1.A retrospective study on impact of healthcare-associated septicemia on hos-pitalization expense as well as length of hospital stay
Yiwen YU ; Jianguo FU ; Xuelian WANG ; Zhenling LU ; Qingxing YE ; Baoqin CHEN ; Huilan GUO ; Ying LI ; Xiaoyu LIN ; Jianjun NIU
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2016;15(8):548-551
Objective To explore the impact of healthcare-associated septicemia (HAS)on hospitalization expense as well as length of hospital stay,so as to optimize the allocation of healthcare resources,and provide scientific basis for reducing the economic burden caused by septicemia.Methods Hospitalized patients with confirmed HAS in a tertiary first-class teaching hospital between June 1 ,2012 and May 31 ,2015 were investigated retrospectively,con-trol group was set up in a 1 :1 ratio,hospitalization expense and length of hospital stay between two groups were compared.Results A total of 285 cases and 285 controls were enrolled in the study,the median of hospitalization expense in case group was higher than control group (¥19 718.39 vs ¥9 289.04,P <0.05);the median of length of hospital stay in case group was longer than control group (14.89 days vs 9.22 days,P <0.05).The disease bur-den caused by septicemia in different age groups and departments were different.The improvement rate of case group was lower than control group (76.49% [218/285 ]vs 83.51 % [238/285 ],χ2 = 2.562,P = 0.009 ). Conclusion As the common blood stream infection in hospitalized patients,septicemia not only increased the ex-pense of diagnosis and treatment,but also affected turnover rate of hospital bed.Rapid and effective diagnosis and treatment is significant o prevent and control septicemia.
2.Correlation Study between the Ablation Target of Ventricular Arrhythmia Originated from Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and the Distribution of Abnormal Voltage Region
Yang PANG ; Kuan CHENG ; Ye XU ; Qingxing CHEN ; Wenqing ZHU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine 2015;(3):318-321
Objective:(1)To explore the distribution features of ablation target of premature ventricular complex(PVC) origi‐nated from right ventricular outflow tract(RVOT) and ventricular tachycardia(VT) and its voltage characteristics .(2)To ex‐plore the relationship between ventricular arrhythmia originated from RVOT and regional low voltage of ROVT .Methods:A to‐tal of 97 patients ,who were indicated as ventricular arrhythmia originated from RVOT by electrocardiogram ,underwent radio‐frequency catheter ablation (RFCA) .During the operation ,99 morphologies of PVC and 6 morphologies of VT were recorded . Detailed three‐dimensional electroanatomical voltage mapping were performed prior to the RFCA .The voltage on bipolar elec‐trogram was defined as follows:amplitude < 0 .5 mV as“low‐voltage zone ,” amplitude between 0 .5 and 1 .5 mV as “transi‐tional‐voltage zone ,” and amplitude >1 .5 mV as “normal‐voltage zone .” Results:Successful ablation was acquired in 87 pa‐tients .Ablation was failed in 10 patients .Two patients’ ventricular arrhythmia originated from Valsava sinus and the others o‐riginated from RVOT .Among the patients with PVC originated from RVOT ,there were 8 targets in the low‐voltage zone ,59 targets in the transitional‐voltage zone ,and 30 targets in the normal‐voltage zone .Among the patients with abnormal voltage at target ,there were 3 ablation targets located in the low‐voltage and transitional‐voltage zone below the pulmonary valve and 34 ablation targets located in the regional low‐voltage and transitional‐voltage zone .Conclusions:The majority of successful abla‐tion targets of RFCA performed for ventricular arrhythmia originated from RVOT were located in the transitional‐voltage zone . The myocardial sleeve below pulmonary valve and regional fibrofatty myocardial tissue may be one the main pathogensis of ven‐tricular arrhythmia originated from RVOT .