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Problem-based learning (PBL), which originated in foreign countries, advocates the core idea of multidisciplinary integrated learning, which coincides with the trend of curriculum integration in current medical education. First, this article systematically introduces the process of PBL in the organ system integrated course which is conducted in Nanshan College of Guangzhou Medical University. Second, this article discusses the teaching results and reflection so as to provide reference for the continuous localization reformation of PBL and further medical curriculum integration in college and university.
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Objective To investigate the significance of albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score in predicting prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods The clinical data of 644 HCC patients were retrospectively analyzed from May 2010 to May 2013 in the First People's Hospital of Changde City and the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University.Peripheral blood test results were used to calculate ALBI score,and ALBI score was categorized into the following 3 groups:grade 1,grade 2,grade 3.Overall survival(OS) and disease free survival(DFS) were evaluated by the Kaplan-Meier method.And independent prognostic predictors were determined by the Cox proportional hazard model.Results Multivariate analysis showed that ALBI grade 2 was an independent risk factor for OS(P<0.05).The ALBI grade stratified patients into at least two distinct overall survival cohorts (P<0.05),whereas the CP grade did not.The ALBI grade also classified patients with CP grade A patients into two distinct overall survival cohorts (P<0.05).In the subgroup analysis,the ALBI grade seemed to be an independent factor in terms of Barcelona Clinical Liver Cancer staging system(BCLC) 0-C.Conclusion For patients with HCC who underwent R0 resection,the ALBI grade is a good predictor of OS in HCC patients,and the above conclusions is true in patients with BCLC stage 0-C.
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Measures have been taken by the hospital to control drug expense proportion and consumables expense proportion, in addition to such actions as ceiling pricing for individual diseases, clinical pathways and better incentive mechanisms. All these measures help to curb unreasonable growth of medical expenses, and ease patients' burden. The study proves that the goal of expense control set in the healthcare reform can be achieved by setting multiple control indexes, strengthening pharmaceutical affairs management, normalizing procedure of consumables circulation, reforming the compensation incentive mechanism, giving the best play of cost control role of medical insurance, and introducing new technologies or programs.
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Objective To compare the clinical significance of peripheral blood neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in predicting prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods The clinical data of 661 patients with HCC were retrospectively analyzed.Routine peripheral blood test results were used to calculate the NLR and PLR,and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn.Using the thresholds of NLR and PLR,the patients were divided into the low NLR group and the high NLR group,and the low PLR group and the high PLR group.Overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS) were evaluated by the Kaplan-Meier method.Independent prognostic predictors were determined by the Cox proportional hazard model.Results The NLR and PLR thresholds were 2.790 and 99,respectively.Analysis of the ROC curves showed higher NLR and PLR were significantly associated with poorer OS and DFS (all P < 0.05).Multivariate analysis showed that NLR was an independent risk factor of OS and DFS (both P < 0.05).The results remained unchanged when the NLR was further analyzed by applying different cut-off values of 2.810 and 3.In subgroup analysis,NLR remained an independent factor of Barcelona Clinical Liver Cancer staging system (BCLC) 0/A/B (P < 0.05 for all measurements).Conclusion An elevated preoperative NLR could be a better prognostic predictor for HCC patients in comparison with PLR,especially for BCLC 0/A/B patients.