1.Successful treatment of a patient with catatonia and sever pneumonia using modified electroconvulsive therapy performed with tracheotomy
Yuejing WU ; Qian HE ; Li ZHANG ; Zhong XU ; Qiaoqiao LU ; Fugang LUO
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 2024;57(6):367-370
Catatonia is a group of severe psychomotor syndromes that affect patients' motor function, speech, and complex behaviors. Patients with catatonia typically display rigidity accompanied by decreased mobility, speech, sputum production, defecation, and eating. Both catatonia-related risks, such as increased muscle tension, reduced swallowing, and coughing reflexes, and risks attributed to therapeutic methods, such as prolonged bed rest and sedative drugs, can increase the risk of aspiration pneumonia, severe pneumonia, and acute respiratory failure. These conditions and complications can seriously affect the treatment of catatonia, lead to poor prognosis, and threaten the patient's safety. This paper reports a patient with catatonia combined with severe pneumonia and respiratory distress syndrome recovered after modified electroconvulsive therapy (MECT) under tracheotomy. This case report can offer valuable insights for psychiatrists when facing similar cases and assist in making rational therapeutic plans to improve the condition as soon as possible.
2.Successful treatment of a patient with catatonia and sever pneumonia using modified electroconvulsive therapy performed with tracheotomy
Yuejing WU ; Qian HE ; Li ZHANG ; Zhong XU ; Qiaoqiao LU ; Fugang LUO
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 2024;57(6):367-370
Catatonia is a group of severe psychomotor syndromes that affect patients' motor function, speech, and complex behaviors. Patients with catatonia typically display rigidity accompanied by decreased mobility, speech, sputum production, defecation, and eating. Both catatonia-related risks, such as increased muscle tension, reduced swallowing, and coughing reflexes, and risks attributed to therapeutic methods, such as prolonged bed rest and sedative drugs, can increase the risk of aspiration pneumonia, severe pneumonia, and acute respiratory failure. These conditions and complications can seriously affect the treatment of catatonia, lead to poor prognosis, and threaten the patient's safety. This paper reports a patient with catatonia combined with severe pneumonia and respiratory distress syndrome recovered after modified electroconvulsive therapy (MECT) under tracheotomy. This case report can offer valuable insights for psychiatrists when facing similar cases and assist in making rational therapeutic plans to improve the condition as soon as possible.
3.Clinical characteristics of pseudopapilledema combined with peripapillary hyper-reflective ovoid mass-like structures in children
Xuemei LIN ; Pei LIU ; Jing WANG ; Qiaoqiao CHANG ; Huiqin LU ; Jun ZHAO ; Songdi WU
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2023;39(7):569-575
Objective:To observe the clinical characteristics and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of pseudopapilledema (PPE) combined with peripapillary hyper-reflective ovoid mass-like structures (PHOMS) in children.Methods:A retrospective observational study. From October 2019 to May 2021, total 22 eyes from 12 children diagnosed as PPE combined with PHOMS in the Neuro-ophthalmology Department of The First Hospital of Xi’an (Affiliated of The First Hospital of Northwest University) were recruited. Among the children, 6 were male and 6 were female. The average age was (10.6±2.7) years. The average course from disease onset to diagnosis of PPE combined with PHOMS was (8.0±7.5) months. All patients underwent best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), relative afferent papillary defect (RAPD), Ishihara's test, fundus photography, OCT, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), ocular B-mode ultrasound, visual field and patternvisual evoked potential (P-VEP). The clinical and OCT characteristics of the patients were observed.Results:The anterior segments of the patients were normal. The intraocular pressures and Ishihara's test were all normal. All RAPD were negative. Total 22 eyes, BCVA was 1.0 in 21 eyes and one eye was 0.12. The fundus photography revealed blurred optic discs margin, showing mild to moderate edema-like elevation with more prominent in the nasal parts, presenting as a "C" shape halo. No obvious abnormal fluorescence was observed in FAF. The OCT scan of involvement eyes showed an elevated appearance in vary degrees, and the sharply marginated ovoid hyper-reflective mass-like structures which laterally herniated into the peripapillary region under retinal nerve fiber layer and above the Bruch membrane were detected with consecutive nasal enlargement scanning, corresponding to the nasal parts in the fundus photography. The higher degree of elevation, the larger the volume. Macular retina pigment epithelium layer and ganglion cell thickness were normal. Ocular B-mode ultrasound showed that the head of the optic nerve in the posterior wall of the eyeball (in front of the optic disc) was elevated in all affected eyes, and there was no strong signal echo in it. Visual field examination showed physical blind spot enlargement in 3 eyes and visual field defect in 2 eyes. P-VEP examination showed that the peak was slightly delayed in 3 eyes and the amplitude was slightly reduced in 3 eyes.Conclusions:Enlarged nasal optic disc OCT scan can improve the detection rate of PHOMS. PHOMS were detected bilaterally in the cases with binocular PPE while only in the effected eye in the cases of monocular PPE; the higher degree of PPE, the lager volume of PHOMS. PHOMS were could contribute to the diagnosis of PPE in children.
