Impaired Sensorimotor Gating Using the Acoustic Prepulse Inhibition Paradigm in Individuals at a Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

Many robust studies have investigated prepulse inhibition (PPI) in patients with schizophrenia. Recent evidence indicates that PPI may help identify individuals who are at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR). Selective attention to prepulse stimulus can specifically enhance PPI in healthy subjects; however, this enhancement effect is not observed in patients with schizophrenia. Modified PPI measurement with selective attentional modulation using perceived spatial separation (PSS) condition may be a more robust and sensitive index of PPI impairment in CHR individuals. The current study investigated an improved PSSPPI condition in CHR individuals compared with patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES) and healthy controls (HC) and evaluated the accuracy of PPI in predicting CHR from HC. We included 53 FESs, 55 CHR individuals, and 53 HCs. CHRs were rated on the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes. The measures of perceived spatial co-location PPI (PSCPPI) and PSSPPI conditions were applied using 60- and 120-ms lead intervals. Compared with HC, the CHR group had lower PSSPPI level (Inter-stimulus interval [ISI] = 60 ms, P < .001; ISI = 120 ms, P < .001). PSSPPI showed an effect size (ES) between CHR and HC (ISI = 60 ms, Cohen’s d = 0.91; ISI = 120 ms, Cohen’s d = 0.98); on PSSPPI using 60-ms lead interval, ES grade increased from CHR to FES. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for PSSPPI was greater than that for PSCPPI. CHR individuals showed a PSSPPI deficit similar to FES, with greater ES and sensitivity. PSSPPI appears a promising objective approach for preliminary identification of CHR individuals.     

青少年及成年初期炎症性肠病患者结构化过渡方案的范围综述

目的梳理国内外公开发表的青少年及成年初期炎症性肠病患者结构化过渡方案,为该群体从儿科向成人医疗系统平稳过渡提供参考。方法检索PubMed、Web of Science、MEDLINE、Cochrane Library、美国国立指南库(NGC)、CBM、CNKI、万方数据库,进行文献筛选和数据提取。结果共纳入30篇外文文献,发表时间为2006~2020年。方案来源:指南、文献综述总结、证据总结、队列研究、专家意见和共识、横断面调查、病例对照研究等。形成的结构化过渡方案:分年龄过渡法、分阶段过渡法、过渡教育、协调员过渡、过渡门诊等;各方案的应用情况在不同国家有所差异。涉及人群:患者、家属、多学科团队。评价方案效果的指标:过渡后生活质量、疾病相关临床指标、疾病自我管理行为、过渡满意度、自我效能等。结论目前国外与青少年及成年初期炎症性肠病患者结构化过渡方案相关的研究稳步增长,国内应重视该领域的研究,建立适合国情的过渡方案并评价方案的有效性,以更好地推动我国青少年及成年初期炎症性肠病患者的平稳过渡,提高患者生活质量。     

Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by 2-D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Pulmonary Artery Hypertension

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of 2-D speckle tracking imaging in assessing left ventricular diastolic function in patients with connective tissue disease (CTD). A total of 98 CTD patients and 32 healthy controls were prospectively recruited. Early (E) and late (A) diastolic velocities of the transmitral flow were measured by pulsed Doppler echocardiography. Peak early diastolic myocardial velocity (E') was calculated on tissue Doppler echocardiography. The longitudinal strain rate (SR) was calculated as the average of three apical views, while circumferential and radial SRs were measured in three short-axis views. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was defined as systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (sPAP) >36 mm Hg. Compared with the control group, CTD patients exhibited significant impairment of left ventricular diastolic function, manifested as lower global SR during early diastole (SRe) in the longitudinal deformation and higher E/SRe in both longitudinal and radial deformation. CTD-PAH patients had significantly lower SRe and higher E/SRe values in both the longitudinal and radial deformation compared with the patients with CTD without PAH. Pearson's correlation analysis revealed that sPAP levels correlated positively with E/E′, longitudinal E/SRe, circumferential E/SRe and radial SRe, and it correlated negatively with septal E′ and radial E/SRe. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis suggested that E/E′, longitudinal E/SRe and radial SRe could be used to predict PAH. The present study indicates that 2-D speckle tracking imaging is a useful method for evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function, and these derived parameters can serve as good predictors of PAH, but it may not be superior to the commonly used E/E′ in CTD patients.     

Clinical and Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Characteristics of Epithelioid and Classic Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: Comparison With Alpha-fetoprotein–negative Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) comprises epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) and classic hepatic angiomyolipoma (CAML). The imaging appearance of HAML varies widely, and EAML is more easily misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than as CAML. The clinical and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features of CAML, EAML and HCC with negative alpha-fetoprotein protein expression (HCC[AFP–]) were retrospectively reviewed. The hyper-vascular type was more commonly found in CAML and EAML lesions than in HCC lesions. Most lesions were hyper-enhanced in the arterial phase. CAMLs showed prolonged hyper-enhancement or iso-enhancement during the portal and late phases on CEUS, making them easily distinguishable from HCC(AFP–). Some EAML lesions (41.7%) were hypo-echoic, similar to HCC(AFP–). However, the hypo-enhancement of EAML lesions occurred later than that of HCC(AFP–) lesions. Thus, our findings may be useful in distinguishing among these lesions to improve diagnostic accuracy.     

