1.Differences in clinical characteristics and prognosis analysis between children and adults with ocular toxocariasis disease
Shiqun LIN ; Xingyu XIAO ; Yan ZHOU ; Meifen ZHANG ; Youxin CHEN ; Rongping DAI
Journal of Chinese Physician 2024;26(5):646-650
Objective:To study the differences in clinical characteristics between children and adults with ocular roundworm disease (OT) and analyze its prognosis.Methods:This study was a retrospective cohort study, which included 37 patients (37 eyes) with ocular toxocariasis disease admitted to the Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital from September 2017 to September 2023, including 12 adult patients (12 eyes) and 25 pediatric patients (25 eyes). We compared the clinical differences and prognosis between pediatric and adult patients.Results:16% (4/25) of the affected eyes in the child group had high intraocular pressure, while the adult group had no affected eyes with high intraocular pressure. All affected eyes showed vitreous inflammation, and there was a statistically significant difference in the level of vitreous inflammation between the two groups ( P<0.05). The majority of OT types in the adult group were atypical phenotype OT, with a statistically significant difference compared to the child group ( P<0.05). The proportion of retinal vasculitis, macular edema, and proliferative membrane on the retinal surface in the adult group was higher than that in the child group (all P<0.05). After oral treatment with albendazole and corticosteroids, the thickness of the macular fovea and anterior segment inflammation in both groups were significantly improved (all P<0.05). The proportion of local use of steroid drugs in the children′s group was higher than that in the adult group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Compared with pediatric OT, adult OT mostly has no characteristic signs, and adult OT is mainly characterized by atypical phenotype OT. Adult OT has a better prognosis and is less prone to recurrent inflammation. In most cases, antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory treatments are safe and effective.
2.Progress of interruption of schistosomiasis transmission and prospects in Yunnan Province
Yun ZHANG ; Lifang WANG ; Xiguang FENG ; Mingshou WU ; Meifen SHEN ; Hua JIANG ; Jing SONG ; Jiayu SUN ; Chunqiong CHEN ; Jiaqi YAN ; Zongya ZHANG ; Jihua ZHOU ; Yi DONG ; Chunhong DU
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2024;36(4):422-427
Schistosomiasis was once hyper-endemic in Yunnan Province. Following concerted efforts for over 70 years, remarkable achievements have been made for schistosomiasis control in the province. In 2004, the Mid- and Long-term Plan for Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control in Yunnan Province was initiated in Yunnan Province, and the target for transmission control of schistosomiasis was achieved in the province in 2009. Following the subsequent implementation of the Outline for Key Projects in Integrated Schistosomiasis Control Program (2009—2015) and the 13th Five - year Plan for Schistosomiasis Control in Yunnan Province, no acute schistosomiasis had been identified in Yunnan Province for successive 12 years, and no local Schistosoma japonicum infections had been detected in humans, animals or Oncomelania hupensis snails for successive 6 years in the province by the end of 2020. The transmission of schistosomiasis was interrupted in Yunnan Province in 2020. This review summarizes the history of schistosomiasis, changes in schistosomiasis prevalence and progress of schistosomiasis control in Yunnan Province, and proposes the future priorities for schistosomiasis control in the province.
