ObjectiveTo compare the clinical features of patients with hepatitis B virus （HBV）-related early-onset liver cancer and those with late-onset liver cancer， to assess the severity of the disease， and to provide a theoretical basis for the early diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer. MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed for 695 patients who were diagnosed with HBV-related liver cancer for the first time in Guangzhou Eighth People’s Hospital， Guangzhou Medical University， from January 2019 to August 2023， among whom 93 had early-onset liver cancer （defined as an age of50 years for female patients and40 years for male patients） and 602 had late-onset liver cancer （defined as an age of ≥50 years for female patients and ≥40 years for male patients）. Related clinical data were collected， including demographic data， clinical symptoms at initial diagnosis， comorbidities， smoking history， drinking history， family history， routine blood test results， biochemical parameters of liver function， serum alpha-fetoprotein（AFP）， virological indicators， coagulation function， and imaging findings. The pan-inflammatory indices neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio （NLR）， platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio （PLR）， and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio （LMR） were calculated， as well as FIB-4 index， aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index （APRI）， S index， Model for End-Stage Liver Disease （MELD） score， Child-Turcotte-Pugh （CTP） score， albumin-bilirubin （AIBL） grade， and Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer （BCLC） stage. The independent-samples t test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between two groups， and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous data between two groups； the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test were used for comparison of categorical data between two groups. ResultsThere were significant differences between the two groups in the proportion of male patients and the incidence rates of diabetes， hypertension， and fatty liver disease （χ²=6.357， 15.230， 11.467， and 14.204， all P0.05）， and compared with the late-onset liver cancer group， the early-onset liver cancer group had a significantly higher proportion of patients progressing to liver cancer without underlying cirrhosis （χ²=24.657， P0.001） and a significantly higher proportion of patients with advanced BCLC stage （χ²=6.172， P=0.046）. For the overall population， the most common clinical symptoms included abdominal distension， abdominal pain， poor appetite， weakness， a reduction in body weight， edema of both lower limbs， jaundice， yellow urine， and nausea， and 55 patients （7.9%） had no obvious symptoms at the time of diagnosis and were found to have liver cancer by routine reexamination， physical examination suggesting an increase in AFP， or radiological examination indicating hepatic space-occupying lesion； compared with the late-onset liver cancer group， the patients in the early-onset liver cancer group were more likely to have the symptoms of abdominal distension， abdominal pain， and jaundice （all P0.05）. Compared with the late-onset liver cancer group， the early-onset liver cancer group had a significantly larger tumor diameter （Z=2.845， P=0.034）， with higher prevalence rates of multiple tumors and intrahepatic， perihepatic， or distant metastasis （χ²=5.889 and 4.079， both P0.05）， and there were significant differences between the two groups in tumor location and size （χ²=3.948 and 11.317， both P0.05）. Compared with the late-onset liver cancer group， the early-onset liver cancer group had significantly lower FIB-4 index， proportion of patients with HBsAg ≤1 500 IU/mL， and levels of LMR and Cr （all P0.05）， as well as significantly higher positive rate of HBeAg and levels of log₁₀ HBV DNA， AFP， WBC， Hb， PLT， NLR， PLR， TBil， ALT， Alb， and TC （all P0.05）. ConclusionCompared with late-onset liver cancer， patients with early-onset liver cancer tend to develop liver cancer without liver cirrhosis and have multiple tumors， obvious clinical symptoms， and advanced BCLC stage， which indicates a poor prognosis.

