Objective:To explore the validity and safety of flat-tipped injection needle and conical catheter these 2 instruments in the hydrodynamic releasing treatment of fecal calculus incarceration in the colonic diverticulum.Methods:From 1 May 2022 to 31 July 2023, 77 patients with fecal calculus incarceration in colonic diverticulum detected by colonscopy at the Endoscope Center of Shantou Central Hospital were prospectively selected. According to the random number table method, 77 patients were randomly divided into the flat-tipped injection needle group (39 cases, 51 fecal stone embedded) and the conical catheter group (38 cases, 49 fecal stone embedded). The successful rate of fecal stone releasing, operation time and complications of 2 groups were observed. Independent samples t test and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis. Results:The successful rate of fecalith releasing of flat-tipped injection needle group was higher than that of the conical catheter group (100.0%, 51/51 vs. 83.7%, 41/49), and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2=9.05, P=0.002). There was no significant difference in the operation time of successful cases between the flat-tipped injection needle group and the conical catheter group ((5.7±1.2) s vs. (5.9±0.8) s, P>0.05). There were no cases of intraoperative or postoperative bleeding or perforation in the process of fecal stone releasing in both groups. Missed submucosal injection occurred in 4 cases of the flat-tipped injection needle group and occurred in three cases of the conical catheter group, and there was no significant difference in the incidence of complications between the 2 groups ( P>0.05). Conclusion:Both instruments are effective and safe in the hydrodynamic releasing treatment of fecal calculus incarceration in the colonic diverticulum, and the success rate of flat-tipped injection needle is higher than that of conical catheter.

Objective:To explore the effect of the "organ system-based learning (OBL)" digestive system teaching model in the clinical internship teaching of undergraduate nursing students.Methods:A total of 84 nursing undergraduates who practiced in the digestive system department of a third-grade Class-A general hospital from July 2020 to May 2022 were selected as the research objects. According to the historical control study, they were divided into control group ( n=42) and experimental group ( n=42). The control group adopted traditional practice teaching, and the experimental group adopted OBL teaching. The admission theory scores of the two groups of nursing students in the department, graduation theory scores and technical scores, nursing students' core competency and clinical teaching satisfaction were compared. SPSS 24.0 was used for t-test and chi-square test. Results:There was no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in admission theory scores. The graduation theory scores of the experimental group (93.27±1.47) and the control group (90.91±1.32) were statistically significant ( t=7.72, P<0.001). The graduation technical scores of the experimental group (94.51±1.81) and the control group (94.00±2.35) were not significantly different ( t=1.12, P=0.268). The core competency of nursing students in the experimental group (164.21±20.81) and the control group (152.79±15.76) was statistically significant ( t=2.84, P=0.006). Clinical teaching satisfaction of the experimental group (173.33±17.58) and the control group (152.67±19.74) was statistically significant ( t=5.07, P<0.001). Conclusion:The application of the OBL practice teaching model in the digestive system department is conducive to improving the theoretical knowledge of nursing students, and improving the core competence and clinical teaching satisfaction.

Apnea test (AT) is a key step in the diagnosis of adult brain death, which provides important basis for the loss of brainstem function in patients with adult brain death. In recent years, with extensive development of adult brain death determination and organ donation transplantation, discussion and research of AT have been gradually promoted. In formulation of adult brain death criteria, countries have paid more attention to the standardization and normalization of AT implementation, and medical staffs have improved the AT implementation process. This article reviews the current AT implementation standards, conventional AT procedures and complications, modified AT exploration, AT implementation with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and treatments and auxiliary examinations after AT failure, in order to deepen the understanding and cognition of adult brain death determination physicians on AT, and promote AT development in a more standardized and orderly way.

