ObjectiveThe total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) offers a palliation for the hemodynamic derangements associated with congenital heart lesions characterized by a single functional ventricle, but it may cause acute hepatic injury because of the special physiology. The objective of this study was to characterize hepatic function and its relationship to cardiac function in children who had undergone the Fontan procedure. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 114 children who had undergone TCPC operation in Shanghai Children's Medical Center between January 2013 and March 2014. There were 65 males and 49 females with a median age of 3.8 years (range 2.5 to 13.2) and a median weight of 14.8 kg (range 12.0 to 33.0). The study cohort was further divided into three groups according to the Child-Pugh classification. The total scores were calculated regarding to ascite, bilirubin, albumin, and international normalized ratio (INR). The scores from 4 to 5 were classified in Child A group, from 6 to 8 classified in Child B group, from 9 to 11 classified in Child C group. Thirty-four patients met criteria for Child Class A, 53 patients for Child Class B, and 27 patients for Child Class C. The univariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression model were used to compare demographic, anatomic, and physiological variables among the three groups. ResultsWithin the study population, 80 patients of Child B group and Child C group met criteria for acute hepatic injury. Univariate risk factors for acute hepatic injury included longer total bypass time (P=0.044), longer aortic cross-clamping time (P=0.005), longer ventilation time (P=0.000), higher postoperative mean pulmonary arterial pressure (P=0.000), elevated N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (P=0.001), higher vasoactive inotropic score (P=0.000), lower mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2, P=0.000) and arterial oxygen saturation (P=0.001), higher incidence of arrhythmia (P=0.000), and low cardiac output syndrome (P=0.003), the need of peritoneal dialysis (P=0.000). In the multivariable logistic model, the need for peritoneal dialysis (OR=17.018, 95%CI 5.117-56.602) and the lower postoperative SvO2 (OR=0.922, 95%CI 0.871-0.976) were two independent risk factors for acute hepatic injury after the TCPC. ConclusionThe need for peritoneal dialysis and lower postoperative SvO2 may represent the compound effects of multiple risk factors including preoperative hemodynamic and a marked hepatic vascular inflammatory response to surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass, which in turn may mediate acute hepatic injury.
Objective To define risk factors of nosocomical pneumonia (NP) in elderly in-patients. Methods Two hundred elderly in-patients were selected in the Geriatric Department of West China Hospital from January 1999 to June 2002. Among them, 100 patients developed NP during their hospital days and the others didn’t have the episodes of NP at the same time. The following factors were analyzed: sex, age, multiple underline diseases and their severity, smoking, activity of daily life, conscious status, aspiration, nasogastrial intubations, antibiotics use and hospitalization. SPSS 10.0 was used for Logistic regression analysis to determine the factors significantly associated with the development of NP. Results The following factors were significantly associated with the development of NP in the logistic regression analysis: aspiration [OR 28.452, 95%CI (3.793 to 213.447)],multiple diseases [OR 17.157, 95%CI (2.734 to 107.651)], multiple antibiotics use [OR 6.396, 95%CI (1.861 to 21.980)], smoking [OR 1.774, 95%CI (1.211 to 2.600)] and prolonged hospitalization [OR 1.134, 95%CI (1.081 to 1.189)]. Conclusions Aspiration, multiple diseases, multiple antitiotics use, smoking and prolonged hospitalization are closely related to NP in elderly in-patients. Cautionary medical measures and shortening hospitalization were the key factors to decrease the incidence of NP for the patients in Geriatric Department.
Objective To explore risk factors of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) for elderly stroke patients in ICU, and analyze the predictive value of human leukocyte antigen-DR (HLA-DR) on monocytes for SAP. Methods During January 2015 to August 2016, 155 elderly patients with stroke were recruited. The level of monocyte HLA-DR expression was measured after admission and the incidence of SAP was recorded. The risk factors for SAP were analyzed by univariate and multivariate analysis. ROC curve was drawn to analyze prognostic value of HLA-DR. Results SAP occurred in 75 cases with occurrence rate of 48.4%, including 42 early-onset cases and 33 later-onset cases. Age (OR=11.532), Glasgow Coma Scale (OR=7.124), dysphagia (OR=8.846), mechanical ventilation (OR=15.184), atrial fibrillation (OR=7.869), smoking history (OR=11.784), diabetes (OR=7.185) were independent risk factors (all P<0.05). The expression rate of monocyte HLA-DR in the SAP patients was significantly lower than those in the patients without SAP (allP<0.05). Through the ROC curve analysis, the expression rate of HLA-DR that below 78.65% was the optimum cut-off value for prediction of SAP with the area under ROC curve of 0.922, the sensitivity of 80.0% and the specificity of 85.0%. The sensitivity to predict early-onset SAP was 90.5% (38/42), and to predict later-onset SAP was 66.7% (22/33). Conclusions Age, severe coma, dysphagia, mechanical ventilation, atrial fibrillation, smoking history and diabetes are risk factors for SAP in elderly stroke patients in ICU. The detection of monocyte HLA-DR has reference value for early prediction of SAP especially for early-onset SAP with higher sensitivity.
