The complete chloroplast genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of (W.W.Sm.) Benoist 1935 (Acanthaceae).

of Acanthaceae is an herb species with potentially extensive applications for its pharmaceutical and ornamental values. Due to taxonomic complications and limited genetic information, the structural characteristics, and phylogenetic relationships of the chloroplast genome were assembled and characterized here for the first time. The complete chloroplast genome of was 144,580 bp in length.

A meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of high intensity focused ultrasound ablation combined with transhepatic arterial chemotherapy and embolization for hepatoma.

Objective: The efficacy of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation(HIFU) combined with Transhepatic Arterial Chemotherapy And Embolization(TACE) versus TACE alone in the treatment of hepatoma was evaluated by meta-analysis and trial sequential analyses(TSA).

Methods: Pubmed, Cochrane, Embase, Web of Science, Scoups and CNKI, CQVIP, Wanfang Data(China National Knowledge Infrastructure) databases were searched from database construction to April 2022, and randomized controlled trials were included. Revman and Stata software were used for meta-analysis of tumor changes, survival rate, laboratory indicators and adverse reactions in the included studies, and TSA0.

Thyroid metastatic carcinoma caused by primary lung cancer-a case report.

Thyroid metastatic cancer is rare. It may be ignored due to the longer course of the primary disease and the less obvious symptoms. With the popularity of ultrasonography, it can help the early detection of thyroid metastatic cancer.

The effect of regions-of-interest and elasticity modulus selection on differentiating benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes with shear wave elastography.

Objective: Imaging diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy has conventionally used ultrasonography. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a recent ultrasound technological advancement that has shown promise in the important medical problem of differentiating between benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes based on quantitative measurements of elasticity modulus. However, widely varying elasticity modulus metrics and regions-of-interest (ROIs) were used in existing studies, leading to inconsistent findings and results that are hard to compare with each other.

Application of shear wave elastography as a diagnostic method for esophageal varices.

Background: To evaluate the value of shear wave elastic imaging (SWE) in the classification of esophageal varices (EV) and detection of rupture hemorrhage.

Methods: A total of 120 patients with clinically diagnosed cirrhosis were selected from October 2017 to October 2018 and underwent ultrasonography, endoscopy, and laboratory examinations. Several factors, including gender, age, body mass index (BMI), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), AST to platelet count ratio index (APRI), portal vein diameter, platelet count, spleen thickness, liver stiffness (LS), and spleen stiffness (SS), were evaluated for their diagnostic value for EV classification and detection of rupture hemorrhage.

A model to measure self-assessed proficiency in electronic medical records: Validation using maturity survey data from Canadian community-based physicians.

Objective: Adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) does not necessarily translate to proficiency -referred to here as EMR maturity. To realize the full benefit of wide scale EMR adoption, the focus must shift from adoption to advancing mature use. This calls for validated assessment models so that researchers, health system planners and digital health developers can better understand what contributes to maturity among physicians.

Fat-poor renal angiomyolipoma combined with pseudoaneurysm: a case report.

Renal angiomyolipoma (RAML), a rare benign mesenchymal tumor, consists of variable proportions of thick-walled blood vessels admixed with adipose tissue and bundles of smooth muscle. Rarely, RAML angiomyolipoma may be associated with pseudoaneurysm, spontaneous rupture and hemorrhage. we herein present an exceptional case of fat-poor RAML containing a large pseudoaneurysm in a 48-yearold woman with known pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (PLAM), who was admitted to hospital due to right flank pain for about two months.

Quantitative Analysis of Enlarged Cervical Lymph Nodes with Ultrasound Elastography.

Unlabelled: PURPSOE: To investigate the diagnostic value of quantitative analysis of a tissue diffusion and virtual touch tissue imaging quantification (VTIQ) technique with acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography for assessing enlarged cervical lymph nodes.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-six enlarged cervical lymph nodes confirmed by pathologic diagnoses were covered in the study. According to the results of pathologic diagnosis, patients were classified into benign and malignant groups.