540 results match your criteria: "Gansu University of Traditional Chinese medicine[Affiliation]"

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  • - The study aimed to identify risk factors for postoperative delirium in elderly patients (average age ~71.58 years) undergoing spine surgery, analyzing data from 566 patients over two years.
  • - Univariate analysis linked several factors—such as age, duration of surgery, preoperative anxiety, blood loss, and history of opioid use—to higher incidences of delirium post-surgery, with 41 patients affected.
  • - Binary Logistic regression confirmed that age, opioid use, blood loss, preoperative anxiety, and elevated C-reactive protein levels were independent risk factors for developing delirium in this population.
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  • The study investigates how well different predictive models can predict lateral lymph node (LLN) metastasis in rectal cancer, highlighting its importance for treatment and prognosis.
  • Using data from 152 rectal cancer patients, various models were created using MRI images and clinical data for analysis, showing that models based on LLN images generally performed better than those based on primary tumor images.
  • The results indicated that the radiomics model using LLN data was particularly robust in external testing, suggesting it is more reliable for predicting metastasis compared to primary tumor data.
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. Existing registration networks based on cross-attention design usually divide the image pairs to be registered into patches for input. The division and merging operations of a series of patches are difficult to maintain the topology of the deformation field and reduce the interpretability of the network.

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  • Sjögren's Syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disorder mainly affecting the salivary glands, leading to gland dysfunction and pathological changes.
  • The disease involves a combination of genetic susceptibility, infections, and immune responses, with various immune cells and inflammatory mediators contributing to its progression.
  • The study focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind salivary gland damage in SS to propose new targeted therapies for treatment.
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In recent years, the application of engineered NMts has significantly contributed to various biomedical fields. ZnO NMts (ZnO NMts) are widely utilized due to their biocompatibility, unique physical and chemical properties, stability, and cost-effectiveness for large-scale production. They have emerged as potential materials for anti-cancer applications.

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Colonic pneumatocystosis inducing strangulated bowel obstruction: A case report.

Asian J Surg

July 2024

The First School of Clinical Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Department of Surgical Oncology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, China. Electronic address:

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Precancerous lesions of gastric cancer (PLGC) represent a critical pathological stage in the transformation from normal gastric mucosa to gastric cancer (GC). The global incidence of PLGC has been rising over the past few decades, with a trend towards younger onset ages. Increasing evidence suggests that early prevention and treatment of PLGC can effectively reverse the malignant development of gastric mucosal epithelial cells.

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Objective: To investigate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitors combined with regorafenib in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 82 patients diagnosed with advanced HCC at Lanzhou Petrochemical General Hospital and the Second People's Hospital of Lanzhou City from October 2021 to October 2022. Patients were divided into two groups: the observation group (42 patients) received combined therapy with regorafenib and a PD-1 inhibitor, while the control group (40 patients) received only regorafenib monotherapy.

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Context: Nephrotic syndrome(NS) has emerged as a worldwide public health problem. Renal fibrosis is the most common pathological change from NS to end-stage renal failure, seriously affecting the prognosis of renal disease. Although tremendous efforts have been made to treat NS, specific drug therapies to delay the progression of NS toward end-stage renal failure are limited.

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Global prevalence of norovirus gastroenteritis after emergence of the GII.4 Sydney 2012 variant: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Front Public Health

July 2024

National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infection Diseases, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.

Introduction: Norovirus is widely recognized as a leading cause of both sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) across all age groups. The GII.4 Sydney 2012 variant has consistently prevailed since 2012, distinguishing itself from other variants that typically circulate for a period of 2-4 years.

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Objective: When chatting, people often forget what they want to say, that is, they suffer from subjective memory complaints (SMCs). This research examines the Association between sleep duration and self-reported SMC in a sample representing the entire United States.

Methods: We examined data from 5567 individuals (aged 20-80) who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2015-2018) to evaluate the association between sleep duration and SMC.

