德尔菲法在中医临床证候应用中的系统评价＊

目的 系统评价德尔菲法在中医临床证候应用中的应用现状，为后续规范与完善证候研究方法提供参考。方法 计算机检索五大数据库关于中医临床证候研究中应用德尔菲法的研究，检索时限自建库至2021年6月1日，由两名研究人员独立进行文献筛选、质量评估和资料提取，对质量A级和B级的研究进行分析。结果 经过质量评价共纳入201篇文献，其中原始研究199篇，方法学研究9篇。研究方向包括候分布特点、证候诊断标准、单一证候研究、证候要素研究、证候变化规律等八类。192篇文献对德尔菲法具体实施进行报道。结论 中医临床证候研究中德尔菲法应用整体较为科学，但在证候研究细节实施尚有不足，有待形成符合中医证候特色的德尔菲法标准规范临床应用。     

改进Seldinger法经皮穿刺腹膜透析置管术在终末期肾病患者中的应用

目的:探讨改进Seldinger法经皮穿刺腹膜透析置管术在终末期肾病患者中的应用效果。方法:选取2019年12月~2020年12月于本院进行腹膜透析置管术的终末期肾病患者61例,随机分为观察组(31例)和对照组(30例),对照组患者采用常规开腹手术置管,观察组采用改进Seldinger法置管,比较两组患者完成置管手术的相关指标(手术时间、术后排气时间、切口长度、住院时间),术后3d、1个月患者并发症发生情况。结果:较对照组,观察组手术时间、术后排气时间均更短,腹部切口长度更短(P<0.05),两组患者住院时间比较(P>0.05),观察组穿刺成功率明显高于对照组(100.00%,80.00%,χ²=6.88,P=0.01)。较对照组,观察组患者术后3d并发症发生率明显低于对照组(22.58%,50.00%,χ²=4.97,P=0.03),观察组患者术后1个月并发症发生率明显低于对照组(19.35%,53.33%,χ²=7.05,P=0.01)。结论:对终末期肾病患者运用改进Seldinger法经皮穿刺腹膜透析置管术进行置管可有效缩短手术时间和术后排气时间,创口较小,患者术后早期、远期并发症较少,临床应用效果较好。     

Daily skin-to-skin contact in full-term infants and breastfeeding: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial

This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of a 5-week daily skin-to-skin contact (SSC) intervention between mothers and their full-term infants, compared with care-as-usual, on exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration during the first post-natal year. Healthy pregnant women (n = 116) from a community sample were enrolled and randomly allocated to the SSC or care-as-usual condition. SSC mothers were requested to provide one daily hour of SSC for the first five post-natal weeks. Twelve months post-partum, mothers indicated the number of exclusive and continued breastfeeding months. Multiple regression analyses were conducted using intention-to-treat, per-protocol and exploratory dose–response frameworks. In intention-to-treat analyses, exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration was not different between groups (exclusive: 3.61 ± 1.99 vs. 3.16 ± 1.77 months; adjusted mean difference 0.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] ?0.33 to 0.89; p = 0.36; continued: 7.98 ± 4.20 vs. 6.75 ± 4.06 months; adjusted mean difference 0.81, 95% CI ?0.46 to 2.08; p = 0.21). In per-protocol analyses, exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration was longer for SSC than care-as-usual dyads (exclusive: 4.89 ± 1.26 vs. 3.25 ± 1.80 months; adjusted mean difference 1.28, 95% CI 0.31–2.24; p = 0.01; continued: 10.81 ± 1.97 vs. 6.98 ± 4.08 months; adjusted mean difference 2.33, 95% CI 0.13–4.54; p = 0.04). Exploratory dose–response effects indicated that more SSC hours predicted longer exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration. This study demonstrates that for the total group, the 5-week daily SSC intervention did not extend exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration. However, for mothers performing a regular daily hour of SSC, this simple and accessible intervention may extend exclusive and continued breastfeeding duration by months. Future studies are required to confirm these promising findings. Trial registration: Netherlands Trial Register (NTR5697).     

Attenuation Coefficient Estimation of Normal Placentas

Attenuation coefficient estimation has the potential to be a useful tool for placental tissue characterization. A current challenge is the presence of inhomogeneities in biological tissue that result in a large variance in the attenuation coefficient estimate (ACE), restricting its clinical utility. In this work, we propose a new Attenuation Estimation Region Of Interest (AEROI) selection method for computing the ACE based on the (i) envelope signal-to-noise ratio deviation and (ii) coefficient of variation of the transmit pulse bandwidth. The method was first validated on a tissue-mimicking phantom, for which an 18%–21% reduction in the standard deviation of ACE and a 14%–24% reduction in the ACE error, expressed as a percentage of reported ACE, were obtained. A study on 59 post-delivery clinically normal placentas was then performed. The proposed AEROI selection method reduced the intra-subject standard deviation of ACE from 0.72 to 0.39 dB/cm/MHz. The measured ACE of 59 placentas was 0.77 ± 0.37 dB/cm/MHz, which establishes a baseline for future studies on placental tissue characterization.     

