1.Clinical Application of Digital Subtraction Angiography Technique in Lower Extremity Arteries
Boshan LIU ; Yuxiang ZHANG ; Jian WANG ; Yinghua ZOU ; Xuexiang JING
Journal of Practical Radiology 1996;0(04):-
Objective To compare the techniques of bolus chasing angiography(BCA)and static digital subtraction angiography(DSA).Methods The parameters of BCA and DSA including time of examination,dose of contrast medium,image quality and dose-area product(DAP)were comparatively analysed in 61 patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic peripheral disease.Results DSA in comparison with BCA was of better image quality in showing fibiofibular vessel,but DAP value was high,more contrast medium dose and examined time was long.There was statistically significant difference between both DSA and BCA(P
2.Seroprevalence of influenza viruses in Shandong, Northern China during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chuansong QUAN ; Zhenjie ZHANG ; Guoyong DING ; Fengwei SUN ; Hengxia ZHAO ; Qinghua LIU ; Chuanmin MA ; Jing WANG ; Liang WANG ; Wenbo ZHAO ; Jinjie HE ; Yu WANG ; Qian HE ; Michael J CARR ; Dayan WANG ; Qiang XIAO ; Weifeng SHI
Frontiers of Medicine 2022;():1-7
Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been commonly deployed to prevent and control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), resulting in a worldwide decline in influenza prevalence. However, the influenza risk in China warrants cautious assessment. We conducted a cross-sectional, seroepidemiological study in Shandong Province, Northern China in mid-2021. Hemagglutination inhibition was performed to test antibodies against four influenza vaccine strains. A combination of descriptive and meta-analyses was adopted to compare the seroprevalence of influenza antibodies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The overall seroprevalence values against A/H1N1pdm09, A/H3N2, B/Victoria, and B/Yamagata were 17.8% (95% CI 16.2%-19.5%), 23.5% (95% CI 21.7%-25.4%), 7.6% (95% CI 6.6%-8.7%), and 15.0 (95% CI 13.5%-16.5%), respectively, in the study period. The overall vaccination rate was extremely low (2.6%). Our results revealed that antibody titers in vaccinated participants were significantly higher than those in unvaccinated individuals (P < 0.001). Notably, the meta-analysis showed that antibodies against A/H1N1pdm09 and A/H3N2 were significantly low in adults after the COVID-19 pandemic (P < 0.01). Increasing vaccination rates and maintaining NPIs are recommended to prevent an elevated influenza risk in China.