Objective To establish an animal model of dampness-syndrome in mice (single model) and evaluate its characteristics of dampness-syndrome. The above-mentioned mice with dampness syndrome were used to construct mice model of ischemic stroke (double model) and observe the effect of dampness-pathogenic on the outcome of stroke. Methods Healthy C57BL/6J male mice were randomly divided into dampness-syndrome (including sham-surgery group and ischemic stroke group,with 10 mice in each group) and non dampness-syndrome groups (including sham-surgery group and ischemic stroke group,with 10 mice in each group). The dampness-syndrome group was fed with high-fat diet and the non dampness-syndrome group was fed with normal diet for 12 weeks. After the mice model of dampness-syndrome was successfully established,transient middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (tMCAO/R) surgery was used to replicate an ischemic stroke mice model. Evaluation indicators for dampness-syndrome mice model:the general status including body weight,morphology,posture,activity status,and physical characteristics,the histopathological observation of the aorta (oil red O staining,Masson-trichrome staining) and liver (HE staining,oil red O staining),electron microscopic observation of the tongue tissue (scanning electron microscopy,electron microscopy),blood lipid levels[total cholesterol(TC),triglycerides(TG)]and liver coefficient. Evaluation indicators for ischemic stroke mice model:neurological function score and the cerebral infarction volume ratio. Results Compared with the non dampness-syndrome group,the mice in the dampness-syndrome group showed an increased in body weight,poor hair color,sparse hair,fatigue and laziness,mental atrophy,anorexia and lethargy. It was observed that the aortic lumen was narrowed,the intima was significantly thickened,lipid plaque deposition was increased,and foam cells were visible. A large amount of red lipid droplets appeared in liver cells. There were obvious lipid infiltration and diffuse steatosis. Increased keratosis of the mucosal layer of tongue tissue,the thicker stratum corneum,lipofuscin,and bacteria on the tongue surface were found. Serum TG and TC levels significantly increased(P<0.01),and the liver coefficient significantly decreased (P<0.001). Compared with non dampness-syndrome group (sham-surgery group),neurological function score and the cerebral infarction volume ratio in dampness-syndrome ischemic stroke group obviously increased (P<0.001). Conclusion High-fat feeding for 12 weeks combined with tMCAO/R modeling can successfully establish a mice model with dampness-syndrome ischemic stroke,and the neurological function score and cerebral infarction volume in the dampness-syndrome ischemic stroke group was more severe than that in the non dampness-syndrome ischemic stroke group.

Objective To analyze the data of prostate cancer in Wuhan from 2010 to 2019, understand the characteristics and trends of incidence, mortality, and YLL, and provide decision-making basis for Wuhan's cancer prevention and control strategies. Methods Data on deaths and incident cases of prostate cancer in Wuhan from 2010 to 2019 and from 2013 to 2017, respectively, were collected from the Wuhan Death Monitoring System. Indicators such as incidence rate, mortality rate, and years of life lost due to premature death (YLL) of prostate cancer in Wuhan were calculated using Excel 2016 and Python. The Bayesian Age-Period-Cohort Model (BAPC) was used to predict the mortality rate of prostate cancer in Wuhan from 2020 to 2024. The trend changes were described using the annual average percentage change (AAPC). Results From 2010 to 2019, the incidence, mortality, and YLL rates of prostate cancer in Wuhan showed an overall increasing trend (AAPC >0, P <0.05). The standardized mortality and incidence rates in the central urban area were significantly higher than those in the outer urban area, and the age group of 85 and above had the highest incidence and mortality rates. The age group of 0-54 had the largest increase in incidence and mortality rates. From 2020 to 2024, prostate cancer in Wuhan is expected to continue to increase slightly (an increase of 0.94%). Conclusion The incidence, mortality, and YLL rates of prostate cancer in Wuhan are showing an overall increasing trend, and this trend may continue. The characteristics are higher in the central urban area than in the outer urban area, and higher in the older age group than in the younger age group. Targeted measures need to be taken, and screening for high-risk populations should be strengthened.

Objective:To investigate the effectiveness and safety of nasojejunal tube placement in children by gastroscopic drafting method.Methods:We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of children with nasojejunal tube placement from January 2016 to December 2021 in our hospital, and compared the operation time, successful rate and complications of nasojejunal tube placement in the gastroscopic wire drawing method retraction group(observation group)and the gastroscopic foreign body clamp placement method placement group(control group).Results:All of the 167 cases, 65 cases were in observation group and 102 cases in control group.There were no significant differences in sex and age between two groups( P>0.05). The operation time was(6.7±0.8)min in observation group and(8.2±1.3)min in control group, and the difference was statistically significant( t=8.312, P<0.001). The successful rate was 100% in observation group and 96% in control group.One child in control group complicated with the mucosal erosion and bleeding in the duodenal bulb, while the observation group with no erosion, bleeding, perforation, and other complications. Conclusion:The gastroscopic wire drawing method of nasojejunal tube placement has a shorter operation time, higher successful rates, and lower complication rates, which is significantly superior to the gastroscopic foreign body clamp placement method.