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Background: The neuropathophysiological mechanisms of brain damage underlying hypothyroidism remain unclear. Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) has been established as a reliable indicator for investigation of abnormal spontaneous brain activity that occurs at specific frequencies in different types of mental disorder. However, the changes of fALFF in specific frequency bands in hypothyroidism have not yet been investigated.

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Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (LAMNs) are rare and heterogeneous diseases that, despite their increased incidence, are well differentiated, tend to be painless, and histologically lack distinctive invasive features without infiltrative growth, destructive infiltration, or associated pro-fibroproliferative responses. However, the biological behaviour of these tumours is difficult to determine preoperatively or intraoperatively, and the possibility of rupture puts patients at risk for peritoneal pseudomucinous neoplasms (PMPs).Patients with low-grade appendiceal mucinous tumours and peritoneal pseudomucinous tumours experience slow disease progression and are incurable and have a high risk of recurrence, morbidity, and ultimately death, despite the reported 5- and 10-year survival rates of 50-86% and 45-68%, respectively.

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  • This research investigates how H2Valdien derivatives affect the growth, movement, and death of liver cancer cells (HepG2, Huh-7, and SMMC-7721), focusing on how they may prevent a process called epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).
  • Using various laboratory methods, the study found that these derivatives can halt cell growth and promote cell death in a dose-dependent way, while also reducing the ability of cancer cells to migrate and invade other tissues.
  • The study highlights that H2Valdien derivatives work by inhibiting the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway, which is critical for cancer cell behavior, suggesting their potential as a treatment for liver cancer by targeting EMT regulation.
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Combined clinical significance of MRI and serum mannose-binding lectin in the prediction of spinal tuberculosis.

BMC Infect Dis

June 2024

Department of Orthopedics, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, No. 621, Gangwan Road, Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, 510700, Guangdong Province, China.

Background: Spinal tuberculosis (STB) is a local manifestation of systemic infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, accounting for a significant proportion of joint tuberculosis cases. This study aimed to explore the diagnostic value of MRI combined with mannose-binding lectin (MBL) for STB.

Methods: 124 patients suspected of having STB were collected and divided into STB and non-STB groups according to their pathological diagnosis.

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Background: This reported procedure combines the orthopedic surgical robot with the unilateral biportal endoscopy-lumbar interbody fusion (UBE-LIF), utilizing the UBE's wide viewing field and operating space to perform minimally invasive decompressive fusion of the lesioned segment, and the orthopedic surgical robot's intelligence and precision to perform percutaneous pedicle screw placement. The advancement of this procedure lies in the superposition of advantages and offsetting disadvantages of the two new technologies, and the maximum effect of treatment is achieved with maximum minimization of invasiveness and precision under the monitoring of imaging instruments to maximize the benefit of patients, and this review reports a case of multiple-segment lumbar decompression and fusion surgery for lumbar disc herniation robot-assisted UBE for reference.

Case Summary: A 44-year-old patient presented to our hospital.

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Purpose: Gastric cancer is the most common malignancy worldwide and is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths, urgently requiring an early and non-invasive diagnosis. Circulating extracellular vesicles may emerge as promising biomarkers for the rapid diagnosis in a non-invasive manner.

Methods: Using high-throughput small RNA sequencing, we profiled the small RNA population of serum-derived extracellular vesicles from healthy controls and gastric cancer patients.

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  • Establishing human brain models is essential for understanding brain diseases and developing new treatments, with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) proving to be a key resource due to their ability to self-renew and differentiate.
  • Human-mouse chimeric brain models created from iPSC-derived cells have become important for studying brain disorders and assessing the integration of transplanted stem cells.
  • This review explores recent advancements in differentiating iPSCs into specialized brain cells, discusses the functionality of chimeric models, and highlights their potential in advancing research on neuropsychiatric disorders and brain injuries.
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Objective: To construct and validate a nomogram model for predicting the risk of 28-day mortality in sepsis patients.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted. 281 sepsis patients admitted to the department of intensive care unit (ICU) of the 940th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA from January 2017 to December 2022 were selected as the research subjects.

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