1.Outcome evaluation of the drug withdrawl mode as used at inpatient pharmacy
Huiying XUE ; Lin QIU ; Luhong HU ; Jin LI ; Yi LIU ; Juan LI
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2019;35(3):257-261
Drug withdrawal has always been a tough challenge in drug quality management for the pharmacist. In order to optimize the drug withdrawal process, the hospital has introduced an inpatient pharmacy IT system. This system can efficiently minimize the drug withdrawal rate of major departments and withdrawal counts due to substandard quality problems, thus sizably avoiding human resource wastes in the conventional withdrawal process, reducing drug quality problem, enhancing management efficiency and efficiency of nursing staff and pharmacists, and ensuring clinical drug use safety.
2.Vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 in patients with pulmonary hypertension: A national prospective cohort study
Xiaohan WU ; Jingyi LI ; Jieling MA ; Qianqian LIU ; Lan WANG ; Yongjian ZHU ; Yue CUI ; Anyi WANG ; Cenjin WEN ; Luhong QIU ; Yinjian YANG ; Dan LU ; Xiqi XU ; Xijie ZHU ; Chunyan CHENG ; Duolao WANG ; Zhicheng JING
Chinese Medical Journal 2024;137(6):669-675
Background::Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has potential risks for both clinically worsening pulmonary hypertension (PH) and increasing mortality. However, the data regarding the protective role of vaccination in this population are still lacking. This study aimed to assess the safety of approved vaccination for patients with PH.Methods::In this national prospective cohort study, patients diagnosed with PH (World Health Organization [WHO] groups 1 and 4) were enrolled from October 2021 to April 2022. The primary outcome was the composite of PH-related major adverse events. We used an inverse probability weighting (IPW) approach to control for possible confounding factors in the baseline characteristics of patients.Results::In total, 706 patients with PH participated in this study (mean age, 40.3 years; mean duration after diagnosis of PH, 8.2 years). All patients received standardized treatment for PH in accordance with guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of PH in China. Among them, 278 patients did not receive vaccination, whereas 428 patients completed the vaccination series. None of the participants were infected with COVID-19 during our study period. Overall, 398 patients received inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine, whereas 30 received recombinant protein subunit vaccine. After adjusting for baseline covariates using the IPW approach, the odds of any adverse events due to PH in the vaccinated group did not statistically significantly increase (27/428 [6.3%] vs. 24/278 [8.6%], odds ratio = 0.72, P = 0.302). Approximately half of the vaccinated patients reported at least one post-vaccination side effects, most of which were mild, including pain at the injection site (159/428, 37.1%), fever (11/428, 2.6%), and fatigue (26/428, 6.1%). Conclusions::COVID-19 vaccination did not significantly augment the PH-related major adverse events for patients with WHO groups 1 and 4 PH, although there were some tolerable side effects. A large-scale randomized controlled trial is warranted to confirm this finding. The final approval of the COVID-19 vaccination for patients with PH as a public health strategy is promising.
3.Interpretation of JCS 2023 Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis
Song ZHANG ; Luhong QIU ; Yingxian LIU ; Xiqi XU
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2024;15(2):320-327
JCS 2023 Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis offers a new perspective on the definition, classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, diagnostic, treatment and management of myocarditis. It also provides recommendations to clinicians on the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis which are more suitable for clinical practice. Given that no myocarditis guidance document has recently been issued in China, this article provides a comprehensive interpretation of the key points of this guideline combined with the latest research, so as to provide reference for the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis in our country.