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Objective@#To understand the differences in the application of three distant vision examination methods in children, so as to provide a reference for developing a unified distant vision examination for this population.@*Methods@#The study involved 98 children aged 4 to 16 years who visited the ophthalmology department of a children s hospital in Anhui Province between August 15 and 25, 2022. Vision was measured using the distant vision test method specified in the 2014 National Student Physical Fitness and Health Survey (V1), the 2019 National Student Physical Fitness and Health Survey (V2), and Specification for Screening of Refractive Error in Primary and Secondary School Students (WS/T 663-2020) (V3). The paired samples McNemar s test and Wilcoxon test were performed to compare the detection rate of poor vision and the difference between the visual acuity test results of the three methods.@*Results@#The results of the 98 children examined according to V1, V2, and V3 showed that the M (P25, P 75 ) of the right eye were 4.8（4.6，5.0），4.8（4.7，5.0），and 4.8（4.7，5.0）while the left eye visual acuity M ( P 25 , P 75 ) were 4.8 （4.6，5.0），4.9（ 4.7 ，5.0），and 4.9（4.7，5.0），respectively. The rates of poor visual acuity detection for the right eye were 63.3%, 58.2% and 58.2 % for V1, V2, and V3, respectively, while for the left eye, they were 58.2%, 54.1% and 53.1%, respectively. McNemar test results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the rates of poor visual acuity detection between the right and left eyes for V1 vs. V2, V1 vs. V3, and V2 vs. V3 (left eyes： χ 2=2.25，2.29，0.00，right eyes： χ 2=3.20，3.20，0.00， P >0.05).Wilcoxon test results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the right and left eye visual acuity groups for V1 vs. V2 and V1 vs. V3 (left eyes： Z =-4.15，-4.60, right eyes： Z = -4.70，-4.99, P <0.01).@*Conclusion@#Irrespective of whether the starting visual standard starts at row 4.0 or 5.0, different standards of visual standard passage have an impact on the visual acuity results. It is recommended that existing methods of screening for distance vision are standardized.
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Objective@#To analyze the relationship between outdoor activity, screen time and 20 meter shuttle run test (20 m SRT) score among children and adolescents in Baoan District, Shenzhen, so as to provide scientific basis for the management and promotion of physical health of children and adolescents.@*Methods@#Stratified cluster sampling was used to select students from 14 schools in 6 communities in Baoan District of Shenzhen, from April to May 2019. A self designed questionnaire was used to investigate demographic characteristics, outdoor activity duration and screen time of primary and middle school students. A total of 3 192 primary and secondary school students in grade 1-12 were selected from each school. Weight, height and 20 m SRT were measured.@*Results@#About 985(30.9%) out of 3 192 primary and middle school students were estimated excellent on 20 m SRT test, with boys being higher than that of girls (34.7% vs 26.3%) ( χ 2=26.43, P <0.01). Logistic regression analysis showed that compared with the group with outdoor activity <2 h/d, the excellent and good performers on 20 m SRT with outdoor activity time ≥2 h/d was higher( OR=1.38, 95%CI =1.12-1.70). Compared with students with screen time ≥2 h/d, the excellent and good performers on 20 m SRT with screen time <2 h/d was higher( OR=1.42, 95%CI=1.17-1.71). Compared with students with outdoor activity time < 2 h/d and screen time ≥ 2 h/d, students with outdoor activity time ≥2 h/d and video time < 2 h/d had a higher proportion of excellent score on 20 m SRT( OR=1.97, 95%CI =1.46-2.67).@*Conclusion@#Increasing outdoor activity and reducing screen time are helpful to improve the performance score of 20 m SRT among primary and secondary school students.
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Objective:To observe the diagnostic value of six classification intelligent auxiliary diagnosis lightweight model for common fundus diseases based on fundus color photography.Methods:A applied research. A dataset of 2 400 color fundus images from Nanjing Medical University Eye Hospital and Zhejiang Mathematical Medical Society Smart Eye Database was collected, which was desensitized and labeled by a fundus specialist. Of these, 400 each were for diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, retinal vein occlusion, high myopia, age-related macular degeneration, and normal fundus. The parameters obtained from the classical classification models VGGNet16, ResNet50, DenseNet121 and lightweight classification models MobileNet3, ShuffleNet2, GhostNet trained on the ImageNet dataset were migrated to the six-classified common fundus disease intelligent aid diagnostic model using a migration learning approach during training as initialization parameters for training to obtain the latest model. 1 315 color fundus images of clinical patients were used as the test set. Evaluation metrics included sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, F1-Score and agreement of diagnostic tests (Kappa value); comparison of subject working characteristic curves as well as area under the curve values for different models.Result:Compared with the classical classification model, the storage size and number of parameters of the three lightweight classification models were significantly reduced, with ShuffleNetV2 having an average recognition time per sheet 438.08 ms faster than the classical classification model VGGNet16. All 3 lightweight classification models had Accuracy > 80.0%; Kappa values > 70.0% with significant agreement; sensitivity, specificity, and F1-Score for the diagnosis of normal fundus images were ≥ 98.0%; Macro-F1 was 78.2%, 79.4%, and 81.5%, respectively.Conclusion:The intelligent assisted diagnosis of common fundus diseases based on fundus color photography is a lightweight model with high recognition accuracy and speed; the storage size and number of parameters are significantly reduced compared with the classical classification model.
