1.Chikungunya Fever: Recognition, Treatment, Prevention and Control
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) 2025;46(5):730-736
Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection. The acute phase of CHIKF is mainly characterized by fever, severe polyarthralgia, and rash. Most cases are self-limited, however, atypical manifestations and chronic complications also occur in a minor proportion of cases. High-risk cases are at risk of complicating with severe condition. For these years, the emergence and spread of CHIKF place it as an international public health disease. This article summarizes the current knowledge and advances about CHIKF, with a focus on the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, prevention and control. For individuals with a history of traveling to CHIKF prevalence areas within 12 days, presenting with fever, arthralgia, and rash, combined with laboratory tests such as positive IgM antibody, specific IgG antibody, CHIKV isolation, or viral nucleic acid testing in acute stage, could establish the diagnosis. Differential diagnosis with infection caused by similar viruses such as dengue virus and Zika virus should be considered too. Regarding treatment, there is no specific antiviral drug available currently. Supportive method is the dominating treatment, with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used to alleviate fever and arthralgia. The core strategy in prevention and control of CHIKF is to interrupt the transmission and eliminate mosquitoes. To meet challenges posed by the spread of CHIKF, the future researches should emphasize on developing specific antiviral drugs, safe and effective vaccines, and convenient and accurate diagnostic means.
2. Artificial liver support system for acute-on-chronic liver failure combined with successful liver transplantation in stage III - IV hepatic encephalopathy: an analysis of 14 cases
Yanhong WANG ; Xiang ZHU ; Dingyun FENG ; Benquan WU
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2018;26(9):676-679
Objective:
To evaluate the effect of plasma exchange combined with high-dose continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration method (CVVHDF) in the treatment of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure with stage III-IV hepatic encephalopathy and the feasibility of pre-operative preparation for liver transplantation.
Methods:
Clinical data of 14 cases of medical intensive care unit of our hospital with acute-on- chronic liver failure accompanied with stage III-IV hepatic encephalopathy that underwent plasma exchange combined with high-dose CVVHDF from March 2015 to September 2017 were retrospectively summarized. The indexes of liver and kidney function, blood coagulation function, arterial blood PH, lactic acid and blood ammonia were monitored before and after treatment. Heart rate, blood pressure, APACHE II score, and consciousness recovery time were observed. Student’s t- test was used to compare the mean values between the two groups.
Results:
Serum total bilirubin (
3.Investigation and study of tutorial system for undergraduate students in military medical university
Xinling BI ; Jun GU ; Benquan SUN ; Yong ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2012;11(1):39-41
Tutorial System is beneficial to improving the general disposition of undergraduate students,forming better learning atmosphere,enhancing the scientific research ability,broadening the pathway of contacting society,developing students' cognitive ability,and strengthening employment instructive work.Tutorial system for undergraduate students has been carried out for 4 years in our military medical university.After finding some problems of the work,making a summary of the beneficial experience and analyzing the cause of problems,we try to put forward some suggestions and take some optimization measures.

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