1.Clinical teaching and practice of reform
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2006;0(10):-
With the human development and social progress,the task of reform in educa-tion and teaching has become more urgent and increasingly heavy. The article discusses the education reform of clinical medicine in the content of courses,construction of teaching materials, teaching methods,teaching assessment and teaching management areas,in combination with the pracice of the current clinical teaching reform in medical school.
2.Investigation on Bacterial Contamination of Office Telephones and Computers in an Infectious Disease Hospital
Keping LI ; Jing YANG ; Yingjie ZHUANG
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2009;0(21):-
OBJECTIVE To investigate the bacterial contamination of office telephones and computers in an infectious disease hospital to provide evidence for their disinfection.METHODS A total of 206 bacterial samples were collected from 73 telephones and 30 computers in offices in our hospital to determine the bacterial contamination of these office tools.RESULTS The contamination rate was 100% and sanitary qualification rate 32.5%.The highest bacterial colony count was 46 CFU/cm2 and the lowest one 2 CFU/cm2,The sanitary qulification rate of the telephones and computers in clean region was only 30.95%.CONCLUSIONS There was severe bacterial contamination in office telephones and computers,which should be paid close attention to.
3.Scientific countermeasures for influenza A(H1N1)
Yingjie ZHUANG ; Hongbin MA ; Keping LI ; Jing YANG ; Jumei CHEN
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army 1981;0(06):-
The epidemic situation of influenza A(H1N1) throughout the world had evoked close attention of the World Health Organization(WHO).WHO director-general pointed out that the pandemic alert level had been set at 3,which was then raised by WHO from 3 to 4 and from 4 to 5 two days later.The present paper focused on the finding of influenza virus,the influenza prevalence in history,and introduced the scientific countermeasures for influenza A(H1N1),including the spreading of influenza virus,the clinical features,treatment,main measures of prevention and control,etc.
4.Management in the Prevention and Treatment of Influenza A(H1N1) According to the Law
Yingjie ZHUANG ; Hongbin MA ; Hongjun JIA ; Jing YANG ; Keping LI
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2009;0(24):-
OBJECTIVE To discuss management in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and influenza A(H1N1) the according to law.METHODS The requirements of prevention and treatment for infectious diseases and influenza A(H1N1),were set out according to "Communicable Disease Prevention Act" and other relevant laws and regulations.RESULTS The prevention and control strategies and measures of influenza A(H1N1) still existed some problems.CONCLUSIONS The key doing a good job of prevention and control for infectious diseases and influenza A(H1N1) is according to the law scientificly and orderly.
5.Discussion of reforming emergency medical science course examination and review pattern
Keping YANG ; Jing YU ; Min XU ; Yuhui SHAN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2002;0(01):-
This article discussed how to separate examination from teaching but at the same time prevent the content of examination being out of joint with teaching when developing the warehouse and review course wares of the examination of emergency medical science,as well as how to make use of a computer to manage the warehouse and review course wares of emergency call medical science examination.
