1.Efficacy of combination of toy and cartoon video-assisted admission in preventing agitation during recovery from general anesthesia in preschool children
Meixue ZHANG ; Jingwen LIANG ; Yaqi ZHENG ; Yulian WANG ; Tingting YU ; Shuyi FENG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2021;37(15):1163-1168
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of combination of toy and cartoon video-assisted admission in preventing agitation during recovery from general anesthesia in preschool children.Methods:Totally 96 children who undergoing elective surgery from July 2018 to October 2019 in Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center were divided into experimental group ( n=48) and control group ( n=48). Two groups were admitted to the general preoperative waiting room for 60 minutes before the operation, and children in the experimental group recieved toy and cartoon video combination intervention, while children in the control group were subjected to routine nursing intervention. The children′s agitation was assessed by using Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale (PAED) when children entered the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), 10 minutes after in PACU and leave PACU. In addition, the vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate of the two groups were also recorded. Results:The emergence time and duration of PACU stay in the experimental group were (17.19±1.76) minutes and (22.47±2.36) minutes, significantly shortern than in the control group (18.36±2.19) minutes and (23.82±2.62) minutes, the difference was statistically significant ( t values were 2.760, 2.546, P<0.05). 10 minutes after in PACU and out of PACU, the PAED scores, systolic pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate was [7.56±1.86, 4.60±1.19, (108.12±10.19)mmHg, (102.72±8.55) mmHg, (112.91±6.10) times/minute, (106.39±6.75) times/minute, (18.87±1.98) times/minute, (17.49±1.68) times/minute], significantly lower than those in the control group [13.40±1.47, 6.71±2.21, (116.73±14.17)mmHg, (107.62±12.44) mmHg, (121.07±8.07) times/minute, (114.69±5.78) times/minute, (20.96±1.86) times/minute, (18.47±1.63) times/minute], the difference was statistically significant ( t values were 2.162-16.332, P<0.05). Conclusion:Toy and cartoon video combine-assisted admission can reduce the agitation and stable vital signs during recovery from general anesthesia in preschool children.
2.Evidence-based practice in the prevention of surgical site infections in pediatric patients undergoing orthopedic implant surgery
Lifen YANG ; Ning WANG ; Meixue ZHANG ; Xiran LI ; Jianping WU
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2023;29(31):4289-4297
Objective:To construct and implement an evidence-based practice protocol for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) in pediatric patients undergoing orthopedic implant surgery based on the best available evidence, and to evaluate its effectiveness in a clinical setting.Methods:Adhering to the standard procedures of a continuous quality improvement model based on evidence, evidence was transformed into clinical practice through four stages: evidence acquisition, current status review, evidence introduction, and effect evaluation. Totally 301 pediatric patients who underwent orthopedic implant surgery from March to December 2021 at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, along with 79 medical staff involved in the project implementation were selected by convenience sampling. Patients were divided into three groups according to the time of admission for baseline review (from March to May, n=106), first-round review post-implementation of the evidence-based protocol (from June to August, n=110), and second-round review (from September to December, n=85). Comparisons were made regarding the incidence of SSI in pediatric patients before and after the application of the evidence-based protocol, the knowledge level of medical staff concerning SSI associated with orthopedic implant surgeries in pediatric patients, and the execution of review indicators before and after the application of evidence. Results:Following the implementation of the evidence-based protocol, the incidence of SSI in pediatric patients undergoing orthopedic implant surgery reduced significantly from 8.49% in the baseline review to 0 in the second-round review ( P<0.05). Furthermore, there was a statistically significant increase ( P<0.01) in the scores denoting the knowledge level of medical staff on SSI associated with such surgeries, from (75.91±11.19) to (96.42±7.13). Comparison of the execution of review standards before and after evidence application revealed statistically significant differences ( P<0.05 in all cases) . Conclusions:The initiation of this evidence-based practice project can standardize perioperative diagnostic and nursing behaviors of orthopedic implant surgery in medical and nursing staff, effectively safeguard the safety of pediatric patients, and reduce the occurrence of SSI.
