Objective To investigate how total parenteral nutrition( TPN) is applied in the neonatal units of the first affiliated hospital of Jinan university, provide reference for the standardized use of TPN, formulate appropriate guidelines, and ensure that clinical nutrition is properly and safely used in prenatal patients. Methods Preterm infants with gestational age<37 weeks and birth weights <2 500 g who used TPN in the neonatal units from January 2012 to June 2013 were assigned into two groups, Patients in Group 1 (n=27) began TPN within 3 d after birth, and patients in Group 2 (n=28) began TPN 3 d after birth. Body weight and the time to regain birth weight were obtained at discharge,, and biochemical indexes before and after TPN were also evaluated. Results Compared with late TPN, early TPN significantly reduce the time to regain birth weight[(12. 5± 7. 2) d vs (8. 9±5. 5) d, P<0. 05], and maintained normal blood glucose level (P<0. 05). There were no differences with regards to length of hospitalization, duration of TPN use, growth rate, blood glucose, K+, Ca2+, Cl-, BUN, serum creatinine, BUN and serum bilirubin (all P>0. 05). Both groups can effectively prevent and correct hypoglycemia and hypocalcemia. Conclusion Early TPN can promote growth of preterm infant. The use of TPN can improve hypoglycemia and hypocalcemia without effect on liver and kidney function. Neither group achieved ideal nutritional support outcome and therefore requires further improvement.

Objective To study the influence of optimization of parenteral nutrition strategy on the head circumference and brain volume in very low birth weight infants.Method Very low birth weight infants admitted to NICU of University of Hong Kong-Shen Zhen Hospital from January 2014 to June 2016 were assigned to optimized group and conventional group according to early nutritional strategies.Early parenteral nutrition intakes were increased in infants assigned to optimizated group.Nutrition intakes and parenteral nutrition related complications within 28 days after birth were compared between groups.All participants underwent brain MRI at corrected gestational age (CGA) 36 weeks.Head circumference and brain volume measured by MRI were also compared between groups.Result A total of 40 preterm infants were recruited,with 20 infants in each group.There were no significant differences in the gestational age,birth weight,brain injury and intrauterine growth retardation rate between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The average daily total calories and protein intake of optimization group during the first 4 weeks were significantly higher than those of conventional group,respectively [(101.5 ± 3.1) kcal/ (kg · d) vs.(96.1 ± 3.2)kcal/(kg·d),(3.07±0.16) g/(kg·d) vs.(2.90±0.11) g/(kg· d),P＜ 0.05].Theaverage daily calorie intake and protein intake of optimization group was increased by 4.7％ and 5.5％,compared with those of conventional group.Compared with the conventional group,head circumference and total brain volume of optimized group at CGA 36 weeks was improved by 3.3％ and 4.1％,and the differences were both statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).Cerebral cortex gray matter volume of optimized group was significantly higher than that of conventional group [(102.4 ± 4.9) ml vs.(96.4 ± 4.6) ml,P ＜ 0.05].There was no significant difference in brain white matter,deep gray matter and cerebrospinal fluid volume between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The optimization of parenteral nutrition within the framework of active nutrition strategy of preterm infants can further improve the early nutritional intake of preterm infants,leading to the increase of the head circumference and the gray matter volume of the cerebral cortex.

Nanogenerator (triboelectric nanogenerator and piezoelectric nanogenerator) has experienced a rapid development since it was proposed. This technique can covert various mechanical energies into electric energy, including human motion energy, wind energy, acoustic energy and ocean energy. The converted electricity can be used for health monitoring and physiological function regulation, such as pulse detection, bioelectrical stimulation and cardiac pacing. This review summarizes the structure, working mechanism, output performance of nanogenerator and its latest progress in circulatory system, nervous system, biological tissue, sleep and rescue system. Additionally, a further analysis was also made on the application challenge of nanogenerator in clinical treatment. In the future, nanogenerator is expected to be an auxiliary power source, or even to replace battery to power medical electronic device and realize the self-powered health monitoring and physiological function regulation of human body.
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