AIM: To compare the efficacy of small-incision lenticule extraction(SMILE)and femtosecond assisted laser in situ keratomileusis(FS-LASIK)in the treatment of patients with myopia and astigmatism.METHODS: Retrospective analysis. A total of 100 cases(200 eyes)of patients with myopia and astigmatism treated in our hospital from December 2021 to December 2022 were collected. Among them, 50 cases(100 eyes)were divided into SMILE group and 50 cases(100 eyes)were divided into FS-LASIK group according to the treatment plans. The visual acuity and astigmatism, corneal morphology parameters, subjective visual quality scores, ocular surface indicators, postoperative complications, and quality of life were compared between the two groups before and after surgery.RESULTS: There was no significant difference in uncorrected visual acuity(UCVA), best corrected visual acuity(BCVA), astigmatism, corneal asphericity Q value, corneal surface regularity index(SRI), corneal thickness, and corneal curvature between the two groups before surgery and at 1 d, 1, and 6 mo after surgery(all P>0.05). At 1 and 6 mo after surgery, the subjective visual quality score, the quality of life score, Schirmer I test(SⅠt)and tear film break-up time(BUT)in the SMILE group were better than that in the FS-LASIK group(all P<0.05). The incidence of complications in the SMILE group was lower than that in the FS-LASIK group at 6 mo after surgery(P=0.005).CONCLUSION: Both SMILE and FS-LASIK have good clinical effects in the treatment of myopia with astigmatism, but the SMILE could alleviate ocular surface injury, reduce the risk of complications and improve the quality of lifes for patients.

Objective:Glucorticoid therapy has the potential to mitigate immunogical effect of naxitamab. Ketamine is an anesthetic medica-tion and cause weak or shallow breathing. This article is to analyze the effect of modified conditioning regimen with substitution re-mifentanil for ketamine and without glucorticoid therapy on adverse events associated with naxitamab. Methods:Clinical data with naxit-amab infusion under modified conditioning regimen in Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center between June 2023 and June 2024 were re-trieved to analyze adverse events and risk factors. Results:Overall,seventeen patients underwent 201 infusions. The most frequent adverse events were as follows:neurological pain (all grades) 93.0％,hypertension 55.7％,hypotension 34.8％,respectively. Bronchospasm and hyp-oxia were seen in 3.0％ and 10.9％ infusions,respectively. Fever occurred less frequently in the second cycle of infusion. No patients suspen-ded infusion due to severe adverse event. Conclusions:The infusion of naxitamab is tolerable under the modified conditioning regimen and adverse event is less than expected and controllable.

Objective:Glucorticoid therapy has the potential to mitigate immunogical effect of naxitamab. Ketamine is an anesthetic medica-tion and cause weak or shallow breathing. This article is to analyze the effect of modified conditioning regimen with substitution re-mifentanil for ketamine and without glucorticoid therapy on adverse events associated with naxitamab. Methods:Clinical data with naxit-amab infusion under modified conditioning regimen in Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center between June 2023 and June 2024 were re-trieved to analyze adverse events and risk factors. Results:Overall,seventeen patients underwent 201 infusions. The most frequent adverse events were as follows:neurological pain (all grades) 93.0％,hypertension 55.7％,hypotension 34.8％,respectively. Bronchospasm and hyp-oxia were seen in 3.0％ and 10.9％ infusions,respectively. Fever occurred less frequently in the second cycle of infusion. No patients suspen-ded infusion due to severe adverse event. Conclusions:The infusion of naxitamab is tolerable under the modified conditioning regimen and adverse event is less than expected and controllable.

Objective: To investigate the changes of ambient dose equivalent rate in 99mTcO4- single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the thyroid among patients with hyperthyroidism, so as to provide insights into radiation protection guidance. Methods: Patients with hyperthyroidism who underwent 99mTcO4- SPECT of the thyroid in a tertiary hospital were enrolled. The ambient dose equivalent rate was measured at different time points following 99mTcO4- infection and at sites with different distances from patients' neck, and the effects of time post-injection, distance from patients' neck, 24-hour thyroidal radioiodine uptake and thyroid weight on the ambient dose equivalent rate were examined using a generalized linear mixed model. Results: Totally 100 patients with hyperthyroidism were enrolled, including 24 men and 76 women and with a mean age of (38.5±14.0) years. The generalized linear mixed model was statistically significant (F=6 610.165, P<0.001), and patients' thyroid weight, time post-injection and distance from patients' neck significantly affected the ambient dose equivalent rate (F=57.967, 15 988.574, 11 200.645, all P<0.001), and the ambient dose equivalent rate positively correlated with patients' thyroid weight and negatively correlated with time post-injection and distance from patients' neck. Conclusions The ambient dose equivalent rate is affected by patients' thyroid weight, time post-injection and distance from patients' neck among patients with hyperthyroidism undergoing 99mTcO4- SPECT of the thyroid. Delay in contact with patients or keeping distance from patients may be effective for radiation protection.

