Objective To explore the clinical significance of platelet count, C-reaction protein and D-dimer in Kawasaki disease children with coronary artery lesion. Methods 54 cases of children with KD treated in our hospital from January 2013 to December 2015 were divided into coronary artery injury (CAL) group (n=15) and without coronary artery injury (NCAL) group (n=39), according to the cardiac ultrasound examination. The relationship between the changes of platelet count, C reactive protein and D- two and coronary artery lesion in the 2 groups of acute and convalescent stages were detected. Platelet count, C-reaction protein and D-dimer of 54 healthy children were measured as a control. Results The levels of the platelet count, C-reaction protein and D-dimer of the KD children during acute stage are significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05), while the levels of C-reaction protein and D-dimer of the KD children during recovery stage was significantly decreased after treatment (P<0.05), the platelet count is remarkably increased (P<0.01). The platelet count, C-reaction protein and D-dimer for the KD children with coronary artery malformation, either at acute stage or recovery stage, compared with the control group were significantly different (P<0.05), with statistical significance. Conclusion The changes of the platelet count, C-reaction protein and D-dimer levels have close relations with the cardiovascular damage to the KD children.

Objective To investigate the clinical effect of milrinone in the treatment of children with congenital heart disease complicated by severe pneumonia and heart failure. Methods 94 patients with congenital heart disease complicated with severe pneumonia and heart failure in our hospital from March 2014 to February 2016 were selected,and randomly divided into experimental group and routine group,47 cases in each groups. The routine group were treated with conventional treatment, the experimental group in the conventional group received routine treatment based on the same given milrinone treatment. The clinical efficacy, symptom disappearance time and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups. Results The treatment in the experimental group the total efficiency (93.62%) was significantly higher than that of the conventional treatment group with the total effective rate (78.72%), significant difference, statistically significant (P<0.05); the experimental group in children with fever, cough, rales and other symptoms disappeared time is lower than the conventional group, the data had significant difference, has statistical significance (P<0.05); two groups of patients during treatment were not any serious adverse reactions, the adverse reaction condition no difference does not have statistical significance.Conclusion The clinical effect of milrinone in the treatment of children with congenital heart disease complicated by severe pneumonia and heart failure significantly, clinical efficacy, low incidence of adverse reactions, worthy of promotion.

Objective To investigate the effect on differentiation of denervated skeletal muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) induced by TGF-β1 in vitro.Methods MDSCs were obtained from the rat denervated skeletal muscle by preplate technique,with TGF-β1 adding on medium.Cultured cells were divided into two groups.A,control group; B,10 ng/ml TGF-β1 group.Cell growth was observed with phase contrast microscope.lmmunocytochemistry,quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot was used to detect the expression of Sca-1,COL-Ⅰ,COL-Ⅲ,α-SMA and vimentin in denervated MDSCs.Results The synthesis of COL-Ⅰ,COL-Ⅲ,α-SMA and vimentin by denervated MDSCs was extremely low at protein level in vitro,while Sca-1 level was really high.Belong to the treatment with TGF-β1,COL-Ⅰ,COL-Ⅲ,oα-SMA and vimentin in the denervated MDSCs had strong expression,but Sca-1 in which had a weak expression.Under the stimulation of TGF-β1,COL-Ⅰ expression reached peak at the 2nd day (12.5591 ± 0.3389),which was about 3 times as control group.COL-Ⅲ reached highest value at the 5th day (0.8956 ± 0.0438),which was about 23 times as control group.α-SMA topped out to 18 times at the 5th day (1.1090 ± 0.0018).Vimentin expression rose by 8.5 times and peaked at the 5th day (0.1794 ± 0.0019).The expression of Sca-1 began to decline at the 2nd day,with a remarkable reduction at the 5th day (0.0636 ± 0.0015).Conclusion TGF-β1 could induce differentiation of the denervated MDSCs to myofibroblasts in vitro,and promote the synthesis and excretion of extracellular matrix.