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an independent risk factor for cognitive impairment. The dysregulation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) signaling in T2D patients results in impaired adaptive responses to hypoxia, thereby accelerating the progression of complications. However, limited knowledge is available regarding its precise function in diabetes-associated cognitive impairment (DACI). Here, elevated HIF-1α levels were observed in brain endothelial cells (ECs) of db/db mice. Functionally, brain ECs-specific knockdown of H if1 a significantly ameliorated T2D-induced memory loss and neuronal damage. Glycolysis in brain ECs was inhibited in this process, as indicated by RNA-seq, leading to decreased hippocampal lactate production through reduced LDHA expression. Notably, T2D patients showed increased cerebrospinal fluid lactate levels, which were strongly associated with their cognitive dysfunction. Intrahippocampal injection of lactate accelerated cognitive dysfunction and impaired adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) in db/db mice. Conversely, reducing hippocampal lactate levels through the intrahippocampal injection of oxamate delayed the onset of memory deficits. Furthermore, asiatic acid was discovered to protect db/db mice from cognitive impairment by decreasing brain endothelial HIF-1α expression and subsequently reducing hippocampal lactate-induced AHN damage. Overall, this study elucidates the inhibiting role played by endothelial HIF-1α-driven lactate in AHN and highlights a potential tactic of targeting HIF-1α in brain ECs for treating cognitive impairment.

Cemental tear is a rare and indetectable condition unless obvious clinical signs present with the involvement of surrounding periodontal and periapical tissues. Due to its clinical manifestations similar to common dental issues, such as vertical root fracture, primary endodontic diseases, and periodontal diseases, as well as the low awareness of cemental tear for clinicians, misdiagnosis often occurs. The critical principle for cemental tear treatment is to remove torn fragments, and overlooking fragments leads to futile therapy, which could deteriorate the conditions of the affected teeth. Therefore, accurate diagnosis and subsequent appropriate interventions are vital for managing cemental tear. Novel diagnostic tools, including cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), microscopes, and enamel matrix derivatives, have improved early detection and management, enhancing tooth retention. The implementation of standardized diagnostic criteria and treatment protocols, combined with improved clinical awareness among dental professionals, serves to mitigate risks of diagnostic errors and suboptimal therapeutic interventions. This expert consensus reviewed the epidemiology, pathogenesis, potential predisposing factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of cemental tear, aiming to provide a clinical guideline and facilitate clinicians to have a better understanding of cemental tear.
Humans ; Dental Cementum/injuries* ; Consensus ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography ; Tooth Fractures/therapy*

Objective:To explore the prescription ideas of treating phlegm-drinking disease in Wang Xugao Lin Zheng Yi An; To analyze the medication law of Wang Xugao's clinical treatment of phlegm-drinking disease. Methods:The database was established based on the medical records of the chapter of phlegm, fluid retention and liver wind and phlegm fire contained in Wang Xugao Lin Zheng Yi An. Excel 2017 software was used to analyze the frequency, taste and meridian tropism of all Chinese materia medica. For Chinese materia medica with frequency≥10, IBM SPSS Modeler 18 software was used to analyze the association rules based on Apriori algorithm, and SPSS 25.0 software was used for cluster analysis based on Ochiai algorithm. Results:A total of 80 medical cases were included, involving 114 prescriptions, including 191 flavors of Chinese materia medica . High-frequency Chinese materia medica mainly included Poria, Pinelliae Rhizoma, Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma and Armeniacae Semen Amarum, etc. The main properties in Wang Xugao's medication for the treatment of phlegm-drink disease were warm, followed by cold and mild. The main tastes were sweet, bitter and pungent. Drugs mainly belong to the lung meridian and spleen, stomach, liver, kidney meridians; several core medicinal pairs were obtained, such as Farfarae Flos - Armeniacae Semen Amarum, Pinelliae Rhizoma - Zingiberis Rhizoma, Uncariae Ramulus cum Uncis - Haliotidis Concha, etc. Eight groups of core drug combinations could be sorted out by clustering analysis.Conclusions:In the treatment of phlegm-drinking disease, Wang Xugao paid attention to the simultaneous treatment of multiple viscera to coordinate the balance between the viscera, emphasized the complex etiology of phlegm-drinking disease combined with cold, fire and dampness, attached importance to the treatment of healthy qi to retreat pathogens, the regulation of three-energizer to regulate qi flow. The treatment of three-energizer, promoting yang and reducing phlegm, clearing liver and dispelling wind are the main methods. Medication mainly chooses properties of sweet and warm, with bitter and pungent.