Objective:To optimize indirect immunofluorescence on salt-split skin (IIF-SSS), and to evaluate its performance in detection of bullous pemphigoid (BP) antibodies.Methods:Normal human foreskin and non-foreskin skin tissues were used to prepare salt-split substrates under 3 different experimental conditions: traditional group rotated at 4 ℃ for 48 - 72 hours, low-temperature immersion group soaked at 4 ℃ for 48 - 72 hours, room-temperature immersion group soaked at 25 ℃ (range: 23 - 27 ℃) for 24 hours. Serum samples were obtained from 20 patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) in Hospital of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between August 2019 and August 2020, and subjected to IIF on the intact skin or salt-split substrates by using a multiple dilution method. Paired-sample t test was used for comparisons of means between two paired samples. Results:No dermal-epidermal separation was observed in the substrates prepared in the low-temperature immersion group at 48 - 72 hours, while dermal-epidermal separation occurred in the lower lamina lucida of the foreskin and non-foreskin substrates in the room-temperature immersion group and the traditional group. For the 20 patients with BP, the reciprocal end-point titers ( M[ Q1, Q3]) detected with the salt-split non-foreskin skin and salt-split foreskin in the room-temperature immersion group, and with the salt-split non-foreskin skin in the traditional group were 5 120 (2 560, 17 920), 1 280 (640, 2 560), 1 280 (640, 2 560), respectively. Moreover, 19 (95%) patients with BP showed that the reciprocal end-point titers detected with the substrates in the room-temperature immersion group were 1 - 5 times those in the traditional group ( t = 8.04, P<0.001), suggesting that the performance of salt-split skin in the room-temperature immersion group was superior to that in the traditional group in the detection of BP antibodies; however, there was no significant difference in the reciprocal end-point titers of BP antibodies between the salt-split foreskin in the room-temperature immersion group and salt-split non-foreskin skin in the traditional group ( t<0.001, P>0.05). The reciprocal end-point titers in 20 BP sera detected by conventional IIF on the intact non-foreskin skin and foreskin were 320 (160, 640) and 480 (160, 1 120), respectively; the reciprocal end-point titers detected by IIF on the salt-split foreskin and non-foreskin skin in the room-temperature immersion group, as well as on the salt-split non-foreskin skin in the traditional group, were all consistent with or 1 - 7 times higher than those detected by conventional IIF ( t = 6.47, 14.83, 5.26, respectively, all P<0.001) . Conclusion:The soaking method at room temperature 25 ℃ (23 - 27 ℃) for preparing salt-split substrates has advantages of short duration and simple procedure, and the sensitivity of IIF-SSS using the substrates prepared by this method is equal or superior to the traditional salt-split method for detecting BP antibodies.

Objective:To understand the prescription medications that may cause or exacerbate heart failure (HF-CEPMs) in elderly outpatients with HF and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:Prescriptions for elderly patients with HF in clinic of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University between January 2016 and August 2020 were collected. According to the list of HF-CEPMs published by the American Heart Association in 2016, HF-CEPMs in prescriptions were identified. The patient′s gender, age, disease diagnosis, medical insurance, therapeutic drugs, visiting departments, physician titles, and other information are extracted from the prescription, and the use of HF-CEPMs in the prescription was descriptively analyzed. The patients were divided into HF-CEPMs group and non-HF-CEPMs group according to whether the prescription included at least one drug in the list of HF-CEPMs. The clinical characteristics, number of drugs, medical insurance, visiting departments, and professional titles of prescription physicians in patients in the 2 groups were compared, and the influencing factors of prescription containing HF-CEPMs were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression.Results:A total of 2 418 patients were enrolled, including 1 264 males (52.27%) and 1 154 females (47.73%), with a median age of 80 (65, 99) years and a median number of comorbidities 1 (0, 5). The top 3 comorbidities requiring long-term medication were hypertension (1 233 patients, 50.99%), bronchial asthma (448 patients, 18.53%) and diabetes mellitus (385 patients, 15.92%), and the median number of drugs was 5 (1, 16). Among the 2 418 patients, 254 (10.50%) used HF-CEPMs, including 142 (55.91%) males and 112 (44.09%) females. Two hundred and twenty-four patients (88.19%), 26 patients (10.24%), and 4 patients (1.57%) were treated with 1, 2, and 3 kinds of HF-CEPMs, respectively. The top 5 HF-CEPMs in drug use rates were antihypertensive drugs [4.47% (108/2 418)], pulmonary drugs [2.52% (61/2 418)], antidiabetic drugs [1.99% (48/2 418)], urological drugs [1.12% (27/2 418)], antipyretic and analgesic drugs [1.03% (25/2 418)]. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the number of comorbidities ≥1 (1 kind of disease: OR=3.732, 95 %CI: 2.246-6.623, P<0.001; more than 2 kinds of diseases: OR=6.054, 95 %CI: 3.624-10.788, P<0.001) and the number of prescribed drugs ≥5 ( OR=4.003, 95 %CI: 2.874-5.693, P<0.001) were independent influencing factors for prescribing HF-CEPMs. Conclusions:Antihypertensive drugs, pulmonary drugs, antidiabetic drugs, urological drugs, and antipyretic and analgesics drugs were the most common HF-CEPMs in outpatient prescriptions of elderly HF patients. The number of comorbidities and polypharmacy therapy in elderly outpatients with HF were independent influencing factors for prescribing HF-CEPMs.

