Objective To explore the value of SUV in patients with ascites of unknown cause.Methods A total of 55 patients (24 males,31 females,average age 54.8 years,age range:23-82 years) with ascites of unknown cause who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT scan were retrospectively enrolled in this study.SUVmax and SUVmean of ascites and liver were measured and their ratios (T/NT) were calculated and compared by two-sample t test.All patients were followed up and had final diagnoses.Sensitivity,specifici ty,accuracy,positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated respectively.The diagnostic efficiency was compared among 18F-FDG PET/CT tumor localization alone,ascites radioactivity and ascites cytology examination by x2 test or Fisher exact test.Results Besides the high metabolized primary lesions and/or metastasis,the liver and spleen swamped by ascites with high radioactivity were visualized on MIP images.The SUVmax and SUVmean of malignant ascites were 1.78±0.65 and 1.37±0.38 respectively,which were higher than those of benign ascites (1.11±0.36 and 0.72±0.22; t=4.13,6.82,both P＜0.05).T/NT of malignant ascites was higher than that of benign ascites (SUVmax:0.64±0.20 vs 0.48±0.12,t =3.27,SUVmeax:0.68±0.17 vs 0.38±0.10,t =7.21 ; both P＜0.05).The diagnostic sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of SUV in ascites were 75.0％ (27/36),94.7％ (18/19) and 81.8％ (45/55),respectively.The sensitivity and accuracy of SUV were higher than those of cytological examination (44.4％ (16/36) and 63.6％ (35/55) ; x2 =6.98,4.58,both P＜0.05).The specificity of SUV was higher than that of tumor localization by 18F-FDG PET/CT (63.2％,12/19; x2 =5.70,P＜0.05).Conclusion Significantly higher SUVmax and SUV in malignant ascites than benign ascites were noted,which might play an adjuvant role in patients with ascites of unknown cause.

Objective:To understand the degree of professional autonomy of nurses in Pediatric Nursing Alliance and the status of pediatric nursing practice environment, which providing guidance for the development of a series of specialized training in the alliance.Methods:Stratified random sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey on nursing staff of different professional levels in Pediatric Nursing Alliance, which through the questionnaire star by using the questionnaire general information and training demand questionnaire, nurses practice professional autonomy scale, pediatric nursing staff structural empowerment questionnaire and nursing practice influencing factors questionnaire through the questionnaire star.Results:The total score for professional autonomy of nurses in the pediatric alliance was 192.66±18.63, the structural empowerment ( OR=1.137, 95% CI=1.084-1.194), lack of caring team ( OR=2.763, 95% CI=1.443-5.292) and performance evaluation ( OR=0.498, 95% CI= 0.274-0.908), specialized education and professional experience ( OR=0.548, 95% CI= 0.334-0.871) were affecting the clinical nursing practice. Conclusion:The degree of professional autonomy of nurses in the Pediatric Nursing Alliance is in the middle and high level. Key factors affecting nursing practice including insufficient structural empowerment, lack of opportunities to continue learning, lack of nursing teams, lack of effectiveness evaluation and the lack of specialized education and work experience, which guiding the pediatric nursing alliance to continuously deepen the connotation of pediatric nursing professional and innovative team collaboration new model, utilize the advantages of resources to actively cultivate specialized nursing research personnel, carry out multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary cooperation, improve the nursing quality evaluation index system, so as to enhance the professional nursing service capacity and value.