Objective:To analyze the clinical efficacy of internal fixation and prosthesis revision in the treatment of periprosthesis fracture after total knee arthroplasty.Methods:A total of 35 patients (35 knees) with periprosthetic fractures after total knee arthroplasty were retrospectively analyzed from January 2008 to January 2022 in the Department of Orthopaedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, including 13 males and 22 females, aged 71.4±4.1 years (range, 62-81 years). Left knee 19 cases, right knee 16 cases. There were 20 cases of Rorabeck type II and 15 cases of Rorabeck type III. The initial replacement was performed using a fixed platform post-stabilized knee prosthesis, which was fixed with bone cement. Patients with Rorabeck type II were treated with internal fixation alone (internal fixation group) and patients with Rorabeck type III underwent revision with replacement prosthesis (revision group). The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) score, range of motion (ROM) of knee joint, alignment of lower extremity and incidence of postoperative complications were compared between the two groups.Results:All patients successfully completed the operation and were followed up for 5.2±3.6 years (range, 1-12 years). Intraoperative blood loss was 680±102 ml (range, 420-1100 ml). The operative time in the internal fixation group was 105±17 min, which was less than 140±21 min in the revision group, and the difference was statistically significant ( t=-5.450, P<0.001). There was no complication of nerve or blood vessel injury during the operation. Five cases in the internal fixation group had unsatisfactory lower extremity force lines (>3° deviation from normal) after surgery, and all lower extremity force lines in the revision group were satisfied, and the difference in the satisfaction rate of lower extremity force lines between the two groups was not statistically significant ( P=0.057). The fracture healing time, knee ROM and HSS scores at the last follow-up were 5.1±1.3 months, 86°±5° and 84±5 in the internal fixation group and 4.8±1.5 months, 83°±6° and 82±4 in the revision group. One case in the revision group was diagnosed postoperatively with periprosthetic infection with pathogen culture suggestive of Candida albicans, recurrent anterior knee sinus tracts and patellar ectasia, which progressed to osteomyelitis, and mid-thigh amputation was performed 1 year after revision. Conclusion:The stability of prosthesis is an important reference for the treatment of periprosthetic fractures after total knee arthroplasty. Strong internal fixation in patients with unloosened prosthesis and revision with replacement of prosthesis in patients with loose prosthesis can achieve good knee joint function.

Objective:To investigate the clinical value of thromboelastogram in early diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients undergoing free flap surgery of lower extremity.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the 192 patients undergoing surgical repair of soft tissue defects at lower extremity with free anterolateral femoral flap at Department of Orthopaedics, Tongji Hospital from January 2018 to June 2022. There were 117 males and 75 females, with an age of (45.6±12.7) years and an area of skin defects ranging from 5 cm × 3 cm to 18 cm × 9 cm. The patients were divided into 2 groups according to whether DVT occurred on the first day after surgery. In the DVT group of 22 patients, there were 14 males and 8 females, with an age of (47.7±14.3) years; in the DVT-free group of 170 patients, there were 103 males and 67 females, with an age of (45.3±12.5) years. The 2 groups were compared in terms of reaction time, coagulation time, maximum amplitude and coagulation angle in the thromboelastogram. Diagram of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves was used to evaluate the predictive value of thromboelastography in assessing the risk of DVT after surgery.Results:The 2 groups were comparable because there was no significant difference in the baseline information or operation time between them ( P>0.05). The reaction time [(5.21±0.85) min] and coagulation time [(1.12±0.30) min] in the DVT group were significantly shorter than those in the DVT-free group [(6.48±0.06) min and (1.60±0.03) min], and the maximum amplitude [(71.45±1.17) mm] and coagulation angle [69.54° (64.59°, 76.64°) ] in the DVT group were significantly larger than those in the DVT-free group [(66.63±0.40) mm and 64.92°(54.11°, 74.21°)] (all P<0.05). The optimal cut-off points in the ROC diagram were 5.46 min at reaction time, 1.52 min at coagulation time, 72.31 mm at maximum amplitude and 59.89° at coagulation angle. The sensitivity and specificity of detecting DVT on the first day after surgery were 80.7% and 71.6%, respectively, according to the combination of the best cut-off points in the ROC diagram and all the indexes in the thromboelastogram. Conclusion:Thromboelastogram is of a great value for the diagnosis of lower extremity DVT, and of a positive significance for the prevention of serious complications after surgery in patients undergoing free flap surgery of lower extremity.

