The aim of this study was to investigate the overall effects of phototherapy on biopterin (BH4), neopterin (BH2), tryptophan (Trp), and behavioral neuroinflammatory reaction in patients with post-stroke depression. There involved a total of 100 hospitalized patients with post-stroke depression at our hospital from February 2021 to December 2022. The participants enrolled were randomly assigned to either the control group or the experimental group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In patients with post-stroke depression (PSD) in diabetes, the situation may be more complex, requiring simultaneous treatment of blood glucose, depressive symptoms, and neurological dysfunction. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy can improve tissue oxygen content and improve the situation of ischemia and hypoxia, thus playing a role in protecting brain cells and restoring the function of brain cells. However, there are few studies on HBO therapy for patients with PSD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the correlation between clinical symptoms and cognitive impairment in elderly patients with depressive disorder.
Methods: In this retrospective study, a total of 123 elderly patients with depressive disorder admitted to our hospital from January 2020 to February 2021 were included. Patients' cognitive function was assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA).
Objective: We performed this meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and toxicity of regorafenib and TAS-102.
Methods: Electronic databases were searched to identify studies comparing the efficacy and safety of regorafenib and TAS-102 in patients with chemotherapy-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer using pooled analyses.
Results: Three clinical trials were included in this analysis.