Turning to critical illness is a common stage of various diseases and injuries before death. Patients usually have complex health conditions, while the treatment process involves a wide range of content, along with high requirements for doctor′s professionalism and multi-specialty teamwork, as well as a great demand for time-sensitive treatments. However, this is not matched with critical care professionals and the current state of medical care in China. Telemedicine, which shortens the distance of medical professionals and the gap of disease diagnosis and treatments in various regions through electronic information, can effectively solve the current problem. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a standardized, high-quality visualization telemedicine round system .Therefore, experts have been organized to search domestic and foreign literature on telemedicine round for critically ill patients and to form this consensus based on clinical experiences so as to further improve the level of critical care treatments in regions.

Objective:To explore the correlation of different HBV DNA loads with peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in patients with chronic hepatitis B.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 519 patients with chronic hepatitis B admitted to the Fifth Medical Center of the General Hospital of the People′s Liberation Army from April 2019 to June 2024 were included. The patients were divided into high, medium, and low viral load groups and a negative group based on HBV DNA load. Another 100 healthy individuals who underwent physical examinations during the same period were recruited as the control group. The quantities of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and IL-6 levels were compared among the groups. Meanwhile, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were recorded and compared among the groups. The correlation of HBV DNA levels with lymphocyte subsets and IL-6 was analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis.Results:HBV DNA loads were negatively correlated with the counts of CD3 +, CD4 +, CD8 +, CD19 +, and CD56 + lymphocyte subsets (correlation coefficients r were -0.483, -0.508, -0.524, -0.573, and -0.561, respectively; all P<0.001) and positively correlated with IL-6 levels ( r=0.862, P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the counts of each lymphocyte subset were higher in the high, medium, and low viral load groups ( P<0.05). In the HBV DNA-negative chronic hepatitis B group, the counts of CD8 + and CD19 + lymphocyte subsets were significantly higher [712.32(526.00,898.64) and 495.62(345.74,645.50) cells/μl] than those in the control group [612.10(479.89,744.31) and 470.32 (396.00,544.64) cells/μl] ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The degree of HBV replication activity in patients with chronic hepatitis B is associated with the immune status of the body, and negatively correlated with the quantities of lymphocyte subsets and positively correlated with IL-6 levels.

Within the prefrontal-cingulate cortex, abnormalities in coupling between neuronal networks can disturb the emotion-cognition interactions, contributing to the development of mental disorders such as depression. Despite this understanding, the neural circuit mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain elusive. In this study, we present a biophysical computational model encompassing three crucial regions, including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex. The objective is to investigate the role of coupling relationships within the prefrontal-cingulate cortex networks in balancing emotions and cognitive processes. The numerical results confirm that coupled weights play a crucial role in the balance of emotional cognitive networks. Furthermore, our model predicts the pathogenic mechanism of depression resulting from abnormalities in the subgenual cortex, and network functionality was restored through intervention in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. This study utilizes computational modeling techniques to provide an insight explanation for the diagnosis and treatment of depression.
Prefrontal Cortex/physiology* ; Humans ; Emotions/physiology* ; Cognition/physiology* ; Gyrus Cinguli/physiology* ; Computer Simulation ; Models, Neurological ; Neural Pathways/physiology* ; Nerve Net/physiology*

Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of endoclip papillaplasty (ECPP) for preventing recurrent choledocholithiasis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 1 941 patients who underwent ERCP for choledocholithiasis in Henan Provincial People's Hospital from January 2019 to December 2023. A total of 250 patients who received ECPP were assigned to the ECPP group, while 251 matched controls were selected via 1∶1 year-stratified sampling into the control group. After follow-up, 209 ECPP cases and 190 controls were ultimately included in the analysis. Stone removal success rate, incidence of perioperative complications, and postoperative choledocholithiasis recurrence were compared between the two groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to determine the risk factors for choledocholithiasis recurrence after ERCP.Results:Both groups achieved 100.0% stone removal success rate. There was no significant difference in the incidence of intraoperative perforation [0.5% (1/209) VS 1.1% (2/190), χ2=0.01, P=0.934], postoperative hyperamylasemia [21.5% (45/209) VS 17.4% (33/190), χ2=1.10, P=0.295] or post-ERCP pancreatitis [3.8% (8/209) VS 8.1% (9/190), χ2=0.20, P=0.653] between the ECPP group and the control group. The ECPP group showed significantly lower bleeding rate [5.1% (11/209) VS 12.3% (23/190), χ2=5.98, P=0.014] and choledocholithiasis recurrence rate [10.5% (22/209) VS 18.9% (36/190), χ2=5.68, P=0.017] compared with the control group. The multivariate logistic regression identified dilated common bile duct diameter ( OR=1.881, 95% CI: 1.101-3.213, P=0.021) as an independent risk factor for choledocholithiasis recurrence, while being female ( OR=0.482, 95% CI: 0.266-0.875, P=0.016) and ECPP ( OR=0.497, 95% CI:0.278-0.887, P=0.018) were protective factors. Conclusion:ECPP effectively reduces choledocholithiasis recurrence rate and bleeding risk after ERCP. ECPP and being female serve as protective factors for choledocholithiasis recurrence, while dilated bile duct diameter is an independent risk factor.

