Objective:to investigate age-related changes in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T(hs-cTnT)levels among middle-aged and elderly individuals, and to establish reference values for the 99th percentile upper reference limit(99th URL)of hs-cTnT within this demographic.Methods:This research is designed as a cross-sectional study.Hs-cTnT test results were collected from outpatients at Beijing Hospital between January 2018 and December 2023.The final sample included 5, 677 outpatients aged 45 to 85 years(65±10), all of whom were free from cardiovascular diseases and other chronic heart-related conditions.Multiple linear regression was utilized to assess the impact of gender and age group on hs-cTnT concentrations within the middle-aged and elderly populations.Furthermore, a generalized additive model for location, scale, and shape(GAMLSS)was employed to generate percentile curves of hs-cTnT by gender in this cohort, with the aim of determining the 99th URLs for both middle-aged and elderly individuals.Results:Multiple linear regression analyses indicated that both gender and age significantly influenced hs-cTnT levels in middle-aged and elderly populations( β60-69 years=1.399, β≥70 years=5.306, βgender=-2.650, all Pvalues<0.001).The hs-cTnT data for both males and females conformed to Box-Cox-Cole-Green(BCCG)distributions, with percentile curves fitted at the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 99th percentiles according to gender.The percentile values of hs-cTnT in both males and females demonstrated a progressive increase with advancing age.Notably, males exhibited higher 99th percentile values than females across all age groups. Conclusions:The GAMLSS approach is employed to establish continuous reference intervals for hs-cTnT in the middle-aged and elderly population.This effort aims to provide a theoretical foundation for reference values specific to this demographic in China and to offer guidance for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in the real-world treatment of difficult-to-treat Crohn's disease (DTT-CD) .Methods:This multicenter, retrospective cohort study included patients diagnosed with DTT-CD according to the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IOIBD) criteria, and treated at eight Chinese inflammatory bowel disease centers between January 2023 and March 2025. Clinical outcomes were assessed after 12 weeks of induction therapy with upadacitinib (45 mg qd), including clinical remission rate, clinical response rate, and incidence of adverse events.Results:Among 151 enrolled DTT-CD patients, the clinical remission rate was 47.0%, and the clinical response rate was 90.7% after 12 weeks of treatment. Adverse events occurred in 42 cases (27.8%) .Conclusion:Upadacitinib demonstrated favorable efficacy in inducing clinical remission in DTT-CD patients, with a good safety profile at the induction dose (45 mg qd) .

