1.Acquired syphilis in children: 14 case reports
Yihong QIAN ; Xin GU ; Haikong LU ; Weining GONG ; Zhifang GUAN ; Pingyu ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2011;44(12):865-866
Objective To analyze the clinical manifestations and treatment of acquired syphilis in children.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted.The clinical data on 14 patients with acquired syphilis collected from July 2007 to December 2010 were assessed.Results Among the 14 cases,10 were secondary syphilis,2 early latent syphilis,and 2 late latent syphilis.Seven of the patients had been misdiagnosed as other diseases.All the patients had a history of close contact with syphilis patients or having mouth-to-mouth feeding history after chewing food by adult patients with syphilis.Both rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test and Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) were positive in all the patients.The skin lesions were mainly located in the oral cavity mucosa and rarely in the trunk,which included leukoplakia,mucosal wet papules,and pustules.Conclusions Acquired syphilis in children is often clinically misdiagnosed or ignored.For children presenting with atypical skin rashes,especially for those having close contact with active syphilis patients,acquired syphilis should be suspected.
2.Investigation of death events caused by infection in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis
Ying TANG ; Yihong ZHONG ; Shaomin GONG ; Yimei WANG ; Wenlv LV ; Xiaoqiang DING
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2011;27(6):406-410
Objective To explore the clinical characteristics and prevention management of death events caused by infections in end-stage renal disease (ESRD)patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods Clinical data of ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis in Nephrology Department of Zhongshan Hospital from 1998 to 2008 were retrospectively studied.Death causes,primary diseases,complications,infections,and survival time were analyzed. Results A total of 252 patients died including 162 males(64.29%)and 90 females(35.71%).Average death age was (63.48±14.77)years.In death events,emergency dialysis accounted for 59.52%,and primary glomerular disease was the major primary diseases(27.23%),then diabetic nephropathy(16.90%)and hypertensive nephrosclerosis (14.55%).34.8%death was caused by infections or promoted by infections,secondly by cerebrovascular events(23.6%).The elderly accounted for the majority of infection-associated deaths.48.15%and 38.71%patients with deaths caused or promoted by infections respectively had shorter dialysis duration(<3 months),whose percentage was much higher than those with non-infection-associated deaths (30.34%).Primary infection was still pulmonary infection(77.59%),then blood infection(10.34%)and catheter-associated infection(5.17%).58.62%infection-associated deaths had positive microbiologic test results,and gram negative bacillus accounted for 38.24%.50% of patients with positive test was complicated with fungal infection. Conclusions Infection is a main cause and a critical promotion to death in ESRD hemodialysis patients,besides it is the main cause of death in the elderly (>75 years)and hemodialysis duration within 3 months,which may result in shorter survival.Pulmonary infection and gram negative bacillus combined with fungal infection should be considered in the treatment.Prophylaxis of nosocomial infection and pulmonary infection in hemodialysis patients should be more emphasized.
3.Secondary syphilis with ocular impairment as the initial symptom
Lianjuan YANG ; Haikong LU ; Yihong QIAN ; Weiming GONG ; Jialin LI ; Pingyu ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2010;43(3):149-152
Objective To retrospectively assess the clinical manifestations and treatment of secondary syphilis with ocular impairment as the initial symptom. Methods Clinical data were retrospectively analyzed on secondary syphilis with ocular impairment as the initial symptom collected from September 1998 to October 2008. Results There were 11 syphilitic patients presenting acute ocular impairment as their initial manifestation. Skin eruptions developed simultaneously with ocular impairment in 2 patients, following ocular impairment in 9 patients. All patients were positive for rapid plasma reagent test (RPR) and treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA), but negative for HIV. Of these patients, 9 suffered from uveitis (iridocyclitis, choroiditis or panuveitis), 2 from optic neuritis; 3 had unilateral ocular involvement, 8 had bilateral ocular involvement. After treatment with injected penicillin or ceftriaxone sodium, 9 patients experienced complete visual recovery, 2 partial visual recovery. Conclusions Ocular impairment occurs in patients with secondary syphilis at a low incidence, with no characteristic clinical manifestations. For patients who have no response to conventional ocular therapy, ocular syphilis should be considered and serological examination for syphilis is recommended.