Primers and probes were designed based on the conserved regions of Senecavirus A(SVA),foot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV),and porcine teschovirus(PTV)and used to devel-op a TaqMan fluorescent quantitative PCR method for detecting the above-mentioned three viru-ses.The triplex fluorescent quantitative PCR system was developed using recombinant positive plasmids containing conserved sequences of the three viruses as templates.After optimizing the conditions,the specificity,sensitivity,repeatability,standard curve,and mixed infection model were evaluated,and the constructed triplex fluorescent quantitative PCR was used for clinical detection.The results showed that this method could specifically detect SVA,FMDV and PTV without cross-reactivity with other pathogens with the minimal detection concentrations for SVA,FMDV,and PTV as low as 1X101 copies/μL,respectively.The coefficients of variation within and between groups were less than 5％.Furthermore,none of the three viruses were detected in 126 samples.The above results indicate that this method is highly specific,sensitive,and stable,making it suit-able for clinical detection.

Turning to critical illness is a common stage of various diseases and injuries before death. Patients usually have complex health conditions, while the treatment process involves a wide range of content, along with high requirements for doctor′s professionalism and multi-specialty teamwork, as well as a great demand for time-sensitive treatments. However, this is not matched with critical care professionals and the current state of medical care in China. Telemedicine, which shortens the distance of medical professionals and the gap of disease diagnosis and treatments in various regions through electronic information, can effectively solve the current problem. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a standardized, high-quality visualization telemedicine round system .Therefore, experts have been organized to search domestic and foreign literature on telemedicine round for critically ill patients and to form this consensus based on clinical experiences so as to further improve the level of critical care treatments in regions.

Objective:To explore the correlation of different HBV DNA loads with peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in patients with chronic hepatitis B.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 519 patients with chronic hepatitis B admitted to the Fifth Medical Center of the General Hospital of the People′s Liberation Army from April 2019 to June 2024 were included. The patients were divided into high, medium, and low viral load groups and a negative group based on HBV DNA load. Another 100 healthy individuals who underwent physical examinations during the same period were recruited as the control group. The quantities of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and IL-6 levels were compared among the groups. Meanwhile, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were recorded and compared among the groups. The correlation of HBV DNA levels with lymphocyte subsets and IL-6 was analyzed using Pearson correlation analysis.Results:HBV DNA loads were negatively correlated with the counts of CD3 +, CD4 +, CD8 +, CD19 +, and CD56 + lymphocyte subsets (correlation coefficients r were -0.483, -0.508, -0.524, -0.573, and -0.561, respectively; all P<0.001) and positively correlated with IL-6 levels ( r=0.862, P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the counts of each lymphocyte subset were higher in the high, medium, and low viral load groups ( P<0.05). In the HBV DNA-negative chronic hepatitis B group, the counts of CD8 + and CD19 + lymphocyte subsets were significantly higher [712.32(526.00,898.64) and 495.62(345.74,645.50) cells/μl] than those in the control group [612.10(479.89,744.31) and 470.32 (396.00,544.64) cells/μl] ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The degree of HBV replication activity in patients with chronic hepatitis B is associated with the immune status of the body, and negatively correlated with the quantities of lymphocyte subsets and positively correlated with IL-6 levels.

