卫生资源配置不平衡之殇

在我国卫生资源总体不足和配置不合理。一方面,中国有13亿人口,占世界总人口的22%,而卫生总费用仅占世界卫生总费用的2%。更严重的是另一方面,据卫生部提供的数据,目前全国80%的医疗资源集中在大城市,其中的30%又集中在大医院。每年到大医院就诊的人群,有80%左右是在基层医院即可解决的常见病、多发病。     

浅析《内经》之闭经证治

收集了《内经》有关闭经方面的相关阐述从而探讨闭经的病因病机、诊断与治疗,并详细记述了《内经》对血滞经闭和血枯经闭这两类型经闭的不同治疗法度。     

全关节镜下微创复位固定术治疗SandersⅡ、Ⅲ型跟骨关节内骨折的疗效分析

目的 探讨全关节镜下微创复位固定术治疗SandersⅡ、Ⅲ型跟骨关节内骨折的临床疗效。方法 前瞻性随机对照研究。纳入2017年3月—2020年12月徐州仁慈医院足踝外科Sanders Ⅱ、Ⅲ型跟骨骨折患者40例,其中男36例、女4例,年龄18~58（39.6±10.8）岁,左侧22例、右侧18例,Sanders Ⅱ型16例、Ⅲ型24例。40例患者数字表法随机分为关节镜组（采用关节镜下跟骨关节内骨折微创复位、经皮螺钉固定术治疗）、大“L”形切口组（采用传统的大“L”形切口跟骨骨折复位钢板内固定术治疗）,每组20例。观察指标：（1）比较2组患者性别、年龄、体质量指数（BMI）、骨折类型、术前美国足踝外科学协会（AOFAS）踝-后足功能评分等基线资料差异;（2）比较2组患者手术切口长度、手术时间、术中出血量、住院时间、术后切口愈合情况等围术期资料差异;（3）术后观察局部有无麻木感、是否钢板外露、切口皮肤坏死、术后1年是否有创伤性关节炎等手术并发症情况;（4）对比分析2组患者末次随访时AOFAS踝-后足功能评分、Gissnae角和Bohler角。结果 （1）2组患者性别、年龄、BMI、骨折类型、术前AOFAS踝-后足功能评分等基线资料比较,差异均无统计学意义（P值均>0.05）。（2）关节镜组患者的切口长度（0.94±0.08）cm、术中出血量（7.20±1.98）mL、手术时间（41.45±9.96）min、住院时间（8.45±2.01）d,大“L”形切口组患者的切口长度（14.35±1.63）cm、术中出血量（27.35±10.35）mL、手术时间（90.65±12.08）min、住院时间（17.15±6.72）d,关节镜组优于大“L”形切口组,差异均有统计学意义（t=-36.70、-8.54、-14.04、-5.54,P值均<0.001）。（3）术后平均随访12.3个月。术后关节镜组切口均甲级愈合,无创伤性关节炎、足背皮肤麻木。大“L”形切口组20例中,18例患者切口甲级愈合,2例患者切口皮缘坏死、钢板外露,予腓肠神经营养逆行岛状皮瓣修复后伤口愈合;有4例患者术后感足背外侧麻木,经治疗分别于术后8~14个月痊愈。（4）末次随访时AOFAS踝-后足功能评分关节镜组为（92.10±3.16）分、大“L”形切口组为（91.3±2.45）分,术后2组患者跟骨的Gissnae角和Bohler角均在正常范围内,组间比较差异均无统计学意义（P值均>0.05）。结论 与传统的切开复位内固定术相比较,全关节镜下微创手术治疗Sanders Ⅱ、Ⅲ型跟骨关节内骨折,具有手术切口小、手术时间短、内固定牢固、切口愈合好、疗程短、术后瘢痕不明显、功能恢复快等优势。     

是"吃螃蟹",还是替罪羔羊?

7月24日,广州市卫生局局长黄炯烈历史性地做客广州电视台。说其是历史性地,是因为这次亮相近乎是接受公众问责：与人大代表、市民、患者同处演播厅,在聚光灯下直面公众的各种尖锐质疑。对当地卫生系统官员首次如此近距离地直面拷问,有评论认为黄炯烈是个敢“吃螃蟹”的人。     

医疗设备采购准入制的悬念

据近期媒体报道,卫生部将对医疗设备采购实行准入制。但这一制度势必涉及医疗器械生产企业、经销商和医院三方的利益,执行难度势必很大。要解决这一问题,必须首先搞清要拿走谁的“奶酪”,准备把它送给谁?其次要考虑怎样拿得到,拿得巧?最后考虑撼不动、拿不到该怎么办?     

