Exploratory Study on Quantitative Diagnostic of Dampness Syndrome of Colorectal Adenoma / 中医杂志

ObjectiveTo preliminarily establish and verify the quantitative diagnosis method of dampness syndrome of colorectal adenoma， so as to provide evidence for the diagnosis of colorectal adenoma syndrome. MethodsThis study included 334 patients with colorectal adenoma， who were grouped into 200 in the training group and 134 in the validation group by clinical visits chronologically. According to the data from the four examinations of traditional Chinese medicine， patients in training group were subgrouped into dampness syndrome subgroup and non-dampness syndrome subgroup. After eliminating items with response rate less than 3%， the factors showed statistical difference in frequency between the subgroups were screened as diagnostic items. The diagnostic items were assigned scores using the conditional probability formula conversion method， and the diagnostic thresholds and grading criteria were determined by the maximum likelihood discriminant method， so as to establish the quantitative criteria preliminarily. Retrospective and prospective tests were conducted respectively on patients in training group and validation group， including the sensitivity， specificity， accuracy， positive likelihood ratio and other indexes， to evaluate the quantitative criteria. ResultsThe training group included 176 participants as dampness syndrome subgroup and 24 participants as non-dampness syndrome subgroup， who applied 40 diagnostic items， and 19 related factors were identified as significant differences. After assigning the scores in turn， the quantitative diagnostic threshold was determined as 45， and the quantitative diagnostic criteria for colorectal adenoma with dampness syndrome were as follows： greasy coating （7 scores）， thick coating （8 scores）， heaviness of head （9 scores）， heaviness of whole body （6 scores）， heaviness of limbs （6 scores）， sticky and greasy stool （6 scores）， sticky and greasy mouth （10 scores）， obesity （6 scores）， sleepiness （12 scores）， laziness （13 scores）， epigastric fullness （8 scores）， abdominal distension and pain （11 scores）， lumbar and knee aches and heaviness （8 scores）， joint and muscle aches and pains （9 scores）， loose stools （12 scores）， fetid mouth odor （15 scores）， slippery pulse （8 scores）， overabundance of eye secretion （7 scores）， and large touge （10 scores）. Grading criteria： 45 ≤ points ＜ 61 as mild， 61 ≤ points ≤ 104 as moderate， points ＞ 104 as severe. In the test retrospective of the training group involving 200 patients， the sensitivity， specificity， accuracy， and positive likelihood ratio were 86.36%， 95.83%， 87.50%， and 20.73 respectively； In the test prospective of the verification group involving 134 patients， the sensitivity， specificity， accuracy， and positive likelihood ratio were 76.64%%， 96.30%， 80.60%， and 20.69， respectively. ConclusionIt is effective to diagnose and identify the dampness syndrome of colorectal adenoma by preliminarily establish a quantitative diagnostic method with a combined model of disease and evidence， and the method may provide support for future related studies.

Correlation between Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Visceral Adipose Tissue in Non-Obese Chinese Adults: A CT Evaluation

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and visceral adipose tissue in non-obese Chinese adults using computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 454 subjects undergoing abdominal CT scan. Degree of CT attenuation in liver and spleen, and the degree of fat infiltration in liver were evaluated according to three indices: the attenuation value of liver parenchyma (CTLP), the attenuation ratio of liver and spleen (LSratio) and the attenuation difference between liver and spleen (LSdif). Visceral fat area (VFA) and total fat area (TFA) at L2/3 and L4/5 levels were measured, and the abdominal subcutaneous fat area (SFA) was calculated. Bivariate correlation analysis was carried out to determine the correlation among these factors. RESULTS: In men, VFA, SFA and TFA at L2/3 and L4/5 levels showed significant differences in terms of the three indices to distinguish fatty liver from non-fatty liver (all, p < 0.001). In men, all the three indices showed negative correlation with TFA, SFA and VFA (all, p < 0.001). The negative correlation between the three indices and VFA at the L2/3 level was higher than at L4/5 level (r = −0.476 vs. r = −0.340 for CTLP, r = −0.502 vs. r = −0.413 for LSratio, r = −0.543 vs. r = −0.422 for LSdif, p < 0.001, respectively). The negative correlation between LSratio, LSdif and VFA at L2/3 and L4/5 levels was higher than SFA at the corresponding level. In women, all the three indices showed negative correlation with VFA and TFA at L2/3 and L4/5 levels, and the negative correlation between CTLP and VFA was higher at L2/3 level than at L4/5 level (r = −0.294 vs. r = −0.254, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: In non-obese Chinese adults, the degree of hepatic fatty infiltration showed a strong correlation with abdominal fat on CT. VFA at L2/3 level was more closely related to fatty liver compared with VFA at L4/5 level.

The utility of autonomic nerve function tests in the quantitative diagnosis and risk evaluation in pediatric unex-plained syncope / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

To management of unexplained syncope (UPS)in children,the primary objectives are etiological diagnosis and risk evaluation. The head - up tilt test (HUTT)has a certain risk and limitation,though it is still an im-portant tool to diagnose and identify UPS at present. Now,the utility of other several autonomic nerve function tests in the quantitative diagnosis and risk evaluation in pediatric UPS were described,including 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring,QT interval dispersion,heart rate recovery,heart rate variability,autonomic testing.

