Objectives:Analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) progressing to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Explore the risk factors for the progression from PAPS to SLE.Methods:The clinical data of 262 patients with PAPS enrolled in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from February 2005 to September 2021 were evaluated. Assessments included demographic data, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests (serum levels of complement, anti-nuclear antibodies, anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies), treatment, and outcomes. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to calculate the prevalence of SLE in patients with PAPS. Univariate Cox regression analysis was employed to identify the risk factors for PAPS progressing to SLE.Results:Among 262 patients with PAPS, 249 had PAPS (PAPS group) and 13 progressed to SLE (5.0%) (PAPS-SLE group). Univariate Cox regression analysis indicated that cardiac valve disease ( HR=6.360), positive anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies ( HR=7.203), low level of complement C3 ( HR=25.715), and low level of complement C4 ( HR=10.466) were risk factors for the progression of PAPS to SLE, whereas arterial thrombotic events ( HR=0.109) were protective factors ( P<0.05 for all). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the prevalence of SLE in patients suffering from PAPS with a disease course>10 years was 9%-15%. Hydroxychloroquine treatment had no effect on the occurrence of SLE in patients with PAPS ( HR=0.753, 95% CI 0.231-2.450, P=0.638). Patients with≥2 risk factors had a significantly higher prevalence of SLE compared with those with no or one risk factor (13-year cumulative prevalence of SLE 48.7% vs. 0 vs. 6.2%, P<0.001 for both). Conclusions:PAPS may progress to SLE in some patients. Early onset, cardiac-valve disease, positive anti-dsDNA antibody, and low levels of complement are risk factors for the progression of PAPS to SLE (especially in patients with≥2 risk factors). Whether application of hydroxychloroquine can delay this transition has yet to be demonstrated.

Objective:To evaluate the extent and progression of coronary artery calcification in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, and to explore the risk factors of rapid progression of coronary artery calcification in MHD patients.Methods:The patients who underwent MHD in the Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017 were enrolled. This study included cross-sectional study and prospective cohort study. Multi-slice spiral computed tomography was used to measure coronary artery calcification, and coronary artery calcium score (CACS) was calculated. In the cross-sectional study, 62 MHD patients were enrolled. According to baseline CACS, the patients were divided into low calcification group (CACS < 100) and high calcification group (CACS ≥ 100). The nutritional and bone mineral metabolism indexes were compared between the two groups. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the correlation between CACS and muscle mass and laboratory indicators. Since 6 patients were lost to follow-up, 56 MHD patients who were followed-up regularly were enrolled in the prospective cohort study. According to the progression of CACS, the patients were divided into slow progression group (ΔCACS/year < 100) and rapid progression group (ΔCACS/year ≥ 100). Logistic regression equation was used to analyze the risk factors of coronary calcification progression. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test and receiver operating characteristic curve were used to evaluate the performance of multivariate logistic regression model.Results:In the cross-sectional study, the age of 62 patients was (62.34±10.82) years old, and the median dialysis age was 78 (39,139) months. Among the 33 male patients, compared with the low calcification group ( n=7), the high calcification group ( n=26) had older age ( t=-2.281, P=0.030) and higher blood triglyceride ( Z=-1.985, P=0.047), and there was no statistically significant difference in muscle mass between the two groups; among the 29 female patients, the muscle mass/height 2 ( t=-2.600, P=0.015) and serum calcium ( t=-2.641, P=0.014) in the high calcification group ( n=15) were both higher than those in the low calcification group ( n=14), and the hemoglobin level was lower ( t=2.531, P=0.018), and the difference in muscle mass between the two groups was not statistically significant. High sensitivity C-reactive protein ( β=0.425, P=0.022) was independently correlated with CACS in male patients, and muscle mass/extracellular water ( β=-0.580, P=0.001) was independently correlated with CACS in female patients. In the prospective cohort study, the age of 56 patients was (59.82±11.14) years old, and the median dialysis age was 82 (40, 146) months. There was no significant difference in all-cause mortality between slow progression group ( n=22) and rapid progression group ( n=34), but the proportion of cardiovascular events in rapid progression group was significantly higher than that in slow progression group ( P=0.017). Compared with the slow progression group, the rapid progression group had higher proportion of males ( χ2=4.791, P=0.029), older age ( Z=-2.131, P=0.038), lower baseline muscle mass/extracellular water ( Z=2.482, P=0.016) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( t=2.133, P=0.042), and faster rate of muscle mass loss (Δmuscle mass·height -2·year -1) ( Z=-2.282, P=0.023). Multivariate logistic regression analysis results showed that muscle mass loss ( OR=0.089, 95% CI 0.010-0.792, P=0.030) and baseline CACS ( OR=1.003, 95% CI 1.000-1.005, P=0.021) were influencing factors for progression of coronary artery calcification in MHD patients. Conclusion:Increasing baseline CACS and rapid reduction in muscle mass are risk factors for the progression of coronary artery calcification in MHD patients.