Objective:To report 2 young infants of sodium channel related epilepsy with SCN2A gene mutation, and to discuss the clinical characteristics of the disease and the efficacy and safety of lacosamide combined with the literature.Methods:Corresponding information of 2 children hospitalized in the Department of Neurology of Hunan Children′s Hospital in July 2021 and October 2021 was collected, including the symptoms, comprehensive physical examination, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, imaging, electrophysiological examination, diagnosis and treatment process, response to treatment and other clinical data, as well as the sequencing results of the whole exome of the children. The efficacy and safety of lacosamide were analyzed, and the related literatures of the Biomedical Literature Database, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform and Chinese Knowledge Infrastructure Database were searched and reviewed.Results:Both of the 2 cases were girl. Their onset age was within 3 months. The initial symptoms were frequent convulsions and backward development. There was no structural abnormality in the head image. The convulsions could not be controlled according to conventional multidrug treatment. The seizures were quickly controlled with lacosamide. Now they have been followed up for 6 months. No obvious adverse reactions were found. Case 1 gene test results showed the SCN2A gene (chr2:166152333-166246334) heterozygous deletion, SCN1A gene (chr2:166847754-16693013) heterozygous deletion, the deletion size being about 5.72 Mb. Case 2 gene test results showed new missense mutation of SCN2A (c.1285G>A, p.Glu429Lys). There were dozens of seizures every day. They were treated with valproic acid, oxcarbazepine and levetiracetam successively. The seizures could not be controlled. Three focal seizures originated in the left temporal region were detected by electroencephalogram. There was no recurrence on the third day after adding lacosamide, and there was no attack after 5 months of follow-up. No obvious adverse reactions were found during follow-up.Conclusions:Sodium channel related epileptic encephalopathy often starts early, has frequent seizures, and can be accompanied by backward psychomotor development at the same time. The slow sodium channel blocker lacosamide has good efficacy and safety in the treatment of sodium channel-related epilepsy with SCN2A gene mutation or combined SCN1A gene mutation.

Objective:To study the effectiveness of a strategy for detecting early gastric cancer using high-definition gastroscopy.Methods:A total of 849 patients over 35 years old who underwent gastroscopy in the Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from December 2018 to January 2019 were enrolled to a prospective study. During gastroscopy, biopsies were taken at any suspicious lesions in patients who had never been infected with Helicobacter pylori. In ulcer-type lesions, biopsies were taken at the edge of the ulcer. Outside the atrophic area, biopsies were taken at lesions in the cardia which were reddish under white light, or lesions in the non-cardiac area which were white or showed clear borders under white light. Inside the atrophic area, biopsies were taken at elevated lesions with clear borders or irregular depressions on the top, or flat/depressed lesions with irregular borders or being ocherous under narrow band imaging. In addition, biopsies were performed on any lesion that did not meet the above standard but was considered necessary. The high-risk patients were followed up by gastroscopy to observe the detection and missed diagnosis of neoplasm that meet the above standard, and to determine the sensitivity and positive predictive value of the strategy. Results:A total of 548 patients were biopsied (781 lesions). Among the 327 lesions that met the above standard, 16 lesions (4.9%) were diagnosed as epithelial neoplasm, of which 10 (3.1%) were high-grade neoplasm. Among the 454 lesions that did not meet the standard, only 1 (0.2%) epithelial neoplasm was diagnosed, and there was no high-grade neoplasm. The positive predictive value of this screening strategy for gastric epithelial neoplasm and high-grade neoplasm was higher than those who did not meet the standard (4.9% VS 0.2%, χ2=19.49, P<0.01; 3.1% VS 0, P<0.001). There were 146 patients (17.2%, 146/849) followed up by gastroscopy. During the follow-up, 2 high-grade intramucosal neoplasms were found. 84.2% (16/19) of epithelial tumors and 83.3% (10/12) of high-grade neoplasm were detected during the initial gastroscopy. Conclusion:This screening strategy can efficiently detect early gastric cancer under high-definition gastroscopy.

