1.The impact of self-perceived masticatory function on nutrition and gastrointestinal function in the elderly patients
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2013;(8):46-47
Objective To evaluate the impact of masticatory function on malnutrition and gastrointestinal symptoms in senile patients.Methods Dental status and denture quality in 120 senile patients were investigated with questionnaires,and thecorrelation of masticatory ability with nutritional status and gastrointestinal symptoms were evaluated.Results The nutritional status of elderly patients was correlated with the condition of the denture,but not correlated with the number of denture and chewing ability.Gastrointestinal disconffort had correlation with masticatory function,chewing problems,difficulty in chewing and food limit,but chewing function was highly correlated with taking gastrointestinal drugs.Conclusions The chewing ability and nutritional status is not relevant,but since elderly patients with weakened chewing ability avoid certain foods,thus gastrointestinal discomfort and symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders such as medication increased.
3.Ethical consideration on the TWO average expense control
Jianyong HU ; Mingyuan WANG ; Linfeng XU
Chinese Medical Ethics 1994;0(06):-
TWO average expense control(TAEC) is the method that the hospital want to control the increasing breadth of medicine expense by limiting the total expense which include both clinic expense and hospitalize expense.TAEC will fake great help to improve the relationship of docfor and patient and to promote the hospital work.But the method of TAEC will also to be optimize further.
5.Process management of health education pathway to patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Lingxin LIU ; Aomei LI ; Shuangshuang WANG ; Linfeng HU
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2014;(8):857-859
Objective It is necessary for nursing staff members to assign priorities in health education to hospitalized patients to ensure curative effect .The purose of the study was to explore the effect of process management application in health education path -way to patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) . Methods A total of 70 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were randomly divided into observation group and control group , 35 patients in each group .Traditional health education was done in control group , while health education pathway was performed in observation in observation group according to process management .A study of patients′satisfaction with hospitalization , compliance of medication and knowledge of health education was undertaken . Results Observation group had priority to control group in satisfaction with hospitalization and medication compliance (77.1% vs 42.9%,P <0.05; 80.0% vs 57.1%,P<0.05).As to knowledge of health education , observation group was prior to control group in dietary restrictions , functional training methods and return visit conditions (71.4% vs 40.0%;37.1% vs 14.3%;45.7% vs 17.1%).Howerver, no significant difference was found in congintion of drugs among the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion Compared with traditional health educa-tion, the process management application of RA health education pathway helps to improve patients ′health konwledge and medical compliance , which is an effective adjuvant treatment .
6.Detection of the specific antigens and viral RNA in the tissues of the BALB/c mice infected with hantavirus
Yongni XU ; Zhicha HU ; Linfeng CHENG ; Fanglin ZHANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2013;15(11):1441-1445
Objective To establish an evaluation system about animals infected with hantavirus,an observation of the BALB/c mice infected with hantavirus was made.Methods BALB/c mice were infected with hantavirus by intramuscular injection with stock solution.The specific antigen from BALB/c mice tissues after 3 days was detected with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and viral RNA with real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results Within a short term,the specific antigen and viral RNA were detected from the brain and liver at day 3 after infection,but not be detected from the heart,spleen,lung,and kidney samples.Conclusions The results provided ones with some information on animals infected with hantavirus.
7.Clinical efficacy and safety of uterine artery chemoembolization in abnormal placental implantation complicated with postpartum hemorrhage
Yaoting CHEN ; Linfeng XU ; Hongliang SUN ; Huiqing LI ; Renmei HU ; Qiyin TAN
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010;45(4):273-277
Objective To investigate the safety and clinical efficacy of uterime artery chemoembolization in postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) caused by abnormal placental implantation.Methods Between December 2006 and September 2009, there were 23 cases of abnormal placental implantation with PPH in our hospital, among which 9 presented with continuous small amount of vaginal bleeding and 14 with acute excessive bleeding.The average bleeding time was (8±6) d and the mean blood loss was (980±660) ml.Abnormal placental implantation was confirmed by color Doppler ultrasound (CD-US) in all cases, the internal lilac artery angiography was performed to identify the uterine artery and bilateral uterine artery chemoembolization (UACE) with methotrexate (MTX) and gelfoam particles to the distal end of uterine artery was conducted after.CD-US rechecked all patients within 48 h after UACE and those patients with blurred margins between placenta and uterus and abnormal blood flow (> 1 cm×1 cm) received ultrasonic-guided per vagina MTX multipoint injections.All cases were followed up for 3-26 months (average 12 months) to observe vaginal bleeding, placenta tissue discharge, serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), uterine involution, menses, and side-effects or complications.Results (1) Curative effect: These 23 cases underwent 24 procedures of UACE successfully and vaginal bleeding ceased at an average of (3.5±1.3) min after UACE.Reduced blood flow in the placental implantation area was detected under CD-US after UACE.Among the 23 patients, wterine curettage was required in 16 cases due to retained placenta tissues with the mean blood loss of (40 ± 28) ml during the operation, 2 underwent subtotal hysterectomy and confirmed to be placenta percreta by pathology examination, and placenta tissues were spontaneously discharged completely in 5 cases.Totally, 91% of the patients (21/23) reserved their uterus.(2) Follow-up: the serum hCG reduced to normal within 1-13 d after the placenta tissue were evacuated.Regular menstruation returned within 2-3 months in those patients who reserved uterus and normal size uterus was found under sonography at 3 months.No severe complication was reported except for some post embolization syndrome, such as pelvic pain or fever.Conclusions UACE, combined with ultrasonic-guided transvaginal MTX injection, is a safe, minimal invasive and quick hemostatic procedure in treatment of abnormal placental implantation with PPH, and allows the preservation of uterus possible.CD-US is helpful in evaluation of the blood flow changes before and after UACE in abnormal placental implantation patients.
