1.Predictive value of combined measurement of D-dimer, fibrinogen, and peripheral blood leukocyte count for severity of acute pancreatitis
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2017;33(8):1522-1526
Objective To explore the predictive value of combined measurement of D-dimer (D-D),fibrinogen (FIB),and peripheral blood leukocyte count (PBLC) for the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP).Methods We collected the clinical data of 134 hospitalized patients who were diagnosed with AP in the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University from January 2014 to January 2016.These patients were divided into mild acute pancreatitis (MAP) group (n =72) and severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) group (n =62).Also,these patients were divided into hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis (HAP) group (n =43) and biliogenic acute pancreatitis (BAP) group (n =91).The initial measurements of D-D,FIB,and PBLC for the patients who were admitted to the hospital within 24 hours of onset and received no treatment before admission were collected.The t test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data,while the Mann-Whitney U test was used for non-normally distributed continuous data.The chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data.In addition,the Spearman correlation test and Pearson correlation test were used for correlation analyses.The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive values of D-D,FIB,and PBLC for the severity of AP.Results Compared with the MAP group,the SAP group had significantly increased D-D and FIB levels in peripheral blood (Z =-3.171,P =0.002;t =-2.339,P =0.021).Compared with the HAP group,the BAP group had a significantly higher D-D level (Z =-4.178,P < 0.001),an insignificantly higher FIB level (P > 0.05),and a significantly lower PBLC (t =2.466,P =0.015).The areas under the ROC curve (AUCs) of D-D,FIB,and PBLC were 0.659,0.611,and 0.591,respectively,and D-D had a higher value than FIB and PBLC in predicting the severity of SAP.The AUC of a combination of D-D,FIB,and PBLC was 0.712.Plasma D-D and FIB levels were positively correlated with the severity of AP (r =0.275 and 0.192,P =0.001 and 0.026).Conclusions D-D,FIB,and PBLC are important for early judgment of the severity of AP,and a combination of the three markers has greater significance.
2.Preliminarily Proposed Diagnostic Criteria of Pathological Internet Use
Wenzheng WANG ; Ran TAO ; Yajuan NIU ; Qi CHEN ; Junpu JIA ; Xilin WANG ; Qingmei KONG ; Chenghua TIAN
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2009;23(12):890-894
Objective:To establish a preliminary diagnostic criteria of pathological internet use for field test in China.Methods:Through searching common "pathological internet use" diagnostic criteria or screen criteria in literature,a diagnostic criteria items pool and a preliminary diagnostic criteria of "pathological internet use" were established .According to the diagnostic criteria,each 2 senior professional psychiatrists in turn interviewed 79 patients and their parents,and then made diagnosis respectively. In addiction,44 high school students were each evaluated by one psychiatrist.The definite diagnosis was made when 2 evaluators make the same diagnosis for one patient.Result:In 123 patients,54 were pathological internet use.For diagnosis,the value of kappa for inter-rater reliability was 0.812( P<0.001).In the 12 criteria items,2 for poor inter-rater reliability and 4 for little contribution to diagnosis were eliminated.In the reserved 6 items,if 4 items(or more)were positive,the diagnostic sensitivity was 78.9% and specificity was 95.3%.Functional impairment criteria were made strictly.In the patients who were made the definite diagnosis,90.7% had duration of illness above 3 months,and 77.7% above 6 months.Conclusion:The preliminary diagnostic criteria of pathological internet use after revised includes 6 symptom criteria,3 functional impairment criteria,duration of illness and exclusive criteria.The criteria proposed is with high consistency on evaluations made by psychiatric raters,and with operational convenience.The criteria,after further revised,may fit the clinical application.
3.Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of pseudorabies virus variants isolated from Guangdong province of southern China during 2013–2014.
Jindai FAN ; Xiduo ZENG ; Guanqun ZHANG ; Qiwen WU ; Jianqiang NIU ; Baoli SUN ; Qingmei XIE ; Jingyun MA
Journal of Veterinary Science 2016;17(3):369-375
Outbreaks of pseudorabies (PR) have occurred in southern China since late 2011, resulting in significant economic impacts on the swine industry. To identify the cause of PR outbreaks, especially among vaccinated pigs, 11 pseudorabies virus (PRV) field strains were isolated from Guangdong province during 2013–2014. Their major viral genes (gE, TK, gI, PK, gD, 11K, and 28K) were analyzed in this study. Insertions or deletions were observed in gD, gE, gI and PK genes compared with other PRV isolates from all over the world. Furthermore, sequence alignment showed that insertions in gD and gE were unique molecular characteristics of the new prevalent PRV strains in China. Phylogenetic analysis showed that our isolates were clustered in an independent branch together with other strains isolated from China in recent years, and that they showed a closer genetic relationship with earlier isolates from Asia. Our results suggest that these isolates are novel PRV variants with unique molecular signatures.
