1.The application of cases library combined with medical human patient simulator in clinical practice teaching
Xiaodong YAN ; Honghui SUN ; Bao'an MA ; Minghua ZHANG ; Jixian QIAN ; Yong ZHOU ;
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2016;15(5):537-540
Clinical practice is the critical stage of training medical students in basic clinical quality.For the current major issues,such as lack of clinical case resources,lack of teaching conditions,and less chances of practice for students,cases library combined with medical human patient simulator is used in extern's teaching.Through this teaching,the students can touch numerous and comprehensive clinical cases,grasp clinical techniques proficiently,predominate diagnosis and treatment of common diseases in Orthopaedics efficiently by using medical human patient simulator.The effect of clinical practice teaching is improved greatly.The practice of related teaching means and methods provides a new way for the reform of the practice teaching.
2.Research hotspots in post-discharge follow-up management of preterm infants.
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2023;25(6):560-565
Preterm infants, especially those born extremely or very prematurely, are at high risk for growth retardation and neurodevelopmental disorders. Regular follow-up after discharge, early intervention, and timely catch-up growth are important guarantees for improving the quality of life of preterm infants and improving the quality of the population. This article provides an overview of the research hotspots in follow-up management of preterm infants after discharge over the past two years, including follow-up modes, nutritional metabolism and body composition follow-up, growth pattern follow-up, neurodevelopmental follow-up, early intervention, etc., in order to provide clinical guidance and research ideas for domestic peers.
Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Aftercare
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Follow-Up Studies
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Infant, Premature
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Patient Discharge
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Quality of Life
3.Sleep initiation patterns and their influence on sleep quality in infants and young children.
Zhuo-Ya LIU ; Yu-Qin GUO ; Juan-Juan SONG ; Li ZOU ; Li-Ya MA
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2022;24(3):297-302
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the current status of sleep initiation patterns, influencing factors for sleep initiation patterns, and the influence of sleep initiation patterns on sleep quality in infants and young children.
METHODS:
A total of 521 infants and young children, aged 0-35 months, who underwent physical examination at the outpatient service of the Department of Growth and Development in Shenzhen Bao'an Women's and Children's Hospital Affiliated to Jinan University were enrolled as subjects. A self-designed questionnaire and Brief Infant Sleep Questionnaire were used to collect the information on family background, parenting behaviors, and sleep quality in the past one week. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the influencing factors for sleep initiation patterns. A multiple linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the influence of sleep initiation patterns on the number of nighttime awakenings.
RESULTS:
Among the 521 infants and young children, 258 (49.5%) were breastfed/bottle fed to initiate sleep, 62 (11.9%) were rocked/held to initiate sleep, 39 (7.5%) slept independently, and 162 (31.1%) initiated sleep accompanied by parents. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the children with breastfeeding and a younger age were more likely to be breastfed/bottle fed to initiate sleep (P<0.05) and that the children with a younger age were also more likely to be rocked/held to initiate sleep (P<0.05). The multiple linear regression analysis showed that sleep initiation with breastfeeding/bottle feeding significantly increased the number of nighttime awakenings (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Most infants and young children initiate sleep by being breastfed/bottle fed, rocked/held, or accompanied. The sleep initiation pattern is associated with the age of children and whether they are still breastfeeding. Sleep initiation with breastfeeding/bottle feeding can increase the number of nighttime awakenings. io.
Breast Feeding
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Cognition
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Parents
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Sleep
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Sleep Quality
4.Physical growth and neurodevelopment of preterm infants at the corrected age of 18-24 months.
Zi-Yi ZHANG ; Wan-Xiang XIAO ; Li-Ya MA ; Jing-Ru CAO ; Xiao-Li ZHAO ; Bi-Lan DING
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2023;25(1):25-30
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the levels of physical growth and neurodevelopment in preterm infants at the corrected age of 18-24 months.
METHODS:
The physical growth data and neurodevelopment data of 484 preterm infants at corrected age of 18-24 months were prospectively collected by a post-discharge follow-up system for preterm infants. The infants were regularly followed up in Shenzhen Bao'an Maternal and Child Health Hospital Affiliated to Jinan University from April 2018 to December 2021. The neurodevelopment was evaluated by the Children Neuropsychological and Behavioral Scale-Revision 2016. A total of 219 full-term infants served as controls. The infants were divided into groups (extremely preterm, very preterm, moderate late preterm, and full-term) based on gestational age, and the groups were compared in the levels of physical growth and neurodevelopment.
