Objective:To examine the occurrence of seizures and perioperative risk factors in children after obtaining cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).Methods:Electroencephalograph (EEG) and cerebral oxygen saturation (ScO 2) were monitored in 87 patients (aged 3 days-110 months, with the median at 4.4 months) and they were admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) from May 2018 to April 2019, with 77 patients for 72 h after CPB and 10 cases with clinical seizures after CICU discharge for 8-180 h. Clinical data were recorded every 4 hours, including blood pressure, central venous pressure (CVP), temperature, arterial blood gases, lactate, doses of Dopamine, Milrinone, and Adrenalin, and daily C-reaction protein (CRP) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP). Demographic data, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery(STAT) mortality classification and clinical outcomes (duration of mechanical ventilation, CICU and hospital stay, and death) were recorded. Results:Seizures occurred in 24 patients (27.6%) within 48 h after CPB.EEG seizures appeared in 7 patients, both EEG and clinical seizures in 7 patients, and clinical seizures in 10 patients.Three patients developed epilepsy.There were 2 hospital deaths and both had EEG seizures.Patients with seizures had higher STAT categories, longer operative time and worse clinical outcomes (all P<0.05). Univariate regression revealed that the occurrence of seizures was positively related to adrenalin, temperature, lactate level (all P<0.01), blood pressure, CVP (all P<0.05) and CRP ( P<0.1), and negatively correlated with arterial carbon dioxide tension[ pa(CO 2)], ScO 2 and dose of Milrinone (all P<0.05). In multivariate regression, only dose of Adrenalin ( P<0.001) and lactate level ( P<0.01) remained significant. Conclusions:The incidence of seizures was high in children after CPB.Numerous perioperative factors that were related to seizures were identified.The most significant risk factors were higher dose of adrenaline and lactate level.Studies on neurological injury after CPB are urgently needed in China in order to reduce brain injury and improve neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Genomic DNA of the two bacterial strains including Escherichia coli DH5? and Enterobacter cloacae E 26R were amplified by PCR with specific primers of ERIC sequence Each strain showed the stable and unique DNA fingerprint when PCR products were analyzed in agarose gel electrophoresis The stability of the genomic DNA fingerprint wasn't influenced by the templet from 10ng to 100ng In the fingerprints there were characteristic bands The unique band was influenced difficultly due to the change of the environment and condition of experiment DH5? and E 26R were mixed proportionately, and examined by ERIC PCR The result showed that the DNA fingerprints of the mixture were the superposition of each pure bacterium's Analysis of the main bands showed that DH5? can be examined by ERIC PCR when its concentration gets to 0 5% of the total mixed bacteria The study provides the reference for the research of soil microbe and environmental microbe, and especially can be used for quick identification and examination of the sundry bacterial contamination in the fermentation industry

Objective To evaluated the early and mid-term results of arterial switch operation (ASO) for patients with intramural coronary artery.Methods From September 2008 to March 2012,75 patients underwent ASO at Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center for repair of transposition of the great arteries and Taussig-Bing anomaly.Among these patients,7patients (9.3％) had an intramural coronary artery.Mean age at operation was 2.4 months (2 days to 1 year) and mean body weight was(4.3 ±2.2) kg.The TGA and VSD in 3 cases,TGA/IVS in 2,and Taussig-Bing anomaly in 2.Among them 3 patients had an aortic arch anomaly,interruption of the aortic arch in 1 and coarctation of the aorta in 1.The individual coronary button technique was used in coronary transfer in 7 patients,of whom one patient required to unroof the intramural segment,an-other one required to unroof the intramural segment and enlarge with autologous pericardium the because of myocardial ischemia.There was 1 operative death because of low cardiac output syndrome.This patient underwent a coronary transfer combining aortic arch repair but without unroofing the stenotic intramural segment.The mortality was 14.2％.In the same period the mortality for 68 patients without an intramural coronary artery was 4.4％ (3/68).There was no statistical difference in mortalitv between the patients with and without an intramural coronary artery (P ＞ 0.05).Results 6 patients follow-up 4 to 47months.There was no late death.No intramural coronary artery obstruction was identified by cardiac computerize temography.All patients had normal ventricular function and were in NYHA class Ⅰ during follow-up.The intramural coronary artery is well known as a risk factor of ASO.Conclusion The technique of coronary transfer should be individually adapted to each anatomical situation.Individual technique for coronary transfer has excellent results.