3.Prediction of potential geographic distribution of Oncomelania hupensis in Yunnan Province using random forest and maximum entropy models
Zongya ZHANG ; Chunhong DU ; Yun ZHANG ; Hongqiong WANG ; Jing SONG ; Jihua ZHOU ; Lifang WANG ; Jiayu SUN ; Meifen SHEN ; Chunqiong CHEN ; Hua JIANG ; Jiaqi YAN ; Xiguang FENG ; Wenya WANG ; Peijun QIAN ; Jingbo XUE ; Shizhu LI ; Yi DONG
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2024;36(6):562-571
Objective To predict the potential geographic distribution of Oncomelania hupensis in Yunnan Province using random forest (RF) and maximum entropy (MaxEnt) models, so as to provide insights into O. hupensis surveillance and control in Yunnan Province. Methods The O. hupensis snail survey data in Yunnan Province from 2015 to 2016 were collected and converted into O. hupensis snail distribution site data. Data of 22 environmental variables in Yunnan Province were collected, including twelve climate variables (annual potential evapotranspiration, annual mean ground surface temperature, annual precipitation, annual mean air pressure, annual mean relative humidity, annual sunshine duration, annual mean air temperature, annual mean wind speed, ≥ 0 ℃ annual accumulated temperature, ≥ 10 ℃ annual accumulated temperature, aridity and index of moisture), eight geographical variables (normalized difference vegetation index, landform type, land use type, altitude, soil type, soil textureclay content, soil texture-sand content and soil texture-silt content) and two population and economic variables (gross domestic product and population). Variables were screened with Pearson correlation test and variance inflation factor (VIF) test. The RF and MaxEnt models and the ensemble model were created using the biomod2 package of the software R 4.2.1, and the potential distribution of O. hupensis snails after 2016 was predicted in Yunnan Province. The predictive effects of models were evaluated through cross-validation and independent tests, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), true skill statistics (TSS) and Kappa statistics were used for model evaluation. In addition, the importance of environmental variables was analyzed, the contribution of environmental variables output by the models with AUC values of > 0.950 and TSS values of > 0.850 were selected for normalization processing, and the importance percentage of environmental variables was obtained to analyze the importance of environmental variables. Results Data of 148 O. hupensis snail distribution sites and 15 environmental variables were included in training sets of RF and MaxEnt models, and both RF and MaxEnt models had high predictive performance, with both mean AUC values of > 0.900 and all mean TSS values and Kappa values of > 0.800, and significant differences in the AUC (t = 19.862, P < 0.05), TSS (t = 10.140, P < 0.05) and Kappa values (t = 10.237, P < 0.05) between two models. The AUC, TSS and Kappa values of the ensemble model were 0.996, 0.954 and 0.920, respectively. Independent data verification showed that the AUC, TSS and Kappa values of the RF model and the ensemble model were all 1, which still showed high performance in unknown data modeling, and the MaxEnt model showed poor performance, with TSS and Kappa values of 0 for 24%(24/100) of the modeling results. The modeling results of 79 RF models, 38 MaxEnt models and their ensemble models with AUC values of > 0.950 and TSS values of > 0.850 were included in the evaluation of importance of environmental variables. The importance of annual sunshine duration (SSD) was 32.989%, 37.847% and 46.315% in the RF model, the MaxEnt model and their ensemble model, while the importance of annual mean relative humidity (RHU) was 30.947%, 15.921% and 28.121%, respectively. Important environment variables were concentrated in modeling results of the RF model, dispersed in modeling results of the MaxEnt model, and most concentrated in modeling results of the ensemble model. The potential distribution of O. hupensis snails after 2016 was predicted to be relatively concentrated in Yunnan Province by the RF model and relatively large by the MaxEnt model, and the distribution of O. hupensis snails predicted by the ensemble model was mostly the joint distribution of O. hupensis snails predicted by RF and MaxEnt models. Conclusions Both RF and MaxEnt models are effective to predict the potential distribution of O. hupensis snails in Yunnan Province, which facilitates targeted O. hupensis snail control.
