Objective To analyze the risk factors of respiratory failure after cervical spinal cord injury ( SCI) . Methods A total of 294 patients with cervical spinal cord injury from January 2009 and December 2013 were analyzed. 52 cases were rolled into the respiratory failure group, 242 cases were rolled into group without respiratory failure. The epidemiological factors in two groups were analyzed to find the the factors of respiratory failure. Results The differences in indexes of smoking, injury reason, injury level, grade of ASIA, fracture dislo-cation were significant (P<0. 05), which suggested the above factors were associated with the occurrence of respiratory failure. The multi-factor regression analysis in respiratory group found that factors such as aged over 60 years, smoking, multiple trauma, fracture dislocation, spinal cord injury above C4 level and pamplegia were of statistically significance (P<0. 10). Conclusion Advanced age, smoking, pample-gia, spinal cord injury above C4 leve, multiple trauma and fracture dislocation are the high risk factors of the respiratory failure after cervical spinal cord injury.

AIM:To investigate whether Smad pathway participates the process of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) induced the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). METHODS: Human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells (hUASMCs) were divided into four groups: control group, PDGF (platelet derived growth factor) group, ERK blocking agent group and PDGF+ERK blocking agent group. MTT assay was used to detect the proliferation of hUASMCs (A value). Immunohistochemical technique was used to detect the expression of PCNA, phosphorylated ERK (p-ERK) and phosphorylated Smad2/3 (p-Smad2/3) protein in hUASMCs. The expression of Smad2/3 mRNA in hUASMCs was detected by RT-PCR. RESULTS: The proliferation of hUASMCs and the expression of PCNA, p-ERK and p-Smad2/3 proteins in hUASMCs in PDGF group were increased obviously than those in other groups (P

Objective To investigate the mastery of nursing knowledge for diabetic patients with disease deterioration between Chinese and Australian nursing students and possible influencing factors,and to provide a reference for improving nursing teaching method in China.Methods From May to June,2016,a self-designed online knowledge questionnaire was used to investigate the mastery of clinical emergency knowledge among the third-grade nursing students in Chongqing Medical University in China and Hinders University in South Australia.A total of 303 questionnaires were collected,among which 243 valid questionnaires (164 from Chinese students and 79 from Australian students) were included in statistical analysis,with an effective collection rate of 80.20％.SPSS 19.0 software was used for statistical analysis,and the paired t-test or the chi-square test was used for data comparison.Results Australian nursing students had a significantly higher score of clinical emergency knowledge than their Chinese counterparts (t=4.115,P=0.000).Compared with the low-score group (score ＜12),the high-score group (score ≥ 12) had a significantly higher proportion of students with a family/medical history of diabetes,clinical experience in diabetes care,or self-learning as the main method (P＜0.05).As for learning method,Australian nursing students tended to use online self-learning (60 students,75.95％) and do assignments (56 students,70.89％) and participate in class discussion (51 students,64.56％),while Chinese students tended to receive theoretical teaching (138 students,84.15％),consult clinical teachers (138 students,84.15％),and receive simulation/experimental teaching (123 students,75.00％).Conclusion Chinese nursing students have lower degrees of willingness for self-learning and mastery of knowledge for disease deterioration than Australian nursing students.Focus on specialized practice,development of online teaching,and cultivation of the awareness and ability for self-learning may help to improve the mastery of clinical emergency knowledge among nursing students.

The subaxial cervical facet dislocation is an important and common cause of cervical spinal cord injury, which often leads to the destruction of the three column structure of the cervical spine. At present, the treatment principle of the subaxial cervical facet dislocation is generally reduction as soon as possible, complete decompression, restoration of the intervertebral height and the normal sequence of the cervical spine and reconstruction of the stability of the cervical spine. Early reduction is particularly important for patients with spinal cord injury. Although there are many ways of reduction, the best way to achieve reduction and stability is still controversial. The authors review related literatures and summarize the reduction methods of the subaxial cervical facet dislocation, so as to provide reference for the clinical treatment of the subaxial cervical facet dislocation.

Objective:To explore the possible mechanism of Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19kDa-interacting protein 3-like (also known as NIX) mediating mitophagy in PC12 cells.Methods:The PC12 cells (rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cells) were cultured in a hypoxic incubator with a volume fraction of 1% O 2 to establish hypoxic injury models. The cells were divided into normoxia group and hypoxia groups at 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours after cells were exposed to hypoxic conditions. Afterwards, the expression levels of NIX, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3), translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 20 (TOMM20), and cyclooxegenase 4 (COX4) were determined by Western blot analysis. Electron microscopy was used to observe the formation of autophagosomes after 24 hours of hypoxia. The mitochondria-NIX-LC3-autophagosome complexes were detected by confocal microscopy after the overexpression of NIX for 48 hours. The interaction between NIX and LC3 was verified by Co-immunoprecipitation (CoIP). After downregulation of NIX, the changes in mitochondria morphology were detected by confocal microscopy. The PC12 cells were divided into normoxia group, normoxia+ NIXshRNA group, hypoxia group and hypoxia+ NIXshRNA group, then the expression levels of NIX, LC3, TOMM20 and COX4 in each group were detected via Western blotting. Results:Compared to normoxia group, hypoxia group showed up-regulated expressions of NIX and LC3 [(0.44±0.03)∶(0.21±0.01), (1.04±0.03)∶(0.32±0.01)], and down-regulated expressions of TOMM20 and COX4 [(0.78±0.07)∶(1.46±0.08), (0.52±0.04)∶(0.98±0.06)] after 24 hours of hypoxia ( P<0.05). Autophagosomes containing mitochondria were detected by electron microscopy after 24 hours of hypoxia. The formation of the mitochondria-NIX-LC3-autophagosome complex were detected by confocal microscopy after the overexpression of NIX for 48 hours. CoIP demonstrated an interaction between NIX and LC3. Furthermore, inhibition of NIX preserved the integrity of the mitochondria compared with hypoxia group. Western blot analysis showed decreased expressions of NIX and LC3 in hypoxia+ NIXshRNA group [(0.90±0.04)∶ (1.30±0.19), (0.55±0.03)∶(0.75±0.03)] and increased expressions of TOMM20 and COX4 [(0.78±0.06)∶( 0.69±0.08), (0.81±0.07)∶( 0.81±0.07) in comparison to hypoxia group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:NIX can interact with LC3 to mediate mitophagy in PC12 cells. Therefore, the inhibition of NIX can preserve the integrity of the mitochondria and decrease the level of mitophagy, thus provide a protective effect.

