Risk factors for hospital readmission among patients with cirrhosis and ascites in China: a retrospective observational study.

Objective: In this investigation, we aimed to explore risk factors for 90-day hospital readmission among patients with cirrhosis and ascites in an Asian population.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we included consecutive patients diagnosed with cirrhosis and ascites hospitalized in Renji Hospital between 2018 and 2022 to elucidate risk factors for 90-day readmission. We conducted multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify readmission risk factors.

Bacteriological and molecular typing of Clostridium perfringens strains isolated in retail beef in Beijing, China.

Clostridium perfringens is an important zoonotic pathogen. This study was designed to explore the prevalence and toxin types of C. perfringens in retail beef collected from Beijing, China.

[Clinical characteristics and genetic analysis of three pediatric patients with idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy].

Objective: Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is rare in children, and little is known about the molecular basis of RCM. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and myopathological characteristics and to detect mutations on cardiac sarcomere protein genes in three idiopathic pediatric RCMs.

Methods: Detailed clinical characteristics and familiar history were obtained in three idiopathic pediatric RCMs.

[Matrix metalloproteinase-1 expression in the circulation of patients with Kawasaki disease and its role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery lesions].

Objective: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute and self-limited systemic vasculitis syndrome of unknown origin that mainly affects small and medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries, which is followed by aneurysm formation. Increased levels of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) have been detected in aortic aneurysms in adults, suggesting an important role of MMP-1 in arterial wall destruction and resultant aneurysm formation. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of MMP-1 in the pathogenesis of coronary artery lesions in patients with KD.