Objective To investigate the change of serum prealbumin (PA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in burn patients and its clinical significance.Methods Sixty eight cases of burn patients were divided into two groups,group Ⅰ [n=38,with total burn surface area less than 15% of total body surface area (TBSA)] and groupⅡ(n=30,with total burn surface area more than 50% of TBSA). Thirty healthy people were set as healthy control group. Particle enhanced immunoturbidimetic assay was applied to detecting the serum levels of PA and CRP for all subjects on the day 1 after burns.Results The CRP level was much higher and serum level of PA was much lower in group Ⅱ than that of group Ⅰ,respectively. There existed significant negative correlation between PA and CRP level.Conclusion The level of serum PA decreases significantly along with total burn surface area expansion. PA can be used as a sensitive marker for estimation of inflammation degree after burns.

Objective To discuss the comparability of ALT, AST, CK and LDH results by ap- plying three different vacuum tubes (no additive tubes, separation gel coagulation promoting tubes and other coagulation promoting tubes) for venous blood samples, and to provide evidence for clinical tests. Methods Fast venous blood from 26 healthy blood donors were collected in test tubes without additives, separation gel coagulation promoting tubes and other coagulation promoting tubes. Olympus AU5400 Biochemical Analyzer was applied to examining serum ALT, AST, CK and LDH for all pre- pared serum samples. Results There was no statistical difference of serum ALT, AST, CK and LDH level collected in test tubes without additives, separation gel coagulation promoting tubes and other co- agulation promoting tubes. With the no additive tubes as the standard tubes, the above result bias be- tween separation gel coagulation promoting tubes and other coagulation promoting tubes were clinically acceptable. Conclusion There is credible comparability of serum ALT, AST, CK and LDH level a- mong different kinds of venous blood samples collected in test tubes without additives, separation gel coagulation promoting tubes and other coagulation promoting tubes. The separation gel coagulation promoting tubes and other coagulation promoting tubes can substitute test tubes without additives for ALT, AsT, CK and LDH determination.

Based on the differences between respiration systems for adults and neonates, this article supposes that the respirator for newborn babies is largely different from that for children and adults. According to the characteristics of newborn babies respiratory systems, the article, further, points out some important factors which should be paid attention to, when buying the respirators.
Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Ventilators, Mechanical

Objective To investigate the harm of drug abuse of drivers on traffic safety and discuss the countermeasures.Methods Data were collected from sources including statistics of drug driving traffic accidents reported by mass media,inference analysis of the theoretical data,survey of outpatients in drug rehabilitation center,drug-related screening with drivers license during Shanghai World Expo 2010 Moat Security and integrated data from various areas.ResultsOf the over 10 million drug abusers including the registered and unregistered in China,more than 2 million drug abusers had drivers license,which greatly threatened the traffic safety.Conclusion Drug abuse (drug driving) has done great harm on traffic safety,which calls for appropriate preventive countermeasures.

Objective To explore the short and long-term effect of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for agricultural residence registration population with the language education and practice education,in order to establish a more effective method of first-aid training for agriculture population.Methods 989 agricultural residence registration people were divided into group A (721 people)and group B (268 people) randomly.Group A received CPR training with language education and group B adopted practice education.On the time before and after training immediatelythe 3rd and 6th month after training,we checked the training results and analyzed the data with statistical methods.Results The short- term effect of two methods was satisfying (accuracy more then 90％ ) and without statistical significance.The effect of group B was better than group A in the 3rd and 6th month after training.Two groups showed higher forgetting rate and some accuracy were less than 50％.Conclusions Agriculture population is in urgent need of first-aid.It may be a more effective method of first-aid training for agriculture population to transform gradually from language education to practice education.At the same time,we may use 4 hours as CPR practice education training time and 6 months as re-training period.

Objective To explore the applicability of the childhood autism spectrum test (CAST) of children in Mainland China according to autism screening,in order to provide the effective reference for the identification and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders of children.Methods Two hundreds and fifty-two typical developing children,and 61 autistic children who were confirmed by psychological clinic of Child Healthcare Clinic,Shenzhen Luohu District Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital who were conformed with diagnosis standards of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition(DSM-5) by using CAST Chinese version were assessed,and the reliability and validity analysis were made on the CAST scale.The receiver operating characteristic curve was drew to determine the optimal threshold value,and the sensitivity,specificity and positive predictive value were calculated.Results CAST Chinese version had good reliability,Cronbach's α was 0.880.Split-half reliability coefficient r was 0.821,and the whole scale calibration reliability coefficient was 0.902.There was statistically significant difference between items and the total score(P＜0.05).The consistency between the CAST ≥4 years old children and diagnosis standards of DSM-5 reached 0.884(P=0.000).The consistency 3-＜4 years old children and diagnosis standards of DSM-5 reached 0.867 (P=0.000).Among the screening of the children who were ≥4 years old,the cut off was 15 scores that the sensitivity and specificity were best.With the children of 3-＜4 years old,a designated cut-point should be 17 scores.Conclusions There are good reliability and validity of CAST,which can be used to mainland China,as well as to screen autistic children more than 3 years old.

