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Objective To explore the curative effects of pulmonary surfactant (PS) injected via venous indwelling needle instead of the endotracheal tube combined with continuous positive airway pressure(CPAP) in the treatment of premature infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS).Methods 28 premature infants with NRDS were selected,12 cases with gestational age of 28-31 weeks,16 cases with gestational age of 32-34 weeks,and all the cases were treated with PS injected via venous indwelling needle combined with CPAP.The changes in clinical symptoms,blood gas analysis,oxygen saturation,and the parameters of CPAP after treatment were observed.The tracheal intubation in 72h,the second use of PS,respiratory support duration,hospital duration,and the complications between the MIST treatment group and INSURE treatment group were compared.Results There were significant differences in changes of clinical symptoms,percutaneous oxygen saturation,pH,partial pressure of oxyge,partial pressure of carbon dioxide,fraction of inspiration O2 and (positive end expiratory pressure) PEEP after treatment(all P ＜ 0.05).There were statistically significant differences in tracheal intubation in 72h,the second use of PS,complications and respiratory support duration between the MIST group and INSURE group (all P ＜ 0.05).There were no statistically significant differences in bronchopulmonary dysplasia,ROP,PDA,intracranial hemorrhage,and hospital duration (all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The therapy of PS injected via venous indwelling needle combined with CPAP in the treatment of premature infants is effective.The method MIST is simple and convenient,has less injury to premature infants,and can reduce frequency and dosage of the PS and respiratory support time.
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Objective To evaluate the effects of combined detection of sputum and serum procalcitonin (PCT) to identify the etiology of community acquired pneumonia(CAP) in infants.Methods Retrospective analysis from August 2010 to September 2012 enrolled 435 patients with definitely etiological diagnosis of CAP.The all cases were divided into three groups according to the etiological diagnosis:243 cases of bacterial infection group(including mixed bacterial infection),106 cases of viral infection group,and 86 cases of mycoplasma infection group.Sputum and serum PCT levels in all cases were detected,with simultaneous detection of blood leukocytes,C-reactive protein levels.Results Sputum PCT level of bacterial infection group [(8.44 ± 1.08) ng/ml] was significantly higher than viral infection group [(0.32 ±0.12) ng/ml] and mycoplasma infection group [(0.24 ± 0.17) ng/ml],which showed statistically significant difference (F =765.03,P ＜0.01).Serum PCT level of bacterial infection group [(6.69 ± 1.36) ng/ml] was also higher than viral infection group [(0.37 ± 0.22) ng/ml] and mycoplasma infection group [(0.42 ± 0.28) ng/ml],the difference of which was statistically significant (F =240.46,P ＜ 0.01).Meanwhile between the viral infection group and mycoplasma infection group,sputum PCT and serum PCT showed no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).The levels of blood leukocytes and C-reactive protein among 3 groups showed no statistically significant difference(P ＞ 0.05).As the critical value of the PCT ＞ 0.5ng/ml,the positive rates of sputum and serum PCT were significant difference in bacterial infection group (86.83％ vs 73.66％,x2 =13.92,P ＜0.05).The sensitivity of diagnosing bacterial CAP by sputum and serum PCT levels were 86.83％ and 73.66％,the specificity were 86.98％ and 88.54％,respectively.The sensitivity and specificity of combined detection sputum and serum PCT were 72.02％ and 94.27％.Conclusion Combined detection of sputum and serum PCT has clinical value and efficiency in pathogen identification of CAP.