Performance appraisal of public hospitals have given a guidance for the development of public hospitals at all levels.A Class A tertiary hospital reviewed the problems in the development of the hospital at the present stage and focused on the following four aspects:①insufficient fine management;②No clear orientation of discipline development;③The bottleneck of the improvement of medical operation efficiency;④New challenges in the reform of payment mode.The tertiary hospital launched a fine management practice in May 2022,in order to solve the problems by taking the Department of Surgery as a pilot area,laying the foundation for fine management through information system construction,improving the efficiency of medical operation through management process optimization,improving the overall competitiveness of disciplines through the construction of sub-specialty and Discipline Alliance and adjusting the performance appraisal index system to play the role of performance incentives.The measures effectively improve the overall capacity and efficiency of hospital medical services and help the hospital to achieve high-quality development.

Objective:To investigate the impact of early blood glucose fluctuations after acute multiple injuries on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Methods:This study was a case-control study. From March 2022 to March 2023, patients with acute multiple injuries who were admitted to the ICU of the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University were selected. According to whether complicated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), the patients were divided into TBI group and non-TBI group. Early post-traumatic blood glucose fluctuations were observed, including stress-induced hyperglycemia (SIH), initial blood glucose value on admission, blood glucose extreme, short-term glycemic variability (GV) and other related indicators. The 72-hour glucose coefficient of variation (Glu-CV) was used to reflect short-term GV. After 1 month, the PTSD checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) was used to assess the patient's symptoms of PTSD. The patients were divided into PTSD group and non-PTSD group according to PCL-5 score ≥38. The differences in short-term glucose fluctuations in each groups were compared; the risk factors of PTSD were analyzed by logistic regression; the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to evaluate the predictive value of related indicators on the incidence of PTSD.Results:159 patients with acute multiple injuries were selected and defined as the TBI group ( n=94) and non-TBI group ( n=65). The incidence of PTSD, PCL-5 scale scores, the incidence of SIH and 72 h Glu-CV in the TBI group were significantly higher than the non-TBI group (all P<0.05). The incidence of SIH and 72 h Glu-CV in the PTSD group were significantly higher than the non-PTSD group (both P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that 72 h Glu-CV ( OR=1.333, 95% CI: 1.028-1.727, P=0.030) was the independent risk factor for PTSD after acute multiple injuries, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.861 (95% CI: 0.789-0.933, P<0.001), the sensitivity was 62.9% and the specificity was 93.5%. Conclusion:Patients with acute multiple injuries with TBI are more likely to have early glucose fluctuations and develop PTSD, and increased short-term glucose variability is the independent risk factor for PTSD after acute multiple injuries.

Objective To investigate the value of tranexamic acid combined with aspirin,low molecular weight heparin calcium in regulating inflammatory mediators and TEG in blood management of Total knee arthroplast(TKA).Methods 120 elderly patients with TKA in our hospital from January 2020 to October 2022 were randomly divided into group A(n=60)and group B(n=60).They were given tranexamic acid+aspirin and tranexamic acid+low molecular weight heparin calcium,respectively,for 2 weeks.Perioperative indexes,complications[lower limb deep vein thrombosis(DVT),intermuscular vein thrombosis(MCVT),incision infection],blood transfusion rate,adverse reactions(gastrointestinal discomfort,subcutaneous ecchymosis),TEG parameters[coagulation reaction time(R),blood coagulation time(K),maximum amplitude(MA),coagulation angle(α)],inflammatory mediators[soluble CD40 ligand(sCD40L),Toll-like receptor 4(TLR4),tumor necrosis factor(TNF-α)],vascular endothelial injury factors[soluble thromboregulatory protein(sTM),vascular endothelial cell growth factor(VEGF),E-selectin]were compared between the two groups.Results There was no significant difference in the 24 h postoperative drainage volume,latent blood loss,total blood loss,intraoperative blood loss,Hb and HCT levels 72 h after surgery between the two groups(P＞0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in TEG parameters between the two groups,at different time points,and between groups at different time points(P＞0.05);The serum levels of TLR4,sCD40L and TNF-α in group A were lower than those in group B 2 weeks after surgery(P＜0.05).The levels of plasma sTM and serum VEGF and E-selectin in group A were lower than those in group B 2 weeks after surgery(P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of deep vein thrombosis(DVT),intermuscular vein thrombosis(MCVT),incision infection and blood transfusion rate between group A and group B(P＞0.05).There was no significant difference in the total incidence of adverse reactions between group A and group B(P＞0.05).Conclusion Compared with the combination of low molecular weight heparin calcium,the combination of tranexamic acid and aspirin can protect vascular endothelium and inhibit inflammatory response.However,both can maintain the patient's coagulation function and avoid massive blood loss or thrombosis.There is no significant difference in safety and effectiveness.