Objective : To study the best machine learning method for early prediction of hematoma expansion in hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage based on head CT plain scan. Methods : The CT images of 130 patients with cerebral hemorrhage were retrospectively analyzed , and the texture features of the head CT plain scan were extracted. The classifier was trained by selecting the features , and the six classic machine learning methods were crossvalidated to evaluate the stability and performanceof predicting cerebral hemorrhage hematoma expansion. Results: The prediction performance of support vector machine (SVM⁃Radial) (AUC 0. 714 ± 0. 144 , accuracy 0. 723 ± 0. 109) , generalized linear model ( GLM) prediction performance ( AUC 0. 643 ± 0. 125 , accuracy 0. 587 ± 0. 136) , random forest (RF) prediction performance (AUC 0. 686 ± 0. 128 , accuracy 0. 680 ± 0. 130) , k ⁃nearest neighbor (kNN) prediction performance ( AUC 0. 657 ± 7C 15 , accuracy 0. 639 ± 39 performance 19) , gradient boosting tree algorithm (GBM) Prediction performance ( AUC 0. 718 ± 0. 141 , accuracy 0. 670 ± 0. 126) , neural network (NNet) prediction performance (AUC 0. 659 ± 0. 162 , accuracy 0. 680 ± 0. 130) , in which support vector machines showed high prediction performance , generalized linear model showed low predictive performance. Conclusion Among the six machine learning methods based on cranial CT radiomics to predict early hematoma expansion in hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage , support vector machine (SVM⁃Radial) has the best predictive performance and has potential clinical application value.

Objective:To summarize and analyze the clinical characteristics of different treatment in children with esophageal foreign bodies.Methods:This study collected 246 children with esophageal foreign bodies in our hospital from January 2016 to January 2020, which was divided into endoscopic group and operative group.The general and clinical data of children treated with different treatment were collected and statistical analyzed.Results:There were 222 children in endoscopic group and 24 children in operative group, respectively.The rate of surgery was 9.75%.There were no significant differences in gender and location of esophageal foreign bodies.However, the average age of operative group was(2.92±2.67) years, which significantly younger than that in endoscopic group(4.12±3.37)years( P=0.049). The residence time in operative group(median 29.10 h)was remarkable longer than that in operative group(median 11.80 h)( P<0.001). The proportion of sharpness(50.00%) and corrosive(45.83%) foreign bodies in operative group were more than those in endoscopic group[16.22% and 8.11%( P<0.001)]. Moreover, the occurrence rate of major complication in operative group was 83.33%, which was dramatically higher than that in endoscopic group(0.90%)( P<0.001). Conclusion:The younger and longer residence time of esophageal foreign bodies in children contribute to the rate of operative treatment.Additionally, the sharpness and corrosive foreign bodies increase the risk of surgery and serious complications.

Objective:To explore the effects of nursing interventions under feedforward control on postoperative patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) in patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy.Methods:Sixty patients who used PCIA pumps after thoracoscopic lobectomy in Shanxi Bethune Hospital from October 2018 to September 2019 were selected and randomly divided into a control group and a test group according to the random number table, with 30 cases in each group. Patients in the control group used PCIA pumps alone, while patients in the test group underwent nursing interventions under feedforward control combined with PCIA pumps. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Ramsay scores were used to assess the analgesia and sedation of the patients in the two groups at 12, 24, 36, and 48 h postoperatively. The dose of analgesic pump medication, the number of self-controlled compressions of the analgesic pump, and the occurrence of adverse reactions at 48 h postoperatively were recorded. The satisfaction with nursing care was rated.Results:The VAS scores at 12, 24, 36 and 48 h postoperatively in the test group were lower than those in the control group, and the Ramsay scores were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . The dose of analgesic pump medication and the number of self-controlled compressions of the analgesic pump in the test group were less than those in the control group, and the overall patient satisfaction scores were higher than those in the control group, and the incidence of adverse reactions was lower than that in the control group, and the differences were all statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Nursing interventions under feedforward control in the postoperative analgesic management of patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy can significantly improve the analgesic effect of postoperative PCIA pumps, reduce the incidence of related adverse reactions, and further improve patient satisfaction, which is worth applying and promoting.

Human challenge trial (HCT) is a test in which human volunteers are intentionally infected with pathogens in order to evaluate the efficacy of candidate preventive or therapeutic drugs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the HCT of vaccines has aroused people's attention due to its significant advantages over clinical trial. This paper introduces the concept, development and application of HCT, the advantages and limitations of HCT for vaccine evaluation, and the consideration of future HCT of COVID-19 vaccine in China.

