1.Investigation of psychological status of organ donation coordinators
Tianwei XIONG ; Ming ZHANG ; Yue'e TANG ; Yang YANG
Organ Transplantation 2017;8(5):371-375
Objective To investigate the psychological status of organ donation coordinators. Methods The anxiety, depression, sleep quality and personality characteristics of 40 organ donation coordinators were assessed by self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depressive scale (SDS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ), respectively. Results The SAS and SDS scores of the organ donation coordinators were significantly higher than those of the norm group (t=23.372, 9.743; both P<0.05). The component scores of sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication and daytime function, and the total score of PSQI of the organ donation coordinators were significantly higher than those in the norm group (t=8.054, 7.274, 6.634, 10.613, 8.376, 19.166, 8.496, 17.372; all P<0.05). In terms of EPQ score, the N dimension score of male organ donation coordinators were considerably higher than that of the norm group (P<0.05). No statistical significance was identified in the N dimension score between the female organ donation coordinators and the norm group (P>0.05). The P,E and L dimension scores of the male and female organ donation coordinators did not significantly differ from those of the norm group (all P>0.05). Conclusions Organ donation coordinators present with varying degree of anxiety, depression and poor sleep quality, which deserves sufficient attention. Positive measures should be taken to mitigate these symptoms.
2.Longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy for paediatric chronic pancreatitis with dilated pancreatic ducts
Tianwei SHAO ; Mingman ZHANG ; Qiang XIONG ; Bailin CHEN
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2019;25(2):116-119
Objective To analyze the results of longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy in treatment of paediatric chronic pancreatitis with dilated pancreatic ducts.Methods A retrospective study was carried out on 13 patients with paediatric chronic pancreatitis complicated with dilated pancreatic ducts treated with longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy in Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from December 2011 to January 2017.The perioperative morbidity and mortality rates,long-term treatment results and postoperative growth of these children were analyzed.Results The 13 patients all underwent successful surgery.In 11 patients,the serum and urine amylase levels returned to normal after 8 days of operation,and the abdominal pain disappeared completely.In 1 patient,the abdominal pain gradually disappeared in 1 year,and the serum and urine amylase levels gradually returned to normal.This patient gained weight well.In the remaining patient who had severe pancreatic atrophy,the patient took high-fat diets before and after surgery,and drank alcohol occasionally.The patient developed repeated attacks of abdominal pain with occasional increase in serum and urine amylase levels and had poor weight gain.There were no complications such as postoperative bleeding,pancreatic leakage and intestinal obstruction in this study.The body weight and growth rates of the whole group of patients before and 1 year after surgery were different.Conclusion Longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy for paediatric chronic pancreatitis complicated with dilated pancreatic ducts was safe and effective in alleviating symptoms,improving quality of life,and resulted in normal growth of these children.