1.Effect of Network Environment on the Doctor-patientRelationship from the Doctor′s Perspective
Feifei DAI ; Guobin YANG ; Yuxiu LIU ; Qiang WEI ; Xueming YI
Chinese Medical Ethics 2015;(4):552-555
Through the doctor group, the questionnaire survey to understand what the doctor online habits situ-ation of network communication, doctors and patients, the effect of the real network environment for medical diag-nosis and treatment, news media under the network environment on the influence of the doctor and the doctor group about web development comprehensive view of the impact of the doctor-patient relationship.Points out that the current network environment brings to the doctor-patient relationship: the influence of the Internet become some doctors information update and the accumulated knowledge source, network has become an important platform inter-action some doctors and patients, doctors need to deal with an increasing number of network patients, the doctor-shave reactive shifts to the media negative reports.
2.Clinical value of systemic vascular resistance index combined with procalcitonin in the early diagnosis of sepsis
Tingqiu WEI ; Shuwang WEI ; Hongkun HUANG ; Yuxiu WEI ; Lingling XIE ; Zhanhong TANG ; Jieyan LAN ; Zhangxu WEI
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2016;28(10):921-926
Objective To assess the clinical value of systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI) combined with serum procalcitonin (PCT) and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score in the early diagnosis of sepsis. Methods A retrospective study was conducted. The data of critical patients admitted to Department of Critical Care Medicine of the Third People's Hospital of Hechi from November 2013 to April 2016 were enrolled. The clinical data were recorded as follows: gender, age, infection site, SOFA score, serum PCT level (enzyme linked fluorescence analysis) within 1 hour after intensive care unit (ICU) admission, hemodynamics parameters, including mean arterial pressure (MAP), central venous pressure (CVP), cardiac index (CI), SVRI, global end diastolic volume index (GEDVI), extravascular lung water index (EVLWI), which were monitored by pulse indicator continuous cardiac output (PiCCO) after ICU admission. The patients were divided into sepsis and non-sepsis groups according to the diagnostic criteria of sepsis. Septic patients were divided into low SVRI group, normal SVRI group, and high SVRI group according to SVRI normal value (170-240 kPa·s·L-1·m-2), and the differences in parameters among the three groups were compared. The correlations between SVRI and various parameters were analyzed by using Pearson correlation analysis. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was plotted to evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of each parameter. Results Totally 103 critical patients were enrolled, 55 in sepsis group, and 48 in non-sepsis group. Compared with non-sepsis group, SVRI in septic group was significantly lowered (kPa·s·L-1·m-2: 146.56±45.17 vs. 188.04±56.27), and serum PCT was significantly increased (μg/L: 10.43±6.17比0.32±0.11) with statistically significant differences (both P < 0.05). In 55 sepsis patients, there were 21 in low SVRI group, 19 in normal SVRI group, and 15 in high SVRI group. There were no statistically significant differences in gender, age and infection site among the three groups, indicating that the baseline data among all groups was balanced with comparability. SOFA score, PCT, and CI in the low SVRI group were significantly higher than those of normal SVRI and high SVRI groups [SOFA: 10.57±2.89 vs. 5.73±2.28, 5.73±2.15, PCT (μg/L): 24.15±12.43 vs. 7.18±5.05, 7.39±4.38, CI (mL·s-1·m-2): 71.01±9.67 vs. 62.01±8.34, 62.51±8.67, all P < 0.05], but no significant difference was found between the normal SVRI group and high SVRI group. There was no statistically significant difference in MAP, CVP, EVLWI, and GEDVI among the three groups. It was shown by Pearson correlation analysis that SVRI was negatively correlated with PCT, SOFA score, and CI (r value was -0.622, -0.598, -0.398, all P = 0.000). It was shown by ROC curve that area under ROC curve (AUC) of PCT combined with SVRI for diagnosis of sepsis was higher than that of PCT or SVRI alone (0.943 vs. 0.911, 0.884). When the cut-off value of PCT was 3.79 μg/L, and cut-off value of SVRI was 156.81 kPa·s·L-1·m-2, the sensitivity and specificity were 94.6% and 92.3% respectively. Conclusions For sepsis patients, SVRI is related to PCT and SOFA score. Combined monitoring of PCT, SVRI, SOFA score can accurately reflect the severity of sepsis patients, guide diagnosis and treatment, and estimate prognosis. The efficacy of PCT combined with SVRI in the early diagnosis of sepsis is better than that of the two alone.
