1.Analysis of clinical features and prognostic risk factors in elderly lung adenocarcinoma patients
Shuang ZHAO ; Han YANG ; Haijuan ZHAO ; Miao MIAO ; Qingqing WANG ; Yaru WANG ; Yuying YIN ; Huiqing YAO ; Fei LIU ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2024;43(11):1402-1408
Objective:This study aims to analyze the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with lung adenocarcinoma and to construct a predictive model for assessing their survival.Methods:We conducted a retrospective analysis of clinical data sourced from the SEER database for patients aged 60 years or older who were diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma between 2013 and 2018.Cox regression analysis was employed to identify independent prognostic factors affecting the survival of elderly lung adenocarcinoma patients, leading to the development of a nomogram model.The discriminative ability and calibration of the nomogram were assessed using the C-index and calibration curve.Each patient's total risk score was calculated based on the predictive model, and patients were stratified according to the quartiles of their total risk scores.The Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test were utilized to evaluate survival differences among the identified risk groups.Results:Among 38, 852 lung adenocarcinoma patients, 17, 200 were males and 21, 652 were females.Significant differences in survival rates were observed among lung adenocarcinoma patients based on age, gender, marital status, histological grade, TNM stage, tumor size, and the presence of bone, brain, or liver metastases, as well as the type of treatment received, including surgical treatment, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy(all P<0.001).The C-index of the training model was 0.815(95% CI: 0.811-0.819), while the validation model yielded a C-index of 0.810(95% CI: 0.804-0.816).The prediction model demonstrated higher Area Under Curve(AUC)values of 0.746, 0.768, and 0.775 for 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival in the modeling dataset, respectively, and 0.747, 0.770, and 0.777 in the validation dataset.Furthermore, the risk stratification model effectively distinguished patients at varying levels of risk( P<0.001). Conclusions:Age, gender, marital status, histological grade, TNM stage, tumor size, and the presence of bone, brain, and liver metastases, along with treatment modalities such as surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, were identified as independent prognostic factors for elderly patients with lung adenocarcinoma.The risk prediction model developed in this study effectively differentiates between patients at varying levels of risk, which holds significant implications for predicting treatment responses in elderly lung adenocarcinoma patients and advancing the practice of precision medicine.
2.Clinical analysis of cytomegalovirus-sepsis-like syndrome in premature infants
Shujing XU ; Zengyuan YU ; Huiqing SUN ; Lifeng LI ; Tiewei LI ; Ping CHENG ; Yanping ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2024;42(4):214-218
Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of cytomegalovirus-sepsis-like syndrome (CMV-SLS) in premature infants, and to provide the evidence for early clinical identification and treatment.Methods:Premature infants with CMV-SLS admitted to Children′s Hospital Affiliated of Zhengzhou University from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022 were selected as the research subjects, and their clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis were retrospectively analyzed.Results:A total of seven cases of CMV-SLS were included, with a gestational age of (26.8±1.2) weeks and a birth weight of (890±121) g. The age of disease onset was 55(45, 60) days, and the age of diagnosis was 67(56, 71) days. All the seven cases were exclusively breast feeding after birth, and cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA was detected positive in their breast milk when diagnosed with CMV-SLS. The common clinical features were fever, abdominal distension, liver function damage, decreased neutrophil and platelet counts. Pneumonia, neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis, hearing loss, and chorioretinitis were common. After the diagnosis was confirmed, all the seven cases were given intravenous treatment of ganciclovir and followed by oral formulations, with a course of treatment ranging from five to seven weeks. Two cases were treated with intravitreal injection of ganciclovir for chorioretinitis. All the seven cases survived. During the follow-up with a corrected gestational age of 12 months, one case had delayed intellectual and motor development, two cases had delayed motor development, and the remaining cases had normal development.Conclusions:CMV-SLS in premature infants mainly occurs in extremely low birth weight infants, with atypical clinical manifestations and may be misdiagnosed easily. If extremely low birth weight infants who receive CMV DNA positive breast feeding show sepsis-like symptoms, the possibility of CMV infection should be considered, and early diagnosis and treatment should be carried out to prevent adverse outcomes.
