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This study aimed to investigate the application of the healthcare failure mode and effect analysis (HFMEA) to reduce the incidence of posture syndrome of thyroid surgery (PSTS). Subjects before (n = 78, July 2017–December 2017) and after (n = 114, January 2018–June 2018) HFMEA implementation (The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine) were selected. The training for PSTS was optimized using HFMEA. The occurrence of PSTS was reduced from 59% to 18% after HFMEA (P

Background: Adjunctive treatment with medication of liver-soothing-oriented method (MLSM) is one of the most commonly used approaches for subjects with depression after cerebrovascular accident (DCVA) in China. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the outcome of MLSM treatment in subjects with DCVA using relevant published literature. Methods: The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Chinese databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang, Sinomed, and VIP were used to collect all publications until March 2016. Randomized controlled trials comparing treatments with and without MLSM for subjects with DCVA were included. The quality of each publication was assessed based on the recent Handbook (5.1 version) for Cochrane Reviewers. Cochrane Collaboration's software RevMan 5.3 software was applied for data analysis. Results: Thirty studies, including 2599 cases, were identified and collected. Adjunctive treatment with MLSM noticeably enhanced total effective rates (odds ratio 3.76; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.92–4.85, I2 = 0%, P = 0.96) in comparison to non-MLSM conventional pharmacotherapy. Compared to non-MLSM treatment, the changes of Hamilton Depression Scale in adjunctive treatment with MLSM, respectively, decreased and showed beneficial effects after 3 weeks (weighted mean difference [WMD] −4.83; 95% CI −6.82 to −2.83; I2 = 86%, P