Objective To explore clinical practice value of Disease Severity Evaluation Scale (DSAS), and divide patient's nursing level according to the results of DSAS. Methods The assessment group was set up for evaluation of the scale, DSAS was used to determine the nursing level of 3 713 hospitalized patients (age > 18 years old) from 17 clinical departments, from April to May 2014. Results Nursing level determined by DSAS was compared with the standard nursing level, kappa coefficient was 0.72, P < 0.05, suggesting that the consistency was better. According to the kappa coefficient, 17 clinical departments could be divided into three categories, namely the applicability of DSAS were different in different departments. Conclusions DSAS can be used as a objective basis for division of nursing level and has a certain clinical significance. But in order to make it guide clinical work better, scoring system with department characteristic should be developed on the basis of DSAS.

Objective To determine the normal range of minimal erythema dose (MED) for ultraviolet A (UVA) and B (UVB) in volunteers from Urumqi region.Methods One hundred and twenty-seven volunteers including healthy subjects and patients with noninflammatory skin disorders were enrolled in this study.SUV-1000 type UV simulator was used as the light source to determine MED of UVA and UVB in these subjects.Results These subjects included 48 persons with Fitzpatrick skin type Ⅲ,79 with Fitzpatrick skin type Ⅳ,51 males and 76 females.The median MED value for UVA and UVB was 38.1 J/cm2 and 31.8 mJ/cm2 respectively in subjects with skin type Ⅲ,59.16 J/cm2 and 48.00 mJ/cm2 respectively in subjects with skin type Ⅳ.Significantly lower median MED values of UVA (both P ＜ 0.01) and UVB (both P ＜ 0.05) were observed in the male and female subjects with skin type Ⅲ compared with those with skin type Ⅳ.The male subjects showed a significantly higher median UVA-MED value (59.16 J/cm2 vs.41.10 J/cm2,P ＜ 0.05),but a similar UVB-MED value (39.60 mJ/cm2 vs.35.55 mJ/cm2,P ＞ 0.05) compared with the female subjects.No significant difference was observed in the median value of UVA-or UVB-MED in subjects with skin type Ⅲ or Ⅳ between Han and Uygur nationality (all P ＞ 0.05).Also,no correlation was found in the median value of UVA-or UVB-MED with age or duration of outdoor exposure in the male or female subjects (all P ＞ 0.05).The lower reference limit was 33.38 J/cm2 for UVA-MED and 27.90 mJ/cm2 for UVB-MED in the population in Urumqi region.Conclusion Skin phototype may be an important determinant of MED.

Objective To investigate the main risk factors of respiratory complications in patients with cervical spinal cord injury so as to provide reference for early nursing assessment and personalized nursing intervention model. Methods A retrospective case series study was conducted on the clinical data of 303 patients with cervical spinal cord injury admitted to the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University between January 2015 and September 2016. There were 248 males and 55 females, aged (44.9 ±13.8)years (range, 14-70 years). There were 109 cases at fracture site C14 and 194 cases at C5-8. According to ASIA classification, 131 cases were grade A, 26 cases grade B, 42 cases grade C, and 104 cases grade D. The duration from injury to operation was (23.2 ± 69.9) hours (range, 6-48 hours). Univariate analysis was performed on the risk factors of respiratory complications, including gender, age (14-54, 55-65, and 66-70 years old), occupation, hospital stay, smoking history, previous history, ASIA grade (grades A to D), injury cause, complications (abdominal distension, hyponatremia, hypoproteinemia, and anemia). Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the significant risk factors in the univariate analysis so as to further identify risk factors associated with respiratory complications. Results Univariate analysis showed that age (55-65 and 66-70 years), ASIA grade A, ASIA grade B, smoking history, injury cause, complications (abdominal distension, hyponatremia, hypoproteinemia, and anaemia) were related to respiratory complication of patients with cervical spinal cord injury (P ＜0.05). The gender, occupation, length of hospital stay, and previous history were not associated with respiratory complications of patients with cervical spinal cord injury (P＞0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that age between 55 and 65 years (OR = 3.989, P ＜ 0.05), age between 66 and 70 years(OR =0.301, P＜0.05), AISA grade A (OR=30.300, P＜0.05), ASIA grade B (OR =5.784, P ＜0.05), smoking history (OR=5.238, P ＜0.05), abdominal distension (OR = 1.975, P＜0.05), hypoproteinemia (OR =6.212, P ＜ 0.05), and hyponatremia (OR =3.233 ＜0.05) were independent risk factors for respiratory complications in patients with spinal cord injury. Except for ASIA classification, other factors might be easily ignored by doctors and nurses, leading to poor prognosis of patients. Conclusions Age (above 55 years), ASIA grades A and B, smoking history, abdominal distention, hypoproteinemia, and hyponatremia are the risk factors of respiratory complications in patients with cervical spinal cord injury. Based on the results, early nursing assessment can be carried out and personalized nursing measures can be taken to reduce the incidence of respiratory complications. It can also provide reference for constructing standardized nursing intervention model.

Objective:To observe the impacts of different postures on the hemodynamics of lower extremity vein.Methods:In this single center non-randomized controlled study in 15 healthy female volunteers, the hemodynamic changes in the common femoral vein were detected by color Doppler ultrasound at 10 different postures: supine position, slope positions with bed end elevated at 15°, 30° and 45°, trapezoidal positions with bed end elevated at 15°, 30° and 45°, and positions with bed head elevated at 30°, 45° and 60°.Results:Different postures resulted in significant differences in the velocity of blood flow in the common femoral vein ( P<0.05), with slope position at 45°> slope position at 30°> slope position at 15° = trapezoidal position at 30°> trapezoidal position at 15° = trapezoidal position at 45°> supine position> position with bed head elevated at 30°> position with bed head elevated at 45° = position with bed head elevated at 60°. Conclusions:In the postures observed in this study, the slope position with bed end elevated at 45° can promote the most effectively the blood reflux in the lower extremity vein, the trapezoidal positions with bed end elevated may not facilitate the distal blood reflux in the lower extremity vein, and positions with bed head elevated may hinder the blood reflux in the lower extremity vein.

