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Hong Tao
Medicine & Public Health
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Open AccessLeft atrial volume index and interleukin-6 as predictors for postoperative atrial fibrillation
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication after cardiac surgery. However, the predictive value of single indictor still remains controversial. This study aimed to assess the predictive ...
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Open AccessTransition shock among nursing interns and its relationship with patient safety attitudes, professional identity and climate of caring: a cross-sectional study
Nursing interns often experience lots of challenges during their clinical nursing internships, which can adversely affect career decisions and result in a squandering of nursing education resources. Patient sa...
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Translation and validation of a Chinese version of the pancreatitis quality of life instrument (PANQOLI) in patients with chronic pancreatitis
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a chronic fibroinflammatory pancreatic disease that severely impacts patients’ quality of life (QoL). The Pancreatitis Quality of Life Instrument (PANQOLI) is an 18-item measure sp...
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The CREATION Health Assessment Tool for Patients (CHAT-P): Development & Psychometric Testing
The CREATION Model is a whole-person wellness model facilitating patient-provider partnerships for health promotion. CREATION is an acronym that represents eight whole-person health principles: Choice, Rest, E...
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Open AccessAnxiety, depression, and co** styles among patients with chronic pancreatitis in East China
Anxiety and depression are common psychological comorbidities in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP). There is still a lack of epidemiological studies on anxiety and depression in Chinese CP patients. This...
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Open AccessThe impact of ABCB1 and CES1 polymorphisms on the safety of dabigatran in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
This study aimed to analyze associations between genetic variants and plasma concentrations along with clinical outcomes in dabigatran in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).
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The Impact of US Nurses’ Personal Religious and Spiritual Beliefs on Their Mental Well-Being and Burnout: A Path Analysis
This study addresses the gap in the literature regarding the impact of nurses’ personal religious and spiritual beliefs on their mental well-being and burnout. A model of the association between these factors ...
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Open AccessAutomatic recognition of micronucleus by combining attention mechanism and AlexNet
Micronucleus (MN) is an abnormal fragment in a human cell caused by disorders in the mechanism regulating chromosome segregation. It can be used as a biomarker for genotoxicity, tumor risk, and tumor malignanc...
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Dabigatran plasma concentration indicated the risk of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
This study aimed to evaluate the variability of dabigatran plasma concentration and the association with clinical events in Chinese patients treated with dabigatran etexilate (DE) for non-valvular atrial fibri...
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Open AccessConcomitant novel ALK-SSH2, EML4-ALK and ARID2-ALK, EML4-ALK double-fusion variants and confer sensitivity to crizotinib in two lung adenocarcinoma patients, respectively
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements, have been identified in approximately 2-7% of patients with lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, co-occurrence of double ALK fusions in one patient was rare. ...
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Open AccessEfficacy of path-oriented psychological self-help interventions to improve mental health of empty-nest older adults in the Community of China
China has the world’s largest aging population and the number of empty-nest older adults is on the rise. In comparison to the aging population in general, empty-nest older adults have a lower level of subjecti...
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Open AccessClinical characteristics and viral etiologies of outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Huzhou of China: a retrospective study
Viruses are commonly found in patients with acute respiratory infections (ARIs). However, the viral etiologies and clinical characteristics of outpatients with ARIs are poorly understood in China. Here, we ide...
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Correction to: Serum fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) as a novel biomarker to predict gestational diabetes mellitus
The title “Plasma fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) as a novel biomarker to predict gestational diabetes mellitus” should be replaced by “Serum fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) as a novel biomarker to p...
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Reply to Dereke, J., Hillman, M. “The significance of biomarkers such as FABP4 in gestational diabetes mellitus and the importance of rigorous peer review” Acta Diabetol (2017) 54:885. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-017-1026-6
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Open AccessComparison of in-hospital glycemic variability and admission blood glucose in predicting short-term outcomes in non-diabetes patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction underwent percutaneous coronary intervention
Admission hyperglycemia is associated with increased mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with or without diabetes mellitus after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, effects of...
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Plasma fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) as a novel biomarker to predict gestational diabetes mellitus
Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) is mainly expressed in adipocytes and macrophages and is demonstrated to be elevated in diabetes patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible role of FABP4 ...
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Open AccessModerate calorie restriction to achieve normal weight reverses β-cell dysfunction in diet-induced obese mice: involvement of autophagy
Severe calorie restriction (CR) is shown to improve or even reverse β-cell dysfunction in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, whether mild to moderate CR can reverse β-cell dysfunction...
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Robust quantitative assessments of cytosine modifications and changes in the expressions of related enzymes in gastric cancer
The rediscovery of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, the ten-eleven translocation (TET) family, thymine-DNA glycosylase (TDG) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) have opened new avenues in the study of DNA demethylation pa...
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Open AccessPrognostic value of early in-hospital glycemic excursion in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
Acute phase hyperglycemia has been associated with increased mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the predictive value of glycemic excursion for adverse outcome in elderly AMI...
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Open AccessAssociation of chemerin mRNA expression in human epicardial adipose tissue with coronary atherosclerosis
Growing evidence suggests that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) may play a key role in the pathogenesis and development of coronary artery disease (CAD) by producing several inflammatory adipokines. Chemerin, a...
