1.A consensus on the management of allergy in kindergartens and primary schools
Chinese Journal of School Health 2023;44(2):167-172
Abstract
Allergic diseases can occur in all systems of the body, covering the whole life cycle, from children to adults and to old age, can be lifelong onset and even fatal in severe cases. Children account for the largest proportion of the victims of allergic disease, Children s allergies start from scratch, ranging from mild to severe, from less to more, from single to multiple systems and systemic performance, so the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases in children is of great importance, which can not only prevent high risk allergic conditions from developing into allergic diseases, but also further block the process of allergy. At present, there is no consensus on the management system of allergic children in kindergartens and primary schools. The "Consensus on Allergy Management and Prevention in Kindergartens and Primary Schools", which includes the organizational structure, system construction and management of allergic children, provides evidence informed recommendations for the long term comprehensive management of allergic children in kindergartens and primary schools, and provides a basis for the establishment of the prevention system for allergic children.
2.Analysis of epidemic characteristics and related factors of norovirus in diarrhea patients in Guangxi, 2015-2020
ZHONG Yan-xu ; HUANG Zhao-yong ; JIANG Yu-yan ; TAN Dong-mei ; SHI Meng-meng ; PAN Yu-li ; HUANG Li-rong ; YAO Xue-ting
China Tropical Medicine 2023;23(2):146-
Abstract: Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics and related factors of norovirus in Guangxi from 2015 to 2020, and to provide scientific recommendations for norovirus prevention and control. Methods The foodborne diseases surveillance data were collected from 11 sentinel hospitals through the National Foodborne Disease Monitoring and Reporting System from 2015 to 2020. R software with version 4.0.3 was used for descriptive and statistical analysis, including epidemic curve, chi-square test, and trend chi-square and so on. Logistic regression was used to analyze norovirus-related factors, OR values and 95% confidence intervals were calculated respectively with the statistical test level of P<0.05. Results There were 1 008 norovirus cases detected, with a detection rate of 12.75% (1 008/7 903). Children with age less than 5 years (OR=1.43, 95%CI: 1.13-1.82) and patients at age 20-45 (OR=1.45, 95%CI: 1.13-1.87) were high risk population. The detection rate was higher in autumn (OR=1.29, 95%CI: 1.08-1.53) but lower in summer (OR=0.67, 95%CI: 0.55-0.80). In addition, the tourist area (Guilin City) presented a higher detection rate than other areas (OR=1.41, 95%CI: 1.10-1.80). Aquatic products (OR=1.40, 95%CI: 1.03-1.91), meat and dairy products (OR=1.31, 95%CI: 1.06-1.61) were high-risk foods for norovirus infection. The prevention and control policies of COVID-19 can reduce the possibility of norovirus by 61% (OR=0.39, 95%CI: 0.31-0.49) showed a declining trend (Trend χ2=85.33, P<0.001). In addition, prolonged visit time can lead to 19%-23% decrease in the detection rate of norovirus (OR24-48 hours=0.81, 95%CI: 0.70-0.95; OR>48 hours=0.77, 95%CI: 0.63-0.93). Conclusions The epidemic of norovirus presented seasonal and regional distribution in Guangxi with a declining detection rate trend in diarrhea patients during recent 6 years. Young children were high-risk population in infection norovirus. The intake of seafood can increase the risk of norovirus infection. The prevention and control policies of COVID-19 can sharply decrease the possibility of infection norovirus. The monitoring of key foods such as seafood should be strengthened, and the early screening of suspected cases should be taken. The norovirus monitoring should be improved to ensure the health of the population.