3.Significance of the expression of Toll-like receptor and costimulatory molecule of dendritic cells in the peripheral blood in children with Henoch-Sch(o)nlein purpura
Hong CHANG ; Xiuqin LIU ; Yuxiu CHEN ; Yongxian CAO ; Yi LIN ; Wei WANG ; Qiuye ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2014;29(21):1648-1651
Objective To observe the expression of Toll-like receptor(TLR) on peripheral blood dendritic cells(DC) in children with Henoch-Schtinlein purpura(HSP),and to investigate the pathogenesis of the abnormal expression of TLR in children with HSP.Methods Twenty hospitalized children with HSP in the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College from Dec.2011 to Jul.2012 were enrolled in the study(HSP group).Twenty agemetched healthy children were selected as a healthy control group.Peripheral venous blood was sampled under aseptic condition,peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated from density gradient centrifugation,and DC were generated by recombinat human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor(GM-CSF),interleukin-4(IL-4) and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) in vitro.Expressions of CD83,CD86 and TLR2,TLR3,TLR4 in peripheral blood DC were examined by fluorescent activated cell sorter (FACS).Results 1.No significant distinction was found in the expression of the C Ds3 on peripheral blood DC between HSP group and healthy control group(t =0.80,P > 0.05) ;in HSP group had remarkably increased expression of the CD86 on peripheral blood DC than that of the healthy control group (t =9.56,P < 0.01).2.Expression rates of TLR2,TLR3,TLR4 on peripheral blood DC in the HSP group were higher than those in the healthy control group(t =1 1.79,13.29,9.45,all P < 0.01).3.Expression rates of TLR2,TLR3 and TLR4 in HSP group had positive correlation with expression rates of CD86 (r =0.84,P < 0.01 ; r =0.53,P < 0.05 ; r =0.66,P < 0.05).Conclusions Expressions of TLR2,TLR3 and TLR4 on peripheral blood DC significantly increased and were positively correlated with expression of CD86.This implies that TLR and co-stimulatory molecules might participate in the pathogenesis of HSP by mediating signal transduction,leading to abnormity of cytokines,then inducing Th1/Th2 immune imbalance by showing the advantage of Th2 function.
4.Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and the prognosis of diabetic ketoacidosis
Wei LI ; Yingli HU ; Xiaoping XING ; Yuxiu LI ; Huadong ZHU ; Xuezhong YU
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017;26(6):693-696
Objective To investigate the value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in the prognosis prediction of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).Methods Total of 105 patients with DKA who were treated in resuscitation room of Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 1,2006 to December 31,2015 were reviewed.Among them,there were 8 cases died,and the other 97 cases survived.Another 105 patients with diabetes mellitus who were treated in the ward of Endocrinol ogy Department in the same period were selected as non DKA control group.The clinical characteristics of the patients in each group were compared and Logistic regression analysis was performed on the prognosis of DKA.Results Mechanical ventilation,simultaneous other organ dysfunction,PLR,Glasgow coma score related to prognosis of DKA (P < 0.05).The OR value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio was 3.242.The optimal cutoff value of PLR for predicting the prognosis of patients was 256.50.Its sensitivity and specificity were 87.5% and 88.7%,respectively.Conclusions PLR can be used as a sensitive indicator to predict the prognosis of DKA patients.
5.Retrospective analysis about effects of initiating insulin therapy on islet function patients with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults
Yan MA ; Kai FENG ; Wei LI ; Fan PING ; Dong ZHAO ; Yuxiu LI
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2016;15(5):356-360
Objective To investigate the effects of initiating oral-medication and insulin-treatment to residual islet function in adult patients with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA).Methods Fifty nice inpatients and 11 outpatients of LADA were enrolled from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 1981 to October 2014,including 34 cases with initiating insulin therapy and 36 cases with initiating oral medication.Patients were followed up at least twice and with a 6-month interval.The age,body mass index (BMI),diagnosis time,fasting C peptide (FCP),2-hour postprandial C peptide (2 hCP),glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) were compared between two groups.Results The age of disease onset in insulin-treatment group was significantly lower than that in oral-medication group (t =2.049,P =0.045).The proportion of patients complicated with other autoimmune diseases in oralmedication group were higher than that in insulin-treatment group [24% (8/34) vs.47% (17/36),x2=4.275,P=0.039].The FCP and 2 hCP in insulin-treatment group were significantly higher than those in oral-medication group [FCP:0.25 (0.00-0.80) vs.0.00 (0.00-0.60) μg/L,Z =3.498,P =0.030,2 hCP:0.42(0.02-1.20) vs.0.14(0.02-0.19) μg/L,Z =3.235,P=0.001] on 6 month after treatment;however,there were no significant differences on 6-12 months,13-36 months or 37-60 months after treatment between two groups.No antibody negative conversion was detected in 10 inpatients,who were reexamined with glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GADA) more than twice.The detection rate of diabetes retinopathy was 4% (1/26) in insulin-treatment group and 28% (8/29) in oralmedication group (x2 =6.179,P =0.013).Conclusion Initiating insulin therapy at first diagnosis of LADA can protect the residual islet function,and may reduce the rate of diabetic retinopathy.
