Propensity score-matched study of uni-condylar arthroplasty in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis / 中国骨伤

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the clinical efficacy of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis in patients over 75 years old.@*METHODS@#The clinical efficacy of primary fixed platform UKA in patients with osteoarthritis, was retrospectively analyzed from October 2014 to November 2020. Age, body mass index (BMI), range of motion (ROM), preoperative joint function score, the quality of life score and other preoperative indicators were measured by propensity score matching (PSM). The patients were divided into elderly group (≥75 years old) and control group (<75 years old). Oxford knee score(OKS), Western Ontario McMaster Universities osteoarthritis index(WOMAC), Short Form-12 including physical component summary (PCS), mental component summary(MCS), minimal clinically important difference(MCID ) and clinical complications were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively.@*RESULTS@#A total of 514 patients were analyzed, 428 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. A propensity-score matching study was conducted to eliminate confounding factors. After 1∶2 propensity match, there were 84 patients in elderly group (≥75 years), age ranged from 75 to 88 years old, with an average of (78.79±3.08) years old, and 168 patients in control group (<75 years), age ranged from 47 to 74 years old, with an average of (64.10±5.96)years old. The follow-up duration of two groups ranged from 12 to 84 months with an average of (29.35±16.52) months in elderly group, and 12 to 85 months with an average of (31.83±17.34) months in control group. There was only significant difference in age between the elderly and control groups preoperatively (P<0.01). Postoperatively, the elderly group showed significantly higher WOMAC (P<0.01) and lower SF-12 PCS scores (P<0.01) as compared to the control group. There was no significant difference between the elderly group and the control group in knee range of motion, OKS and the proportion of each scoring system reaching the minimum clinical difference value (P>0.05). In the aspect of preperative complications, the elderly group exhibited more surgical site complications and postoperative delirium compared to control group(P<0.05). The differences in other indicators including deep vein thrombosis, acute urinary retention, cardiovascular events, cerebrovascular events and radiolucent lines around prothesis were not statistically significant(P>0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#UKA in the treatment of elderly patients over 75 years old with knee osteoarthritis was safe and feasible, and could obtain satisfactory short-term efficacy.

Single Center Clinical Analysis of Bloodstream Infection Pathogens in Children with Acute Leukemia / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the clinical features, distribution of pathogenic bacteria, and drug resistance of bloodstream infection in children with acute leukemia.@*METHODS@#Clinical data of 93 blood culture-positive children with acute leukemia from January 2015 to December 2019 in Department of Pediatrics, The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University were analyzed retrospectively.@*RESULTS@#In these 93 cases, 78 cases were in the period of neutrophil deficiency. There were 54 Gram-negative bacteria (G-) (58.1%) found through blood culture, and the top 4 strains were Escherichia coli (15.1%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (13.9%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6.5%), and Enterobacter cloacae (6.5%). There were 39 Gram-positive bacteria (G+) (41.9%) detected, and the top 4 strains were Staphylococcus epidermidis (10.8%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (6.5%), Staphylococcus hemolyticus (5.4%), and Staphylococcus human (5.4%). Among 74 strains of pathogenic bacteria from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) children, there were 29 strains of G+ bacteria (39.2%) and 45 strains of G- bacteria (60.8%). While in 19 strains from acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) patients, G- bacteria accounted for 47.4% and G+ bacteria accounted for 52.6%. In 15 ALL children without neutropenia, G+ bacteria made up the majority of the strains (66.7%). In the 93 strains of pathogenic bacteria, 13 (13.9%) strains were multidrug-resistant. Among them, extended-spectrum β-lactamases accounted for 42.9%, carbapenemase-resistant enzyme Klebsiella pneumoniae 15.4%, and carbapenemase-resistant enzyme Enterobacter cloacae strains 33.3%, which were detected from G- bacteria. While, 13.3% of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci accounted for 13.3% detected from G+ bacteria, but linezolid, vancomycin, teicoplanin Staphylococcus and Enterococcus resistant were not found. The average procalcitonin (PCT) value of G- bacteria infection was (11.02±20.282) ng/ml, while in G+ infection it was (1.81±4.911) ng/ml, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The mean value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in G- infection was (76.33±69.946) mg/L, and that in G+ infection was (38.34±57.951) mg/L. The prognosis of active treatment was good, and only one case died of septic shock complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and gastrointestinal bleeding caused by carbapenemase-resistant enzyme enterobacteriaceae.@*CONCLUSION@#G- is the major bacteria in acute leukemia children with bloodstream infection, but the distribution of ALL and AML strains is different. G- bacteria dominates in ALL, while G+ bacteria and G- bacteria are equally distributed in AML. Non-agranulocytosis accompanied by bloodstream infections is dominant by G+ bacteria. The mean value of PCT and CRP are significantly higher in G- bacteria infection than in G+ bacteria.

