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Objective:To investigate the correlation between amide proton transfer-weighted (APTw) values and Ki-67 labeling index of cervical squamous cell carcinoma.Methods:From October 2017 to December 2018, 24 patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma [International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage Ⅰ-Ⅲ] were prospectively enrolled in Peking Union Medical College Hospital and underwent pelvic morphological MRI on a 3.0 T MR scanner, including three-dimensional turbo-spin-echo APTw imaging and DWI. The maximum diameters of the lesions, APTw values and ADC values on the slice with the maximum diameter of the lesion were independently measured by two radiologists. The ICC was computed to evaluate the inter-observer consistency. Ki-67 immunohistochemical expression status was assessed by one pathologist. The Pearson correlation analysis was performed between the APTw values, maximum diameters, ADC values and Ki-67 labeling index.Results:The APTw values of cervical squamous cell carcinoma were (2.9±0.5)%. Inter-observer ICC was 0.972 (95%CI 0.937-0.988). The APTw values were positively moderately correlated with Ki-67 labeling index [(61.9±18.7)%, r=0.532, P=0.008]. The maximum diameters of the lesions were (28.7±10.6) mm. The mean ADC values were (0.998±0.217)×10 -3 mm 2/s. No correlations were found between maximum diameters, ADC values and Ki-67 labeling index ( r=0.038, P=0.859; r=0.238, P=0.263). Conclusion:APTw values can partially reveal the proliferation status of cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
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The real-time reported data of treated patients from July 2017 to June 2019 Nanxiang Hospital of Jiading District were collected from chest pain center platform. The results showed that the average time of completing ECG examination from the first medical contact was 1.3 to 6.9 min with a median of 1.9 min (1.7, 2.2), meeting the quality control requirements (10 min); the time required to obtain troponin test results was 13.0 to 48.4 min with a median of 14.1 min (13.4, 18.1), meeting the requirements for quality control of 20 min; time from entry to transfer out of PCI patients was 19.0-100.0 min, with median 37.2 (29.3, 66.6) min, basically reaching quality control (30 min); the entering catheter chamber rate of STEMI patients was 50.0% to 100.0% with a median of 100.0% (73.3%, 100.0%), meeting the requirements of quality control (≥50%). Through the active construction, the main quality control indicators were well reached, the reported cases were basically stable, and the disease distribution was basically reasonable in the primary-level chest pain centers. Informed notification of transshipment and subsequent management of low-risk chest pain patients need to be further strengthened. It is suggested that the construction of chest pain centers should establish long-term normal working mechanism, strengthening the control of key quality control indicators, to play the important role of the regional treatment system.
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Objective:To explore the application value of 3.0 T MultiVane XD (MVXD) technique in female patients with uterine adenomyosis and fibroids.Methods:Patients diagnosed with uterine fibroids with ultrasound and suspected of adenomyosis were involved prospectively from March to May 2018, 3.0 T pelvic MRI examinations were performed during peri-ovulatory period. Axialconventional turbo spin echo (TSE) T 2WI, axial MVXD T 2WI, sagittal conventional TSE T 2WI and MVXD sagittal T 2WI were acquired. Two observers rated those 4 series in the aspects of sharpness of uterine border, motion artifacts, identification capability of lesions, confidence of diagnosis and overall image quality. Cohen Kappa analysis was used to evaluate the consistency of scores between 2 observers. Scores of TSE T 2WI and MVXD T 2WI qualities were compared using Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test. Results:Twenty patients were enrolled. Axial conventional TSE T 2WI, axial MVXD T 2WI were aquired on all of them. Sagittal conventional TSE T 2WI, sagittal MVXD T 2WI were aquired on 19 among them. Nine patients had only obvious adenomyosis, 6 had only uterinefibroids, and 5 had adenomyosis and uterine fibroids. Compared to conventional TSE technique, scores of two observers in the sharpness of uterine border, motion artifacts, and overall image quality is higher by MVXD with significant difference ( P<0.05). The Kappa values for image quality scores of two observers ranged from 0.615 to 0.971, the agreement was good or very good. Conclusion:Applying MVXD T 2WI technique to patients with uterine fibroids and adenomyosiscould improve image quality, without sacrificing the ability to recognize and diagnose lesions, compared to conventional TSE T 2WI technique.
