Objective To investigate the relationship between serum plasma brain natriuretic peptide ( BNP ) levels and myocardial injury in neoborns after asphyxia. Methods Neoborns who were admitted to Department of neonatology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University from December 2012 to December 2013 within 3 days after birth were considered. According to the number organized in chronological order every other case, newborns with neonatal asphyxia were assigned to observation group. The observation group were further divided into myocardial injury subgroup and non-cardiac injury subgroup according to the diagnostic criteria of myocardial injury. Newborns without neonatal asphyxia or neonatal cardiovascular diseases were assigned to control group. Exclusion criteria for control group were electrolyte disturbance, liver and kidney dysfunction. Blood sample was drawn from patients within 2 hours of admission to hospital and again on day 14. Serum BNP , creatine kinase isoenzyme ( CK-MB) , serum sodium and calcium were detected for further analysis. Results In 107 cases with neonatal asphyxia, 77 infants who had complete clinical records were selected as observation group, of which 36 met the diagnostic criteria of myocardial injury and assigned to myocardial injury subgroup. Non-cardiac injury subgroup consisted of the rest 41 cases in observation group. Twenty-two cases were enrolled to control group. Within 2 hours after admission, the serum BNP level of myocardial injury subgroup were significantly higher than those of the non-cardiac injury subgroup and the control group ( 2. 35 ± 0. 44 , 2. 12±0. 64, 1. 88±0. 27, log transformed, respectively, P＜0. 05). The BNP level of non-cardiac injury subgroup were also significantly higher than those of the control group. Serum BNP and CK-MB levels of observation group were positively correlated (r=0. 212,P=0. 030). After treatment, serum BNP level of myocardial injury subgroup at 14 days after admission decreased significantly, compared to the level at 2 hours within admission (P＜0. 05). When the cutoff value for infants with myocardial injury was 108. 05 pg/mL, the area under the ROC curve was 0. 753, with a sensitivity of 75. 0％ and a specificity of 64. 5％, positive predictive value was 56. 4％ and negative predictive value was 72. 3％. Conclusions Serum BNP level can reflect myocardial injury in neonates with asphyxia and can guide clinical treatment.

OBJECTIVETo study the dynamics of the reinfection of Schistosoma japonicum and related risk factors among the people in schistosomiasis endemic areas in China.

METHODSLiterature retrieval was conducted by using databases of PubMed, CNKI,VIP and Wanfang to collected all the data about the human re-infection of Schistosoma japonicum and related risk factors in the endemic areas in China. And a Mata-analysis was conducted on the literatures met the inclusion standards.

RESULTSEighteen studies involving 12 604 people for infection survey and 3 128 people for re-infection survey were included in the analysis. The overall infection rate was 20.8%, and the overall re-infection rate was 21.0% . The difference had no statistical significance (Z = 1.12, P = 0.26). The re-infection related factors included baseline infection intensity (OR = 3.58, 95% CI: 1.56-8.22); the index of contaminated water OR = 2.37, 95% CI: 1.08-5.22); distance from house to river-side (OR = 1.72, 95% CI: 0.41-7.30) and age (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.19-1.23).

CONCLUSIONThe baseline infection intensity, the index of contaminated water and distance from house to river-side were the risk factors related to the re-infection of Schistosoma japonicum and age was a protective factor.

Animals ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; China ; Humans ; Risk Factors ; Schistosoma japonicum ; Schistosomiasis japonica ; epidemiology ; parasitology