1.Relevance of bisphenol A and polycystic ovary syndrome
Jianye FANG ; Jing YANG ; Tailang YIN ; Nan YU ; Youmin MO ; Xing JIANG
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2013;12(11):905-908
To explore the relationship and possible mechanism of reproductive function of bisphenol A (BPA) with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).Serum specimens were collected from 43 PCOS patients and 37 healthy women.And the level of BPA was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The serum level of BPA in PCOS were significantly higher than that in the control group.And the inter-group difference was significant (P < 0.05).The patient level of BPA was positively related with obesity and basic luteinizing hormone (LH) (P < 0.05).In the PCOS group,no significant correlation existed between hyperandrogenemia and non-hyperandrogenemia (P > 0.05).Although no difference existed between insulin and non-insulin resistance,the level of BPA in insulin resistance group was lower than in non-insulin resistance group.A higher level of BPA may be associated with obesity and basic LH in PCOS.
2.Influence of nurses' job burnout on compliance with head-of-bed elevation in patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Xia WANG ; Zhenping MAN ; Meihua ZHANG ; Youmin XING ; Xiuling XI
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(25):3253-3256
Objective To understand the degree of job burnout in nurses of intensive care unit (ICU) and to explore its influence on compliance with head-of-bed elevation in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.Methods A total of 42 nurses of ICU in Tengzhou Central People's Hospital were investigated on the level of job burnout with the nursing burnout scale (NBS) from September 2016 to February 2017. Besides, the implementation of head-of-bed elevation in patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation without contraindications was inspected. The compliance with head-of-bed elevation was also calculated. The data was analyzed by SPSS 17.0.Results Among 42 nurses of ICU, there were 52.38% of them with severe emotion exhaustion, 59.52% with severe depersonalization, 40.47% with low personal accomplishment. The mean compliance with head-of-bed elevation was 64.29%. Spearman correlation analysis showed that the emotion exhaustion dimension had a negative correlation with compliance (r=-0.545,P<0.01). The depersonalization was negatively associated with compliance (r=-0.480,P<0.01). The sense of achievement had a positive correlation with compliance (r=0.516,P<0.01).Conclusions The job burnout in nurses of ICU has certain influences on compliance with head-of-bed elevation in patients receiving mechanical ventilation.
3.Quantitative study on the degree of small airway disease and emphysema injury in pulmonary lobes of patients with smoking combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on biphasic CT
Xiaoqi HUANG ; Yuan NIU ; Yu LEI ; Yanjin ZHU ; Lei WANG ; Jian WANG ; Xing JI ; Youmin GUO
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2022;56(5):536-541
Objective:To explore the value of biphasic quantitative CT on small airway disease and emphysema injury in patients with smoking combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Methods:A total of 186 male physical examination subjects who underwent biphasic CT and pulmonary function (PFT) examinations in the Affiliated Hospital of Yan′an University from July 2018 to September 2020 were enrolled in this retrospective study. These subjects were divided into 121 smokers with COPD (COPD group), aged 34 to 84 (64±8) years old and 65 smokers without COPD (non-COPD group) aged 34 to 72 (61±5) years old. According to the guidelines of the COPD global initiative, patients in COPD group were divided into Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) Ⅰ-Ⅳ grades. The original DICOM data of CT were imported into the "Digital Lung" test and analysis platform. Quantitative parameters of functional small airway disease percentage (fSAD%) and emphysema area percentage (Emph%) of each lobe were calculated. The differences of CT quantitative parameters among non-COPD group and each grade in COPD group were analyzed by One-Way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis H test. The correlation between the smoking index and CT quantitative parameters was analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis. Results:There were significant differences in fSAD% and Emph% of each lobe among non-COPD group and COPD group GOLD Ⅰ-Ⅳ ( P<0.001). Except that the Emph% in right middle lobe of GOLD grade Ⅰ was higher than that of GOLD grade Ⅱ in COPD group, the fSAD% and Emph% in other lobes increased gradually with the increase of GOLD grade in COPD group. The fSAD% and Emph% were larger in the right middle lobe and both upper lobes of COPD group GOLD Ⅰ-Ⅳ. The comparison among each lobe showed that the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.01), except for the fSAD% and Emph% of GOLD Ⅳ ( P=0.395, 0.840). The smoking index was positively correlated with fSAD% and Emph% in each lung lobe. Among them, smoking index was highly correlated with fSAD% in the lower right lobe and Emph% in the lower left lobe ( r=0.474, 0.619, P<0.001). Conclusion:The biphasic quantitative CT can early and sensitively reflect the degree of small airway disease and emphysema injury in smoking combined with COPD, which is of great significance for the early diagnosis and evolution of COPD.