Background: Online health-related misinformation poses a serious threat to public health. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic aggravated the spread of misinformation regarding COVID-19, relevant research has surged.
Objective: To systematically summarize Chinese and English articles regarding health-related misinformation about COVID-19 on social media and quantitatively describe research progress.
Background: Early recognition of delirium is essential for effective management, but it often goes unrecognized, resulting in adverse outcomes. Clinical decision support systems can enhance adherence to guidelines and improve patient outcomes. We developed a mobile-based clinical decision assessment tool (3D-DST) based on the 3-minute diagnostic interview for confusion assessment method-defined delirium (3D-CAM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiac remodeling and diastolic dysfunction in patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas (APA) can be improved after adrenalectomy. However, the effect of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) treatment remains unclear. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of MRA on cardiac remodeling and diastolic dysfunction in patients with PA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk Manag Healthc Policy
September 2024
Background And Objective: Inadequate risk assessment and a lack of risk monitoring are common deficiencies in clinical laboratory, and are also the main causes of biosafety incidents. Therefore, we summarized the experience of implementing adequate risk assessment and maintaining risk monitoring, and established a procedure for continuously improving biosafety management.
Methods: Learning from our laboratory's experience in implementing risk assessment, risk response, and risk monitoring before and during the COVID-19 epidemic, we summarized the procedures for fully identifying risks, accurately evaluating risks, maintaining risk monitoring, establishing and regular reviewing safety indicators.
Stud Health Technol Inform
July 2024
To break through the current bottleneck in home-based older care globally, we developed an intelligent and integrated older care model (SMART model) to facilitate integrated care for home-dwelling older people. As a knowledge-based clinical decision support system, the SMART model relies on rules and algorithms to ensure its transparent and well-supported decision-making process with clear rationales. Therefore, we conducted a mixed study combining qualitative research, literature review of the latest literature and guidelines, and expert consultation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGraphdiyne (GDY) is an appealing two-dimensional carbon material, but the on-surface synthesis of a single layer remains challenging. Demetalation of well-crystalline metal acetylide networks, though in its infancy, provides a new avenue to on-surface synthesized GDY substructures. In spite of the synthetic efforts and theoretical concerns, there are few reports steeped in elaborate characterization of the electronic influence of metalation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFN-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA) is a nucleophilic lysosomal cysteine hydrolase, which primarily mediates the hydrolytic inactivation of endogenous palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), which further influences the inflammatory process by regulating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α). Herein, a novel lysosome (Lyso)-targeting fluorescent probe (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Icaritin has a wide range of pharmacological activities, including significant an-titumor activity. However, the mechanism of action of icaritin in endometrial cancer (UCEC) remains unknown. FOX proteins are a highly conserved transcription factor superfamily that play important roles in epithelial cell differentiation, tumor metastasis, angiogenesis, and cell cycle regulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the accuracy of the 3D-DST for delirium assessment in older adults by the nurse researcher.
Methods: The 3D-DST was administered by a trained nurse researcher to assess delirium among eligible older adults (aged ≥70 years). The criteria for identifying delirium was based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-V).
Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209), the homologue with the highest number of brominates in polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), is one of the most widespread environmental persistent organic pollutants (POPs) due to its mass production and extensive application in recent decades. BDE209 is neurotoxic, possibly related to its interference with the thyroid hormone (TH) system. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of BDE209-induced TH interference and neurobehavioral disorders remains unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBDE47 (2,2,4,4-tetrabromodiphenyl ether) is a member of the most important congeners of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and has been identified as a developmental, reproductive and nervous system toxicant and endocrine system disruptor due to its frequent detection in human tissue and environmental samples. Our preliminary work suggested that high- and low-level of bromodiphenyl ethers have different effects on neuronal cells with differential targets of actions on neural tissues. In this study, we presented the underlying mechanism of BDE47 neurotoxicity from the perspective of thyroid hormone (TH) metabolism using in vitro model of human SK-N-AS neuronal cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA novel near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe CHC-CES1 based on a hemi-cyanine skeleton for detecting carboxylesterase 1 (CES1) activity was developed. Herein, CHC-CES1 could be specifically hydrolysed to CHC-COOH along with a significant NIR fluorescence signal enhancement at 670 nm. Systematic evaluation indicated that CHC-CES1 possessed an outstanding selectivity and sensitivity towards CES1, and possessed good chemical stability in complex biosamples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Currently, the supporting evidence for dietary counseling is insufficient. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of individualized dietary counseling on nutritional outcomes and quality of life (QOL) in patients undergoing surgery for gastric cancer.
Methods: This study was a prospective, single-center, randomized controlled trial.
Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) serves as a potential target in inflammation-related diseases. Based on the bioactivity-guided separation, a new sesquiterpenoid inulajaponoid A (1) was isolated from Inula japonica with a sEH inhibitory effect, together with five known compounds, such as 1-O-acetyl-6-O-isobutyrylbritannilactone (2), 6β-hydroxytomentosin (3), 1β,8β-dihydroxyeudesma-4(15),11(13)-dien-12,6α-olide (4), (4S,6S,7S,8R)-1-O-acetyl-6-O-(3-methylvaleryloxy)-britannilactone (5), and 1-acetoxy-6α-(2-methylbutyryl)eriolanolide (6). Among them, compounds 1 and 6 were assigned as mixed and uncompetitive inhibitors, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDihydrocapsaicin is the main bioactive component in plants, which is widely used in China and India as a food drug and additive. In this study, the biotransformation of dihydrocapsaicin was performed using four cultivated human intestinal fungal strains . Eight metabolites, including seven previously undescribed metabolites ( and -) and one known analog (), were obtained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare the safety and efficacy of Pipeline and Tubridge Flow Diverter devices (FDs) in the treatment of intracranial wide-necked aneurysms.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 92 patients with intracranial wide-necked aneurysms who were treated with those two flow-diverter devices (FDs) at four participating centers between July 2012 and December 2020.
Results: This study included 92 patients who underwent endovascular therapy using either Pipeline™ ( = 39) or Tubridge ( = 53) for treating intracranial wide-necked aneurysms.
Front Pharmacol
September 2022
Cardiovascular disease is the most common health problem worldwide and remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite recent advances in the management of cardiovascular diseases, pharmaceutical treatment remains suboptimal because of poor pharmacokinetics and high toxicity. However, since being harnessed in the cancer field for the delivery of safer and more effective chemotherapeutics, nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems have offered multiple significant therapeutic effects in treating cardiovascular diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: If a nucleic acid preservation solution containing viral inactivators is used, the biosafety risk in the process of detecting the nucleic acid of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) will be low. Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 are sent to designated hospitals for treatment in China, except for detecting nucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2, other laboratory tests such as bacterial culture may also be carried out while the patients are being treated. However, in addition to nucleic acid testing, biosafety risks in the testing of these items for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might be ignored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recurrent ischemic events in cerebrovascular disease present a difficult problem in clinical practice. The predictive value of cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) gene polymorphism and high platelet reactivity for recurrent ischemic events in cerebrovascular disease is not clear.
Methods: A total of 295 patients with acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease admitted to the cerebrovascular disease center of Northern Theater General Hospital between January 1, 2020 and February 2, 2021 were enrolled in this study.
Background: Daily delirium assessment using the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit was recommended for patients in the intensive care unit, yet implementation may be difficult because of lack of simple and standardized data collection schemes which may result in low sensitivities when used by bedside nurses.
Objective: This study was to validate the diagnostic accuracy of the intelligent Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (iCAM-ICU) used by both nurse investigators and bedside nurses in Chinese patients in the intensive care unit.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Cell Death Discov
January 2021
Significant advance has been made towards understanding glioblastoma metabolism through global metabolomic profiling. However, hitherto little is known about the role by which altered metabolism plays in driving the aggressive glioma phenotype. We have previously identified hypotaurine as one of the top-ranked metabolites for differentiating low- and high-grade tumors, and that there is also a strong association between the levels of intratumoral hypotaurine and expression of its biosynthetic enzyme, cysteamine (2-aminoethanethiol) dioxygenase (ADO).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) are among the most common causes of cerebral hemorrhage in adolescents. For multiple-feeder bAVMs, complete exclusion of the nidus by endovascular embolization is challenging. This case series and literature review examined the long-term efficacy and safety of bAVM embolization using the dual microcatheter technique (DMCT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs)-specifically, symptomatic DAVFs with cortical venous reflux-are aggressive lesions with a poor prognosis. Intra-arterial endovascular closure is considered the optional treatment for DAVFs and is currently performed at several international centers. However, long-term outcomes remain unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been shown to be associated with the progression of laryngeal cancer (LC), but studies have reported inconsistent results. We systematically evaluated the effect of the pretreatment NLR on the prognosis of LC in the meta-analysis.
Method: The PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched from January 1, 2000 to September 10, 2019, to identify studies investigating the relationship between the NLR and outcomes in LC patients.
Zhonghua Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue
July 2020
Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of LVIS stent-assisted coil embolization in the acute phase of ruptured intracranial aneurysms.
Methods: The clinical data of 55 patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysm treated with LVIS stent-assisted coil embolization admitted to Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University from January 2016 to December 2018 were analyzed retrospectively. The general data, the characteristics of aneurysms and the occurrence of perioperative complications of the patients were collected.