Objective To investigate the relationship between peripheral blood composite inflammatory in-dexes[systemic immune inflammatory index(SII),lymphocyte to monocyte ratio(LMR),eosinophil to neu-trophil ratio(ENR),neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR)]and the severity of respiratory adenovirus(AdV)infection and concurrent wheezing in children.Methods A total of 154 children with respiratory AdV infec-tion(study group)who were admitted to the hospital from June 2022 to May 2024 and 154 healthy children who underwent physical examinations(control group)were selected.Children with respiratory AdV infection were divided into mild group(86 cases)and severe group(68 cases)according to the pediatric sequential or-gan failure assessment(p-SOFA),and children were divided into wheezing group(79 cases)and non-wheezing group(75 cases)according to whether wheezing occurred in children with respiratory AdV infection.The pe-ripheral blood SII,LMR,ENR and NLR in each group were detected and compared,the correlation between peripheral blood SII,LMR,ENR,NLR and the severity of respiratory AdV infection in children was analyzed by Pearson method.The factors affecting wheezing in children with respiratory AdV infection were analyzed by univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis.The diagnostic value of peripheral blood composite inflammatory indexes for the severity of respiratory AdV infection and concurrent wheezing in children was e-valuated by drawing the receiver operating characteristic curve.Results The peripheral blood SII,ENR and NLR in severe group were higher than those in mild group and control group(P＜0.05),while the peripheral blood SII,ENR and NLR in mild group were higher than those in control group(P＜0.05).The peripheral blood LMR in severe group was lower than those in mild group and control group(P＜0.05),while the pe-ripheral blood LMR in mild group was lower than that in control group(P＜0.05).The p-SOFA in severe group was higher than that in mild group(P＜0.05).Peripheral blood SII,ENR and NLR in children with re-spiratory AdV infection were positively correlated with p-SOFA(r=0.512,0.439,0.507,P＜0.05),and LMR was negatively correlated with p-SOFA(r=-0.436,P＜0.05).The area under the curve(AUC)of the single detection of SII,LMR,ENR and NLR for diagnosing severe respiratory AdV infection were 0.785,0.809,0.784 and 0.834 respectively,and the AUC of combined detection was 0.916,which was larger than those of single detection(P＜0.05).SII,ENR and NLR in wheezing group were higher than those in non-wheezing group(P＜0.05),and LMR was lower than that in non-wheezing group(P＜0.05).Small airway disease,high SII,high ENR and high NLR were risk factors for wheezing in children with respiratory AdV in-fection(P＜0.05),and high LMR was a protective factor(P＜0.05).The AUC of the single detection of SII,LMR,ENR and NLR for diagnosing wheezing in children with respiratory AdV infection were 0.778,0.771,0.757 and 0.805 respectively,and the AUC of combined diagnosis was 0.884,which was larger than those of single detection(P＜0.05).Conclusion The peripheral blood SII,ENR and NLR in children with respiratory AdV infection increase,and the LMR decreases,which are closely related to the aggravation of the severity of the disease and the concurrent wheezing.The combined detection of four indexes has high value in the diagno-sis of the severity of the disease and the risk of concurrent wheezing.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in the real-world treatment of difficult-to-treat Crohn's disease (DTT-CD) .Methods:This multicenter, retrospective cohort study included patients diagnosed with DTT-CD according to the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IOIBD) criteria, and treated at eight Chinese inflammatory bowel disease centers between January 2023 and March 2025. Clinical outcomes were assessed after 12 weeks of induction therapy with upadacitinib (45 mg qd), including clinical remission rate, clinical response rate, and incidence of adverse events.Results:Among 151 enrolled DTT-CD patients, the clinical remission rate was 47.0%, and the clinical response rate was 90.7% after 12 weeks of treatment. Adverse events occurred in 42 cases (27.8%) .Conclusion:Upadacitinib demonstrated favorable efficacy in inducing clinical remission in DTT-CD patients, with a good safety profile at the induction dose (45 mg qd) .

Objective:to investigate age-related changes in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T(hs-cTnT)levels among middle-aged and elderly individuals, and to establish reference values for the 99th percentile upper reference limit(99th URL)of hs-cTnT within this demographic.Methods:This research is designed as a cross-sectional study.Hs-cTnT test results were collected from outpatients at Beijing Hospital between January 2018 and December 2023.The final sample included 5, 677 outpatients aged 45 to 85 years(65±10), all of whom were free from cardiovascular diseases and other chronic heart-related conditions.Multiple linear regression was utilized to assess the impact of gender and age group on hs-cTnT concentrations within the middle-aged and elderly populations.Furthermore, a generalized additive model for location, scale, and shape(GAMLSS)was employed to generate percentile curves of hs-cTnT by gender in this cohort, with the aim of determining the 99th URLs for both middle-aged and elderly individuals.Results:Multiple linear regression analyses indicated that both gender and age significantly influenced hs-cTnT levels in middle-aged and elderly populations( β60-69 years=1.399, β≥70 years=5.306, βgender=-2.650, all Pvalues<0.001).The hs-cTnT data for both males and females conformed to Box-Cox-Cole-Green(BCCG)distributions, with percentile curves fitted at the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 99th percentiles according to gender.The percentile values of hs-cTnT in both males and females demonstrated a progressive increase with advancing age.Notably, males exhibited higher 99th percentile values than females across all age groups. Conclusions:The GAMLSS approach is employed to establish continuous reference intervals for hs-cTnT in the middle-aged and elderly population.This effort aims to provide a theoretical foundation for reference values specific to this demographic in China and to offer guidance for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

