1.Correlation between environmental factors and pediatric respiratory disease visits in a central hospital of Shanghai
ZHOU Shuangshuang, CAI Yizhou, MIAO Xueqin, ZHANG Lili, ZHOU Yibin, HE Dandan, LIU Jie, HU Yanqi
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(5):708-711
Objective:
To explore the correlation and lag effects of environmental factors on pediatric respiratory disease visits at hospital, so as to provide scientific basis for disease prediction and optimizing clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Methods:
Data from 503 889 pediatric respiratory disease outpatient and emergency visits a central hospital in Minhang District of Shanghai between 2017 and 2019, along with concurrent meteorological data were collected. A distributed lag non-linear models (DLNM) was constructed to explore the specific relationship between pediatric respiratory disease consultations and various environmental factors and to quantify the cumulative lag effects of environmental factors on respiratory disease consultations.
Results:
Among the environmental factors, temperature, fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), inhalable particulate matter (PM 10 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) were associated with pediatric respiratory disease visits. After adjusting for temperature, PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations did not show significant immediate or lag effects. The relative risk (RR) of pediatric respiratory disease visits increased with rising NO 2 concentrations. When NO 2 concentration ≥55 μg/m 3, significant immediate and lagged effects (lag 3, 5, and 7 days) were observed. The RR values were 1.05, 1.13, 1.17, and 1.21( P <0.05). The RR values showed an inverted “U” shaped relationship with SO 2 concentrations. When SO 2 concentration ≥5 μg/m 3, significant lagged effects (lag 3, 5, and 7 days) were observed. The RR values were 1.03 , 1.03, and 1.04 ( P <0.05).
Conclusion
High concentrations of NO 2 and SO 2 increase the risk of pediatric respiratory disease visits, with observable lag effects.
2.Factors Influencing Inpatient Costs for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Intrauterine Lesions under DRG Payment
Yutong WANG ; Weiguo ZHU ; Xueqin SUN ; Jiali TONG ; Jingya ZHOU ; Qing ZHAO ; Bocheng LI ; Wei ZHANG ; Xiaokun LIU ; Rui DONG ; Chen XIE ; Ding HAN
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2024;15(5):1069-1076
To analyze the factors affecting the cost of hospitalization for patients and provide insights using the intrauterine lesion surgery group (DRG code NE19) as an example. This study was a retrospective cross-sectional study, with data from the first page of medical records of patients enrolled under NE19 at a comprehensive tertiary hospital in Beijing from March 15, 2022 to November 30, 2023. Influence factor selection and multifactorial linear regression analysis were conducted with hospitalization cost as the dependent variable, and patient's basic information, treatment information and key concern factors as independent variables. The profit and loss of medical records containing key factors and differences in indicators of hospitalization cost structure were analyzed in the context of clinical practice. A total of 2213 valid medical records (all female patients) were included, with patients predominantly young and middle-aged women under 45 years of age (72.12%), and with 931 day surgery medical records (42.07%). The diagnosis records included 334(15.09%) multiple uterine leiomyomas, and 246(11.12%) pelvic adhesions. A total of 150(6.78%) medical records involved ovary- and tubal-related surgeries or manipulations, with 160(7.23%) main operations being laparoscopic hysterectomy of diseased uterine lesions and 38(1.72%) mechanical rotational excision of abnormal uterine tissue using transhysteroscopy. Linear regression analysis showed that whether or not ovarian and tubal surgical operations were involved ( The NE19 group of hospitals in the study had a high loss rate, and factors such as the severity of the patient's condition and the use of new technologies affected hospitalization costs, suggesting that there is room for further optimization of the existing grouping scheme. Tiered payment standards can be set up for different tiers of healthcare institutions, and a sound and optimized exclusion mechanism can be used to promote the development of new technologies. The internal management of hospitals should encourage the development of daytime surgery to improve the efficiency of medical services.
3.Dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome.
Qing ZHAO ; Lele SUN ; Yonghu SUN ; Dean NAISBITT ; Hong LIU ; Furen ZHANG
Chinese Medical Journal 2023;136(13):1560-1562
4.Cornelia de Lange syndrome with recurrent seizures and SMC1A gene c. 2923C > T mutation: a case report and literature review
Fangmin ZHANG ; Ziming HAN ; Xiaoyue WANG ; Dean ZHAO ; Meigui HAN ; Qian HUANG ; Xiaojuan ZHU ; Peipei LIU ; Lingchao WANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2022;37(2):143-145
Objective:To explore the characteristics, clinical manifestations and gene mutation types of Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLs), and to improve the understanding of the disease.Methods:Clinical data and gene test results of a pediatric case of CdLs diagnosed in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University in August 2019 were analyzed retrospectively.Results:A female patient with 2 years and 8 months old presented a special appearance with a low and flat nose, a wide eye distance, audition ears, a downward inclination of the mouth corner, a high arch of the jaw and a small jaw deformity, who had recurrent seizures, speech and mental retardation.The result of gene test showed the mutation of SMC1A gene c. 2923C > T, and thus the patient was diagnosed as type 2 CdLs. Conclusions:CdLs is a rare genetic metabolic disease with special facial features and physical signs.There is only one case of CdLs with gene mutation of SMC1A in China through literature review.The mutation of SMC1A gene c. 2923C>T in CdLs cases has not been reported at home and abroad, which expands the variation spectrum of the SMC1A gene.
