OBJECTIVE To construct a refined intelligent management platform for the supply chain of hospital preparations and to evaluate its implementation effectiveness.METHODS Machine learning and classical time series model were used to predict the demand for hospital preparations. Based on the prediction results， an intelligent management platform was constructed around each link of the supply chain of hospital preparations， which included three functional modules： intelligent auxiliary decision-making， daily expiry date monitoring， and intelligent push and continuous improvement. By comparing indicators such as the mean of average inventory turnover days of each preparation， average monthly expired and scrapped amount， and average clinical satisfaction before and after the application of the platform in the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University， the application effectiveness was evaluated from three dimensions: cost control， operational efficiency， and pharmaceutical care service quality.RESULTS The constructed intelligent management platform could automatically generate dynamic inventory grading alerts， production plan suggestions， material procurement suggestions， and expiry date alerts， and intelligently push them to relevant responsible persons. Compared with before the application， in terms of cost control， the mean of average inventory turnover days of each preparation was shortened from 64.1 days to 48.4 days， and the average monthly expired and scrapped amount was reduced from 1 973 yuan to 1 369 yuan； in terms of operational efficiency， the average time for production plan formulation was shortened from 120 min to 60 min， and the average lag days of expiry date alert information was shortened from 15 days to 0.5 days； in terms of pharmaceutical care service quality， the average clinical satisfaction increased from 85.4% to 94.6%.CONCLUSIONS The refined intelligent management platform for the supply chain of hospital preparations has been successfully constructed， which can assist managers in decision-making regarding production plan formulation， procurement， and disposal of near-expiry preparations and materials， thereby achieving the purpose of cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

Objective To create risk predictive models of healthcare-seeking delay among imported malaria patients in Jiangsu Province based on machine learning algorithms, so as to provide insights into early identification of imported malaria cases in Jiangsu Province. Methods Case investigation, first symptoms and time of initial diagnosis of imported malaria patients in Jiangsu Province in 2019 were captured from Infectious Disease Report Information Management System and Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control Information Management System of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The risk predictive models of healthcare-seeking delay among imported malaria patients were created with the back propagation (BP) neural network model, logistic regression model, random forest model and Bayesian model using thirteen factors as independent variables, including occupation, species of malaria parasite, main clinical manifestations, presence of complications, severity of disease, age, duration of residing abroad, frequency of malaria parasite infections abroad, incubation period, level of institution at initial diagnosis, country of origin, number of individuals travelling with patients and way to go abroad, and time of healthcare-seeking delay as a dependent variable. Logistic regression model was visualized using a nomogram, and the nomogram was evaluated using calibration curves. In addition, the efficiency of the four models for prediction of risk of healthcare-seeking delay among imported malaria patients was evaluated using the area under curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). The importance of each characteristic was quantified and attributed by using SHAP to examine the positive and negative effects of the value of each characteristic on the predictive efficiency. Results A total of 244 imported malaria patients were enrolled, including 100 cases (40.98%) with the duration from onset of first symptoms to time of initial diagnosis that exceeded 24 hours. Logistic regression analysis identified a history of malaria parasite infection [odds ratio (OR) = 3.075, 95% confidential interval (CI): (1.597, 5.923)], long incubation period [OR = 1.010, 95% CI: (1.001, 1.018)] and seeking healthcare in provincial or municipal medical facilities [OR = 12.550, 95% CI: (1.158, 135.963)] as risk factors for delay in seeking healthcare among imported malaria cases. BP neural network modeling showed that duration of residing abroad, incubation period and age posed great impacts on delay in healthcare-seek among imported malaria patients. Random forest modeling showed that the top five factors with the greatest impact on healthcare-seeking delay included main clinical manifestations, the way to go abroad, incubation period, duration of residing abroad and age among imported malaria patients, and Bayesian modeling revealed that the top five factors affecting healthcare-seeking delay among imported malaria patients included level of institutions at initial diagnosis, age, country of origin, history of malaria parasite infection and individuals travelling with imported malaria patients. ROC curve analysis showed higher overall performance of the BP neural network model and the logistic regression model for prediction of the risk of healthcare-seeking delay among imported malaria patients (Z = 2.700 to 4.641, all P values < 0.01), with no statistically significant difference in the AUC among four models (Z = 1.209, P > 0.05). The sensitivity (71.00%) and Youden index (43.92%) of the logistic regression model was higher than those of the BP neural network (63.00% and 36.61%, respectively), and the specificity of the BP neural network model (73.61%) was higher than that of the logistic regression model (72.92%). Conclusions Imported malaria cases with long duration of residing abroad, a history of malaria parasite infection, long incubation period, advanced age and seeking healthcare in provincial or municipal medical institutions have a high likelihood of delay in healthcare-seeking in Jiangsu Province. The models created based on the logistic regression and BP neural network show a high efficiency for prediction of the risk of healthcare-seeking among imported malaria patients in Jiangsu Province, which may provide insights into health management of imported malaria patients.

