In neurons and myocytes, selective ion channels in the plasma membrane play a pivotal role in transducing chemical or sensory stimuli into electrical signals, underpinning neural and cardiac functionality. Recent advancements in biomedical research have increasingly spotlighted the interaction between ion channels and electromagnetic fields, especially terahertz (THz) radiation. This review synthesizes current findings on the impact of THz radiation, known for its deep penetration and non-ionizing properties, on ion channel kinetics and membrane fluid dynamics. It is organized into three parts: the biophysical effects of THz exposure on cells, the specific modulation of ion channels by THz radiation, and the potential pathophysiological consequences of THz exposure. Understanding the biophysical mechanisms underlying these effects could lead to new therapeutic strategies for diseases.
Neurons/metabolism* ; Animals ; Ion Channels/radiation effects* ; Humans ; Terahertz Radiation ; Kinetics ; Cell Membrane/radiation effects*

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy and feasibility of coronary artery calcium score ( CACS) on virtual non-contrast scan ( VNC) images obtained from coronary artery CT angiography ( CCTA) scan with dual －layer spectral detector CT (SDCT) ． Methods : The data of 197 patients who underwent CCTA scan in hospital were analyzed retrospectively，and 88 patients with CACS ＞0 were further analyzed． Linear regression analysis of CACS and coronary artery calcium volume ( CACV) of true non-contrast (TNC) images and VNC images ( CACS-TNC， CACS-VNC，CACV-TNC，CACV-VNC) was performed to obtain linear regression equation and correction coefficients λ 1AVG and λ2AVG ．CACS-VNC and CACV-VNC were corrected by the corresponding regression equation and recorded as CCACS-VNC and CCACV-VNC，respectively．Spearman correlation coefficient was used for correlation analysis and Bland-Altman plot was used for consistency test．Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the difference between the two groups. Results : For the total coronary artery，there was a strong correlation between CACS- TNC and CACS-VNC (rs = 0. 952，P ＜0. 001 ，λ 1AVG = 2. 19 ) ，CACV-TNC and CACV-VNC ( rs = 0. 954，P < 0. 001，λ2AVG = 1. 93) ．The results of Mann-Whitney U test showed that there was no significant difference between CACS-TNC and CCACS-VNC or between CACV-TNC and CCACV-VNC，and the Bland-Altman plot showed good consistency between CACS-TNC and CCACS-VNC ，CACV-TNC and CCACV-VNC． Conclusion VNC images based on SDCT can accurately measure CACS and be used for cardiovascular risk classification，which is expected to replace TNC scan and reduce the radiation dose of patients.

Objective:Rapid assessment of the outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is an important clinical issue. In this study, an electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis method based on dynamic learning was proposed.Methods:A total of 203 patients with ACS after successful PCI were enrolled for prospective analysis at the Emergency Department of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University from April 2019 to December 2020. All patients were divided into group without ≥70% postoperative stenosis ( n=72) and group with ≥ 70% postoperative stenosis ( n=131) according to the presence of 70% or more stenosis after PCI. The clinical data of ACS patients were collected and analyzed by χ2 test, t-test, or Mann-Whitney test. ECGs were recorded before and 2 h after PCI, and were dynamically analyzed to generate cardiodynamicsgram (CDG) using dynamic learning. In the group without ≥ 70% postoperative stenosis, the model and CDG index for evaluating myocardial ischemia were obtained by training support vector machine (SVM) using 10 times 10-fold cross-validation. Results:There was no significant difference in clinical data between the two groups. The prediction accuracy and sensitivity of the support vector machine model for myocardial ischemia in group without≥70% postoperative stenosis were 73.61%, and 84.72% respectively. CDG transformed from disorderly to regular after PCI, and CDG index decreased significantly ( P<0.001): 90.28% (65) patients in group without≥70% postoperative stenosis, and 79.39% (104) patients in group with≥70% postoperative stenosis had lower CDG indexes than before PCI. Conclusions:In this study, CDG obtained by dynamic learning can intuitively and effectively evaluate the changes of myocardial ischemia before and after PCI, which is helpful to assist clinicians to formulate the next treatment plan.