Objective:To explore and construct the nursing quality standards of spine surgery, provide a scientific basis for improving the nursing quality of spine surgery.Methods:Taking the "structure-process-outcome" three-dimensional quality model as the theoretical framework, through evidenced-based literature search and semi-structured interview, the items pool was formed, and finally the nursing quality standards were determined by two rounds of Delphi method of expert inquiry from May to July 2023.Results:The positive coefficients of the two rounds of inquiries to experts were 0.90 and 1.00, respectively. The authority coefficients were 0.946 and 0.951, respectively. The Kendall coefficients of the first, second and third level standards in the first round were 0.161, 0.095 and 0.108, respectively, and the Kendall coefficients of the first, second and third level standards in the second round were 0.162, 0.088 and 0.100, respectively, the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). The final nursing quality standards were finally constructed, including 3 first-level standards (structural quality, process quality and outcome quality), 20 second-level standards and 60 third-level standards.Conclusions:The nursing quality standards of spine surgery based on the three-dimensional quality model of "structure-process-outcome" have high reliability and science, which can provide target incentives for clinical nurses, provide a basis for the quality of specialized spine nursing, and promote the development of nursing specialization and the construction of nursing discipline.

BACKGROUND:Transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS),as a non-invasive brain stimulation technique,can enhance human muscle strength or improve single-leg landing stability instantly,but no relevant research has demonstrated this yet. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of tDCS on the stability of single-leg landings in human subjects. METHODS:Male undergraduate students from Wuhan Sports University were recruited as study participants.They were divided into two groups,A(n=6)and B(n=5),using a random number table.Group A underwent a sham stimulation session followed by a 3-day washout period,after which they received tDCS.Conversely,Group B received tDCS initially,followed by a 3-day washout period,and subsequently underwent the sham stimulation session.Following the respective stimulation sessions,an immediate single-leg landing test was administered to assess and collect biomechanical parameters.Data resulting from the tDCS intervention were aggregated and analyzed as the experimental group dataset,whereas data stemming from the sham stimulation were consolidated as the control group dataset. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Regarding core stability,the tDCS intervention showed a significant interaction with landing height on the maximal trunk flexion angle(P＜0.05).A paired comparison of the data showed a significant decrease in the maximum trunk flexion angle following true stimulation compared to sham stimulation at a 30-cm landing height.Additionally,the tDCS intervention had a significant main effect on the maximum trunk lateral bending angle and the mean trunk lateral bending angular velocity(P＜0.05).Following true stimulation,there was a significant decrease in the maximum trunk lateral bending angle and the mean trunk lateral bending angular velocity compared to sham stimulation.In terms of lower limb joint stability,the tDCS intervention had a significant main effect on the maximum dynamic ankle valgus angle(P＜0.05).This resulted in a significant decrease in the angle following true stimulation compared to sham stimulation.In addition,the tDCS intervention had a significant main effect on the peak muscle activation of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius lateralis(P＜0.05).This showed a significant increase after true stimulation compared to sham stimulation.An interaction between the tDCS intervention and landing height was observed for the peak muscle activation of the tibialis anterior(P＜0.05).Paired comparison analyses revealed a significant increase in muscle activation after true stimulation specifically at a 60-cm landing height.Regarding center of pressure stability,there were no significant interactions or main effects of the tDCS intervention on the mean lateral displacement,mean lateral displacement velocity,mean anterior-posterior displacement,or mean anterior-posterior displacement velocity at the center of pressure(P＞0.05).Furthermore,the tDCS intervention had no significant main effects on any of the center of pressure indicators(P＞0.05).In conclusion,tDCS can immediately improve core stability and lower limb joint stability during single-leg landing,making it an effective warm-up technique for improving single-leg landing stability and reducing the risk of lower limb injuries.

