1.Association of different sleep characteristics and cardiometabolic risk in college students
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(1):25-29
Objective:
To describe the association of different sleep characteristics and cardiometabolic risk among college students, so as to provide reference for health promotion of college students.
Methods:
By random cluster sampling method, a questionnaire survey and physical examination including blood pressure, waist circumference and blood lipid indicators, which were conducted in April and May of 2019 among a total of 1 179 college students from the first grade in two universities in Hefei City of Anhui Province and Shangrao City of Jiangxi Province. A total of 729 college students with valid questionnaires were included into analysis. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were used to investigate sleep behavior, and the Morning And Evening Questionnaire-5 (MEQ-5) was used to investigate sleep characteristics. The cardiometabolic risk score was derived using the sum of the standardized sex specific Z scores of waist circumference, mean arterial pressure, HDL cholesterol (multiplied by -1), triglycerides, and insulin resistance index. The rank sum tests were used to compare differences in cardiometabolic risk scores across demographic characteristics. Generalized linear models were used to compare the association of different sleep characteristics with cardiometabolic risk scores among college students.
Results:
The average cardiovascular metabolic risk score of college students was -0.32(-2.03, 1.58). There were statistically significant differences in cardiovascular metabolic risk scores among college students in variables such as smoking, health status, and physical activity levels ( t/F=-3.41, 12.88, 51.07, P <0.01). The results of the generalized linear model showed that nighttime preference ( B=1.89, 95%CI =1.02-3.49), insomnia symptoms ( B=3.25, 95%CI =1.79-5.90), and short or long sleep duration ( B=1.92, 95%CI =1.21-3.05) were positively correlated with the cardiovascular metabolic risk score of college students ( P <0.05).
Conclusions
Poor sleep patterns among college students are positively correlated with the risk of cardiovascular metabolism. The sleep behavior of college students should be actively changed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
2.Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Assessing Response to Chemotherapy
Yubo GUO ; Xiao LI ; Yajuan GAO ; Kaini SHEN ; Lu LIN ; Jian WANG ; Jian CAO ; Zhuoli ZHANG ; Ke WAN ; Xi Yang ZHOU ; Yucheng CHEN ; Long Jiang ZHANG ; Jian LI ; Yining WANG
Korean Journal of Radiology 2024;25(5):426-437
Objective:
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a diagnostic tool that provides precise and reproducible information about cardiac structure, function, and tissue characterization, aiding in the monitoring of chemotherapy response in patients with lightchain cardiac amyloidosis (AL-CA). This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of CMR in monitoring responses to chemotherapy in patients with AL-CA.
Materials and Methods:
In this prospective study, we enrolled 111 patients with AL-CA (50.5% male; median age, 54 [interquartile range, 49–63] years). Patients underwent longitudinal monitoring using biomarkers and CMR imaging. At followup after chemotherapy, patients were categorized into superior and inferior response groups based on their hematological and cardiac laboratory responses to chemotherapy. Changes in CMR findings across therapies and differences between response groups were analyzed.
Results:
Following chemotherapy (before vs. after), there were significant increases in myocardial T2 (43.6 ± 3.5 ms vs. 44.6 ± 4.1 ms; P = 0.008), recovery in right ventricular (RV) longitudinal strain (median of -9.6% vs. -11.7%; P = 0.031), and decrease in RV extracellular volume fraction (ECV) (median of 53.9% vs. 51.6%; P = 0.048). These changes were more pronounced in the superior-response group. Patients with superior cardiac laboratory response showed significantly greater reductions in RV ECV (-2.9% [interquartile range, -8.7%–1.1%] vs. 1.7% [-5.5%–7.1%]; P = 0.017) and left ventricular ECV (-2.0% [-6.0%–1.3%] vs. 2.0% [-3.0%–5.0%]; P = 0.01) compared with those with inferior response.
Conclusion
Cardiac amyloid deposition can regress following chemotherapy in patients with AL-CA, particularly showing more prominent regression, possibly earlier, in the RV. CMR emerges as an effective tool for monitoring associated tissue characteristics and ventricular functional recovery in patients with AL-CA undergoing chemotherapy, thereby supporting its utility in treatment response assessment.
