Publications by authors named "Weifeng Xiong"
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- * Findings revealed a moon-related pattern in admissions for BD, showing fewer hospitalizations during the new and full moons but no significant differences in timing among various types of BD episodes.
- * The researchers suggest that sleep could be a factor linking lunar effects to BD admissions, but they caution that it's premature to make definitive conclusions, highlighting the need for further research on this phenomenon.
Inconsistencies were discovered in the findings regarding the effects of meteorological factors on tuberculosis (TB). This study conducted a systematic review of published studies on the relationship between TB and meteorological factors and used a meta-analysis to investigate the pooled effects in order to provide evidence for future research and policymakers. The literature search was completed by August 3rd, 2021, using three databases: PubMed, Web of Science and Embase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate how the ulcerative colitis (UC) be treated with Chinese herbal medicines (CHM), using Chinese medicine (CM) pattern (zheng) identification, in the current clinical practice.
Methods: A total of 7 electronic databases were systematically searched for UC clinical studies with CHM interventions (including single herbs and CHM formulas) published in English and Chinese from the date of their inception to November 25, 2020. Descriptive statistics were adopted to demonstrate the characteristics of study design, and to collate the commonly CM patterns of UC and frequently used CHM herbs and formulas.
Infectious diarrhea in China showed a significant pattern. Many researchers have tried to reveal the drivers, yet usually only meteorological factors were taken into consideration. Furthermore, the diarrheal data they analyzed were incomplete and the algorithms they exploited were inefficient of adapting realistic relationships.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the reporting quality of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of massage, particularly whether necessary elements related to massage interventions were adequately reported.
Methods: A total of 8 electronic databases were systematically searched for massage RCTs published in English and Chinese from the date of their inception to June 22, 2020. Quality assessment was performed using three instruments, namely the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) 2010 Checklist (37 items), the CONSORT Extension for NPT (Nonpharmacologic Treatments) 2017 checklist (18 items), and a self-designed massage-specific checklist (16 items) which included massage rationale, intervention and control group details.
Objective: To assess the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with multicenter design, particularly whether necessary information related to multicenter characteristics was adequately reported.
Study Design And Setting: Through a search of 4 international electronic databases, we identified multicenter RCTs published in English from 1975 to 2019. Reporting quality was assessed by the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) checklist (37 items) and by a self-designed multicenter-specific checklist (27 items covering multicenter design, implement and analysis).
Background: Psychotic major depression (PMD) is a subtype of depression with a poor prognosis. Previous studies have failed to find many differences between patients with PMD and those with non-psychotic major depression (NMD) or schizophrenia (SZ). We compared sociodemographic factors (including season of conception) and clinical characteristics between patients with PMD, NMD, and schizophrenia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBirth season is an important risk factor for several cancers; for example, anatomic subsite risk factors for gastric cancer differ substantially by when patients were born. In this population-based retrospective study, we explored the relationship between birth season and gastric cancer of different anatomical sites, focusing on gastric cancer patients who were registered at the Beijing Institute for Cancer Research from 2003 to 2012. In total, 19,668 patients were divided into three groups according to the anatomical site of the primary lesion: cardia ( = 3911), noncardia ( = 5383) and unknown ( = 10,374).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an important role in the assessment of spinal cord status for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) also is a novel investigation tool with good sensitivity to detect changes in CSM, but it is not routinely used in spinal cord evaluation.
Methods: Sixty-six patients with CSM who required surgical decompression were included.
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- The study aimed to evaluate how well diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) can distinguish between central lung cancer and atelectasis.
- A total of 38 lung cancer patients underwent various MR imaging sequences, including DW-MRI, which measured apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) to help differentiate tumors from atelectasis.
- Results showed that DW-MRI successfully identified all cancer cases, revealing that central lung carcinoma had significantly lower ADC values compared to atelectasis, suggesting DW-MRI could be a superior alternative to conventional imaging methods like PET-CT for lung cancer diagnosis.