Objective To observe the influences of modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT)on lower-extremity walking ability and femoral artery blood flow among elderly patients with stroke. Methods Totally 67 patients with stroke were randomly divided into mCIMT group(n =35) aged ( 73.2 ± 5.2 ) years and neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) group ( n =32) as control aged(76.4 ± 3.8) years.Patients in control group exercised by NDT 2 h/time,2 times/d,5 d/week for 6 weeks. Patients in mCIMT group exercised including: up and down exercise,100-120 times/d; movement flatbed exercise for 16-20 min/d; upstairs and downstairs exercise,balance training,standing in a single leg exercise,mandatory exercise time of lower-extremity about 4 h/d,5 d/week for 6 weeks.The patients were assessed for lower-extremities motor function using maximum walking speed (MWS),Berg balance scale (BBS),timed up to go test (TUGT) and Fugl-Meyer(FMA-L) at pre-treatment and post-treatment.The change of femoral artery blood flow velocity and lumen diameter on the affected lower limb were observed by color Doppler. Results There were no differences in the above scores,lumen diameter and blood flow velocity before treatment between the two groups (P＞ 0.05).After treatment,the scores of MWS (56.68 ± 6.57vs.45.61 ± 5.34),BBS(46.84 ± 4.05vs.29.84 ± 4.05),TUGT ( 14.55 ± 8.25vs.25.35 ± 8.70)were higher in mCIMT group than in NDT control group (t=15.09,17.38,15.25,all P=0.001)while no difference in FMA-L score between the two groups was found (35.24 ± 7.62 vs.31.32 ±3.28,t=19.99,P＞0.05).Lumen diameter of femoral artery [(9.05±1.15) mm vs.(8.05±0.68)mm,t=6.72,P=0.001] and blood flow velocity[(92.55±18.25)cm/s vs.(69.35 8.7)cm/s,t=6.83,P=0.001] were increased in mCIMT group as compared with NDT group. Conclusions The mCIMT therapy is better in improving the lower-extremity walking function and blood flow velocity of femoral artery.

Objective To observe the effect of intermittent inhalation of budesonide on lung function and recurrence in asthmatic infants .Methods 120 children with recurrent wheezing and asthma predictive index were selected.They were randomly divided into control group and observation group according to the digital table ,60 cases in each group .The two groups were given conventional treatment .The observation group was treated with high dose of inhaled budesonide in the acute phase for 7 days,and stopped after the symptoms were controlled .However,cold air or acute infection caused wheezing recurrence ,used the above dose for 7 days to control the wheezing symptoms ,if not properly controlled to extend the treatment time so that wheezing control .In the control group ,children were treated with foggy cans inhalation of fluticasone propionate aerosol .After the symptoms were controlled ,the dose was reduced for 3 months.If the cold air or the occurrence of acute wheezing ,should be treated in time.The time of disappearance of wheeze in the lungs of the two groups was observed .The changes of lung function were observed before and after treatment for 6 months.The number of recurrent respiratory tract infections was observed in the two groups during this period.Results The disappearance time of wheeze ,cough,wheezing rale between the two groups had no statistically significant differences(t =0.67,P =0.25;t =0.96,P =0.17;t =1.60,P =0.06).Before treatment,the lung function indicators between the two groups had no statistically significant differences (all P>0.05).After treatment, TV,VPFE/VE,TPTEF/TE of the two groups were improved (all P<0.05),and there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups (all P>0.05).The number of respiratory infections ,the number of wheezing and the duration of wheezing in the observation group were less than those in the control group (t=14.72,P=0.00;t=9.15,P=0.00;t=6.97,P=0.00).There were 5 cases of hoarseness and 4 cases of rash in the control group .There were no serious adverse reactions in the observation group ,the difference was statistically significant (χ2 =9.73,P=0.002).Conclusion Intermittent inhalation of budesonide suspension can improve the clinical symptoms and improve lung function in children .It is better than long -term inhaled glucocorticoid in prevention of wheezing and with safety.It is suitable for clinical use .