Closed-loop hospital management can effectivly cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to ensure the continuity of treatments for hemodialysis patients under closed-loop management and minimize possible medical and infection risks, Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University and 9 hospitals in Shanghai established a hemodialysis alliance in January 2021.The alliance optimized hemodialysis resources within the region through overall planning by preparing sites, materials and personnel shifts in advance, and establishing management systems and work processes to ensure that patients could be quickly and orderly diverted to other blood dialysis centers for uninterrupted high-quality hemodialysis services, in case that some hemodialysis centers in the alliance under closed-loop management.From November 2021 to April 2022, 317 of 1 459 hemodialysis patients in the alliance were diverted to other centers for treatment, accumulating 1 215 times/cases of treatments without obvious adverse reactions. The practice could provide a reference for medical institutions to quickly establish mutual support mode under major public health events.

Objective:To evaluate the presentation of small arteries in abdominal contrast-enhanced CT late-arterial images using the deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) combined with low tube voltage (kV) technique relative to the adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction V (ASiR-V) algorithm.Methods:Patients who were admitted to Peking University People′s Hospital from December 2021 to January 2022 and needed to be screened for abdominal diseases and receive abdominal and pelvic contrast-enhanced CT scan were prospectively collected. The patients were divided into low-voltage (LV) with 80 kV and high-voltage (HV) with 120 kV groups. According to two different reconstruction algorithms, each group was further divided into DLIR-H (D) subgroup and ASiR-V 50% (A) subgroup. The automatic tube current adjustment technique was used for CT enhanced scanning of patients, and the noise index value was uniformly set to 9. Subjective and objective evaluations were performed on the late-arterial images with a constructed slice thickness of 0.625 mm, and the radiation doses were recorded.Results:A total of 168 patients were included, including 76 males and 92 females, aged 18-85 (53±15) years old, body mass index (24±3) kg/m 2; 91 patients in the LV group and 77 in the HV group. The CT values of the aorta and common hepatic artery in the LV group were significantly higher than those in the HV group ( t=-14.20, P<0.001; t=-0.95, P<0.001). When the tube voltage was the same, the late-arterial image noise in subgroup D was significantly lower than that in subgroup A, and the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) of the liver, aorta and common hepatic artery were significantly higher than those in subgroup A (all P<0.001). The SNR and CNR of the aorta and common hepatic artery in the LV-D subgroup were significantly better than those in the LV-A, HV-D, and HV-A subgroups (all P<0.001). In the subjective evaluation of abdominal vascular display, the special resolution of the common hepatic artery, inferior mesenteric artery and the edge of the ascending branch of the left colic artery, and the contrast of the ascending branch of the left colic artery in the LV-D subgroup were significantly better than those of the LV-A, HV-D, and HV-A subgroups ( P<0.05). Moreover, the presentation rate of margin artery of splenic region (54.9%, 50/91) in the LV-D subgroup was significantly higher than those in the HV-D subgroup (24.7%, 19/77) and HV-A subgroup (32.5%, 25/77) (adjusted P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the radiation doses between LV and HV groups [(4.91±1.97) mSv vs (5.43±1.78) mSv, P>0.05]. Conclusion:The contrast-enhanced CT scan of abdomen with low tube voltage combined with DLIR algorithm can effectively improve the display level of the ascending vessel of left colonic artery from the inferior mesenteric artery and the margin artery, which brings more possibilities for the evaluation of similar small blood vessels.

Objective To evaluate the muscle mass in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients and analyze the influential factors.Methods Ninety-seven patients on MHD and 34 healthy people were recruited.Muscle mass was measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis and compared.Patients'age,sex,height,body weight,walking activity,modified quantitative subjective global assessment (MQSGA) score and laboratory tests were recorded.The relationship of appendicular skeletal muscle mass/height2 (ASM/H2) and other factors were analyzed using multivariate linear regression.Results Compared with normal cohort,the MHD patients showed lower body fat rate and lower ASM/H2 (both P ＜ 0.05).In 97 MHD patients,21.4％ of male patients suffered from sarcopenia,and 24.4％ of female patients suffered from sarcopenia.Patients were divided into two groups according to the level of ASM/H2 (male ＜ 7.0 kg/m2,female ＜ 5.8 kg/m2).The grip strength,serum creatinine,1,25(OH)2D and mid-arm muscle circumference in low ASM/H2 group were lower than those in normal ASM/H2 group,and the differences were significant (all P ＜ 0.05).In multivariable regression model,male (β=0.534,P=0.003),1,25(OH)2D (β=0.582,P=0.024),creatinine (β=0.421,P=0.037),grip strength (β=0.681,P=0.001),and lg[NT-proBNP] (β=-1.760,P=0.042) were independently associated with ASM/H2 in MHD patients.Conclusion The prevalence of sarcopenia is much higher in MHD patients than in healthy people.The levels of grip strength,NT-proBNP,creatinine and 1,25(OH)2D are the important influential factors for muscle mass in MHD patients.