New measurement indicator of ultrasound assessment of the fetal pancreas based on anatomical landmarks and its application to fetuses with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Objectives: To assess the best method for measuring the fetal pancreas, provide nomograms and evaluate the effect of GDM on it.

Methods: A total of 271 singleton fetuses (17-36 weeks) were included in this study. Measurements of pancreatic parameters established reference ranges.

Establishment and Validation of a Predictive Model for Sarcopenia Based on 2-D Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography in the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle.

Objective: To develop and validate a predictive model for sarcopenia.

Methods: A total of 240 subjects who visited our hospital between August 2021 and May 2023 were randomly divided by time of entry into a training set containing 2/3 of patients and a validation set containing 1/3 of patients. The muscle thickness (MT), echo intensity (EI), and shear wave velocity (SWV) of the medial gastrocnemius muscle were measured.

Multimodal ultrasound imaging: a method to improve the accuracy of sentinel lymph node diagnosis in breast cancer.

Aim: This study assessed the utility of multimodal ultrasound in enhancing the accuracy of breast cancer sentinel lymph node (SLN) assessment and compared it with single-modality ultrasound.

Methods: Preoperative examinations, including two-dimensional ultrasound (2D US), intradermal contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), intravenous CEUS, shear-wave elastography (SWE), and surface localization, were conducted on 86 SLNs from breast cancer patients. The diagnostic performance of single and multimodal approaches for detecting metastatic SLNs was compared to postoperative pathological results.

Risk estimation for postoperative nausea and vomiting: development and validation of a nomogram based on point-of-care gastric ultrasound.

Background: We aimed to develop a nomogram that can be combined with point-of-care gastric ultrasound and utilised to predict postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in adult patients after emergency surgery.

Methods: Imaging and clinical data of 236 adult patients undergoing emergency surgery in a university hospital between April 2022 and February 2023 were prospectively collected. Patients were divided into a training cohort (n = 177) and a verification cohort (n = 59) in a ratio of 3:1, according to a random number table.

Assessing Swallowing Dysfunction Aggravation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Using Ultrasonic Measurements With Swallowing Movement Parameters.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between ultrasonic measurements of swallowing movement parameters and aggravation of swallowing dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: COPD patients with swallowing dysfunction (n = 120) and COPD patients with normal swallowing function (n = 100) treated in our hospital between January 2020 and January 2023 were included in observation and control groups, respectively. The correlation between ultrasonic measurements of swallowing movement parameters and COPD with swallowing dysfunction was analyzed.

Effects and mechanisms of intrauterine chronic hypoxia on ovarian reserve function of zygotic rats.

Chronic intrauterine hypoxia (ICH) may lead to permanent alterations in the offspring's body structure, function, and metabolism through the "developmental programming" pathway, resulting in lasting changes in physiology and metabolism, as well as the onset of adult-onset diseases. The aim was to investigate intrauterine growth restriction caused by ICH and its effect on ovarian reserve function in female offspring at different developmental stages after birth. Healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 20) were pregnant by normal mating, and the rats in the ICH group were treated with chronic intrauterine hypoxia twice a day for 04 h00 each time from day 4 to 21 of gestation.

Shear wave elastography combined with two-dimensional ultrasonography for detecting optic nerve sheath: An effective tool for assessing preeclampsia.

Purpose/objective: This study aimed to investigate two-dimensional ultrasound and shear-wave elastography (SWE) in evaluating optic neuropathy in preeclampsia.

Methods: Ninety-one singleton pregnant women (51 with preeclampsia [observation group]; 40 without complications [control group]) admitted between January 2022 and April 2022 participated in this study. Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and optic nerve stiffness measurement (ONSM) were measured using two-dimensional ultrasound and SWE, respectively, and compared between the two groups.

Systemic lupus erythematosus with diffuse splenic calcification: A case report.

Objective: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with the main clinical characteristics of multisystem and multiorgan involvement of the whole body. It is commonly seen in skin mucosa, skeletal muscle, and the respiratory system while rarely involving the spleen. In this case, we present a young female patient with SLE with the symptom of progressing splenic calcification.

The efficacy of aprepitant for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting: A meta-analysis.

Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is one of the common adverse reactions after surgery. Recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating antiemetic drugs suggest that aprepitant has the strongest antiemetic effect of any single drug. This meta-analysis aimed to explore the efficacy of aprepitant for preventing PONV based on the existing literature.

Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Ablation for Adrenal Metastases: A Meta-Analysis.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous ablation (US-PA) for adrenal metastases (AMs) using a meta-analysis.

Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Embase electronic databases was performed to identify studies on US-PA for AM. Seven studies published between January 2000 and August 2022 were analyzed, which resulted in a sample size of 140 patients.

Shear Wave Elastography for Detecting Calf Muscle Stiffness: An Effective Tool for Assessing Sarcopenia.

Objectives: To explore the feasibility of shear wave elastography for evaluating sarcopenia.

Methods: The shear wave velocities (SWV) of the tibialis anterior, medial gastrocnemius, and soleus were measured in 130 subjects in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University from January 2021 to June 2022. Consistency was evaluated in 20 cases using the intraclass correlation coefficient.