1.Clinical applications of vancomycin and norvancomycin in hospitalized neurosurgical patients
Hua OUYANG ; Fan YANG ; Zhenjian HUANG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2014;(5):391-393
The medical records of 108 inpatients treated with vancomycin and norvancomycinin were collected and analyzed retrospectively.And 78.7% of all cases were used for therapy and 21.3% for prevention.The pathologic examination submission rate was 88.9% ( n=96 ).The drug utilization index ( DUI) of norvancomycin was 0.95 and vancomycin 0.92.The proportion of combination use was 86.1%and a maximum of 3 antibiotics were used.There were 6.5% cases of doubtful adverse drug reaction.The inpatient uses of vancomycin and norvancomycin are basically rational.Indications should be mastered strictly.Empirical and prophylactic uses should be minimized to prevent and delay drug resistance strain from spreading and prolong effectiveness.Necessary therapeutic drug monitoring is required.
2.Clinical evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule
Zhenjian FANG ; Hui SHE ; Fang DONG ; Mingchao HUANG ; Deling LIU ; Guoxiang LAI
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2013;(7):17-21
Objective To screen the clinical factors affecting the malignant probability of solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) with univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis,and to establish a clinical prediction model,evaluate its test effectiveness in the differential diagnosis in SPN.Methods A retrospective cohort study included 182 patients with diagnosis of SPN (group A).Clinical data included gender,age,smoking history,quitting smoking,history of tumor,serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA),location,diameter,density,vacuole sign,cavity,airbronchogram,calcifcation,lobulation,spiculate sign,spiculation,pleural indentation sign,vascular convergence sign,enhanced CT value,the maximum standard uptake value (SUV~x) of positron-emission tomography (PET),pathological diagnosis were collected.The independent predictors of malignancy were estimated with univariate and multivariate analysis,then the clinical prediction model to identify malignant was established.Other 45 SPN patients (group B) were used to tested value of the model.Results Univariate analysis showed that gender,age,no lower lobe location,diameter,density,airbronchogram,calcification,lobulation,spiculation,pleural indentation sign,enhanced CT value ≥ 15 HU,SUVm,≥ 2.5 of PET significantly affected judgment of SPN of benign or maligant (P < 0.05).Multivariate analysis revealed that female,age,lobulation,short spiculation,pleural indentation sign was the independent predictors of malignancy in patient with SPN,solid nodule suggested benign.The clinical prediction model to identify malignant was established:P =ex/ (1 + ex),x =-3.399 +1.382 × gender + 0.056 × age + 1.377 × lobulation + 1.498 × spiculation-2.096 × solid + 1.005 × pleural indentation sign,e was natural logarithm.P =0.663 was as cut-off point,group B was used to test value of the model:the sensitivity was 86.5%,the specificity was 62.5%,the positive predictive value was 91.4%,the negative predictive value was 50.0%,the accuracy was 82.2%.Conclusions As for SPN,female,age,lobulation,short spiculation and pleural indentation sign is the independent predictor of malignancy in patient with SPN,solid nodule suggests benign.The prediction model is sufficient to estimate the malignancy of patient with SPN.