1.A hand measurement study on treatment of diabetic patients with dietary food exchange
Yuewei FANG ; Feilin REN ; Jiangwen DUAN ; Songtao PAN
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2015;9(6):418-422
Objective To study the application of food hand measurement on the diet therapy and evaluate its rationality. Methods According to the method of stratified interception, 415 adults were chosen in Zhoushan City. Their height, weight, fist, hand palm and thumb size were measured. The cooked food volume measurement method was built by the daily dietary food exchange method of hand position measurement, the measured protein foods using the cube and vegetable or oil with common tableware. The cooked volume measurement method was compared with the weighing method applying to diabetic diet. Results The fist and hand palm volume in shorter people were (228.13-310.85) ml and (62.22-84.78) ml, those in the taller people were (250.00-388.95) ml, (68.18-106.08) ml, and those in taller people were (345.00-432.35) ml and (94.09-117.91) ml. In the same height group, when the one's weight was greater, the fist and hand palm volume were larger. When the weight was the same but the height was taller, the fist and hand palm volume were larger. The vegetable oil hand measurement was not appropriate by the measurement of hand position volume. The calories error of proteins and the staple food with hand measurements was larger than weighing method in the tall and obese people, that was not enough in the slim and short people. And the cooked volume measurement method that combined hand measurements with the cube and common tableware was appropriate to diabetic diet. Conclusion The hand measurement method combined with cube and common tableware box was suitable for diet therapy for diabetes. This method could be helpful to increase treatment compliance to balanced diet.
2.The electrophysiological features of patients with anti-neurofascin 155 IgG4 antibodies positive chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Yuting REN ; Zaiqiang ZHANG ; Kang ZHANG ; Na CHEN ; Ying WANG ; Songtao NIU ; Bin CHEN ; Xingao WANG ; Hua PAN
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2022;55(4):312-318
Objective:To investigate the electrophysiological features of patients with anti-neurofascin 155 (NF155) IgG4 antibodies positive chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).Methods:The electrophysiological data of 6 anti-NF155 IgG4 antibodies positive CIDP patients in Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University from September 2018 to May 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Parameters studies included standard motor and sensory nerve conduction studies, electromyography (EMG) and F waves studies. Correlation analysis was made to explore the relationships between clinical indicators and electrophysiological data.Results:There was statistically significant difference in the motor nerve conduction study on abnormal rate of tibial nerve (χ 2=11.08, P=0.011). Motor nerve conduction abnormalities were presented in a majority of patients with decreased motor conduction velocity (MCV) and prolonged distal motor latency (DML). There was no statistically significant difference in the overall abnormal rate between lower limbs and upper limbs (30/32, 93.8% vs 22/22, 100.0%; χ 2=1.43, P=0.508), sensory nerve conduction and motor nerve conduction (52/54, 96.3% vs 42/42, 100.0%; χ 2=1.59, P=0.503). There was statistically significant difference in the overall abnormal rate in median nerve, ulnar nerve and sural nerve (χ 2=14.96, P=0.001;χ 2=10.00, P=0.007; χ 2=9.95, P=0.008),and absent sensory nerve action potential was the most common abnormality in sensory nerve conduction abnormalities. The abnormal rate of EMG was 9/14, which was constituted by upper limbs (4/8) and lower limbs (5/6), and the spontaneous activity accompanied with prolonged duration and increased amplitude of motor unit action potential was common. Significant negative correlations were established between disease duration and compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude and negative area of ulnar nerve ( r=-0.84, P=0.036; r =-0.76, P=0.011), and the correlations between age and MCV of median nerve and ulnar nerve were also found ( r=0.89, P=0.019; r=0.95, P=0.003). The DML of median nerve was negatively correlated with CMAP amplitude ( r=-0.63, P=0.049). Moreover, the correlation analysis revealed associations of the F wave latency with the DML, CMAP amplitude and MCV of tibial nerve ( r= 0.90, P=0.039; r=-0.96, P=0.012; r=-0.96, P=0.010). Conclusions:The motor nerve and sensory nerve, the myelin sheath and axon of peripheral nerves in anti-NF155 IgG4 CIDP patients were largely affected. The CMAP amplitude and negative area of ulnar nerve might be of certain clinical value in reflecting the disease duration.The younger the patients, the more severe the demyelination degree of the upper limbs. The F wave latency of tibial nerve not only reflected the abnormal proximal conduction, but also the distal damage degree of myelin sheath and axon.