6.The Derivation and Validation of a Scoring System for Clinical Prognosis in Patients Releiving Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Shengwen YANG ; Zhimin LIU ; Shangyu LIU ; Ligang DING ; Keping CHEN ; Wei HUA ; Shu ZHANG
Chinese Circulation Journal 2017;32(8):761-765
Objective: To create and validate a scoring system for predicting clinical prognosis in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Methods: A cohort of 367 consecutive patients received CRT in our hospital from 2010-01 to 2015-12 were enrolled. The endpoint follow-up events were all-cause death including heart transplantation and heart failure re-admission. The patients were randomly categorized into 2 groups: Modeling group, to develop HEAL scoring system,n=300 and Veriifcation group, to validate HEAL model,n=67. HEAL system was established by Cox proportional hazards regression model, discrimination between HEAL and EARRN scoring systems was evaluated by AUC of ROC, HEAL calibration was assessed by Hosmer-Lemeshow test and clinical endpoint evaluation by 2 scoring systems were compared by Kaplan-Meier method. Results: Modeling group analysis indicated that hs-CRP (HR=1.137, 95% CI 1.072-1.205,P<0.001), big endothelin-1 (HR=1.934, 95% CI 1.066-3.507,P=0.03), left atrial diameter (HR=1.045, 95% CI 1.007-1.084,P=0.02) and NYHA IV (HR=2.583, 95% CI 1.331-5.013,P=0.005) were the independent risk factors of adverse prognosis in CRT patients. Based on β partial regression coefifcient, HEAL scoring system was established to classify the patient's risk levels: low risk<4, moderate risk 4-10 and high risk>10. AUC for risk classification in Modeling group and Verification group were 0.719(95% CI 0.629-0.809) and 0.708 (95% CI 0.539-0.878), HEAL can well distinguish clinical prognosis in patients at different risk levels (log-rank test showed in Modeling groupP<0.001 and in Veriifcation groupP=0.002); Hosmer-Lemeshow test presented good calibration,P=0.952. All 367 patients were respectively evaluated by HEAL and EARRN scoring systems, HEAL had the better discrimination than EARRN as AUC 0.763 (95% CI 0.692-0.833) vs AUC 0.602 (95% CI 0.517-0.687). Conclusion: HEAL scoring system can effectively predict adverse prognosis in CRT patients, it had the better discrimination than EARRN system and was valuable to distinguish high risk patients in clinical practice.
7.Recovery of endothelial dysfunction with tolerogenic dendritic cell loaded with heat shock protein 60 in apolipoprotein E-null mice
Dazhu LI ; Wei WU ; You ZHOU ; Keping YANG ; Yingfeng HU ; Qiutang ZENG
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2000;0(10):-
AIM: To examine whether tolerogenic dendritic cells(DC) loaded with heat shock protein 60(HSP60) could restore endothelial function in hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E(apoE)-null mice.METHODS: Bone marrow derived DC of the mice was loaded with HSP60 and co-cultured with rapamycin to generate tolerogenic DC.The tolerogenic DC,DC loaded only with HSP60(DChsp) and saline were injected into the apoE-null mice at 6 weeks of age for two times at a one-week interval.C57BL/6 mice at the same age were taken as normal control two weeks after the last injection.Aorta was harvested for ex vivo vascular ring tension test.Immune parameters were also analyzed in vitro and in vivo.RESULTS: Compared with the non loaded DC,HSP60 pulsed DC expressed higher levels of CD86,and stimulated T lymphocytes to proliferation significantly,while the tolerogenic DC expressed lower levels of CD86,and inhibited T lymphocytes to proliferation.After immunization with different injection,Ach-induced relaxation was reduced significantly in(DChsp) group compared with saline group(P
8.High sensitivity C-reactive protein and cardfiac resynchronization therapy in patients with advanced heart failure
Chi CAI ; Wei HUA ; Ligang DING ; Jing WANG ; Keping CHEN ; Xinwei YANG ; Zhimin LIU ; Shu ZHANG
Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 2014;(4):296-302
Background The data on the prognostic values of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels in patients with advanced symp-tomatic heart failure (HF) receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are scarce. The aim of present study was to investigate the association of serum hsCRP levels with left ventricle reverse remodeling after six months of CRT as well as long-term outcome. Methods A total of 232 CRT patients were included. The assessment of hsCRP values, clinical status and echocardiographic data were performed at baseline and after six months of CRT. Long-term follow-up included all-cause mortality and hospitalizations for HF. Results During the mean follow-up periods of 31.3 ± 31.5 months, elevated hsCRP (>3 mg/L) prior to CRT was associated with a significant 2.39-fold increase (P=0.006) in the risk of death or HF hospitalizations. At 6-month follow-up, patients who responded to CRT showed significant reductions or maintained low in hsCRP levels (–0.5 ± 4.1 mg/L reduction) compared with non-responders (1.7 ± 6.1 mg/L increase, P=0.018). Com-pared with patients in whom 6-month hsCRP levels were reduced or remained low, patients in whom 6-month hsCRP levels were increased or maintained high experienced a significantly higher risk of subsequent death or HF hospitalizations (Log-rank P<0.001). The echocardio-graphic improvement was also better among patients in whom 6-month hsCRP levels were reduced or remained low compared to those in whom 6-month hsCRP levels were raised or maintained high. Conclusions Our findings demonstrated that measurement of baseline and follow-up hsCRP levels may be useful as prognostic markers for timely potential risk stratification and subsequent appropriate treatment strategies in patients with advanced HF undergoing CRT.
