Medicine
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To compare the relationship between background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM), mammographic breast density (MBD), age, in the group with benign vs malignant breast lesions. Four hundred thirty three non-high-risk patients from January 2018 to May 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were assigned into 4 groups: premenopausal benign lesions, premenopausal malignant lesions, postmenopausal benign lesions, and postmenopausal malignant lesions. ⋯ The intensity of CESM BPE was positively correlated with MBD, and the intensity of CESM BPE and MBD were negatively correlated with age. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age was an influencing factor for breast cancer in both premenopausal and postmenopausal patients. For non-high-risk women, CESM BPE and MBD were not correlated with benign or malignant breast lesions, and age was an influencing factor for breast cancer.
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Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) can predict the prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) after obtaining percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), while this conclusion still needs to be further confirmed. Therefore, this study attempted to explore the relationship between lncRNA and prognosis in CHD patients after PCI. ⋯ This review provided a comprehensive overview of the relationship between lncRNA and prognosis in CHD patients after PCI, and offered recommendations for clinical practices or guidelines.
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Existing evidence on the difference in the incidence of tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) patients receiving novel therapies versus patients receiving conventional therapies is limited and inconclusive. The aims of this planned systematic review and meta-analysis are therefore: (1).. assess the TLS incidence reported in clinical trials for the novel or targeted agents comparing to conventional chemotherapeutic agents used to treat patients with CLL. (2).. to identify the TLS prophylaxis strategies that are utilized in clinical trials of the novel or targeted agents for CLL if it was fully reported or under-reported and (3).. to compare the mortality among patients with TLS in conventional versus novel agents. ⋯ The protocol has been registered at the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; registration number: CRD42020166770). The protocol was registered with the Hamad medical corporation, Medical research Center registry under a unique reference number (MRC-01-20-709).
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To compare pregnancy outcomes between patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with and without their own blood glucose meter. We conducted a retrospective-cohort study of 835 women with GDM at the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018. Perinatal outcomes of these patients were monitored and collected in the Tianjin Maternal and Child Health System. ⋯ However, subgroups with a dietary diary in the control group were better. Self-monitoring blood sugar plus a routine obstetric examination can help patients with GDM control blood sugar, even without dietary diaries and treadmills. In addition to increasing the number of obstetric examinations, recording dietary diaries is helpful for controlling blood sugar in patients with GDM who are unwilling to measure blood sugar by themselves.
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Transcutaneous parasacral nerve stimulation (TPNS) via electrodes placed over the sacrum can activate afferent neuronal networks noninvasively, leading to sacral reflexes that may improve colonic motility. Thus, TPNS can be considered a promising, noninvasive, and safe method for the treatment of constipation. However, there is no published study investigating its use in children with functional constipation. This is a single-center, prospective, longitudinal, and interventional study designed to assess the applicability and clinical outcomes of TPNS in functionally constipated children. ⋯ we expect that this study protocol can show the efficacy of this promising method to assist the treatment of children with functional constipation.