1.Manufacturing of a new gastric-tube for anesthesia and its clinical applications.
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation 2006;30(2):146-147
A new gastric-tube for anesthesia has been manufactured by adding a bursa of the stomach bottom and a bursa for locking the stomach to the conventional gastric-tube. The clinical applications on trial show that vomiting, returning of the gastric juice, misinhalation can be prevented efficiently in the patients during the operation, thus greatly increasing the safety of operational anesthesia.
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Anesthesia
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Anesthesiology
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instrumentation
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Emergencies
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Equipment Design
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Female
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Gastroesophageal Reflux
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prevention & control
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Stomach Diseases
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surgery
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Vomiting
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prevention & control
2.Detection of RNA of SARS coronavirus in hospital sewage.
Xin-Wei WANG ; Jin-Song LI ; Ting-Kai GUO ; Bei ZHEN ; Qing-Xin KONG ; Bang YI ; Zhong LI ; Nong SONG ; Min JIN ; Wen-Jun XIAO ; Xiu-Mei ZHU ; Chang-Qing GU ; Jing YIN ; Wei WEI ; Wei YAO ; Chao LIU ; Jian-Feng LI ; Guo-Rong OU ; Min-Nian WANG ; Tong-Yu FANG ; Gui-Jie WANG ; Yao-Hui QIU ; Huai-Huan WU ; Fu-Huan CHAO ; Jun-Wen LI
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2004;38(4):257-260
OBJECTIVEIn order to explore the existence of SARS coronavirus (Co-V) and/or its RNA in sewage of hospitals administered SARS patients.
METHODSA novel electropositive filter was used to concentrate the SARS-CoV from the sewage of two hospitals administered SARS patients in Beijing, including twelve 2,500 ml sewage samples from the hospitals before disinfection, and ten 25,000 ml samples after disinfection; as well as cell culture, RT-PCR and sequencing of gene to detect and identify the viruses from sewage.
RESULTSThere was no live SARS-CoV detected in the sewage in this study. The nucleic acid of SARS-CoV had been found in the 12 sewage samples before disinfection from both hospitals by semi-nested PCR. After disinfection, SARS-CoV RNA could only be detected from the samples from the 309th Hospital, and the others were negative.
CONCLUSIONIt provides evidence that there is no live SARS-Cov in the sewage from hospitals with SARS patients though SARS-CoV RNA can be detected.
Hospitals ; Humans ; Nucleocapsid ; analysis ; RNA, Viral ; analysis ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; SARS Virus ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; virology ; Sewage ; virology
3.An outbreak of human Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infections presenting with toxic shock syndrome in Sichuan, China.
Wei-zhong YANG ; Hong-jie YU ; Huai-qi JING ; Jian-guo XU ; Zhi-hai CHEN ; Xiao-ping ZHU ; Hua WANG ; Xue-cCheng LIU ; Shi-wen WANG ; Lun-guang LIU ; Rong-qiang ZU ; Long-ze LUO ; Ni-juan XIANG ; Hong-lu LIU ; Wen-jun ZHONG ; Li LIU ; Ling MENG ; Heng YUAN ; Yong-jun GAO ; Hua-mao DU ; Yang-bin OU ; Chang-yun YE ; Dong JIN ; Qiang LV ; Zhi-gang CUI ; Yan HUANG ; Shou-yin ZHANG ; Xiang-dong AN ; Ting HUANG ; Xing-yu ZHOU ; Liao FENG ; Qi-di PANG ; Yue-long SHU ; Yu WANG
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2006;27(3):185-191
OBJECTIVEIn mid-July 2005, five patients presented with septic shock to a hospital in Ziyang city in Sichuan, China, to identify the etiology of the unknown reason disease, an epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory study were conducted.
METHODSAn enhanced surveillance program were established in Sichuan, the following activities were introduced: active case finding in Sichuan of (a) laboratory diagnosed Streptococcus suis infection and (b) clinically diagnosed probable cases with exposure history; supplemented by (c) monitoring reports on meningococcal meningitis. Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infection was confirmed by culture and biochemical reactions, followed by sequencing for specific genes for serotype and virulence factors.