9.OptiVol fluid index predicts acute decompensation of heart failure with a high rate of unexplained events
Xinwei YANG ; Wei HUA ; Ligang DING ; Jing WANG ; Lihui ZHENG ; Chongqiang LI ; Zhimin LIU ; Keping CHEN ; Shu ZHANG
Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 2013;(3):253-257
Background Intrathoracic impedance monitoring has emerged as a promising new technique for the detection of impending heart failure (HF). Although false positive episodes have been reported in case reports and clinical trials, the efficacy and false positive rate in real-world practice remain unclear. Objective The aim of this study is to investigate the utility and reliability of the OptiVol alert feature in clinical practice. Methods We continuously recruited patients who underwent implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac re-synchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) implantation with feature of intrathoracic impedance monitoring system in our center from Sep. 2010 to Oct. 2012. Regular in-office follow-up were required of all patients and the following information was collected at each visit: medical history, device interrogation, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) measurement and an echocardiogram. Worsening HF was defined as hospitalization or the presentation of signs or symptoms of HF. Results Forty three patients (male:76.7%, mean age:57 ± 15 years, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF):33%± 14%) were included in this observational study. Fifty four alert events and 14 adjudicated worsening HF were detected within 288 ±163 days follow-up. Eleven (20.4%) alert episodes were associated with acute cardiac decompensation in 9 patients with a positive predictive value of 78.6%. Forty three audible alerts showed no connection to worsening HF. The unexplained alerts rate was 79.6%and 1.27 per person-year. Thirty seven alarm alerts were detected in patients with EF<45%, among which 9 accompanied with HF, 17 alerts detected in patients with LVEF≥45%and 2 associated with HF. There was no sig-nificant difference between the two groups (9/37 vs. 2/17;P=0.47). Conclusions Patients with normal or nearly normal left ventricular systolic function also exhibited considerable alert events. The OptiVol fluid index predicted worsening cardiac events with a high unex-plained detection rate, and any alert must therefore be analyzed with great caution. Efforts to improve the specificity of this monitoring sys-tem represent a significant aspect of future studies.
10.Changes of CD4+CD25+Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and the Effects of Atorvastatin
Zhenping HU ; Dazhu LI ; Yingfeng HU ; Keping YANG
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences) 2007;27(5):524-527
The function of CD4+CD25+regulatory T lymphocytes (Treg) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the effects of atorvastatin were investigated. Forty-eight patients with ACS were randomly divided into two groups: group C receiving conventional therapy (n=24), and group C+A receiving conventional therapy+atorvastatin (10 mg/day, n=24). T lymphocytes from ACS patients (before and 2 weeks after the treatment) or 18 healthy subjects were separated and the flow cytometry was used to measure the percentage of Treg. The inhibitory ability of Treg on effector T cells was determined by mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). ELISA was used to measure the serum levels of cytokines (IL-10, TGF-β1 and IFN-γ) before and after treatment. The results showed that as compared with normal control group, Treg percentage was decreased significantly (P<0.01), the in- hibitory ability of Treg on the T lymphocytes proliferation was reduced (P<0.01), IFN-γ, levels were increased and IL-10 and TGF-β1 levels were lowered in ACS patients. After treatment with atorvas- tatin, Treg percentage and the inhibitory ability of Treg on T lymphocytes proliferation were signifi- cantly increased in ACS patients. Serum IFN-γ, was decreased significantly, while IL-10 and TGF-β1 were elevated significantly as compared with the non-atorvastatin group. The number of Treg was positively correlated with serum TGF-β1, but negatively with serum IFN-γ and CRP. It was concluded that ACS was associated with decreased number and defected function of Treg, which may play an important role in initiating immune-inflammatory response in ACS. The inhibitory ef- fects of atorvastatin on inflammation in ACS may be due to its beneficial effects on Treg and restora- tion of immune homeostasis.