Different triage categorization using Emergency Severity Index (ESI) method in emergency department

Objective

Triage is basically a categorization process to prioritize various treatments for patients based on the types of disease, severity, prognosis and resource availability. However, the term triage is more appropriate to be used in the context of natural disaster or mass casualties. Within the context of emergency situation in emergency department, the term triage refers to a method used to assess the severity of patients’ condition, determine the level of priority, and mobilize the patients to the suitable care unit. ESI is a new concept of triage using five scales in classifying the patients in emergency department. The real implementation of this concept demands nurses have to immediately make assessment about patients’ condition right away, besides they must give their final decision, whether to move the patients to the ward or to let them leave the hospital.

贺氏火针治疗下肢浅静脉曲张的临证体会

下肢浅静脉曲张多为大隐静脉及其属支病变，属于中医"筋瘤"范畴。贺氏火针治疗下肢浅静脉曲张疗效确切，能显著提高患者生活质量。文章认为足厥阴肝经的循行路线和大隐静脉的走向大体一致，虚、寒、湿相互作用则导致肝经"气滞"，从而引起筋脉（大隐静脉）瘀阻不通。临证时发现贺氏火针治疗下肢浅静脉曲张是通过温热刺激、刺络放血、火针针具及针刺深度4个方面共同达到行气散结、益阳补虚、温经散寒、启脉排瘀的目的，但使用不同规格的贺氏火针针具和针刺深度不同，对本病的疗效有一定程度的影响。     

Composite interaction tree for simultaneous learning of optimal individualized treatment rules and subgroups

Treatment response heterogeneity has long been observed in patients affected by chronic diseases. Administering an individualized treatment rule (ITR) offers an opportunity to tailor treatment strategies according to patient-specific characteristics. Overly complex machine learning methods for estimating ITRs may produce treatment rules that have higher benefit but lack transparency and interpretability. In clinical practices, it is desirable to derive a simple and interpretable ITR while maintaining certain optimality that leads to improved benefit in subgroups of patients, if not on the overall sample. In this work, we propose a tree-based robust learning method to estimate optimal piecewise linear ITRs and identify subgroups of patients with a large benefit. We achieve these goals by simultaneously identifying qualitative and quantitative interactions through a tree model, referred to as the composite interaction tree (CITree). We show that it has improved performance compared to existing methods on both overall sample and subgroups via extensive simulation studies. Lastly, we fit CITree to Research Evaluating the Value of Augmenting Medication with Psychotherapy trial for treating patients with major depressive disorders, where we identified both qualitative and quantitative interactions and subgroups of patients with a large benefit.     

Participation profiles in domestic life and peer relations as experienced by adolescents with and without impairments and long-term health conditions

Purpose: To investigate how individual and environmental factors relate to self-reported participation profiles in adolescents with and without impairments or long-term health conditions. Methods: A person-oriented approach (hierarchical cluster analysis) was used to identify cluster groups of individuals sharing participation patterns in the outcome variables frequency perceived importance in domestic life and peer relations. Cluster groups were compared using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: A nine-cluster solution was chosen. All clusters included adolescents with impairment and long-term health conditions. Perceived importance of peer relations was more important than frequent attendance in domestic-life activities. Frequency of participation in dialogues and family interaction patterns seemed to affect the participation profiles more than factors related to body functions. Conclusion: Type of impairment or long-term health condition is a weaker determinant of membership in clusters depicting frequency and perceived importance in domestic life or peer relations than dialogue and family environment.     

针灸联合西药对中重度间歇性过敏性鼻炎患者T淋巴细胞亚群、IL-4、IL-10、VACM-1水平的影响

目的观察针灸联合西药对中重度间歇性过敏性鼻炎患者血清T淋巴细胞亚群、炎性因子及血管细胞黏附分子-1(VACM-1)的影响。方法将120例中重度间歇性过敏性鼻炎患者随机分为对照组和治疗组,每组60例。对照组予丙酸氟替卡松鼻喷雾剂、盐酸氮卓斯汀片治疗,治疗组在对照组治疗措施的基础上加用针灸疗法。两组疗程均为28天,观察临床疗效,比较中医证候积分、血清T淋巴细胞亚群、炎性因子[白介素-4(IL-4)、白介素-10(IL-10)]及VACM-1水平的变化情况。结果①治疗组、对照组总有效率分别为95.0%、81.7%,治疗组临床疗效优于对照组(P0.05)。②治疗前与疗程结束后7天组内比较,两组中医证候(鼻塞不通、鼻痒难耐、鼻流清涕、喷嚏频作)较治疗前改善(P0.05);组间疗程结束后7天比较,治疗组中医证候改善情况优于对照组(P0.05)。③治疗前与疗程结束后7天组内比较,两组血清CD3~+、CD4~+水平和CD4~+/CD8~+较治疗前升高(P0.05),血清CD8~+、IL-4、IL-10、VCAM-1水平较治疗前降低(P0.05);组间疗程结束后7天比较,上述指标差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论针灸联合西医治疗中重度间歇性过敏性鼻炎疗效满意,可有效缓解患者的临床症状,改善机体免疫状态,减轻炎症反应。     

分级诊疗制度下公立医院的实践方式思考*

推行分级诊疗是深化医药卫生体制改革的核心战略,公立医院为了适应分级诊疗的推行必须在实践过程中对相关的措施进行调整。通过分析部分省份在分级诊疗推行过程中公立医院进行的相关改革情况,针对公立医院在分级诊疗推行过程中存在的难以有效下沉医疗资源、信息化建设不到位和分级诊疗推行缺乏持久动力等问题,提出了加强医院内部管理、加强信息化建设并发展高新技术以及完善激励机制等措施,使公立医院在分级诊疗过程中发挥更重要的作用。