4.Clinical characteristics of vascular neuro-ophthalmology in patients with central retinal artery occlusion
Qingli LU ; Zhongzhong LIU ; Jing WANG ; Pei LIU ; Qiaoqiao CHANG ; Yan LIU ; Guozheng LIU ; Xuemei LIN ; Fang WANG ; Songdi WU
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2021;37(10):775-779
Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics of vascular neuro-ophthalmology in patients with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO).Methods:A single-center, prospective clinical study. From January 2018 to December 2020, 49 eyes of 49 CRAO patients of The Neuro-ophthalmology Department of Xi'an First Hospital were included in the study. Data on patient demographic characteristics, vascular risk factors, disease characteristics, digital subtraction angiography (DSA) imaging characteristics of internal carotid arteries, treatment, treatment-related adverse events, and 1-month follow-up vascular events were collected. All patiens were examined by visual acuity, head CT and or magnetic resonance imaging. At the same time, 35 cases of internal carotid artery vascular DSA were examined; 14 cases of head and neck CT angiography were examined. The anatomical variation of the extracranial segment of the internal carotid artery was divided into tortuous, tortuous, and coiled; the aortic arch was divided into type Ⅰ , type Ⅱ , type Ⅲ, and bovine type. Intravenous thrombolysis, arterial thrombolysis, conservative treatment were performed. The follow-up time was1 month after treatment. Functional vision was defined as vision ≥20/100. Vascular events were strokes, cardiovascular events, deaths and neovascular glaucoma during follow-up.Results:Among 49 eyes of 49 cases, 40 eyes were male (81.6%, 40/49), and 9 eyes were female (18.4%, 9/49); the average age was 60.7±12.9 years. There were 33, 17, and 16 cases with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and cerebrovascular disease, respectively; 27 and 34 cases had a history of smoking and tooth loss, respectively. Taking antihypertensive, hypoglycemic, antiplatelet aggregation/anticoagulation, and hypolipidemic drugs were 15, 5, 8, and 5 patients, respectively. There were 11 cases of transient amaurosis before the onset, and 17 cases of CRAO after waking up. There were 33 cases (67.3%, 33/49) with infarction of the affected side of the brain tissue. DSA was performed in 35 cases, and the stenosis rate of the internal carotid artery on the affected side was 70%-99% and 100% were 3 (8.6%, 3/35) and 4 (11.4%, 4/35) cases, respectively. The ophthalmic artery on the affected side originated from the external carotid artery in 5 cases (14.3%, 5/35). There were 17 (54.8%, 17/31) and 2 (6.5%, 2/31) cases of tortuousity and kinking in the extracranial segment of the internal carotid artery. There were 15 (42.9%, 15/35), 6(17.1%, 6/35), and 2 (5.7%, 2/35) cases of aortic arch type Ⅱ, type Ⅲ, and bovine type, respectively. Intravenous thrombolysis and arterial thrombolysis were performed in 13 and 29 cases, respectively. Complications occurred in 2 cases during treatment; 3 cases of symptoms fluctuated after treatment, and 10 cases of asymptomatic new infarcts occurred in imaging studies. Forty-eight cases were treated with antiplatelet aggregation/anticoagulation and hypolipidemic treatment. At discharge and 1 month after treatment, the recovery of functional vision was 7 and 17 cases, respectively. One month after treatment, 1 case died because myocardial infarction; 2 cases of neovascular glaucoma occurred.Conclusion:The proportion of CRAO patients with vascular risk factors and internal carotid artery abnormalities on the affected side is relatively high; the prognosis is relatively good after intravenous thrombolysis and/or arterial thrombolysis and secondary stroke prevention.