Objective To evaluate the present development and status of quality control for intensive care unit (ICU) in Sichuan Provincial traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals including integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine hospitals and ethnic hospitals, and to provide practical references for improving the service quality of ICU. Methods Supervisory Group of Sichuan Provincial Critical Care Medicine Quality Control Center of TCM was established in September 2018. From September 8th to 17th, 2018, according to the Scoring Criteria of Quality Control and Supervision Project of TCM for Critical Care Medicine, a 10-day quality control professional guidance was hand out to TCM hospitals with independent ICU in Sichuan Province. The service level of different aspects of hospital quality control was evaluated and ranked from equipment and resource support, medical team, service capacity and level, ward quality, completion of critical care core indicators, completion of quality control of TCM, development of new technologies, diagnosis and treatment schemes for dominant diseases. Results There were 52 TCM hospitals across the province that had an ICU. Thirty-three hospitals were third-class (63.5%), while the rest 19 hospitals were second-class (36.5%). Province-level, city-level and county-level hospitals were accounted for 9.6% (5/52), 38.5% (20/52), and 51.9% (27/52), respectively. Average bed ratio of ICU was 1.8%. Doctor-bed and guard-bed ratios were 0.71∶1 and 2.0∶1, respectively. The average annual admission rate of patients and the average daily admission rate of beds were higher, which were basically 1%. Ward quality was high; the incidence of nosocomial infection was controlled below 10%. Compliance rate of septic shock bundle treatment was high. The incidences of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) were 0.45%, 0.22%, and 0.30%, respectively. Participation rate of TCM was about 83.4%. Average number of new technologies was about 4.4. Average number of disease schemes was about 2.62. Conclusions ICU of Sichuan Provincial TCM hospitals reaches the standard level in service capacity and level, ward quality, critical medicine quality control, and participation rate of TCM treatment. Improvements are required for other prospects, including department scale, medical personnel allocation, new technical development, diagnosis and treatment schemes of dominant diseases.

Objective To investigate the genetic diversity of MICA, and to analyze the correlation between genetic polymorphisms of MICA and T1DM in population of Han and Li nationalities in Hainan province.Methods This study was performed as a case-control study.Fifty-five individuals with T1DM and Fifty-five healthy controls of Han and Li nationalities from Wuzhishan, Lingshui, Qiongzhong, Baisha, Ledong,Changjiang, Dongfang and Haikou regions in Hainan province(35 Male,20 Female of T1DM of Han;28 Male,27 Female of healthy controls of Han; 33 Male,22 Female of T1DM of Li; 28 Male, 27 Female of healthy controls of Li), were enrolled for the study.MICA allelic variation was analyzed by sequencing-based typing(PCR-SBT).Fisher′s exact test was performed to determine the statistical significance of the distribution and allele frequency of MICA.Results In healthy population,11 MICA-sequence and 5 MICA-STR alleles were found in Han nationality, while 13 MICA-sequence and 5 MICA-STR alleles were detected in Li nationality.The MICA-sequence allele MICA*008:01 and the MICA-STR allele MICA-A5 were most frequently observed in Han nationality[30.85%(29/94)and 41.49%(39/94), respectively],while MICA*002:01 and A4 were the most common in Li nationality[21.57%(22/102) and 36%(36/100), respectively].Among patients with T1DM, 10 MICA-sequence and 5 MICA-STR alleles were detected in Han, and 9 MICA-sequence and 5 MICA-STR alleles were found in Li.MICA*002:01 and A9 were most frequently observed in Han[29%(29/100),29.29%(29/99),respectively], while MICA*012:01, MICA*002:01 and the A4 were the most common in Li[21.15%(22/104), 21.15%(22/104),38.24%(39/102), respectively].The allelic frequency of MICA*002:01, MICA*010, MICA-A5, MICA-A6 and MICA-A9 between the healthy population and T 1DM patients of Han nationality(5.32%,22.34%,41.49 %,9.58%,6.38%, respectively in healthy population;29%,7%, 26.26%,2.02%,29.29%, respectively in T1DM patients), exist significant difference(χ2value were 18.799,9.233,5.218,5.197,16.762, respectively.P value were 0.000,0.002, 0.025,0.024,0.000, respectively.all P<0.05),while no significant difference(all P>0.05)between the healthy population and T1DM patients of Li nationality.Conclusions The most common MICA alleles were MICA*008:01 and MICA-A5 in healthy population of Han nationality, while MICA*002:01 and MICA-A4 in healthy population of Li nationality.MICA*002:01 and MICA-A9 were high frequency in T1DM patients of Han population,while the MICA*010,MICA-A5 and MICA-A6 were low frequency.There was not any MICA alleles associated with T1DM in Li nationality.