6.Trends and associated factors in tuberculosis knowledge and behavior among freshmen from Jiangsu Province, 2019-2022
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(8):1120-1125
Objective:
To understand the trends and associated factors of tuberculosis knowledge and behavior among freshmen from Jiangsu Province, 2019 to 2022, so as to provide theoretical support for the popularization of tuberculosis knowledge and the prevention and control of tuberculosis in universities.
Methods:
From 2019 to 2022, a total of 33 944 freshmen from 20 universities in Jiangsu Province were selected by stratified random sampling, and tuberculosis knowledge and behavior were surveyed online using a selfdesigned questionnaire. Oneway variance trend test and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the trend of knowledge and behavior levels, and a multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors.
Results:
The overall awareness rate of tuberculosis among freshmen from Jiangsu Province was 90.6%, and the overall awareness rates from 2019 to 2022 were 88.4%, 90.4%, 91.7%, and 91.8%, respectively. The overall behavioral accuracy rate was 92.3%, with the annual rates from 2019 to 2022 being 91.8%, 92.3%, 92.7%, and 92.4%, respectively. Both the awareness rate and accuracy behavior rate increased annually (F=216.67, 11.75, P<0.01). The multiple linear regression analysis showed that school type, ethnicity, fathers educational level, mothers educational level, mothers occupation, family per capita monthly income, and living arrangement in high school affected both personal knowledge awareness rate and personal behavioral accuracy rate (β=-0.047-0.035, P<0.01), while region, gender, family residence, and being an only child only affected behavioral accuracy rate (β=-0.003-0.032, P<0.05).
Conclusions
The tuberculosis knowledge and behavior levels of freshmen from Jiangsu Province have been increasing by year. Targeted health education should be carried out based on the relevant influencing factors to further enhance the tuberculosis prevention and control literacy.
7.Analysis of social ecological factors influencing the development of fundamental motor skills among overweight and obese children
LIANG Wei, HE Yuxiu, SU Ning, CAI Wenfei, JING Biao, ZHOU Lin
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(9):1328-1333
Objective:
To identify the social ecological factors of individual, family, and physical environments for affecting the development of fundamental motor skills (FMS) among overweight and obese children, so as to provide a basis for the future intervention design and policy making.
Methods:
From March to April 2022, one public primary school was recruited from each of the 4 main urban areas in Shijiazhuang, and a total of 425 children in schools were recruited for data collection including individual, family, physical environmental factors, by using a stratified cluster random sampling approach. Test of Gross Motor Development-Third Edition (TGMD-3) was used to evaluate children s FMS. Hierarchical linear regression model was employed to analysis the associations between the 18 factors for individual, family, and physical environments, and the FMS of overweight and obese children.
Results:
Individual level including the child s age, gender and sleep duration, and family level including high family economic level, parental support for physical activity, and the physical activity environment surrounding the family and community were consistent predictors of movement skills ( B =0.422, -1.972, 0.014, 0.045, 1.042, 0.827, 1.898), ball skills ( B =0.858, 3.953, 0.013, 0.092, 2.141, 1.173, 1.954), and composite skills ( B =1.305, 1.915, 0.028, 0.142, 3.091, 1.962, 3.879) among overweight and obese children ( P <0.05). Furthermore, child s body mass index (BMI), moderate to vigorous physical activity, perceived motor competence, pleasure of exercise,as well as BMI and physical activity levels of their primary caregiver, were associated with different types of FMS ( P <0.05). Individual, family, and physical environmental factors had moderate to high predictive explanatory power for FMS among overweight and obese children ( 2=0.69, 0.75, 0.93, P <0.01).
Conclusions
The factors influencing the development of FMS in overweight and obese children are multifaceted, with individual, family, and physical environment factors all playing significant roles.Corresponding measures should be actively taken to improve FMS in overweight and obese children.
