1.Diagnostic value of ultrasonography on judgement of prednisone withdraw in subacute thyroiditis
Songbo FU ; Xulei TANG ; Aiyun DENG ; Honghou ZHANG ; Yulong NIE
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2009;32(34):12-15
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of two-dimensional and color Doppler ultrasonngraphy on diagnosis and judgement of prednisone withdraw in patients with subacute thyroiditis.Methods Sixty-six patients with clinically proved subacute thyroiditis underwent two-dimensional and color Doppler ultrasonography before treatment of prednisone. The ultmsonographic features and bloodtlow distribution in thyroid of these patients were analyzed retrospectively. Target of prednisone withdraw was judged according to ultrasonographic images (36 eases) and clinical symptom (30 cases). Results The ultmsonographic features of subacute thyroiditis mainly presented as bilateral or unilateral diffussion or focal low echogenicity in the affected thyroid, and color Doppler ultrasonography showed the increased vascularity around the lesions. Intraarterial bloodflow feature was low velocity and low resistance pattern, prednisone withdraw was performed according to ultrasonographic images after the treatment of prednisone, then relapse rate was decreased compared with the group of clinical symptom [8.33% (3/36) vs 26.67% (8/30)] (P <0.05). Conclusion Two-dimensional and color Doppler ultrasonography is highly valuable for diagnosing and treating subacute thyroiditis.
2.A case report of renal cell carcinoma with initial symptom of multiple subcutaneous nodules
Chinese Journal of Urology 2020;41(8):629-630
Cutaneous metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare. Particularly, it is even more rare that multiple subcutaneous nodules become the first symptom of RCC. On January 19, 2018, a RCC patient with first symptom of multiple subcutaneous nodules was admitted to Wuxi No.2 People’s Hospital. The patient's right renal cancer stage was cT 4N 2M 1, stage Ⅳ. He has no surgical indication and medical treatment was the main strategy. Sunitinib was administered orally five days after the biopsy. He died of multiple brain metastases seven months after the operation. The overall survival was 7 months.
3.Clinical analysis of ribavirin combined with xuebijing in treating 31 patients with severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Zhiping WEI ; Ronghua WANG ; Xulei ZHANG ; Qingyu YANG ; Yangjuan PU
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2018;22(1):131-132,135
Objective To explore the clinical effect of ribavirin combined with xuebijing on the treatment of patients with severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).Methods Totally 61 patients with HFRS were randomly divided into two groups.The treatment group was treated with ribavirin and xuebijing,while the control group was treated with ribavirin.Results The descent speed of serum procalcitonin in the treatment group was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.05).The recovery time of platelet,the recovery time of serum creatinine,the time of Hypotension shock,oliguria time and polyuria time in the treatment group were significantly shorter than the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion The clinical efficacy of ribavirin combined with xuebijing is better than single application of ribavirin in the treatment of patients with HFRS.
4.Nursing students′ negative emotions in Oncology Department:a qualitative study
Jinmei? ZHANG ; Xiaoxin LIU ; Xulei LIN ; Hui CHEN ; Qiuchen XI
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2015;(16):1915-1916,1917
Objective Through learning the sources and coping style of the nursing students′ negative emotions of Oncology Department during internship, to provide the reference of improving clinical nursing teaching. Methods Using phenomenological research methods, we took a depth interview of 10 students, analyzing their real feelings, experiences of their negative emotions, and coping style during internship. Results Five themes were summarized as follows: distrust of patients, lack of psychological adjustment ability, overloaded work, huge clinical teaching requirement, and occupation hazards stress. Facing these negative emotion, nursing students should cope with multiple methods with positive attitude. Conclusions Focusing on Oncology Department students′emotion experience, we should give psychological counseling in time, use effective methods to promote students′physical and mental health, create a innovation teaching mode, and improve the effect of clinical intern.