Objective To study the effects of different types of fluid resuscitation on mesenteric microcirculation and inflammatory factors in rabbits with hemorrhagic shock.Methods The model of hemorrhagic shock rabbits was established by reducing the basic mean arterial pressure by 40%through draining the blood from the common carotid artery.Animals were randomly divided into control group,saline group,lactate Ringer group,acetic acid Ringer group,hydroxyethyl starch group and succinyl gelatin group with 8 animals in each group.Mesenteric microcirculation was monitored with microcirculation monitor.Mean arterial pressure(MAP),heart rate(HR),microvascular perfusion ratio(PPV)and microvascular blood flow index(MFI)were recorded before bleeding(T0),at hemorrhagic shock(T1),at the beginning of fluid resuscitation(T2),at the completion of fluid resuscitation(T3),and at the end of the experiment(T4).The contents of tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α),interleukin-1(IL-1)and lactic acid(Lac)were measured at T0,T2 and T4.Results Compared with hydroxyethyl starch group,there were statistically significant differences in T3 MAP(P<0.05),except for succinyl gelatin group,hydroxyethyl starch group had higher MAP at T4 than other groups,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The differences in MAP between experimental control group and other groups were statistically significant at T4(P<0.05).PPV and MFI of hydroxyethyl starch group and succinyl gelatin group were higher than those of normal saline group,lactic acid Ringer group and acetic acid Ringer group at T4(P<0.05),and the lactic acid value of hydroxyethyl starch group at T4 was the lowest,compared with lactic acid Ringer group and normal saline group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).There were statistical significances between all groups and experimental control group at T4(P<0.05).There were no significant differences in TNF-αand IL-1 in T0,T2 and T4 among all groups(P<0.05).Conclusion Hydroxyethyl starch solution and succinyl gelatin solution can improve the microcirculation of rabbits with hemorrhagic shock,but can not improve the level of inflammatory factors.

Objective:To investigate the effectiveness of probe-based near-infrared autofluorescence imaging (NIRAF) of the parathyroid gland.Methods:A total of 71 patients with thyroid cancer eligible for admission from May 4, 2023 to May 26, 2023 were selected, including 42 patients with thyroid cancer enrolled in the Department of Thyroid (hernia), Department of General Surgery, PLA General Hospital, including 29 females and 13 males, with a median age of 41 years, ranging from 21 to 76 years. A total of 29 patients with thyroid cancer were enrolled in the Department of Thyroid Surgery of Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, including 22 females and 7 males. The median age was 42.5 years, ranging from 24 to 72 years. The follow-up period was 1 month.Results:Among them, 196 suspicious parathyroid tissues were identified by the naked eye, and 207 suspicious parathyroid tissues were identified by probe NIRAF technology. Naked eye identification sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were 84.86%, 56% and 81.89%. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of parathyroid tissue identification by probe NIRAF were 92.66%, 80.00% and 90.53%, which were better than that of naked eye identification, and had a good coincidence rate with the results of immunocolloidal gold test or intraoperative freezing pathology (Kappa=0.61, P<0.001) . Conclusion:The probe-based NIRAF technique has a good ability to identify parathyroid tissue.