3.Meta-synthesis of qualitative research on Chinese nurses' experience of "Internet+ nursing service"
Chenghuan ZHANG ; Yajuan WENG ; Yuan LIN ; Xiaotong GAO ; Ling CAO
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2023;29(11):1430-1437
Objective:To systematically evaluate and integrate the qualitative research of Chinese nurses' experience of "Internet+ nursing service", aiming to provide reference for medical institutions to further promote and improve the "Internet+ nursing service" model.Methods:Chinese nurses' experience of cognition, practice and management of "Internet+ nursing service" was retrieved through computers in Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang Data, VIP, and China Biology Medicine disc. The retrieval time limit was from the establishment of the database to December 31, 2021. The included articles were integrated and analyzed according to the quality evaluation criteria for qualitative research of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Evidence-Based Health Care Center in Australia and integration methods.Results:A total of 11 articles were included and 46 results, 10 categories and 3 integration results were extracted, including integration result 1: nurses' positive experience of "Internet+ nursing service"; integration result 2: nurses' negative experience of "Internet+ nursing service"; integration result 3: nurses' demands and expectations for "Internet+ nursing service".Conclusions:Chinese nurses have both positive and negative experiences of "Internet+ nursing service", and have a clear intention to carry out the "Internet+ nursing service" project. The government and hospitals need to further provide policy support and platform support for nurses to promote the improvement and effective promotion of the "Internet+ nursing service" model.
4.Rapid detection of pneumocystis carinii infection in immunocompromised patients by loop mediated isothermal amplification technique
Jing WANG ; Yajuan ZHOU ; Lijuan LUO ; Wenjuan CHEN ; Qing CAO ; Wei WANG
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2022;29(9):707-711
Objective:To explore the value of detecting pneumocystis carini(PC)rapidly in immunocompromised patients by loop mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP).Methods:Respiratory tract specimens of immunocompromised children suspected of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia(PCP) at Shanghai Children′s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University were collected from May 2020 to May 2021.PCR and LAMP methods were used to detect PC.Firstly, LAMP primers of PC were synthetized according to the conserved region of PC gene, and the LAMP reaction system and reaction conditions were optimized to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity.Then, the results of pathogens were compared with those of PCR detection.Results:The established LAMP detection technology for PC had high specificity and super sensitivity.The detection results could be obtained within 1 hour.In 12 clinical samples, 10 cases were positive and 2 cases were negative, the coincidence rate of LAMP and PCR technique was 100%.Conclusion:LAMP can detect PC more rapidly and sensitively than PCR, and it can provide a good support for clinical rapid diagnosis of PCP.
5.Pathogen and clinical characteristics of bacterial enteritis in a third class children′s hospital in Shanghai city from 2016 to 2020
Weichun HUANG ; Qiuhui PAN ; Qing CAO ; Jing WANG ; Wenjuan CHEN ; Yajuan ZHOU ; Yuanjie ZHOU ; Nan SHEN ; Lijuan LUO
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2022;29(11):891-894
Objective:To investigate the pathogens and drug resistance of bacterial enteritis in children, analyze the clinical characteristics of bacterial enteritis in children, and provide basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods:The fecal culture strain and drug sensitivity of patients with bacterial enteritis admitted to our hospital from January 2016 to December 2020 were analyzed and summarized, and the clinical characteristics of patients who were infected by Salmonella and Escherichia coli were compared.Results:There were a total of 173 patients, aged from 21 days to 15 years, with a median age of 2.00(1.10, 3.54)years.Bacterial enteritis was most likely to occur in summer and autumn, and the incidence rate was 40.5% and 29.5%, respectively.One hundreds and seventy-three strains of bacteria were cultured in feces, including 148 strains of Salmonella(85.5%), 18 strains of Escherichia coli(10.4%), five strains of Staphylococcus aureus and two strains of Shigella.One hundreds and one of 141 patients who were infected with Salmonella were detected for leukocytes of in feces(71.6%), and four of 16 patients with Escherichia coli were detected for leukocytes(25.0%). The difference was significant( χ2=14.1, P<0.001). Eighty-eight of 113 patients(77.9%) who were infected by Salmonella with increased CRP(CRP>8 mg/L)and the proportion in Escherichia coli infection cases was 6/13(46.2%). There was significant difference( χ2=4.63, P=0.03). The drug sensitivity of Salmonella and Escherichia coli was summarized.There was no carbapenem resistant strain cultured; The sensitivity to piperacillin/tazobactam and cefoperazone/sulbactam was higher than 85%; The sensitivity to cefepime, ceftazidimeand ceftriaxone was higher than 75%; The sensitivity to ampicillin was lower than 30%, and the sensitivity to quinolones was between 20%-40%. Conclusion:Children aged 1-3 years are prone to bacterial enteritis in summer and autumn.The most common pathogens causing bacterial enteritis are Salmonella and Escherichia coli.White blood cells are more easily detected in feces of patients with Salmonella infection, and the increase rate of C-reactive protein in peripheral blood is higher.Patients with bacterial enteritis are recommended to use the third-generation cephalosporins and aforementioned antibiotics and piperacillin/tazobactam for empirical treatment.The sensitivity to quinolones is reduced, and may not be suitable for clinical application.