3.Clinical characteristics and prognosis of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection in preterm infants
Shujing XU ; Zengyuan YU ; Huiqing SUN ; Ping CHENG ; Hongbo ZHANG ; Zijiu YANG ; Yanping ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2024;42(1):28-34
Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of bloodstream infection caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) in preterm infants, and to provide basis for early clinical diagnosis and infection control. Methods:The clinical data of infants with CRKP bloodstream infection admitted to the Preterm Infants Ward of Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University from January 2015 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The risk factors for death in preterm infants caused by CRKP bloodstream infection were explored through multivariate logistic regression analysis, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the clinical value of each factor on evaluating prognosis. The area under curves (AUC) of each factor in different ROC curve were compared by Delong′s test.Results:A total of 96 preterm infants with CRKP bloodstream infection were included, including 70 in the survival group and 26 in the death group. The first onset symptoms of CRKP bloodstream infection in preterm infants were persistent tachycardia (heart rate>180 per minute) (69 cases, 71.9%), fever (61 cases, 63.5%), and apnea (59 cases, 61.5%). There were 88(91.7%) cases of infection combined with septic shock, and 91(94.8%) cases required vasoactive drug support. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the maximum vasoactive-inotropic score (VIS) within 48 hours of onset (odds ratio ( OR)=1.058, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.022 to 1.095, P=0.001), concurrent purulent meningitis ( OR=8.029, 95% CI 1.344 to 47.972, P=0.022), and concurrent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) ( OR=10.881, 95% CI 1.566 to 75.580, P=0.016) were independent risk factors for death in preterm infants with CRKP bloodstream infection. The ROC curve showed that the AUCs for evaluating the prognosis of preterm infants with NEC and purulent meningitis were 0.784 and 0.711, respectively. The AUC for evaluating the prognosis of preterm infants with a maximum VIS ≥52.5 points within 48 hours of onset was 0.840, and the AUC for combining the three factors was 0.931. Compared with NEC and purulent meningitis, the AUC for combining factors was higher, the differences were statistically significant ( P=0.002, P<0.001). Conclusions:Preterm infants with CRKP bloodstream infection who have a maximum VIS ≥52.5 points within 48 hours of onset, with NEC and purulent meningitis have a higher risk of death.
4.Association between job burnout, depressive symptoms, and insomnia among employees in electronic manufacturing industry
Xiaoyi LI ; Yao GUO ; Rong ZHAO ; Xiaodong JIA ; Jin WANG ; Huiqing CHEN ; Xiaoman LIU
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2024;41(11):1205-1212
Background The high-quality development of manufacturing in China has spurred industrial transformation and upgrading, placing higher demands on the skills of employees in the electronic manufacturing industry. This situation may induce psychological health problems such as job burnout and depressive symptoms in the employees, and also lead to insomnia, which has become a public health problem that urgently needs attention and solution. Objective To investigate the relationship between job burnout, depressive symptoms, and insomnia among employees in the electronic manufacturing industry. Methods A total of
5.Correlation of serum miR-143-3p and ATG2B levels with clinicopathology and postoperative survival in patients with radical cystectomy
Huiqing LU ; Youwei ZHAO ; Wei LIU
Journal of Clinical Surgery 2024;32(7):757-761
Objective To investigate the expression of miR-143-3p and ATG2B in serum of patients with bladder cancer and their relationship with clinicopathology,prognosis and survival of patients.Methods Eighty-eight patients who underwent radical bladder cancer surgery in our hospital from January 2017 to January 2019 were regarded as the research group,and 80 volunteers who underwent physical examination in our hospital were included as the control group.Quantitative real-time PCR(qRT-PCR)method was performed to detect the levels of miR-143-3p and ATG2B;The predictive value of miR-143-3p and ATG2B for bladder cancer was evaluated by ROC curve.Draw survival curve using Kaplan Meier method;The prognostic factors of bladder cancer patients were analyzed by Cox regression.Results The expression level of miR-143-3p in the serum of bladder cancer patients was lower than that in the control group(0.68±0.12 vs.0.87±0.26),and the expression level of ATG2B was higher(1.02±0.30 vs.0.61±0.18)(P<0.05);the expression level of miR-143-3p in serum of postoperative patients was higher than that before operation(0.77±0.23 vs.0.68±0.12),and the expression level of ATG2B was lower than that before operation(0.85±0.26 