8.Staged Diagnosis and Treatment of Gout based on "Consolidating the Root and Clearing the Source"
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(18):1938-1942
It is believed that gout is rooted in spleen-kidney depletion, and damp-heat, turbidity toxin, and phlegm stasis are the sources. The treatment principle should be fortifying the spleen and boosting the kidney to consolidate the root, while draining dampness and removing turbidity, clearing heat and resolving toxins, relieving stasis and dissolving phlegm to clear the source. Staged treatment based on the relationship and transition between healthy qi deficiency and excess pathogen is recommended. For intercritical gout when there is internal accumulation of damp turbidity mainly, the treatment method should be draining dampness and removing turbidity by Chushi Fuling Decoction (除湿茯苓汤) with modifications. During the acute stage of gout when damp-heat toxin accumulation is the most urgent, it is recommended to clear heat and resolve toxins with self-made Qingpi Tongfeng Formula (清皮痛风方) with modifications. During the chronic stage of gout, when spleen deficiency and damp-heat and phlegm-stasis obstruction are the predominant, the method of fortifying spleen, clearing heat and draining dampness, as well as dissolving phlegm and dissipating stasis should be implemented, by using self-made Qingre Shenshi Decoction (清热渗湿汤) with modifications and Erchen Decoction and Taohong Siwu Decoction (二陈汤合桃红四物汤) with modifications, respectively.For gouty nephropathy, when spleen-kidney depletion is the root, and phlegm, stasis and toxin are accompanied, it is recommended to fortify spleen and boost kidney, and dissolve phlegm, move stasis and resolve toxins using self-made Bupi Yishen Decoction (补脾益肾汤) with modifications.
9.Pathogenesis of Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis with Healthy Qi Deficiency and Toxins Accumulation
Wei LIU ; Yuxiu KA ; Shujuan CHEN
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;65(22):2368-2372
Refractory rheumatoid arthritis belongs to the category of "stubborn bi (痹)" and "lame bi" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed that pathogenic toxin is an important pathogenic factor of refractory rheumatoid arthritis, and "healthy qi deficiency and toxins accumulation" is its core pathogenesis. Pathogenic toxin can be divided into latent and internal toxin, among which latent toxin includes congenital latent toxin and acquired exogenous and drug-induced latent toxin; and internal toxin is directly produced by the dysfunction of the body's zang-fu (脏腑) organs, or is transformed from dampness, turbidity, phlegm and stasis. Pathogenic toxin can flow into the meridians and collaterals, quickly corrode the bones and joints, harm the five zang organs, secretly consume the body's healthy qi, and accumulate and entrench. Based on this, the treatment principle of "reinforcing healthy qi and resolving toxins" has been established, emphasizing that the key is to strengthen the origin of the body's healthy qi and to attack the pathogenic toxin from its weakness. In clinical practice, it is suggested to trace the root cause, and treat the disease based on the cause. Besides reinforcing the body's healthy qi, the methods such as clearing heat to resolve toxins, draining dampness to resolve toxins, dispelling wind to remove toxins, dispersing cold to resolve toxins, dissolving phlegm to resolve toxins, and dispersing stasis to resolve toxins can be supplemented, so as to reinforce the healthy qi and dispel pathogens simultaneously and thereby improving the clinical efficacy.
10.Discrimination of TCM constitutions by biochemical and routine urine indexes
Liu XIAOLING ; Zhao PENGFEI ; Zhen JIANHUA ; Zhang SHEN ; Wang HESONG ; Sun YUXIU ; Wang WEI ; Wang TINGJIAN ; Hu KAIWEN ; Huang GUANGRUI
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences 2022;9(2):153-159
Objective:To investigate whether the specific traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)constitution of in-dividuals can be defined by certain biological indexes instead of answering the questionnaire,and to explore the possibility of discriminating nine TCM constitutions from each other simultaneously using biological indexes.Methods:Blood and urine samples from 152 individuals with nine TCM constitutions were collected,and the related biological indexes were analyzed combining ANOVA,multiple comparison,discriminant analysis,and support vector machine.Results:We found that 4 out of 24 blood routine indexes,7 out of 10 urine routine indexes,and 12 out of 32 biochemical indexes showed differences among the constitutions.High-sensitivity C-reactive protein,apolipoprotein A1,and alkaline phosphatase were potential candidates for screening out individuals with unbalanced constitutions.Combining uric acid,high-density lipoprotein,apolipoprotein A1,creatine kinase,total protein,aspartate aminotransferase,total bile acid,dehydrogenase,sodium,and calcium levels had the potential to directly distinguish the nine TCM constitutions from each other.Among these indexes,the highest ratio of discriminant analysis between two constitutions was 95.5%,while the lowest was 66.1%.Conclusion:Our results suggest that some biochemical and urine indexes are related to various TCM constitutions,and thus they have the potential to be used for TCM constitution classification.