Objective To investigate the related factors of serum carnitine deficiency in critical ill patients, and the influence of its deficiency on the length of hospital stay. Methods A prospective study was conducted. Critical ill patients with acute physiology and chronic health evaluationⅡ(APACHEⅡ)score>12 admitted to Department of Critical Care Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from March 2013 to September 2013 were enrolled. Serum carnitine concentration and indexes of organ function were determined,and the tolerance of enteral nutrition within 5 days,the length of hospital stay,the length of intensive care unit(ICU)stay,and the hospital mortality were recorded. The relationship between serum carnitine and indexes mentioned above was analyzed. Results Thirty critically ill patients were enrolled. Serum carnitine concentration was very low in all critically ill patients,i.e. (8.92±5.05)μmol/L(normal reference value at 43.5 μmol/L)at hospital admission. Serum carnitine concentration in patients with APACHEⅡscore>23(7 cases)was significantly lower than that in those with APACHEⅡscore 12-23(23 cases,μmol/L:5.33±1.72 vs. 10.02±5.24,t=2.300,P=0.001). Serum carnitine concentration in patients with serum total bilirubin(TBil)>19μmol/L(9 cases)was significantly lower than that in those with TBil≤19μmol/L(21 cases,μmol/L:5.54±2.70 vs. 9.84±5.08,t=2.750,P=0.014). Serum carnitine concentration was negatively correlated with the APACHEⅡscore and the TBil(r=-0.387,P=0.035;r=-0.346,P=0.048). During the 5-day observation period,enteral feeding amount〔(5 134±1 173)mL〕was positively correlated with serum carnitine concentration(r=0.430,P=0.022). In 30 critical patients,the incidence of abdominal distension was 40.0%(12/30),and the serum carnitine concentration of patients with abdominal distension was lower compared with that of patients without abdominal distension(μmol/L:7.83±4.98 vs. 9.12±5.35,t=0.707,P=0.383). The incidence of diarrhea was 26.7%(8/30),and the serum carnitine concentration of diarrhea patients was lower compared with that of patients without diarrhea(μmol/L:8.27±5.78 vs. 9.73±4.78,t=0.607,P=0.576). The mean length of hospital stay was(34.72±16.66)days. The serum carnitine concentrations in patients with hospital stay≥45 days (8 cases)were lower compared with those in those<45 days(22 cases,μmol/L:5.71±3.23 vs. 9.95±5.26,t=1.627,P=0.020). No correlation was found between serum carnitine concentrations and the hospital stay(r=-0.165, P=0.385). The length of ICU stay was(18.60±10.72)days. Serum carnitine concentration in patients with the length of ICU stay>7 days(27 cases)was slightly lower than that in those with the length of ICU stay≤7 days (3 cases,μmol/L:8.44±5.00 vs. 13.24±3.65,t=1.610,P=0.119). No correlation was found between serum carnitine concentrations and the length of ICU stay(r=-0.019,P= 0.293). In-hospital mortality was 26.67%(8/30). No significant difference in serum carnitine concentrations was found between the death group and the survival group(μmol/L:12.24±6.52 vs. 7.72±3.91,t=-1.846,P=0.098). No correlation was found between serum carnitine concentrations and in-hospital mortality(r=0.340,P=0.066). Conclusions Carnitine deficiency is significant in critically ill patients,and it is correlated with disease severity and serum TBil. The total amount of lenteral feeding was lower,and hospital stay was prolonged in critically ill patients with low serum carnitine level.

Objective To evaluation the method of rapid detection of Methicillin-resistant Stphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST239 clones with multiplex PCR assay and investigation of the epidemic status of MRSA blood stream infections in Hefei area.Methods Antibiotic susceptibility testing were applied to MRSA isolates from bloodstream infection,rapid screening and confirmation of MRSA ST239 clones by using multiplex PCR,Multilocus Sequence typing (MLST) and Staphyloccoccal Cassette Chromosome mec(SCCmec) typing.Results 51 of 106 clinic isolates Staphylococcus aureus were identified as MRSA,accounting for 48.1％.The resistance rate of MRSA to erythromycin,aminoglycosides and quinolone were significantly higher than Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).Both MRSA and MSSA had a high sensitivity to cotrimoxazole,the sensivity rates were 86.3％ and 94.5％,respectively; 47 of 51 isolates of MRSA that detected by MRSA ST239 rapid screening were ST239 clones.Randomly selected 20 positive screening stains were confirmed as MRSA-ST239-SCCmec Ⅲ by MLST and SCCmectyping.Conclusions In Hefei area,nearly half of MRSA bloodstream infections in clinical isolates are MRSA-ST239-SCCmeclⅢ type and serious multidrug-resistance.The rapid detection of ST239 clones by multiplex PCR is a reliable and effective method for large-scale screening in laboratory.

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Objective T o study the correlation of daily living activities with location and severity of trau-m atic brain injury (TBI) and to provide a theoretical basis for im proving the accuracy of expert opinion. Methods Five hundred and one cases of patients with TBI were selected. D etailed records included fol-lowing: pre-injury situation, location and severity of injury, treatm ent and education. D aily living activi-ties scale (B arthel index) was applied to test the subjects’daily living activities. T he relevance am ong location and severity of TBI and B arthel index was statistically analyzed. Results In m ild TBI group, there wasnosignificantdifferenceinBarthelindex among each location (P>0.05).Inmoderate TBIgroup, there were significant differences in B arthel index between subarachnoid hem orrhage and cerebral lobe injury, also between parietal, occipital lobes injury and frontal lobe injury, parietal, occipital lobes injury and temporallobe(P<0.05),respectively,whereasnosignificantdifference in Barthelindexbetween frontal lobe injury and tem poral lobe injury (P>0.05).In severe TBI,there were significant differences in Barthel index between every two different locations (P<0.05). Conclusion T here is som e correlation between the location of TBI and B arthel index, which provides an im portant reference value for analyzing and deter-m ining daily living activities after TBI.