Morphological Change in Optical Coherence Tomography and Functional Outcomes in Epiretinal Membrane Peeling with or without SF6 Tamponade.

Background: The present study compares the anatomical and functional outcomes (best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central macular thickness (CMT)) among membrane peeling with or without SF6 tamponade in patients with epiretinal membrane.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients diagnosed with macular pucker who underwent pars plana vitrectomy and membrane peeling in a tertiary center in Taiwan from January 2021 to December 2022. Subjects were categorized into with or without SF6 tamponade groups (SF6 group and BSS group).

Conundrum in primary care: should all cervical polyps be removed?

Background: The management of asymptomatic cervical polyps has long been debated due to the scarcity of literature and guidelines regarding the need for polypectomy. While the majority of cervical polyps are diagnosed incidentally by GPs during routine cervical smears, there are no clear recommendations on referral pathways for further histological investigations.

Aim: To investigate the need for polypectomy in women presenting with asymptomatic polyps.

Evaluating Recurrence Risk in Patients Undergoing Breast-conserving Surgery Using E-cadherin Staining as a Biomarker.

Background/aim: Following the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, radiotherapy is administered after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) in patients with more than four positive lymph nodes. Four positive lymph nodes are typically considered an indicator to assess disease spread and patient prognosis. However, the subjective counting of positive axillary lymph nodes underscores the need for biomarkers to improve diagnostic precision and reduce the risk of unnecessary treatments.

Implementing Aging in Place in Hong Kong: Meeting the Needs and Aspirations of Older Adults and Their Caregivers Living in Private Housing.

A policy of aging in place should be accompanied by physical and social environments that support healthy aging. This article describes how a property development company in Hong Kong sought to elicit the views of older people and their caregivers towards elderly services through a market research company, using questionnaire surveys followed by focus groups. Over 80% of all participants rated healthy dietary habits and exercise, maintaining mental and spiritual health, and maintaining a generally healthy lifestyle as important.

[Research advances on conductive hydrogels and their applications in the repair of diabetic wounds].

As a new type of functional wound dressing, conductive hydrogel, shows broad prospects of application in the field of wound repair due to its suitable electrical conductivity, good moisture retention, excellent biocompatibility, and biological effects such as mediating cell migration and proliferation, and promoting angiogenesis and collagen deposition. Combined with the clinical electrical stimulation therapy, the conductive hydrogel primarily showed curative effects of promoting granulation tissue formation, re-epithelialization, and wound healing, providing a new treatment idea for the repair of diabetic wounds. This review summarized the research advances of electronic conductive hydrogels and ionic conductive hydrogels in recent years based on different conductive mechanisms.

[A cross-sectional survey and analysis of the pain status and its influencing factors in diabetic foot ulcer patients].

To investigate the pain status in diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) patients and analyze its influencing factors. A single-center cross-sectional survey research method was used. From May 2021 to February 2022, DFU patients who were admitted to the Fourth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital and met the inclusion criteria were selected and investigated.

Intracranial Rosai‑Dorfman disease complicated by mucosa‑associated lymphoid tissue: A case report.

Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare, self-limiting histiocytic disease of unknown etiology. Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) is also rare and intracranial RDD complicated by MALT lymphoma is even rarer. The present study reports a case of a 55-year-old female who was admitted to The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University (Jiaxing, China) with headache for half a month and ptosis of the right eyelid for 4 days.

A review of tamoxifen administration regimen optimization for Cre/loxp system in mouse bone study.

Gene knockout is a technique routinely used in basic experimental research, particularly in mouse skeletal and developmental studies. Tamoxifen-induced Cre/loxp system is known for its temporal and spatial precision and commonly utilized by researchers. However, tamoxifen has been shown its side effects on affecting the phenotype of mouse bone directly.

Rat Bait, Not Healthy Rice!

Bromadiolone, a potent, long-acting anticoagulant rodenticide is frequently tinted to a red or pink color and mixed with cereals as rat bait. Six peoples working in a small factory suffered from a severe bleeding tendency several weeks after consuming a rice meal that was tainted with bromadiolone mistaken to be healthy food. High serum levels of bromadiolone and excessive bleeding were found in these individuals, and they needed vitamin K1 therapy for weeks.

Application of virtual reality for peritoneal dialysis exchange learning in patients with end-stage renal disease and cognitive impairment.

Cognitive impairment is not uncommon in patients with end-stage renal disease and can make it more difficult for these patients to carry out peritoneal dialysis (PD) on their own. Their attempts to do so may result in adverse consequences such as peritonitis. PD exchange is a complex procedure demanding knowledge and skill which requires close supervision and guidance by a renal nurse specialist.

[Advances on the research and treatment of autoimmune disease-related chronic wounds].

Autoimmune disease is a disease caused by the body's immune system being misdirected to attack the host itself. Patients with this type of diseases are in poor general condition, and are affected by vascular and skin tissue lesions, and therapeutic drugs. Once the skin is broken, chronic wounds that do not heal could easily develop.

