath was 210 min. Conclusion This method is reasonable and it may have a prosperous future of development and application.