Implications of frailty in acute ischemic stroke receiving endovascular treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Frailty is a state of cumulative degeneration of bodily functions that is consistently associated with poor outcomes in older people following illness. Combined stroke intervention and frailty may yield additive and synergistic effects adults with stroke.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of endovascular therapy (EVT) in frail patients.

Clinical Significance of Plasma D-Dimer and Fibrinogen in Outcomes after Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: There is increasing evidence on the prognostic significance of D-dimer and fibrinolysis in stroke. However, the systematic analysis of their relationship with adverse outcomes after stroke is lacking. Herein, we comprehensively assessed the correlation of D-dimer and fibrinolysis with stroke outcomes through meta-analysis.

[Epidemic status of alveolar echinococcosis in Tibetan children in south Qinghai Province].

Objective: To understand the epidemic status of alveolar echinococcosis in Tibetan children in south Qinghai Province.

Methods: The imageology and serology methods were applied to investigate the epidemic status of alveolar echinococcosis of elementary school students in Yushu and Guoluo prefectures.

Results: Totally 19 629 children were investigated by the portable B ultrasound and 221 children were diagnosed as alveolar echinococcosis with the morbidity of 1.

[Prevention and control knowledge of echinococcosis in students in Qinghai Province].

Objective: To understand the situation of prevention and control knowledge of echinococcosis in students in Qinghai Province, so as to provide an evidence for effective prevention and control of echinococcosis.

Methods: The students of Grade Four or above were randomly selected with the multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method and investigated with the questionnaire about echinococcosis in Qinghai Province.

Results: Totally 23 600 students were selected and surveyed, with the pass rate of 66.

Severe iron deficiency is associated with a reduced conception rate in female rats.

Background/aims: Iron deficiency is a global nutritional disorder, especially for pregnant women. There is a close relationship between deficiency in trace elements and unexplained infertility in females. However, the relationship between iron deficiency and unexplained infertility has not been determined.

[Diversity and community structure of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in Hulunbeier Grassland, Inner Mongolia].

By the methods of polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequence analysis, a comparative study was conducted on the diversity and community structure of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the Filifolium sibiricum steppe, Stipa baicalensis steppe, Leymus chinensis steppe, Stipa grandis steppe, and Stipa kryrowi steppe in Hulunbeier Grassland, Inner Mongolia. A significant difference was observed in the community structure of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria among the five steppes, with the similarity lower than 50%. The diversity of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria was the highest in F.