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation between early-stage blood pressure indexes and prognosis in sepsis patients. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on the medical records of patients diagnosed with sepsis from 2001 to 2012 in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-III (MIMIC-III) database. Patients were divided into survival group and death group according to the 28-day prognosis. General data of patients and heart rate (HR) and blood pressure at admission to ICU and within 24 hours after admission were collected. The blood pressure indexes including the maximum, median and mean value of systolic index, diastolic index and mean arterial pressure (MAP) index were calculated. The data were randomly divided into training set and validation set (4 : 1). Univariate Logistic regression analysis was used to screen covariates, and multivariate Logistic stepwise regression models were further developed. Model 1 (including HR, blood pressure, and blood pressure index related variables with P < 0.1 and other variables with P < 0.05) and Model 2 (including HR, blood pressure, and blood pressure index related variables with P < 0.1) were developed respectively. The receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC curve), precision recall curve (PRC) and decision curve analysis (DCA) curve were used to evaluate the quality of the two models, and the influencing factors of the prognosis of sepsis patients were analyzed. Finally, nomogram model was developed according to the better model and effectiveness of it was evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 11 559 sepsis patients were included in the study, with 10 012 patients in the survival group and 1 547 patients in the death group. There were significant differences in age, survival time, Elixhauser comorbidity score and other 46 variables between the two groups (all P < 0.05). Thirty-seven variables were preliminarily screened by univariate Logistic regression analysis. After multivariate Logistic stepwise regression model screening, among the indicators related to HR, blood pressure and blood pressure index, the HR at admission to ICU [odds ratio (OR) = 0.992, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) was 0.988-0.997] and the maximum HR (OR = 1.006, 95%CI was 1.001-1.011), maximum MAP index (OR = 1.620, 95%CI was 1.244-2.126), mean diastolic index (OR = 0.283, 95%CI was 0.091-0.856), median systolic index (OR = 2.149, 95%CI was 0.805-4.461), median diastolic index (OR = 3.986, 95%CI was 1.376-11.758) were selected (all P < 0.1). There were 14 other variables with P < 0.05, including age, Elixhauser comorbidity score, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), use of ventilator, sedation and analgesia, norepinephrine, norepinephrine, highest serum creatinine (SCr), maximum blood urea nitrogen (BUN), highest prothrombin time (PT), highest activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), lowest platelet count (PLT), highest white blood cell count (WBC), minimum hemoglobin (Hb). The ROC curve showed that the area under the curve (AUC) of Model 1 and Model 2 were 0.769 and 0.637, respectively, indicating that model 1 had higher prediction accuracy. The PRC curve showed that the AUC of Model 1 and Model 2 were 0.381 and 0.240, respectively, indicating that Model 1 had a better effect. The DCA curve showed that when the threshold was 0-0.8 (the probability of death was 0-80%), the net benefit rate of Model 1 was higher than that of Model 2. The calibration curve showed that the prediction effect of the nomogram model developed according to Model 1 was in good agreement with the actual outcome. The Bootstrap verification results showed that the nomogram model was consistent with the above results and had good prediction effects. CONCLUSIONS The nomogram model constructed has good prediction effects on the 28-day prognosis in sepsis patients, and the blood pressure indexes are important predictors in the model.
Humans ; Cohort Studies ; Retrospective Studies ; Blood Pressure ; Intensive Care Units ; ROC Curve ; Sepsis/diagnosis* ; Prognosis ; Critical Care ; Norepinephrine