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases in children, about 2/3 can be seizure-free after anti-seizure medications (ASMs) treatment, but there are still some drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) need surgical treatment, epilepsy surgery including excision surgery, dissociation surgery and palliative surgery, surgery can make 30%~40% DRE fully controlled. Clinicians usually choose to discontinue ASMs after seizure-free for 1 to 2 years after epilepsy surgery, but there has been controversy about whether to discontinue ASMs after surgery in children with epilepsy, how long to discontinue ASMs, the timing of ASMs withdrawal, and there is still a lack of unified guidelines. This article will comprehensively analyze and summarize the risk of recurrence after ASMs withdrawal in children with epilepsy.
ObjectiveTo observe and analyze the risk factors of retinopathy in patients with hypertension in pregnancy.MethodsA retrospective clinical study. From January 2018 to December 2019, 260 patients with hypertension during pregnancy who were hospitalized in the Obstetrics Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University were included in the study. All patients underwent fundus color photography examination. Their age, gestational age, course of hypertension, past history, number of pregnancy and childbirth, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and laboratory blood routine, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and urea Nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, serum albumin concentration, and 24-hour urine protein concentration and urine protein content examination results were collected. Among the 260 patients, there were 60 and 200 patients with or without retinopathy in the fundus, respectively. Patients were divided into retinopathy group and no retinopathy group. The comparison of quantitative data between groups was performed by independent sample t test; the comparison of grade data was performed by Mann-Whitney U nonparametric test. The variable with statistical difference between the two groups was the independent variable, and the two-class logistic regression analysis was performed.ResultsGestational week (t=4.875), pre-pregnancy BMI (t=2.779), highest systolic blood pressure (t=－4.799), lowest systolic blood pressure (t=－4.797), highest diastolic blood pressure (t=－4.226), minimum diastolic blood pressure (t=－4.226), low and high platelet values and their fluctuations (t=7.701, 2.504, －6.083), serum albumin concentration (t=13.255), aspartic acid transaminase (t=－2.272), urea nitrogen (t=－5.117), creatinine (t=－2.735), uric acid (t=－2.130), 24-hour urine protein concentration (t=－7.801) and 24-hour urine protein (t=－7.567) were compared. The difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05). Logoistic regression analysis showed that pre-pregnancy BMI, maximum systolic blood pressure, low platelet value, and serum albumin were related to the occurrence of retinopathy of hypertension in pregnancy (P＜0.05).ConclusionHigh systolic blood pressure, low platelets, and low serum albumin are the risk factors for the occurrence of retinopathy of hypertension in pregnancy.
ObjectiveTo explore the risk factors of diabetic retinopathy. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 137 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) from July 2012 to July 2015. According to the situation of retinopathy, the patients were divided into three groups. Forty-three patients without retinopathy were regarded as the control group, 46 non-proliferative retinopathy patients as the observation group, and 48 patients with proliferative retinopathy as the trial group. DM blood pressure, blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, blood lipid, albumin creatinine ratio and other indicators were collected and analyzed, and multiple-factor non-conditional logistic regression analysis was carried out. ResultsGlycosylated hemoglobin, total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoproteincholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, body mass index, postprandial 2-hour blood glucose and fasting blood glucose were not significantly different among the three groups (P ＞ 0.05) , but the duration of diabetes, vascular endothelial growth factor and urinary albumin creatinine ratio were significantly different (P ＜ 0.05) . The diabetic duration, glycosylated hemoglobin, systolic blood pressure, urinary albumin creatinine ratio and vascular endothelial growth factor were independently associated with diabetic retinopathy (P ＜ 0.05) . ConclusionThe prolonged disease course of diabetic patients, unstable status of blood glucose and blood pressure, and the increase of blood vessel growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor can cause the development of diabetic retinopathy.
【Abstract】 Objective To analyze the risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia ( VAP) in respiratory intensive care unit ( RICU) , as well as the impact on mortality. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 105 patients who had received mechanical ventilation in RICUbetweenMay 2008 andJanuary 2010. The duration of intubation, vital signs, primary disease of respiratory failure and complications,blood biochemistry, blood routine tests, arterial blood gas analysis, APACHEⅡ score,medications, nutritional status, bronchoalveolar lavage ( BAL) , protected specimen brush ( PSB) quantitative culture, chest X-rayexamination were recorded and analyzed. Results The incidence rate of VAP was 32. 4% . Mortality in the VAP patients were significantly higher than those without VAP( 58. 8% vs. 28. 2% , P = 0. 007) . The duration of intubation, hypotension induced by intubation, cerebrovascular disease, and hypoalbuminemiawererisk factors for VAP in RICU. Conclusions Mortality of the patients with VAP increased obviously. The risk factors for VAP in RICU were the duration of intubation, hypotension after intubation, cerebrovascular disease, and hypoalbuminemia.