Objective:To investigate the characteristics of and associated risk factors for pulmonary dysfunction in silicosis patients with progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) .Methods:In-patients with PMF treated in the Department of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology in Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University from June 2014 to October 2020 were enrolled in this study. Based on their pulmonary ventilation function, the patients were divided into normal ventilation group, obstructive ventilation dysfunction group, restrictive ventilation dysfunction group, and mixed ventilation dysfunction group. The location and area of the large opacity and the grade of emphysema were evaluated by high-resolution CT (HRCT) of the chest. Based on the location, the large opacity was classified into central type, peripheral type, and mixed type.Results:A total of 115 silicosis patients with PMF were enrolled, with 85 (73.91%) having different types of pulmonary dysfunction, including 36 cases (31.30%) in the obstructive ventilation dysfunction group, 9 cases (7.83%) in the restrictive ventilation dysfunction group and 40 cases (34.78%) in the mixed ventilation dysfunction group. As for the location of the large opacity, 41 cases (35.65%) were central type, 52 cases (45.22%) were peripheral type, and 22 cases (19.13%) were mixed type. Logistic regression analysis showed that the central large opacity and grade 3-4 emphysema were risk factors for obstructive ventilation dysfunction ( OR=52.179, 5.500, P<0.05) , class C large opacity was the risk factor for restrictive ventilation dysfunction ( OR=33.146, P<0.05) , class B, class C large opacity and central large opacity were the risk factors for mixed ventilation dysfunction ( OR=6.414, 11.561, 19.600, P<0.05) . Conclusion:In silicosis patients with PMF, the incidence rate of pulmonary ventilation dysfunction is higher, mainly obstructive and mixed ventilation dysfunction. The area and location of large opacity are associated with the incidence and types of pulmonary ventilation dysfunction.

Objective:To investigate the characteristics of and associated risk factors for pulmonary dysfunction in silicosis patients with progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) .Methods:In-patients with PMF treated in the Department of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology in Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University from June 2014 to October 2020 were enrolled in this study. Based on their pulmonary ventilation function, the patients were divided into normal ventilation group, obstructive ventilation dysfunction group, restrictive ventilation dysfunction group, and mixed ventilation dysfunction group. The location and area of the large opacity and the grade of emphysema were evaluated by high-resolution CT (HRCT) of the chest. Based on the location, the large opacity was classified into central type, peripheral type, and mixed type.Results:A total of 115 silicosis patients with PMF were enrolled, with 85 (73.91%) having different types of pulmonary dysfunction, including 36 cases (31.30%) in the obstructive ventilation dysfunction group, 9 cases (7.83%) in the restrictive ventilation dysfunction group and 40 cases (34.78%) in the mixed ventilation dysfunction group. As for the location of the large opacity, 41 cases (35.65%) were central type, 52 cases (45.22%) were peripheral type, and 22 cases (19.13%) were mixed type. Logistic regression analysis showed that the central large opacity and grade 3-4 emphysema were risk factors for obstructive ventilation dysfunction ( OR=52.179, 5.500, P<0.05) , class C large opacity was the risk factor for restrictive ventilation dysfunction ( OR=33.146, P<0.05) , class B, class C large opacity and central large opacity were the risk factors for mixed ventilation dysfunction ( OR=6.414, 11.561, 19.600, P<0.05) . Conclusion:In silicosis patients with PMF, the incidence rate of pulmonary ventilation dysfunction is higher, mainly obstructive and mixed ventilation dysfunction. The area and location of large opacity are associated with the incidence and types of pulmonary ventilation dysfunction.

Sepsis is currently a major problem and challenge facing the medical community. With rapid development and progress of modern medicine, researchers have put more and more attention on sepsis; meanwhile, the morbidity and mortality of sepsis remains high despite great efforts from experts in various fields. According to updated guidelines, sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Infection is the initial step of sepsis progression, and development from infection to sepsis is a complex pathophysiological process, including pathogen invasion, cytokine release, capillary leakage, microcirculation dysfunction, etc. which finally leads to organ metabolic disorders and functional failure. According to the latest recommended international guidelines of Sepsis 3.0, the presence of infection and SOFA score ≥ 2 are considered as the diagnostic criteria for sepsis, and the 'rescue' measures mainly focus on reversal of organ dysfunction. However, despite nearly two decades of efforts, the 'Save Sepsis Campaign' has not achieved satisfactory results. Emergency medicine is the frontier subject of acute and severe illness which treats patients with acute infections at the earliest. If at this stage, physicians can predict the possibility of sepsis progression from demographic characteristics, localize the pathogen and infection, detect the inflammatory storms by tests of cytokines and evaluate the severity of the infection with more effective clinical scoring system, and then take effective measures to prevent infection from developing into sepsis in high-risk patients, the morbidity and mortality of sepsis in patients with acute infection will be greatly reduced. Based on this situation, Chinese emergency medicine experts proposed the concept of 'preventing and blocking' sepsis, and launched the nationwide 'Preventing Sepsis Campaign in China (PSCC)' nationwide. The main concept is summarized as 'three early and two reduces' which includes early detection, early diagnosis and early intervention during the 'pre-symptomatic' and 'peri-septic' stage in order to reduce the incidence of sepsis and it proposed a new approach for diagnosis and treatment of acute severe infection. This consensus is jointly advocated, discussed and written by four academic associations in the field of emergency medicine and five scholarly publishing organizations. More than 40 experts from fields of emergency medicine, critical care medicine, infectious diseases, pharmacy and laboratory medicine have participated in several rounds of deliberation and finally reached consensus on the criteria of identifying patients with acute infection, taking anti-infective treatments, screening of high-risk patients with sepsis, detection and treatment of inflammatory storm, protection of vascular endothelial cells and the regulation of coagulation function, as well as strategies of liquid support and organ function protection etc. The consensus summarizes the commonly used clinical diagnosis criteria and treatment measures of sepsis both in Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine for clinicians in order to provide evidence for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