上颌侧切牙腭根遗漏、钙化伴侧壁穿孔显微根管外科手术一例

目的报道一例上颌侧切牙根管治疗术后腭根遗漏、钙化伴侧壁穿孔病例,探讨根管治疗规范及侧壁穿孔显微根管外科手术治疗方法。方法患者,女,40岁,主诉左上前牙唇侧脓包1周,查体见22牙颊侧黏膜见瘘管口,舌窝见树脂补体,影像学检查示22牙单根双根管,颊根充填达尖,腭根遗漏且根尖1/3段无明显根管影像,根中1/3段远中根面处高密度充填物影像突破侧壁,外被半月形低密度透射区。复诊显微镜下寻及腭根根管口、疏通钙化并常规热牙胶充填,三氧化矿物凝聚体(MTA)充填穿孔处。显微根管外科手术清理侧壁穿孔外炎性软组织,MTA倒充填。结果术后10 d瘘管消失,术后4和52个月X线片示根中1/3段远中根面高密度MTA阻射影,外围半月形透射影缩小,骨密度增高。结论对于牙髓病学的根管治疗病例,术前应仔细阅读影像片,术后若发现低密度透射影像围绕侧壁根充物,则考虑侧壁穿孔,建议行MTA牙体内充填或并行显微根管外科手术封闭穿孔,密切观察。     

Predictors of survival following surgical resection of limited-stage small cell lung cancer

BackgroundAdjuvant chemotherapy, postoperative radiation (PORT), and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) have been individually examined in limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). There is a paucity of data on the effectiveness of each adjuvant treatment modality when used in combination after surgical resection of SCLC.MethodsData were collected from 5 cancer centers on all patients with limited-stage SCLC who underwent surgical resection between 1986 and 2019. Univariate and multivariable models were conducted to identify predictors of long-term outcomes, focusing on freedom from recurrence and survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy, PORT, and PCI.ResultsA total of 164 patients were analyzed. Multivariable Cox regression analysis did not identify any adjuvant therapies to significantly influence recurrence in this cohort. Specifically, PORT was not associated with a significant influence on locoregional recurrence and PCI was not significantly associated with intracranial outcomes. Adjuvant chemotherapy improved survival in all stage I through III disease (hazard ratio, 0.49; 95% confidence interval, 0.29-0.81; P = .005) and even in pathologically node negative patients (hazard ratio, 0.49; 95% confidence interval, 0.27-0.91; P = .024). Although PCI was found to improve survival in univariate analysis, it was not significant in a multivariable model. PORT was not found to affect survival on either univariate or multivariable analysis.ConclusionsThis is among the largest multi-institutional studies on surgically resected limited-stage SCLC. Our results highlight survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy, but did not identify a statistically significant influence from mediastinal PORT or PCI in our cohort. Larger prospective studies are needed to determine the benefit of PORT or PCI in a surgically resected limited-stage SCLC population.     

The effects and acceptability of different exercise modes on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis

Introduction:Exercise has been believed to have positive effects on blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, few medical evidences have been found to ascertain which type of exercise has the best effect on blood glucose control in diabetes and which type of exercise is more acceptable. The purpose of this study is to compare the effects and acceptability of different exercise modes on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients by using systematic review and network meta-analysis.Methods and analysis:Relevant randomized controlled trial studies will be searched from PubMed, EMbase, CochraneCENTRAL, CNKI, VIP, and Chinese medical paper libraries. Primary outcome indicators: glycosylated hemoglobin and dropout rate of the research (number of dropouts/numbers of initially enrolled subjects). Secondary outcome measures: fasting blood glucose, body weight, total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), diastolic pressure, systolic pressure (SBP). Two reviewers are arranged to screen Title, Abstract, and then review full text to further extract data. Standard meta-analysis and network meta-analysis of the data are performed afterward. Methodological quality assessment is planned to be conducted using Cochrane risk of bias tool. The outcome will be analyzed statistically according to Bayesian analysis methods. After that, subgroup analysis is conducted on the duration of intervention, whether there is supervision of intervention, frequency of intervention per week, age, gender, and medication use.Trial registration number:PROSPERO CRD42020175181Discussion:The systematic review and network meta-analysis include evidence of the impact of different exercise modes on blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. There are 2 innovative points in this study. One is to conduct a classified study on exercise in as much detail as possible, and the other is to study the acceptability of different exercise modes. The network meta-analysis will reduce the uncertainty of intervention and enable clinicians, sports practitioners, and patients to choose more effective and suitable exercise methods.Ethics and dissemination:The findings of the study will be disseminated through publications in peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences and symposia. Further, no ethical approval is required in this study.