OBJECTIVE: To investigate the current situation of early diagnosis and intervention in 0-9 months old infants with hearing loss and analysis factors that will affect early diagnosis and intervention. METHOD: One hundred and eighty-six infants referred to the West China hospital from February 2014 to September 2014 were included. All 186 children were referred due to the fact that either they failed infant hearing screening or outer ear malformation. Early diagnosis and/or intervention were performed on those 186 children and their records of early diagnosis and intervention were analyzed. RESULT: Among the 186 infants, 167 (89.8%) were diagnosed with an average age at (4.0 ± 1.4) months. Among the 167 infants with final diagnosis, there were 31 (18.6%) infants diagnosed as conductive hearing loss (CHL), and 99 cases (59.3%) diagnosed as sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), among whom, there were 75 (44.9%) bilateral SNHL and 24 (14.4%) unilateral SNHL. There were 2 cases (1.20%) with SNHL on one side and atresia on the other side. 5 (2.99%) of all conductive hearing loss cases with unilateral atresia and 2 cases with auditory neuropathy (AN) were found. 33 infants (19.8%) were found to have normal hearing. 30.7% (23/75) infants diagnosed as bilateral SNHL and 8.3% (2/24) infants diagnosed as unilateral SNHL were fitted with hearing aids. The fitting rate in infants with bilateral SNHL with mild, moderate, severe to profound degrees were 0 (0/23), 24.0% (6/25), 66.7% (6/9), 61.1% (11/18) respectively. The average intervention age was (5.0 ± 2.1) months. CONCLUSION Although the early diagnosis and intervention situation in this study are very close to international standard, there are still infants without final diagnosis and infants with hearing loss without hearing aid fitting. Further studies and efforts to promote early diagnosis and intervention in infants with hearing loss are needed.
China ; Deafness ; Early Diagnosis ; Hearing Aids ; Hearing Loss, Bilateral ; Hearing Loss, Central ; Hearing Loss, Conductive ; diagnosis ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; diagnosis ; Hearing Tests ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn

A strain of resistance to copper and cadmium with high concentration, named NTG-01, was isolated from soils of DaYe county mineral area in HuBei province. It can resist copper of 4.5mmol/L and cadmium of 2mmol/L , so we can say that it is a important strain used to study the resistance mechanism of copper and cadmium. A series of morphological and biochemical characteristics and sequences analysis of 16S rDNA reveal that it belongs to the bacteria and is gram negative, short rod, flagella around, the size of bacteria is about 0.8?m?2.0?m , V-P result shows positive, methyl-red result displays negative, and glucose can be utilized to produce acid and gas; In addition to, we find that it has the percent 99 homologous to Enterobacteraerogenes by 16S rDNA sequences BLAST analysis, plus the results of morphological and biochemical parameters, it belongs to Enterobacteraerogenes. We can conclude that NTG-01 has higher resistance to many different heavy metals by measuring MICs values of nine heavy metals at last.

Objective To evaluate the relationship between damages of visual field and retinal nerve fibre layer(RNFL)thickness in primary open angle glaucoma(POAG)with high myopia.Design Retrospective,case-controlled study.Participants POAG group with high myopia(21 eyes of 17 cases),POAG group with non-high myopia(17 eyes of 16 cases),high myopia group without POAG(25 eyes of 20 cases)and normal control group(19 eyes of 17 cases).Methods The static central visual fields were tested with Humphrey 750 automated perimetry and thickness of RNFL was measured with optical coherent tomography(OCT).Main Outcome Measures Mean deviation(MD),pattern standard deviation(PSD)and mean sensitivity at upper,lower,nasal and temporal quadrants in total deviation probability plots.Thickness of RNFL at upper,lower,nasal and temporal quadrants.Results There were more obvious general depression of sensitivity in total deviation probability plots of the early POAG with high myopia than those of POAG without high myopia,and the early visual field defects of glaucoma in pattern deviation probability plots of this group.MD of POAG with high myopia was more than those of others(P＜0.05).The differences of MD,PSD and mean sensitivity between POAG with high myopia and others were significant(P＜0.05).Mean sensitivities in each quadrant of POAG without high myopia were similar to those of high myopia(P＞0.05).The thickness of RNFL of POAG with high myopia was thinner than those of others and the thickness of RNFL of normality was thicker than that of others.The correlationship between mean sensitivity and the thickness of RNFL in each quadrant was significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion Pattern deviation probability plots is an important favor for judgement of the visual field changes in POAG with high myopia.The relationship between RNFL thickness with OCT and visual field damage may provide clinically relevant information in diagnosis of POAG with high myopia