5.Clinical analysis of ribavirin combined with xuebijing in treating 31 patients with severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Zhiping WEI ; Ronghua WANG ; Xulei ZHANG ; Qingyu YANG ; Yangjuan PU
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2018;22(1):131-132,135
Objective To explore the clinical effect of ribavirin combined with xuebijing on the treatment of patients with severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).Methods Totally 61 patients with HFRS were randomly divided into two groups.The treatment group was treated with ribavirin and xuebijing,while the control group was treated with ribavirin.Results The descent speed of serum procalcitonin in the treatment group was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.05).The recovery time of platelet,the recovery time of serum creatinine,the time of Hypotension shock,oliguria time and polyuria time in the treatment group were significantly shorter than the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion The clinical efficacy of ribavirin combined with xuebijing is better than single application of ribavirin in the treatment of patients with HFRS.
6.Effect of ultrasound scanning route map on the learning effectiveness of cervical ultrasound for beginners
Si CHEN ; Jiao ZHANG ; Yuelun ZHANG ; Xulei CUI ; Gang TAN
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(4):572-576
Objective Using our team's recent research achievement"the cervical ultrasound scanning route map"as a teaching tool,to evaluate its impact on the learning effectiveness and confidence of beginners in the process of learning cervical spinal ultrasonography.Methods This study is a before and after self-control study.After recruit-ment of 40 cervical ultrasound beginners,they had completed questionnaire 1.The questionnaire was designed with three self-assessment questions on theoretical knowledge of cervical spinal ultrasound,three self-assessment ques-tions on practical skills of cervical spinal ultrasound and one question on willingness to use cervical spinal ultra-sound in the future.After traditional teaching without involving the route map,beginners completed questionnaire 2 with the same content.After a 20 min break,teacher introduced and explained the route map to the beginners,then the beginners completed questionnaire 3.Questions related to satisfaction with this learning experience had been added to questionnaire 3.The answers to all questions were scored on a scale of 1-10.In this study,the main out-come was the comprehensive learning score,calculated as(sum score of theoretical knowledge+sum score of prac-tical skills+score of willingness to use cervical ultrasound in the future)/7.Results Beginners'comprehensive learning score at the three time points were 2.9±1.3,4.8±1.8,5.7±1.8,F(2,22)= 52.11,P<0.001,partial Eta squared=0.83.After introducing the route map,their comprehensive learning score increased 1.0(95%CI:0.46-1.49)(P<0.001)compared to scores after traditional training.Conclusions The route map may significantly improve learning effectiveness and confidence of beginners in the field of cervical spinal ultrasonography and can be used as a routine training tool in the teaching of cervical spinal ultrasonography.
7.A survey of anesthesia residents' proficiency in epidural puncture and training needs in China
Qing YUAN ; Yuda FEI ; Yu ZHANG ; Xia RUAN ; Xulei CUI ; Gang TAN ; Jie YI ; Yuguang HUANG
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2019;39(5):522-525
Objective To investigate the anesthesia residents' proficiency in the epidural puncture and training needs using questionnaire survey in China.Methods A questionnaire designed by ourselves was sent to anesthesia residents via the WeChat platform within 1 month.The data were recorded by the system automatically.Results A total of 795 anesthesia residents involved in the investigation,and the number of valid questionnaires was 753 (94.7%).There were 233 (30.9%) junior residents (0-2 yr of training),279 (37.1%) semi-senior residents (3-5 yr of training),and 241 (32.0%) senior residents (>5yr of training).Compared with junior group,the difficulty score for epidural puncture was significantly decreased,and the confidence scores for performing normal middle lumbar,difficult lumbar,lateral lumbar and thoracic epidural puncture were increased in semi-senior and senior groups (P<0.05).Compared with semi-senior group,the difficulty score for epidural puncture was significantly decreased,and the confidence scores for performing normal middle lumbar,difficult lumbar,lateral lumbar and thoracic epidural puncture were increased in senior group (P<0.05).The self-evaluated difficulty of epidural puncture was lower as the number of prior epidural cases was more (r=-0.719,P<0.01).There were 46.6% of the residents who had received simulation-based training before performing epidural puncture on the patient,among which most residents considered the simulation-based training is effective in helping to familiarize with procedure (77.2%),familiarize with anatomy (70.4%),simulate the texture of different layers (47.9%),and enhance success rate of epidural puncture (56.7%).There were 75.0% residents who considered visualization technology is helpful in enhancing the success rate and confidence of epidural puncture.Conclusion Currently,the proficiency of junior anesthesia residents in epidural puncture needs to be strengthened.The simulation-based training has not been widely applied in the epidural training,while residents think high of simulation-based training and are looking forward to visualization technique training.