5.The influence of air pollution on the health of primary school students
CHEN Shuchang, XU Hong, LIU Weiyan, XU Shanshan, LYU Ye, ZHANG Wenhui
Chinese Journal of School Health 2021;42(10):1560-1563
Objective:
To investigate the effects of ambient air pollution on the school age children s diseases, symptoms and school absence, and to provide a reference for preventing the harmful effect of air pollution on students.
Methods:
Health questionnaires surveys were conducted among 792 students of the fourth grade in a primary school in Hangzhou, and the incidence of diseases and symptoms were continuously monitored every day during the winter of 2014-2017. The generalized additive model based on Poisson regression was used to analyze the health effects caused by single pollution. The multivariate Logistic regression model was used to analyze the comprehensive effects of family, living environment and air pollution on student health.
Results:
Totally 415 students(52.4%) had a history of diseases and 265 students(33.5%) had a history of allergy. During the investigation, the average concentrations of PM 2.5 , PM 10 , SO 2 and NO 2 were (81.0±2.8) (122.2±3.9) (17.9±0.6) and (68.9±1.4)μg/m 3. Strongest associations were found for lag 3 day of exposure among PM 2.5 , PM 10 and NO 2 on illness and absence. Increases of 10 μg/m 3 in PM 2.5 , PM 10 and NO 2 were associated with 1.02(95% CI =1.01-1.02), 1.04(95% CI =1.03-1.06) and 1.03(95% CI =1.02- 1.04 ) increases in daily illness rates. SO 2 lag for 5 days had the most significant effect on students health. Father s education was the protective factor for illness ( OR =0.83) and symptoms( OR =0.84 ). The risk factors for symptoms included furniture replacement within one year( OR =1.78), pet feeding( OR =1.94), respiratory infections within one year( OR =1.82), allergies rhinitis( OR =2.24), family history with coronary heart disease/hypertension( OR =1.46), indoor activity time ( OR =1.02) and atmospheric PM 10 concentration( OR =1.09)( P <0.05).
Conclusion
The increase of air pollution concentration has an impact on the illness, symptoms and absence from school, and there is a lag effect. Father s education is a protective factor for the health of students. Indoor pollution and outdoor air pollution can lead to the occurrence of illness and symptoms.
6.scDPN for High-throughput Single-cell CNV Detection to Uncover Clonal Evolution During HCC Recurrence
Wu LIANG ; Jiang MIAOMIAO ; Wang YUZHOU ; Zhou BIAOFENG ; Sun YUNFAN ; Zhou KAIQIAN ; Xie JIARUI ; Zhong YU ; Zhao ZHIKUN ; Dean MICHAEL ; Hou YONG ; Liu SHIPING
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 2021;19(3):346-357
Single-cell genomics provides substantial resources for dissecting cellular heterogeneity and cancer evolution. Unfortunately, classical DNA amplification-based methods have low throughput and introduce coverage bias during sample preamplification. We developed a single-cell DNA library preparation method without preamplification in nanolitre scale (scDPN) to address these issues. The method achieved a throughput of up to 1800 cells per run for copy number variation (CNV) detection. Also, our approach demonstrated a lower level of amplification bias and noise than the multiple displacement amplification (MDA) method and showed high sensitivity and accuracy for cell line and tumor tissue evaluation. We used this approach to profile the tumor clones in paired primary and relapsed tumor samples of hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC). We identified three clonal subpopulations with a multitude of aneuploid alterations across the genome. Furthermore, we observed that a minor clone of the primary tumor containing additional alterations in chro-mosomes 1q, 10q, and 14q developed into the dominant clone in the recurrent tumor, indicating clonal selection during recurrence in HCC. Overall, this approach provides a comprehensive and scalable solution to understand genome hetero-geneity and evolution.
7.An analysis of global research on SARS-CoV-2.
Longhao ZHANG ; Baihong LI ; Peng JIA ; Jian PU ; Bei BAI ; Yin LI ; Peijia ZHU ; Lei LI ; Guojun ZENG ; Xin ZHAO ; Shanshan DONG ; Menghan LIU ; Nan ZHANG
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2020;37(2):236-245
The SARS-CoV-2 has been spread to 26 countries around the world since its outbreak. By February 16, 2020, more than 68 000 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Researchers from all over the world have carried out timely studies on this public health emergency and produced a number of scientific publications. This review aims to re-analyze and summarize the current research findings in a timely manner to guide scholars in relevant fields to further SARS-CoV-2 research and assist healthcare professionals in their work and decision-making. The SARS-CoV-2 related terms were selected in both English and Chinese and were searched in several major databases, including Pubmed, Web of Science, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases. The reference list of each search result was screened for relevance, which was further supplemented to the search results. The included studies were categorized by topics with key characteristics extracted, re-analyzed, and summarized. A total of 301 articles were finally included with 136 in Chinese and 165 in English. The number of publications has rapidly increased since mid-January, 2020, and a peak day was 6th February on which 50 articles were published. The top three countries publishing articles were China, the United States and the United Kingdom. The and its specialty journals have published the most articles, with contribution also from journals such as ( ), ( ), and . All articles were categorized into epidemiology, clinical diagnosis and treatment, basic research, pregnant women and children, mental health, epidemic prevention & control, and others. The literatures related to SARS-CoV-2 are emerging rapidly. It is necessary to sort out and summarize the research topic in time, which has a good reference value for staff in different positions. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the judgment of the quality of literatures.