Objective In recent years , multivariate pattern analysis ( MVPA) method was proposed and considered to be a promising tool for automated identification of various neuropsychiatric populations .Support vector machine ( SVM) is one of the most widely used methods of MVPA .Using SVM classifier for MVPA of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and normal control (NC) group, the present study aims to build an individual diagnostic model with significant discriminative power and investigate the gray matter abnor-malities of aMCI patients . Methods Fifty-one aMCI patients and 68 normal controls were scanned on the 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for high-resolution T1-weighted images.Gray matter volume map was calculated for each subject and used as features for subsequent discriminative analysis .We first applied feature selection to remove redundant information and reduce feature dimension , and then trained an SVM classifier . Leave-one-out cross validation ( LOOCV) was used to estimate the performance of the classifier , and finally the most discriminative features were identified . Results The proposed classifier achieved a classification accuracy of 83.19%with a sensitivity of 76.47%and a specificity of 88.24%.In ad-dition, the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.8368.Further analysis revealed that the most discrimi-native features for classification included bilateral parahippocampal gyri , bilateral hippocampi , bilateral amygdala , bilateral thalamus , right cingulate , right precuneus , left caudate , left superior temporal gyrus , left middle temporal gyrus , left insula and left orbitofrontal cortex. Conclusion The proposed classification model has achieved significant accuracy for aMCI prediction , and it also displayed the whole brain gray matter atrophy pattern in aMCI patients .It suggests that the proposed method may have important implications for early clinical diagnosis of aMCI patients .

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of enriched-calorie formula in post-operative infants with congenital heart disease and malnutrition.Methods All malnourished infants less than 6 months diagnosed congenital heart disease: ventricular septal defect and had undergone surgery in Guangzhou Women and Children`s Medical Center from December 1,2014 to May 30,2015 were included in this study.All cases were randomly divided into intervention group(energy-enriched formula,intervention group)and control group(standard formula,control group)for enteral nutrition intervention and observed for 3 months.Body mass,body length,upper arm circumference,blood prealbumin(PA),retinol binding protein(RBP),and B-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP)were measured before and after ICU,after discharge,and 1 month and 3 months after operation.Results Fifty-one cases were in intervention group and 50 cases in control group,respectively.There were no significant differences in body mass,body length,arm circumference,PA,RBP,mean enteral nutrition starting time,mechanical ventilation time,length of ICU stay,hospitalization time,and average fluid intake between the two groups(all P>0.05).The average caloric intake in intervention group was significantly higher than in control group [(437.24±6.68)kJ vs.(312.43±86.22)kJ,P=0.001].There was no significant difference in NT-proBNP,PA,and RBP at different time points between the two groups(all P>0.05).The improvement of nutrition in intervention group was significantly higher than that in control group at 1 month(25.0％vs.4.9％,P=0.011)and 3 months(64.1％vs.15.7％,P<0.001)after operation.Body mass increased in intervention group [(0.067±0.348)kg] compared with that in control group,and decreased [(0.125±0.425)kg] in control group(P=0.015).Body weight[(5.46±1.36)kg vs.(4.80±1.01)kg,P=0.008],weight for age Z score(WAZ)(-2.79±1.28 vs.-3.75±1.27,P<0.001),and height for weight Z score(WHZ)(-2.47±1.43 vs.-3.62±1.77,P=0.001)one month after surgery were significantly higher than those before operation.Body weight [(6.78±1.42)kg vs.(5.72±1.01)kg,P<0.001] arm circumference [(12.80±1.17)cm vs.(12.00±0.90)cm,P<0.001],WAZ(-1.60±1.17 vs.-3.10±1.40,P<0.001),height for age Z score(HAZ)(-1.41±1.63 vs.-2.10±1.41,P=0.034),and WHZ(-0.86±1.31 vs.-2.59±2.13,P<0.001)of the two groups at 3 months postoperative were significantly higher than those before operation,and the growth rate of intervention group was faster than control group.There were no significant adverse reactions in both groups.Conclusion Calorie-enriched formula powder can help malnourished infants to catch up after congenital heart disease surgery.