Aim: To establish an analytical method for the simultaneous determination of norfloxacin,ofloxacin,pefloxacin,ciprofloxacin,lomefloxacin,danofloxacin,enrofloxacin,sarafloxacin and difloxacin in eggs using solid-phase extraction-LC-MS/MS.Methods: Egg samples were deproteinized with acetonitrile,followed by defatting with hexane.Then the samples were processed by solid-phase extraction and analyzed by LC-MS/MS using an electrospray source.The separation was carried out on a Shimadzu Shim-pack VP-ODS C_(18) column,with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-0.1% formic acid(13: 87).Results: The validated method was proved to be of high specificity,accuracy and sensitivity.Conclusion: The established method is suitable for the routine residual monitoring of fluoroquinolones.

Fatal Outcome ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Leukemia ; blood ; congenital ; diagnosis ; Leukocyte Count ; Male

Objective: To investigate the effect of type-A character on endothelial function in the elderly. Methods:According to type-A character scale of Zhang Baiyuan, type-A character group and non-type-A character group were screened from the normal elderly, 60 eases for each respectively. Flow-mediated diastolic function of brachial artery was examined by high-frequency eehocardiography, which was reflected by diastolic inner diameter changing rate (D %). Other parameters included height, weight, body mass index (BMI), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP), fasting blood glucose (FPG), triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol(TC), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), nitric oxide (NO), endothelin (ET)and angiotensin Ⅱ (AngⅡ). All of the parameters and the scores of type-A character were compared and analyzed between the two groups. ResultS:(1) The levels of SBP and DBP were significantly higher in type A character group than those of non-type A character group (P＜0.05). There were no significant differences in values of FPG, TC, TG and LDL-C between two groups (P＞0.05). (2) The values of D% and NO were significantly lower in type A character group than those of non-type-A character group (P＜0.05 ). The values of Ang Ⅱand ET were significantly higher in type-A character group than those of non-type-A group (P＜0.05 ). (3)Pearson correlation analysis indicated that the scores of type-A character were positively correlated with Ang Ⅱ, ET, SBP and DBP (P＜0.05, P＜0.01), but negatively correlated with D% and NO (P＜0.05). Multiple linear stepwise regression analysis showed that only Ang Ⅱwas an independent risk factor for type-A character. Conclusion:h was showed that the increased Ang Ⅱinduced by abnormal activation of reunin-angiotensin-aldosteerone system (RAAS)may be the main mechanism of endothelial dysfunction in the eldedy with type-A character.

Objective To investigate the relationship between correlative factors of ambulatory arterial stiffness in-dex (AASI) and target organ damage (TOD) in patients with primary hypertensive. Methods A total of 330 hypertensive pa-tients were included in the study and divided into two groups according to the value of AASI:low AASI group (n=167) and high AASI group (n=163). The value of AASI was obtained from 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM). The clinical data were collected including general information, the data of ABPM, results of coronary angiography, left ventricular mass index (LVMI), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and ankle brachial index (ABI) in two groups. Results There were significantly higher values of age (years:64.91 ± 9.70 vs 59.12 ± 10.00), the proportion of diabetes (33.8% vs 14.8%), the proportion of non-dipper patterns of hypertension (65.6%vs 43.7%), 24-hour pulse pressure (PP, mmHg:65.27± 11.31 vs 56.06±10.51), 24-hour diastolic blood pressure standard deviation(DBPSD, mmHg:9.64±2.47 vs 8.31±2.31), the number of coronary artery lesions (1.78±1.10 vs 1.27±1.07), LVMI (g/m2:125.74±29.65 vs 107.69±23.23) and the proportion of peripheral vascular disease (27.3%vs 16.4%) in high AASI group than those in low AASI group (P<0.01). The level of eGFR was significantly lower in high AASI group than that in low AASI group [mL/(min · 1.73 m2):85.31 ± 20.31 vs 99.67 ± 17.76]. There were positive correlation between AASI and coronary lesions (r=0.235), LVMI(r=0.168) and peripheral vascu-lar disease (r=0.167). And there was a negative correlation between AASI and eGFR (r=-0.187). The multiple linear regres-sion analysis showed that age, diabetes, PP, DBPSD and non-dipper patterns of hypertension were the predictors of AASI. Conclusion AASI correlated with age, diabetes, PP, blood pressure variability and non-dipper patterns of hypertension. The higher level of AASI may relate to the development of TOD in patients with primary hypertensive.