County-level hospitals, as medical and health centers in the counties, are mainly responsible for providing medical care for common and frequently-occurring diseases as well as rescuing acute critical patients. In 2018, editors of the Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine evaluated the current situation of the emergency departments of county-level hospitals and found an unbalanced, inadequate, irregular, and unstable status existed among them. In order to provide developmental principles and constructional goals for the emergency departments of county-level hospitals, which located in different regions and with uneven foundations, Emergency Medical Branch of Chinese Medical Association particularly formulated this expert consensus. It not only suits for county-level general hospitals but also offers reference to the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and specialized hospitals. The consensus includes: duties and scope of the emergency department, flow layout, equipment configuration and technology, job setting and staffing, management of emergency department, information construction and centralized construction. Construction specifications are divided into basic standards and recommended standards. The terms in the text are basic standards, and recommendations are improvements on basic standards. The basic standards are mainly suitable for the 2 Grade general hospitals, and the recommended standards mainly for 3 Grade general hospitals.
China ; Consensus ; Emergency Service, Hospital/organization & administration* ; Hospitals, County ; Humans

Chest pain is among the most frequent cause of emergence department (ED) encounters.The etiological factors of chest pain are various and complex,which make early diagnosis remains a clinical challenge.Even worse,on account of the difficulty in rapid risk stratification,some high-risk patients didnt get optimal therapy,whereas low-risk patients got unnecessary hospitalization and extensive evaluation.With the quick development of biomarkers,early diagnosis and risk stratification becomes possible.In this paper,a systemic review of these biomarkers was performed.

Objective To investigate the effect of comprehensive rehabilitation direction on functional ankle instability (FAI). Methods 32 consecutive patients with FAI were divided into 2 groups. The rehabilitation group (n=16) finished their rehabilitation program under the instruction of physiotherapists in the hospital, and the control group (n=16) exercised at home by written instruction. All the patients were tested with One Leg Standing Test (OLST) and Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI) for the injured ankle before and 4 weeks after training.Results The scores of both OLST and FADI improved after training in the rehabilitation group (P<0.01), but did not in the control group (P>0.05); and improved more in the rehabilitation group than in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion The comprehensive rehabilitation direction is effctive on FAI.

Gene knockout by ZFNs (zinc-finger nucleases) is efficient and specific, and successfully applied in more than 10 organisms. Currently, it is unclear whether this technology can be used for knocking-out enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene in transgenic goats. Here we constructed and used ZFN-coding plasmids to produce genetic knockouts in the cells of cloned fetus produced from donor cells by microinjection of EGFP gene. Following introduced plasmids into caprine primary cultured fetus fibroblasts by electroporation, targeting of a transgene resulted in sequence mutation. Using the flow cytometric analysis, we confirmed the disappearance of EGFP expression in treated cells. Sequence from PCR products corresponding to targeted site showed that insertion of a G into the exon of EGFP resulted in frame shift mutation. These results suggest that ZFN-mediated gene targeting can apply to caprine fetus fibroblasts, which may open a unique avenue toward the creation of gene knockout goats combining with somatic cell nuclear transfer.
Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cloning, Organism ; Electrophoresis ; Endonucleases ; genetics ; metabolism ; Fetus ; Fibroblasts ; metabolism ; Gene Knockout Techniques ; Gene Targeting ; methods ; Goats ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; genetics ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Zinc Fingers