Purpose/Significance To develop a secure single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)classification method,which can enhance data analysis precision and ensure the security of sensitive information,and to promote the application of scRNA-seq technology in various fields.Method/Process The paper proposes a solution based on trusted execution environment(TEE).The training data is encrypted and transmitted to TEE.It is decrypted in a secure and isolated environment,while training the model to obtain the trained model parameters.Automated cell type i-dentification using neural networks(ACTINN)and support vector machine(SVM)are used for cell classification in both TEE and traditional plain-text environments.The results are compared and analyzed.Result/Conclusion The results show that the F1 score of the two classification models in TEE environment reaches 0.904 and 0.879,respectively,which is comparable to the performance in traditional plaintext environment.The secure ex-ecution environment provided by TEE has extremely limited impact on the accuracy and efficiency of the models.This is of great significance for see-king both secure and efficient data processing solutions in scenarios where sensitive or private data needs to be processed.

Vascular cognitive impairment is a group of disorders characterized by cognitive dysfunction caused by vascular factors. Disruption of the blood-brain barrier is an early pathophysiological mechanism of vascular cognitive impairment. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and arterial spin labeling-based blood-brain barrier imaging techniques can quantitatively assess the integrity of the blood-brain barrier. In recent years, these techniques have gradually been applied to detect the extent of blood-brain barrier dysfunction. This article provides a comprehensive review of the basic principles of relevant magnetic resonance techniques and the progress made in their application to the assessment of the blood-brain barrier in vascular cognitive impairment.

OBJECTIVES: This population-based, prospective cohort study investigated the association between glaucoma and mortality in older adults. METHODS: Participants aged 45 years or older at baseline (47.9% male) were enrolled in 2011 for the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). All-cause mortality was observed during 7 years of follow-up. The baseline data were collected in the 2011 CHARLS, and participants were followed up for 7 years (until 2018). The risk of all-cause mortality was investigated using Cox proportional-hazards regression with age as the time scale, adjusting for significant risk factors and comorbid conditions. RESULTS: Among the 14,803 participants included, the risk of all-cause death was significantly higher among people with glaucoma than among those without glaucoma, after adjustment for other confounders (hazard ratio [HR], 1.46; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04 to 2.03). In a subgroup analysis based on the mean age of death, among those who were 75 years and older (n=1,231), the risk of all-cause death was significantly higher in patients with glaucoma than in those without glaucoma (HR, 1.89; 95% CI, 1.24 to 1.89). CONCLUSIONS Participants with glaucoma had a higher risk of all-cause mortality, especially those aged 75 years and above. Our findings revealed potential mechanisms underlying an association between glaucoma and all-cause mortality. They also highlighted the importance of glaucoma management to prevent premature death in middle-aged and older adults.

As an important part of tumor microenvironment, neutrophils are poorly understood due to their spatiotemporal heterogeneity in tumorigenesis. Here we defined, at single-cell resolution, CD44-CXCR2- neutrophils as tumor-specific neutrophils (tsNeus) in both mouse and human gastric cancer (GC). We uncovered a Hippo regulon in neutrophils with unique YAP signature genes (e.g., ICAM1, CD14, EGR1) distinct from those identified in epithelial and/or cancer cells. Importantly, knockout of YAP/TAZ in neutrophils impaired their differentiation into CD54+ tsNeus and reduced their antitumor activity, leading to accelerated GC progression. Moreover, the relative amounts of CD54+ tsNeus were found to be negatively associated with GC progression and positively associated with patient survival. Interestingly, GC patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy had increased numbers of CD54+ tsNeus. Furthermore, pharmacologically enhancing YAP activity selectively activated neutrophils to suppress refractory GC, with no significant inflammation-related side effects. Thus, our work characterized tumor-specific neutrophils in GC and revealed an essential role of YAP/TAZ-CD54 axis in tsNeus, opening a new possibility to develop neutrophil-based antitumor therapeutics.
Humans ; Animals ; Mice ; Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism* ; Transcription Factors/metabolism* ; Stomach Neoplasms/pathology* ; Neutrophils/pathology* ; Signal Transduction/genetics* ; YAP-Signaling Proteins ; Tumor Microenvironment ; Hyaluronan Receptors/genetics*