Objective:To understand the prescription medications that may cause or exacerbate heart failure (HF-CEPMs) in elderly outpatients with HF and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:Prescriptions for elderly patients with HF in clinic of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University between January 2016 and August 2020 were collected. According to the list of HF-CEPMs published by the American Heart Association in 2016, HF-CEPMs in prescriptions were identified. The patient′s gender, age, disease diagnosis, medical insurance, therapeutic drugs, visiting departments, physician titles, and other information are extracted from the prescription, and the use of HF-CEPMs in the prescription was descriptively analyzed. The patients were divided into HF-CEPMs group and non-HF-CEPMs group according to whether the prescription included at least one drug in the list of HF-CEPMs. The clinical characteristics, number of drugs, medical insurance, visiting departments, and professional titles of prescription physicians in patients in the 2 groups were compared, and the influencing factors of prescription containing HF-CEPMs were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression.Results:A total of 2 418 patients were enrolled, including 1 264 males (52.27%) and 1 154 females (47.73%), with a median age of 80 (65, 99) years and a median number of comorbidities 1 (0, 5). The top 3 comorbidities requiring long-term medication were hypertension (1 233 patients, 50.99%), bronchial asthma (448 patients, 18.53%) and diabetes mellitus (385 patients, 15.92%), and the median number of drugs was 5 (1, 16). Among the 2 418 patients, 254 (10.50%) used HF-CEPMs, including 142 (55.91%) males and 112 (44.09%) females. Two hundred and twenty-four patients (88.19%), 26 patients (10.24%), and 4 patients (1.57%) were treated with 1, 2, and 3 kinds of HF-CEPMs, respectively. The top 5 HF-CEPMs in drug use rates were antihypertensive drugs [4.47% (108/2 418)], pulmonary drugs [2.52% (61/2 418)], antidiabetic drugs [1.99% (48/2 418)], urological drugs [1.12% (27/2 418)], antipyretic and analgesic drugs [1.03% (25/2 418)]. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the number of comorbidities ≥1 (1 kind of disease: OR=3.732, 95 %CI: 2.246-6.623, P<0.001; more than 2 kinds of diseases: OR=6.054, 95 %CI: 3.624-10.788, P<0.001) and the number of prescribed drugs ≥5 ( OR=4.003, 95 %CI: 2.874-5.693, P<0.001) were independent influencing factors for prescribing HF-CEPMs. Conclusions:Antihypertensive drugs, pulmonary drugs, antidiabetic drugs, urological drugs, and antipyretic and analgesics drugs were the most common HF-CEPMs in outpatient prescriptions of elderly HF patients. The number of comorbidities and polypharmacy therapy in elderly outpatients with HF were independent influencing factors for prescribing HF-CEPMs.

Objective:To investigate the predictive value of pressure ulcer score and fall score and NIHSS scale for discharge outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).Methods:From January 2014 and November 2018, 4 468 patients with AIS who were treated in Hebei Province Renqiu Kangjixintu Hospital were selected as the research object. According to the modified Rankin scale (mRS) score standard discharge, mRS score in 0 to 2 scores was defined as good discharge outcome, and mRS score ≥3 scores defined as bad discharge outcome. Predictive value of pressure ulcer score, fall score and NIHSS score for the discharge outcome of AIS was analyzed.Results:The score of pressure ulcer in the group with bad discharge outcome was significantly lower than that in the group with good discharge outcome: (16.96 ± 2.89) scores vs. (19.91 ± 1.71) scores, the score of fall and NIHSS in the group with bad discharge outcome were higher than that in the group with good discharge outcome, with statistical significance: (6.66 ± 1.77) scores vs. (5.21 ± 1.64) scores, (7.34 ± 5.08) scores vs. (3.15 ± 2.21) scores ( P<0.01). The cutoff values of pressure sore score, fall score and NIHSS score for predicting adverse discharge outcome were 18.5, 5.5 and 3.5 scores, respectively. The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.809, 0.731 and 0.863, respectively. The sensitivity was 86.00%, 76.200% and 78.30%, and the specificity was 64.00%, 59.50% and 80.60%. The pressure ulcer score, fall score and NIHSS score had statistical difference in predicting the adverse outcome of discharge ( P<0.01). Conclusions:The pressure ulcer score, fall score and NIHSS score have good predictive value for the discharge outcome of AIS. The lower the pressure ulcer score and the higher fall score and NIHSS score are, the higher the risk of poor discharge outcome of AIS is. Actively controlling the occurrence of pressure ulcers and falls can effectively reduce the risk of poor discharge outcome of AIS.