4.The prevalence and risk factors of kidney disease in type 2 diabetic patients in rural Shanghai
Rong XU ; Yihong ZHONG ; Bo CHEN ; Min YUAN ; Yi FANG ; Jing LIN ; Suhua JIANG ; Xialian XU ; Shaomin GONG ; Yanyan HENG ; Xiaoqiang DING ; Taiyi JIN
Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine 2012;51(1):18-23
Objective To identify the prevalence and etiology of kidney disease and the related risk factors in type 2 diabetic patients in rural Shanghai.Methods A cross-sectional study in type 2 diabetic patients was conducted in a community of Shanghai.Questionnaire,clinical examination and laboratory tests were completed to collect the information about sociodemographic and healthcare characteristics.Results A total of 1421 eligible patients with complete information were screened from 1487 type 2 diabetic patients between November 2008 and March 2009.Of them,40.75% were men,59.25% were women,aged 37-86 (61.33 ± 9.65 ) years old,with diabetic duration of 0.25-43.92 (7.85 ± 6.34) years.Among them,43.42% had diabetic retinopathy,21.18% had neuropathy; 69.95% met the screening definition for hypertension,76.07% for hyperlipidemia,15.55% for hyperuricemia and 23.65% for cardiovascular disease.The control rates of fasting blood glucose,glycosylated hemoglobin,blood pressure and serum cholesterol were 57.71%,33.99%,14.22% and 2.46%,respectively.The prevalence of kidney disease,diabetic nephropathy and non-diabetic renal disease was 41.31%,18.51% and 13.44%,respectively; and 9.36% were diagnosed as renal insufficiency of unknown reasons.Age,diabetic duration,hyperuricemia,diabetic retinopathy and poor control of blood pressure were independently associated with kidney disease;age and poor control of blood pressure were independently associated with diabetic nephropathy; age and hyperuricemia were independent risk factors of renal insufficiency in patients with diabetic nephropathy.Conclusions Although the diabetic duration of these subjects is relatively short,the prevalence of complications including diabetic nephropathy is high.The high prevalence of non-diabetic renal disease shows the importance of further screening and diagnoses for prevention.Strict control of blood glucose,blood pressure,serum cholesterol and serum uric acid are key points of cutting down the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney disease.
5.Acute intestinal obstruction: etiology and treatment
Lu YAO ; Yuda GONG ; Bo ZHANG ; Weidong GAO ; Weizhong SHENG ; Yihong SUN
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2019;34(3):196-199
Objective To explore the etiology and treatment of acute intestinal obstruction.Methods Clinical data of patients who underwent operation for acute intestinal obstruction in Zhongshan Hospital from May 2012 to May 2017 were collected and retrospectively analyzed.Results 721 patients were included and the ratio of males to females was 1.55 ∶ 1.There were 48.8% in old-aged group and 51.1% in young-middle-aged group.The most common causes of ileus included tumor in 376 cases (51.5%),adhesion in 168 cases (23.3%),hernia in 70 cases (9.7%),intraluminal obstruction in 42 cases (5.8%) and others in 79 cases.There was a significant difference between incarcerated hernia in elderly group and middle-young-aged group (4.6% vs.15.1%,x2 =22.4,P < 0.01).The length of hospitalized days in patients with tumor and incarcerated hernia in elderly group were significantly longer than young-middle-aged patients [(15.3±8.6)d vs.(13.4±6.3)d,t =-2.5,P<0.05;(10.1 ± 6.7) d vs.(6.4 ± 2.9) d,t =-2.2,P < 0.05].The length of hospitalized days by limited operation in patients with tumor were significantly shorter than those by emergency operation [(16 ± 12)d vs.(18 ± 24) d,t =-0.3,P > 0.05].Conclusion Tumor and adhesion are the main causes of acute intestinal obstruction.Neoplastic bowel obstruction from small intestine or proximal colon requires emergency surgery.