Objective:To evaluate the clinical value of endoscopic release therapy for fecal impaction in the colorectal diverticulum.Methods:Data of patients with fecal impaction in the colorectal diverticulum who received endoscopy in Shantou Central Hospital from January 2018 to September 2020 were included in this study. Among them, 85 patients treated with endoscopic release therapy were assigned to the observation group (2 patients were excluded from the observation group due to acute appendicitis), and 43 patients receiving no treatment were assigned to the control group. The relief of abdominal symptoms was used as an index to evaluate the clinical value of endoscopic release therapy for fecal impaction in the colorectal diverticulum.Results:In the observation group, 42.2% (35/83) were successfully released at one time. The successful comprehensive measures accounted for 25.0% (12/48) of the first release failure, and the total success rate was 56.6% (47/83). There were no complications related to endoscopy in the observation group. One week after the treatment, patients in the observation group were followed up by telephone. Among the 45 patients who were successfully released, positive symptoms of 30 patients disappeared or significantly improved with the effective rate of 90.9% (30/33). Among the 38 patients who failed to release the fecal impaction, 19 had positive symptoms and 16 improved in varying degrees with the effective rate of 55.2% (16/29). The overall effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group [55.4% (46/83) VS 7.0% (3/43)], showing significant difference( χ2=23.354, P<0.01). The effective rate were significant differences in the successful release group [65.2% (30/46)], unsuccessful release group [29.7% (11/37)] and the control group [7.0% (3/43), χ2=33.792, P<0.01]. By pairwise comparison, the effective rate of the successful release group was the highest, followed by the unsuccessful release group, and that of the control group was the lowest with significant difference ( P<0.017). Conclusion:The endoscopic release therapy for fecal impaction in the colorectal diverticulum is relatively simple, which can relieve and reduce related symptoms, avoid complications, missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis, and show definite curative effects. When colorectal diverticulum with fecal impaction is found in the process of endoscopy, it is of great practical significance to release the incarcerated feces by means of different methods.

Objective:To investigate the effect of sarcopenia on physical performance and nutritional status in elderly patients with gastrointestinal tumors.Methods:a total of 120 eligible in-patients were enrolled from gastrointestinal surgery department of a Grade A tertiary hospital in Ningbo city from September 2021 to January 2022. General clinical data were collected, nutritional risk was screened using Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002), physical performance was assessed by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), skeletal muscle index at the third lumbar vertebra level (L3 SMI) was calculated using abdominal CT scan, and grip strength/muscle strength, gait speed by 6 Meter Timed Walk Test and calf circumference were measured. Subjects were divided into sarcopenia and non-sarcopenia group according to the diagnostic criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS). Impacting factors of sarcopenia and the correlation between muscle mass and physical performance in elderly patients with gastrointestinal tumors were analyzed.Results:The overall prevalence rate of sarcopenia in elderly patients with gastrointestinal tumors was 28.3% (34/120) and it was 28.9% (22/76) and 27.3% (12/44) in males and females respectively. There were statistically significant differences in age, tumor stage, nutritional risk, body mass index, calf circumference, L3 SMI, grip strength/muscle strength, gait speed and SPPB score between patients with and without sarcopenia (P<0.05). Muscle strength/grip strength, L3 SMI and gait speed were closely correlated with the occurrence of sarcopenia in elderly patients with gastrointestinal tumors (P<0.05). The L3 SMI was positively correlated with physical performance as assessed with SPPB in both groups.Conclusions:Sarcopenia is a common complication in elderly patients with gastrointestinal tumors with multiple influencing factors. Timely nutritional intervention and exercise intervention should be incorporated into the treatment of elderly gastrointestinal tumor patients with sarcopenia in order to improve nutrition status.

