Objective To investigate the nutritional status of tumor patients in yuncheng region and to identify the factors influencing nutritional literacy. Methods Among the 486 patients with malignant digestive system tumors who attended our hospital from February 2021 to January 2024 were selected. The general data were collected in all patients. All patients were assessed using nutritional risk screening 2002, Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and Self-made Nutrition Literacy Scale. Then the prevalence of malnutrition was recorded, and factors affecting the nutritional literacy in patients with malignant digestive system tumors were screened using Logistic regression analysis. Results A total of 486 patients, The number of patients with nutritional risks reached 49.59% (241/486) and 185 (38.07%) developed malnutrition, of which the incidence of moderate malnutrition was 26.13 % (127/486) and the incidence of severe malnutrition was 11.93% (58/486). The mean nutritional literacy score of all patients was (49.22±7.67) and only 87 patients (17.90%) had a score of ≥60. Logistic regression analysis denoted that gender (OR=1.531, 95%CI: 1.146-1.876), age (OR=1.483, 95%CI: 1.061-1.724), educational background (OR=1.788, 95%CI: 1.247-2.334), marital status (OR=1.925, 95%CI: 1.436-2.846), place of residence (OR=2.102, 95%CI: 1.520-3.282), monthly income (OR=1.863, 95%CI: 1.386-2.622), and social support score (OR=1.972, 95%CI: 1.395-2.743) were all influencing factors of nutritional literacy level in patients with malignant digestive system tumors (P<0.05). Conclusion Patients with malignant digestive system tumors are at high risk of malnutrition, and their level of nutrient literacy needs to be improved. Targeted measures can be carried out based on these characteristics to improve the nutritional quality of patients.

AIM: To analyze the clinical features and multimodal imaging features of peripapillary hyper-reflective ovoid mass-like structure(PHOMS).METHODS: Retrospective observation study. Totally 35 patients(56 eyes)with PHOMS that diagnosed in the Affiliated Eye Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2020 to March 2024 were included in the study. All patients underwent fundus photography, fundus fluorescein angiography, fundus autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography, and B-ultrasound.RESULTS:PHOMS occurred across diverse age groups, with an insidious onset often detected incidentally during routine ophthalmic examinations. More patients came to hospital for refractive errors due to blurred vision The boundary of the optic disc is blurred on fundus photography, and the nasal eminence is more significant, showing a “C” shaped halo. No obvious abnormal fluorescence was observed on fundus autofluorescence and fundus fluorescein angiography during different periods. An elevated appearance in vary degrees with more prominent in the nasal parts was showed on different OCT scans. Vertical scanning on the nasal side of the optic disc showed the best PHOMS structure, which could be seen under the retinal nerve fiber layer and on the Bruch membrane, with sharply marginated hyper-reflective ovoid mass-like structures, and no shielding effect on the choroid. The higher the elevation, the larger the volume. Ocular B-mode ultrasound showed a pre-optic disc bulge on the posterior wall of the eyeball, and there was no strong signal echo in it.CONCLUSION:PHOMS can be found frequently in myopic patients and often asymptomatic. Transient vision loss and floaters may occur in symptomatic cases. The most typical OCT feature is a nasally located hyper-reflective ovoid structure with distinct margins.

Objective Data mining technology was used to mine the medication rules of the prescriptions used in the treatment of pediatric atopic dermatitis by Chinese medical master XUAN Guo-Wei.Methods The medical records of effective cases of pediatric atopic dermatitis treated by Professor XUAN Guo-Wei at outpatient clinic were collected,and then the medical data were statistically analyzed using frequency statistics,association rule analysis and cluster analysis.Results A total of 242 prescriptions were included,involving 101 Chinese medicinals.There were 23 commonly-used herbs,and the 16 high-frequency herbs(frequency＞100 times)were Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma,Saposhnikoviae Radix,Glehniae Radix,Perillae Folium,Ophiopogonis Radix,Cynanchi Paniculati Radix et Rhizoma,Microctis Folium,Dictamni Cortex,Scrophulariae Radix,Coicis Semen,Cicadae Periostracum,Lilii Bulbus,Rehmanniae Radix,Kochiae Fructus,Sclerotium Poriae Pararadicis,and Euryales Semen.The analysis of the medicinal properties showed that most of the herbs were sweet and cold,and mainly had the meridian tropism of the spleen,stomach and liver meridians.The association rule analysis yielded 24 commonly-used drug combinations and 20 association rules.Cluster analysis yielded 2 core drug combinations.Conclusion For the treatment of pediatric atopic dermatitis,Professor XUAN Guo-Wei focuses on the clearing,supplementing and harmonizing therapies,and the medication principle of"supporting the healthy-qi to eliminate the pathogen,and balancing the yin and yang"is applied throughout the treatment.

