Pilot Study of a Modified DOPS Scale for Insulin Pump and CGM Installation Training in Chinese Medical Students During Endocrinology Rotations.

Background: Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) is a clinical assessment tool that enables trainers to observe medical students' procedural abilities in real-time clinical settings. It assesses students' knowledge application, decision-making, and skill proficiency during clinical tasks.

Methods: This study modifies the DOPS to evaluate the operation of insulin pumps (PUMP) and continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) in diabetes management.

Bibliometric analysis of global research on air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: 2012-2022.

Background: The relationship between air pollution and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has garnered significant interest among researchers globally. This study employed bibliometric analysis to provide an overview of current research on the association between air pollution and CVDs, offering a comprehensive analysis of global research trends in this area.

Methods: An exhaustive scrutiny of literature pertaining to the nexus between air pollution and CVDs from 2012 to 2022 was conducted through rigorous screening of the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC).

Intradermal miR-16-5p targets Akt3 and reduces RTX-induced postherpetic neuralgia-mimic pain in mice.

The molecular mechanisms of refractory pain in postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) patients are not fully understood. PHN may be related to skin abnormality after herpes zoster induced skin lesions. We previously reported 317 differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in PHN skin compared with the contralateral normal mirror skin.

CircRNA High Mobility Group At-hook 2 regulates cell proliferation, metastasis and glycolytic metabolism of nonsmall cell lung cancer by targeting miR-331-3p to upregulate High Mobility Group At-hook 2.

Increasing circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been identified as pivotal players in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study will explore the function and mechanism of circRNA High Mobility Group AT-hook 2 (circHMGA2) in NSCLC. The circHMGA2, microRNA-331-3p (miR-331-3p) and HMGA2 expression analyses were performed via quantitative real-time PCR.

MiR-410-3p overexpression ameliorates neurological deficits in rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain damage.

Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is major cause of neonatal death or long-term neurodevelopmental disabilities, which becomes a major practical problem currently in clinic. Whereas, its pathophysiology and underlying molecular mechanism is not clear. MicroRNAs are involved in the normal growth and development of neuronal cells.

Right atrial diameter and outcome of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.

Purpose: While AF is considered more like a left atrial (LA) disease, to what extent the right atrium contributes to the pathogenesis and ablation outcome of AF remains unclear. This study aimed to identify if right atrial diameter (RAD) could predict arrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods: Four hundred and seventy patients with drug-resistant AF [paroxysmal AF (PAF) 196; non-PAF 274] who underwent primary catheter ablation were enrolled.

Phase I study of postoperative radiotherapy combined with capecitabine for gastric cancer.

Aim: To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) of capecitabine combined with postoperative radiotherapy for gastric cancer.

Methods: We enrolled patients with any T stage and node-positive gastroesophageal or gastric adenocarcinoma after complete resection with negative margins (R0) or microscopic (R1) or macroscopic (R2) resection. Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) using a five-to-seven-field, coplanar, sliding window technique was delivered to the tumor bed (T4b), anastomosis site, duodenal stump and regional lymph nodes (LNs) to a total dose of 45 Gy (1.