Objective:To investigate the effects of CT images reconstructed using different field of view (FOV) sizes on the automatic segmentation of organs at risk and dose calculation accuracy in radiotherapy after radical mastectomy.Methods:Under the same scanning conditions, CT values-electron density conversion curves were established by reconstructing the original CT images of a phantom placed at the isocenter and extended FOV (eFOV) positions using FOV sizes of 50, 60, 70 and 80 cm. Then, these curves were compared. A standard phantom with a known volume was scanned, and the automatic segmentation result of the phantom on CT images reconstructed using different FOV sizes was compared. A total of 30 patients in Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital from January 2020 to June 2022 with breast cancer were randomly selected. Through simulated positioning, their CT images were reconstructed using different FOV sizes for the purpose of automatic segmentation of organs at risk, followed by comparison between the outcomes of automatic segmentation and physicians′segmentation. The treatment plan established based on CT images reconstructed using a FOV size of 50 cm (FOV 50 images for short) was applied to CT images reconstructed using FOV sizes of 60, 70 and 80 cm (FOV 60, FOV 70 and FOV 80 images for short) for dose calculation, and the dose calculation result were compared. Results:The CT values - electron density conversion curves derived from CT images reconstructed using different FOV sizes were roughly consistent. At the isocenter, the difference between the segmented volume and actual volume of the standard phantom increased up to a maximum of 6 cm 3 (4.8%) with an increase in the FOV size. As indicated by the automatic segmentation result, the segmentation accuracy of the spinal cord, trachea, esophagus, thyroid, healthy mammary gland, and skin decreased with an increase in the FOV size ( t = -28.43-8.23, P < 0.05). The comparison of dose calculated based on CT images reconstructed using different FOV sizes showed that there was no statistically significant differences( P>0.05) in the dose to target volume ( V95) and the maximum and average doses in the supraclavicular lymph node region, as well as the dose to organs at risk. The coverage for planned target volume decreased with an increase in the FOV size, with a maximum difference of 4.06%. Conclusions:It is recommended that, for radiotherapy after radical mastectomy, FOV 50 images should be selected for the automatic segmentation of organs at risk, CT-values-electron density conversion curves should be established based on the electron density phantom images of the eFOV region, and the eFOV 80 images should be preferred for dose calculation.

Objective:To identify the pathogens isolated in the subperiosteal abscesses from the pediatric patients with acute osteomyelitis and to investigate the characteristics of bacterial drug resistance.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on children with acute septic osteomyelitis who were hospitalized in the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine from January 1, 2011 to March 1, 2018. The results of bacterial cultures isolated from the subperiosteal abscesses or bone marrow fluid were collected. The Merier automatic bacterial identification system (i.e., Vitek) was used to identify the bacteria and to assess the drug sensitivity.Results:(1) A total of 104 pediatric patients were included and 60 (57.7%) were male. Sixty-six strains of pathogens were isolated from 65 patients (62.5%). Among them, 53 strains (51.0%) were Staphylococcus aureus; 3 strains were Escherichia coli; 2 strains (1.9%) were Pseudomonas aeruginosa; 2 strains (1.9%) were Streptococcus pneumoniae, 2 strains (1.9%) were Ochrobactrum anthropi, and 4 strains (3.8%) were other bacteria. Pathogens were not found in 39 patients (37.5%). (2) Staphylococcus aureus accounted for 81.5% (53/65) of the pathogen-positive cases. Among them, 23 strains (43.4%) were methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Aureus-positive children were statistically significantly older ( P=0.028), heavier ( P=0.040) and had higher C-reactive protein (CRP) level ( P=0.038) than the aureus-negative children. (3) All the 53 Staphylococcus aureus strains were resistant to penicillin and 56.6% of them were only sensitive to benzocillin. The resistance rates to compound sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, clindamycin and erythromycin were 11.3%, 30.2%, 67.9% and 69.8%, respectively. The sensitivity rate of the strains to furantoin was 90.2%. All strains were sensitive to quinupristin/dalfopristin, linezolid, rifampicin, tigecycline, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, ciprofloxacin and vancomycin. There was 69.8% of the strains resistant to three or more different types of antibiotics. Conclusions:Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen that causes the acute septic osteomyelitis in children, and the resistance rate to Benzocillin is relatively high. Therefore, Benzocillin and Clindamycin, as the traditionally-used drugs, should not be considered as the first choice when empirically using intravenous antibiotics. In the present study, pathogens in 39 patients (37.5%) were not detected in their subperiosteal abscesses or bone marrow fluid, so further effort should be made to investigate the etiology of these patients.

Intracerebral hemorrhage is a kind of nervous system disease with high mortality and disability. By analyzing the clinical variables closely associated with the functional outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage, a scoring scale that can quickly predict the outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage is established, which is helpful to guide clinicians in risk stratification and clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. At present, more than 10 clinical outcome scoring scales have been developed. This article summarizes these scoring scales of intracerebral hemorrhage in chronological order, and reviews their constituent variables, outcome evaluation value, and follow-up verification.