Objective:The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of auditory neuropathy (AN) patients with normal hearing or mild hearing loss.Methods:Data from Multicenter Study on Clinical Diagnosis and Intervention of Acoustic Neuropathy (registration number: ChiCTR2100050125). According to the Chinese clinical practice guideline of auditory neuropathy (version 2022), these patients divided into two groups: the normal hearing group (PTA Normal, PTA N group, the average hearing threshold<20 dB HL) and the mild hearing loss group (PTA Mild hearing loss, PTA M group, the average hearing threshold between 20-35 dBHL). The audiology characteristics, clinical features, and follow-up were analyzed. Data analysis was conducted using GraphPad Prism 8 and SPSS 20.0 software. Results:A total of 75 AN with normal hearing or mild hearing loss were included in this study. The PTA N group consisted of 19 patients (38 ears), including 12 males and 7 females. The average onset age was (16.9±4.5) years old, while the test age was (22.1±5.8) years old for PTA N group. The PTA M group consisted of 56 patients (112 ears), including 29 males and 27 females. The average onset age was (16.2±7.9) years old, while the test age was (23.9±9.0) yeas old for PTA M group. The average hearing threshold of low frequency (0.125-0.5 kHz) was significantly decreased. ABR disappeared in 86.00% (126/150) of the patients. The speech recognition rate was 71.80±22.44% in the PTA N group and 58.08±29.28% in the PTA M group.-SP/AP was 0.98±0.47 in the PTA N and 1.07±0.63 in PTA M group; 40 (53.33%) patients had tinnitus. 29 patients (58 ears) were followed up, including 10 patients (20 ears) in the PTA N group and 19 patients (38 ears) in the PTA M group. There was no significant change in hearing threshold in short-term follow-up (<3 years). With the extension of the disease duration (>3 years), the PTA N group tended to decrease at low frequency, and the PTA M group decreased at high frequency first. The hearing threshold at 0.25 kHz in the PTA N group and 4 kHz in the PTA M group decreased significantly. Conclusions:AN patients with normal hearing or mild hearing loss exhibit abnormal results in audiological examination results, including ABR, electrocochleography and speech discrimination score. A combination of audiological tests should be used to make the diagnosis of AN. With the progression of the disease, AN with normal hearing or mild hearing loss tends to decrease.

Objective To investigate the attributable risk(AR)of Acinetobacter baumannii(AB)infection in criti-cally ill patients.Methods A multicenter retrospective cohort study was conducted among adult patients in inten-sive care unit(ICU).Patients with AB isolated from sterile body fluid and confirmed with AB infection in each cen-ter were selected as the infected group.According to the matching criteria that patients should be from the same pe-riod,in the same ICU,as well as with similar APACHE Ⅱ score(±5 points)and primary diagnosis,patients who did not infect with AB were selected as the non-infected group in a 1:2 ratio.The AR was calculated.Results The in-hospital mortality of patients with AB infection in sterile body fluid was 33.3％,and that of non-infected group was 23.1％,with no statistically significant difference between the two groups(P=0.069).The AR was 10.2％(95％CI:-2.3％-22.8％).There is no statistically significant difference in mortality between non-infected pa-tients and infected patients from whose blood,cerebrospinal fluid and other specimen sources AB were isolated(P＞0.05).After infected with AB,critically ill patients with the major diagnosis of pulmonary infection had the high-est AR.There was no statistically significant difference in mortality between patients in the infected and non-infec-ted groups(P＞0.05),or between other diagnostic classifications.Conclusion The prognosis of AB infection in critically ill patients is highly overestimated,but active healthcare-associated infection control for AB in the ICU should still be carried out.