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Objective To propose a new evaluation system and evaluate the application value of diabetic retinopathy ( DR) intelligence assisted diagnostic technology based on fundus photography. Methods By using the diagnostic test method,an evaluation system of DR intelligent diagnostic technology based on fundus photography was established. The fundus photographs of 331 diabetic patients (662 eyes) with DR screening were collected in the First Affiliated Hospital of Huzhou University from January 2017 to October 2018. The results of experts ' diagnosis and intelligence assisted diagnosis were compared and evaluated. The evaluation system includes primary evaluation, intermediate evaluation and advanced evaluation. The primary evaluation is the consistency of non-DR ( NDR) in all diabetic patients receiving DR-assisted diagnostic techniques;the intermediate evaluation is the diagnosis consistency of DR lesion degree in patients diagnosed with DR (grade 1-4);the advanced evaluation is the diagnosis consistency of DR classification ( grade 0 -4 ) in all diabetic patients receiving DR-assisted diagnostic techniques. The intermediate evaluation includes two evaluation methods. The main evaluation indicators include sensitivity,specificity and Kappa value. Results Based on experts ' diagnosis, NDR accounted for 22. 7％;mild non-proliferative DR (NPDR),moderate NPDR,and severe NPDR accounted for 19. 9％,18. 7％ and 25. 7％,respectively;proliferative DR( PDR) accounted for 13. 0％. Based on intelligence diagnostic system,NDR accounted for 25. 8％;mild NPDR, moderate NPDR and severe NPDR accounted for 19. 7％,19. 3％ and 22. 8％,respectively;proliferative DR( PDR) accounted for 12. 4％. Based on evaluation system in the paper,the sensitivity,specificity and Kappa value in primary evaluation were 91. 4％, 84. 7％ and 0. 72;the sensitivity, specificity and Kappa value in intermediate evaluation method one were 88. 4％,91. 1％ and 0. 79;the sensitivity, specificity and Kappa value in intermediate evaluation method two were 80. 5％,93. 3％ and 0. 75;the Kappa value in advanced evaluation was 0. 62. Conclusions The evaluation system can be applied to the evaluation of DR intelligent diagnostic technology,and the evaluation result can be used as the basis for the selection of DR intelligent diagnosis application scene.
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Objective To investigate clinical effects and safety differences of conventional and low doses of sufentanil combined with ropivacaine for analgesia on painless childbirth.Methods 130 lying-in women with painless childbirth were chosen and randomly divided into two groups including control group (65 cases) with sufentanil for 7.5μg and observation group (65 cases) with sufentanil for 5.0p g combined with ropivacaine;the block onset time,the arrival time at the maximum block level,modified Brcmage score,the Apgar score in 5min after childbirth,the VAS score before and after analgesia and adverse reaction incidence of both groups were compared.Results The sense and motion block onset time and the arrival time at the maximum block level of control group were separately (4.33 ± 1.91) min,(7.50 ± 1.70) min,(14.26 ± 1.50) min.The sense and motion block onset time and the arrival time at the maximum block level of observation group were separately (3.68 ± 1.54) min,(5.73 ± 1.21) min,(9.71 ± 1.15)min.The block onset time and the arrival time at the maximum block level of observation group were significant shorter than control group (t =2.78,3.07,3.47,all P ＜ 0.05).The modified Bromage score of observation group were significant lower than control group (t =2.92,P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in the Apgar score in 5min after childbirth between the two groups(t =1.29,P ＞0.05).There was no significant difference in VAS score before and after analgesia between the two groups (t =1.15,1.02,0.95,0.63,0.87,all P ＞ 0.05).The adverse reaction incidence of observation group were significant lower than control group (x2 =9.24,8.66,12.07,10.45,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Compared with conventional doses of sufentanil,low doses of sufentanil combined with ropivacaine for analgesia on painless childbirth can efficiently accelerate the block onset process and reduce the risk of adverse reactions.
