Objective: To explore the association between types of obesity and 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) among hypertensive patients, so as to provide the basis for formulating ASCVD prevention strategies for hypertensive patients. Methods: From January to December 2021, hypertensive patients who were under follow-up management and completed health examinations at three community health service centers in Linping District, Hangzhou City were selected by a cluster sampling method. Basic information, lifestyle, disease history, height, weight, waist circumference (WC), and blood biochemical indicators were collected through health examination data. Based on assessments of body mass index (BMI) and WC, participants were categorized into four types: non-obese, general obesity only, central obesity only, and combined obesity. The Prediction for ASCVD risk in China (China-PAR) was used to assess 10-year ASCVD risk, which was categorized as low, moderate, and high risk. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to analyze the association between different types of obesity and ASCVD risk among hypertensive patients. Results: A total of 10 408 hypertensive patients were included, with a median age of 68.00 (interquartile range, 10.00) years. There were 4 301 (41.32%) males and 6 107 (58.68%) females. The proportions of non-obese, general obesity only, central obesity only, and combined obesity were 34.93% (3 635 individuals), 22.85% (2 378 individuals), 4.32% (450 individuals), and 37.90% (3 945 individuals), respectively. There were 3 389 (33.52%) cases at high risk of ASCVD. Among them, high ASCVD risk was observed in 1 107 (30.45%), 896 (37.68%), 122 (27.11%), and 1 364 (34.58%) patients with non-obese, general obesity only, central obesity only, and combined obesity, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that after adjusting for gender, age, smoking, drinking, physical activity, and diabetes, the risk of high ASCVD in hypertensive patients with general obesity only and combined obesity was 1.383 times (95%CI: 1.235-1.548) and 1.225 times (95%CI: 1.109-1.354) that of non-obese hypertensive patients, respectively. Conclusions General obesity only and combined obesity can increase the 10-year high risk of ASCVD among hypertensive patients. It is necessary to strengthen comprehensive management of body weight and WC among hypertensive patients to reduce the risk of ASCVD.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical effectiveness of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) in rescuing children with severe pulmonary contusion. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of four children with severe pulmonary contusion who were treated with VV-ECMO in the pediatric intensive care unit of Xi'an Children's Hospital from April 2021 to December 2024. The general data, laboratory indicators within 24 hours after admission, imaging features, bronchoscopic findings, diagnostic and treatment processes, as well as therapeutic outcomes of the children were analyzed. RESULTS: All four pediatric cases were male, aged 4 years and 9 months, 6 years and 5 months, 8 years and 10 months, and 9 years and 7 months, respectively. One case resulted from a high-altitude fall and three from traffic accidents, all presenting with multiple fractures. All four cases progressed to dyspnea within 1-4 hours post-injury and received endotracheal intubation with invasive ventilator support within 2-5 hours. Three cases exhibited tachycardia upon admission and were treated with norepinephrine, all four cases presented with fine moist rales in the lungs. Imaging studies revealed diffuse exudative changes in all four cases. Bronchoscopy identified diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage, with one case additionally showing rupture of the right intermediate bronchus. Conventional mechanical ventilation failed to correct oxygenation in all cases, prompting initiation of VV-ECMO therapy within 8-22 hours post-injury. One case underwent right thoracic exploration under ECMO support. Following treatment, all four cases demonstrated gradual reduction in bloody airway secretions, resolution of pulmonary exudative changes on imaging, and absence of hemorrhage on bronchoscopy. They were successfully weaned off ECMO and ultimately discharged as cured. CONCLUSIONS Severe pulmonary contusion rapidly leads to respiratory distress, requiring ventilator-assisted ventilation within hours of injury. When conventional ventilator support is ineffective, ECMO can be life-saving, with timely intervention yielding favorable prognosis.
Humans ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/methods* ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Child, Preschool ; Child ; Contusions/therapy* ; Lung Injury/therapy* ; Treatment Outcome