6.Parkinson's disease diagnosis based on local statistics of speech signal in time-frequency domain.
Tao ZHANG ; Peipei JIANG ; Yajuan ZHANG ; Yuyang CAO
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2021;38(1):21-29
For speech detection in Parkinson's patients, we proposed a method based on time-frequency domain gradient statistics to analyze speech disorders of Parkinson's patients. In this method, speech signal was first converted to time-frequency domain (time-frequency representation). In the process, the speech signal was divided into frames. Through calculation, each frame was Fourier transformed to obtain the energy spectrum, which was mapped to the image space for visualization. Secondly, deviations values of each energy data on time axis and frequency axis was counted. According to deviations values, the gradient statistical features were used to show the abrupt changes of energy value in different time-domains and frequency-domains. Finally, KNN classifier was applied to classify the extracted gradient statistical features. In this paper, experiments on different speech datasets of Parkinson's patients showed that the gradient statistical features extracted in this paper had stronger clustering in classification. Compared with the classification results based on traditional features and deep learning features, the gradient statistical features extracted in this paper were better in classification accuracy, specificity and sensitivity. The experimental results show that the gradient statistical features proposed in this paper are feasible in speech classification diagnosis of Parkinson's patients.
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7.The application value of FilmArray detection in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection
Yajuan ZHOU ; Qing CAO ; Lijun BU ; Jing WANG ; Lijuan LUO ; Ruike ZHAO ; Biru LI ; Xiaowei HU
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2020;27(11):826-829
Objective:To explore the application value of FilmArray detection in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection and conduct economics analysis.Methods:From December 1, 2016 to November 30, 2017, 1 380 patients were enrolled in our study.Some children(FilmArray group) were tested for respiratory pathogens with FilmArray, while others (control group) were tested by 7-box antigen test of respiratory virus, gold colloid test of influenza and mycoplasma antibody.Those with underlying diseases were excluded.A total of 160 cases in the FilmArray group and 160 cases in the control group were obtained with tendency score matching method.The physical examination of pathogens, clinical indicators, usage of anti-infective drugs and hospitalization related costs were compared.Results:The positive rate of FilmArray test was significantly higher than that in control group (86.88% vs. 45.91%). The most common pathogens detected by FilmArray were adenovirus(39 cases), rhinovirus(34 cases), and parainfluenza virus(30 cases). In the FilmArray group, nine cases were positive for botulinum pertussis, accounting for 5.6% of the total.The hospitalization time of FilmArray group was shorter than that in control group [(8.89±6.23 days vs.(11.51±14.43)days]. In FilmArray group, the antibiotics were used for a shorter time, and 18 children did not use antibiotics during hospitalization.Compared with the control group, the hospitalization cost had no significant difference in the FilmArray group, but the antibiotic cost was less, as well as hospitalization time was shorter.The average hospitalization cost saved by using the FilmArray test was nearly 2 000 yuan per person. Conclusion:The application of FilmArray detection in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection can quickly and accurately identify a various infections of virus, bacteria and atypical pathogen, which guides using anti-infective drugs more reasonably.The application of FilmArray detection shortens the average hospitalization days of children, increases the utilization efficiency of medical resources, and reduces the medical cost and indirect economic loss of children’s families, which has certain economics significance.