Ultrasound diagnosis of skeletal muscle promoted by artificial intelligence: A quantitative evaluation of injured skeletal muscle by computer-aided ultrasonographic texture analysis / 第二军医大学学报

Skeletal muscle injuries are common in clinic, and the rate of disability caused by frequent natural disasters is increasing in recent years. Prompt diagnosis and accurate assessment of the damage range and severity are critical when a muscular injury occurs. According to our emergency ultrasound experiences, structural disorder and textural changes of damaged thigh muscle of the crush syndrome patients can be dynamically observed by high resolution ultrasound, which has similar texture imaging effect compared with magnetic resonance imaging and has unique imaging advantages. However, visual evaluation of ultrasonograms depends more on the experiences of the ultrasonographers, and thus is quite subjecitve. Besides, there is no unified standard for quantitative diagnosis of injuried muscle by ultrasound. In order to provide references for quantitative evaluation of injured muscle pathology, we performed a series of in vitroexperiments, animal experiments and preliminary clinical studies, and used computer-aided ultrasonsographic texture analysis to quantitatively evaluate the texture changes of skeletal muscle in different periods. We used contrast-enhanced ultrasound to observe the vascular distribution characteristics of skeletal muscles, and compared the muscle fiber structure, collagen distribution, and the degree of vascularization and vascular distribution in different periods, hoping to make quantitative muscle ultrasound as a practical and reliable tool for the muscle injury diagnosis.

Evaluation of the NOW Malaria Immunochromatographic Test for Quantitative Diagnosis of Falciparum and Vivax Malaria Parasite Density

The NOW^® Malaria Test, an immunochromatographic test (ICT), was evaluated to determine its ability to quantitatively detect malaria parasites using 100 blood samples from Thailand, including 50 <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> (Pf) infections and 50 <i>P. vivax</i> (Pv) infections. Intensities of the thickness of the visible bands of the positive ICT were compared with the parasite densities. In cases of Pf infection, the intensities of both HRP-2 bands (T1 bands: Pf specific bands) and aldolase bands (T2 bands: pan-<i>Plasmodium</i> bands) correlated with the parasite densities. The intensities of T2 bands in Pf positive samples showed better correlation with the parasite densities than the T1 bands. In the cases of Pv infection, the intensities of T2 bands were also well correlated with parasite density. These results suggest that the ICT is useful not only for rapid detection of malaria parasites but also for estimating parasite density.

Investigation on quantitative diagnosis of stroke with Qi deficiency and blood stasis / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective To build diagnostic model of stroke with qi deficiency and blood stasis.Methods Get the disease information by epidemiological investigation. All patients were recurited into training samples and testing samples by random. Diagnostic model was built by statistical method, and tested by training samples and testing samples. Results Three diagnostic models were built. The best model with discriminant function of qi deficiency and blood stasis has been proven to be the Bayes model. Conclusion The diagnostic model built by epidemiological investigation has the advantage of good accuracy. It will improve the accuracy of clinical syndrome differentiation.

Half quantitative diagnosis of high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors with multi-slice spiral CT / 中国医学影像技术

Objective To study the half quantitative diagnostic method of the high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) with analyzing the characteristic of high-risk and lower risk GISTs with multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT). Methods CT findings of 46 patients with 51 GIST lesions were retrospectively analyzed. The location, size, shape, boundary, growth pattern and other specialties of the tumors in high-risk and lower risk GISTs were studied, moreover statistical analysis was conducted, logistic regression equation was obtained. Results Significant difference was found in tumors' location, size, shape, boundary and distant metastasis between the two types of GISTs. There were obvious correlation between the risk level and tumors' size and boundary which could be used to build the diagnostic equation of high-risk GISTs. Conclusion The equation ln [P/(1-P)]=-2.612X_3+0.371X_5 (X_3:tumors' boundary, X_5:tumors' size) is valuable in the diagnosis of high-risk GISTs.

Study on Quantitative Diagnosis of Stagnation of Qi and Blood Stasis Syndrome in Chronic Prostatitis / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To discuss the quantitative diagnosis of stagnation of Qi and blood stasis syndrome in chronic prostatitis. To make diagnosis chart and ensure diagnosis threshold level which provide statistics evidence for syndrome differentiation of TCM. Methods By the statistical ways, 168 cases of chronic prostatitis belong to stagnation of Qi blood and stasis syndrome and 198 cases of non-stagnation of Qi and blood stasis syndrome were investigated. To make a diagnosis chart and ensure diagnosis threshold level by applying the method of the maximum likelihood discriminatory analysis. Results The quantitative diagnosis chart was made and diagnosis threshold level was 26. According to the retrospective and prospective test, its sensitivity, especially degree, coincidence rate, error rate and positive likelihood ratio were 94.64%, 88.89%, 91.53%, 8.47%, 8.52 and 94.28%, 90.32%, 92.42%, 7.58%, 9.74. Conclusion The indexes of the quantitative diagnosis have good objectivity. According to the retrospective and prospective test, the diagnosis chart was proved to be practical.