vs.1.02±0.30)(P<0.05);The study group showed a negative correlation between miR-143-3p and ATG2B expression(r=-0.454,r=-0.407,P<0.01);The AUC of miR-143-3p in the diagnosis of bladder cancer was 0.846(95%CI:0.783-0.897),the sensitivity and specificity were 79.55%and 78.75%respectively;The AUC of ATG2B in the diagnosis of bladder cancer was 0.883(95%CI:0.824-0.927),the sensitivity and specificity were 78.41%and 81.25%respectively;The AUC for the diagnosis of bladder cancer was 0.939(95%CI:0.891-0.970),the sensitivity and specificity were 87.50%and 88.75%,respectively.The 3-year survival rate of the miR-143-3p low expression group was 34.88%(15/43)lower than that of the high expression group 77.78%(35/45),and the 3-year survival rate of the ATG2B high expression group was 40.91%(18/44)lower than that of the low expression group 72.73%(32/44).The differences were statistically significant(Log rank x2=18.055,8.658,P=0.000,0.003).Lymph node metastasis,distant metastasis,tumor pathological grade,TNM stage,miR-143-3p,ATG2B are all factors influencing the survival of bladder cancer patients.Conclusion The serum expression of miR-143-3p in patients with bladder cancer is low,and the expression of ATG2B is high,and the expressions of the two are closely related to the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of patients with bladder cancer.
6.Effect of nicorandil combined with rosuvastatin calcium in treatment of patients with slow coronary flow
Zhiqin FANG ; Huiqing LIANG ; Pengxiang ZHANG ; Kun ZHAO ; Yiping MA ; Yaling WANG ; Fangjiang LI ; Jun LI ; Pingping LI
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2024;28(15):70-75
Objective To investigate the effects of nicorandil combined with rosuvastatin calcium on monocyte-to-high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR), systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), and cardiac function in patients with coronary slow flow (CSF). Methods A group case-control study was used to select 240 patients with CSF confirmed by coronary angiography, and they were randomly divided into observation group and control group, with 120 patients in each group. On the basis of conventional drug treatment, the control group was treated with rosuvastatin calcium, while the observation group was treated with nicorandil combined with rosuvastatin calcium for 6 months. Clinical efficacy, inflammatory markers[high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), MHR, SII], corrected TIMI frame count (CTFC) of major coronary branches [left anterior descending branch (LAD), left circumflex branch (LCX), right coronary artery (RCA)], cardiac function indicators[left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), global longitudinal strain (GLS)], and the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) were compared between the two groups. Results The total effective rate in the observation groupwas significantly higher than that in the control group (95.00% versus 80.00%,
7.Five profiles and influencing factors of burnout-engagement continuum in working populations of China
Yue YU ; Jin WANG ; Qiaoyun ZHANG ; Huiqing CHEN ; Fang YUAN ; Jianlin LOU ; Rong ZHAO ; Jue LI ; Xiaodong JIA ; Jing LIU ; Shuang LI
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2023;40(4):389-395
Background With the rise and deepening of positive psychology research, theoretical research on job burnout is also deepening worldwide, and some new theoretical models are proposed, such as the burnout-engagement continuum, but there is still a lack of empirical research and application in China. Objective To analyze the current situation and influencing factors of five profiles in the burnout-engagement continuum in working populations of China: job engagement, ineffective, overextended, disengaged, and burnout. Methods From August to October 2019 and June to September 2020, a total of 27344 subjects of key occupations in six typical industries, including teachers, firefighters, manufacturing workers, medical staff, flight attendants, and traffic police, were selected from 10 provinces (cities) in the eastern, middle, and western regions of China by multistage stratified cluster sampling method for cross-sectional investigation. Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey and Core Occupational Stress Scale were used to evaluate job burnout and occupational stress respectively. χ2 test was used to compare rates of count data. Binary logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis of the five profiles. Results Among the subjects, 24.4%, 61.9%, 31.9%, 12.7%, and 11.8% were the prevalence rates of job engagement, ineffective, overextended, disengaged, and burnout, respectively. Flight attendants (35.7%), firefighters (29.0%), traffic police (28.5%), and manufacturing workers (26.5%) had high prevalence rates of job engagement profile. Medical stuff (62.9%) and manufacturing workers (61.8%) had high prevalence rates of ineffective profile. Teachers (39.2%), traffic police (37.2%), and medical stuff (35.5%) had high