Objective Summarizes the current research status of defensive medicine in China and provides references for future research.Methods The search period spans from the inception of the database to March 2024.CNKI,Wan-fang Data,Web of Science,PubMed databases were queried,followed by literature screening based on predeter-mined inclusion and exclusion criteria.The current landscape of defensive medicine research in China was synthe-sized and categorized based on fundamental research characteristics,measurement methodologies,influencing fac-tors,and other relevant aspects.Results A total of 24 Chinese literature sources and 4 foreign literature sources were incorporated,indicating a prevalent occurrence of defensive medicine in China.Measurement tools for defen-sive medicine exhibit variability across different studies.Key influencing factors encompass doctor's demographic vari-ables such as gender,age,and professional status,institutional factors like legal frameworks and medical in-surance,and sociol-cultural factors such as doctor-patient relationships and adverse public perceptions.Conclusion Defensive medicine is relatively widespread and influenced by various factors in China.It's urgent to explore the for-mation mechanism of defensive medicine from multiple perspectives and provide evidence for passive defen-sive medicine governance.

Objective Summarizes the current research status of defensive medicine in China and provides references for future research.Methods The search period spans from the inception of the database to March 2024.CNKI,Wan-fang Data,Web of Science,PubMed databases were queried,followed by literature screening based on predeter-mined inclusion and exclusion criteria.The current landscape of defensive medicine research in China was synthe-sized and categorized based on fundamental research characteristics,measurement methodologies,influencing fac-tors,and other relevant aspects.Results A total of 24 Chinese literature sources and 4 foreign literature sources were incorporated,indicating a prevalent occurrence of defensive medicine in China.Measurement tools for defen-sive medicine exhibit variability across different studies.Key influencing factors encompass doctor's demographic vari-ables such as gender,age,and professional status,institutional factors like legal frameworks and medical in-surance,and sociol-cultural factors such as doctor-patient relationships and adverse public perceptions.Conclusion Defensive medicine is relatively widespread and influenced by various factors in China.It's urgent to explore the for-mation mechanism of defensive medicine from multiple perspectives and provide evidence for passive defen-sive medicine governance.

Objective Summarizes the current research status of defensive medicine in China and provides references for future research.Methods The search period spans from the inception of the database to March 2024.CNKI,Wan-fang Data,Web of Science,PubMed databases were queried,followed by literature screening based on predeter-mined inclusion and exclusion criteria.The current landscape of defensive medicine research in China was synthe-sized and categorized based on fundamental research characteristics,measurement methodologies,influencing fac-tors,and other relevant aspects.Results A total of 24 Chinese literature sources and 4 foreign literature sources were incorporated,indicating a prevalent occurrence of defensive medicine in China.Measurement tools for defen-sive medicine exhibit variability across different studies.Key influencing factors encompass doctor's demographic vari-ables such as gender,age,and professional status,institutional factors like legal frameworks and medical in-surance,and sociol-cultural factors such as doctor-patient relationships and adverse public perceptions.Conclusion Defensive medicine is relatively widespread and influenced by various factors in China.It's urgent to explore the for-mation mechanism of defensive medicine from multiple perspectives and provide evidence for passive defen-sive medicine governance.

Objective Summarizes the current research status of defensive medicine in China and provides references for future research.Methods The search period spans from the inception of the database to March 2024.CNKI,Wan-fang Data,Web of Science,PubMed databases were queried,followed by literature screening based on predeter-mined inclusion and exclusion criteria.The current landscape of defensive medicine research in China was synthe-sized and categorized based on fundamental research characteristics,measurement methodologies,influencing fac-tors,and other relevant aspects.Results A total of 24 Chinese literature sources and 4 foreign literature sources were incorporated,indicating a prevalent occurrence of defensive medicine in China.Measurement tools for defen-sive medicine exhibit variability across different studies.Key influencing factors encompass doctor's demographic vari-ables such as gender,age,and professional status,institutional factors like legal frameworks and medical in-surance,and sociol-cultural factors such as doctor-patient relationships and adverse public perceptions.Conclusion Defensive medicine is relatively widespread and influenced by various factors in China.It's urgent to explore the for-mation mechanism of defensive medicine from multiple perspectives and provide evidence for passive defen-sive medicine governance.