Prediction of allograft function in pre-transplant kidneys using sound touch elastography (STE): an ex vivo study.

Background: The purpose of the study was to evaluate renal quality and predict posttransplant graft function using ex vivo sound touch elastography (STE).

Methods: In this prospective study, 106 donor kidneys underwent ex vivo STE examination and biopsy from March 2022 to August 2023. The mean stiffness of the superficial cortex (STE), deep cortex (STE), and medulla (STE) was obtained and synthesized into one index (STE) through the factor analysis method.

[Clinical Study on the Distribution Frequency of Anti-Mur in Southern Fujian Area and Its Cause of Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn].

Objective: To investigate the distribution frequency of anti-Mur and the characteristics of hemolytic disease of the newborn by anti-Mur in this region, and to provide basis for guiding clinical safe blood transfusion.

Methods: Anti-Mur detected in blood preparation or transfusion cases from November 2020 to December 2021 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed, the laboratory test data and relevant clinical data of the patients were statistically analyzed.

Results: Among 39 069 cases of blood preparation or transfusion, 345 cases of irregular antibody were detected, including 23 cases of anti-Mur, 7 cases of male, and 4 cases of blood transfusion history.

Expanding the phylogenetic distribution of cytochrome b-containing methanogenic archaea sheds light on the evolution of methanogenesis.

Methane produced by methanogenic archaea has an important influence on Earth's changing climate. Methanogenic archaea are phylogenetically diverse and widespread in anoxic environments. These microorganisms can be divided into two subgroups based on whether or not they use b-type cytochromes for energy conservation.

Pre-operative breathing training based on video learning reduces emergence delirium in preschool children: A randomized clinical trial.

Study Objective: Emergence delirium is a common complication in preschool children after general anesthesia and may result in undesirable complications. This study aimed to determine whether breathing training after watching an informative video during the pre-operative visit could reduce the incidence of emergence delirium in preschool children after otorhinolaryngologic surgery under general anesthesia.

Design: A single-center, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial.

Prevention and control of COVID-19 by primary health care facilities in China: a field-survey-based qualitative study in three typical cities.

Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) containment, primary health care (PHC) facilities inChina played an important role in providing both healthcare and public care services to community populations. The tasks of COVID-19 containment facilitated by PHC facilities were different among different regions and during different periods of COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to investigate the gaps on task participation, explore existing problems and provide corresponding solutions.

Brain functional changes in patients with Crohn's disease: A resting-state fMRI study.

Background: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic recurrent intestinal inflammatory disease, often accompanied by poor adaptation and excessive stress response. However, the potential neurological mechanisms of these symptoms have not yet been studied in-depth.

Objective: To investigate alterations in brain activity in patients with Crohn's disease and study the relationship between altered regions and clinical indices.

Newly discovered Asgard archaea Hermodarchaeota potentially degrade alkanes and aromatics via alkyl/benzyl-succinate synthase and benzoyl-CoA pathway.

Asgard archaea are widely distributed in anaerobic environments. Previous studies revealed the potential capability of Asgard archaea to utilize various organic substrates including proteins, carbohydrates, fatty acids, amino acids and hydrocarbons, suggesting that Asgard archaea play an important role in sediment carbon cycling. Here, we describe a previously unrecognized archaeal phylum, Hermodarchaeota, affiliated with the Asgard superphylum.

Malignancy risk stratification and FNA recommendations for thyroid nodules: A comparison of ACR TI-RADS, AACE/ACE/AME and ATA guidelines.

Objective: To compare diagnostic performance and malignancy risk stratification among guidelines set forth by the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in 2015, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) and the Association Medici Endocrinologi (AME) in 2016, and the American College of Radiology (ACR) in 2017.

Methods: The retrospective study was approved by the hospital ethics committee, and the informed consent requirement was waived. From October 2015 to March 2016, a total of 230 patients with 230 consecutive thyroid nodules were enrolled in this study.

Preoperative prediction of tumour deposits in rectal cancer by an artificial neural network-based US radiomics model.

Objective: To develop a machine learning-based ultrasound (US) radiomics model for predicting tumour deposits (TDs) preoperatively.

Methods: From December 2015 to December 2017, 127 patients with rectal cancer were prospectively enrolled and divided into training and validation sets. Endorectal ultrasound (ERUS) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) examinations were conducted for each patient.

Carotid Artery Stiffness Assessment by Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging: Feasibility and Potential Influencing Factors.

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of the ultrafast ultrasound pulsed wave velocity (PWV) for carotid stiffness assessment and potential influencing factors.

Methods: Ultrafast PWV measurements of 442 carotid arteries in 162 consecutive patients (patient group) and 66 healthy volunteers (control group) were performed. High- and very high-frequency transducers were used in 110 carotid segments.

FOXK2, regulted by miR-1271-5p, promotes cell growth and indicates unfavorable prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

The forkhead transcription factor FOXK2 has been implicated in the progression of human cancers, but its role and clinical significance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have not been explored. Here we showed that FOXK2 expression was increased and associated with tumor size, TNM stage and vascular invasion. High FOXK2 expression was correlated with poor overall and disease-free survival in two independent cohorts consisting of 864 patients with HCC.

Added value of two-dimensional shear wave elastography to ultrasonography for staging common femoral vein thrombi.

Unlabelled: prove the performance for staging common femoral vein thrombi (CFVT).

Material And Methods: A total of 194 consecutive patients with CFVT who underwent US and 2D-SWE were enrolled. These patients were categorized into three groups according to CFVT duration: Stage A (≤14 days), Stage B (14 days to 6 months), and Stage C (≥6 months).

Adjunctive targeted contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for the work-up of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System category 3 and 4 lesions.

Introduction: The assessment and management of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System category 3 and 4 lesions (BI-RADS 3 and 4 lesions respectively) present numerous challenges for breast radiologists and physicians due to the ambiguity in the classification guidelines. Different imaging modalities have been investigated for their ability to provide additional aid in classification and management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of targeted contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) as an adjunctive modality to mammography plus conventional ultrasound (MG + US) in the decision of whether further diagnostic work-up is needed for BI-RADS 3 and 4 lesions.

Alcohol intake and associated risk of major cardiovascular outcomes in women compared with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies.

Background: The prevalence of alcohol intake is increasing among women in some populations. Alcohol consumption plays an important role in the risk of major cardiovascular outcomes and total mortality. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the association between alcohol intake and major cardiovascular outcomes or total mortality in women compared with men.

Optimizing the US Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia with a Modified Triangular Cord Thickness and Gallbladder Classification.

Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic performance of ultrasonography (US) in the identification and exclusion of biliary atresia with a modified triangular cord thickness metric together with a gallbladder classification scheme, as well as hepatic artery (HA) diameter and liver and spleen size, in a large sample of jaundiced infants. Materials and Methods The ethics committee approved this study, and written informed parental consent was obtained. In 273 infants with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (total bilirubin level ≥ 31.

Forecast model analysis for the morbidity of tuberculosis in Xinjiang, China.

Tuberculosis is a major global public health problem, which also affects economic and social development. China has the second largest burden of tuberculosis in the world. The tuberculosis morbidity in Xinjiang is much higher than the national situation; therefore, there is an urgent need for monitoring and predicting tuberculosis morbidity so as to make the control of tuberculosis more effective.