Objective:Analyze the epidemiological data and the clinical data of local foodborne botulism, summarize the influencing factors and clinical characteristics of the foodborne botulism, mitigate future misdiagnosis.Methods:An epidemiological investigation was conducted to a local outbreak with botulism, which involved 24 individuals consuming homemade bean curd and 14 cases with foodborne botulism through analyzing the influencing factors of the poisoning. For 14 patients with botulism, their clinical manifestations, first laboratory test and imaging data, treatment and prognosis, were documented and explored.Results:All 14 cases were diagnosed as type A foodborne botulism, of which 2 were misdiagnosed. The incidence of the foodborne botulism was reduced by 81.7% in alcoholic drinkers ( P=0.009). The median incubation period of the 14 patients with botulism was 2.0 (1.0~3.0) days. The initial clinical symptom of 10 patients was diplopia, while that of the other 4 patients was blurred vision. Nine patients subsequently suffered from paralysis of oropharyngeal muscles, leading to dysphagia, speech impairment, etc. Four patients progressed to dyspnea and chest tightness due to respiratory muscle involvement. All of the patients had clear consciousness without sensory abnormalities, no fever and abdominal symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. There were no obvious abnormal findings in 14 patients with laboratory tests and cranial CT/MRI assessment. 14 patients with the poisoning were relieved after injection of botulinum antitoxin for 8.0 (7.0~8.5) days. Follow-up of all the patients 6 months later found that 9 patients still had slight blurred vision. Conclusions:The typical clinical manifestation of foodborne botulism was symmetric descending flaccid paralysis. Drinking liquor could reduce the incidence of foodborne botulism. Botulinum antitoxin was effective in the treatment of botulism and should be used as early as possible.

Objective To investigate the influence of thrombus aspiration on ventricular remodeling of patients with ST?segment elevation type of myocardial infarction ( STEMI ) who underwent emergency percutaneous coronary intervention ( PCI) and its predicative value for patients′ prognosis. Methods Three hundred and eight patients who were diagnosed with STEMI line emergency PCI and hospitalized in the Cardiology Department of Jinghai Clinical College of Medical University of Tianjin from March 2011 to March 2014 were retrospective analyzed, including 152 patients received thrombus aspiration during primary PCI as thrombus aspiration group,and the remaining 156 patients without thrombus aspiration as control group. Indexes of myocardial perfusion levels such as ST?segment resolution 2 hours after PCI and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade were measured in all patients. All patients accepted echocardiography examinations to detect left ventricular end diastolic diameter(LVED) and left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) 10 days after PCI. The indexes differences of the two groups,secondary end points major cardiac adverse events(MACE) at 6 months were compared. Results There was no statistical difference between the ratio of two groups for ST segment fell more than 50%( 78. 9%( 120/152) vs. 71. 2%( 111/156) ,χ2=0. 428,P=0. 669) . But for ST segment fell more than 70%,the ratio of the thrombus aspiration group was significantly higher than that in the control group ( 73. 7%( 112/152 ) vs. 47. 4% ( 74/156 ) , χ2 = 4. 701, P = 0. 001 ) . Two groups of patients were treated by echocardiography 10 days after PCI,showed the LVED in the thrombus aspiration group was lower than that in the control group((50. 2±4. 7) mm vs. (51. 6±4. 6) mm,t=2. 642,P=0. 008),while the LVEF value was higher than that in the control group((56. 9±4. 9)% vs. (49. 4±4. 2)%,t=14. 434,P=0. 001). Recurrent angina pectoris decreased significantly in the thrombus aspiration group at 6 months ( 4. 61% ( 7/152 ) vs. 10. 90%(17/156),χ2=2. 056,P=0. 040). Conclusion STEMI patients adopt thrombus aspiration that undergoing emergency PCI,not only can improve myocardial reperfusion,especially microcirculation reperfusion, but also can improve the left ventricular systolic function and the prognosis of patients.