Objective:To investigate the risk factors of tracheotomy after cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) and the predictive role of key muscle strength in guiding bedside tracheotomy.Methods:A retrospective case-control study was used to analyze the clinical data of 294 patients with CSCI admitted to Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University from January 2009 to December 2013, including 243 males and 51 females, with the age range of 10-82 years [(48.9±14.7)years]. A total of 52 patients treated with tracheotomy (tracheotomy group), while 242 patients did receive tracheotomy (non-tracheotomy group). The indices were collected and compared between groups, including demographic data (gender, age, smoking history, cause of injury), injury severity data [level of injury, combined injury, cervical dislocation, American Spinal Cord Injury Association (ASIA) classification], and key muscle function strength [shrug (trapezius), shoulder abduction (deltoid) and elbow flexion (biceps)]. The risk factors affecting the tracheotomy were identified by the univariate logistic regression analysis and binary logistic regression analysis. The independent risk factor for tracheostomy and predictive role of key muscle strength was determined by the multiple logistic regression analysis.Results:Smoking history, falling injury, cervical dislocation, C 2-C 4 AISA scale A, shoulder-shrugging muscle strength, shoulder abduction muscle strength and elbow flexion strength were significantly different between groups ( P<0.05). Through the binary logistic regression analysis, it was preliminarily concluded that smoking history, traffic injury, falling injury, cervical dislocation, C 2-C 4 AISA scale A, and C 5-C 8 AISA scale A were statistically significant between groups ( P<0.05). The multiple logistic regression analysis showed smoking history( OR=2.27), cervical dislocation( OR=3.70) and C 2-C 4 AISA scale A ( OR=8.31) were significantly related to tracheostomy ( P<0.05). The multiple logistic regression analysis showed shoulder-shrugging muscle strength grade 3 and below and shoulder abduction muscle strength grade 2 and below had significant correlations with CSCI patients who required tracheotomy ( P<0.05). Conclusions:C 2-C 4 AISA scale A, cervical dislocation and smoking history are independent risk factors for determining whether the CSCI patients require tracheostomy. Shoulder-shrugging muscle strength grade 3 and below and shoulder abduction muscle strength grade 2 and below can be used to differentiate the bedside tracheotomy.

Comprehensively improving the new efficiency of high-quality development of public hospitals is the key top-level design for deepening the reform of public hospitals during the"14th Five-Year Plan"period.In view of the changes in the macro environment faced by public hospitals in recent years,such as the cancellation of the addi-tion of pharmaceutical consumables and the deep promotion of the reform of payment methods,as well as the out-standing problems existing at the micro level of public hospital operation,such as the separation of diagnosis and treatment business from economic operation activities,extensive decision-making methods,unreasonable alloca-tion of resources and urgent optimization of processes.By referring to relevant theories such as value management theory,a new"trinity"public hospital lean operation management model based on"integration of industry and fi-nance,lean operation and evidence-based decision-making"is explored and constructed.It breaks the relatively parallel operation barriers of clinical diagnosis and treatment business and economic operation management,innovates a new method of linear staff management with the integration of industry and finance,gives full play to the role of experts in governing hospitals,and integrates the professional committee system driven by"technology+manage-men"into the hospital decision-making staff system to provide data evidence-based basis for assisting the hospital leadership to make scientific decisions.

Objective:To construct a classification and regression tree which can be used to guide the tracheostomy for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (TCSCI) based on the identification of the risk factors for TCSCI.Methods:The 498 patients with TCSCI were retrospectively analyzed who had been treated at Department of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital Affiliated to Army Medical University from January 2009 to December 2018. There were 403 males and 86 females, with an age of (50.2±13.6) years. Of the patients, 69 received tracheostomy and 420 did not. The gender, age, smoking history, injury cause, neurological level of injury (NLI), American Spinal Cord Injury Association (ASIA) grade, injury severity score (ISS), thoracic injuries, prior pulmonary diseases, prior basic diseases, and operative approaches of the patients were statistically analyzed by single factor analysis. After the independent risk factors for tracheostomy were analyzed by binary logistic regression, the classification and regression tree was developed which could be used to guide the tracheostomy.Results:The logistic regression analysis showed age>50 years ( OR=4.744, 95% CI: 1.802 to 12.493, P=0.002), NLI at C 4 and above ( OR=23.662, 95% CI: 8.449 to 66.268, P<0.001), ASIA grade A ( OR=40.007, 95% CI: 12.992 to 123.193, P<0.001), and ISS score>16 ( OR=10.502, 95% CI: 3.909 to 28.211, P<0.001) were the independent risk factors for the tracheotomy. The classification and regression tree revealed that ASIA grade A and NLI at C 4 and above were the first and second decision nodes, which had a strong predictive effect on tracheostomy. 86.84% of the patients with ASIA grade A and NLI at C 4 and above underwent tracheostomy. Conclusion:Our classification and regression tree shows that NLI at C 4 and above and ASIA grade A have a strong guiding effect on tracheotomy for TCSCI.