Asia
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China*
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Disease Outbreaks
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Genes, Viral
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Herpesvirus 1, Suid*
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Pseudorabies*
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Sequence Alignment
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Swine
4.Clinical effect of cognitive behavioral Intervention on the cognitive level and quality of life in patients with venous thromboembolism
Qian ZHANG ; Ying YU ; Tao YANG ; Peiying WANG ; Jia LI ; Qingmei NIU ; Binliang ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2017;33(26):2001-2006
Objective To explore the effectof cognitive behavioral Intervention on the quality of life and cognitive lever of patients with venous thrombus embolism. Methods 164 patients with Venous Thrombus Embolism were randomly divided into control group and research group, the control group received routine care, The study group received cognitive behavior intervention. The cognitive lever and quality of life score was measured between before and after the intervention. Results Before the intervention, the difference score of living quality and cognitive lever in the two groups has no statistical significance (P > 0.05), and after intervention, the cognition lever and the three aspects of risk factors, anticoagulant knowledge and treatment methods of research group scored (28.47 ± 7.63), (7.38 ± 2.48), (6.82±2.73), (3.64±1.59) points which were significantly higher than the control group scored (20.54±5.49), (4.31±2.14), (3.72±1.62), (2.18±1.36) points (t=7.635, 8.469, 8.822, 6.299, P<0.01),the quality of life and four dimensions of daily life ability, pain, social activities, mental scored ( 37.04 ± 7.08), [9.00 (5.00, 11.00)],(9.04 ± 1.55),(5.52 ± 1.59),(14.00 ± 3.06) points which showed great improvement than the control group scored [49.50(39.75-59.25)], [11.50 (6.75, 16.00)], (10.05 ± 1.65), (7.95 ± 2.19), (19.18 ± 3.88) points. There were significant difference in the quality of life and four dimensions between the two groups. (Z=-3.558,-2.143, t=2.102, 4.274, 4.991, P<0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions The quality of life for the venous thrombus embolism patients were in lower level. The cognitive behavioral intervention could correcting their bad behavior and negative emotions, eventually improve the quality of life of venous thrombus embolism patients.
5. Effect of individual exercise prescription on walking ability of patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans of lower limbs
Qingmei NIU ; Ying YU ; Peiying WANG ; Qian ZHANG ; Jia LI
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2019;35(13):998-1002
Objective:
To explore whether individualized exercise prescription can improve the walking ability of patients with lower extremity arteriosclerosis occlusion (ASO).
Methods:
A total of 64 ASO patients with ankle brachial index (ABI) between 0.6 and 0.9 were randomly divided into the observation group (32 cases) and the control group (32 cases), Patients in the control group received routine nursing intervention, and patients in the observation group received nursing intervention based on individualized exercise prescription, ABI and walking impaired questionnaire (WIQ) scales were measured at admission and 12 weeks after intervention.
Results:
There was no statistically significant difference in ABI values before and after the intervention of the control group (
6.Expression of NDV HN protein in rice and development of a semi-quantitative rapid method for detection of antibodies.
Shenli ZHANG ; Qianru XU ; Jifei YANG ; Qingmei LI ; Yaning SUN ; Xueyang LI ; Yanan WANG ; Xiangxiang NIU ; Xiaotian QU ; Jinxuan CHEN ; Erqin ZHANG ; Gaiping ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2022;38(5):1981-1993
The aim of this study was to develop a semi-quantitative immunochromatographic method for rapid detection of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) antibodies by expressing HN protein in rice endosperm bioreactor. The recombinant plasmid pUC57-HN was digested by MlyⅠ and XhoⅠ to retrieve the HN gene, while the intermediate vector pMP3 containing promoter, signal peptide and terminator was digested by NaeⅠ and XhoⅠ. The HN gene and the linearized pMP3 were purified and ligated to form a recombinant plasmid pMP3-HN1. Subsequently, pMP3-HN1 and plant vector pCAMBIA1300 were digested by EcoRⅠ and Hind Ⅲ, and the HN1 gene was cloned into pCAMBIA1300. The recombinant plasmid pCAMBIA1300-HN1 was introduced into Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA105 by electrotransformation, and the pCAMBIA1300-HN1 was transferred into rice callus by agrobacterium-mediated method. After dark culture, callus screening, differentiation, rooting and transplanting, transgenic rice seeds were obtained 4 months later. PCR identified that the HN gene has been inserted into the rice genome. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting indicated that the HN protein was successfully expressed in the positive rice endosperm. The purity of the HN protein was more than 90% by SP cation exchange chromatography and gel filtration chromatography. According to the national standards for the diagnostic techniques of Newcastle disease HI test (HI≥4log2, positive antibody reaction), a colloidal gold labeled purified HN protein was used to prepare a semi-quantitative test strip by double-antibody sandwich method for rapid detection of NDV antibody. The results showed that the test strip did not cross-react with positive sera against other viruses, and the sensitivity of the test strip reached 1:102 400 for standard positive sera of Newcastle disease. Testing of a total of 308 clinical sera showed that the compliance rate of the test strip with HI test was 97.08%, and the Kappa value was 0.942. In conclusion, high purity recombinant HN protein was obtained from rice endosperm, and a simple, rapid, highly sensitive and highly specific semi-quantitative immunochromatographic strip was developed. The test strip could be used for immune evaluation of the Newcastle disease vaccine.
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Antibodies, Viral
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Chickens
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HN Protein/metabolism*
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Newcastle Disease/prevention & control*
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Newcastle disease virus/metabolism*
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Oryza/genetics*