RESULTS:
Except that the moderate preterm group had a higher length-for-age Z-score than the full-term group (P=0.038), there was no significant difference in physical growth indicators between the preterm groups and the full-term group (P>0.05). Each preterm group had a significantly lower total developmental quotient (DQ) than the full-term group (P<0.05). Except for the social behavior domain, the DQ of other domains in the extremely preterm and very preterm groups was significantly lower than that in the full-term group (P<0.05). The <32 weeks preterm group had a significantly higher incidence rate of global developmental delay than the full-term group (16.7% vs 6.4%, P=0.012), and the incidence rate of global developmental delay tended to increase with the reduction in gestational age (P=0.026).
CONCLUSIONS
Preterm infants can catch up with full-term infants in terms of physical growth at the corrected age of 18-24 months, but with a lower neurodevelopmental level than full-term infants. Neurodevelopment monitoring and early intervention should be taken seriously for preterm infants with a gestational age of <32 weeks.
Infant
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Child
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Infant, Newborn
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Humans
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Child, Preschool
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Infant, Premature
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Aftercare
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Patient Discharge
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Gestational Age
5.Effect of perinatal factors on postnatal development of lymphocyte subsets in early preterm infants.
Ping ZHOU ; Rui CHEN ; Cai-Yan ZOU ; Min ZHANG ; Zhao-Hong CHEN ; Li-Ya MA
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2016;18(10):953-959
OBJECTIVETo study the postnatal changes in lymphocyte subsets in early preterm infants and the effect of perinatal factors on lymphocyte subsets.
METHODSA total of 61 early preterm infants were enrolled. Flow cytometry was used to measure the absolute counts of lymphocytes and lymphocyte subsets at 1, 7, 14, and 28 days after birth, as well as at 6 months after birth for 17 of these early preterm infants. The effects of perinatal factors, such as antepartum use of hormone, intrauterine infection, gestational age at birth, and Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU) colonization, on lymphocyte subsets were analyzed.
RESULTSThe absolute counts of lymphocyte subsets except natural killer (NK) cells were lowest at birth, increased rapidly at 1 week after birth, and reached the levels in healthy infants at 6 months; the count of NK cells remained at a low level and increased significantly at 6 months after birth. Compared with those with a gestational age of <28 weeks, the early preterm infants with a gestational age of ≥28 weeks had significantly higher absolute counts of T cells, T helper (Th) cells, and NK cells at 7 days after birth, a significantly higher absolute count of T cells at 14 days after birth, and significantly higher absolute counts of lymphocytes and Th cells at 28 days after birth (P<0.05). Compared with the group not using hormone, the group using hormone showed a significantly higher absolute count of T cells at 7 days after birth and significantly higher absolute counts of lymphocytes and all subsets at 14 days after birth (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in lymphocyte subsets at 1 day after birth between the intrauterine infection and non-infection groups (P>0.05); the intrauterine infection group had significantly higher absolute counts of B cells at 7 and 14 days after birth than the non-infection group. Compared those without UU colonization, the infants with UU colonization had significantly higher absolute counts of lymphocytes, T cells, Th cells, and Ts cells at 1 day after birth and a significantly higher absolute count of B cells at 14 days after birth.
CONCLUSIONSEarly preterm infants have deficiencies in innate immune cells at birth and normal levels at about 6 months after birth. Various perinatal factors including antepartum use of hormone, gestational age at birth, intrauterine infection, and UU colonization have long-term effects on lymphocyte subsets in early preterm infants.
Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; immunology ; Lymphocyte Subsets ; microbiology ; physiology ; Male ; Ureaplasma urealyticum ; isolation & purification
6.Acute eosinophilic leukemia transformed from myelodysplastic syndrome: a case report and literature review
Jinlong MA ; Bao'an CHEN ; Zheng GE ; Jiahua DING ; Chong GAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science 2018;36(3):235-238
Objective To summarize and explore the morphological characteristics,genetic alterations,immunophenotype and characteristics of molecular marker of acute eosinophilic leukemia (AEL),and improve the awareness for AEL.Methods A case of refractory hematopoietic dysplasia (MDS-RCMD) transformed to AEL in our hospital was retrospectively reviewed.Results The MDS-RC-MD patient transformed to AEL in 12 months after diagnosis.In his special bone marrow 10.4% was blasts,while 70.8% of bone marrow cells were eosinophils including 69.3% of promyelocyte,myelocyte and metamyelocyte.Eosinophils accounted for 13.5% in his peripheral blood.The blasts in bone marrow expressed CD34,CD117,HLA-DR,CD33,CD38 and CD13,and accompanied by complex chromosomal abnormalities.FI1L1/PDGFRα and ETV6/PDGFRβ fusion gene were negative.The patient died two months later following treating with AML regimen.Conclusion The AEL patient with negative FI1L1/PDGFRα and ETV6/PDGFRβ gene rearrangement,imatinib treatment is ineffectual.
7.The willingness for dietary and behavioral changes in frontline epidemic prevention workers after experiencing the outbreak of COVID-19 in China: a cross-sectional study.
Weijun YU ; Ying XU ; Jianhua ZHANG ; Qing YUAN ; Yanfang GUO ; Zhixue LI ; Xiangyang HE ; Yan MA ; Fengmin CAI ; Zheng LIU ; Rencheng ZHAO ; Dewang WANG ; Jialong CHEN ; Quanwei GUO
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021;26(1):58-58
BACKGROUND:
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a massive impact on public health, resulting in sudden dietary and behavioral habit changes. Frontline epidemic prevention workers play a pivotal role against COVID-19. They must face high-risk infection conditions, insufficient anti-epidemic material supplies, mental pressure, and so on. COVID-19 seriously affects their dietary and behavioral habits, and poor habits make them more susceptible to COVID-19. However, their baseline dietary and behavioral habits before COVID-19 and their willingness to change these habits after the outbreak of COVID-19 remain unclear for these workers in China. This study aimed to explore the baseline dietary and behavioral habits of frontline workers and their willingness to change these habits after the outbreak of the epidemic; in addition, susceptible subgroups were identified by stratified analyses as targets of protective measures to keep them from being infected with COVID-19.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire using a sample of 22,459 valid individuals living in China, including 9402 frontline epidemic prevention workers.
RESULTS:
Before COVID-19, 23.9% of the frontline epidemic prevention workers reported a high-salt diet, 46.9% of them reported a high frequency of fried foods intake, and 50.9% of them smoked cigarettes. After the outbreak of COVID-19, 34.6% of them expressed a willingness to reduce salt intake, and 43.7% of them wanted to reduce the frequency of pickled vegetables intake. A total of 37.9% of them expressed a willingness to decrease or quit smoking, and 44.5% of them wanted to increase sleep duration. Significant differences in the baseline dietary and behavioral habits and the willingness to change their habits were observed between frontline epidemic prevention workers and other participants. Among the frontline epidemic prevention workers with poor dietary and behavioral habits before COVID-19, frontline epidemic prevention experience was a promoting factor for adopting worse dietary and behavioral habits, including those in the high-salt intake subgroup (OR, 2.824; 95% CI, 2.341-3.405) and the 11-20 cigarettes/day subgroup (OR, 2.067; 95% CI, 1.359-3.143).
CONCLUSIONS
The dietary and behavioral habits of frontline epidemic prevention workers were worse than that those of other participants before COVID-19. They had a greater willingness to adopt healthy dietary and behavioral habits after experiencing the outbreak of COVID-19. However, frontline epidemic prevention workers with poor dietary and behavioral habits before COVID-19 continued in engage in these poor habits. Dietary and behavioral intervention policies should be drafted to protect their health, especially frontline epidemic prevention workers with poor habits at baseline.
Adult
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COVID-19/psychology*
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China/epidemiology*
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Diet/standards*
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Female
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Health Behavior
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Health Personnel/psychology*
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Humans
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Male
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Risk Reduction Behavior
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SARS-CoV-2
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Surveys and Questionnaires
8.Dynamic changes of intestinal 16S rDNA metagenome in 5 infants.
Li-Ya MA ; Min ZHANG ; Hui-Lin WANG ; Rui CHEN ; Yan HUANG ; Xiao-Qin LIANG ; Guang-Jin LU
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2014;16(11):1172-1176
OBJECTIVETo investigate the dynamic changes of intestinal 16S rDNA metagenome in healthy infants.
