Tinnitus is a heterogeneous hearing disorder with no cure at present,but some treatments,such as a combination of counselling and sound therapy,can alleviate the discomfort it causes.The sound therapy efficiency depen...Tinnitus is a heterogeneous hearing disorder with no cure at present,but some treatments,such as a combination of counselling and sound therapy,can alleviate the discomfort it causes.The sound therapy efficiency depends on both the type of sound stimulus and the time of exposure.This study describes the fundamentals of a personalized sound therapy that stimulates the auditory system with either continuous or sequential sounds whose spectra are adjusted to the hearing levels of the participants.This sound therapy is called Enriched Acoustic Environment and is assessed in a sample of 137 participants with tinnitus.Tinnitus-related distress relief was clinically relevant and statistically significant for 90%of these patients.This was quantified as a mean decrease of 24.3 points on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.31%of participants were treated with sequential stimuli and achieved greater relief of distress(29.4 points on their Tinnitus Handicap Inventory score)compared to those treated with continuous sound(69%).According to these results,sequential sound seems to be optimal compared to continuous sound.展开更多
BACKGROUND Lung cancer bone metastasis(LCBM)is a disease with a poor prognosis,high risk and large patient population.Although considerable scientific output has accumulated on LCBM,problems have emerged,such as confu...BACKGROUND Lung cancer bone metastasis(LCBM)is a disease with a poor prognosis,high risk and large patient population.Although considerable scientific output has accumulated on LCBM,problems have emerged,such as confusing research structures.AIM To organize the research frontiers and body of knowledge of the studies on LCBM from the last 22 years according to their basic research and translation,clinical treatment,and clinical diagnosis to provide a reference for the development of new LCBM clinical and basic research.METHODS We used tools,including R,VOSviewer and CiteSpace software,to measure and visualize the keywords and other metrics of 1903 articles from the Web of Science Core Collection.We also performed enrichment and proteinprotein interaction analyses of gene expression datasets from LCBM cases worldwide.RESULTS Research on LCBM has received extensive attention from scholars worldwide over the last 20 years.Targeted therapies and immunotherapies have evolved into the mainstream basic and clinical research directions.The basic aspects of drug resistance mechanisms and parathyroid hormone-related protein may provide new ideas for mechanistic study and improvements in LCBM prognosis.The produced molecular map showed that ribosomes and focal adhesion are possible pathways that promote LCBM occurrence.CONCLUSION Novel therapies for LCBM face animal testing and drug resistance issues.Future focus should centre on advancing clinical therapies and researching drug resistance mechanisms and ribosome-related pathways.展开更多
目的:评估富含IgM免疫球蛋白辅助治疗极低出生体重儿院内感染败血症的临床和实验室参数。方法:选取2015年2月至2016年2月入住本院共53例院内感染败血症的极低出生体重儿为研究对象,将所有患儿分为治疗组28例,对照组25例,治疗组患儿在传...目的:评估富含IgM免疫球蛋白辅助治疗极低出生体重儿院内感染败血症的临床和实验室参数。方法:选取2015年2月至2016年2月入住本院共53例院内感染败血症的极低出生体重儿为研究对象,将所有患儿分为治疗组28例,对照组25例,治疗组患儿在传统抗生素治疗方案的基础上,进行连续3 d,每日4 h内静注富含IgM免疫球蛋白5 m L/kg,对照组患儿则只进行传统抗生素治疗方案,观察对比两组治疗前后的临床及实验室参数。结果:两组患儿于治疗前在C-反应蛋白、体温、白细胞计数、未成熟白细胞占总白细胞比值等方面比较,差异无统计学意义,观察治疗后两组患儿上述参数相比治疗前明显改善且治疗组优于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);两组患儿治疗结束总有效率分别为82.1%、64.0%,治疗组明显优于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);治疗组与对照组治疗中均出现低血糖、消化道出血、贫血、呼吸暂停、休克等并发症,且并发症发病率分别为28.6%、44.0%,治疗组显著低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:富含IgM免疫球蛋白可以用于极低出生体重儿院内感染败血症的辅助治疗。展开更多
文摘Tinnitus is a heterogeneous hearing disorder with no cure at present,but some treatments,such as a combination of counselling and sound therapy,can alleviate the discomfort it causes.The sound therapy efficiency depends on both the type of sound stimulus and the time of exposure.This study describes the fundamentals of a personalized sound therapy that stimulates the auditory system with either continuous or sequential sounds whose spectra are adjusted to the hearing levels of the participants.This sound therapy is called Enriched Acoustic Environment and is assessed in a sample of 137 participants with tinnitus.Tinnitus-related distress relief was clinically relevant and statistically significant for 90%of these patients.This was quantified as a mean decrease of 24.3 points on the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory.31%of participants were treated with sequential stimuli and achieved greater relief of distress(29.4 points on their Tinnitus Handicap Inventory score)compared to those treated with continuous sound(69%).According to these results,sequential sound seems to be optimal compared to continuous sound.
文摘BACKGROUND Lung cancer bone metastasis(LCBM)is a disease with a poor prognosis,high risk and large patient population.Although considerable scientific output has accumulated on LCBM,problems have emerged,such as confusing research structures.AIM To organize the research frontiers and body of knowledge of the studies on LCBM from the last 22 years according to their basic research and translation,clinical treatment,and clinical diagnosis to provide a reference for the development of new LCBM clinical and basic research.METHODS We used tools,including R,VOSviewer and CiteSpace software,to measure and visualize the keywords and other metrics of 1903 articles from the Web of Science Core Collection.We also performed enrichment and proteinprotein interaction analyses of gene expression datasets from LCBM cases worldwide.RESULTS Research on LCBM has received extensive attention from scholars worldwide over the last 20 years.Targeted therapies and immunotherapies have evolved into the mainstream basic and clinical research directions.The basic aspects of drug resistance mechanisms and parathyroid hormone-related protein may provide new ideas for mechanistic study and improvements in LCBM prognosis.The produced molecular map showed that ribosomes and focal adhesion are possible pathways that promote LCBM occurrence.CONCLUSION Novel therapies for LCBM face animal testing and drug resistance issues.Future focus should centre on advancing clinical therapies and researching drug resistance mechanisms and ribosome-related pathways.
文摘目的:评估富含IgM免疫球蛋白辅助治疗极低出生体重儿院内感染败血症的临床和实验室参数。方法:选取2015年2月至2016年2月入住本院共53例院内感染败血症的极低出生体重儿为研究对象,将所有患儿分为治疗组28例,对照组25例,治疗组患儿在传统抗生素治疗方案的基础上,进行连续3 d,每日4 h内静注富含IgM免疫球蛋白5 m L/kg,对照组患儿则只进行传统抗生素治疗方案,观察对比两组治疗前后的临床及实验室参数。结果:两组患儿于治疗前在C-反应蛋白、体温、白细胞计数、未成熟白细胞占总白细胞比值等方面比较,差异无统计学意义,观察治疗后两组患儿上述参数相比治疗前明显改善且治疗组优于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);两组患儿治疗结束总有效率分别为82.1%、64.0%,治疗组明显优于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05);治疗组与对照组治疗中均出现低血糖、消化道出血、贫血、呼吸暂停、休克等并发症,且并发症发病率分别为28.6%、44.0%,治疗组显著低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:富含IgM免疫球蛋白可以用于极低出生体重儿院内感染败血症的辅助治疗。