5.Functional outcome and recurrence 1 year after first-ever ischemic stroke in non-diabetic patients
Qingli LU ; Pei LIU ; Jing WANG ; Qiaoqiao CHANG ; Yan LIU ; Zhongzhong LIU ; Xuemei LIN ; Fang WANG ; Yaling SHI ; Songdi WU
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2020;28(9):667-673
Objective:To investigate the risk factors for poor outcome and recurrence at 1 year after first-ever ischemic stroke in non-diabetic patients.Methods:Using Xi'an Stroke Registry Research Database, the clinical data of patients with non-diabetic first-ever ischemic stroke diagnosed in 4 tertiary A hospitals in Xi'an from January to December 2015 were collected. The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was used to evaluate the severity of stroke. Prognosis (functional outcome and recurrence) was followed up at 1 year after diagnosis. Functional outcome was assessed using the modified Rankin scale. 0-2 was defined as good outcome and >2 as poor outcome. Recurrence was defined as new focal neurological dysfunction caused by cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage events during follow-up and confirmed by cranial CT or MRI. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent influencing factors of clinical outcomes at 1 year. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard model was used to identify the independent influencing factors of recurrence within 1 year. Results:A total of 1 214 non-diabetic patients with first-ever ischemic stroke were included. One year follow-up showed that 210 patients (17.3%) had a poor outcome, 88 (7.2%) of them died, and 47 (3.9%) had recurrence. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age (odds ratio [ OR] 1.065, 95% confidence interval [ CI] 1.042-1.090; P<0.001), atrial fibrillation ( OR 3.170, 95% CI 1.588-6.327; P=0.001), white blood cell count ( OR 1.106, 95% CI 1.006-1.216; P=0 037), baseline NIHSS score ( OR 1.210, 95% CI 1.147-1.277; P<0.001), and stroke associated-pneumonia (SAP; OR 3.677, 95% CI 1.451-9.316; P=0.006) were independently associated with poor outcomes. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis showed that baseline NIHSS score (hazard ratio [ HR] 1.055, 95% CI 1.003-1.109; P=0.036) and SAP ( HR 7.067, 95% CI 3.154-15.836; P<0.001) were independently associated with recurrence. Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis showed that the 1-year recurrence rate of patients with severe stroke was significantly higher than that of patients with mild to moderate stroke (log-rank test, P<0.001), and the 1-year recurrence rate of patients with SAP was significantly higher than that of patients without SAP (log-rank test, P<0.001). Conclusion:Age, atrial fibrillation, white blood cell count, baseline NIHSS score and SAP are the independent predictors of poor outcomes at 1 year after first-ever ischemic stroke in non-diabetic patients. Baseline NIHSS score and SAP are the independent predictors of recurrence within 1 year after first-ever ischemic stroke in non-diabetic patients.