prevalence rates of overextended profile. Traffic police (17.9%), medical staff (14.3%), and teachers (13.4%) had high prevalence rates of disengaged profile. Traffic police (16.9%), medical staff (13.4%), and teachers (13.3%) had high prevalence rates of burnout profile. The results of multivariate analysis showed that gender, age, education level, marital status, weekly working hours, length of service, income per month, shift work, smoking, drinking, industry, and occupational stress entered into the regression equations of job engagement, ineffective, overextended, disengaged, and burnout. The risks of overextended (OR=1.456-2.970), disengaged (OR=1.306-4.092), and burnout (OR=1.302-4.102) among the high rating groups of the four factors of occupational stress were higher than those among the low rating groups. Flight attendants (OR=0.296) and firefighters (OR=0.329) had lower risks of burnout than teachers, and flight attendants (OR=0.392) and firefighters (OR=0.466) had lower risks of disengaged than teachers. Conclusion Among the prevalence rates of the five profiles in the burnout-engagement continuum in the 6 typical occupational populations in China, ineffective profile is the highest, followed by overextended, and burnout is the lowest. Gender, age, education level, marital status, weekly working hours, length of service, income per month, shift work, smoking, drinking, industry, and occupational stress have different effects on the five profiles, but industry and occupational stress have greater impacts on job burnout.
8.Job burnout and influencing factors among Chinese manufacturing employees
Xiaoman LIU ; Jin WANG ; Qiaoyun ZHANG ; Huiqing CHEN ; Fang YUAN ; Jianlin LOU ; Rong ZHAO ; Jue LI ; Xiaodong JIA ; Jing LIU ; Shuang LI
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2023;40(4):396-404
Background Manufacturing industry is the main body of China's national economy, and manufacturing employees provide solid guarantee and support for the vigorous development of China's manufacturing industry. The research on job burnout of manufacturing employees is helpful to prevent or alleviate the health damage and economic loss caused by job burnout. Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of job burnout among manufacturing employees in China, and evaluate the potential mediating effect of job burnout between job stress and depressive symptoms. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed from August to October 2019 and from June to September 2020 in seven provinces of China. Study participants were recruited from 21 manufacturing companies covering 11 manufacturing subdivisions using multistage stratified cluster sampling. General Burnout Scale, Core Occupational Stress Scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used to evaluate job burnout, job stress, and depressive symptoms. Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to compare data between two independent samples and multiple independent samples of measurement data; Pearson χ2 test was used to compare the rate of enumeration data; Spearman rank correlation analysis was used to evaluate correlation between selected variables; binary logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis; stepwise regression and bias-corrected Bootstrap method were used to test potential mediating effect. Results A total of 10973 valid questionnaires were collected. The M (P25, P75) scores of exhaustions, cynicism, professional efficacy, job burnout, job stress, and depressive symptoms were 1.6 (0.4, 3.0), 1.0 (0.2, 2.2), 4.8 (3.2, 5.7), 1.6 (0.8, 2.5), 45.0 (40.0, 50.0), and 7.0 (4.0, 11.0), respectively. The positive rates of job burnout, job stress, and depressive symptoms were 53.4% (5865/10973), 28.4% (3116/10973), and 29.4% (3231/10973), respectively. The influencing factors of job burnout were gender (versus male; OR for female=0.852), age (versus≤25 years old; ORs for 26-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60 years old=0.824, 0.819, 0.738, 0.677), education level (versus junior high school or below; ORs for senior high school/technical secondary school, junior college/vocational college, graduate school or above=1.119, 1.345, 1.331), income per month (versus<3000 yuan; ORs for 3000-4999, 5000-6999, 7000-8999, 9000-10999, ≥11000 yuan=0.513, 0.470, 0.430, 0.375, 0.411), position (versus assembly line; OR for non-assembly line=0.814), average weekly working hours (versus ≤40 h; ORs for 61-70, >70 h=1.199, 1.519), and drinking (versus non-drinking; OR for drinking=1.261). Job burnout was positively correlated with job stress and depressive symptoms (r=0.556, 0.508, P<0.001). Job burnout played a partial mediating role between job stress and depressive symptoms, and its contribution value accounted for 63.2% of the total effect. Conclusion Manufacturing industry employees' job burnout problem is prominent in China, and there are many factors affecting job burnout. Job burnout may play a partial mediating role between job stress and depressive symptoms in the target group.