3.Exploration of the relationship between the storage time of leukodepleted red blood cell and transfusion adverse reactions
Liu HE ; Jian LIU ; Gang WU ; En WANG ; Fayan YI ; Xingshun TAN ; Shiyu ZHU ; Rui YU ; Guanghui LU ; Yan LIU ; Mei ZHAI ; Qing XIANG ; Ping LIU ; Yanhua LIAO ; Zhizhen FU ; Maolin LI ; Rong HUANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2023;36(10):889-891
【Objective】 To explore the relationship between the storage time of leukodepleted red blood cells and transfusion adverse reactions by analyzing the occurrence of transfusion adverse reactions of patients after leukodepleted red blood cells transfusion from four hospitals. 【Methods】 By using the electronic medical record management system, the collection and transfusion dates of leukodepleted red blood cells from four hospitals in Enshi Prefecture from 2018 to 2022, as well as the information on transfusion adverse reactions, were retrieved. 【Results】 From 2018 to 2022, a total of 697 61 bags of leukodepleted red blood cells were transfused in four hospitals, resulting in 166 cases of transfusion adverse reactions, among which 93 were allergic reactions, 63 were non hemolytic febrile reactions, and 10 were others, with a total incidence rate of transfusion adverse reactions at 0.24%. The average storage time of leukodepleted red blood cells with and without transfusion adverse reactions was (20.25±6.31) and (19.88±5.50) days, respectively. With a storage time of 7 days as the threshold, the incidence of transfusion adverse reactions was the lowest for a storage time of 15~21 days. The incidence of transfusion adverse reactions of leukodepleted red blood cells in two groups (with storage days ≤21 days and >21 days) was not statistically significant(P>0.05). 【Conclusion】 Allergic reactions were the main type of transfusion adverse reaction caused by leukodepleted red blood cells, and the incidence of transfusion adverse reactions decreased and then increased with the prolongation of the storage time of leukodepleted red blood cells. There was no significant difference in the incidence of transfusion adverse reactions with leukodepleted red blood cells stored for ≤ 21 days and >21 days.
4.Forecasting the effects of vaccination on the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia using SEIRV compartmental models
Mei Cheng LIM ; Sarbhan SINGH ; Chee Herng LAI ; Balvinder Singh GILL ; Mohd Kamarulariffin KAMARUDIN ; Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq MD ZAMRI ; Cia Vei TAN ; Asrul Anuar ZULKIFLI ; Mohamad Nadzmi Md NADZRI ; Nur'ain MOHD GHAZALI ; Sumarni MOHD GHAZALI ; Nuur Hafizah MD IDERUS ; Nur Ar Rabiah Binti AHMAD ; Jeyanthi SUPPIAH ; Kok Keng TEE ; Tahir ARIS ; Lonny Chen Rong Qi AHMAD
Epidemiology and Health 2023;45(1):e2023093-
OBJECTIVES:
This study aimed to develop susceptible-exposed-infectious-recovered-vaccinated (SEIRV) models to examine the effects of vaccination on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case trends in Malaysia during Phase 3 of the National COVID-19 Immunization Program amidst the Delta outbreak.
METHODS:
SEIRV models were developed and validated using COVID-19 case and vaccination data from the Ministry of Health, Malaysia, from June 21, 2021 to July 21, 2021 to generate forecasts of COVID-19 cases from July 22, 2021 to December 31, 2021. Three scenarios were examined to measure the effects of vaccination on COVID-19 case trends. Scenarios 1 and 2 represented the trends taking into account the earliest and latest possible times of achieving full vaccination for 80% of the adult population by October 31, 2021 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Scenario 3 described a scenario without vaccination for comparison.
RESULTS:
In scenario 1, forecasted cases peaked on August 28, 2021, which was close to the peak of observed cases on August 26, 2021. The observed peak was 20.27% higher than in scenario 1 and 10.37% lower than in scenario 2. The cumulative observed cases from July 22, 2021 to December 31, 2021 were 13.29% higher than in scenario 1 and 55.19% lower than in scenario 2. The daily COVID-19 case trends closely mirrored the forecast of COVID-19 cases in scenario 1 (best-case scenario).
CONCLUSIONS
Our study demonstrated that COVID-19 vaccination reduced COVID-19 case trends during the Delta outbreak. The compartmental models developed assisted in the management and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.
5.Antiphospholipid and other autoantibodies in COVID-19 patients: A Singapore series.
Khai Pang LEONG ; Carol Yee Leng NG ; Bingwen Eugene FAN ; Chien Mei LOH ; Lok To WONG ; Valerie Hui Hian GOH ; Gwen Li Xuan TAN ; Chong Rui CHUA ; Janet Suyun TAN ; Samuel Shang Ming LEE ; Xin Rong LIM ; Teck Choon TAN
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2022;51(9):586-588
7.Analysis on Factors Influencing Posttransfusion Effectiveness in Plasma Transfusion of 4423 Cases-Times.