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Objective To analyze the effect of different methods of anesthesia maintenance on clinical efficacy and postoperative recovery in elderly patients with gynecological diseases undergoing laparoscopic surgery.Methods A total of 80 elderly patients with gynecological diseases scheduled for laparoscopic surgery were enrolled in this study in our hospital from January 2015 to December 2016.All the patients were randomly divided into two groups of anesthesia maintenance:an intravenous anesthesia alone (n=40) and a combined intravenous and inhaled anesthesia (n =40).The pre-and post-anesthesia changes in arterial blood gas,blood pressure,heart rate and cognitive function,and postoperative complications were analyzed and compared between the two groups.Results There were no significant differences between the two groups in the times of palinesthesia,extubation and talking (all P＞ 0.05).After anesthesia,the levels of arterial blood gas,the blood pressure and the heart rate were relatively stable in both groups,and their differences between the two groups were without statistically significant (all P ＞ 0.05).While,the postoperative cognitive function recovered more rapidly in patients receiving intravenous anesthesia alone for anesthesia maintenance than in those receiving a combined intravenous and inhaled anesthesia,especially at 6 h after extubation.The Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) score was significantly higher in patients receiving intravenous anesthesia alone (28.8 ± 0.5) than in patients receiving a combined intravenous and inhaled anesthesia (25.1 ±0.6),with statistically significant difference (P＜ 0.05).In addition,there was no statistical difference between the two groups in the incidence of complications.Conclusions As anesthesia maintenance,both an intravenous anesthesia alone and a combined intravenous and inhaled anesthesia can ensure a successfully laparoscopic surgery for gynecological diseases in elderly patients.However,the impact on cognitive function after laparoscopic surgery is smaller in the maintenance of intravenous anesthesia alone than in a combined intravenous and inhaled anesthesia in elderly patients.Intravenous anesthesia alone can be used in elderly patients to receive laparoscopic surgery as routine anesthesia maintenance.
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Objective To identify the expression of PTPRD in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)and analyze its correlation with pathological features and patient survival.Methods Immunohistochemistry analysis was applied to detect the expression level and location of PTPRD in 236 patients with ESCC.Clinical and pathological features were collected and a 5 years’follow-up after surgery were performed.Results Statistic analysis showed that expression of PTPRD in ESCC was lower than in normal esophageal epithelial cells (22.0% vs 57.2%,P =0.000).The expression of PTPRD was correla-ted to the differentiation grade,depth of tumor invasion and lymph nodes metastasis.The expression of PTPRD was higher in group with well differentiation,less invasion depth and no lymph node metastasis (P =0.013,0.025,0.019).The expres-sion of PTPRD was not correlated to age or gender (P =0.170,0.787).The survival analysis showed that thegroup with more PTPRD expression had better prognosis.Conclusion PTPRD was correlated to progression and prognosis of ESCC.It may be a new potential tumor suppressor gene of ESCC,and its expression level might may a useful marker for predicting prognosis for ESCC patients.
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Objective To investigate the expressions of Sema4D and HER-2 in breast cancers and their relationship with microlymphtic vessel density (MLVD).Methods MLVD and expressions of Sema4D and HER-2 were detected in 110 cases of breast cancer tissues by immunohistochemistry.The relationship of Sema4D and HER-2 expressions with clinicopathologic parameters was analyzed.Results The positive expression rate of Sema4D and HER-2 was 71.82％ (79/110) and 33.64％ (37/110),respectively,with a statistically significant differences compared to those in the control group ( P ＜0.01 ).The positive expression rates of Sema4D and MLVD in cases with lymphatic metastasis were higher than that without lymphatic metastasis ( P ＜ 0.01 ).The expressions of Sema4D and HER-2 were closely correlated with the histological grade,TNM stage,lymph node metastasis,and expression of ER of breast cancers ( P ＜0.05),but were not related to tumor size and expression of PR (P ＞ 0.05 ).On univariate analysis,the disease-free survival rate of patients with Sema4D positive expression was better than those with its negative expression ( P ＜ 0.05).Sema4D expression was positively correlated with the HER-2 expression ( r =0.535,P ＜ 0.01 ).Conclusions Sema4D may play important roles in the carcinogenesis and development of a breast cancer.
