1.Comparison of common decompression tables for routine heliox diving
Wenwu LIU ; Chunhua JI ; Linfeng XIAN ; Guangming TANG ; Weigang XU
Military Medical Sciences 2015;(4):319-321
To meet the requirements for the development of marine resources and military operations, divers usually dive deeper than the depth at which narcosis is present during air diving.Under this condition, heliox is required for this div-ing.Sofar, some countries have developed their own decompression tables for routine heliox diving.The best-known is tables from USA and France.In the preceding century, tables of Former Soviet Union and France used for routine heliox diving were introduced into China.On the basis of both types of tables,Chinese Navy developed their own tables for this purpose. In this paper, we summarized the characteristics of these tables from 5 countries and compared them in terms of structure, oxygen use, total decompression time, first stop and other features.This may provide a basis for future modification of ta-bles used in China and the development of new tables for routine heliox diving.
2.Epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection outbreak in Shanghai in the Spring of 2022
Linfeng XIAN ; Jiansheng LIN ; Shichong YU ; Yue ZHAO ; Pei ZHAO ; Guangwen CAO
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;34(4):294-299
ObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiological characteristics and analyze the incidence trend of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Shanghai, China, and compare with the characteristics of the infection in Jilin Province of China during the same period in 2022 and Wuhan at the beginning of 2020. MethodsInformation of new locally-transmitted confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases, imported confirmed COVID-19 cases, local asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers and imported asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers in Shanghai from March 1 to April 18, 2022 was collected for descriptive analysis. ResultsFrom March 1 to April 18, 2022, a total of 397 933 locally-transmitted SARS-CoV-2 cases were reported in Shanghai. Of those, 27 613 were clinically confirmed cases and 21 were severe cases. Ten deaths were related to COVID-19. The pathogen is Omicron variant BA.2 of SARS-CoV-2. The number of the infected subjects increased rapidly after March 24 and lead to a disease outbreak. Severe and deceased cases had severe comorbidity and were mostly unvaccinated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers accounted for 93.06%, which is significantly higher than that in Jilin Province during the same period (48.07%, P<0.001). Daily increase in the number of clinically confirmed COVID-19 cases in Shanghai in 2022 was much lower than that in Wuhan, Hubei Province, in 2020. Number of daily newly imported confirmed COVID-19 cases and imported asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers declined during this period. ConclusionThe Omicron variant in Shanghai 2022 is highly infectious and less pathogenic. Omicron variant BA.2 replicates rapidly in asymptomatic carriers, which makes the carriers the major source of infection. Full-term vaccination of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine might decrease the pathogenicity and fatality of SARS-CoV-2 variants. SARS-CoV-2 of the Omicron BA2 strain is likely transmitted through aerosols and droplets, which poses a great challenge to the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in large cities with high population density and sophisticated public transportation.
3.Analysis of related factors of concomitant hypertension and diabetes among rural residents in Shanghai, China
Shiliang CAI ; Linfeng XIAN ; Zishuai LI ; Rui PU ; Ruihua WANG ; Guangwen CAO
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;34(10):1033-1037
ObjectiveTo investigate the related factors of hypertension and comorbid hypertension-diabetes mellitus (HT-DM) among rural residents in Shanghai, China. MethodsA total of 2 159 residents over 35 years old were randomly selected from a rural community in the suburbs of Shanghai through cluster random sampling. Their basic sociological characteristics and blood lipid levels were investigated. Chi-square test was used to analyze the relationship between hypertension (or HT-DM) and gender, age, education levels, marital status, original household registration and current household registration. The relationship between hypertension (or HT-DM) and blood lipid level was analyzed by a conditional logistic regression model. ResultsThe prevalence of hypertension was 26.35% and that of HT-DM was 4.68% in the study population. Chi-square test analysis showed that hypertension was significantly associated with age, marital status, educational level, and rural household registration, while HT-DM was significantly associated with age, educational level, and rural household registration. Chi-square trend analysis indicated that the prevalence of hypertension and HT-DM increased with age in both male and female populations (χ2=129.82, 193.04,both P<0.001, and χ2=9.29, 40.57, both P<0.01). The unconditional logistic regression analysis indicated that the lower level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and higher level of triglyceride (TG) were associated with an increased the risk of hypertension by 2.79 times and 2.06 times, respectively. The lower level of HDL-C increased risk of HT-DM by 4.21 times. ConclusionThe prevalence of hypertension in the rural population in Shanghai is relatively high. Age, education level, rural household registration and HDL-C are common related factors of hypertension and HT-DM.