Objective To summarize the experience of open heart operation on neonates with critical and complex congenital heart diseases and evaluate the methods of perioperative management. Methods From May 2001 to January 2003, 12 patients of neonates with congenital heart diseases underwent emergency operation. Their operating ages ranged from 6 to 30 days, the body weights were 2.8 to 4.5 kg. Their diagnoses included D-transposition of the great arteries in 4 cases, ventricular septal defect with atrial septal defect in 5 cases, complete atrioventricular septal defect, obstructed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and cardiac rhabdomyomas in 1 case respectively. 12 cases were operated under moderate or deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Results All cases were observed in ICU for 2-11 days and discharged 7-19 days after operation. The postoperative complications included low cardiac output, mediastinal infection, respiratory distress syndrome, systemic capillary leak syndrome and acute renal failure. All cases were cured and the follow-up (from 6 months to 2 years) showed satisfactory outcome. Conclusion A particular cardiopulmonary bypass and proper perioperative management is very important to ensure the successful outcome. Peritoneal dialysis is an effective and safe method for treating acute renal failure after cardiac operation in neonates.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the accuracy of T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) in screening newborns for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). MethodsThe PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CBM, WanFang Data and CNKI databases were electronically searched to collect the diagnostic accuracy studies related to the objects from inception to October 26, 2022. Two reviewers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies using the QUADAS-2 scale. Meta-analysis was performed using Stata 15.0 and Meta-Disc 1.4 software. ResultsA total of 18 studies involving 6 243 718 neonates were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that the pooled sensitivity (SEN), specificity (SPE), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), and diagnosis odds ratio (DOR) were 0.97 (95%CI 0.92 to 0.99), 1.00 (95%CI 1.00 to 1.00), 1447.05 (95%CI 528.49 to 3962.11), 0.13 (95%CI 0.08 to 0.22) and 11698.21 (95%CI 2853.44 to 47958.98), respectively. The area under the summary receiver operating characteristic curve (SROC) was 0.97. ConclusionThe application of TRECs in screening neonatal SCID has high accuracy, which is helpful for early diagnosis of SCID. Due to the limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high-quality studies are needed to verify the above conclusion.
目的:探讨新生儿高未结合胆红素血症病因构成、发生规律及防治。方法:对340例新生儿高未结合胆红素血症进行病因综合分析。结果:(1)病因以感染因素占首位,其次是溶血因素及围产因素;(2)病因与发病时间的关系:溶血因素及围产因素均发生在日龄lt;3 d内,发病日龄gt;3 d以感染因素为主,还有母乳性黄疸。结论:早期新生儿高未结合胆红素血症以溶血因素及围产因素为主,中晚期新生儿高未结合胆红素血症则以感染因素为主。故加强围生期保健,加强预防及抗感染,减少孕期及产时并发症的发生可有效减少新生儿黄疸的发生。
ObjectiveTo study SCN1A gene mutations and their inheritance in patients with Dravet syndrome (DS), and to analyze the phenotypes of their family members. MethodsGenomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples from DS patients and their parents. SCN1A gene mutations were screened using PCR-DNA sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Results547 DS patients were collected, SCN1A gene mutations were identified in 379 patients (69.3%), which included 179 missense mutations (47.2%), 78 nonsense mutations (20.6%), 77 frameshift mutations (20.3%), 37 splice site mutations (9.8%), and 8 cases with SCN1A gene fragment deletions or duplications (2.1%). Of 379 DS patients, the parents of 354 DS patients were further analyzed, the de novo mutations accounted for 92.9%, inherited mutations accounted for 7.1%, and in 5 of the latter families, the SCN1A-positive parent carried a somatic mutations mosaicism. For the 25 parents carrying SCN1A mutations, 1 had DS, 11 had febrile seizures plus, 9 had febrile seizures, whilst 4 were normal. ConclusionsThe mutation rate of SCN1A in DS patients is high. Most mutations are of missense and truncation mutations (including nonsense mutation and frameshift mutation). Only a few patients have carried fragment deletions or duplications. Most SCN1A mutations are de novo, only a few are inherited from the parents. SCN1A mutations carried by the parents can be in the form of mosaicism. The phenotypes of parents with SCN1A mutations can be severe, mild or normal, and a mosaic transmitting parent always shows mild or normal.
Medical device-related pressure injury (MDRPI) is a kind of pressure injury that occurs in the course of diagnosis and treatment, and its appearance is similar to that of medical device. Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infants are more likely to develop MDRPI than children and adults because of the physiological characteristics of skin and the influence of disease. At present, the occurrence of MDRPI in NICU infants is attracting worldwide attention. Its treatment and nursing consume a large amount of medical resources, which not only affect the outcome of the disease, but also increase the economic burden of the family and society. This article summarizes the MDRPI from three aspects: summary, influencing factors, and evaluation tools. It is expected that NICU nurses will carry out large sample clinical investigation of MDRPI in the future, so as to provide a reference for risk prediction model and risk assessment tools to identify high-risk infants and take effective measures in advance to reduce the incidence of MDRPI.
Objective To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of transpupillary thermal therapy (TTT) for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) accompanied with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Methods Fifty-one eyes of 47 patients whose illness had been diagnosed as AMD by fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) were treated with diode 810 laser. There are 42 eyes of 39 patients had occult CNV and 9 eyes of 8 patients had classic CNV, and the average visual acuity in their fist diagnosis was 0.12. According to the focus size, the diameters of beam spot varied from 0.8, 1.2, 2.0, and 3.0 mm; and the power was 120, 160, 260 and 360mW correspondingly, with the duration of 60 seconds. The follow-up examination was performed once a month after the treatment, and repetitious treatment would be taken once to thrice if necessary. The follow-up period was 3~33 months with the mean of 10 months. Visual acuity, haemorrhage in ocular fundus, absorption of exudation, and the closure of CNV were examined in the follow-up examination. Results No immediate decrement of visual acuity or any other discomforts were found in all of the treated eyes soon after the treatment. The average visual acuity of 51 eyes was 0.16 in the last diagnosis, which remained no change in 68.62%; increased in 23.53% and decreased in 7.84% compared with that in the first diagnosis. The results of FFA and ICCG demonstrated that at the 3rd months after the treatment, the closure rate was 42.86% in occult CNV and 22.22% in classic CNV; and at the 6th month, the closure rate was 73.81% in occult CNV and 66.67% in classic CNV. The results of ophthalmoscopy showed that at the 3rd month after the treatment, partial or complete absorption of hemorrhage and/or exudates with various thickness of organized scarring tissue was found in 42 eyes with occult CNV; decrement of hemorrhage and exudates was observed in 7 out of 9 eyes with classic CNV; and new hemorrhage occurred in 1 eye. At the 6th month, in 27 eyes with occult CNV, new hemorrhage occurred in 3 including 2 eyes with occult CNV, new hemorrhage occurred in 3 including 2 eyes with faster absorption and remaining unchanged for 12 months; in 5 eyes with classic C NV, new hemorrhage occurred in 2, which was absorbed after treated again and remained stable in the 16-month followed-up. In 19 eyes with occult CNV which had been followed up for more than 6 months, hemorrhage disappeared in 5 and new hemorrhage occurred in 5. In the followed-up over 6 months, new hemorrhage occurred in 8 eyes with the recurrent rate of 15.6%. Conclusion TTT is effective for AMD with either classic or occult CNV. In the long-term followed-up, CNV recurs in 15.6% of the treated eyes which may be improved after the further treatment. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,2004,20:280-284)