Objective:To analyze the clinical characteristics, risk factors and prognosis of early septic patients with bloodstream infection (BSI) in department of critical care medicine of Ningxia Medical University General Hospital.Methods:Patients with sepsis admitted to department of critical care medicine of Ningxia Medical University General Hospital from November 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021 were included in a prospective observational study. Blood samples were collected for culture within 24 hours of sepsis diagnosis. General information, laboratory test indicators and blood culture results within 24 hours of sepsis diagnosis were recorded. Patients were followed up and prognostic indicators [mechanical ventilation time, length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and 28-day survival] were observed. According to blood culture results, patients were divided into BSI group and non-BSI group. Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis were performed on the general clinical characteristics of patients in the two groups to screen the risk factors of early BSI in septic patients. Receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC) was drawn to evaluate the predictive value of risk factors for early BSI in septic patients.Results:A total of 202 septic patients were included in this study, with 62 patients in BSI group and 140 patients in non-BSI group. The majority of patients in the BSI group were associated with abdominal infection (61.3%), and the majority of patients in the non-BSI group were associated with pulmonary infection (49.3%). A total of 76 strains were isolated from septic patients in BSI group, and the most common pathogens were Escherichia coli (26 strains, 34.2%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (11 strains, 14.4%), Enterococcus (7 strains, 9.2%), Bacteroides fragilis (6 strains, 7.9%) and Staphylococcus aureus (6 strains, 7.9%). There were no significant differences in mechanical ventilation time, the length of ICU stay and 28-day mortality between the BSI group and the non-BSI group. The difference of variables was statistically significant between two group according to Univariate analysis, which included body temperature, acute physiology and chronic health score Ⅱ (APACHEⅡ), use of antibiotics before admission to ICU, abdominal infection, hypersensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), serum creatinine (SCr), total bilirubin (TBil), platelet count (PLT), blood lactic acid (Lac) and hypercalcitonin (PCT). Multivariate analysis showed that low PLT [odds ratio ( OR) = 1.004, P = 0.019], high Lac ( OR = 1.314, P = 0.002), high body temperature ( OR = 1.482, P = 0.027), concomitant abdominal infection ( OR = 2.354, P = 0.040), no use of antibiotics before admission to ICU ( OR = 2.260, P = 0.049) were independent risk factors for early BSI in septic patients. The area under ROC curve (AUC) of PLT, Lac, body temperature, abdominal infection and no use of antibiotics before admission to ICU for predicting early BSI in septic patients were 0.711, 0.686, 0.594, 0.592 and 0.590, respectively. Youden index was used to calculate the optimal cut-off values, which was PLT 122.50×10 9/L, Lac 2.95 mmol/L, body temperature 39.45 ℃, respectively. The highest level of AUC was 0.754, the sensitivity was 75.8%, and the specificity was 68.8%, which were observed when the 5 items were combined. Conclusions:Early septic patients with BSI are more serious than those without BSI. Low PLT, high Lac, high temperature, concomitant abdominal infection and no use of antibiotics before admission to ICU are independent risk factors for early BSI in septic patients, and the combination of these five factors has good predictive value.

Humans ; Tranexamic Acid ; Atrial Fibrillation ; Antifibrinolytic Agents ; Arthroplasty ; Blood Loss, Surgical ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip

OBJECTIVE: To explore the correlation of plasma N-acetyl-neuraminic acid level with Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score and clinical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS: We consecutively enrolled 708 consecutive patients (401 male and 307 female, mean age 63.6±10.6 years) undergoing coronary angiography in our hospital between October, 2018 and July, 2019, including 597 patients with ACS and 111 without ACS (control group). The patients with ACS group were divided into high (=104), moderate (=425) and low (=68) risk groups according to their TIMI risk scores. All the participants were examined for plasma Neu5Ac level using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and underwent coronary angiography with their Gensini scores calculated. The patients with ACS were followed up after discharge for a mean of 15 months for the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (Mace). Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the risk factors of Mace in these patients. RESULTS: Plasma Neu5Ac levels were significantly higher in ACS group than in the control group ( < 0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that plasma Neu5Ac level could assist in the diagnosis of ACS (0.648 [0.597-0.699]) with a sensitivity of 39.2% and a specificity of 86.5% at the cutoff value of 288.50 ng/mL. In the ACS patients, plasma Neu5Ac level was significantly higher in the high-risk group than in the moderate-risk and low-risk groups ( < 0.05) and could assist in the diagnosis of a high risk (0.645 [0.588-0.703]) with a sensitivity of 42.3% and a specificity of 80.1% at the cutoff value of 327.50 ng/ mL. Plasma Neu5Ac was positively correlated with age, serum uric acid, creatinine, lipoprotein a, Ddimer, C-reactive protein, MB isoform of creatine kinase and Gensini score and negatively correlated with high-density lipoprotein level. During the followup, 80 ACS patients experienced Mace, who had significantly higher plasma Neu5Ac level than those without Mace (=517). Logistic regression analysis showed that plasma Neu5Ac level and a history of previous stroke were independent risk factors for the occurrence of Mace. CONCLUSIONS Plasma Neu5Ac level can provide assistance in the diagnosis and risk stratification of ACS and is an independent risk factor for prognosis of ACS patients.

During the outbreak of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), the clinical laboratories of hospitals designated for the disease treatment is undertaking a lot of clinical testing work of infectious specimens. How to manage the biosafety risk is a major problem that the clinical laboratory and the nosocomial infection control department are facing. This article introduces the hierarchical prevention and control biosafety measures in the clinical laboratory from the perspective of the laboratory, with a view to provide reasonable and feasible methods for the clinical laboratories of hospitals at various levels during the outbreak.

Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a major infectious complication in patients with hematological malignancies. In this study, we examined 4889 courses of chemotherapy in patients with hematological diseases to establish a training dataset (n = 3500) by simple random sampling to develop a weighted risk score for proven or probable IFD through multivariate regression, which included the following variables: male patients, induction chemotherapy for newly diagnosed or relapsed disease, neutropenia, neutropenia longer than 10 days, hypoalbuminemia, central-venous catheter, and history of IFD. The patients were classified into three groups, which had low (0-10, ~1.2%), intermediate (11-15, 6.4%), and high risk ( > 15, 17.5%) of IFD. In the validation set (n = 1389), the IFD incidences of the groups were ~1.4%, 5.0%, and 21.4%. In addition, we demonstrated that antifungal prophylaxis offered no benefits in low-risk patients, whereas benefits were documented in intermediate (2.1% vs. 6.6%, P = 0.007) and high-risk patients (8.4% vs. 23.3%, P = 0.007). To make the risk score applicable for clinical settings, a pre-chemo risk score that deleted all unpredictable factors before chemotherapy was established, and it confirmed that anti-fungal prophylaxis was beneficial in patients with intermediate and high risk of IFD. In conclusion, an objective, weighted risk score for IFD was developed, and it may be useful in guiding antifungal prophylaxis.

Objective? To design a Seminar curriculum model for graduate nursing students based on the discussion of SCI papers and evaluate its effect on students' scientific research ability. Methods? Using the cluster sampling method, 57 graduate nursing students from a medical university were selected as the control group, and 58 graduate nursing students were selected as the experimental group. Using SCI nursing papers as the subject of discussion, the control group implemented the empirical Seminar curriculum model. The experimental group constructed and implemented the curriculum model based on the research capability structure model and the Seminar learning objectives. The effects of the intervention were evaluated using the Research Motivation Scale (RMS), the Nursing Research Self-Efficacy Scale (NURSES), the Nursing Staff Scientific Research Self-Assessment Scale (SRASES), and the Seminar Survey Questionnaire. Results? After the course, the scores of RMS total score, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation of the nursing students in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05). At the end of the course, the scores of the NURSES total scores, scientific knowledge resources of the nursing students and "effect of collective research" in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05). At the end of the course, the scores of the total scores and dimensions of the SRASES in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05). Conclusions? The Seminar curriculum model based on SCI papers can improve the motivation, scientific research efficacy and scientific research ability of graduate nursing students to a certain extent. However, it is still necessary to further explore the curriculum model to help students avoid the motivation of scientific research failure and the understanding and application of theory.