Factors influencing work engagement among male nurses: A structural equation model.

Aim: To investigate the male nurses' engagement in nursing work and the influencing factors.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 13 hospitals in China to collect data from 328 male nurses from August to October 2021.

Psychological capital and alienation among patients with COVID-19 infection: the mediating role of social support.

Background: COVID-19 infection continues all over the world, causing serious physical and psychological impacts to patients. Patients with COVID-19 infection suffer from various negative emotional experiences such as anxiety, depression, mania, and alienation, which seriously affect their normal life and is detrimental to the prognosis. Our study is aimed to investigate the effect of psychological capital on alienation among patients with COVID-19 and the mediating role of social support in this relationship.

Latent profile analysis of security among patients with COVID-19 infection in mobile cabin hospitals and its relationship with psychological capital.

Aim: COVID-19 patients' security is related to their mental health. However, the classification of this group's sense of security is still unclear. The aim of our research is to clarify the subtypes of security of patients infected with COVID-19, explore the factors affecting profile membership, and examine the relationship between security and psychological capital for the purpose of providing a reference for improving patients' sense of security and mental health.

Development and preliminary evaluation of Chinese School-aged Children's Eating Behavior Scale.

Background: The objective of this study was to develop a scale to assess eating behaviors of school-aged children (6-12 years old) in China.

Methods: To develop the scale, a literature review and qualitative interviews were conducted. The draft scale contained 115 items and went through three evaluations among three groups of caregivers (n = 140, 400, 700) selected from suburban and urban kindergartens in Xi'an, Hanzhong, and Yanan, China, from March 2017 to October 2018.

Survival and Versatility of the Flow-Through Lateral-Thigh Free Flap in Severe Electrical Injuries to the Wrist.

Background: The hand and wrist are most often in contact with electrical currents and thus most vulnerable to severe electrical burns. The treatment of such severe injury via surgical intervention remains a big challenge because of the vast tissue necrosis and the segmental vascular injury. The flow-through lateral-thigh free flap has been used effectively to resurface these defects and to reconstruct segmental vascular defects.

Preclinical Pharmacokinetics, Tissue Distribution, and Plasma Protein Binding of Sodium (±)-5-Bromo-2-(α-Hydroxypentyl) Benzoate (BZP), an Innovative Potent Anti-ischemic Stroke Agent.

Sodium (±)-5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl) benzoate (BZP) is a potential cardiovascular drug and exerts potent neuroprotective effect against transient and long-term ischemic stroke in rats. BZP could convert into 3-butyl-6-bromo-1(3H)-isobenzofuranone (Br-NBP) in vitro and in vivo. However, the pharmacokinetic profiles of BZP and Br-NBP still have not been evaluated.

Facial nerve preservation with preoperative identification and intraoperative monitoring in large vestibular schwannoma surgery.

Background: Microsurgery is an option of choice for large vestibular schwannomas (VSs). Anatomical and functional preservation of facial nerve (FN) is still a challenge in these surgeries. FNs are often displaced and morphologically changed by large VSs.

Anti-hepatitis B virus activity of α-DDB-DU, a novel nucleoside analogue, in vitro and in vivo.

α-DDB-DU, 2'-deoxy-3'-(4,4'-dimethoxy-2'-methoxycarbonyl-5,6,5',6'-bis(methylenedioxy)-1,1'-biphenyl-2-carboxyl)uridine, is a novel nucleoside analogue accomplished by linking α-DDB (α-dimenthoxy dicarboxylate biphenyl) and DU (2'-deoxyuridine) via an ester bond. In the current study, the anti-HBV activity and hepatoprotective effect of this compound were investigated both in vitro and in vivo. In the human HBV-transfected liver cell line HepG2.

Impact of surgery and epirubicin intravesical chemotherapy on peripheral blood dendritic cell subsets in patients with superficial urothelial carcinoma of the bladder.

Background: Superficial urothelial carcinoma (SUC) of the bladder is a common urinary tract tumor in China. There is a high recurrence rate of this tumor even after surgery and intravesical instillation. Previous reports have described a suppression of the immune system in cancer patients.

[Proliferation effects of sirolimus, cyclosporine A and mycophenolate mofetil on human transitional cell carcinoma cells].

Objective: To compared the effects of three immunosuppressive agents, i.e. sirolimus (SRL), cyclosporine A (CsA) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), with different mechanisms of action on the in vitro growth of various tumor cell lines of human transitional cell carcinoma of bladder cell lines EJ and T24 and in vivo growth of cell line of EJ in nude mice model.

A novel technique for suture-free repair of renal allograft rupture.

Background: Renal allograft rupture (RAR) is a rare complication, but it can cause graft loss and be life-threatening. Surgical exploration and repair is essential for saving the kidney graft. The aim of this article is to describe a novel suture-free technique for management of RAR.