3.CAS-R-2 frameless and Leksell frame stereotaxic devices used in trepanation and drainage for patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage: a comparative analysis
Daoqing SU ; Jianxin ZHU ; Guanghua ZHOU ; Yuzuo HUI ; Xueguang ZHANG ; Hanyu SUN ; Chongfu XU ; Songtao REN ; Shigang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2021;20(3):269-274
Objective:To compare the simplicity, safety, efficacy, prognoses and economic burden of CAS-R-2 frameless stereotactic device and Leksell frame stereotactic device in assisting surgery for patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage (ICH, hematoma volume: 20-40 mL).Methods:The clinical data of 120 patients with supratentorial ICH, admitted to our hospital from December 2012 to December 2019, were retrospectively analyzed; trepanation and drainage assisted by CAS-R-2 frameless stereotactic device was performed in 65 patients (frameless group), and trepanation and drainage assisted by Leksell frame stereotactic device was performed in 55 patients (frame group). The differences of surgery time, hematoma evacuation rate 7 d after surgery, incidences of recurrent hemorrhage and intracranial infection during hospitalization, length and expense of hospitalization, and modified Rankin scale (mRs) scores 6 months after surgery were compared between the two groups.Results:As compared with those in the frame group, patients from the frameless group had significantly shorter surgery time ([0.5±0.1] h vs. [2.2±0.5] h), significantly lower incidence of recurrent hemorrhage (0% vs. 9.1%) and significantly lower incidence of intracranial infection (1.5% vs. 9.1%) during hospitalization ( P<0.05). The hospitalization expense of patients from the frame group was significantly lower than that in the frameless group ( P<0.05). There were no significant differences in hematoma evacuation rate 7 d after surgery, length of hospital stays, and mortality and mRs scores 6 months after treatment between the two groups ( P>0.05). Conclusion:For patients with supratentorial ICH, trepanation and drainage assisted by CAS-R-2 frameless stereotactic device has the same curative effect and prognoses as Leksell frame stereotactic one; the former has higher simplicity and clinical safety, and the latter has lower economic burden.
4. The preliminary report of a registration clinical trial of proton and heavy ion irradiation
Jiade LU ; Ming YE ; Xiaomao GUO ; Shen FU ; F. Michael MOYERS ; Qing ZHANG ; Jingfang MAO ; Lin KONG ; Wen Chien HSI ; Kambiz SHAHNAZI ; Jingfang ZHAO ; Zhen ZHANG ; Xiumei MA ; Songtao LAI ; Xiaomeng ZHANG ; Ningyi MA ; Yunsheng GAO ; Xin CAI ; Xiyin GUAN ; Junhua ZHANG ; Bin WU ; Jingyi CHENG ; Yin-xiang-zi SHENG ; Wei REN ; Jun ZHAO ; Lining SUN ; Guoliang JIANG
Chinese Journal of Oncology 2018;40(1):52-56
Objective:
To verify the safety and efficacy of IONTRIS particle therapy system (IONTRIS) in clinical implementation.
Methods:
Between 6.2014 and 8.2014, a total of 35 patients were enrolled into this trial: 31 males and 4 females with a median age of 69 yrs (range 39-80). Ten patients had locally recurrent head and neck tumors after surgery, 4 cases with thoracic malignancies, 1 case with hepatocellular carcinoma, 1 case with retroperitoneal sarcoma, and 19 cases with non-metastatic prostate carcinomas. Phantom dose verification was mandatory for each field before the start of radiation.
Results:
Twenty-two patients received carbon ion and 13 had proton irradiation. With a median follow-up time of 1 year, all patients were alive. Among the 16 patients with head and neck, thoracic, and abdominal/pelvic tumors, 2, 1, 12, and 1 cases developed complete response, partial response, stable disease, or disease progression, respectively. Progression-free survival rate was 93.8% (15/16). Among the 19 patients with prostate cancer, biological-recurrence free survival was 100%. Particle therapy was well tolerated in all 35 patients. Twenty-five patients (71.4%) experienced 33 grade 1 acute adverse effects, which subsided at 1 year follow-up. Six (17.1%) patients developed grade 1 late adverse effects. No significant change in ECOG or body weight was observed.
Conclusions
IONTRIS is safe and effective for clinical use. However, long term follow-up is needed to observe the late toxicity and long term result.