Objective:To investigate the efficacy of neutrophil elastase inhibitor in children with acute respiratory distress syndrome（ARDS）.Methods:A total of 168 children with moderate to severe ARDS who were hospitalized in the Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit，the Affiliated Children′s Hospital of Xi′an Jiaotong University and Children's Emergency Center of Gansu Provincial Central Hospital from January 2022 to December 2023 were selected. Eighty-seven children receiving neutrophil elastase inhibitors were treated as the treatment group and 81 children receiving conventional treatment as the control group. The dynamic changes of general data，clinical indicators and ventilator parameters at 24 h，48 h and 72 h were compared between the two groups. Mortality at 28 days was the primary endpoint. Kaplan-Meier curve and Log-Rank test were used to evaluate cumulative survival.Results:There was no significant difference in general information and clinical characteristics between the two groups.Compared with the control group，arterial partial pressure of oxygen（PaO 2）/fraction of inspired oxygen（FiO 2）in the treatment group increased significantly at 48 h［（160.28±5.90）mmHg（1 mmHg=0.133 kPa）vs（141.04±4.01）mmHg， P<0.05］and 72 h［（227.58±6.85）mmHg vs（180.86±4.08）mmHg， P<0.05］，and the differences were statistically significant.The platform pressure in the treatment group were lower than that of the control group at 24 h［（28.18±3.95）cmH 2O（1cmH 2O=0.098 kPa）vs（30.15±7.75）cmH 2O， P<0.05］，48 h［（25.56±4.06）cmH 2O vs（29.07±5.01）cmH 2O， P<0.05］，72 h［（24.95±2.82）cmH 2O vs（27.12±6.51）cmH 2O， P<0.05］，and the differences were statistically significant. IL-8 in the treatment group were lower than that of the control group at 48 h［（78.26±14.05）ng/L vs（86.02±15.01）ng/L， P<0.05］and 72 h［（58.38±15.56）ng/L vs（68.68±18.05）ng/L， P<0.05］，and the differences were statistically significant.The survival curve showed that the cumulative survival rate of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group，the difference between the two groups was statistically significant（ χ2=4.549， P=0.033）. Conclusion:Neutrophil elastase inhibitors can reduce the lung injury of ARDS patients by inhibiting the inflammatory response induced by neutrophils，and ultimately improve the prognosis of the disease.

Objective:To investigate the related risk factors affecting the prognosis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome(HFRS) in children.Methods:A retrospective study was carried out.We selected 182 pediatric patients who met the diagnostic criteria for pediatric HFRS while hospitalized in the Intensive Care Department of the Affiliated Children′s Hospital of Xi′an Jiaotong University between July 2014 and December 2021 as the research objects.The severe and critical patients were taken as the observation group(24 cases), and the mild and moderate pediatric patients were taken as the control group(158 cases). The demographic, epidemiological data and clinically relevant indicators within 8 hours of pediatric patients after admission were collected.The 28-day death was the primary endpoint.Renal failure and pulmonary edema were secondary endpoint.The differences of clinically relevant indicators between the two groups were observed.Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors and receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve was used to determine the predictive efficacy of different outcome prediction models.Results:There were no statistically significant differences in age, gender, and BMI between the two groups (all P>0.05). Compared the control group with the observation group, coagulation function indicators such as activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)[(134±21)s vs.(164±34)s], D-dimer [(6.31±3.20)mg/L vs.(12.43±5.67)mg/L], von Willebrand factor (vWF)[(352±45)μg/L vs.(465±103)μg/L], and platelet(PLT)[(87±35)×10 9/L vs.(45±24)×10 9/L], Lactate(Lac)[(2.6±1.1)mmol/L vs.(6.0±2.0)mmol/L]were different significantly(all P<0.05). Additionally, the lymphocyte characteristic analysis indicator lymphocytes [(2 749±686)×10 6/L vs.(2 374±851)×10 6/L], CD3 + [(1 821± 487)×10 6/L vs.(1 065±539)×10 6/L], CD4 + /CD8 + (1.65±0.73)vs.(1.00±0.25), CD19 + [(559±105)×10 6/L vs.(487± 133)×10 6/L]were different significantly(all P<0.05). The inflammatory index procalcitonin(PCT) [(22±15)ng/L vs.(56±21)ng/L, P<0.05]was different significantly in two groups.The rate of continuous renaly replacement therapy, ventilator-assisted ventilation, vasoactive drugs and other treatment measures increased significantly in observation group than those in control group(all P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed on the included indicators.With death as the primary endpoint, Lac, CD8 + , D-dimer, vWF and PCT were significantly associated with mortality, which were risk factors for death, while PLT and CD4 + /CD8 + were protective factors.With renal failure and pulmonary edema as secondary endpoint, CD8 + , D-dimer, Lac and PCT were risk factors for secondary endpoint.ROC curve analysis showed that the sensitivity, specificity and AUC of the risk factor prediction model related to the primary endpoint variables were 77.91%, 81.22% and 0.769, and which related to secondary endpoint variables were 87.61%, 77.59% and 0.891, respectively. Conclusion:The combinations of CD8 + , D-dimer, Lac, PCT and vWF have good predictive value for poor prognosis in children with HFRS.

Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment strategies of toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN) in children.Methods:The clinical data, laboratory examination, diagnosis and treatment process and treatment outcomes of 11 children with TEN treated in PICU at Children′s Hospital of Xi′an Jiaotong University from January 2018 to June 2022 were collected and analyzed retrospectively.Results:There were five males and six females, aged from one year to 11 years old.Nine cases were caused by drugs, among which six cases were caused by antiepileptic drugs, two cases were caused by Chinese patent medicine, one case was caused by antibiotics, and the remaining two cases were caused by infection.In addition to large area of skin exfoliation, one case was complicated with corneal perforation, one case was complicated with finger (toe) nail fall off, and two cases were complicated with upper airway obstruction.All children were complicated with various degrees of heart, liver, kidney and other organ damage.Eight cases who were admitted to the department of immunology were treated with methylprednisolone and intravenous immune globulin.Three cases had no change in rash, and five cases had an enlarged range of skin lesions compared with admission, and finally all of them were transferred to PICU.Three cases were first diagnosed in PICU and were not treated with methylprednisolone and intravenous immune globulin after admission.All 11 children were given therapeutic plasma exchange in PICU.For children whose first department was PICU, the average hospitalization time of PICU was (8.00±3.00) days, the total average hospitalization time was (33.66±20.10) days, and the average hospitalization cost was (73.9±30.5) thousand yuan.For children whose first department was the immunology department, the average hospitalization time of PICU was (21.62±16.18) days, the total average hospitalization time was (41.87±16.97) days, and the average hospitalization cost was (130.8±52.2) thousand yuan.One case, because of corneal perforation, the family members asked to leave the hospital for economic reasons after the rash improved, and the rest of the children were cured and discharged.Conclusion:TEN is rare, often complicated with multiple organ dysfunction, and has a high mortality.Early administration of therapeutic plasma exchange may alleviate multiple system damage and shorten the duration of disease.

Pulmonary artery sling (PAS) with bronchial bridge malformation is a very rare developmental malformation of vascular and trachea. In the past 2 years, we treated 3 children with pulmonary artery sling complicated with bronchial bridge, all of whom were clinically characterized by recurrent cough, asthma and dyspnea, which were confirmed by cardiac color ultrasound and chest CT three-dimensional reconstruction. All of the 3 children underwent surgical treatment, and no recurrent wheezing or respiratory tract infection occurred after surgery.