Health technology assessment(HTA)is an important tool to inform health decision-making.Although highly related to ethical issues in the context of HTA,equity has attracted much attention from the academia,a consensus has not yet been reached on how to define and evaluate equity in China and abroad.It introduces the concept of equity,pointes out the necessity to realize health equity and the reflection of equity in healthcare sector,and further elaborates four ways to consider equity,and described the official practice of equity in HTA at home and abroad.It proposes several suggestions for China's HTA:considering equity in HTA and the discussion of equity should depend on specific decision-making scenarios;clarifying what health measurement perspective should be adopted before measuring health equity;paying attention to the value judgment of equity adopted by various stakeholders;conducting basic researches on the general population's preference for health measurement perspectives and value judgments of equity in China in a gesture to improve the evaluation system of equity in HTA.

The payment methods,such as Diagnosis Related Group(DRG)for hospitalization and capitation for outpatient treat-ment,have achieved positive results in protecting the rights and interests of insured persons and improving the efficiency of the use of medical insurance funds.However,for patients with chronic diseases and rehabilitation nursing,the hospitalization period is long and the conditions complicated,and the payment method of DRGs is not reasonable.It analyzes the experiences of paying for long-term hospital cases in the US.and Germany from the aspect of reform process,payment method and regulatory measures.In order to pro-vide references for the reform of per-diem payment in rehabilitation nursing and other long-term hospitalized cases,it puts forward suggestions from aspects of realizing value care,reflecting individual differences,exploring complex payment methods,improving data quality and establishing constraint mechanism.

Objective To develop a prefilled portable intelligent intravenous transfusion pump to facilitate fast and convenient fluid pumping during emergency treatment and casualty transport.Methods The prefilled portable intelligent venous transfusion pump was composed of a driver module,a pump module,a human-machine interface,a prefilled sterile infusion bag and a pump catheter.The driver module adopted integrated design and applied a high-voltage DC-AC converter to driving the piezoelectric pump used as the power source of the pump module;the human-machine interface consisted of several keys for on/off,rate adjustment,switching and confirmation;the prefilled sterile infusion bag was made of medical-grade polypropylene,and the pump catheter was made of medical silicone rubber.Results The transfusion pump developed could be worn on the casualty limb and did not require height difference for intravenous infusion,which enhanced intravenous drug delivery in portability,reliability and intelligence.Conclusion The transfusion pump developed gains advantages in low size,weight and easy operation,and thus is worthy promoting for venous transfusion in battlefield conditions and field emergency environments.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2024,45(5):111-114]

