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The prevalence of lower digestive tract diseases is high. White light endoscopy, narrow-band imaging (NBI) and blue laser imaging (BLI) are commonly used in the diagnosis of lower digestive tract diseases, but they have some limitation in the detection of small and atypical lesions. In recent years, linked color imaging (LCI), as a unique image-enhanced endoscopic technique, has shown its unique advantages in the detection of lower digestive tract diseases, the judgment of pathological classification of colorectal polyps, and the assisted endoscopic treatment of intestinal lesions. This article reviewed the research progress of LCI in endoscopic diagnosis of lower digestive tract diseases.
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Chinese materia medica (CMM) transdermal patch was favored by patients and researchers due to its advantages of simple operation, safe and quick, no trauma, reducing patient pain, avoiding oral liver first effect, enhancing drugs exploitation degree, and reducing the stimulation of gastrointestinal. In recent years, CMM transdermal patch is widely used in the treatment of clinical diseases. In this paper, the application of CMM transdermal patch in clinical disease treatment is reviewed, which can provide reference for the further research and development of CMM transdermal patch.
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Objectives:To evaluate the correlation of preoperative albumin level(PAL) and surgical prognostic risk for digestive tract diseases. Methods:This is a retrospective study of 1009 surgical patients who were undergoing elective esophageal,gastric,pancreaticoduodenal,or colon surgery between January 1998 and December 2003.Patients were subdivided into 7 groups based on the first PAL by different 5 g/L in hospital,whose incidence of complications,mortality,postoperative stay,intensive care unit(ICU) stay,and resumption of oral intake were statistically analyzed. Results:Incidence of complications and mortality increased significantly as PAL decreased(P35 g/L.Patients with PAL≤35 g/L undergoing esophageal or pancreatic procedures sustained a significantly higher complication rate and mortality than those of colonic or gastric surgery.The delay of postoperative stay,ICU stay,and resumption of oral intake were related to these complication rates.Esophageal and pancreatic procedures had the longest stay days and colon procedures had the shortest in patients with PAL≤35 g/L. Conclusions:Esophageal or pancreatic procedures performed in patients with PAL≤35 g/L who could have had surgery result in higher risk than colon or gastric surgery.PAL and surgical site identify surgical risk for digestive tract diseases.