Relationship between Nutritional Status and Nosocomial Infection in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To study the risk factors and infection characteristics of nosocomial infection in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and analyze the relationship between different nutritional status and nosocomial infection, early treatment response.@*METHOD@#The clinical data of 133 children with ALL treated with CCCG-ALL-2015 from June 2016 to June 2019 (chemotherapy stage, risk level, MRD), infection during hospitalization (course of infection, laboratory indicators, sites of infection, outcome) and nutritional status (sex, age, height/ length, weight) were enrolled. The Chi 2 test and Logistic regression analysis were used for statistical analysis.@*RESULTS@#The rate of nosocomial infection was 19.9% in 133 children with ALL, in which 3 were infection-related death. Sex, immunophenotype and risk showed no significantly affect on the occurrence of nosocomial infection (P＞0.05), but neutrophil count, hemoglobin level, platelet count, chemotherapy stage, length of stay in hospital and nutritional status showed affect on the occurrence of nosocomial infection (P＜0.05). Logistic multivariate regression analysis showed that chemotherapy stage, length of hospital stay, neutrophils and nutritional status were the independent risk factors, in which the respiratory tract infection was the most common. Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria and fungi accounted for 44.1%, 52.9% and 2.9% respectively. The negative rate of MRD in day 19 and day 46 between different nutritional status groups showed statistically significant (P＜0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Neutrophil count, chemotherapy stage, length of stay in hospital and nutritional status are independent risk factors for nosocomial infection. Among of them, nutritional status negatively correlated with nosocomial infection, and the poorer nutritional status, the higher risk of nosocomial infection. Malnutrition, overweight and obesity can affect the early treatment response of ALL children. The level of nutrition at first diagnosis can be used as a bad factor to evaluate the early treatment response of ALL children.

Practical exploration of multi-teaching model in pediatric teaching among undergraduate medical students / 基础医学与临床

Objective To compare the effectiveness of implementation of multi-teaching model ( MT) and case based teaching ( CBT) in pediatric teaching among undergraduate medical students. Methods Eighty one trainee students were divided into CBT and MT groups. Scenario based teaching ( SBT) , sandwich teaching ( ST) and CBT were given to students of MT group. Results The self evaluation scores of " how much have you grasp before the class"by students after class in MT group were higher than those of CBT group[5.0(2.5,7,5) vs 4.0(3.0,5.0), Z=2.011,P＜0.05]. The scores of obstructive structured clinical examination after training of MT group were higher than those of CBT group[ 93.0(90.3,97.0) vs 83.25(78.3,86.4),Z=7.752,P＜0.001]. Conclusions MT is better than CBT in pediatric training among undergraduate medical students.

Innovation and development of gel dressings in bone exposed wound repair / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND: Bone exposed wounds are frequently required to deal with in orthopaedic surgeries, involving the treatment of open fractures, bone tumors, osteomyelitis, and many other diseases, in which the defect of soft tissue caused by open fractures is the most difficult to deal with. Conventional debridement or negative pressure closed drainage technology is difficult to make bone exposed wounds heal, and the process is extremely cumbersome, during which,patients suffer a lot of pain.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the various types of dressings, and review the application of new hydrogel dressing in bone exposed wounds based on its advantages, such as keeping wound environment moisture, restoring skin physical barrier, contributing to routine dressing change.METHODS: A computer-based online retrieval of PubMed and CNKI databases was performed to search papers published between 2000 and 2016 using the key words hydrogel dressing, bone exposed wound, traditional wound dressing, antibiotic in English and Chinese, respectively. A total of 55 papers suitable for final analysis from the application of traditional and new dressings in bone tissue engineering were reviewed.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The treatment of bone exposed wounds involves the treatment of many diseases, such as open fractures, bone tumors, osteomyelitis, which is still an orthopedic problem to solve. The novel hydrogel dressings with unique advantages are able to provide better plans for bone exposed wounds, and the use of these dressings solves the regeneration and repair of exposed bone, and improves the infection of antibiosis. In addition, the gel dressings currently have become a hot spot of research because of the characteristics of sustained-release.

Clinical Analysis of Deep Venous Thromboembolism in Children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia / 中国实验血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore clinical characteristics and outcome of deep vein thrombosis(DVT) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A tatol of 266 patients were diagnosed as ALL from January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2016. The clinical data of 12 cases of patients with DVT were retrospectively analyzed, 183 cases diagnosed before January 1, 2015 were received chemotherapy with the scheme of SCMC-05. The other cases were treated by the scheme of CCCG. All the patients received central venous catheter.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The DVT happened in 12 cases including 10 cases of limb DVT and 2 cases of intacranial venous sinus thrombosis. The DVT mostly occured in intermediate risk ALL patients, the infection and coagulopathy existed in most patients. They were treated with low molecular heparin(LWHP), among them 5 cases were given extubation; the thrombus disappeared in 6 cases after 1 week; the intracranial venous sinus thrombosis in 1 case did not obviously improved after 6 months of treatment. The ALL children with DVT were treated with LWHP when using L-ASP, as a result no thrombuses happened.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Centralvenous catheter and chemotherapeutic drugs were the major cause of DVT. Abnormal coagulation, infection, and risk stratification are another risk factors for thrombosis. ALL children thrombosis are benefited from LWHP prevention when using L-ASP again.</p>