8.The Curative Effect of Acupuncture Combined with Huanglian Wendan Decoction on the Mild Cognitive Impairment after Stroke
Yang CAO ; Fanye XU ; Yajuan JIN ; Zhen GUO ; Lina WEN
Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2017;17(27):5327-5330
Objective:To explore the curative effect of acupuncture combined with huanglian wendan decoction on the mild cognitive impairment after stroke.Methods:100 patients with mild cognitive impairment after stroke were enrolled in our hospital from June 2013 to August 2016 and randomly divided into two groups.The control group (n=50) accepted nimodipine,and the study group (n=50)accepted huanglian wendan decoction combined with acupuncture treatment based on the control group.The MMSE and MSSS scores were evaluated and compared,and the improvement of cognitive dysfunction and nervous dysfunction,quality of life were compared and analyzed.Results:After treatment,the MMSE,ADL scores of patients were remarkably decreased compared with those before treatment (P<0.05),and the decreasing degree of study group was significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05).The MSSS,MBI scores of both groups were significantly increased compared with those before treatment (P<0.05),and the increasing degree of study group was significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05).The effective rates of improvement in cognitive dysfunction and nervous dysfunction,quality of life of study group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05).Conclusions:Huanglian wendan decoction combined with acupuncture treatment was effective for the mild cognitive impairment after stroke and could improve the quality of life.
9.Analysis of surveillance results of schistosomiasis in Hexi reservoir area from 2012 to 2015
Jiasheng QIN ; Liuhong ZHANG ; Fengming XU ; Hongmei LU ; Xiaokang WANG ; Weimin CAO ; Yajuan JIANG
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2016;28(5):572-574
Objective To understand the changes of schistosomiasis epidemic situation,so as to provide the evidence for for?mulating schistosomiasis control strategy in the Hexi reservoir area. Methods From 2012 to 2015,Xinyuan Village,Meishan Town in the north entrance of Hexi reservoir was selected as a monitoring site. According to the requirements of the monitoring program of schistosomiasis surveillance in Zhejiang Province,the Schistosoma japonicum infection was investigated by using the serological screening(IHA),and the basic situation of the surveillance site was also investigated. Results From 2012 to 2015,167 environments(21.68 hm2)were surveyed,and 2 slices(0.1 hm2)were found with Oncomelania hupensis snails. The detection rate of frames with snails was 0.12%,and the living snail density was 0.0192 snails per 0.1 m2. Totally 374 snails were dissected and no schistosome infected snails were found. A total of 970 local residents and 8 748 mobile people were investigated with the serological tests,and no schistosome infected people were found. In addition,3 085 cattle were investigated and no in?fected ones were found. Conclusion The schistosomiasis epidemic situation is stable in the Hexi reservoir area,but we still should strengthen the monitoring of imported source of infection and snail status,and increase the efforts of environmental trans?formation.
10.Analysis of prognostic factors of portal hypertension treated with devascularization
Yajuan CAO ; Yiming PAN ; Shanhua BAO ; Chenglin LU ; Biyun XU ; Min XIE
Chinese Journal of Surgery 2016;54(6):434-438
Objective To explore the prognostic factors of portal hypertension treated with devascularization.Methods A total of 397 patients with portal hypertension underwent devascularization in Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital from February 1993 to April 2014,among which there were 242 male and155 female patients with median age of 48 years.The perioperative data were retrospectively collected.Logistic regression was used to find the risk factors which affect the operative complications.Follow-up evaluation was in progress regularly.Kaplan-Meier survival curve,Log-rank test and Cox regression model were used to find out factors which affect the long-term results.Results All together 397 patients underwent devascularization,in whom 8 patients died perioperative,389 patients discharged successfully.Logistic regression showed that age (≥ 48 years) (X2 =4.559,OR =2.048,P =0.033),red color sign before surgery (x2 =4.959,OR =2.129,P =0.026) and without portosystemic collateral vessels reserved (x2 =13.348,OR =5.122,P =0.000) were risk factors of perioperative complications.The follow-up time was (5.7±4.6) years.Totally 27 patients were lost from follow-up,103 patients died for the disease during follow-up.The survival rate at 1-,3-,5-,10-,15-and 20-years was 93.6%,86.9%,80.1%,59.3%,54.1% and 38.5% respectively.Univariate analysis showed that gender (male),age (≥ 48 years),hemorrhage before surgery (≥500 ml per time),hepatitis virus and without portosystemic collateral vessels reserved were risk factors of the long-term survival (P < 0.05).Cox regression analysis showed that age (≥48 years) (X2 =9.850,RR =1.904,P =0.002),hemorrhage before surgery (≥ 500 ml per time)(X2 =34.402,RR =3.273,P =0.000),hepatitis virus (X2 =7.573,RR =2.525,P =0.006) and without portosystemic collateral vessels reserved (x2 =5.905,RR =1.889,P =0.015) were independent risk factors that affect the long-term survival.Conclusion Devascularization with portosystemic collateral vessels reserved has favorable perioperative and long-term outcome,and it definitely is a very safe and effective technique for portal hypertension.


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