Case report: intracranial lesions in a patient with anxiety and depression: tumor recurrence or radiation encephalopathy?

Purpose: Radiation encephalopathy (REP) is one of the most common complications of radiotherapy for malignant tumors of the head and neck. Symptoms usually appear months to years following radiotherapy, with headache, insomnia, and memory loss as the main clinical features. We report a patient who was admitted to the hospital with anxiety and depressive disorder and was eventually diagnosed with REP.

Exploring the clinical complexity of cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome: insights from a pediatric case series.

Background: Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous syndrome (CFCS) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder primarily caused by BRAF gene mutations, posing diagnostic challenges due to its multifaceted clinical presentation.

Objective: To elucidate the clinical characteristics of pediatric CFCS patients, expanding the phenotypic spectrum to enhance early diagnostic capabilities, while also presenting the relationship between genotye and corresponding phenotype severity.

Methods: From January 2015 to March 2022, four children diagnosed with CFCS in Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University were included for analysis.

Risk factors for persistent fever in children with infectious mononucleosis.

Background: Fever is a common symptom in children with infectious mononucleosis (IM). However, the significance of the duration of a fever is poorly understood. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for persistent fever in children with IM.

Effectiveness and safety of probiotic therapy for pediatric allergic rhinitis management: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of probiotics for allergic rhinitis (AR) management in children.

Methods: In total, 6 databases were searched, and 26 randomized controlled trials that compared the effects of probiotics with those not using probiotics in pediatric AR were included. Methodological quality was assessed using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool.

Slight asymmetry induces significant distortion of soot volume fraction measurements in counterflow diffusion flames with diffuse back-illumination imaging.

Counterflow diffusion flame is a favorable platform for fundamental investigation of soot kinetics. A diffuse back-illumination imaging technique for measuring soot volume fractions in these flames was rigorously demonstrated here. It was noticed that the technique is extremely sensitive to slight asymmetry of the flame.

Bushen Yijing Fang Reduces Fall Risk in Late Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia: A Randomized Double-blind and Placebo-controlled Trial.

Falls in late postmenopausal women with osteopenia usually cause fractures with severe consequences. This 36-month randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial with a 10-year observational follow-up study aimed to investigate the long-term effect of herbal formula Bushen Yijing Fang (BSYJF) on fall risk in the late postmenopausal women with osteopenia. 140 late postmenopausal women (Femoral neck T-score, -2.

The effect of melatonin on cardio fibrosis in juvenile rats with pressure overload and deregulation of HDACs.

The effect of melatonin on juveniles with cardio fibrosis is poorly understood. We investigated whether HDACs participate in the anti-fibrotic processes regulated by melatonin during hypertrophic remodeling. Abdominal aortic constriction (AAC) was employed in juvenile rats resulting in pressure overload-induced ventricular hypertrophy and melatonin was subsequently decreased via continuous light exposure for 5 weeks after surgery.

[Control study for muscle force and component of body of female patients with knee osteoarthritis].

Objective: To understand the information of female patients with knee osteoarthritis regarding muscle force, constitution parameter.

Methods: Thirty-seven cases diagnosed as knee osteoarthritis and 37 controls were examined by MES. T-test was used to analysis two groups differences of muscle force, constitution parameter, et al.