Objective To investigate the incidence and risk factors of neonatal asphyxia in Hubei Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Methods Live born infants, including those diagnosed with neonatal asphyxia, were recruited from 16 different hospitals in Hubei Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture from January to December of 2016. The 16 hospitals included four grade A tertiary hospitals (three general hospitals and one traditional Chinese medicine hospital) and 12 grade A secondary hospitals (eight general hospitals, one maternal and child health hospital and three traditional Chinese medicine hospitals). A retrospective investigation was conducted using questionnaire to analyze the basic information, perinatal risk factors and prognosis of those infants. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis. Results Among 22 294 recruited live born infants, 733 (3.29%) were diagnosed with neonatal asphyxia on discharge, including 627 (85.54%) mild cases and 106 (14.46%) severe cases. And neonatal asphyxia resulted in deaths of 27 cases (3.68%). The risk factors for neonatal asphyxia included multiple pregnancy, pregnancy conceived with assisted reproductive technology, premature infant, low birth weight infant, fetal malposition, congenital malformation, male infant, born during transfer, mother of Tujia nationality, low educational level (primary school or lower), living in rural area, the number of antenatal visits ≤3, history of early threatened abortion, anemia in pregnancy, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, chorioamnionitis, abnormal pregnancy history and abnormality of umbilical cord, amniotic fluid or placenta. Conclusions The incidence of neonatal asphyxia in Enshi area is obviously higher than the national average. The main risk factors for neonatal asphyxia in this area are related to maternal background and the living condition of the mother during pregnancy, delivery as well as the newborn at birth.

Objective: To understand the association between body fat distribution and calcaneal bone mineral density (BMD) in children and adolescents aged 6-16 years in Beijing. Methods: Children and adolescents were selected in 30 schools (8 primary schools, 21 middle schools and one 12-year education school) from Dongcheng, Tongzhou, Fangshan and Miyun districts of Beijing by using a stratified cluster sampling method from November 2017 to January 2018. A total of 15 030 students in grade 1 to 4 of primary school, grade 1 of junior and senior middle school were enrolled after excluding subjects who were not able to participate into this study due to trauma or other uncomfortable physical conditions or with missing key values or with diabetes and kidney diseases. Questionnaire survey, body composition and calcaneus bone mineral density were conducted. The relation of fat mass percentage (FMP), trunk to total fat ratio (TrTFR), trunk to limb fat ratio (TrLFR), limb to total fat ratio (LTFR) and viscera to total fat ratio (VTFR) with calcaneus BMD were assessed using the multivariate linear regression models after adjusting for possible confounding effects. The central fat distribution types were divided into 4 groups including type 1: both trunk fat and visceral fat greater than the sex-and age-specific internal P₇₅; type 2: barely trunk fat greater than P₇₅; type 3: barely visceral fat greater than P₇₅; type 4: both trunk fat and visceral fat greater than P₇₅. The central fat distribution types were included into the model in the form of dummy variables to analyze its relationship with calcaneal BMD. The sex-and age-specific z-scores of fat distribution indicators and BMD were calculated. Results: A total of 15 030 participants aged (11.4±3.3) years (50.2% boys) were involved in the analysis. In both genders, after adjusting for age, height, lean mass index, smoking, drinking, physical activity, milk intake, vitamin D and calcium supplementation, FMP, TrTFR, TrLFR and VTFR were negatively correlated with calcaneal BMD (all P value<0.05), while LTFR was positively associated with calcaneal BMD (all P values<0.05). Compared to the central fat distribution type 1, the regression coefficients (95% CI) of type 2, 3 and 4 were -0.253 (-0.418, -0.087), -0.385 (-0.567, -0.204) and -0.428 (-0.487, -0.369) in boys, respectively; the regression coefficients (95% CI) of type 3 and 4 were -0.158 (-0.301, -0.015) and -0.226 (-0.290, -0.163), respectively. Conclusion Body fat distribution and central fat distribution in children and adolescents were correlated with calcaneus bone mineral density.