Lin-Feng CHEN ; Chun-Rong TAN ; Jian-Mei ZHUANG ; Jin-Rong ZHANG ; Yan CHEN ; Wen-Juan YU ; Xin HE ; Xuan LIU ; De-Qing WANG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2020;28(1):290-295
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the related factors influencing plasma transfusion efficacy so as to improve the plasma transfusion efficiency.
METHODS:
According to the clinical symptoms and the laboratorial results, the patients were divided into transfusion efficient and inefficient groups. A total of13090.8 units of plasma were transfused to 4423 patients. The clinical symptoms and the hemorrhage related index per- and pro-transfusion, plasma components sorts, storage time, and the dose of plasma (kg/ml) transfusion were analyzed.
RESULTS:
The largest transfusion volume of plasma were in intensive care unit (ICU) accounted for 30.36%, the largest blood plasma per patient transfusion was in cardiac surgery (3.96 U). The analysis of transfusion efficiency showed that in terms of patient age, there were difference in transfusion efficiency among the patients with different ages (P<0.001). The effective transfusion rate in the group of age <18 was 53%, which was higher than that in group of age 18-60(41%) and group of age >60 (30%); in terms of sex, the effective transfusion rate in female group was higher than that in male group (42% vs 37%) (P<0.001); in terms of transfusion plasma volume/body weight, there were differences in transfusion efficiency (P>0.05). The multi-factor logistic regression analysis showed that there was no significant correlation among the plasma sorts, storage time of the plasma pre-transfusion and transfusion efficiency(P>0.05). The analysis of the non-hemolytic fever reaction caused by plasma transfusion revealed that there was no statistical difference between the plasma and the leukocyte-depleted plasma groups (P>0.05).
CONCLUSION
The plasma transfusion effectiveness relates with age and sex, but not relates with the transfusion plasma voume/body weight, plasma sorts, and the duration of storage.
8.Application of the Virtual Reality-Pattern Visual Evoked Potential in Forensic Visual Acuity Evaluation.
Wei Yi TANG ; Jie Min CHEN ; Rong Rong WANG ; Si Lei TAN ; Dong Mei LIU ; Xiao Ying YU ; Hui Hua LI ; Qun Feng ZHANG ; Yan Liang SHENG ; Wen Tao XIA
Journal of Forensic Medicine 2020;36(6):762-766
Objective To explore a kind of visual evoked potential test equipment and method that is more suitable for the application of forensic clinical visual acuity evaluation. Methods Thirty-four volunteers (68 eyes) were selected, including 15 males and 19 females, aged between 20 and 40 years. Test lenses were placed before the tested eyes of volunteers to induce refractive myopia with insert method, and the diopter lenses were adjusted so that the visual acuity level of one eye of volunteers was above 0.8, and the visual acuity of the other eye was at moderate damage level (<0.3 and ≥0.1). The tests were carried out under the binocular simultaneous asynchronous stimulation mode (hereinafter referred to as "binocular mode") and monocular separate stimulation mode (hereinafter referred to as "monocular mode") of virtual reality-pattern visual evoked potential (VR-PVEP), and the amplitude of PVEP of volunteers under the two modes was compared at four spatial frequencies of 8×8, 16×16, 24×24 and 32×32. Results The differences in the amplitude of P100 wave between monocular and binocular modes at 8×8 spatial frequency had no statistical significance and the differences in amplitude of P100 wave between monocular and binocular modes at 16×16, 24×24, and 32×32 spatial frequencies had statistical significance (P<0.05). The amplitude of the same eye in monocular mode was higher than that in binocular mode. Through correlation analysis, it was found that the amplitude of P100 wave in monocular mode was moderately correlated with amplitude of P100 wave in binocular mode. Conclusion In forensic identification practice, VR-PVEP is helpful for overcoming the disturbance of poor fixation, and to increase the reliability of PVEP evaluation results. It can greatly shorten the detection time of PVEP and improve work efficiency.