8.SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity positively correlated with antibody titer and neutralizing activity
Kexin ZHONG ; Yingfen WEN ; Xulei ZHANG ; Xiaomin XING ; Lei YU
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2023;43(9):718-726
Objective:To investigate the antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) in plasma samples from patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and to evaluate its correlation with antibody titer and neutralizing activity.Methods:A simple method for ADCC detection was established using HEK293T cells expressing SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein as target cells and FcγRⅢa-V158-expressing Jurkat cells as effector cells. It was used to analyze the ADCC activity in 38 plasma samples after the ratio of effector cells to target cells was optimized. Plasma-specific antibody was detected by capturing ELISA, which was to capture the C-terminal-tagged recombinant SARS-CoV-2 S protein with an anti-tag antibody. The neutralizing activity in plasma samples was detected using a pseudovirus neutralization assay. Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison between different groups and non-parametric Spearman correlation test was performed for correlation analysis. Results:The seroconversion rates for antibodies specific for S protein, S1 protein and RBD were all 97.4% (37/38), and the dynamic changes in antibody titers with recovery time showed that antibody titers peaked at 3-4 weeks. Among the plasma samples with neutralizing activity, those with antibody titers >1∶320 had stronger neutralizing activity than the plasma samples with antibody titers <1∶320 [IC 50: 749.6 (396.5-3 772.0) vs 81.4 (11.6-228.4), P<0.01]. ADCC activity was detectable in 86.8% (33/38) of the plasma samples, and its dynamic change with recovery time were consistent with that of specific antibody titer with a peak at 3-4 weeks. Correlation analysis showed ADCC was positively correlated with the titers of antibodies specific for S protein, S1 protein and RBD ( r=0.686, 0.535 and 0.471, all P<0.01). A positive correlation was also found between ADCC and neutralizing activity ( r=0.573, P<0.01). Conclusions:This study established a simple method for the detection of ADCC. Results of this study suggested that SARS-CoV-2 could induce specific ADCC in plasma and the ADCC might be associated with non-neutralizing antibodies. Besides, the activity of ADCC peaked at 3-4 weeks. These findings would be of reference value for clinical treatment with convalescent plasma.