Objective:To analyze the clinical characteristics of functional esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) and to improve the knowledge of functional EGJOO.Methods:From January 2015 to December 2019, at the Gastrointestinal Motility Center of The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, 91 patients who underwent high resolution esophageal manometry (HREM) and met the EGJOO criteria of Chicago Classification for esophageal motility disorders, 3rd edition and excluded organic diseases by examination such as gastroscopy or upper gastrointestinal radiography were collected. The clinical manifestations, treatment methods, effect and clinical outcome of patients with functional EGJOO, the HREM parameters of patients with different clinical manifestations as well as symptoms and HREM parameters of patients with different treatments were analyzed. Least significant difference test or Tamhanes T2 test, Mann-Whitney U or Wilcoxon test, chi-square test or Fisher exact test were used for statistical analysis. Results:The most common symptom of 91 functional EGJOO patients was dysphagia (34/91, 37.4%). The lower esophageal sphincter pressure (LESP) and the intrabolus pressure during relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (IBP LESR) of patients with dysphagia were both higher than those of patients without dysphagia (30.95 mmHg (26.27 mmHg, 39.37 mmHg) (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) vs. 27.35 mmHg (24.60 mmHg, 34.87 mmHg); (8.25±4.64) mmHg vs. (5.69±4.65) mmHg), and the differences were statistically significant ( Z=2.076, t=2.539; P=0.038, 0.013). Thirty patients (33.0%) had no special treatment, 52 patients (57.1%) were treated with medication, and nine patients (10.0%) underwent peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). The incidence of dysphagia before treatment and maximum intrabolus pressure of patients who underwent POEM were both higher than those of patients without special treatment and medication treatment (8/9 vs 43.3%, 13/30 and 25.0%, 13/52; 21.80 mmHg (15.45 mmHg, 28.95 mmHg) vs. 12.20 mmHg (10.00 mmHg, 18.10 mmHg) and 13.70 mmHg (11.07 mmHg, 17.82 mmHg)), and the differences were statistically significant (Fisher exact test, Fisher exact test; Z=2.814, 2.390; P=0.023, P<0.01, P=0.005, 0.017). The incidences of delayed esophageal emptying or esophageal dilation of patients who underwent POEM, without special treatment and with medication treatment was 6/9, 5/14 and 3/18, respectively, and the differences were statistically significant among three groups (Fisher exact test, P=0.039). Among them, the incidence of delayed esophageal emptying or esophageal dilation of patients received POEM before treatment was higher than that of patients with medication treatment (Fisher exact test, P=0.026). The symptoms of 24.2% (22/91) was spontaneously relieved, and two patients (2.2%) developed type Ⅱ achalasia during follow-up. Conclusions:The main manifestation of patients with functional EGJOO is dysphagia. Patients with significantly increased LESP and IBP LESP are more likely to have dysphagia. Patients with obvious signs of esophageal gastric junction obstruction are more inclined to choose POEM treatment. Some patients with functional EGJOO can relieve themselves, and a few patients can develop achalasia.

Objective:To search for the key genes influencing the resistance of rectal cancer to chemoradiotherapy based on the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA).Methods:The data were collected from gene expression omnibus. The whole genome expression data GSE119409 of patients receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy were obtained by gene expression ominibus. The weighted gene co-expression networks of pathological complete response group and non-pathological complete response group were constructed respectively. NetRep conservative evaluation method was used to comprehensively analyze the three key network attributes of gene connectivity, gene significance and module membership of each node in the network module, and to determine the key genes closely related to the sensitivity of rectal cancer to radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Results:Network modules including black, blue, green, yellow and purple were obtained by WGCNA, and five key genes including SLC22A14, SIDT2, CABP4, EPHB6 and RAB11B were screened out.Conclusions:Five gene co-expression network modules and five key genes related to chemoradiotherapy resistance of rectal cancer were screened by weighted gene co-expression network analysis, which provided clues for finding molecular markers and potential therapeutic targets for neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy resistance evaluation.

Objective Aimed to develop the evaluation system and weight of hospital orientation training.Methods Literature review,Delphi,questionnaire,AHP to develop the evaluation system and determined the weight with Satty's method.Results The evaluation system includes 3 division's 13 items.Conclusions Course content,teaching method,course difficultness and occupational plan ning play the most important role,and should be paid more attention.

Objective To compare the safety and efficacy of different methods for nasal jejunum tube placement in patients with mechanical ventilation.Methods From March 1,2015 to August 31,2017,patients with mechanical ventilation needed nasal jejunum tube placement were randomly divided into three groups,and three groups were provided with supine position(Group A),head forward flexion (Group B) and head back position(Group C),and nasal jejunum tubes were inserted by the same person.Time of reaching stomach,time of stomach to jejunum,and number of successful cases were recorded.Results In Group C,time of reaching stomach was significantly shorter than that in Group A and Group B(P＜0.01),time of stomach to jejunum in Group B was significantly shorter than that in Group A and Group C(P＜0.01).There were no statistically significant differences among three groups in number of successful cases in stomach and in jejunum(P＞O.05).Conclusion The method of head elevation and head back position is easy for nasal jejunum tube to pass through the throat with spiral movement;right lateral position together with uniform continuous advancing of nasal jejunum tube can have higher successful rate,which is conducive to the establishment of early enteral nutrition in patients with mechanical ventilation.

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a heterogeneous group of myeloid clonal disease deriving from hematopoietic stem cells, which is mainly characterized with bone marrow failure and abnormal cloning. Trisomy 8 is the most common chromosomal abnormality in MDS. Current studies have found that gene amplification, gene mutation, abnormal expression of microRNA, high expression of Wilms tumor 1 protein, Survivin and miR-661 are related to trisomy 8, which play roles in the abnormality of clone and apoptosis of MDS. This article summarizes the molecular biology transformation and clinical treatment progress of MDS with trisomy 8.