ObjectiveTo investigate therapeutic method, curative effect, and prognosis of inferior vena cava (IVC) blocking Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) with thrombosis. MethodsClinical data of 128 BCS patients with membranous or short-segment occlusion of IVC as well as IVC thrombosis, who accepted interventional treatment in The Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from Apr. 2004 to Jun. 2012, were retrospectively analyzed. Comparison of the difference on effect indicators between predilation group and stent filter group was performed. ResultsThereinto, 9 patients with fresh IVC thrombosis were treated with agitation thrombolysis (agitation thrombolysis group), 56 patients were predilated by small balloon (predilation group), for the rest 63 patients, a stent filter was deployed (stent filter group). Besides 1 stent filter fractured during the first removal attempt and had to be extracted surgically in the stent filter group (patients suffered with sent migration), in addition, the surgeries of other patients were technically successful without procedure-related complication. effect indicators were satisfactory in all patients, and there were no statistical differences between predilation group and stent filter group in dosage of urokinase, urokinase thrombolysis time, hospital stay, and incidence of complication (P > 0.05), but the cost of predilation group was lower than that of stent filter group (P < 0.01). All of the 128 patients were followed-up postoperation, and the duration range from 18 to 66 months with an average of 44.2 months. During the follow-up period, reobstruction of the IVC was observed in 13 patients without thrombosis, of which 1 patient in agitation thrombolysis group, 6 patients in predilation group, and 6 patients in stent filter group. There was no significant difference in recurrence rate between predilation group and stent filter group (P > 0.05). Patients with recurrence got re-expansion treatment, and no stenosis or thrombogenesis recurred. ConclusionsAgitation thrombolysis for fresh IVC trombosis in the patients with BCS is safe and effective. Predilation and stent filter techniques are all effective in the treatment of BCS with chronic IVC thrombosis, but the former technique seems to be more economic.
Abstract： Objective To analyze clinical outcomes of interventional therapy for common congenital heart diseases （CHD）. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of 57 patients with CHD who underwent catheter interventional therapy in People’s Hospital of Deyang City between March 2009 and January 2012. There were 31 male patients and 26 female patients with their mean age of 29.4±3.5 years（ranging from 1.5 to 75.0 years）. There were 21 patients with patent ductus arteriosus （PDA）, 12 patients with ventricular septal defect （VSD）, and 20 patients with atrial septal defect（ASD）；and 2 patients with VSD plus ASD, 1 patient with VSD plus PDA, and 1 patient with ASD plus PDA. Occluder and supplying system made in China were used in the interventional therapy. For the patients with ASD plus PDA, PDA was blocked before ASD；for the patients with VSD plus PDA, PDA was blocked before VSD；and for the patients with VSD plus ASD, VSD was blocked before ASD. Results The duration of interventional therapy ranged from 30 to 90 minutes. The success rate of operation was 98.3%（56/57）. Operation was given up in an old female patient with ASD and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease because of pulmonary hypertension. The hospital stay was 3 -7 days. All the patients were followed up at the outpatient department for 1 month to 2 years by color Doppler echocardiogram, chest X-ray and electrocardiograph, and no complication occurred during follow-up. Conclusion With complete understanding of surgical indications and strict compliance with procedures, catheter interventional therapy is safe, minimal invasive, and effective in CHD treatment.
ObjectiveTo investigate the management methods of drug repercussion and its intervention measures in the Burn and Plastic Surgery Department by analyzing the reasons for drug repercussion. MethodBased on the drug repercussion data provided by the computer information center, we analyzed the common reasons and the status quo of drug repercussion. Active intervention measures were carried out, and real-time supervision and feedback of drug repercussion management were also performed. We compared such repercussion indexes before intervention (between May and September 2013) and after intervention (between October 2013 and February 2014):number of drug repercussion patients, times of drug repercussion, amount of money involved in drug repercussion, ratio of drug repercussion and dispensing and comprehensive ranking of the drug repercussion in the whole hospital. ResultsAfter intervention, the ranking of the causes of drug repercussion changed obviously. Changing orders casually dropped to the 3rd of the rank, and changing the department based on necessity rose from the 4th to the 2nd. All the indexes (including the times, number, and amount of money of drug of repercussion, and the ratio of repercussion and dispensing and compreheasive rank) reduced significantly (P<0.05). ConclusionsActualizing active intervention measures redounds to reducing drug repercussion, standardizing clinical use of drugs, insuring safety, and advancing the satisfaction of patients and quality of medical nursing.