3.Clinical features of 11 newborn infants with fulminant myocarditis
Ping XU ; Qinghua SHEN ; Chunyan YANG ; Baoyun LI ; Qiaozhi YANG ; Fengmin LIU ; Meixue LI ; Zhimin ZHANG ; Cong LI
Chinese Journal of Neonatology 2018;33(3):196-199
Objective To study the clinical features,diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of neonatal fulminant myocarditis.Method From January 2016 to August 2016,clinical data of neonates with fulminant myocarditis admitted to the neonatal intense care unit (NICU) were retrospectively collected and analyzed.Result A total of 11 neonates were enrolled,including 6 males and 5 females,and 5 preterms and 6 full term infants.The average gestation age was (37.7 ± 1.6) weeks and their weight on hospital admission was (3 382 ± 675) g.Among the infants,9 got ill in summer and 2 in spring and winter.The onset of illness was within 3 ~ 5 d after birth in 8 cases and 2 ~ 3 weeks in the other 3 cases.The main clinical presentations included fever,anorexia,shortness of breath and lethargy.Various degrees of cardiac dysfunction appeared in all 11 cases,including cardiogenic shock in 10 cases,severe arrhythmias with multiple organ dysfunction in 7 cases,and viral meningitis in 7 cases.10 infants had significantly elevated brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and troponin Ⅰ,and those with troponin Ⅰ above 20 μg/L had poor prognosis.A comprehensive treatment of limiting liquid volume,high-dose adrenocortical steroids,and IVIG were carried out.Meanwhile,therapy to prevent shock,improve cardiac function,reverse arrhythmia,and mechanical ventilation were used in children with dyspnea.7 cases were cured and 6 patients were followedup for 6 to 12 months.Among the 6 followed-up patients,within 1 ~3 months after discharge,4 cases had normal echocardiogram,and persistently abnormal echocardiogram were found in the other 2 cases and eventually confirmed as dilated cardiomyopathy.4 patients were dead.Conclusion The clinical manifestations of neonatal fulminant myocarditis are unspecific.It's difficult to recognize the early symptoms,missed and delayed diagnosis are common,resulting in high mortality rate.Timely diagnosis and effective treatment can improve the survival rate.
4.Efficacy analysis of anti-platelet in the treatment of high-risk non-disabling ischemic cerebrovascular events guided by point-of-care testing of CYP2C19 gene
Xiaoru ZHU ; Guofang CHEN ; Meixue YAO ; Guanzhi SHI ; Xiaoya ZHOU ; Wenli ZHANG ; Lei WANG ; Weiwei LIU ; Hui XU ; Chen WANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2023;56(4):365-373
Objective:To explore the efficacy and safety of different anti-platelet regimens in the treatment of high-risk non-disabling ischemic cerebrovascular events (HR-NICE) guided by point-of-care testing of CYP2C19 gene. Methods:A single-centre, prospective, randomised, open-label, and blinded endpoint design was uesd in the study. From July 2020 to January 2022, HR-NICE patients were enrolled in the Stroke Green Channel and Department of Neurology of Xuzhou Central Hospital, and all patients were scraped the buccal mucosa for screening for CYP2C19 loss-of-function allele carriers by point-of-care testing . Patients with intermediate metabolism were defined as those who carried 1 loss-of-function allele and patients with poor metabolism were those who carried 2 loss-of-function alleles. This study reduced the test turnaround time to 1 hour by using a fully automated medical polymerase chain reaction analyzer for a point-of-care test of CYP2C19 genotype. CYP2C19 loss-of-function allele carriers were divided according to the random number table method into the conventional treatment group (clopidogrel 75 mg, once a day), the ticagrelor group (ticagrelor 90 mg, twice a day) and the intensive dose group (clopidogrel 150 mg, once a day) separately combined with aspirin (100 mg, once a day) dual antiplatelet for 21 days. Baseline information, Acute Stroke Org 10172 Treatment Trial staging, 90-day modified Rankin Scale score, occurrence of adverse events and severe adverse events were collected for all the 3 groups. The primary efficacy outcome was new stroke within 90 days, and the primary safety outcome was severe or moderate bleeding within 90 days. Results:A total of 716 patients were included: 240 in the conventional treatment group, 240 in the ticagrelor group and 236 in the intensive dose group. There