Adult
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Evoked Potentials, Visual
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Eye
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Reproducibility of Results
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Virtual Reality
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Visual Acuity
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Young Adult
9.Analysis and evaluation of dynamic accumulation of multiple bioactive constituents in Spatholobi Caulis.
Yu-Qi MEI ; Li-Fang WEI ; Li-Si ZOU ; Xun-Hong LIU ; Jun-Sheng LI ; Jia-Li CHEN ; Meng-Xia TAN ; Cheng-Cheng WANG ; Zhi-Chen CAI ; Fu-Rong ZHANG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2020;45(3):584-595
A method was established for simultaneous determination of 21 active constituents including flavanols, isoflavones, flavonols, dihydroflavones, dihydroflavonols, chalcones, pterocarpan, anthocyanidins and phenolic acids in Spatholobi Caulis by ultra fast liquid chromatography with triple quadrupole linear ion trap mass spectrometry(UFLC-QTRAP-MS/MS). Then, it was employed to analyze and evaluate the dynamic accumulation of multiple bioactive constituents in Spatholobi Caulis. The chromatographic separation was performed on a XBridge®C_(18)(4.6 mm×100 mm, 3.5 μm) at 30 ℃ with a gradient elution of 0.3% formic acid aqueous solution-methanol, and the flow rate was 0.8 mL·min~(-1), using multiple-reaction monitoring(MRM) mode. A comprehensive evaluation of the multiple bioactive constituents was carried out by gray correlation analysis(GRA). The 21 target components showed good linearity(r>0.999 0) in the range of the tested concentrations. The average recovery rates of the 21 components were from 97.46% to 103.6% with relative standard deviations less than 5.0%. There were differences in the contents of 21 components in Spatholobi Caulis at diffe-rent harvest periods. Spatholobi Caulis had high quality from early November to early December, which is consistent with the local tradi-tional harvest period. This study reveals the rule of the dynamic accumulation of 21 components in Spatholobi Caulis and provides basic information for the suitable harvest time. At the same time, it provides a new method reference for the comprehensive evaluation of the internal quality of Spatholobi Caulis.
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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Fabaceae/chemistry*
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Phytochemicals/isolation & purification*
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Plant Stems/chemistry*
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Plants, Medicinal/chemistry*
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Tandem Mass Spectrometry
10.Research progress in molecular biology of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos.
Zhi-Chen CAI ; Xun-Hong LIU ; Cheng-Cheng WANG ; Meng-Xia TAN ; Jia-Li CHEN ; Yu-Qi MEI ; Li-Fang WEI ; Huan CHEN ; Rong YANG ; Jia-Jia CHEN
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2020;45(6):1272-1278
Molecular biology is a new subject that clarifies the phenomena and nature of life at the molecular level. Its development provides new biotechnology and methods for the study of traditional pharmacognosy. The formation of molecular biology has brought the development of pharmacognosy into a new era of gene research. Lonicerae Japonicae Flos is a classical Chinese medicine. Many scholars of home and abroad have carried out relevant studies on its molecular biology on the basis of the in-depth study with traditional methods, and have achieved certain results. In order to provide references on the method, technical for promoting the modernization of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, and the development, protection, and utilization of other traditional Chinese medicine resources. This article summarized the application status of molecular biology methods and techniques on the identification, biosynthesis of active constituents, and molecular mechanism of secondary metabolite under stress conditions of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos in recent years. In hybridization technology of tag(RFLP), molecular markers based on PCR(RAPD, AFLP, SSR and ISSR), based on DNA sequence analysis of SNP and DNA barcode for the variety identification, diagnosis, identification of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, and so forth in detail. At the same time, it is proposed that multi-omics technology can be used to build systems biology technology and platforms, and establish related models of secondary metabolite biosynthesis, so as to deepen acknowledge the molecular mechanism of the active component biosynthesis of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos and the accumulation of metabolites, life activities of other medicinal plants under adverse environment, then to regulate them.
Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
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Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology*
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Lonicera/chemistry*
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Microsatellite Repeats
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Plants, Medicinal/chemistry*
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
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Secondary Metabolism


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