1.Nursing of polycystic ovary syndrome in transvaginal ultrasound small follicular puncture
Jifen SUN ; Lijie MAO ; Fang WANG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2014;30(22):33-34
Objective To explore the nursing of polycystic ovary syndrome treated by transvaginal ultrasound small follicular puncture.Methods The treatment and nursing of 58 cases with polycystic ovary syndrome treated by transvaginal ultrasound small follic~ar puncture were summarized.Results Among 58 cases of polycystic ovary syndrome treated by transvaginal ultrasound small follicular puncture,21 cases obtained postoperative pregnancy,the pregnancy rate was 36.20%.Conclusions According to the psychological characteristics of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome treated by transvaginal ultrasound small follicular puncture,good psychological nursing and sufficient preoperative preparation are helpful to reduce the patients' psychological pressure,cooperate with the operation smoothly,and obtain satisfactory clinical effect.
2.Clinical features and the traditional Chinese medicine therapeutic characteristics of 293 COVID-19 inpatient cases.
Zixin SHU ; Yana ZHOU ; Kai CHANG ; Jifen LIU ; Xiaojun MIN ; Qing ZHANG ; Jing SUN ; Yajuan XIONG ; Qunsheng ZOU ; Qiguang ZHENG ; Jinghui JI ; Josiah POON ; Baoyan LIU ; Xuezhong ZHOU ; Xiaodong LI
Frontiers of Medicine 2020;14(6):760-775
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now pandemic worldwide and has heavily overloaded hospitals in Wuhan City, China during the time between late January and February. We reported the clinical features and therapeutic characteristics of moderate COVID-19 cases in Wuhan that were treated via the integration of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. We collected electronic medical record (EMR) data, which included the full clinical profiles of patients, from a designated TCM hospital in Wuhan. The structured data of symptoms and drugs from admission notes were obtained through an information extraction process. Other key clinical entities were also confirmed and normalized to obtain information on the diagnosis, clinical treatments, laboratory tests, and outcomes of the patients. A total of 293 COVID-19 inpatient cases, including 207 moderate and 86 (29.3%) severe cases, were included in our research. Among these cases, 238 were discharged, 31 were transferred, and 24 (all severe cases) died in the hospital. Our COVID-19 cases involved elderly patients with advanced ages (57 years on average) and high comorbidity rates (61%). Our results reconfirmed several well-recognized risk factors, such as age, gender (male), and comorbidities, as well as provided novel laboratory indications (e.g., cholesterol) and TCM-specific phenotype markers (e.g., dull tongue) that were relevant to COVID-19 infections and prognosis. In addition to antiviral/antibiotics and standard supportive therapies, TCM herbal prescriptions incorporating 290 distinct herbs were used in 273 (93%) cases. The cases that received TCM treatment had lower death rates than those that did not receive TCM treatment (17/273 = 6.2% vs. 7/20= 35%, P = 0.0004 for all cases; 17/77= 22% vs. 7/9= 77.7%, P = 0.002 for severe cases). The TCM herbal prescriptions used for the treatment of COVID-19 infections mainly consisted of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Pinellia, and their combinations, which reflected the practical TCM principles (e.g., clearing heat and dampening phlegm). Lastly, 59% of the patients received treatment, including antiviral, antibiotics, and Chinese patent medicine, before admission. This situation might have some effects on symptoms, such as fever and dry cough. By using EMR data, we described the clinical features and therapeutic characteristics of 293 COVID-19 cases treated via the integration of TCM herbal prescriptions and Western medicine. Clinical manifestations and treatments before admission and in the hospital were investigated. Our results preliminarily showed the potential effectiveness of TCM herbal prescriptions and their regularities in COVID-19 treatment.
Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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COVID-19/therapy*
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China
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use*
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Female
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Male
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Middle Aged
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Retrospective Studies
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Survival Rate
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Treatment Outcome