Malnutrition is common in critically ill children.Nutrition prescription is hampered by various factors,and the nutritional status of these children often deteriorates during hospitalization.Nutrition therapy for critically ill children must be based on proper nutrition screening and nutritional assessment.Adopting dynamic nutritional assessment is an effective method to monitor patients under nutrition therapy and inform the prescription and administration of nutrition therapy.This article reviews the recent advances in nutrition screening and nutritional assessment in critically ill children.

ObjectiveTo investigate osteopontin (OPN) level in pulmonary tuberculosis and its clinical significance.MethodsThe level of serum OPN was determined in 80 pulmonary tuberculosis patients before anti-tuberculosis treatment[patients group,simple pulmonary tuberculosis with 60 cases (simple pulmonary tuberculosis group),pulmonary tuberculosis combined with tuberculous pleurisy with 20cases (pulmonary tuberculosis combined with tuberculous pleurisy group)],and compared with that of 30healthy persons (healthy control group) and 20 patients having received effective anti-tuberculosis treatment and followed-up for 6 months (followed-up group).At the same time,the clinical significance of OPN was studied by other commonly used clinical indicators of tuberculosis.ResultsThe level of serum OPN in patients group [(843.49 ±569.23) ng/L] was significantly higher than that in healthy control group [(352.50 ± 185.02) ng/L,P ＜0.05].The level of serum OPN after treatment in followed-up group were significantly decreased compared with those before treatment [(494.11 ±352.40) ng/L vs.(1106.60 ± 628.39) ng/L,P＜ 0.05 ] and there was no significant difference compared with those in healthy control group (P ＞ 0.05 ).The level of serum OPN in pulmonary tuberculosis combined with tuberculous pleurisy group [(1179.80 ±606.33) ng/L] was significantly higher than those in simple pulmonary tuberculosis group [(727.53 ±511.66) ng/L,P ＜0.05],and they were both higher than those in healthy control group [ ( 352.50 ± 185.02 ) ng/L,P ＜ 0.05 ].Therefore,for further additional subgroup analysis in simple pulmonary tuberculosis group,the level of serum OPN in patients with cavity[ ( 836.51 ± 549.80) ng/L ] was significantly higher than that without cavity [ (535.52 ± 375.95 ) ng/L,P ＜ 0.05 ],while the levels of serum OPN had no statistical difference between pulmonary lesion involved ＜ 3 leaf patients and ≥ 3 leaf patients,sputum mycobacterium tuberculosis positive patients and negative patients,mycoDot test results positive patients and negative patients,erythrocyte sedimentation rate elevated patients and normal patients,PPD strongly positive patients and non-strongly positive patients (P＞0.05).ConclusionsOPN activity is closely related with pulmonary tuberculosis.OPN can serve as a judge of pulmonary tuberculosis and the clinical indicators of disease outcome.The level of serum OPN and the severity of pulmonary tuberculosis have some correlations.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Back Pain ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Cord Injuries ; therapy ; Young Adult

Vascular dementia iS one of the common forms of dementia,and its occurrence is closely associated with cerebrovascular disease.There are abundant stem cells in cord blood that differentiate into neural stem cells.The studies of stem cell transplantation in the treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular disease and neurodegenerative diseases have achieved some results. Cord blood stem cells may also he used in the treatment of vascular dementia.

Objective Analysis of roadblocks found in the reform of performance-based salary mechanism in public hospitals, along with recommendations for the implementation strategies. Methods Both the historical document method and qualitative method are called into play to identify the characteristics and measures for performance-based salary mechanism in public hospitals. Results Such roadblocks are mostly found in value measurement of the hospital services of welfare nature, criteria of appraisal and establishment of the indicator system, job evaluation and the extent of incentives to use. The authors hold that such reforms should go in parallel with the reform, development, management level upgrading, and cultural building of the hospitals, and should call into play roles of intermediacies. Conclusion Reform for performance-based salary mechanism will be inevitable in public hospitals, as it has a direct bearing on the mission and functionality of public hospitals. In spite of the difficulties met, appropriate strategies may powerfully push forward reforms and development of such hospitals.

Objective The separation of various proteins in urine was used to differentiate the types of urinary protein to determine the site of diabetic kidney damage and lesions. Methods We used sodium dodeeyl sulfonate - agarosegel electrophoresis(SDS - AGE) to detect the unconccntrated urine on 108 cases patients with diabetic nephropathy urine specimens analysis. Results The results of urinary protein electrophoretic of 108 patients displayed: 4 eases for renal tubular proteinuria, 10 eases for physiological proteinuria, 22 eases for glomerular proteinuria, 72 cases for mixed proteinuria. Conclusion Urine protein electrophoresis for diabetic nephropathy patients with positive can distinguish the various components, and to understand the degree of kidney damage and lesions. This method is low -cost, non - invasive and highly sensitive. The film can be stored. It is worthy to be popularized.

Adult ; Bronchoalveolar Lavage ; adverse effects ; methods ; Humans ; Hypokalemia ; etiology ; nursing ; Male ; Middle Aged

Lung ultrasound(LUS)has gained increasing popularity among intensivists in recent dec-ades.Although limited by the presence of air,LUS has proved to be useful in the evaluation of a number of different acute and chronic conditions,such as pneumonia,pneumothorax,acute lung injury,alveolar-intersti-tial syndrome,pleural effusion,etc,and showed a relatively higher sensitivity,specificity and diagnostic accu-racy compared to routine radiographic imaging.It is also critical in improving the safety of pleural interven-tional procedures.The most common signs for diagnosing and differential diagnosing include the pleural line, lung sliding,the A-line,the quad sign,the sinusoid sign,the fractal,and tissue-like sign,the B-line,lung rock-ets,abolished lung sliding with the barcode sign,the lung point,the dynamic air bronchogram,etc.The BLUE-protocol allows differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure.LUS is a feasible technique that can be used routinely and integrated into clinical practice in the fields of intensive care,emergency care,respirato-ry and general medicine.

The current situation of pediatric emergency medicine and the pediatric emergency medical service systems were analyzed.The equipment configuration,personnel allocation and the requirement of professional knowledge and technology in pediatric emergency setting,the triage system,the process of medical services for patients with acute illness or trauma,and the optimizing process of diagnosis and treatment for emergency cases and critical cases were discussed.The nationwide development model of pediatric emergency service systems were reviewed.

Lymphatic malformations including macrocystic and microcystic malformation are congenital benign vascular disease. The incidence in children is much higher than adults and they most often occur in head and neck. There are a variety of diagnosis and treatment methods in lymphatic malformations. This paper reviewed the recent literatures with respect to the pathology, imaging and treatment of the lymphatic malformations in children. And we detailed the advantage and disadvantage of surgical excision, sclerotherapy, laser ablation and drug treatment of lymphatic malformations particularly in children. Surgical excision continues to be integral to treat in many cases when the lesions involve the eye socket or are large enough to affect breathing, but it should not be overused without consideration of the histologic types and extent. In addition, cervicofacial macrocystic lesions tend to sclerotherapy while superficial mucosal microsystic lesions are amenable to laser therapy. In order to obtain the best treatment outcomes, the treatment protocol should be individualized and comprehensive.
Child ; Head ; pathology ; Humans ; Laser Therapy ; Lymphatic Abnormalities ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Neck ; pathology ; Sclerotherapy ; Treatment Outcome