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Review Article
Progress in the Construction and Management of Smart Anatomy Laboratories
Zuqiang Huang*
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 5, October 2025
Pages:
164-168
Received:
23 March 2025
Accepted:
31 March 2025
Published:
3 September 2025
Abstract: Background: Smart anatomy is an emerging interdisciplinary field that utilizes digital technology, information technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and other modern technological means to study, display, and apply human anatomy. The emergence of smart anatomy as a discipline is not accidental; it is a response to the actual needs of modern, information - based anatomy teaching and the development of modern medical science. It is equipped with digital and information technology and is an inevitable product of the AI era. Objective: The use of smart anatomy laboratories for anatomy teaching is conducive to opening up new fields of research in anatomy education, changing the traditional expression and teaching modes of human anatomy, re - evaluating the relationship between anatomy and other disciplines, and utilizing more extensive and detailed anatomical atlases for teaching. This approach aims to completely transform the traditional, cumbersome laboratory settings. Results: Currently, there are no reports on the use of smart anatomy laboratories for anatomy teaching research. Existing reports on smart anatomy teaching only cover certain aspects, such as creating smart classrooms for human anatomy using "Rain Classroom." Conclusion: This paper introduces the resource allocation, application scope, and management of newly - established smart anatomy laboratories. It also analyzes the characteristics and advantages of using smart anatomy laboratories for anatomy teaching, providing new insights and references for the development and teaching research of smart anatomy.
Abstract: Background: Smart anatomy is an emerging interdisciplinary field that utilizes digital technology, information technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and other modern technological means to study, display, and apply human anatomy. The emergence of smart anatomy as a discipline is not accidental; it is a response to the actual needs of modern, in...
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Research Article
Construction of a Nomogram for Predicting ICU Mortality Risk in Patients with Spinal Fractures Based on the APACHE IV
Li Shaojin,
Li Wenxu*
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 5, October 2025
Pages:
169-180
Received:
21 August 2025
Accepted:
2 September 2025
Published:
23 September 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.cmr.20251405.12
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Abstract: This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting ICU mortality risk in patients with spinal fractures to improve prognostic accuracy. Using data from 1,146 patients in the eICU Collaborative Research Database, independent risk factors—including age, BMI, APACHE IV score, admission source, mechanical ventilation, spinal cord injury, sepsis, oxygen saturation, white blood cell count, hemoglobin, and glucose—were identified via forward stepwise logistic regression and incorporated into the nomogram. The model demonstrated excellent performance, with AUCs of 0.902 (0.857–0.938) in the training cohort and 0.903 (0.825–0.953) in the validation cohort, significantly outperforming APACHE IV according to the DeLong test. Further validation via Hosmer-Lemeshow test, calibration curves, NRI, IDI, and DCA confirmed the nomogram’s superior calibration and clinical utility. As the first comprehensive predictive tool of its kind for spinal fracture patients, this nomogram offers improved mortality risk estimation and supports clinical decision-making.
Abstract: This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting ICU mortality risk in patients with spinal fractures to improve prognostic accuracy. Using data from 1,146 patients in the eICU Collaborative Research Database, independent risk factors—including age, BMI, APACHE IV score, admission source, mechanical ventilation, spinal cord injury...
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Research Article
Relationship Between Erectile Dysfunction and International Prostate Symptom Score
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 5, October 2025
Pages:
181-186
Received:
23 August 2025
Accepted:
10 September 2025
Published:
26 September 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.cmr.20251405.13
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Abstract: Introduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED) refers to inability to achieve and sustain erection sufficient for satisfactory penetrative sexual experience. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) includes storage, voiding and post-micturition symptoms due to bladder outlet obstruction. LUTS may be a risk factor for ED. Objectively, international prostate symptoms score (IPSS) is an essential tool for assessing the bothersome nature of lower urinary tract symptoms while the abridged version of international index of erectile function (IIEF-5) is objectively useful in assessing ED. This study is focused on establishing the relationship between severity of ED and IPSS in patients with bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) caused by prostate enlargement. Methodology: By simple random sampling, patients presenting in clinic with bladder outlet obstruction not due to urethral stricture were evaluated for ED. Two questionnaires (IIEF-5 and IPSS) and a specially designed proforma were administered to all the patients who met the criteria for inclusion. The questionnaires objectively evaluated the ED and severity of LUTS respectively. The data obtained were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. P-value of < 0.05 was seen as statistically significant. Results: One hundred and seventeen male patients with bladder outlet obstruction were enrolled in this study. Ninety patients (77%) varying severity of IIEF-5 score while twenty-seven patients (23%) normal IIEF-5 score. Mean age of patients with severe IIEF-5 score was 64 while the mean age of patients with moderate IIEF-5 score, mild to moderate IIEF-5 score, mild IIEF-5 score and normal IIEF-5 score were 64, 65, 60 and 58 respectively. Over seventy one percent (71.4%) of patients between 41-50 years had varying degree of ED based on IIEF-5 score. 65% of patients between the age range of 51-60 abnormal IIEF-5 score while 89% and 94% of patients between the age range of 61-70 and 71-80 respectively varying degree of ED. Patients with severe IIEF-5 score had the highest mean IPSS of 23 while patients with normal IIEF-5 score had the lowest mean IPSS. The P-value (0.21) was not significant. Conclusion: This study shows that IIEF-5/ED has a direct relationship with IPSS. There was a positive link between ED/IIEF-5 and IPSS/LUTS. This may also be part of the rationale for administering low dose tadalafil to improve sexual performance in patients with bladder outlet obstruction.
Abstract: Introduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED) refers to inability to achieve and sustain erection sufficient for satisfactory penetrative sexual experience. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) includes storage, voiding and post-micturition symptoms due to bladder outlet obstruction. LUTS may be a risk factor for ED. Objectively, international prostate sy...
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