6.The application of quantitative immune fecal occult blood test for the screening of colorectal cancer in health check?up participants
Wenya ZHANG ; Qiaoqiao DU ; Chunyan HE ; Haizhen YANG ; Zhiyuan QIAN ; Zhaohui LU
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2019;13(5):427-431
Objective To evaluate the application value of quantitative immune fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in colonoscopy for the screening of colorectal cancer in health check-up participants. Methods The subjects were selected from July 2017 to June 2018 in the Health Management Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University. The subjects were the healthy individuals who chose quantitative immune FOBT or chemical method plus immunogold double-method FOBT (referred to as"double-method FOBT"), excluding those who had interfering factors. Individuals with a positive result in primary screening were selected and conducted with colorectal cancer by colonoscopy. If the polyploidy lesions were observed during colonoscopy, the biopsy or excision was performed, and the pathological diagnosis was performed. The positive rate of primary screening, compliance rate of colonoscopy and pathological results of colonoscopy were compared between the two methods. Quantitative immunoassay FOBT was analyzed in different gender, age group, physical examination nature, positive rate of primary screening, compliance rate of colonoscopy and pathological results of colonoscopy. Results 18 728 people chose quantitative immunoassay FOBT and 6 212 people chose double-method FOBT at the same time. There was no significant difference in gender and age between the two groups (all P>0.05), which was comparable. The detection rate of quantitative immune FOBT was higher than double-method FOBT (74.62% vs 32.23%, P<0.001). The positive rate of quantitative immune FOBT in primary screening was lower than double-method FOBT (4.11% vs 5.34%, P=0.003). The colonoscopy screening rate in positive population by quantitative immune FOBT was higher than double-method FOBT (27.83% vs 13.08%, P=0.001). These differences were statistically significant. The detection rate of total lesions by colonoscopy was 71.88% in positive population by quantitative immune FOBT. It was 42.86% in double-method FOBT. There was no statistical difference between the two methods (P=0.05). The detection rates of quantitative immune FOBT were significantly different among different genders, ages and physical properties (all P<0.001). The detection rate was higher in males than in females (79.14% vs 68.75%). The detection rate was highest in the group between 40 and 59 years old (79.96%). The individual detection rate was higher than the group (90.08% vs 66.07%). The positive rates in primary screening were significantly different among different ages (P=0.001).It was highest in the group aged 60 or above (5.59%). The colonoscopy screening rate in positive population by quantitative immune FOBT was highest in the group aged 50 or above (36.96%). The detection rate of inflammatory lesions were significantly different among different ages (P<0.001). The detection rate of colorectal cancer in males was higher than in females (11.11% vs 0.00%, P=0.009). In addition, with the increasing of fecal occult blood value, the detection rate of cancer was increased (P=0.041). Conclusion The quantitative immune FOBT is an ideal non-invasive examination for early screening of colorectal cancer. It has important application values.
7. Analysis of individual dose monitoring results among radiation workers in a first-class hospital at Grade 3 from 2010 to 2017
Xiaojun ZHU ; Qiaoqiao DU ; Zhaohui LU ; Kaikai YUAN ; Haizhen YANG
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases 2018;36(11):827-829
Objective:
To understand the occupational external exposure dose among radiation workers in a first
8.Comparison of the effects of percutaneous tracheostomy and conventional tracheostomy for patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome
Shijie GUO ; Qiaoqiao WU ; Haiqiao LU
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2018;25(22):2881-2884
Objective To compare the application effects of percutaneous tracheotomy and the traditional tracheotomy for patients in ICU. Methods From February 2015 to June 2016,56 patients in ICU of the First Hospital of Ninghai County were selected in the research and randomly divided into two groups according to the digital table, with 28 cases in each group. The traditional group received traditional tracheotomy. The percutaneous group received the percutaneous tracheotomy. The surgical blood loss,operative time,incision length,scar area,incision healing time, mechanical ventilation time,survival rate and incision infection,subcutaneous emphysema,trachea collapse and other complications were compared between the two groups. Results The operative blood loss,operative time,incision length,scar area,incision healing time,mechanical ventilation time in percutaneous group were (3. 14 ± 0. 15) mL, (10. 02 ± 3. 53)min,(1. 52 ± 1. 52)cm,(1. 18 ± 0. 12)cm2 ,(3. 53 ± 0. 44)d,(5. 73 ± 1. 13)d,respectively,which in the control group were (7. 24 ± 1. 91)mL,(30. 98 ± 11. 72)min,(5. 26 ± 5. 26)cm,(5. 72 ± 1. 95)cm2 ,(7. 46 ± 1. 25)d,(5. 67 ± 1. 82) d,respectively,the blood loss,operative time,incision length,operation scar area,incision healing time between the two groups had statistically significant differences (t = 8. 635,8. 052,8. 155,8. 742,9. 251, all P < 0. 05). The survival rate of the two groups was 100. 0% . The incidence rate of incision infection,subcutaneous emphysema,trachea collapse in the percutaneous group was 17. 86% ,which was significantly lower than 64. 29% in the traditional group,the difference was statistically significant(χ2 = 15. 014,P < 0. 05). Conclusion Percutaneous tracheotomy and the traditional tracheotomy have certain effect for patients in ICU,compared with traditional tracheotomy, percutaneous tracheotomy has less blood loss, less operation time, can reduce the complications, and can replace traditional tracheotomy for rescue and treatment for ICU patients.

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