[The mediating effect of coping style between illness perception and fear of cancer recurrence in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy].

Objective: To explore the mediating effect of coping style between illness perception and fear of cancer recurrence in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy.

Methods: A questionnaire survey was carried out in 254 eligible patients who underwent radical prostatectomy in the urology department of two comprehensive tertiary hospitals in Wenzhou City from June 2022 to December 2022. The questionnaires include the general data questionnaire, brief illness perception questionnaire (BIPQ), Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ) and Fear of Progression Questionnaire-Short Form (FoP-Q-SF).

Integrated Analysis of Key Genes and Pathways Involved in Fetal Growth Restriction and Their Associations With the Dysregulation of the Maternal Immune System.

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a common pregnancy complication and a risk factor for infant death. Most patients with FGR have preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, or other etiologies, making it difficult to determine the specific molecular mechanisms underlying FGR. In this study, an integrated analysis was performed using gene expression profiles obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus.

Lower circulating preptin levels in male patients with osteoporosis are correlated with bone mineral density and bone formation.

Background: Serum preptin levels among subjects with different bone mineral densities (BMD) were measured and investigated to determine the correlation between BMD and bone-metabolic markers.

Methods: Approximately 52 elderly male patients with osteoporosis, 50 elderly men with osteopaenia, and 31 age-matched normal bone mass controls participated in the study. The serum preptin levels and bone metabolic markers were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture with systemic lupus erythematosus: case report and literature review.

Although involvement of the reticuloendothelial system in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a well-recognised concomitant of the disease, spontaneous splenic rupture is an unusual occurrence. We observed a 54-year-old woman with SLE who had spontaneous splenic rupture during the late course of the disease and showed some changes histopathologically. The courses and the clinical characteristics of such patients are reviewed, and the diagnosis and treatment of these cases are discussed.