RESULTSFrom June 10 to August 21, 2005, 68 laboratory confirmed cases of human Streptococcus suis infections were reported. All were villagers who gave a history of direct exposure to deceased or sick pigs in their backyards where slaughtering was performed. Twenty six (38%) presented with toxic shock syndrome of which 15 (58%) died. Other presentations were septicaemia or meningitis. All isolates were tested positive for genes for tuf, species-specific 16S rRNA, cps2J, mrp, ef and sly. There were 136 clinically diagnosed probable cases with similar exposure history but incomplete laboratory investigations.
CONCLUSIONAn outbreak of human Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infections occurred in villagers after direct exposure to deceased or sick pigs in Sichuan. Prohibition of slaughtering in backyards brought the outbreak to a halt. A virulent strain of the bacteria is speculated to be in circulation, and is responsible for the unusual presentation of toxic shock syndrome with high case fatality.
Animals ; Bacteremia ; epidemiology ; microbiology ; China ; epidemiology ; Disease Outbreaks ; Humans ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; epidemiology ; microbiology ; Shock, Septic ; epidemiology ; microbiology ; Streptococcal Infections ; epidemiology ; microbiology ; veterinary ; Streptococcus suis ; isolation & purification ; Swine ; Swine Diseases ; microbiology
4.Incidence of extrauterine growth retardation and its risk factors in very preterm infants during hospitalization: a multicenter prospective study.
Wei SHEN ; Zhi ZHENG ; Xin-Zhu LIN ; Fan WU ; Qian-Xin TIAN ; Qi-Liang CUI ; Yuan YUAN ; Ling REN ; Jian MAO ; Bi-Zhen SHI ; Yu-Mei WANG ; Ling LIU ; Jing-Hui ZHANG ; Yan-Mei CHANG ; Xiao-Mei TONG ; Yan ZHU ; Rong ZHANG ; Xiu-Zhen YE ; Jing-Jing ZOU ; Huai-Yu LI ; Bao-Yin ZHAO ; Yin-Ping QIU ; Shu-Hua LIU ; Li MA ; Ying XU ; Rui CHENG ; Wen-Li ZHOU ; Hui WU ; Zhi-Yong LIU ; Dong-Mei CHEN ; Jin-Zhi GAO ; Jing LIU ; Ling CHEN ; Cong LI ; Chun-Yan YANG ; Ping XU ; Ya-Yu ZHANG ; Si-Le HU ; Hua MEI ; Zu-Ming YANG ; Zong-Tai FENG ; San-Nan WANG ; Er-Yan MENG ; Li-Hong SHANG ; Fa-Lin XU ; Shao-Ping OU ; Rong JU
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 2022;24(2):132-140
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the incidence of extrauterine growth retardation (EUGR) and its risk factors in very preterm infants (VPIs) during hospitalization in China.
METHODS:
A prospective multicenter study was performed on the medical data of 2 514 VPIs who were hospitalized in the department of neonatology in 28 hospitals from 7 areas of China between September 2019 and December 2020. According to the presence or absence of EUGR based on the evaluation of body weight at the corrected gestational age of 36 weeks or at discharge, the VPIs were classified to two groups: EUGR group (n=1 189) and non-EUGR (n=1 325). The clinical features were compared between the two groups, and the incidence of EUGR and risk factors for EUGR were examined.
RESULTS:
The incidence of EUGR was 47.30% (1 189/2 514) evaluated by weight. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that higher weight growth velocity after regaining birth weight and higher cumulative calorie intake during the first week of hospitalization were protective factors against EUGR (P<0.05), while small-for-gestational-age birth, prolonged time to the initiation of total enteral feeding, prolonged cumulative fasting time, lower breast milk intake before starting human milk fortifiers, prolonged time to the initiation of full fortified feeding, and moderate-to-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia were risk factors for EUGR (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
It is crucial to reduce the incidence of EUGR by achieving total enteral feeding as early as possible, strengthening breastfeeding, increasing calorie intake in the first week after birth, improving the velocity of weight gain, and preventing moderate-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in VPIs.
Female
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Fetal Growth Retardation
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Gestational Age
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Incidence
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Premature
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Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
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Prospective Studies
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Risk Factors