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Objective To explore the related prognostic factors of the patients with thyroid microcarcinoma.Methods Clinical data,including clinical,pathologic,and therapeutic factor of 203 patients with thyroid microcarcinoma admitted were analyzed retrospectively.Results The cause specific survival and locoregional failure free survival rates at 10 years were 100.0% and 91.4% , respectively.Univariate analysis showed that multifocality, cervical lymph node metastasis and radioiodine treatment was associated with prognosis.Multivariate analysis revealed that cervical lymph node metastasis was the only independent prognostic factor for locoregional failure free survival.The risk of locoregional recurrence increased 2.5 folds when lymph nodes metastasis occurred at presentation.Conclusion The ratio of thyroid microcarcinoma to thyroid carcinoma increased yearly and the overall survival rate of thyroid microcarcinoma was excellent.Of all the prognostic factors,lymph node metastasis was the most important one related to survival.
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Objective To investigate the causes, prevention and treatment of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury during operation in patients with thyroid cancer. Methods Clinical data of 192 patients undergone thyroidectomy operation were reviewed. Results RLN was exposed during operation in 192 patients. There were 3 cases of RLN injury, then RLN anastomosis was happened immediately during operation. It was significantiy improved in pronunciation after operation. 2 ～ 3 d after surgery, transitory hoarseness was observed in 3 patients. Unilateral RLN resection performed in 1 case with cancer involving RLN. Conclusions There were some causes of RLN injury. Exposure of RLN selectively,delicate operation and thyroid gland surgery specialist were the key point for prevention of the injury of RLN. Once RLN injury occured ,repairing should be performed as soon as possible.
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Objective To compare the cardiomyocyte apoptosis and early postoperative recovery in patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement under propofol-or midazolam-combined anesthesia.Methods Forty NYHA class Ⅱ or Ⅲ patients (aged 48-64 yr and weighing 45-78 kg) undergoing cardiac valve replacement with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were randomly divided into midazolam group (Group M) and propofol group (Group P) (n=20each). The patients were premedicated with morphine 0.1 mg/kg i.v. and scopolamine 0.3 mg i.v. Anesthesia was induced with midazolam 0.2 mg/kg (in Group M) or propofol 2 mg/kg (in Group P) combined with fentanyl 10 μg/kg and vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg, and maintained with propofol 5 mg. kg-1·h-1 (in Group P) or midazolam 0.1 mg·kg-1·h-1(in Group M) and intermittent i.v. boluses of fentanyl and vecuronium after tracheal intubation. The patients were mechanically ventilated with PETCO2 maintained at 35-45 mm Hg. Myocardial tissues were obtained from the right atrium before and after CPB for determination of apoptosis in cardiomyocytes (by TUNEL). The apoptotic index was calculated. The expression of caspase-3 and caspase-9 was determined by immunohistochemical avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) technique staining. The mean airway pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) were monitored. Aortic cross-clamping time, surgical and CPB times, spontaneous recovery of normal heart beat, emergence from anesthesia, extubation time and duration of ICU stay were recorded and compared between the two groups.Results The percentage of spontaneous recovery of normal heart beat after release of aortic cross clamp was significantly higher and the need for dobutamine support was significantly less in Group P than in Group M ( P ＜ 0.05). The emergence from anesthesia was significantly more rapid, the extubation time and the ICU stay were significantly shorter in Group P than in Group M (P＜0.05). There were no significant differences in apoptosis index and expression of caspase-3 and caspase-9 before CPB between the two groups. The apoptosis index and expression of caspase-3 and caspase-9 were significantly increased after CPB in Group M and significantly higher than those after CPB in Group P (P＜0.05).Conclusion Cardiomyocyte apoptosis in patients undergoing CPB can be inhibited and the postoperative recovery is more rapid under propofol-combined anesthesia.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the clonality of uterine leiomyomas, especially the relationship between different nodules in multinodular cases.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh tissue samples and digested through incubation with Hpa II and amplified through nested polymerase chain reaction for phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) gene. The products were treated with Bst XI and resolved on agarose gels.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among the 103 cases examined, 32 (31%) carried the polymorphic Bst XI site at the PGK locus. Eighty-nine tumors from the 29 cases were subjected to the cloning assay. Loss of polymorphism at the PGK locus was found in all tumor nodules, indicating the monoclonality of the tumor. The relationship between multiple tumors was also assessed by comparing their inactivated alleles. Seven nodules from a leiomyosarcoma were found to have originated from a single cell. However, the relationship was found to be more complicated, as demonstrated in 15 cases of multiple leiomyomas. The same inactivated allele was found in all nodules of 8 cases and in most nodules in 2 cases, while totally different inactivation patterns were observed in 5 cases. The difference was not associated with cell proliferation.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Clonality analysis can be applied to define the clonality of focal or nodular lesions. Uterine leiomyomas are of clonal origin. Multiple uterine leiomyomas may be subtyped into fully independent and aggressive types as well as a mixed type of both.</p>