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Objective@#To explore the application value of 3.0 T MultiVane XD (MVXD) technique in female patients with uterine adenomyosis and fibroids.@*Methods@#Patients diagnosed with uterine fibroids with ultrasound and suspected of adenomyosis were involved prospectively from March to May 2018, 3.0 T pelvic MRI examinations were performed during peri-ovulatory period. Axialconventional turbo spin echo (TSE) T2WI, axial MVXD T2WI, sagittal conventional TSE T2WI and MVXD sagittal T2WI were acquired. Two observers rated those 4 series in the aspects of sharpness of uterine border, motion artifacts, identification capability of lesions, confidence of diagnosis and overall image quality. Cohen Kappa analysis was used to evaluate the consistency of scores between 2 observers. Scores of TSE T2WI and MVXD T2WI qualities were compared using Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test.@*Results@#Twenty patients were enrolled. Axial conventional TSE T2WI, axial MVXD T2WI were aquired on all of them. Sagittal conventional TSE T2WI, sagittal MVXD T2WI were aquired on 19 among them. Nine patients had only obvious adenomyosis, 6 had only uterinefibroids, and 5 had adenomyosis and uterine fibroids. Compared to conventional TSE technique, scores of two observers in the sharpness of uterine border, motion artifacts, and overall image quality is higher by MVXD with significant difference (P<0.05). The Kappa values for image quality scores of two observers ranged from 0.615 to 0.971, the agreement was good or very good.@*Conclusion@#Applying MVXD T2WI technique to patients with uterine fibroids and adenomyosiscould improve image quality, without sacrificing the ability to recognize and diagnose lesions, compared to conventional TSE T2WI technique.
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Objective:To explore grouping methods of subdividing adjacent diagnosis related groups(DRGs) by introducing patient clinical complexity level(PCCL) principle and provide references for exploring DRG grouping method in line with context in China.Methods:Clinical complexity level of each complication was assigned by clinicians.PCCL model was selected to calculate the scores of clinical complexity cases.Each adjacent DRG was subdivided into DRG groups by classification and regression trees(CART) model.The rank-sum test was applied to test the statistical significances of the grouping results.Results:9 surgical adjacent DRGs were subdivided into 18 DRG groups.There were statistical significances in the differences of hospitalization expenses and length of stay among different DRG groups in each adjacent group.Conclusion:PCCL model showed high performance in DRG subdivision.The unification of the quality of medical records and coding were the key factors to ensure the reasonable grouping results.
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Objective To explore the value of CT texture analysis (CTTA) in differential diagnosis of non clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (non-ccRCC) and clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).Methods A total of 100 ccRCC and 27 nonccRCC lesions were retrospectively analyzed.CTTA was performed on multiphasic CT images by using TexRAD software,and texture features were compared between ccRCC and non-ccRCC.Results Compared with ccRCC,the mean and standard deviation,entropy as well as the mean of positive pixels (MPP) were significantly lower,while kurtosis was higher in non-ccRCC lesions on enhanced CT images (P＜0.001).No significant difference was observed in skewness between nonccRCC and ccRCC (P＞0.05).MPP at coarse texture scale on corticomedullary images identified non-ccRCC from ccRCC with an AUC of 0.92±0.04,the sensitivity was 0.85,specificity was 0.93 and accuracy was 0.87.Conclusion There are significant differences in CTTA parameters between non-ccRCC and ccRCC.CTTA has clinical value in differential diagnosis of non-ccRCC and ccRCC.
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ObjectiveThe pre-hospital data of 839 emergency patients who were admitted to Naxiang Emergency Center of Shanghai from Dec 11 2006 to Jun 11 2007 were analyzed.The first five causes of emergency call were trauma,diseases of newborns,neuron-system diseases.eardio-vascuIar diseases and digestive diseases.The epidemiological data including gender,age of patients,distance to emergency site,duration of ambulance dispatch,results of first aid.etc were also presented in the paper.These data would be helpful for improving pre-hospital medical care of emergency patients.