Objective To improve hand hygiene executive ability of healthcare workers in medical institutions in Anhui Province by multi-modal interventions with the administrative intervention as the guide. Methods The PDCA management mode was adopted in a step-by-step implementation of plan, implementation, inspection, improvement, and effectiveness evaluation in Anhui Province from April 2014 to December 2016. The management indicators of hand hygiene before and after the intervention in 1 353 hospitals were investigated and evaluated. Results The overall evaluation of the hand hygiene at the end of the implemention showed that 85.29% (58/68) of the tertiary hospitals, 84.07% (227/270) of the second-class hospitals and 66.63% (595/893) of the primary-level hospitals had well-equipped hand hygiene facilities. About 92.65% (63/68) of the tertiary hospitals, 100.00% (270/270) of the second-class hospitals and 50.06% (447/893) of the primary-level hospitals had staff training of hand hygiene knowledge. The compliance of hand hygiene before and after intervention increased from 36.68% to 61.93%, the correct rate of hand washing increased from 37.60% to 89.28%, the awareness rate of related knowledge increased from 41.20% to 86.07%, and the dosage of hand disinfectant increased from 2.59 mL to 7.10 mL. Conclusion To take multi-model interventions with the administrative intervention as the guide, can effectively improve the quality of hand hygiene management and the executive force.
Interventional radiology (IR) has developed rapidly since its introduction into our country. More and more patients choose this minimally invasive procedure for treatment, but the incidence of infectious complications and potential mortality following IR procedures should not be underestimated. As the number and breadth of IR procedures grow, it becomes increasingly evident that interventional radiologists and infection control practitioners must possess a thorough understanding of these potential infectious complications and put more emphasis on the quality of care, so as to control the infections and expenses, and maximize the patient safety. This article reviews infectious complications associated with percutaneous ablation of liver tumors, transarterial embolization of liver tumors, percutaneous transhepatic cholangial drainage, and intravascular stents or grafts. Emphasis is placed on incidence, risk factors, and prevention. With the use of these strategies, IR procedures can be performed with reduced risk of infectious complications.
As more and more issues have emerged in organ transplantion cases, there is an increasing dispute about the definition of death: whether the criteria of cardiopulmonary death or brain death should be applied. The conflict between rights and obligations in brain death and organ transplantion is becoming ever evident, and there is a need for clarity on the issue of death and organ transplantion. This needs to come through legislation, which would be the most economical and effective intervention to provide this clarity. The authors believe that the National People’s Congress of China (NPC), the Standing Committee of NPC, the State Council of China and the Supreme People’s Court of China may get involved in the legislation for issues related to brain death and organ transplantion. As for the selection of decrees related to brain death and organ transplantion, all provinces, autonomous regions and centrally-governed municipalities can not exercise corresponding local legislative power except for special economic zones. After brain death and organ transplant related laws, administrative regulations, local decrees, autonomous decrees and special decrees have been settled, relevant executive legislation may be enacted. During such a legislative procedure, pilot programs can be adopted so as to enhance the applicability and success rate of the legislation of brain death and organ transplant.
ObjectiveTo systematically evaluate the efficiency and safety of interventional embolization versus laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of varicocele. MethodsWe searched the Chinese Journal Full-text Database, Wanfang Medical Journal Database, and VIP Chinese Science and Technology Journal Full-text Database with such keywords as interventional therapy, embolization, laparoscope, and varicocele. For PubMed and Cochrane Library, MESH terms or keywords were interventional embolization, interventional therapy, embolization, laparoscope, laparoscopic surgery, and varicocele. All database were searched up to March 2015. Then we selected trials comparing interventional embolization versus laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of varicocele according to the including criteria. We assessed the quality of the included studies with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and conducted meta-analysis with revman 5.2 for the primary outcomes sperm improvement rate, recurrence rate, complication rate, pregnant rate, etc. ResultsWe included 7 trials comparing interventional embolization with laparoscopic surgery, including 1 prospective study and 6 retrospective studies, with a total of 349 patients receiving interventional therapy and 400 patients receiving laparoscopic surgery. Meta analysis of the included studies showed that there were no significant differences for sperm improvement rate[OR=1.17, 95%CI (0.70, 1.96), P=0.54], pregnant rate[OR=0.58, 95%CI (0.29, 1.13), P=0.11], recurrence rate[OR=0.84, 95CI% (0.40, 1.78), P=0.66] or complication rate[OR=0.68, 95%CI (0.34, 1.32), P=0.25] between the two groups. ConclusionPresent evidence shows that there is no significant difference between interventional embolization and laparoscopic surgery for varicocele.
