Publications by authors named "Simin Zhuang"

Article Synopsis
  • - The text discusses the benefits of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), including reduced cesarean rates, better breastfeeding rates, shorter recovery times, and lower hospitalization durations, yet notes that the practice remains underutilized in many places.
  • - It aims to analyze the barriers and facilitators influencing decision-making regarding VBAC through a mixed-methods systematic review of studies from various countries, focusing on individual, interpersonal, and healthcare system factors.
  • - The review included 55 studies published from 2002 to 2024, assessing the quality of the research as moderate to high and categorizing the influencing factors into four main areas with nine subcategories, highlighting the complexity of decisions surrounding VBAC.
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Background: Global Cancer Statistics 2020 reported that breast cancer had exceeded lung cancer as the most frequently diagnosed cancer. Surgery is the primary treatment modality for breast cancer, but postoperative upper limb dysfunction often occurs; functional exercise can alleviate this and restore upper limb function. However, exercise compliance is low in postoperative breast cancer patients; thus, many studies have been conducted in recent years to improve patient compliance with exercise.

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Problem: There have been some studies on the needs of women experiencing perinatal loss in various socio-cultural contexts, but there is no research that systematically and comprehensively synthesizes these needs.

Background: Perinatal loss has profound psychosocial effects. The misconceptions and prejudices existing in the public, the lack of satisfactory clinical care, and the available social support may all increase the negative impact.

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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate and analyze the methodological quality of the published clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for perinatal bereavement care and provide a reference for implementing best clinical practices.

Methods: We performed a systematic and comprehensive search in five electronic databases (PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, Wan Fang Database), eight guideline databases, and six websites of professional organizations from March 2021 to June 2021. Four researchers used the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE II) instrument to appraise the selected CPGs independently.

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Pharmaceuticals are widespread in aquatic ecosystem, which may pose a potential threat to fish and human. In the study, a robust and reliable magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) based on bovine serum albumin (BSA) restricted access octadecyl/phenyl-mixed-functionalized magnetic silica nanoparticles (BSA-C18/Ph-FeO@SiO NPs) as sorbent was developed for the extraction of venlafaxine, paroxetine, fluoxetine, norfluoxetine, sertraline and diphenhydramine from the muscle extracts of aquatic products followed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) detection. The homemade sorbent showed appropriate compatibility in aqueous solution and good performance in reducing matrix interference of snakehead muscle tissue extracts with absolute matrix effect ranging in 95.

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Objective: To study the applied valuation of Onodera prognostic nutrition index (Onodera index) in elderly patients with colorectal cancer.

Methods: Onodera indexes of 163 elderly patients with colorectal cancer were calculated and these patients were divided into better-nourished group (Onodera index ≥45) and under-nourished group (Onodera index <45). Correlations of Onodera index with general data, operation type, postoperative complication, recovery of gastrointestinal function, clinicopathological feature and prognosis were analyzed.

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Aim: To explore the expression of albumin (ALB), insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, and insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-3 in tumor tissues and adjacent non-tumor tissues of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with cirrhosis.

Methods: Twenty-four HCC patients with cirrhosis who underwent hepatectomy were studied. ALB mRNA, IGF-1 mRNA, and IGFBP-3 mRNA in liver tissues (including tumor tissues and adjacent non-tumor tissues) were detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

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