Objective To investigate the activities associated with nurses’occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and the source patients’infection status during blood collection process,so as to provide a basis for developing occupational exposure prevention strategies.Methods Data about occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens during blood collection process in a hospital from August 2011 to September 2013 were monitored.Results A total of 89 times of bloodborne ex-posure occurred among HCWs,including 75 times of arterial blood collection and 14 venous blood collection.The top three procedures of occupational exposures were rebounding of needles after needles were pulled out (28.09%,n=25),concen-trated cleaning up of rubbish at the end of blood collection (20.22%,n=18),and touching blood and body fluids by skin and mucous membrane (14.61%,n=13).48.31% (n=43)source patients infected with at least hepatitis B virus,hepati-tis C virus ,hepatitis E virus,Treponema pallidum,and human immunodeficiency virus ,51.69%(n=46)source patients were not infected ,after proper handling,none of nurses were infected during blood collection .Conclusion Developing safe blood-withdraw needle,putting sharp instrument into sharp instrument container,wearing gloves,and intensifying training of standard and occupational precaution are important strategies for the reducing of the occurrence of bloodborne exposure of clinical nurses during blood collection process .

Objective To investigate the clinical and pathologic features in patients of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) with peripheral nerve abnormality.Methods We collected clinical data of 6 patients with MPA that was confirmed by immunological,pathological and clinical findings.Electroneurophysiologic examinations and sural nerve biopsies were performed in these patients.Two normal controls were included in these studies.Results All of 6 patients developed asymmetric polyneuropathies.Electrodiagnostic studies showed reduced amplitudes of the sensory nerve action potential and compound motor action potential with mild impaired conductive velocities.The patients presented vasculitis changes with cell infiltration by monocytes and lymphocytes.Sural nerve biopsies found loss of myelinated fibers in all of the patients indicating axonal degeneration.Some of them associated with regeneration clusters of myelinated fibers.Conclusions Asymmetric neuropathy with sensory nerve injuries is the mainfeature in the MPA associated polyneuropathy.Electrodiagnostic examination indicated axonal lesions in mononeuritis multiplex.Sural nerve biopsies confirmed the active axonal lesions and vasculitis.

Objective To provide evidences for rational use of antibiotics in treatment of hospital-acquired urinary tract infection.Methods The bacteria isolated from mid-stream urine samples were collected for susceptibility test(MIC)using international standard plate dilution method.According to breakpoints defined in CILS guidelines(2009),each strain of bacteria was determine for susceptibility to antimicrobial agents,and calculated for rates of resistance(R%),intermediate(I%)and susceptibility(R%)to compounds tested.Results 552 strains of bacteria were collected,including 432 strains(78.3%)of Gram-negative bacilli and 120(21.7%)of Gram-positive bacilli;Escherichia coli was one of the most common bacteria in the urinary tract infection(55.3 %),followed by Enterococcus(17.4%).The results of antibiotic susceptibility test in vitro showed that Enterobacteriaceae was 100% susceptible to imipenem;Gram-positive cocci were sensitive most to glycopeptide antibiotics.Conclusion Clinicians should pay attention to the species of pathogenic bacteria causing urinary tract infection and their susceptibility to clinically common used antibiotics for reasonable use of drugs.