Supported by the Key Project Plan of Health and Medical Science Research in Hebei Provincial Health Commission,No.20190745.
BACKGROUND Plasma concentration monitoring is crucial for optimizing vancomycin use,particularly in patients in the intensive care unit(ICU).However,the reference interval for vancomycin plasma concentration remains u...
Supported by Zhejiang Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,No.2023ZF019;Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,No.(2020)56;Cultivation of Health High-level Talents in Zhejiang Province in 2022,No.(2019)58;and National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.H02710.
Recently,we read a retrospective study by Chen et al,which demonstrated that electroacupuncture is highly effective in relieving pain due to rotator cuff injuries and accelerating the recovery of shoulder function,pro...
Supported by the Youth Doctor Support Project of the Education Department of Gansu Province,No.2024QB-100.
BACKGROUND Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly cancers worldwide.As the disease progresses and due to the side effects of treatment,patients’physical activity significantly decreases.AIM To systematicall...
There exists a notion that there is an obesity paradox in the prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia.In other words,obese individuals with communityacquired pneumonia have a better prognosis.The study by Wang et al...
BACKGROUND Rheumatic immune diseases are a group of chronic inflammatory diseases charac-terized by joint and systemic multi-organ involvement,including rheumatoid arthritis,systemic lupus erythematosus,and Sjogren’s...
Assessing diaphragm function status is vital for diagnosing and treating acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD).Diaphrag-matic ultrasound has become increasingly important due to its non-i...
In this editorial,I address the mental health status of patients who have been discharged from intensive care units(ICUs)after battling coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).An ICU admission is generally a stressful expe...
The most common appendicular disease is acute appendicitis,with a lifetime risk of 7%–8%.Complicated cases,which can occur in 2%–7%of patients,can signi-ficantly impact the severity of the condition and may require ...
This editorial comments on the study by Lei et al investigating the efficacy of early treatment with pirfenidone on the lung function of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF)published.This study evaluates t...
BACKGROUND Globally,prostate cancer has become a major threat to men's health,with an increasing incidence and causes serious effects on the quality and length of life of patients.Despite the rapid development of medi...