Effect of Butylphthalide soft capsules on cognitive function and dementia-related factors in elderly patients with Parkinson's disease dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To observe the effect of Butylphthalide soft capsules on improving cognitive function, activity of daily living, and dementia-related factors of elderly patients with Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods: The clinical data of 126 elderly patients with PDD admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University during the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were assigned to a control group (conventional clinical treatment, n=50) and a research group (conventional clinical treatment combined with Butylphthalide soft capsules, n=76).

The Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Detection of Gallbladder Disease: A Meta-analysis.

Rationale And Objectives: The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically assess the diagnostic value of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the detection of gallbladder diseases.

Materials And Methods: Pubmed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched for studies up to May 22, 2023. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio, diagnostic odds ratio, area under the curve of summary receiver operating characteristic were calculated using the bivariate model.

Predictive Value of FNA-Tg and TgAb in Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

To analyze whether thyroglobulin (Tg) and anti-Tg antibody (TgAb) detection in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of cervical lymph node (LN; LN-FNA-Tg and LN-FNA-TgAb) can predict LN metastasis and obtain the best cutoff value. The patients admitted to our hospital from January 2020 to March 2021 were prospectively enrolled. The LNs were sampled by FNA.

Current care practices for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in China.

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has presented challenges in the care of patients with chronic diseases. We identified the challenges faced by Chinese patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) during the pandemic.

Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted between March 27 and June 30, 2021.