Objective To investigate the effects of ultrasound-guided continuous thoracic paravertebral nerve block combined with general anesthesia on cardiac function and postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing thoracotomy.Methods A total of 108 elderly patients who underwent thoracotomy in our hospital from January 2017 to December 2018 were randomly divided into the general anesthesia group(receiving general anesthesia)and the combination group (receiving ultrasound-guided continuous thoracic paravertebral nerve block combined with general anesthesia) (n=54,each group).The anesthesia effect was compared between the two groups.Results The excellence rate of anesthesia was higher in the combination group than in the general anesthesia group(90.7％ vs.72.2％,x2 =4.267,P =0.039).Stroke volume variability(SVV),stroke volume(SV),heart rate(HR) and mean artery pressure(MAP)had no significant difference between the two groups at T0(pre-anesthesia)(P＞0.05).At T1 (anesthesia),T2 (intraoperative tissue traction),and T3(postoperative suture),there were significant differences in SVV,SV,HR and MAP between the two groups(P＜0.05).The incidence of postoperative complications was lower in the combination group than in the general anesthesia group(7.4％ vs.22.2％,x2 =4.696,P=0.000).Conclusions Ultrasound-guided continuous thoracic paravertebral nerve block combined with general anesthesia has good anesthetic effects,minor influence on cardiac function and a low incidence of postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing thoracotomy.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the genetic causes of hearing loss with enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) in two children from unrelated two Chinese families. METHODS: Sanger sequencing of all coding exons in SLC26A4 (encoding Pendrin protein) was performed on the two patients, their sibling and parents respectively. To predict and visualize the potential functional outcome of the novel variant, model building, structure analysis, and in silico analysis were further conducted. RESULTS: The results showed that the proband from family I harbored a compound heterozygote of SLC26A4 c.1174A>T (p.N392Y) mutation and c.1181delTCT (p.F394del) variant in exon 10, potentially altering Pendrin protein structure. In family II, the proband was identified in compound heterozygosity with a known mutation of c.919-2A>G in the splice site of intron 7 and a novel mutation of c.1023insC in exon 9, which results in a frameshift and translational termination, consequently leading to truncated Pendrin protein. Sequence homology analysis indicated that all the mutations localized at high conservation sites, which emphasized the significance of these mutations on Pendrin spatial organization and function. CONCLUSION: In summary, this study revealed two compound heterozygous mutations (c.1174A>T/c.1181delTCT; c.919- 2A>G/c.1023insC) in Pendrin protein, which might account for the deafness of the two probands clinically diagnosed with EVA. Thus this study contributes to improve understanding of the causes of hearing loss associated with EVA and develop a more scientific screening strategy for deafness.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Child ; Clinical Coding ; Computer Simulation ; Deafness ; Exons ; Extravehicular Activity ; Frameshift Mutation ; Hearing Loss ; Heterozygote ; Humans ; Introns ; Mass Screening ; Parents ; Sequence Homology ; Siblings ; Vestibular Aqueduct

Objective To investigate the relationship between DNA topoisomerase Ⅱ α (TOP2A) gene expression and clinicopathological characteristics and its significance of prognostic evaluation for patients with bladder cancer.Methods Bladder cancer gene expression profile GSE13507 (n =165) and GSE31189 (n =52) were obtained.The expression profile and clinical information of patients with bladder cancer were retrospectively analyzed,and the survival analysis was made.Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was conducted to explore the related pathways which were regulated by TOP2A.Results Compared with normal bladder tissues,TOP2A was upregnlated in bladder cancer tissues (5.823 ± 1.079 vs.4.820 ± 1.129),with a statistically significant difference (t =4.336,P ＜ 0.001).The TOP2A gene expression in patients with bladder cancer was correlated with the age of patients (x2 =5.926,P =0.015),sex (x2 =6.046,P =0.014),T staging (x2 =19.484,P ＜ 0.001),N staging (x2 =9.178,P =0.002),M staging (x2 =21.142,P ＜ 0.001),tumor grade (x2 =47.005,P ＜ 0.001),and progression (x2 =11.735,P =0.001),but it was not correlated with recurrence (x2 =0.808,P =0.369).Survival analysis showed that the specific survival rate in the 100 months of TOP2A gene high expression group and low expression group had a statistically significant difference (66.59％ vs.87.95％,x2 =15.820,P ＜ 0.001).The median overall survival time of TOP2A gene high expression group and low expression group were 51.77 months and 134.97 months respectively,with a statistically significant difference (x2 =11.280,P =0.008).The results of GSEA indicated that TOP2A could regulate gene sets related with several pathways like MYC-V1 signaling (P =0.035,FDR =0.132),MYC-V2 signaling (P =0.012,FDR =0.058),E2F signaling (P ＜ 0.001,FDR =0.006) and G2M checkpoint (P =0.006,FDR =0.044).Conclusion The TOP2A gene expression is closely related with clinicopathological characteristics of patients with bladder cancer.TOP2A may function as a potential marker of prognosis for patients with bladder cancer.