4.Practice of video-assisted teaching ward rounds for typical cases of ophthalmology
Yang ZHANG ; Ailing BIAN ; Haiyan XU ; Xuan ZOU ; Xuqian WANG ; Di CHEN ; Meifen ZHANG
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2023;43(12):1901-1904
Objective To investigate the efficacy of video-assisted teaching ward rounds for typical cases of oph-thalmology in clinical practice for medical undergraduates.Methods A total of 45 students from clinical medicine in Peking Union Medical College were enrolled.They were randomly divided into the experimental group(23 students)and control group(22 students).Primary angle closure glaucoma(PACG)was selected as the learning content,the experimental group was trained by video-assisted teaching ward rounds,while the control group was trained by internship in outpatient clinic.All students joined the test of typical case PACG and a ques-tionnaire survey was implemented for the experimental group.Results The average score of experimental group was higher than control group[(84.30±4.53)vs.(78.05±5.76),t=4.05,P<0.001].For video-assisted teaching ward rounds,in experimental group,86.9%(20/23)students believed it was more practical,95.6%(22/23)students thought it was very helpful and 91.3%(21/23)students considered it was conductive to im-prove interest of learning and clinical thinking ability.Conclusions Video-assisted teaching ward rounds improves students'understanding memory of ophthalmic typical cases,which is a potential supplement teaching method in clinical practice training of ophthalmology for medical undergraduates.
5.Clinical characteristics and etiology of 2 054 children with alimentary tract hemorrhage
Pan PENG ; Meifen WANG ; Mingying WANG ; Tao CHEN ; Jintao DUAN ; Juan LI ; Jun CHEN ; Jian YANG
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2021;44(9):842-848
Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics and etiology of children with alimentary tract hemorrhage so as to optimize the diagnosis and treatment.Methods:The clinical data of 2 054 children with alimentary tract hemorrhage in Kunming Children′s Hospital from January 2014 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:Among 2 054 children with alimentary tract hemorrhage, males was in 1 274 cases, females was in 780 cases, and the ratio of males to females was 1.6∶1; <3.0 years old was in 647 cases (31.5%), 3.0 to 5.9 years old was in 488 cases (23.8%), 6.0 to 8.9 years old was in 413 cases (20.1%), 9.0 to 11.9 years old was in 281 cases (13.7%), and ≥12 years old was in 225 cases (11.0%); upper alimentary tract hemorrhage was in 991 cases, lower alimentary tract hemorrhage was in 1063 cases. The top three causes of children with upper alimentary tract hemorrhage were acute or chronic gastritis/ gastric ulcer, anaphylactoid purpura and systemic serious infection; the top three causes of children with lower alimentary tract hemorrhage were intestinal polyps, anaphylactoid purpura and food protein allergic colitis. A rare causes of alimentary tract hemorrhage had Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, cavernous transformation of portal vein, Bartter syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, Budd-Chiari syndrome, annular pancreas, Reye syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, Evans syndrome and perianal angiectasia and so on.Conclusions:Alimentary tract hemorrhage is a common disease in pediatrics. With the increase of age, the proportion of children with alimentary tract hemorrhage decreased. The main causes of upper and lower alimentary tract hemorrhage are different in different age stages. In addition to paying attention to common causes, the rare causes of alimentary tract hemorrhage should be vigilant and recognized.
6.Chinese version of the Anterior Skull Base Nasal Inventory-12 and its reliability and validity
Chen MA ; Meifen SHEN ; Chenxi LI ; Yijie ZHANG ; Zhuo WANG ; Lu LIN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2021;27(22):2946-2950
Objective:To translate the Anterior Skull Base Nasal Inventory-12 (ASK-12) into Chinese, and test its reliability and validity.Methods:Following the classic Brislin back translation model, the original scale was translated and back translated. A nursing expert, a doctor of Nursing, and a bilingual translator of doctoral degree adjusted and revised the scale to form the first draft of the Chinese version of ASK-12, and form the final scale through pre-survey. From July 2018 to July 2020, convenience sampling was used to select 220 patients with pituitary tumor resection via nasal sphenoid approach in a ClassⅢ Grade A hospital in Suzhou City for investigation. SPSS 22.0 was used to test the reliability and validity.Results:The internal consistency Cronbach's α coefficient of the Chinese version of the ASK-12 was 0.819, the equal-length Spearman-Brown half coefficient was 0.794, and the test-retest reliability correlation coefficient was 0.915. The content validity index was 0.9, and the cumulative variance contribution rate of the two common factors extracted by exploratory factor analysis was 54.45%, and the structure validity was good.Conclusions:The Chinese version of the ASK-12 has good reliability and validity, and can be used to evaluate the severity of postoperative nasal symptoms in patients undergoing anterior skull base surgery via the nose, which provides a scientific clinical evaluation tool.