Value of Conventional MRI Texture Analysis in the Differential Diagnosis of Phyllodes Tumors and Fibroadenomas of the Breast

BackgroundThere is substantial overlap in MRI findings between phyllodes tumors (PTs) and fibroadenomas (FAs). Our study was performed to investigate the value of conventional MRI texture analysis in the differential diagnosis of PTs and FAs.MethodsPreoperative MRI data − including axial T1WI, T2WI_FS (T2WI with fat suppression), dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-T1WI_2min and DCE-T1WI_7min (T1WI post-strengthened for 2 and 7 min, respectively, on DCE-MRI) − of 45 patients with PTs and 67 patients with FAs were retrospectively analyzed. MaZda 4.7 software was used to manually draw the maximum ROIs at the same lesion level of the above MRI images. The optimized feature selection methods included Fisher''s coefficient, probability of classification error and average correction coefficient (POE + ACC), and mutual information (MI) as well as a combination of the above 3 methods (F + POE + ACC + MI [FPM]), respectively. The misclassification rates of PTs and FAs were compared between texture analysis and subjective diagnosis by radiologists.ResultsThe DCE-T1WI_7min images had the lowest misclassification rate of 10.71% (12/112). The misclassification rate for the radiologists'' analysis (31.25%, 35/112) was higher than that of all the texture analysis, and there was a statistically significant difference between the radiologists'' misclassification rates and those from the FPM method in terms of the T2WI_FS and DCE-T1WI_2min images (all p < 0.05), and for the DCE-T1WI_7min images by using the Fisher and FPM methods (all p < 0.05).ConclusionTexture analysis of conventional MRI can be used as an assistant tool in providing a certain objective basis for differentiating PTs from FAs.     

Regulation of Toll-like receptor-mediated inflammatory response by microRNA-152-3p-mediated demethylation of MyD88 in systemic lupus erythematosus

Objective

microRNAs (miRNAs) play critical roles in embryogenesis, cell differentiation and the pathogenesis of several human diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are also known to exert crucial functions in the immune response activation occurring in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases like SLE. Herein, the current study aimed to explore the potential role of miR-152-3p in TLR-mediated inflammatory response in SLE.

Methods

We determined the miR-152-3p expression profiles in CD4⁺ T cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) harvested from patients with SLE and healthy controls, and analyzed the correlation between miR-152-3p expression and clinicopathological parameters. CD70 and CD40L expression patterns in CD4⁺ T cells were assessed by RT-qPCR and flow cytometry. ChIP was adopted to determine the enrichment of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) in the promoter region of myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88).

Results

The obtained findings revealed that miR-152-3p was highly-expressed in CD4⁺ T cells and PBMCs of patients with SLE, and this high expression was associated with facial erythema, joint pain, double-stranded DNA, and IgG antibody. DNMT1 could be enriched in the MyD88 promoter, and miR-152-3p inhibited the methylation of MyD88 by targeting DNMT1. We also found that silencing miR-152-3p inhibited MyD88 expression not only to repress the autoreactivity of CD4⁺ T cells and but also to restrain their cellular inflammation, which were also validated in vivo.

Conclusion

Our study suggests that miR-152-3p promotes TLR-mediated inflammatory response in CD4⁺ T cells by regulating the DNMT1/MyD88 signaling pathway, which highlights novel anti-inflammatory target for SLE treatment.

     

Ebola viral load at diagnosis associates with patient outcome and outbreak evolution

BACKGROUND. Ebola virus (EBOV) causes periodic outbreaks of life-threatening EBOV disease in Africa. Historically, these outbreaks have been relatively small and geographically contained; however, the magnitude of the EBOV outbreak that began in 2014 in West Africa has been unprecedented. The aim of this study was to describe the viral kinetics of EBOV during this outbreak and identify factors that contribute to outbreak progression.METHODS. From July to December 2014, one laboratory in Sierra Leone processed over 2,700 patient samples for EBOV detection by quantitative PCR (qPCR). Viremia was measured following patient admission. Age, sex, and approximate time of symptom onset were also recorded for each patient. The data was analyzed using various mathematical models to find trends of potential interest.RESULTS. The analysis revealed a significant difference (P = 2.7 × 10^–77) between the initial viremia of survivors (4.02 log₁₀ genome equivalents [GEQ]/ml) and nonsurvivors (6.18 log₁₀ GEQ/ml). At the population level, patient viral loads were higher on average in July than in November, even when accounting for outcome and time since onset of symptoms. This decrease in viral loads temporally correlated with an increase in circulating EBOV-specific IgG antibodies among individuals who were suspected of being infected but shown to be negative for the virus by PCR.CONCLUSIONS. Our results indicate that initial viremia is associated with outcome of the individual and outbreak duration; therefore, care must be taken in planning clinical trials and interventions. Additional research in virus adaptation and the impacts of host factors on EBOV transmission and pathogenesis is needed.     

Functional Brain Network Classification for Alzheimer’s Disease Detection with Deep Features and Extreme Learning Machine

The human brain can be inherently modeled as a brain network, where nodes denote billions of neurons and edges denote massive connections between neurons.