Objective To discuss the relationship between cardio-vocal syndrome and pulmonary arterial hypertension in infants with congenital heart disease(CHD).Methods Based on the electronic bronchoscopy results,257 less than one-year-old infants with congenital heart disease were selected and divided into vocal cord paralysis positive group (31 cases) and negative group(226 cases).Factors including age,sex,body weight,pulmonary arterial hypertension degree and PA/AO value were compared between the two groups.The risk factors of left vocal cord paralysis were analyzed using logistic regression method.Results There were no significant differences in age and weight between left vocal cord paralysis positive group and negative group(P ＞0.05).While incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension and PA/AO value of the positive group were significantly higher than those of the negative group (P ＜ 0.01).The incidence of left vocal cord paralysis in no,mild-moderate and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension groups were 1.39％,10.6％ and 22.0％ (P ＜ 0.05) respectively.Left vocal cord paralysis was positively correlated with the degree of pulmonary arterial hypertension (r =0.179,P ＜ 0.01) and PA/AO value (r =0.169,P ＜ 0.01).Pulmonary arterial hypertension was an independent risk factor of left vocal cord paralysis (P =0.005,OR =1.689).Conclusion Left vocal cord paralysis was significantly correlated with pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary artery dilatation.So pulmonary arterial hypertension should be one of the possible causes of cardio-vocal syndrome in infants with CHD.

Objective Experience with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) after congenital cardiac surgery is limited.The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect and safety of high frequency oscillation ventilation for patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease (CHD).Methods The patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of CHD using conventional mechanical ventilation or high frequency oscillation ventilation were retrospectively analyzed.From January 2010 to July 2012,there were fourteen patients suffered from serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease in our hospital and all involved in this study.The mean age was (6.5 ± 5.9) months(ranged from 1 to 24 months) and the mean body weight was (5.8 ± 1.7) kg(ranged from 3.7 to 10 kg).Before May 2011 patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease were treated with conventional mechanical ventilation(CMV group,n =6),and after May 2011 high frequency oscillation ventilation (HFOV group,n =8) instead.The diagnoses were pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries 7 cases,tetralogy of Fallot with imbalance pulmonary arterial development 5 cases,and total anomalous pulmonary venous connection 2 cases.Heart rate,arterial blood pressure,central venous pressure(CVP),inostmpic score,the blood gas analysis,the oxygenation index(OI),the outcomes and complications during both mechanical ventilations were all recorded.Results The PaO2,OI and systolic blood pressure of patients in HFOV group were significant higher than those in CMV group after 2 hours ventilation.There was no statistical difference in PCO2,diastolic blood pressure and inostropic score after 1,2,4,8,24 hours ventilation.All cases had no significant changes in hemodynamics.CVP of patients in HFOV group increased slightly(P ＜0.05),but there was no statistical difference in arterial blood pressure.Four patients died in CMV group.The mortality of CMV group and HFOV group was 66.7％ (4/6) and 37.5％ (3/8,one with pulmonary venous obstrution,one with tracheobronchial blocked,the other with re-hemorrhaege) respectively.The mortality of HFOV group was no significantly different from that of CMV group.Conclusion Compared to CMV,using HFOV achieved greater oxygenation function in patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of CHD rapidly,had no significant changes in hemodynamics and rare serious complications.HFOV was effective and safe for patients with serious pulmonary hemorrhaege after surgical repair of congenital heart disease.

