1.The effect of topiramate on the treatment of epilepsy
Liemin ZHOU ; Jueqian ZHOU ; Qilin DAI
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2001;0(03):-
Objective To assess the clinical efficacy and safety of topiramate in adult and children patients with epilepsy. Methods Open-label experience with topiramate as adjunctive, added-on to monotherapy and monotherapy were analyzed.The efficacy was assessed by comparing the average frequency per month for 3 months after topiramate added to the maintenance period of the baseline therapy. Results Topiramate was proven to be a valuable new antiepileptic drug either in monotherapy (86%) or in added-on therapy (70%) on partial onset epilepsy, West syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and showed no tolerance.The topiramate dosage in patients with monotherapy [(85.87?29.19)mg/d in adult] is lower than in those using added-on therapy [(161.11?58.18)mg/d] significantly, and the most common adverse events were CNS-related, but few patients had discontinued the therapy.Conclusions The topiramate used for monotherapy or added-on therapy should be regarded as an effective and widespread antiepileptic drug, without tolerance and severe adverse actions.
2.Development of a regional medical center in Shaoxing:reform practices and experiences
Hengjin DONG ; Yuxuan GU ; Qilin SONG ; Guozhong CHEN ; Huifen DAI
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2016;32(7):493-495
Thanks to the policies of resources to strengthen grassroots ,and innovative resource placement in Zhejiang province and the help of Zhejiang University School of Medicine ,Shaoxing regional medical center has achieved significant improvement in its medical capabilities .The cooperation features the following :active promotion of new medical ideas and key technologies ;overall enhancement of scientific and technological innovation ;talent training to advance disciplinary development ;and joint efforts to train postgraduates .The momentum ,however ,can only be maintained ,unless such problems as the means of resources placement ,disciplines alignment ,and medical workers development can be well addressed .
3.Wakening in severe craniocerebral injury coma patients by call stimulation
Zifeng DAI ; Qilin HUANG ; Haipeng LIU ; Wei ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2016;15(4):397-402
Objective To study the role of call stimulate in arousal of coma patients after severe craniocerebral injury.Methods Twenty patients with severe craniocerebral trauma coma,admitted to our hospital from June 2014 to June 2015,were randomly divided into stimulation group (n=13) and control group (n=7).In addition to the regular relatives call stimulation,other treatments in stimulation group were the same as the control group.One,2,and 4 weeks after call stimulation,Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores,blood flow velocity changes of internal carotid artery (ICA) and middle cerebral artery (MCA),and neurotransmitter contents of5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT),dopamine (DA),norepinephrine (NE) and acetylcholine (Ach) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were detected.Results The consciousness was significantly improved in the stimulation group since the second week;at the 4th week,the GCS scores (11.85±2.58) were significantly higher than those in the control group (9.14±2.85,P<0.05).ICA and MCA blood flow velocity of both groups reached peak level in the first week,and then,gradually decreased till the end of the observation;ICA velocity value in the stimulation group (72.85± 7.45) was lower than that in the control group (82.14±11.61).The DA,Ach and NE content in the stimulation group were significantly increased at the 4th week as compared with those in the control group (P<0.05);but no significant difference was noted between the two groups in the content of 5-TH (P>0.05).Conclusion The call stimulus has certain awaking effect on coma patients,whose mechanism may be related to call induced changes of cerebral blood flow velocity and related neurotransmitter release.
4.Zhejiang University medical alliance of specialists: practice and experiment
Jingming WEI ; Yuxuan GU ; Minzhuo HUANG ; Qilin SONG ; Guozhong CHEN ; Hengjin DONG ; Huifen DAI
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2017;33(11):812-814
This paper introduced the development of medical specialists alliance in Zhejiang University. With Jinhua Central Hospital as an example,merits and setbacks of the 3-level trusteeship model in practice were discussed,with improvement recommendations raised for progress of the hierarchical medical system.
5.Evaluation of the correlation between diabetic retinopathy and diabetic ne-phropathy by emission computed tomography and clinical testing data via convolutional neural network
Juan TANG ; Qinghua LI ; Xiuying DENG ; Ting LU ; Guoqiang TANG ; Zhiwu LIN ; Xingde LIU ; Xiaoli WU ; Qilin FANG ; Ying LI ; Xiao WANG ; Yan ZHOU ; Biao LI ; Chuanqiang DAI ; Tao LI
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology 2024;44(2):127-132
Objective To evaluate the relationship between diabetic nephropathy(DN)and diabetic retinopathy(DR)in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)based on imaging and clinical testing data.Methods Totally 600 T2DM patients who visited the First People's Hospital of Ziyang from March 2021 to December 2022 were included.The fundus photography and fundus fluorescein angiography were performed on all these patients and their age,gender,T2DM duration,cardiovascular diseases,cerebrovascular disease,hypertension,smoking history,drinking history,body mass in-dex,systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure and other clinical data were collected.The levels of fasting blood glu-cose(FPG),triglyceride(TG),total cholesterol(TC),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C),low-density lipo-protein cholesterol(LDL-C),glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c),24 h urinary albumin(UAlb),urinary albumin to creati-nine ratio(ACR),serum creatinine(Scr)and blood urea nitrogen(BUN)were measured.Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors associated with DR.DR staging was performed according to fundus images,and the convolutional neural network(CNN)algorithm was used as an image analysis method to explore the correlation between DR and DN based on emission computed tomography(ECT)and clinical testing data.Results The average lesion area rates of DR and DN detected by the CNN in the non-DR,mild-non-proliferative DR(NPDR),moderate-NPDR,severe-NPDR and pro-liferative DR(PDR)groups were higher than those obtained by the traditional algorithm(TCM).As DR worsened,the Scr,BUN,24 h UAlb and ACR gradually increased.Besides,the incidence of DN in the non-DR,mild-NPDR,moderate-NPDR,severe-NPDR and PDR groups was 1.67%,8.83%,16.16%,22.16%and 30.83%,respectively.Logistic regression analysis showed that the duration of T2DM,smoking history,HbA1c,TC,TG,HDL-C,LDL-C,24 h UAlb,Scr,BUN,ACR and glomerular filtration rate(GFR)were independent risk factors for DR.Renal dynamic ECT analysis demonstrated that with the aggravation of DR,renal blood flow perfusion gradually decreased,resulting in diminished renal filtration.Conclusion The application of CCN in the early stage DR and DN image analysis of T2DM patients will improve the diag-nosis accuracy of DR and DN lesion area.The DN is worsening as the aggravation of DR.