8.The assessment and analysis of nutritional status of 1200 inhospital patients
Ping SHEN ; Zhiying ZOU ; Nanhai PENG ; Guilan LU ; Jihong ZHONG ; Linfeng HU ; Yahong LIU ; Gui ZHANG
Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition 1997;0(01):-
Objective:To assess incidence of malnutrition and malnutrition risk of six department patients.Methods:The information of 1 200 patients were collected,200 in each of 6 departments in our hospital.Nutrition status was assessed according to Nutrition Risk Screening(NRS)published by ESPEN in 2001.Results:The incidence of malnutrition and malnutrition risk varied from 7.5% to 59% and 36% to 72% respectively in different department.Conclusion:The incidence of malnutrition is closely related to the kind and severity of the disease.It is nessissary to assess the nutrition status of high risk patients in time.NRS can be used simply and fastly in most inhospital patients.
9.Value of ~(18)Fluorodexyglucose PET/CT for gastric carcinoma
Jiang WU ; Hong ZHU ; Zhongqiu WANG ; Jinlong TONG ; Linfeng CHANG ; Yuxiao HU ; Xingang WANG ; Hongli HUANG
Journal of Medical Postgraduates 2003;0(11):-
Objective: To investigate the value of positron emission tomography/computerized tomography(PET/CT) with fluorine-18-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose(18FDG) for gastric carcinoma.Methods: Thirty-two patients(25 males,7 females,aged 31-82 years) suspected of gastric carcinoma underwent whole-body PET/CT after taking in 600 ml of water to distend the gastral cavity.The maximal standard uptake value(SUVmax) of the region of interest(ROI) in PET and the maximum width of the gastric wall in CT were analyzed.Pathological specimens were obtained from all the patients during surgery or gastroscopy.Results: 18FDG PET/CT found gastric carcinoma in 24 of the patients.The rates of positive and negative prediction and the accuracy of PET/CT in the diagnosis of the disease were 92.3%,100% and 93.8%.SUVmax was positively correlated with the maximum width of the gastric wall,but they exhibited no statistically significant differences between the patients with involved lymph nodes and those without.Based on the PET/CT findings,the 24 gastric carcinoma patients were clinically classified as follows: 9 in stage Ⅰ,1 in stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ,3 in stage Ⅱ,1 in stage Ⅲ and 10 in stage Ⅳ.Conclusion: 18FDG PET/CT is highly valuable for gastric carcinoma in its diagnosis,the evaluation of its biological behavior and determination of its treatment strategies.
10.Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during total thyroidectomy
Jisheng HU ; Rui KONG ; Gang YANG ; Xu WANG ; Na QIAO ; Bei SUN ; Linfeng WU
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2015;30(9):683-686
Objective To investigate the mechanism of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during total thyroidectomy.Methods The clinical data of 36 patients suffering from recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in total thyroidectomy from 2003 to 2014 was analyzed retrospectively.Results 21 cases had temporary recurrent laryngeal nerve injury while 16 cases had permanent injury.The cases of injury included giant thyroid goitre,with variation of recurrent laryngeal nerve,undergoing secondary surgery,with tumor invasion and complicating thyroiditis.During the first surgery,the incidence of temporary recurrent laryngeal nerve injury was 0.43%,and the incidence of permanent damage was 0.27%.The temporary and permanent injury incidence of secondary surgery after initial subtotal thyroidectomy was 4.59% and 4.59%,respectively.For patients with grade 3 thyroid gland,that was 1.81% and 0.30%,respectively and 0.51%,0.72% respectively in malignant cases.In cases complicating thyroiditis temporary recurrent laryngeal nerve injury occurred in 1.01%.Conclusions There is increased risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in giant goiter cases undergoing secondary operations.Hence it is suggested that initial surgical procedure be hemithyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy