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Chronic noncommunicable diseases are heavily burdened in China. In recent years, the digital health has developed rapidly in the medical and health industry, which provides new ways for the prevention, control and management of chronic diseases. The application of digital health includes the electronic health records, remote diagnosis and treatment, monitoring and management of the health status, the development of digital medicine and the digital medical insurance. This article reviews the connotation of digital health and its main applications in the prevention, control and management of chronic diseases, and also discusses the future directions and challenges of digital health.
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BACKGROUND:There are many researches about the psychology and executive function of autistic children in domestic,but few of them about the self-concept.Some scholars have found that although the autistic children do not have clear self-cognition,they have preliminary cognitive ability. OBJECTIVE:To perform the rehabilitative training to improve the serf-concepts of a child with autism in regular class,so as to provide proper advises for the parents of autistic child as well as workers of special education.DESIGN:Case report.SETTING:Department of Rehabilitation,Nanjing Technical College of Special Education.PARTICIPANT: TG, male,was born in June 1998 in Nanjing, with no any abnormity when born.He grew in a good family environment,and learnt to say some words at 1 year old.But from then on,he said little by little,and till 3 years old,he almost said nothing everyday,and did not communicate with outside.In February 2001,TG was diagnosed as autism by Shenyang Children's Hospital.INTERVENTIONS:The comprehensive interventions were conducted for ten months. At the beginning and end of the research,methods of observation,comparison,investigation and interview with questionnaires were adopted to assess the self-concept of the child with autism.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The improvement of autistic child in self-concept after comprehensive intervention.RESULTS:There were significant improvements in the self-observation,self-assessment,and self-regulation compared with those before intervention.CONCLUSION:The self-concept of autistic child can be ameliorated by various rehabilitative trainings.
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BACKGROUND: Autism is a kind of severe growth and development disorder that occurs in the infant period. It is basically characterized by social communication disorder, language development disorder, narrow area of interest, and stereotyped and repeated behavior to different extents, and is increasing in the worldwide. Education training is still taken as the major for the rehabilitation therapy of autism.OBJECTIVE: Case analysis is performed to provide elicitation for mainstreaming education training of children with autism and proper suggestions for education worker and children patients' parents.DESIGN: Case analysis.SETTING: Department of Rehabilitation, Nanjing Technical College of Special Education; Nanjing Shangxinhe Primary School.PARTICIPANTS: One male child patient, born in June 1998, was diagnosed as autism by Shenyang Children's Hospital. They met the diagnostic criteria of infantile autism of the 4th edition of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (1994, USA).METHODS: Comprehensive intervention was performed in the child with autism for 5 months. Education measures consist of: ① to well accept class learning. ② showing merits in class. ③ to well apply learning contents in life. ④ to establish friendship. ⑤ to establish good behaviors and eliminate abnormal behaviors. ⑥ to pay more attention in class.⑦ to train the perceptivity in class. ⑧ to choose proper examination methods. ⑨ to establish pleasant and confluent plate time. The procedures were as follows: we had one telephone interview to the teachers and parents of child patient every day, one face-to-face communication with the teachers, parents and classmates of child patient every week. Education strategy was regulated in time aiming to the concrete condition of child patient.Wechsler Intelligence scale was used to measure the intelligence quotient (IQ) at the beginning and end of the experiment. The changes in behavioral performance in class and playtime of patient were summed up.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① The measurement results of Wechsler IQ of patient at the end of the experiment. ② Changes in the behavioral performance of patient in class. ③ Changes in the behavioral performance of child patient in playtime.RESULTS: ① Measurement results of Wechsler IQ of patients at the end of the experiment were as follows: verbal IQ 80 points, performance IQ 110 points, full scale IQ 95 points. There was 30-point discrepancy between performance IQ and verbal IQ, and 9 points between the highest and lowest scores. The imbalance of intelligence development had turned better.② Changes in behavioral performance in class: The child patient was basically the same as other children. He could attend a class silently, followed the teacher to learn, did not disturb class, and show his brilliance with proper style. ③ Changes in the behaviors in playtime: made friends; was interested and participated in the games of the classmates, entered the classroom when he heard the ring without the help from the teacher.CONCLUSION: After 5-month rehabilitation training, the mainstreaming status of patient with autism is significantly improved as compared with before intervention. Application of various rehabilitation-training methods can improve the education effect of patient with autism.
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Objective To discuss the effects of utero placental ischemia on the body and nervous system development in fetal rats Methods By clamping the unilateral uterine artery of the rat, we produced a utero placental ischemia model The opposite uterus of the rat with normal uterine artery supply served as control We compared the body weight, weight of brain, and the expression of growth associated protein 43(GAP 43) mRNA in cerebral tissue by RT PCR in the 13 day (group 1) and 17 day(group 2) old fetal rats respectively Results The body weight and weight of brain in group 1 were 3 2 g and 0 16 g respectively, significantly lower than those of control 1 of 3 6 g and 0 18 g respectively ( P 0 05) However, GAP 43 mRNA in cerebral tissue of the group 2 (1 06) was significantly decreased compared with that of its control(1 21 )( P
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Objective To analyze the prevention and management of in-hospital complications to the surgical treatment of hip fractures in elder patients (≥80 years). Methods An retrospective data of 198 hip fracture patients with surgical treatment between Jan. 1996 and Mar. 2004 was reviewed. Their age ranged from 80 to 98 years with an average of 85.2 years. 93 cases were femoral neck fracture (Garden type Ⅰ 2 cases, type Ⅱ 10 cases, type Ⅲ 52 cases and type Ⅳ 29 cases) while 105 were intertrochanteric fracture ( Evan type Ⅰ 3 cases, typeⅡ 37 cases, type Ⅲ 39 cases and type Ⅳ 26 cases). Local anaesthesia, general anaesthesia and epidural anaesthesia were used in 2, 38 and 158 cases respectively. Femoral neck fractures were treated with bipolar femoral head replacement in 77 patients, total hip replacement in 13 patients, and compressive cannulated screw fixation in 3 patients respectively. Intertrochanteric fractures were treated with close reduction and dynamic hip screw (DHS) internal fixation. Results The average operation duration and blood loss were 53 min and 110 ml respectively in the bipolar femoral head replacement group, 94 min and 165 ml in the total hip replacement group, 35 min and 30 ml in the screw fixation group and 40 min and 60 ml in the DHS group. 17 cases under cemented hip replacement suffered obviously transient arterial blood pressure drop. 36 cases (18.2%) had postoperative complications, among which the mental system and circulation system were more inclined to be involved. The average in-hospital time was 18.6 days and 2 cases died in hospital. The average time from admission to operation (waiting time ) was 6 days. Among 46 cases longer than 7 days, 9 cases (19.6%) had postoperative complications. Among 152 cases no longer than 7 days, 27 cases (17.8%) had postoperative complications. It showed no statistical significant difference between the two groups in complication incidence. Conclusion To gain good results in elderly patients of hip fracture by operation, less invasive and quick anaesthetic technique and operative procedures are encouraged. Meticulous preoperative preparation, active preventing and treating the intraoperative and postoperative complications should be emphasized on.