1.Hospital initiative management or patients self management in asthma control and pulmonary function:a study in contrast
Jilan CAO ; Wei HAN ; Huaping TANG ; Ying LV
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2011;34(24):12-14
ObjectiveTo compare the effect of hospital initiative management or patients self management in asthma control and pulmonary function, and improve the control level of asthma. Methods Forty moderate asthma patients enrolled successfully from July to December in 2009 were divided into 2 groups by random digits table:hospital initiative management group (group A) and patient self management group (group B) with 20 cases each, and received the asthma treatment with hospital initiative management or patient self management for 1 year. The acute attack time, emergency visit time, hospitalization time,pulmonary function and Saint George respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ) were compared between two groups.ResultsAfter 1 year management, there were 19 patients in good compliance, satisfaction score was (9.300 ± 0.801 ) scores, 13 total control, 6 partial control and 1 uncontrol in group A, while there were 11 patients in good compliance, satisfaction score was (7.800 ± 1.542) scores, 6 total control, 8 partial control and 6 uncontrol in group B. The compliance, satisfaction and control in group A were much better than those in group B (P<0.01 or <0.05). The forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)[(2.56 ±0.30) L]and peak expiratory flow (PEF)[(6.26±0.39) t/s]were elevated while SGRQ[(21.55 ±6.35) scores]in group A were better than those in group B[(2.38 + 0.31 ) L, (5.83 ± 0.52 ) L/s,(29.80 ± 12.04) scores](P < 0.05 or < 0.01 ). ConclusionThe compliance, asthma control, pulmonary function and respiratory quality are improved by hospital initiative management, so it is helpful to promote this management model in China via a close cooperation between general hospital and community hospital.
2.Molecular epidemiological characteristics of measles virus in Sichuan province in 2015
Ranran CAO ; Li LIU ; Yukun ZHU ; Shundong WANG ; Jilan HE
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2016;30(4):378-381
Objective To analyze the genetic characteristics of measles virus in Sichuan province in 2015.Methods Measles virus was isolated from throat swab specimens collected from suspected measles cases.Nucleotide sequences coding for C terminus of nucleoprotein were amplified by RT-PCR and sequenced for phylogenetic analysis.Results 398 measles virus isolates were obtained from 971 throat swab specimens.Phylogenetic analysis showed that 397 belonged to H1 genotype,the sequences homologies were 96.2%-98.0% compared with H1 genotype reference strain;and all those isolates separated into 2 clusters in phylogenetic tree with the average nucleotide divergence of 2.0%.1 isolate belonged to A genotype,and shared 98.0% nucleotide homology compared with A genotype reference strain.Conclusions H1 genotype virus remained predominant circulating in Sichuan Province.There was no much genetic variation in N gene.But a minor nucleotide divergence existed between different clusters,leading to 2 transmission chains.
3.Genetic characteristics of rubella virus isolated in Sichuan province in 2015
Li LIU ; Jilan HE ; Xiaozhen MA ; Ranran CAO ; Yulan HUANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2016;30(5):425-429
Objective To understand the genetic characteristics of rubella virus in Sichuan province in 2015.Methods Veto/SLAM cells were used for rubella virus isolation and culture.The 739 nucleotides of E1 gene was amplified by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and subjected to sequence and homological analysis.Results 19 strains of rubella virus were isolated and identified as genotype 2B.The homology of nucleotides and amino acids were 99%-100% and 97.9%-100%,respectively.There were no changes in the important antigenic epitopes.Conclusions The rubella virus genotype circulated in Sichuan province in 2015 was genotype 2B.