9.Demand and supply of community-based care services for the elderly in China and its influencing factors
Shuang ZHAO ; Miao MIAO ; Qingqing WANG ; Han YANG ; Haijuan ZHAO ; Huiqing YAO ; Fei LIU ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2023;42(1):92-97
Objective:To explore the demand and actual supply of community-based care services for the elderly residents and the factors that affecting care mode for them in the context of rapid urbanization and population aging in China.Methods:Based on the cross-sectional data of the seventh China Longitudinal Survey on Health and Longevity(CLHLS)(2018), 15 854 elderly residents aged 60 and above were selected as the research population.Logistic regression method was used to analyze the patterns of community-based care services and their influencing factors.Results:Among 15 854 elderly residents, 6 912(43.60%)were male and 8 942(56.40%)were female.The results of activities of daily living(ADL)evaluation showed that 11 109 elderly residents could take care of themselves completely, and 3 889 elderly residents were disabled.The disability rate was 25.93%.The proportion of social services that elderly town dwellers expect the community to provide is higher than those living in cities and rural areas in terms of daily care, spiritual care, providing health care knowledge, and dealing with neighborhood disputes.From the perspective of social services actually provided by the community, in addition to providing home-based care, the proportion of community services available to the elderly living in towns and rural areas are similar, but significantly lower than the proportion of social services provided for elderly city dwellers.Age, marital status, residence, cultural differences, health status, source of life and living preference had significant impacts on the choice of care demand patterns.Those of older age( OR=2.29, 95% CI: 1.04-5.03 for 70-79 years old; OR=2.94, 95% CI: 1.38-6.25 for elderly 80 years old or above), having no spouse( OR=3.50, 95% CI: 2.49-4.92), and with higher levels of disability( OR=4.24, 95% CI: 3.12-5.77 for mild disability; OR=7.54, 95% CI: 5.19-10.95 for moderate disability; OR=10.50, 95% CI: 7.59-14.53 for severe disability)are more inclined to choose socialized care. Conclusions:In the process of rapid urbanization in China, the demands for care services of elderly living in towns has increased, but the actual care services provided for them by the communities are yet to be improved.Moreover, elderly town dwellers are still inclined to family care, the same as those of elderly rural dwellers.
10.Advance of early supplementation of vitamin AD improve the prognosis of preterm infants
International Journal of Pediatrics 2022;49(3):159-163
Vitamin AD is an essential nutrient in human, which can maintain the normal function of vision, immune system, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal epithelium and nervous system.Preterm infants are prone to vitamin AD deficiency due to low prenatal storage, low food intake, high energy metabolism, et al.Studies have shown that early supplementation of vitamin AD can promote the growth and development of preterm infants.This paper summarizes recent advances of vitamin AD supplementation in the improvement of retinopathy of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necrotizing enterocolitis, brain injury and metabolic bone diseases of prematurity.The result has showed that vitamin AD supplementation within 1 week after birth could improve the occurrence of complications in preterm infants, which could provide new ideas and methods for reducing the major complications of preterm infants.


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