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AIM: To analyze the causes of blindness and low vision in patients with visual disability in Yangpu District of Shanghai from 2019 to 2022.METHODS:Cross-sectional study. A total of 1 604 patients who participated in the evaluation of visual disability in Shanghai Yangpu District Kongjiang Hospital, from April 2019 to December 2022 were selected for the study. The grade of visual disability and the main causes of blindness and low vision were determined by trained doctors.RESULTS:A total of 804 patients with visual disabilities were identified, with 87.31% aged 60 and above. The causes of visual disability were high myopic retinopathy(30.47%), age-related macular degeneration(23.26%), glaucoma(17.04%), and diabetic retinopathy(11.07%). Glaucoma(36.96%)is the leading cause of blindness.CONCLUSION: The majority of patients with visual disability are aged 60 years and above. More attention should be paid to the elderly population. Comprehensive prevention, treatment and rehabilitation measures should be applied in different diseases based on classification, so as to early reduce the occurrence of visual disability.
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The aquatic therapy is a part of comprehensive rehabilitation. Aquatic therapy may benefit the social interaction, stereotyp-ing and motor learning of children with autism, which may associate with the physical and mental mechanism. The programs applied for the autism include game in water, swimming, physical fitness training in water, etc. The assessment tools include scales and video, and so on.
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Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of three neurological assessments in experimental autoim?mune encephalomyelitis. Methods Thirty-two female C57BL/6 mice (18-20g) were randomly divided into normal group (n=15) and immune group (n=17). Immune group were induced subcutaneously in the flank by emulsion consisted of MOG33-35 and complete Freund’s adjuvant. Mice were assessed by two investigators for 35 days after immunization in a blinded manner using Kono’s 5-point criterion, Weaver’s 15-point criterion and improved 15-point criterion. Based on H&E staining, we analyzed the accuracy, sensibility and dependency of three assessments. Results 35-day clini?cal-score plots revealed that the fluctuation of symptoms was more obvious in improved 15-point criterion compared with the other two criteria. 15-point criterion and improved 15-point criterion are more accurate than 5-point criterion in atypical-onset EAE. 15-point criterion and improved 15-point criterion could detect the neurological deficits much earli?er than 5-point criterion (P<0.001). Neurological scores assessed by improved 15-point were well correlated with the pathological findings during the peak and remission stage. Conclusion Improved 15-point criterion is better neurological score system than Kono’s 5-point criterion and Weaver’s 15-point criterion because of its accurate assessment of the neurological deficits in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
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Objective To investigate the nursing points and the effect of the conjoint liver and kindey transplantation. Methods To review the concreted nursing experience among 13 patients who have accepted the conjoint liver and kidney transplantation from 1996 to 2004 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University,and then summarized the nursing key points of the operation. Results All the nursing measures during the course of operation were properly,the means time of operation was 9.5 hours,the means time of liverless was 65 minutes,the blood loss volume was 7 000 ml. Conclusion The nursing key points of conjoint liver and kidney transplantation include sufficient nursing prepare,homoiothermism during the operation,proper using drugs, proper blood-transfusion and fluid infusion.