X-ray examination is an important part of modern precision medicine,and plays an irreplaceable role in the diagnosis and evaluation of disease outcomes as well as the surgical planning.With the widespread use of digital radiology and CT examinations,repeated and excessive X-ray examinations occur that cause the subject to receive excessive or additional radiation doses which cause radiation damage.How to optimize the radiation dose to meet the diagnosis of the disease and reduce the radiation damage of the subject is an important topic for researchers and equipment developers.As a result,X-ray radiation damage has attracted the attention of governments,society,subjects and X-ray inspection workers.This article explores ways to reduce radiation dose and reviews its progress.

Objective To prepare and characterize salinomycin sodium‐loaded nano liposomes(SLN) .Methods The nano liposomes were prepared by a thin‐film dispersion method .The formula of SLN was optimized by regulating the cholesterol ratio of the nano liposomes ,using the encapsulation efficacy (EE) of SLN as the primary outcome measure .Results Transmission e‐lectron microscope (TEM) showed that SLN was round and had a good dispersion .Dynamic laser scatter (DLS) showed that SLN was of a desired size of 99 nm ,and zeta potential of -33 .5 mV .EE of SLN was 85 .7% and drug loading of 6 .7% .Ac‐cording to the formulation of nano liposomes ,the concentration of salinomycin sodium in water was greatly improved by 15 folds .Additionally ,the nano liposomes were observed to exhibit sustained release characteristics .Conclusion Salinomycin sodi‐um‐loaded nanoliposomes of a desired size of about 100 nm were obtained ,which were well dispersion ,and high EE and drug loading .Solid pharmaceutics foundation for the activity examination of SLN was provided in this research .

Objective To invesigate the influence of breathing motion on intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of chest wall after radical mastectomy,and explore clinical value of accurately determined target volume.Methods A total of 17 radical mastectomy patients underwent 3DCT simulation scans sequentially followed by 4DCT simulation scans during free breathing.The targets and normal organs was determined based on CT images respectively.Three sets of radiotherapy plan were designed for each patient:plan 3D,plan 4D and plan 3D-A.The Plan 3D and plan 4D was designed based on 3D and 4D targets respectively.Plan 3D was copied to 4D target with the same isocenter coordinates.The dose distribution was calculated separately to evaluate the dose-volume histograms parameters for PTV,ipsilateral lung and heart,respectively.Two planning parameters was compared with paired t-test or Wilcoxon sign-rank test.Results The average volume of PTV4D was (10.35 ± 4.80) ％ larger than PTV3D (P =0.000).Compared with plan 3D,the V100,V95,V90,D95,D90,Dmin of plan 3D-A were reduced,that were (0.78 -18.0)％ (P=0.000),(0.01-3.90)％ (P=0.000),(0-2.12)％ (P=0.000),(13-222) cGy (P=0.000),(1-118) cGy (P=0.000),(6-1 910) cGy (P=0.000).However,the V20,V10,V5,Dmean of the ipsilateral lung and V30 of heart were same between 3D plan and 4D plan (P =0.288,0.407,0.435,0.758,0.575).Conclusions The respiratory motion may reduce the target dose and its coverage in chest wall treatments,so 4DCT plan could accurately define target volume without increasing the exposure dose of normal tissues.

Objective To investigate the optimal method for synthesizing thiolated doxorubicin .Methods Thiolated doxorubi-cin was synthesized through two different methods .Doxorubicin was reacted with 2-iminothiolane (2-IT) and S-acetylthioglycolic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (SATA),respectively.The synthesized thiolated doxorubicin was further characterized by HPLC and MS -ESI techniques .Several factors including molar ratios as well as reaction time were evaluated .Results The results showed that thiolat-ed doxorubicin could be synthesized via both of the two methods successfully .Thiolated doxorubicin could be stable when doxorubicin was reacted with SATA .But the crude thiolated doxorubicin could be cyclized easily when doxorubicin was reacted with 2-IT.Conclu-sion Thiolated doxorubicin prepared with SATA is more feasible than that with 2-IT.