1.Treatment efficacy evaluation of standardized management for children with asthma
Xusheng MA ; Linxiu TU ; Yijun MEI ; Haiyan BI ; Shengbo YU ; Huijie WANG ; Caifu WANG ; Zhimin CHEN
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2015;(8):706-709
ObjectiveTo evaluate the treatment efifcacy of the treatment promotion of standardized management for chil-dren with asthma.MethodsMedical records of 150 children with asthma were reviewed and divided into management group or control group according to whether standardized management was accepted. Comprehensive asthma education for asthma pa-tients and their parents including asthma associated basic knowledge education, health education as well as follow-ups at deifned intervals was conducted in 78 cases. In the meantime, standardized asthma therapies were performed. Control group involved 72 cases who did not receive asthma education managements and only accepted regular clinical therapies. After 1-year observational follow-up, , clinical efifcacy of children with asthma, changes of knowledge-attitude-practice of parents, and compliance of med-ication were compared between the two groups.ResultsAfter promotion of standardized managements treatment, asthma con-trol rates in the management group were signiifcantly higher than that of the control group(χ2=54.68,P<0.01); In addition, the rate of asthma attacks, emergency visits as well as hospitalizations were obviously reduced in the management group than control group (both withP<0.01). Knowledge associated with asthma, therapy and management executions as well as knowledge-atti-tude-practice of parents also demonstrated apparent elevations in the management group (P<0.01); At the same time, management group has illustrated superior medication compliance over the control group (χ2=66.27,P<0.01).ConclusionPromotion of standardized treatment management among children with asthma can help to achieve effective control by raising levels of knowl-edge-attitude-practice of the parents as well as the patient’s compliance to the treatment.
2.Distribution and clinical features of gastrointestinal virus infection in infants with acute diarrhea
Hongyan YE ; Fangman ZHOU ; Dawei CUI ; Haiyan WANG ; Linxiu TU ; Hongyi XIE ; Tingting GE
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2013;6(6):335-338
Objective To analyze the distribution and clinical characteristics of gastrointestinal virus infection in infants with acute diarrhea.Methods Stool samples and clinical data were collected from 900 infants (≤5 years old) with acute diarrhea in outpatient department of Beilun District People' s Hospital during July 2012 and July 2013.Specimens were tested for 5 gastrointestinal virus including group A/B/C rotavirus (RV),adenovirus (AdV),astrovirus (AstV),sapovirus (SV) and norovirus (NV) by the multiplex PCR assay.Chi-square test was performed to compare the positive rates of virus infection among children with different genders and ages.Results Among 900 stool samples,369 were positive of gastrointestinal virus,of which 291 were positive for single virus and 78 for mixed virus.In single virus infection,NV was detected with the highest positive rate of 19.4% (4.9% for G Ⅰ and 14.6% for G Ⅱ),followed by RV-A (8.2%),SV (2.9%),AstV (1.0%) and AdV (0.8%).RV-B and C type were not found.In 78 cases with mixed infections,RV-A plus NV infection was the most common one with a prevalent rate of 5.8%.The positive rate in age group ≤2 years old was 51.0%,which was significantly higher than that of age group > 2-5 years old (22.1%,x2 =70.404,P < 0.01).In 369 children with positive gastrointestinal virus,fever was present in 24.1%,and vomit in 35.2% of children.Fever,vomit and fever plus vomit was more common symptoms in children with mixed infections (x2 =17.878,21.869 and 14.155,P < 0.01).Conclusion NV and RV-A are the most common pathogens in infants with acute diarrhea in Beilun district,especially in children younger than 2 years old.
3.FTO polymorphisms associated with metabolic components in Chinese obese children
Hong CHEN ; Kana WANG ; Linxiu TU ; Weifen ZHU ; Chunlin WANG ; Li LIANG
China Modern Doctor 2014;(26):24-27
Objective To investigate whether FTO gene SNP polymorphisms were associated with metabolic traits in Chinese children. Methods A total of 595 children aged between 6 and 17 years were enrolled. The five common SNPs in the FTO gene(rs1421085,rs17817449,rs8050136,rs3751812 and rs9939609)were genotyped. Metabolic compo-nents and insulin were measured. Results (1)The obese patients showed the components of the metabolic traits were significant difference compared to control group.(2)The allele frequency and the genotype distribution of the five SNPs were significant differences between two groups. Minor allele carriers of the five SNPs were associated with increased risks of childhood obesity compared with the wild-type genotype. (3)After adjustment of age, sex and BMI-z score,all of the five SNPs showed a trend towards higher SBP. In addition, rs3751812 and rs8050136 showed significant as-sociation with LDL-C and HOMA-IR levels. Conclusion The five common SNPs in the FTO gene contributes to the e-tiology of obesity and hypertension. The FTO gene polymorphisms (rs3751812 and rs8050136)are found to be associ-ated with increased insulin resistance and plasma LDL levels.