OBJECTIVEThe cytochrome P450 subfamily IIIA5 (CYP3A5) gene is responsible for the metabolism of many clinically used anticancer agents. So far the studies on CYP3A5 gene has only been focused on the leukemia cell lines. This study examined the polymorphism of CYP3A5 and tried to find the possible relationship between CYP3A5 gene expression and treatment outcome or prognosis in children with acute leukemia.

METHODSThe genotype distribution of CYP3A5-6986A/G gene polymorphism was detected with the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method in 66 children with newly diagnosed acute leukemia (AL) and 22 control individuals. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR was used to examine wt-CYP3A5 and SV1-CYP3A5 mRNA levels in the bone marrow.

RESULTSThree genotypes of CYP3A5-6986A/G polymorphisms were found: CYP3A5*1/*1, CYP3A5*1/*3 and CYP3A5*3/*3. There were significant differences in the wt-CYP3A5 mRNA expression among the AL patients with different genotypes (p<0.05). In patients with acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL), the complete remission (CR) rate in the group with a low expression of wt-CYP3A5 mRNA was significantly higher than that in the group with a high expression (p<0.05). A dynamic monitoring for wt-CYP3A5 mRNA expression was performed in two cases of ALL. The expression increased before ALL relapse compared with that in CR in a patient, while in the other patient, the expression was kept in a low level and the patient remained in CR CONCLUSIONS: wt-CYP3A5 mRNA expression was associated with the treatment outcome and prognosis in children with AL. Dynamic monitoring for wt-CYP3A5 mRNA expression in the bone marrow may be useful in the evaluation of the disease severity in childhood acute leukemia.

Acute Disease ; Child ; Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A ; genetics ; Genotype ; Humans ; Leukemia ; enzymology ; genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Messenger ; analysis

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy and safety of Yisui Shengxue Granule (YSSXG), a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, in treating beta-thalassemia. METHODS: A randomized single-blinded trial was designed. Sixty patients with beta-thalassemia were divided into two groups: 30 patients in YSSXG-treated group and 30 in placebo parallel-control group. The patients in the two groups were assigned to receive either YSSXG or placebo for three months. The patients' symptoms and their blood indexes such as hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC), reticulocytes (Ret) and fetal hemoglobin (HBF) were examined before and after the treatment. Meanwhile, the liver and spleen were examined with B-mode ultrasound. RESULTS: In the YSSXG-treated group, the blood indexes (Hb, RBC, Ret and HBF) and the symptoms of the patients were improved after three-month treatment, with statistical significance compared to those before treatment (P<0.01); hepatauxe and splenomegaly were also relieved (P<0.05) and no adverse reactions were monitored. In the placebo parallel-control group, no significant improvement of the blood indexes and symptoms, as well as the hepatauxe and splenomegaly had been found (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: YSSXG demonstrates obvious clinical efficacy and no adverse reactions in treating beta-thalassemia.