Primers and probes were designed based on the conserved regions of Senecavirus A(SVA),foot-and-mouth disease virus(FMDV),and porcine teschovirus(PTV)and used to devel-op a TaqMan fluorescent quantitative PCR method for detecting the above-mentioned three viru-ses.The triplex fluorescent quantitative PCR system was developed using recombinant positive plasmids containing conserved sequences of the three viruses as templates.After optimizing the conditions,the specificity,sensitivity,repeatability,standard curve,and mixed infection model were evaluated,and the constructed triplex fluorescent quantitative PCR was used for clinical detection.The results showed that this method could specifically detect SVA,FMDV and PTV without cross-reactivity with other pathogens with the minimal detection concentrations for SVA,FMDV,and PTV as low as 1X101 copies/μL,respectively.The coefficients of variation within and between groups were less than 5％.Furthermore,none of the three viruses were detected in 126 samples.The above results indicate that this method is highly specific,sensitive,and stable,making it suit-able for clinical detection.

Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of endoclip papillaplasty (ECPP) for preventing recurrent choledocholithiasis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 1 941 patients who underwent ERCP for choledocholithiasis in Henan Provincial People's Hospital from January 2019 to December 2023. A total of 250 patients who received ECPP were assigned to the ECPP group, while 251 matched controls were selected via 1∶1 year-stratified sampling into the control group. After follow-up, 209 ECPP cases and 190 controls were ultimately included in the analysis. Stone removal success rate, incidence of perioperative complications, and postoperative choledocholithiasis recurrence were compared between the two groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to determine the risk factors for choledocholithiasis recurrence after ERCP.Results:Both groups achieved 100.0% stone removal success rate. There was no significant difference in the incidence of intraoperative perforation [0.5% (1/209) VS 1.1% (2/190), χ2=0.01, P=0.934], postoperative hyperamylasemia [21.5% (45/209) VS 17.4% (33/190), χ2=1.10, P=0.295] or post-ERCP pancreatitis [3.8% (8/209) VS 8.1% (9/190), χ2=0.20, P=0.653] between the ECPP group and the control group. The ECPP group showed significantly lower bleeding rate [5.1% (11/209) VS 12.3% (23/190), χ2=5.98, P=0.014] and choledocholithiasis recurrence rate [10.5% (22/209) VS 18.9% (36/190), χ2=5.68, P=0.017] compared with the control group. The multivariate logistic regression identified dilated common bile duct diameter ( OR=1.881, 95% CI: 1.101-3.213, P=0.021) as an independent risk factor for choledocholithiasis recurrence, while being female ( OR=0.482, 95% CI: 0.266-0.875, P=0.016) and ECPP ( OR=0.497, 95% CI:0.278-0.887, P=0.018) were protective factors. Conclusion:ECPP effectively reduces choledocholithiasis recurrence rate and bleeding risk after ERCP. ECPP and being female serve as protective factors for choledocholithiasis recurrence, while dilated bile duct diameter is an independent risk factor.

Objective To analyze the risk factors for lung injury and pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD),and the predictive value of serum SDF-1 and sRAGE for lung injury and pulmonary arterial hypertension.Methods A total of 200 patients with COPD admitted to our hospital from January 2021 to January 2023 were selected as research objects,23 of whom occurred lung injury and the rest 177 had no lung injury,and 31 developed pulmonary hypertension and the remaining 169 had no pulmonary hypertension.The predictive value of serum SDF-1 and sRAGE for pulmonary injury and pulmonary hypertension was analyzed.Results Multi-factor logistic regression analysis showed that D-D,PCT,CRP,RDW,MPV,PLT,NLR,SDF-1,sRAGE,pulmonary hypertension,arterial blood oxygen partial pressure,FVC and FEV1 were the main factors affecting lung injury in patients with COPD.D-D,PCT,CRP,RDW,MPV,PLT,NLR,SDF-1,sRAGE,arterial partial oxygen pressure,FVC,FEV1 and CT angiographic pulmonary artery volume were the main factors affecting the occurrence of pulmonary hypertension in those patients(P<0.05).Serum SDF-1 and sRAGE were positively correlated with lung injury and pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD(P<0.05).The sensitivity and accuracy of SDF-1 and sRAGE for predicting lung injury and pulmonary hyperten-sion in patients with COPD were higher than those of SDF-1 and SRage alone(P<0.05).Conclusions Pulmonary injury in patients with COPD is associated with D-D,PCT,CRP,RDW,MPV,PLT,NLR,SDF-1,sRAGE,pulmonary hypertension,arterial blood oxygen partial pressure,FVC,FEV1.The occurrence of pulmonary hyper-tension is related to D-D,PCT,CRP,RDW,MPV,PLT,NLR,SDF-1,sRAGE,arterial partial pressure of oxy-gen,FVC,FEV1 and CT angiography of pulmonary artery volume.Combined detection of SDF-1 and sRAGE has a higher predictive value for lung injury and pulmonary hypertension.