9.Drug susceptibility testing and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from 178 children with impetigo
Caiyun BIAN ; Yonghong LU ; Peimei ZHOU ; Min WANG ; Ming CHEN ; Cunhuo JIANG ; Qi CAI ; Xuan LI ; Dawei ZHANG ; Qin RAN ; Haitao XU ; Qianming CHEN ; Yan LIU ; Bo WU ; Zhenyuan WANG ; Nayi CHEN ; Danli XIANG ; Xulei HUANG ; Yong BAO ; Yan LV ; Yafei YIN
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2012;(11):767-770
Objective To test the antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from children with impetigo,and to assess the differences in randomly amplified polymorphic DNA profiles between sensitive and resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.Methods Secretion specimens were obtained from the impetiginous lesions of 178 children,and subjected to bacterial culture.The susceptibility of 162 Staphylococcus aureus isolates against 21 antibiotics was tested.Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR(RAPD-PCR)was performed to characterize the genotype of Staphylococcus aureus.Results Totally,180 bacterial strains were isolated from 178 children with impetigo in Chengdu,including 162(90.00%)Staphylococcus aureus strains.Of the 162 Staphylococcus aureus strains,148 were methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus(MSSA),14 methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA).The most active antibiotic was minocycline,followed by teicoplanin,quinupristin,vancomycin and nitrofurantoin,while the resistance rate to penicillin was highest,followed by that to erythromycin,clindamycin,compound sulfamethoxazole and tetracycline.All the Staphylococcus aureus isolates were sensitive to fusidic acid,nitrofurantoin,vancomycin,minocycline and teicoplanin.According to RAPD-PCR,the 162 Staphylococcus aureus strains were divided into 8 genotypes,with the three most prevalent genotypes being Ⅲ(31.48%),Ⅱ(26.54%)and Ⅵ(25.93%),which accounted for 65.43%(106/162)in all the strains.The 148 MSSA strains fell into 8 genotypes,with genotype Ⅲ(50 strains,33.78%),Ⅵ(39 strains,26.35%)and Ⅱ(33 strains,22.30%)being the most prevalent genotypes;the 14 MRSA strains fell into 3 genotypes,i.e.,genotype Ⅱ(10 strains,71.43%),Ⅵ(3 strains,21.43%),and Ⅲ(1 strain,7.14%).Conclusions Staphylococcus aureus is the most prevalent pathogenic bacteria in children with impetigo in Chengdu area,which is highly sensitive to minocycline,teicoplanin and quinupristin,and falls into 8 genotypes according to RAPD-PCR with genotype Ⅲ being the most common genotype.
10.Application of the saphenous nerve emerging site through the adductor canal in ultrasound-guided adductor canal block
Shuai TANG ; Xinhua SHEN ; Wei HUANG ; Manjiao MA ; Yangyang ZHANG ; Ying WANG ; Xu LI ; Xulei CUI ; Zhonghuang XU ; Chao MA ; Yuguang HUANG
The Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology 2018;34(2):114-117
Objective To study clinical data retrospectively and demonstrate the optimal injection site of adductor canal block by performing a cadaveric study.Methods Clinical part:clinical data from 19 patients,11 males and 8 females,aged 21 85 years,ASA physical status Ⅰ-Ⅲ,who received ultrasound guided adductor canal block were retrospectively collected.Among whom 9 received a mid-distance injection of 10 ml of 0.5% ropivacaine and 10 received an injection of the same medication at the outlet of adductor canal.The primary endpoint was complete absence of cold sensation to ice cube on the medial side of calf at 30 minutes and 24 hours after injection.Cadaveric part:40 lower limbs,20 males and 20 females,were finally analyzed in the study.The distances from the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) to the medial tibial condyle,from ASIS to the entrance of the adductor canal,from ASIS to the exit of the canal (adductor tendinous opening),from ASIS to the site where sa phenous nerve emerges through the aponeurotic covering were measured respectively.The length of adductor canal,the relative location of adductor canal and the site where saphenous nerve pierces in the lower limbs were calculated.Results Clinical part:all 19 cases were successfully recorded with complete absence of cold sensation at 30 minutes after injection of local anesthetic and complete sensory recovery at 24 hours after injection.Cadaveric part:in all specimens,saphenous nerve enters adductor canal and coursed down until emerging at very close to the distal end of the canal with the saphenous branch of descending genicular artery.The length of the adductor canal was (10.0±2.1) cm.The entrance and the exit of adductor canal and the emerging site of the saphenous nerve located along the (54.7±3.0) %,(76.0%±3.8) % and (74.1±3.2) % of sartorius muscle,respectively.Conclusion Performing ultrasound-guided adductor canal block at either the outlet of adductor canal or mid-distance of thigh can achieve comparable blockade of saphenous nerve.Cadaveric study implicated that the optimal injection site for adductor canal block should be the lower one-third of sartorius muscle.Ultrasound-guided injection of local anesthetics next to the descending genicular artery may possibly become a promising new method of saphenous nerve block.