Existing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)-related databases are still insufficient in data standardization, integrity and precision, and need to be updated urgently. Herein, an Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicine version 2.0 (ETCM v2.0, http://www.tcmip.cn/ETCM2/front/#/) was constructed as the latest curated database hosting 48,442 TCM formulas recorded by ancient Chinese medical books, 9872 Chinese patent drugs, 2079 Chinese medicinal materials and 38,298 ingredients. To facilitate the mechanistic research and new drug discovery, we improved the target identification method based on a two-dimensional ligand similarity search module, which provides the confirmed and/or potential targets of each ingredient, as well as their binding activities. Importantly, five TCM formulas/Chinese patent drugs/herbs/ingredients with the highest Jaccard similarity scores to the submitted drugs are offered in ETCM v2.0, which may be of significance to identify prescriptions/herbs/ingredients with similar clinical efficacy, to summarize the rules of prescription use, and to find alternative drugs for endangered Chinese medicinal materials. Moreover, ETCM v2.0 provides an enhanced JavaScript-based network visualization tool for creating, modifying and exploring multi-scale biological networks. ETCM v2.0 may be a major data warehouse for the quality marker identification of TCMs, the TCM-derived drug discovery and repurposing, and the pharmacological mechanism investigation of TCMs against various human diseases.

Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics and genotypes of neurodevelopmental disorders of microcephaly-epilepsy-cortical atrophy caused by VARS1 gene mutation.Methods:The clinical data of a child with VARS1 gene mutation who visited Anhui Children′s Hospital in December 2021 were reviewed and followed up. Using "VARS1" "VARS" "VALYL-tRNA synthetase" "Valyl-tRNA synthetase" as the search terms, the Chinese data bases (China National Knowledge Infrastructure database, Wanfang database) and PubMed database (the database establishment until 2022). Articles related to genetic diseases were searched and clinical phenotypes and genotypes were summarized.Results:This case was a 3-month-old girl. After birth, she suffered from repeated convulsions and feeding difficulties, and gradually developed microcephaly, hypotonia, and overall developmental delay. Brain imaging showed cortical atrophy, corpus callosum dysplasia, and craniosynostosis. The results of whole exome sequencing indicated a new homozygous gene mutation in VARS1: gene mutation in exon 27 of chromosome 6 c.3203C>T(p.Thr1068 Met), which was from the patient 's parents. She took phenobarbital, levetiracetam, and sodium valproate for anti-epileptic treatment regularly, and then convulsed as a seizure every few days. A total of 19 patients were reported in 5 literatures that met the search criteria, all of whom presented with neurodevelopmental disorders. A total of 20 VARS1 gene mutation sites have been found so far. Conclusions:Neurodevelopmental disorders of microcephaly-epilepsy-cortical atrophy should be considered for children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as microcephaly, epilepsy, developmental delay, and cortical atrophy. Gene sequencing plays an important role in the diagnosis of the disease.

Objective:To explore the effects of attribution training on coping style, stigma, quality of life and negative emotions of stroke patients.Methods:From June 2019 to June 2020, 85 patients with ischemic stroke admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University were selected by simple random sampling. The patients were randomly divided into the control group (42 cases) and the observation group (43 cases) . The control group was given routine nursing, while the observation group received attribution training on the basis of the control group. Before and one and three months after the intervention, the patients in the two groups were evaluated with the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ) , the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness-8 (SSCI-8) , the World Health Organization Quality of Life-100 (WHOQOL-100) , the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) , and the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) .Results:There were statistical differences between the two groups in time main effect, intervention main effect, interaction between intervention and time of ASQ, SSCI-8, WHOQOL-100 scores ( P<0.05) . Before intervention, there was no statistical difference in SAS and SDS scores between the two groups ( P>0.05) . Three months after the intervention, the SAS and SDS scores of the two groups were lower than those before the intervention, and those of the observation group were lower than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Attribution training can effectively improve the coping style of stroke patients, improve their quality of life, reduce patients' stigma, anxiety and depression, which is worthy of clinical promotion.