Evaluating Anticancer and Immunomodulatory Effects of (Arthrospira) and Gamma-Tocotrienol Supplementation in a Syngeneic Mouse Model of Breast Cancer.

Nutrition can modulate host immune responses as well as promote anticancer effects. In this study, two nutritional supplements, namely gamma-tocotrienol (γT3) and were evaluated for their immune-enhancing and anticancer effects in a syngeneic mouse model of breast cancer (BC). Five-week-old female BALB/c mice were fed , γT3, or a combination of and γT3 ( + γT3) for 56 days.

[Retrospective analysis of 2 997 inpatients with skin and soft tissue injuries].

To analyze the epidemiological characteristics and the related information on the diagnosis and treatment of inpatients with skin and soft tissue injuries. The medical records of inpatients with skin and soft tissue injuries who were admitted to the Fourth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital (hereinafter referred to as the author's unit) from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2018, conforming to the study criteria, were retrospectively analyzed. The indexes included inpatients'gender, age, wound course, underlying disease, wound type, wound site, and wound microbiological culture result, methods and outcome of treatment, type of medical payment, hospital day, and hospitalization cost.

[Clinical strategies for preservation of the exposed implant in chronic wounds and wound repair].

To explore the clinical strategies for preservation of the exposed implant in chronic wounds and wound repair. From January 2016 to January 2019, totally 8 patients (4 males and 4 females, aged 10 to 73 years) sustaining postoperative chronic wounds with exposed implants were admitted to the Fourth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital. There were 2 cases of abdominal patch exposure after abdominal trauma surgery, 2 cases of titanium plate exposure post craniocerebral surgery, 3 cases of internal fixator exposure post orthopedic surgery, and 1 case of cerebrospinal fluid drainage tube exposure after craniocerebral surgery.

Association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and prevalence of diabetes mellitus among Malaysian adults.

Background: Malaysia has the highest rate of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the Southeast Asian region, and has ongoing air pollution and periodic haze exposure.

Methods: Diabetes data were derived from the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Surveys conducted in 2006, 2011 and 2015. The air pollution data (NO, NO, SO, O and PM) were obtained from the Department of Environment Malaysia.

Brain Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Joint Independent Component Analysis in Schizophrenic Patients.

Background: In past magnetic resonance imaging studies, normal participants and schizophrenia patients have usually been compared using imaging processing modes with only one parameter. A more extensive evaluation of significant differences between gray and white matter in Schizophrenic patents was necessary.

Methods: Voxel based morphometry was used to separate brain images into gray matter and white matter.

Fault Diagnosis of a Rotor and Ball-Bearing System Using DWT Integrated with SVM, GRNN, and Visual Dot Patterns.

In this study, a set of methods for the inspection of a working motor in real time was proposed. The aim was to determine if ball-bearing operation is normal or abnormal and to conduct an inspection in real time. The system consists of motor control and measurement systems.

Association between dietary patterns and overweight risk among Malaysian adults: evidence from nationally representative surveys.

Objective: To investigate the association between dietary patterns (DP) and overweight risk in the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Surveys (MANS) of 2003 and 2014.

Design: DP were derived from the MANS FFQ using principal component analysis. The cross-sectional association of the derived DP with prevalence of overweight was analysed.

[Effects of insulin therapy on skeletal muscle wasting in severely scalded rats and its related mechanism].

To explore the effects of insulin therapy on skeletal muscle wasting (SMW) in severely scalded rats and its related mechanism. Totally 48 male Wistar rats aged 7-8 weeks were divided into simple scald (SS) group and insulin therapy (IT) group according to the random number table, with 24 rats in each group. After weighing the body mass and measuring the blood glycemic level of the tail end with a glucometer, the rats in the two groups were immersed in hot water at 94 ℃ for 12 seconds to make a full-thickness dorsal scald model involving 30% total body surface area.

Syrian rue seeds interacted with acacia tree bark in an herbal stew resulted in N,N-dimethyltryptamine poisoning.

Illicit substance use is an increasing problem all over the world, especially in adolescents and young adults. It is a challenge to make a definitive diagnosis of a specific substance in a poisoning case without toxicology laboratory confirmation. We confirmed the presence of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) by liquid chromatograph tandem mass spectrometer (LC/MS/MS) in biologic samples from two patients who presented with signs and symptoms consistent with sympathomimetic toxicity following the consumption of an herbal stew.

[Effects of platelet-rich plasma combined with polylactic acid/polycaprolactone on healing of pig deep soft tissue defect caused by fragment injury].

To investigate the effects of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) combined with polylactic acid/polycaprolactone (PLA/PCL) on healing of mininature pig deep soft tissue defect caused by fragment injury. Two male Bama miniature pigs with 11 to 12 months (the same below) were selected by lottery to prepare PRP. The other twenty-seven male Bama miniature pigs were used to reproduce deep soft tissue defect caused by high-explosive ammunition fragment injury on bilateral posterior femoral region.