7.Scoping review on prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection in burn patients
Lijuan CHEN ; Lihong LIU ; Linli SUN ; Nana CHEN ; Meifen MENG
Chinese Journal of Burns 2021;37(10):970-977
Objective:To investigate the research trend and scope of prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) in burn patients.Methods:The scoping review method was adopted. Pre-retrieval was carried out with search terms of "中心静脉导管, 烧伤, 感染" and "central venous catheter, infection, catheter-related bloodstream infection, burn". On the basis of pre-retrieval, different retrieval formulas were formulated to retrieve researches related to central venous CRBSI in burn patients in China National Knowledge Internet, Wanfang Database, VIP Database, PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library from the establishment of each database to August 2020. Data were extracted from the included literature, including the first author, research publication time, research country, research type, diagnosis basis and intervention measures of central venous CRBSI, research sample selection, incidence related to infection, and research conclusion. Results:A total of 20 randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, case-control studies, cohort studies, and implementation researches published in 1990-2020 were included in this study with the first authors from China, the United States of America, or Argentina. The diagnostic bases for central venous CRBSI in burn patients were not uniform in the included literature, including adopting the Guidelines of American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diagnostic Criteria for Nosocomial Infection, and other diagnostic criteria without specifying the source. The intervention measures included the use of new materials such as antibiotics coated catheter and ethanol impregnated port protectors, multidisciplinary cooperation, and comprehensive preventive measures. The sample size in the included literature was small, and the sample selection was different, including the number of patients and the the number of placement of central venous catheter. The outcome indicators for infection in the included literature were diversified. The incidence per 1 000 days of central venous CRBSI was 20.41‰-29.1‰ of patients in control group in China, the incidence per 1 000 days of central venous CRBSI was mostly <16.6‰ in control group in foreign countries, and the incidence of central venous CRBSI was decreased to varying degrees after implementing the corresponding intervention measures. Related research conclusions showed that new materials, multidisciplinary cooperation, and comprehensive preventive measures had good effects on prevention of central venous CRBSI in burn patients. Conclusions:The researches on prevention of central venous CRBSI in burn patients in China start early and the research types are diversified. The diagnostic criteria of central venous CRBSI in burn patients are not uniform, intervention measures have shifted from standardizing relevant operational measures to exploring the prevention effects of new materials, multidisciplinary cooperation, and multiple measures, and the latter has good effects on preventing central venous CRBSI in burn patients.
8.Reliability and validity of a questionnaire for job satisfaction with influenza vaccine recommendation of community diabetes management doctors
LI Pingping ; CHEN Meifen ; ZHAO Fengmin ; YE Lixia
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;32(2):130-134
Objective:
To evaluate the reliability and validity of a questionnaire for job satisfaction with influenza vaccine recommendation of community diabetes management doctors.
Methods:
Through the literature review,expert interviews and pilot survey,a questionnaire for job satisfaction with influenza vaccine recommendation of community diabetes management doctors was initially formed. Cronbach's α coefficient was used to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire; correlation analysis,exploratory factor analysis(EFA)and confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)were used to evaluate the validity of the questionnaire.
Results :
The questionnaire had 23 items, which were categorized into four dimensions: working environment,job itself,general satisfaction and occupational load. The Cronbach's α coefficient of working environment,job itself,general satisfaction, occupational load and the total questionnaire was 0.924,0.884,0.937,0.891 and 0.936,respectively. EFA showed that the characteristic roots of four dimensions were all more than one,and the cumulative variance proportion was 73.82%. The Pearson correlation coefficient between each item and the total questionnaire ranged from 0.339 to 0.818, and the correlation coefficient between each dimension and the total questionnaire ranged from 0.429 to 0.872(all P<0.05). CFA showed that the variances of parameter estimation errors were all positive,and the standard errors ranged from 0.035 to 0.099,which were statistically significant(P<0.05);the standardized parameters between each item and dimension ranged from 0.596 to 0.939; χ2/df was 4.627(P<0.05), the comparative fit index was 0.827,the root mean square error of approximation was 0.076,which indicated the model fit.
Conclusion
The questionnaire has good reliability and validity,so it can be used to evaluate the satisfaction with influenza vaccine recommendation of community diabetes management doctors.
9.Application of task-based learning with experiential teaching on nursing clinical decision making ability
Yanyan LI ; Bingjin LIU ; Cuiping CHEN ; Meifen LI ; Fuqin TANG ; Xiuyun ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2019;35(6):457-461
Objective To explore the effect of application of task-based learning with experiential teaching on nursing clinical decision making ability. Methods A total of 96 nursing students were divided into experimental group and observation group with each of 48 nursing students. The experimental group used the application of task-based learning with experimental teaching, the control group used the traditional scenario simulation. At the end of the course, the final scores, skill operation scores and nursing students'evaluation of the course and clinical decision-making ability of nursing were observed in the two groups. Results The final scores, chapters related to task-based learning with experiential teaching, skill operation scores was (82.06±0.98), (12.01±0.88), (94.99±0.34) points in the experimental group, and (78.34±0.98), (9.32±0.76), (91.87±0.98) points in the control group, and the difference was significant(t=12.958, 9.872, 10.834, all P<0.01). The evaluation of teaching methods, teaching process and teaching effect was (20.06±0.98), (23.01±0.88), (35.99±0.34) points in the experimental group, and (17.34±0.98), (20.32±0.76), (30.87±0.98) points in the control group, and the difference was significant (t=5.96, 6.87, 6.99, all P<0.01).The score of clinical decision-making ability of nursing was (137.50 ± 12.61) points in the experimental group, and (123.88±9.89) points in the control group,and the difference was significant (t=5.891, P<0.01). Conclusions The effect of task-based learning with experiential teaching in teaching of nursing in vocational nursing students, enable students to transfer knowledge and experience in experience, it can improve the students' clinical decision making ability.
10.Single-center retrospective analysis of 125 donor hearts from brain death donation and to explore the use of marginal donor hearts
WU Min ; WU Yijing ; WU Meifen ; MAI Mingjie ; HUANG Jingsong ; CHEN Oudi
Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019;26(11):1069-1073
Objective To analyze the assessment and maintenance of 125 donor hearts from brain death donation and explore the use of marginal donor hearts. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the evaluation, maintenance, operation and follow-up results of 125 donor hearts from April 2016 to August 2019. There were 98 males and 27 females at age of 6-50 (36.0±2.4) years. Results Twelve donor hearts were discarded due to unqualified evaluation after heart harvest. 113 patients of heart transplantation were performed with a double lumen venous anastomosis manner. The mean time of cold ischemia was 220.1±6.7 min. Four patients died within 30 days after operation. Postoperative right ventricular assist circulation was performed in 4 patients, intra-aortic balloon counterattack (IABP) in 12 patients and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in 12 patients. Marginal donors included 15 hepatitis B antigen positive donor hearts, 2 tricuspid regurgitation, 1 mitral regurgitation, 5 coronary calcification, 4 myocardial stunning and 2 severe weight mismatch. The results of follow-up (2 years) after marginal donor heart transplantation were satisfactory. Conclusion Improving the assessment and maintenance of donor hearts can improve the utilization rate of the heart, and the marginal donor heart transplantation needs long-term follow-up.


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