ObjectiveTo compare the clinical characteristics of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) patients with or without secondary subretinal fibrosis (SF). MethodsA retrospective case-control study. A total of 88 patients (92 eyes) diagnosed with nAMD at Department of Ophthalmology, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences from January 2020 to January 2024 were enrolled in this study. All eyes underwent best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), color fundus photography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) examinations. BCVA was measured using the international standard visual acuity chart and converted to logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution for statistical analysis. SF area was measured on color fundus images. OCT was used to assess the presence of shallow irregular retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) elevation, RPE detachment, ellipsoid zone/external limiting membrane disruption, subretinal fluid and/or intraretinal fluid, thinning of the inner nuclear layer or inner plexiform layer, complete RPE and outer retinal atrophy (cRORA), epiretinal membrane, and suprachoroidal fluid. Device-integrated software measured central retinal thickness (CRT), subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), and the height and width of subfoveal fibrosis in SF eyes. Based on the presence of SF, patients were divided into the SF group (47 eyes) and the non-SF (NSF) group (45 eyes). Baseline characteristics, OCT, and color fundus photography imaging features were compared between groups. Independent samples t tests were used for intergroup comparisons, and multiple linear regression was performed to analyze potential factors influencing SF height. ResultsCompared with the NSF group, the SF group had a longer disease duration, longer symptom onset to initial treatment interval to receiving anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drug treatment, a lower proportion of patients receiving 3 anti-VEGF drug injections within 6 months, worse BCVA, thicker SFCT, higher rates of pigment epithelial detachment and inner nuclear layer or inner plexiform layer thinning, and a lower rate of subretinal fluid (P＜0.05). No significant differences were observed in CRT or the proportions of irregular retinal pigment epithelia, ellipsoid zone/external limiting membrane disruption, cRORA, suprachoroidal fluid, or epiretinal membrane between the two groups (P＞0.05). ConclusionnAMD eyes with secondary SF exhibit distinct OCT imaging features compared to NSF eyes.
ObjectiveTo analyze the early results and risk factors of surgical revascularization for patients with ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction. Methodsclinical data of 318 patients with ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)≤50% who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (cABG) from January 2003 to July 2013 was retrospectively reviewed. There were 266 males and 52 females with a mean age of 62.6±9.2 years (range 36 to 83). seventy-six patients underwent off-pump cABG (oPcAB) and 242 patients underwent conventional cABG. Fifteen patients underwent concomitant mitral valve repair or replacement. The patients who underwent left ventricular aneurysmectomy (LVA) were excluded from this study. Perioperative data were collected including the risk factors, echocardiographic results, morbidities and mortalities. The risk factors were analyzed with the endpoints of adverse events and mortalities to find the elements that influence the early results of the procedure. ResultsThe EuroscorE Ⅱ predicted operative mortality rate was 2.78±4.02% (range 1.00% to 45.00%) and actual mortality rate was 1.9% (6/318). Three of 6 patients died from low cardiac output syndrome. Totaladverse events rate was 47.2% (150/318) including prolonged ventilation (25.2%), low cardiac output syndrome (6.3%),ventricular arrhythmia (4.4%), acute renal dysfunction (4.1%), myocardial infarction (3.8%), cerebralvascular accident(2.8%), and re-exploration for bleeding (0.6%). Compared with those preoperatively, the LVEF was significantly improvedfrom 42.14%±5.94% to 45.64%±8.33% (t=6.084, P=0.000), and the left ventricular end diastolic dimension (LVEDD) wassignificantly reduced from 53.96±6.28 mm to 48.64±7.50 mm (t=-9.681, P=0.000) postoperatively. The logistic multiplevariables regression analysis showed perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) implantation was mutual risk factorof prolonged ventilation and low cardiac output syndrome. ConclusionSurgical revascularization is an effective optionfor patients with ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction, demonstrated by improved LVEF and reducedLVEDD. Low cardiac output syndrome is the main cause of operative death. Perioperative IABP implantation is mutualrisk factor of prolonged ventilation and low cardiac output syndrome. Meticulous perioperative management plays a keyrole in satisfactory early results.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis (CMVR) is a common opportunistic infection of the eye after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with hematological diseases. It often occurs within 3 months after the operation, with CMV activation and high blood CMV peaks. It often occurs on patients with long-term CMV viremia, human leukocyte antigen incompatible transplantation, unrelated donor transplantation, haploid transplantation, childhood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, delayed lymphocyte engraftment, acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease after surgery. The visual prognosis of patients is related to the area of CMVR lesions on the retina, the number of quadrants involved, whether the macula is involved, and the CMV load of the vitreous body is involved, and it is not related to whether the Epstein-Barr virus infection is combined with blood and vitreous humor. The incidence of CMVR is increasing year by year. It is helpful that paying attention to systemic risk factors and epidemiology can provide more effective guidance for ophthalmologists during diagnosis and treatment, help patients improve the prognosis of vision, and reduce or even avoid the occurrence of blindness caused by CMVR.