was no statistically significant difference between the 3 groups at baseline (all P>0.05). There were 26 cases (10.8%) with new stroke events in the conventional treatment group, 11 cases (4.6%) in the ticagrelor group and 4 cases (1.7%) in the intensive dose group, with statistically significant differences among the 3 groups (χ 2=19.28, P<0.05), and the differences between the conventional treatment group and the ticagrelor group (χ 2=6.59, P=0.010) and between the conventional treatment group and the intensive dose group (χ 2=16.83, P<0.001) were statistically significant, whereas the difference between the ticagrelor group and the intensive dose group was not statistically significant ( P>0.05). In the 3 groups, there was 1 case (0.4%) of severe bleeding in the conventional treatment group, 6 cases (2.5%) in the ticagrelor group and none in the intensive dose group, which showed statistically significant differences (χ 2=7.23, P<0.05), and there was statistically significant difference between the ticagrelor group and the intensive dose group ( P=0.030). Among the patients with intermediate CYP2C19 metabolism, there were 13 cases (13/158, 8.2%) with 90-day recurrent stroke in the conventional treatment group, 4 cases (4/153, 2.6%) in the ticagrelor group, and 0 case (0/159) in the intensive dose group, with statistically significant difference (χ 2=16.04, P<0.001), and the differences between the intensive dose group and the conventional treatment group were statistically significant (χ 2=13.64, P<0.001), whereas there was no statistically significant difference between the intensive dose group and the ticagrelor group ( P>0.05). In the patients with 90-day recurrent stroke in the intensive dose group, there was 0 case (0/159) with intermediate metabolism and 4 cases (4/77,5.2%) with poor metabolism, with statistically significant differences ( P=0.011), whereas there were no statistically significant differences in the conventional treatment group and the ticagrelor group ( P>0.05). Conclusions:Screening carriers of CYP2C19 loss-of-function alleles by point-of-care testing can quickly and precisely guide the treatment of patients with non-cardiogenic HR-NICE. An intensive clopidogrel dose of 150 mg, once a day combined with aspirin was effective in reducing stroke recurrence with less occurrence of any bleeding and adverse events, and patients with intermediate CYP2C19 metabolism may be the best population to benefit.
5.Adult suspected primary hemophagocytic syndrome complicated with aggressive natural killer cell leukemia: report of one case and review of literature
Yintian ZHANG ; Ya GAO ; Ying XU ; Dongmao ZHU ; Weiru LI ; Xiaoyin BU ; Jinman ZHONG ; Shengchun CAI ; Meixue DU ; Baohong PING
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2021;30(8):475-479
Objective:To improve the understanding of adult primary hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) with aggressive natural killer cell leukemia (ANKL).Methods:The clinicopathological data of one adult patient with suspected primary HPS complicated with ANKL in Huiqiao Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University in October 2017 were retrospectively analyzed, and literatures were reviewed.Results:A 21-year-old male patient presented with persistent fever, hemocytopenia, splenomegaly, low fibrinogen, a significant increase in ferritin, hemophagocytes in bone marrow, decreased natural killer (NK) cell activity, and increased soluble CD25. Flow cytometry detection showed that the expression of NK cells was abnormal, and there were familial lysosomal trafficking regulator (LYST) and UNC13D gene defects. He was suspected of primary HPS complicated with ANKL. The patient was given 4 courses of EPOCH+PEG-Asp (etoposide, dexamethasone, vindesine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, pegaspargase) regimen chemotherapy, 20 mg of citalopidine twice a week maintenance therapy and matched unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. After 35 months of follow-up, he got sustained remission.Conclusions:Even if there are secondary causes of adult HPS, it is necessary to screen out related genes to avoid misdiagnosis. HPS patients with ANKL progress rapidly, and the early mortality is high. EPOCH+ PEG-Asp regimen induction therapy and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation should be used as early as possible after diagnosis.