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ObjectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of modified Yigongsan combined with multi-enzyme tablets and bifidobacterium triple live powder on infantile anorexia with spleen-stomach Qi deficiency syndrome. MethodA total of 112 infantile patients anorexia with spleen-stomach Qi deficiency syndrome treated at Hebei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2022 to June 2023 were enrolled and divided into a control group and an observation group, with 56 cases in each group, according to a random number table. Children in the control group were treated with multi-enzyme tablets and Bifidobacterium triple live powder, while those in the observation group were treated with modified Yigongsan in addition to the treatment in the control group. During the study, one case dropped out in the control group and two cases dropped out in the observation group. The clinical efficacy of the two groups of children was compared, including changes in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome scores (main symptoms, secondary symptoms, tongue, and pulse), time to restore normal food intake, and increase in body weight. Changes in calcium, iron, zinc levels, hemoglobin, and albumin levels before and after treatment, as well as changes in gastrointestinal hormones such as gastrin and motilin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, somatostatin, neuropeptide Y, orexin, and leptin, were observed. The occurrence of adverse reactions in the two groups of children during the study was also recorded. ResultThe total effective rate of children in the control group after treatment was 85.19% (46/54), while that in the observation group was 98.15% (53/54) (χ2 =5.939, P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the time for food intake to return to normal in the observation group was shorter, and the increase in body weight was greater (P<0.05). Compared with the results before treatment, the TCM syndrome scores (main symptoms, secondary symptoms, tongue, and pulse) in both groups of children significantly decreased, while the levels of calcium, iron, zinc, hemoglobin, albumin, gastrin, motilin, neuropeptide Y, and orexin increased, and the levels of vasoactive intestinal peptide, somatostatin, and leptin decreased (P< 0.01). Compared with the control group after treatment, the improvement in the above indicators in the observation group was more significant (P<0.01). The incidence of adverse reactions in the two groups of children during the treatment period was similar, and the difference was not statistically significant. ConclusionModified Yigongsan combined with multi-enzyme tablets and Bifidobacterium triple live powder is highly effective in treating infantile anorexia (spleen-stomach Qi deficiency syndrome). After treatment, symptoms of the children were improved,appetite and food intake increased, gastrointestinal function was improved, body weight increased, and adverse reactions were few, indicating that the treatment was safe and reliable.
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Objective:To study whether male was the risk factor for prognosis of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) after 131I treatment based on propensity score matching (PSM) method. Methods:From April 2016 to January 2021, 1 677 patients (age: 11-84 (43.9±12.5) years) with DTC who underwent total thyroidectomy and received 131I treatment in Tianjin Medical University General Hospital were retrospectively enrolled and patients were divided into male group ( n=546) and female group ( n=1 131). The evaluation results of patients were divided into excellent response (ER), indeterminate response (IDR), biochemical incomplete response (BIR) and structural incomplete response (SIR). Among them, ER and IDR were divided into good prognosis group, and BIR and SIR were divided into poor prognosis group. The PSM method was adopted to process all data to reduce the influence of data bias and confounding variables. χ2 test was used for data analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors affecting prognosis, and ROC curve was used to analyze the relationship between stimulated thyroglobulin (sTg) level and poor prognosis. Results:Before PSM, the proportion of male patients with poor prognosis was significantly higher than that of female patients (21.2%(116/546) vs 14.0%(158/1 131); χ2=17.53, P=0.001). After PSM, there was no difference in the proportion of poor prognosis between male and female groups (19.9%(107/537) vs 15.6%(84/537); χ2=5.43, P=0.143). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that male (odds radio ( OR)=1.439 (95% CI: 1.016-2.038), P=0.040), high T stage(T3+ T4 stage)( OR=1.816 (95% CI: 1.273-2.590), P=0.001), N1b stage ( OR=1.766 (95% CI: 1.233-2.530), P=0.002), M1 stage ( OR=9.833 (95% CI: 3.190-30.309), P<0.001) and sTg level ( OR=1.035 (95% CI: 1.029-1.042), P<0.001) were risk factors for poor prognosis before PSM, while high T stage (T3+ T4 stage)( OR=1.870 (95% CI: 1.212-2.886), P=0.005), M1 stage ( OR=8.993 (95% CI: 2.434-33.225), P=0.001), sTg level ( OR=1.040 (95% CI: 1.030-1.049), P<0.001) were still risk factors, and N1b stage ( OR=1.459 (95% CI: 0.938-2.270), P=0.094), male ( OR=1.383 (95% CI: 0.912-2.096), P=0.127) were no longer risk factors for poor prognosis after PSM. ROC curve analysis showed that the cut-off value of sTg was 10.25 μg/L, with the sensitivity of 81.0%(222/274) and the specificity of 84.2%(1 181/1 403). Conclusions:After reduction of selection bias by PSM, male is no longer a risk factor for prognosis after 131I treatment of DTC. In addition, high T stage(T3+ T4 stage), M1 stage and sTg≥10.25 μg/L were risk factors for poor prognosis.