6.Exploring Serum Protein Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis by Using Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Com-bined with Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
Rong XU ; Jiaming ZHU ; Shaomin GONG ; Zejun LU ; Hui ZHANG ; Shaopeng LIU ; Xiaoqiang NG DI ; Yihong ZHONG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine 2015;(4):459-464
Objective:To explore the potential serum biomarkers of patients with lupus nephritis(LN)by using two-dimensional electrophoresis combined with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry(MALDI-TOF/TOF MS),so as to lay the foundation for illuminating pathogenesis.Methods:A total of 40 LN patients were divided into two groups,the active LN group and the inactive LN group,with 20 in each.In addition,20 IgA nephritis patients and 20 healthy volunteers were enrolled as IgAN group and healthy control group.Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was used to separate and analyze the serum proteins,and MALDI-TOF/TOF MS was applied to the identification of the differentially expressed pro-teins.Results:A total of fifty differentially expressed proteins were identified.Compared with that in healthy control group,23 differentially expressed proteins were discovered in active LN group and inactive LN group,among which,8 proteins were up-regulated and 1 5 proteins were down-regulated.And 1 8 differentially expressed proteins,compared with IgA nephritis group, were found in active LN group and inactive LN group,including 13 up-regulated proteins and 5 down-regulated proteins.Fur-thermore,the number of up-regulated and down-regulated proteins in active LN group,compared with those in inactive LN group,were 4 and 5,respectively.Among the 50 identified differentially expressed proteins,the expression of serum amyloid protein A(SAA )in active LN group was higher than that in the other groups while the expression of complement component C4A in active LN group was lower than that in the other groups.And the expression of chain B (solution structure of double super helix model)in the inactive LN group was higher than that in the other groups.Compared with that in healthy control group,the expression of vitamin D-binding protein isoform 1 precursor,chain A(crystal structure of uncomplexed vitamin D-binding protein)and chain B (a covalent dimer of transthyretin that affects the amyloid pathway)was up-regulated in both ac-tive LN group and inactive LN group,while the expression of the vitronectin precursor,ficolin-2 isoform a precursor and chain A (crystal structure of the catalytic domain of human complement C1 s protease)was down-regulated.Compared with that in IgA nephritis group,the expression of lipoprotein CIII and vitronectin precursor was up-regulated in both active LN group and inactive LN group.Conclusions:Combination of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF/TOF MS is effective for screening and identification of differentially expressed proteins in serum from LN patients.These differentially expressed pro-teins could be used as biomarkers for noninvasive diagnosis and evaluation of LN.Further study on these proteins would be conducive to understanding the pathogenesis of LN.
7.Analysis of occupational health input-output of a iron mine in Hebei province
Shuling YUE ; Chunguang ZHANG ; Senmei YUAN ; Peng WANG ; Xu ZHANG ; Linhui KAN ; Yihong GONG ; Shuyu XIAO ; Fuhai SHEN
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2021;39(1):20-24
Objective:To explore the relationship between input and output of occupational health funds, and to provide basis for relevant departments to make decisions.Methods:In September 2018, a state-owned iron ore in Hebei Province (mining history of more than 10 years, which can represent the general type of iron ore) was selected as the research object. Through the investigation and collection of enterprise general situation, occupational health input, loss and output related indicators, the iron mine occupational health expenditure input-output table and model were established, and the digital relationship between the investment and output was solved by MATLAB software.Results:The labor consumption in the departments of underground mining, open pit mining, crushing and rock discharging, transportation, tailings and mineral processing (taking labor wages as reference) were 756.46, 1.281.78, 987.61, 1 570.71, 50.956 and 18.9116 million yuan/year respectively. The output value of each sector is 11 207.19, 18 989.95, 15 176.40, 25 294.00, 7.704.94 and 280.1797 million yuan/year respectively. The ratio of health input to total output was 0.004 5, and the ratio of occupational health input to output was 1/0.046.Conclusion:The input-output table model of occupational health in iron mine can reflect the relationship between input and output of occupational health funds. The input situation of the coal mine is poor, and the input does not bring obvious occupational health benefits.
8.Analysis of occupational health input-output of a iron mine in Hebei province
Shuling YUE ; Chunguang ZHANG ; Senmei YUAN ; Peng WANG ; Xu ZHANG ; Linhui KAN ; Yihong GONG ; Shuyu XIAO ; Fuhai SHEN
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2021;39(1):20-24
Objective:To explore the relationship between input and output of occupational health funds, and to provide basis for relevant departments to make decisions.Methods:In September 2018, a state-owned iron ore in Hebei Province (mining history of more than 10 years, which can represent the general type of iron ore) was selected as the research object. Through the investigation and collection of enterprise general situation, occupational health input, loss and output related indicators, the iron mine occupational health expenditure input-output table and model were established, and the digital relationship between the investment and output was solved by MATLAB software.Results:The labor consumption in the departments of underground mining, open pit mining, crushing and rock discharging, transportation, tailings and mineral processing (taking labor wages as reference) were 756.46, 1.281.78, 987.61, 1 570.71, 50.956 and 18.9116 million yuan/year respectively. The output value of each sector is 11 207.19, 18 989.95, 15 176.40, 25 294.00, 7.704.94 and 280.1797 million yuan/year respectively. The ratio of health input to total output was 0.004 5, and the ratio of occupational health input to output was 1/0.046.Conclusion:The input-output table model of occupational health in iron mine can reflect the relationship between input and output of occupational health funds. The input situation of the coal mine is poor, and the input does not bring obvious occupational health benefits.