METHODSSeventeen fecal samples were collected at ages of 3 days, 1 month, 6 months and 1 year in 5 infants. Total bacterial DNAs were extracted and submitted high throughout sequencing on the V6 viable region of 16S rDNA. Tags and Operational Taxonomic Units (OTU) were then obtained and analysis of taxonomy, abundance and alpha diversity were performed.
RESULTSIn total 2,190.66 Mbp raw data in 17 samples were produced. The OTU numbers ranged from 36 to 308. The dominate phylum included Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria. The bacterial families>1% increased from only 2-4 per sample on day 3 to 7 at 1 or 6 months, 10 at 12 months. The average npShannon and Simpson index on day 3, at 1 month, 6 months and 1 year were 1.117, 1.460, 2.088, 2.50 and 0.443, 0.408, 0.229, 0.143 respectively.
CONCLUSIONSInfants' intestines harbor abounding bacterial genomes. Distinct individual differences exist in infants in terms of intestinal bacterial abundance and composition. The abundance and diversity of gut bacteria increase over time.
DNA, Bacterial ; analysis ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Intestines ; microbiology ; Male ; Metagenome ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ; analysis
9.Influencing factors for lymphocyte subsets in children aged 0-6 years.
Rui CHEN ; Xiu-Fa ZHANG ; Tian-Xiang ZHOU ; Ying CHEN ; Wen-Ming ZHONG ; Li-Ya MA
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2014;16(11):1114-1117
OBJECTIVETo investigate the influencing factors for lymphocyte subsets in children 0 to 6 years of age.
METHODSUmbilical artery blood samples from 45 healthy full-term infants and venous blood samples from 79 healthy children between 0 and 6 years were collected. According to the methods of delivery, the full-term infants were divided into vaginal delivery group (n=22) and cesarean section group (n=23). Healthy children were divided into different age groups: 28 days to 12 months (n=25), 1-3 years (n=26), and 3-6 years (n=28). Lymphocyte subsets were examined by flow cytometry. The influencing factors including delivery method, sex, and age, which might have an effect on the lymphocyte subsets, were analyzed.
RESULTSThere were significant differences in T and Ts cell counts, percentage of B cells, and percentage and count of natural killer (NK) cells between the full-term infants of vaginal delivery and cesarean section (P<0.05). The absolute counts and percentages of different lymphocyte subsets showed no significant differences between males and females in healthy children (P>0.05). The counts of all lymphocyte subsets except Ts and NK cells varied significantly between different age groups (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONSLymphocyte subsets in children under 6 years of age are more profoundly affected by age. Delivery method is also a contributing factor in newborn infants. The reference range of lymphocyte subsets in children should be established for different age groups.
Age Factors ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Lymphocyte Subsets ; Male ; Reference Values ; Sex Characteristics
10.Study on height-weight indices in newborns of different gestational ages.
Xiao-Yun HUANG ; Hui-Long LIU ; Hui-Fen MAI ; Min LEI ; You-Cong LI ; Feng-Lan MA
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2015;17(11):1165-1170
OBJECTIVETo establish height-weight indices in newborns of different gestational ages and to provide reference data for evaluation of intrauterine fetal growth.
METHODSThe weight, height, crown-rump length, head circumference, and chest circumference of 8 357 newborns were measured in Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Bao'an District of shenzhen between 2005 and 2006, with the method of fact-finding investigation with cross-sectional cluster sampling, to establish the height-weight indices in newborns of different gestational ages.
RESULTSFive gender-specific height-weight indices (Quetelet Index, QI; Kaup Index, KI; Rohrer Index, RI; Livi Index, LI; Polock Index, PI) in newborns of different gestational ages (28-44 weeks of gestation) in three different groups (boys+girls, boys, and girls) were established in Shenzhen, China, and were expressed as mean gestational weeks±SD. The five indices above all increased with increasing gestational age, and the highest values appeared at 41-43 gestational weeks, suggesting that body density and enrichment degree increased constantly with increasing gestational age. Three indices (QI, KI and PI) were higher in boys than in girls (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONSWith the increasing gestational age, the body density and enrichment degree of newborns increase, and the enrichment degree in boys is better than that in girls.
Body Height ; Body Weight ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Sex Characteristics