Objective Even after successful surgical repair,patients with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) are at high risk of long-term morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular events,which is probably related to persistent arterial disfunction during long-terr follow-up after operation,The aim of the study was to explore the alterations of vascular structure and function in children with successfully repaired CoA in the short-and mid-term follow-up.Methods A cohort of 20 children who underwent CoA repair between January 2010 and October 2010 in Guangzhou women and children's Medical Center was studied.There were 14 males and 6 females in CoA group,which comprised 6 patients with isolated CoA,14 patients with CoA associated with intracardia anomalies,whose median age of operation was 4 months (rang from lmonth to 10.0 years).And 20 patients with isolated ventricular septal defect (VSD) were included as VSD group during the same time,with 12 males and 8 females,whose median age of operation was 5 months (rang from 1 month to 12.0 years).Resting blood pressure,flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery,carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) were compared in CoA group and VSD group,including preoperative media data and follow-up of 1 month,6 months and 1 year.In addition,as comparison to the operation group,20 health children with normal echocardiographic findings,whose median age was 5 months (rang from 3 month to 10.0 years),were selected as health group for the 1-year following up.None of them had obesity,hyperlipidemia,diabetes mellitus,metabolic diseases or systemic inflammatory disease.Results As a result of the datas before operation and those I month,6 months and 1 year after operation,all children were normotensive at rest.In the same period,Carotid IMT in CoA group[(0.47 ± 0.10)mm,(0.49 ±0.10) mm,(0.57 ±0.07)mm,(0.61 ± 0.07) mm]was significantly thicker than that in VSD group[(0.41 ±0.11) mm,(0.43 ±0.11)mm,(0.51 ±0.08) mm,(0.55 ±0.08) mm](P＜0.05) and health group[(0.40 ±0.09) mm,(0.42 ±0.11)mm,(0.50 ±0.08) mm,(0.57 ±0.08) mm](P ＜0.05),Brachial artery FMI in children with CoA[(5.4,6 ±1.51)％,(5.71 ±1.88)％,(5.42±1.69)％,(5.27±1.02)％]was significantly lower than that in the VSD control group[(6.69±1.45) ％,(6.66±1.21)％,(6.81 ±1.03)％,(6.43±1.34)％](P＜0.05) and health group[(6.59 ±1.84)％,(6.84±1.41)％,(6.91 ±1.31)％,(6.56±1.62)％](P＜0.05).Significant difference could not be found in neither the IMT nor the FMI between the VSI control group and health group in 4 period respectively,P ＞ 0.05.Conclusion Children after successful coarctation repair have abnomal structural and functional properties of the aorta above the place of coarctation even their blood pressure at rest is normal.These results confirm that the alterations in mechanical properties of carotid arteries as well as the generalized endothelial dysfunction in children with coarctation of the aorta are persistent,which can not be prevented or reversed by surgical repair,and which may partly explain the high incidence of cardiovascular disease observed in their adulthood and reduced life expectancy,furtherly supporting the claim that coartation of the aorta is a systemic vascular disorder which needs long-term follow-up of vascular function.

Objective It has been increasingly realized that perioperative nutritional support plays an important role in improving clinical outcomes in children with congenital heart disease ( CHD) undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.The purpose of this review was to examine the nutritional conditions in perioperative CHD children and the main problems in nutri-tional management in the cardiac intensive care unit ( CICU) , based on which further directions were proposed .We found that preoperative malnutrition is common .This limited research of energy and protein is further compounded by the complex meta-bolic alterations with hyper-metabolism, hyper-catabolism and hypo-anabolism in the early postoperative course.Knowledge a-bout energy and protein metabolism and requirements in post-CPB children remains much limited .The current nutritional rec-ommendations in the CICU are based on little evidence .Insufficient energy and protein supply to meet demands remains a norm in the immediate postoperative period .The commonly used predictive equations do not provide accurate estimate of energy re-quirement in individual patients during the highly dynamic postoperative course .Indirect calorimetry can provide the best esti-mate of energy requirements for CHD infants .Nitrogen balance is recommended to assess the minimal protein requirement . During the early postoperative period, daily measurements of resting energy expenditure using indirect calorimetry and nitrogen balance in each individual child are essential to optimize energy and protein supply to meet requirements .A paradigm should be shifted toward individualized nutrition prescription in the context of a specific CICU feeding algorithm .

Objective:To compare the predictive ability of SpO 2/FiO 2(S/F) and ROX index on the failure of high-flow nasal cannula(HFNC)therapy in children with acute respiratory failure after congenital heart disease surgery, and to identify the best cut-off point. Methods:Through a case-control study, the clinical data of 371 children with acute respiratory failure after congenital heart surgery treated with HFNC admitted to Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center from January 2018 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.The primary outcome was the need for re-intubation within 48 h after extubation of invasive ventilation.The ability of S/F and ROX index to predict HFNC failure was compared, and the optimal cut-off point was determined based on the area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristic curve.Results:A total of 371 children were included, of whom 27 (7.3%) eventually required mechanical ventilation within 48 h. The S/F prediction accuracy was highest after 6 h of HFNC treatment(AUC=0.712, 95% CI 0.599-0.825, P=0.001), and the best cut-off point for S/F was 178 mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa)(sensitivity 74.9%, specificity 69.6%). Whereas the prediction accuracy of the ROX index was highest after 12 hours of HFNC treatment, the AUC was 0.737(95% CI 0.623-0.851, P=0.002), and the best cut-off point of the ROX index was 5.865(sensitivity 72.4% specificity 66.7%). The difference in AUC between S/F after 6 h of HFNC treatment and ROX after 12 h was not statistically significant ( P=0.444), with higher sensitivity and specificity, and earlier prediction time(6 hours) in the former. Conclusion:Children with acute respiratory failure after congenital heart surgery have a strong predictive ability of S/F after 6 h of HFNC treatment, and the risk of HFNC treatment failure is higher in children with S/F <178 mmHg.