Objective:To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with femoral fracture.Methods:Retrospectively analyzed were the data of 2,571 patients with femoral fracture who had been treated at the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University from January 2019 to December 2019. There were 1,079 males and 1,492 females, aged from 14 to 96 years (average, 67.1 years). There were 1,158 femoral neck fractures, 951 femoral intertrochanteric fractures, 309 femoral shaft fractures, and 153 femoral condylar fractures. 2,414 patients were treated surgically while 157 patients non-surgically. Color Doppler ultrasonography of both lower extremities was performed to determine the occurrence of DVT before operation and every week after operation for patients undergoing surgical treatment, and within 48 hours after admission and every week during hospitalization for those undergoing non-surgical treatment. The incidence and location of DVT were recorded for different femoral fractures.Results:The incidence of DVT in this cohort was 35.5%(913/2,517), that of proximal DVT 5.3%(135/2,571), and that of distal DVT 30.3% (778/2,571). In patients with femoral neck fracture, femoral intertrochanteric fracture, femoral shaft fracture and femoral condylar fracture, the incidence of DVT was respectively 28.8% (334/1,158), 44.7% (425/951), 30.7% (95/309) and 38.6% (59/153), the incidence of proximal DVT was respectively 2.7% (31/1,158), 5.6%(53/951), 9.7% (30/309) and 13.7% (21/153), and the incidence of distal DVT was respectively 26.2% (303/1,158), 39.1% (372/951), 21.0% (65/309) and 24.8%(38/153). The incidence of DVT in the femoral vein and above, popliteal vein, tibiofibular vein and intermuscular vein in this cohort was respectively 2.3%(60/2,571), 2.9%(75/2,571), 6.4%(165/2,571) and 23.8%(613/2,571).Conclusions:The incidence of DVT may be high in patients with femoral fracture, and the proximal DVT with a high risk of pulmonary embolism may occur more in patients with femoral condylar fracture.

Objective:To identify the risk factors of heart failure in elderly patients with hip fracture by Meta-analysis.Methods:The clinical studies on perioperative heart failure in elderly patients with hip fracture were searched by computer in Pubmed, EMbase, Cochrane Library, Medline, Web of Science, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang and VIP database. The retrieval period was from the establishment of the databases to October 2021. The literature screening, data extraction and quality evaluation were completed by two researchers, and the selected literature were statistically analyzed by RevMan5.3 software.Results:A total of 17 articles were included in this study, involving 1 76 611 patients and 24 related risk factors. Cardiac history ( OR= 4.47, 95% CI 3.56-5.62), positive balance of perioperative inflow and outflow ( OR=5.99, 95% CI 3.30-10.87), anemia ( OR= 3.78, 95% CI 2.50-5.69), and the number of complications >4 ( OR=6.21, 95% CI 3.71-10.38), electrolyte disorder ( OR=7.40, 95% CI 3.77-14.54), preoperative cognitive impairment ( OR=3.60, 95% CI 1.39-9.31) and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade ≥ 3 ( OR= 4.73, 95% CI 2.73-8.12) were statistically significant risk factors ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Cardiac history, positive balance of perioperative inflow and outflow, anemia, number of complications >4, electrolyte disorder, preoperative cognitive impairment and ASA grade ≥3 were the risk factors of perioperative heart failure in elderly patients with hip fracture.

Hip fracture is considered as the most severe osteoporotic fracture characterized by high disability and mortality in the elderly. Improved surgical techniques and multidisciplinary team play an active role in alleviating prognosis, which places higher demands on perioperative nursing. Dysfunction, complications, and secondary impact of anaesthesia and surgery add more difficulties to clinical nursing. Besides, there still lack clinical practices in perioperative nursing for elderly patients with hip fracture in China. In this context, led by the Orthopedic Nursing Committee of Chinese Nursing Association, the Expert consensus on clinical practice in perioperative nursing for elderly patients with hip fracture ( version 2023) is developed based on the evidence-based medicine. This consensus provides 11 recommendations on elderly patients with hip fracture from aspects of perioperative health education, condition monitoring and inspection, complication risk assessment and prevention, and rehabilitation, in order to provide guiding advices for clinical practice, improve the quality of nursing and ameliorate the prognosis of elderly patients with hip fracture.

Hip fractures are among the most common fractures in the elderly, presenting to be a leading cause of disability and mortality. Surgical treatment is currently the main treatment method for hip fractures. The incidence of perioperative malnutrition is increased after hip fractures in the elderly due to the comorbidities, decreased basal metabolic rate, accelerated protein breakdown, weakened anabolism and surgical stress. However, malnutrition not only increases the incidence of postoperative complications, but also leads to increased mortality, indicating an important role of perioperative nursing management of nutrition for the elderly patients with hip fractures. At present, there still lacks scientific guidance and application standards on perioperative nursing management of nutrition for the elderly patients with hip fractures. Therefore, the Orthopedic Nursing Committee of Chinese Nursing Association and the Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Trauma organized relevant experts to formulate the Expert consensus on perioperative nursing management of nutrition for elderly patients with hip fractures ( version 2023) according to evidence-based medical evidences and their clinical experiences. Fourteen recommendations were made from aspects of nutrition screening, nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention and nutrition monitoring to provide guidance for perioperative nursing management of nutrition in elderly patients with hip fractures.