Objective:To analyze the correlation between homocysteine (Hcy), ferritin and gestational anemia in advanced age pregnant women, and the effect on adverse pregnancy outcomes.Methods:The clinical data of 344 advanced age pregnant women in Handan City Maternal and Child Health Hospital from March 2021 to June 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The adverse pregnancy outcomes were followed up and recorded. The pregnant women were divided into anemia group (114 cases) and control group (230 cases) according to the diagnostic criteria for anemia. The levels of Hcy and ferritin, etc. were compared between two groups, different degrees of anemia and different pregnancy outcomes. Pearson method was used to analyze the correlation between Hcy, ferritin and hemoglobin. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the independent risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes in advanced age pregnant women with gestational anemia.Results:The Hcy in anemia group was significantly higher than that in control group: (31.39 ± 3.34) mol/L vs. (9.28 ± 1.44) mol/L, the ferritin was significantly lower than that in control group: (69.81 ± 5.08) μg/L vs. (96.43 ± 7.52) μg/L, and there were statistical differences ( P<0.01). Among 114 advanced age pregnant women with gestational anemia, 64 cases were mild anemia (mild anemia group), 35 cases were moderate anemia (moderate anemia group), and 15 cases were severe anemia (severe anemia group). The levels of Hcy in the control group, mild anemia group, moderate anemia group and severe anemia group were gradually increased: (9.28 ± 1.44), (24.79 ± 3.25), (37.63 ± 5.51) and (45.01 ± 7.23) mol/L, the levels of ferritin were gradually decreased: (96.43 ± 7.52), (81.19 ± 5.14), (64.82 ± 4.47) and (32.96 ± 2.01) μg/L, and the difference between pairwise comparisons were statistically significant ( P<0.05). Pearson correlation analysis result showed that Hcy was negatively correlated with hemoglobin ( r = - 0.596, P<0.01), and ferritin was positively correlated with hemoglobin ( r = 0.685, P<0.01). Among 114 advanced age pregnant women with gestational anemia, 35 cases had adverse pregnancy outcomes, and 79 cases had normal pregnancy outcomes. The age, gestational reproductive tract infection rate and Hcy in advanced age pregnant women with adverse pregnancy outcomes were significantly higher than those in advanced age pregnant women with normal pregnancy outcomes: (41.17 ± 3.74) years old vs. (38.25 ± 4.28) years old, 28.57% (10/35) vs. 10.13% (8/79) and (49.56 ± 4.12) mol/L vs. (23.34 ± 2.63) mol/L, the ferritin was significantly lower than that in advanced age pregnant women with normal pregnancy outcomes: (38.36 ± 3.08) μg/L vs. (83.74 ± 6.25) μg/L, and the degree of gestational anemia was more serious than that in advanced age pregnant women with normal pregnancy outcomes, and there were statistical differences ( P<0.01 or <0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis result showed that age, gestational reproductive tract infection, Hcy, ferritin and the degree of gestational anemia were the independent risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes in advanced age pregnant women with gestational anemia ( OR = 1.570, 1.758, 1.865, 1.556 and 1.652; 95% CI 1.154 to 2.136, 1.181 to 2.617, 1.223 to 2.842, 1.100 to 2.201 and 1.175 to 2.323; P<0.01). Conclusions:The level of Hcy in advanced age pregnant women with gestational anemia is relatively higher, and the level of ferritin is relatively lower. The ferritin and Hcy levels are risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes in advanced age pregnant women with gestational anemia, and may be involved in the occurrence and development of gestational anemia in advanced age pregnant women.

Objective To deeply explore the principles of drug combinations in the treatment of vitiligo by traditional Chinese medicine master XUAN Guo-Wei by data mining technology,and to analyze the potential mechanism of action of the core drug pairs by network pharmacology.Methods The original case records of Professor XUAN Guo-Wei in treating vitiligo were compiled,and then TCM inheritance Computing Platform was used to analyze the frequency of drugs in the prescriptions,the association rules between drugs,and the core combinations of drugs by the association rule method,and the core drug pairs of Professor XUAN Guo-Wei's treatment of vitiligo were obtained based on the results of the data mining,additionally,the mechanism of the core pairs of drugs was analyzed by using the method of network pharmacology.Results A total of 243 prescriptions were collected,among which the high-frequency drugs were Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma,Tribuli Fructus,Ecliptae Herba,Cuscutae Semen,Scrophulariae Radix,Angelicae Dahuricae Radix,etc.,and the core pair was Tribuli Fructus-Ecliptae Herba.The main components of Tribuli Fructus-Ecliptae Herba for the treatment of vitiligo were quercetin,kaempferol,etc.,there were 47 targets for the intersection of the active ingredients with the disease,among which TP53,TNF,IL-1β,CASP3,VEGFA,PTGS2,IL10,IL2,IFNG,and IL4 may be the core targets for the treatment of vitiligo by Tribuli Fructus-Ecliptae Herba.The main pathways of Tribuli Fructus-Ecliptae Herba drug pairs against the disease were PI3K-Akt signaling pathway,NF-κB signaling pathway,JAK-STAT signaling pathway and MAPK signaling pathway.Conclusion The core drug pair of Professor XUAN Guo-Wei in the treatment of vitiligo is Tribuli Fructus-Ecliptae Herba,which involves targets such as TP53,TNF,IL-1β,CASP3,VEGFA,PTGS2,IL10,IL2,IFNG,IL4,etc.,Tribuli Fructus-Ecliptae Herba drug pair maybe exert an effect in the treatment of vitiligo through PI3K-Akt signaling pathway,NF-κB signaling pathway,JAK-STAT signaling pathway and MAPK signaling pathway.