[Effects of mild hypothermia on low cardiac output after cardiac surgery].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of mild hypothermia on low cardiac output in patients after cardiac surgery.

Methods: Twelve patients manifesting low cardiac output after cardiac surgery despite of the use of massive doses of catecholamine and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) underwent mild hypothermia during May 2009 to February 2011. Changes in hemodynamic parameters of the patients were measured, including cardiac index (CI),mixed venous oxygen saturation [SvO(2)] and urine volume.

Optimal timing algorithms of para-aortic counterpulsation device: an animal study.

Para-aortic counterpulsation device (PACD) is a promising therapy for severe heart failure (HF). However, the lack of knowledge about mechanisms has limited its clinical application. The aim of this study was to investigate the optimal timing algorithms.

Pilot study of intravesical instillation of two new generation anthracycline antibiotics in prevention of superficial bladder cancer recurrence.

Background: Superficial bladder cancer accounts for 60% - 70% of all bladder cancer cases in China, when treatment consists of only transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TUR-BT), recurrence and progresses in the bladder are observed in some patients. There are numerous reports of trials of intravesical instillation of anticancer agents with the objective of lowering this recurrence rate. The aim of this study was to compare the prophylactic efficacy and safety of epirubicin (EPI), pirarubicin (THP) and hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT) in superficial bladder cancer.

Radiotherapy of unicentric mediastinal Castleman's disease.

Castleman's disease is a slowly progressive and rare lymphoproliferative disorder. Here, we report a 55-year-old woman with superior mediastinal Castleman's disease being misdiagnosed for a long term. We found a 4.

Removal of trichlorobenzene using 'oxygen-enriched' highly active absorbent.

Fly ash, industry lime and an additive, Ca(ClO2)2 (C) were used to prepare the 'oxygen-enriched' highly active absorbent (HAA). The influencing factors for removal of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB) using this absorbent such as reaction temperature, simulating gas flow rate, oxygen content, etc. were studied in a self-designed reactor.

Exogenous basic fibroblast growth factor promotes cardiac stem cell-mediated myocardial regeneration after miniswine acute myocardial infarction.

Objective: To investigate the effects of exogenous basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on myocardial regeneration after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods: AMI models were established by ligating the mid-third of left anterior descending artery, thereafter, miniswines were randomly divided into control (none treatment, n = 6) and bFGF groups (n = 6). For the bFGF group, bFGF (100 μg) was injected with a sterile microinjection at five sites within the ischemic region.

FOXP3 expression and clinical characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aim: To study the biological and clinical characteristics of transcription factor forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: We analyzed the expression and localization of FOXP3 in HCC tissues and cell lines to evaluate its biological features. The relationship between FOXP3 staining and clinical risk factors of HCC was assessed to identify the clinical characteristics of FOXP3 in HCC.

High conservation of hepatitis B virus surface genes during maternal vertical transmission despite active and passive vaccination.

Objective: Our purpose was to explore the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene heterogeneity and maternal vertical transmission.

Methods: HBsAg-positive mothers and their neonates were selected and classified into a vertical infection neonate group (group N), a vertical infection mother group (group M) and a control group (group C). Serum HBsAg and HBeAg were examined.

[Prognosis of different operative procedures of coronary artery bypass grafting in the senile patients].

Objective: To investigate myocardial protection and prognosis of the different operative procedures of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the senile patients with coronary artery disease.

Methods: From July 2008 to June 2009, 125 cases (age ≥ 65 years old) underwent CABG were divided into 3 groups.Group A (70 cases) undertook off-pump CABG, group B (33 cases) undertook on-pump beating heart CABG.

[Correlation between major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A gene alleles and graft rejection in small intestine, liver and kidney transplantation].

Objective: To investigate the correlation between major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related gene A (MICA) gene alleles matching rates and graft rejection in small intestine, liver and kidney transplantation.

Methods: Genome DNA were extracted from blood samples or pathological sections collected from donors and recipients of living-related transplantation, included 4 cases of small bowel transplantation, 5 cases of liver transplantation and 6 cases of kidney transplantation. The correlation between MICA alleles matching rates and acute graft rejection was analyzed following 13 MICA alleles determination by polymerase chain reaction based on sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP).

[Incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury post off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting].

Objective: To investigate the incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury (AKI) within the first postoperative week after off-pump or on-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB or CCAB) surgery.

Methods: Consecutive patients underwent CABG between January 1990 and August 2006 in our institution and had normal serum creatinine (Scr) and estimated creatinine clearance (Ccr) values before operation were retrospectively analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify risk factors for the development of AKI defined as Scr 130 - 199 micromol/L or Ccr 30 - 60 mlxmin(-1)x1.