To analyze the impact of sublingual immunotherapy(SLIT)on the quality of life in children with allergic rhinitis.Fifty children with allergic rhinitis who have received sublingual immunotherapy were enrolled in this study.Quality of life was evaluated via measurement of VAS score and rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire(RQLQ)before and after treatment.Twenty patients after treatment had complete remission,13 cases were partly alleviated and 17 cases had no response.The total effective rate was 66%.The Multi-VAS scores and Uni-VAS scores in each observation time point(at half a year,one year,two years after treatment)had statistically significant difference compared with that of pre-treatment with SLIT(<0.05).According to RQLQ scores,the quality of life,nasal symptoms,conjunctiva symptoms,non-nasal(ocular)symp-toms,behaviors and emotional responses were greatly improved in each time point compared with that of pretreatment(<0.05).Symptomatic treatment scores in each time point after treatment were significantly different and had a positive correlation with the scores of RQLQ(<0.05).SLIT can improve the nasal allergic symptoms,children's life quality and reduce the use of symptomatic treatment medicines.
Administration, Sublingual ; Child ; Humans ; Quality of Life ; Rhinitis, Allergic ; therapy ; Sublingual Immunotherapy ; Treatment Outcome

OBJECTIVETo analyze the causes of injury and poisoning during construction of urbanization and industrialization and to explore proper measures.

METHODSThe data of the patients with injury and poisoning during construction of urbanization and industrialization treated in out hospital from 1998 to 2002 were retrospectively analyzed.

RESULTSThe number of discharged patients of injury and poisoning accounted for 29.2% of the total number (49800) of discharged patients in the corresponding period in our hospital, which was greater than that of other city and county hospitals, and accounted for 94.3% of the total number (15,411) of discharged patients of the Surgery Department in the corresponding period in our hospital. Injuries caused by motor vehicle traffic accidents, cutting and piercing instruments or objects, homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons and accidental falls held 78.9%. The number of the inpatients in 2002 increased by 83.3% compared with that of 1998, the number of injured and poisoned inpatients increased by 76.1% and these patients aged mainly at age of 15-39 years, holding 80.1%. In a year, the peak period of trauma patients was in summer because of hot weather; the fewest in February for the floating people went home for Spring Festival holidays.

CONCLUSIONSDuring construction of rural urbanization and industrialization, injuries and poisoning increase evidently and are the main tasks of surgical management. So to raise its treatment level and therapeutic effect is a key point.

Accident Prevention ; Accidents, Occupational ; statistics & numerical data ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Distribution ; Cause of Death ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Hospitalization ; statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Industry ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Trauma ; epidemiology ; etiology ; Poisoning ; epidemiology ; etiology ; Probability ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Assessment ; Sex Distribution ; Survival Analysis ; Urbanization

This paper briefly introduced seven cases of malfunctions occurred in the VARIAN IX linear accelerator during operation, i.e., control board malfunction of electronic gun (GFIL interlock), modulator malfunction (HVCB interlock), energy programming board malfunction (EXQ1), energy conversion potentiometer malfunction (CARR interlock), MLC malfunction, thermostat valve malfunction (PUMP interlock) and ionization chamber malfunction (ION interlock). Moreover, malfunction cases analyzed and troubleshooting methods presented in this paper can provide reference for coleagues.