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8.Novel C-17 spirost protostane-type triterpenoids from with anti-inflammatory activity in Caco-2 cells.
Qinghao JIN ; Jianqing ZHANG ; Jinjun HOU ; Min LEI ; Chen LIU ; Xia WANG ; Yong HUANG ; Shuai YAO ; Bang Yeon HWANG ; Wanying WU ; Dean GUO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2019;9(4):809-818
Twenty-one protostane-type triterpenoids with diverse structures, including nine new compounds (-), were isolated from the of Linn. Structurally, alisolides A‒F (-), composed of an oxole group coupled to a five-membered ring, represent unusual C-17 spirost protostane-type triterpenoids. Alisolide H () is a novel triterpenoid with an unreported endoperoxide bridge. Alisolide I () represents the first example of 23,24-acetal triterpenoid. Their structures were elucidated based on spectroscopic analysis, wherein the absolute configurations of ‒, were further confirmed by the Mo(OAc)-induced ECD method. Furthermore, all isolates were evaluated for their inhibitory effects on LPS-induced NO production in Caco-2 cells, and all the compounds showed remarkable inhibitory activities, with IC values in the range of 0.76-38.20 μmol/L.
9. The development trend of geriatric nursing and combination of medical and nursing by analysis of the keywords of literature in China
Yanhong YAN ; Qing HE ; Rui LI ; Lan TAO ; Tuo LIU ; Renjiao ZUO ; Lu YANG ; Zhiqin CAO ; Zhenzhen XIONG
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2019;35(35):2731-2735
Objective:
Through research on the geriatric nursing related literature in Chinese journals and medical care and elderly care combination related keywords from 1979 to 2017, this study provides the development trend of geriatric nursing research.
Methods:
Searching articles in Wanfang, CNKI, VIP database, selecting the keywords and published time of the paper. Employing descriptive statistics to describe literatures information such as publication time, quantity of keywords, word frequency of keywords, heat degree of keywords, character of keywords and so on.
Results:
Totally 134 791 articles were got and 58 031 articles were included in the analysis. The amount of literature growth was slow before 2005, The cumulative amount of literature in 1979-2005 was only 12.75% of the total amount of literature. After 2005, the amount of literature increased rapidly year by year. The number of literature published in 2017 has exceeded 12%. The amount of the geriatric nursing related literature was proportional to the number of people aged 65 and over in China. In the research of geriatric nursing, the content related to medical care and elderly care combination was quite dispersed, and it did not involve research at the level of Medical Association. The medical care and elderly care combination and Medical Association were new areas in the research of geriatric nursing.
Conclusion
The amount of the geriatric nursing related literature from 1979 to 2017 was proportional to the number of people aged 65 and over in China. There are few researches on how to carry out geriatric nursing under the policy of medical care and elderly care combination and Medical Association, which should be the focus of future research and exploration to actively respond to the challenge of aging population.
10.Value of computed tomographic venography in the diagnosis of iliac vein stenosis or occlusion
Zhiguo WEN ; Liping DU ; Jinyang LIU ; Wanli HAN ; Songfeng ZHAO ; Dean LIANG ; Wenming LI
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2018;33(11):947-950
Objective To evaluate computed tomography venography (CTV) in diagnosis of iliac vein stenosis or occlusion.Methods From Jun 2015 to Jun 2017,168 CVD patients with CEAP clinically graded at 4 to 6 underwent evaluation with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) CTV and colour Doppler ultrasound.Taking DSA as standard,the diagnostic value of CTV and colour Doppler ultrasound were analyzed and compared.Results DSA established diagnosis of 95 cases,compared with DSA,CTV's and colour Doppler ultrasound's sensitivity,specificity,positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio was 87.4% and 64.2%,94.5% and 98.6%,15.89 and 45.86 and 0.13 and 0.36.Compared with colour Doppler ultrasound,CTV's sensitivity was significantly higher (P < 0.05,the 95 % confidence intervals were 0.764-14.257),and there was no significant difference between them in aspect of specificity (P =0.375,the 95% confidence intervals were 0.943-0.986),Kappa value was 0.809(P <0.05,the 95% confidence intervals were 0.714-0.893),0.597 (P < 0.05,the 95% confidence intervals were 0.464-0.717).Conclusion In the diagnosis of CVD combined with iliac and femoral venous stenosis,CTV has outstanding sensitivity,specificity,and good conformancy with that of DSA.


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