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OBJECTIVES@#To investigate the role of brain functional connectivity and nonlinear dynamic analysis in brain function assessment for infants with controlled infantile spasm (IS).@*METHODS@#A retrospective analysis was performed on 14 children with controlled IS (IS group) who were admitted to the Department of Neurology, Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital, from January 2019 to January 2023. Twelve healthy children, matched for sex and age, were enrolled as the control group. Electroencephalogram (EEG) data were analyzed for both groups to compare the features of brain network, and nonlinear dynamic indicators were calculated, including approximate entropy, sample entropy, permutation entropy, and permutation Lempel-Ziv complexity.@*RESULTS@#Brain functional connectivity showed that compared with the control group, the IS group had an increase in the strength of functional connectivity, and there was a significant difference between the two groups in the connection strength between the Fp2 and F8 channels (P<0.05). The network stability analysis showed that the IS group had a significantly higher network stability than the control group at different time windows (P<0.05). The nonlinear dynamic analysis showed that compared with the control group, the IS group had a significantly lower sample entropy of Fz electrode (P<0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Abnormalities in brain network and sample entropy may be observed in some children with controlled IS, and it is suggested that quantitative EEG analysis parameters can serve as neurological biomarkers for evaluating brain function in children with IS.
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Child , Humans , Infant , Nonlinear Dynamics , Spasms, Infantile , Retrospective Studies , Brain , ElectroencephalographyABSTRACT
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As a key part of the emergency medical system,pre-hospital emergency service proves critical for critical care,higher pre-hospital care success rate,improvement of patient outcome,and promotion of health recovery.This paper analyzed the status quo of pre-hospital emergency services information,discussed the application of information technology in pre-hospital industries including command and dispatch system,ambulance real-time positioning and tracking system,pre-hospital emergency video surveillance system,medical record system,electronic patient health file system,electronic payment system,and data mining and analysis system.Furthermore,it also discussed the prospect of sizably upgrading prehospital emergency service and building intelligent pre-hospital emergency coordination system.