With the development of mobile technology and smartphones, the mobile health intervention project emerges, attracting grant fundings and creating new chances in healthcare. However, there is still few evidence to confirm the effectiveness of the mobile-health intervention, a possible cause being the lack of quality of research reporting, which needs to be improved for better identification, duplication and promotion of research projects. This paper interprets and analyses of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials of Electronic and Mobile Health Application and onLine TeleHealth (CONSORT-EHEALTH), in an effort to provide a reference for conducting mobile health related controlled trials research.
ObjectiveTo explore the clinical characteristics and improve the knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of complex pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) as well as enrich the experience of diagnosis and treatment of the disease.MethodsA retrospective analysis of pathogenetic process clinical manifestations, imaging features and diagnosis and treatment was conducted on one case of complex PAVF. The literature review was carried out with " complex pulmonary arteryovenous fistula (malformation)” as the research terms in English and Chinese respectively in CNKI, WanFang and PubMed database. Search time ranged from January 1997 to April 2018, and the literature was screened and reviewed.ResultsThe patient was a 47-year-old female complained of recurrent epistaxis for 40 years, intermittent hemoptysis for 20 years, headache, dizziness, chest pain, chest tightness for 4 years and the symptoms were aggravated by 3 months, visiting this hospital on January 23, 2018. Pulmonary CT angiography revealed multiple nodules in internal and external segment and outer basal segment of right lung, anterior basal segment and outer basal segment of left lung. CT enhanced scan showed that the thickened pulmonary artery was connected with the above lesion, and the edge was accompanied by large draining veins. Pulmonary artery revascularization showed complex PAVF abnormal branches. The diagnosis was complex PAVF, and interventional embolization therapy was carried out and curative effect was satisfactory during the follow-up. A total of 6 literatures were reviewed in above-mentioned databases, including 4 Chinese literatures and 2 English literatures, containing 10 patients, including 8 males and 2 females, with an average age of (9.7±7.0) years. Most of the clinical manifestations were shortness of breath after exercise, cyanosis and hemoptysis and all patients were cured and discharged after interventional embolization treatment except for 1 patient refused treatment.ConclusionsComplex PAVF is a very rare pulmonary vascular malformation. The clinical manifestations mainly include hypoxemia, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and the preferred treatment is interventional embolization, which has a satisfactory clinical effect at a short-term follow-up.
Objective To investigate the safety and effectiveness of a self-made bronchoscopic catheter ( an improved artificial airway) in bronchoscopic interventional therapy.Methods 126 patients planning to receive bronchoscope between October 2012 and February 2013 were divided into A, B and C groups. Three groups received inhalation of 2% lidocaine 5mL for surface anesthesia, and the venous channel was build up. Then the patients in group A ( n = 45) were treated with conventional bronchoscope. The patients in group B ( n =40) were treated with painless bronchoscope ( received intravenous injection with midazolam0. 06 mg/kg and fentanyl 1μg/kg before operation) . The patients in group C ( n = 41) were treated with painless bronchoscope through improved artificial airway ( after anesthesia similar to group B, the improved artificial airway was implanted through the mouth guided by bronchoscope, then the bronchoscopy was performed through artificial airway) . Blood pressure, respiration rate, heart rate and the pulse oxygen saturation were measured by multi-parameter ECG monitor before and during the operation, and the differences were compared among three groups. Body movement, transient respiratory depression during the operation, and postoperative feelings and reactions after operation were also observed. Meanwhile, the convenience of operation by physicians was evaluated. Results The blood pressure fluctuations in group C and group A had no significant difference ( P gt;0. 05) . Heart rate of three groups was somewhat increased,but there was no significant difference between group C and group A ( P gt; 0. 05) . Body movement and postoperative pain memory in group B and group C were better than those in group A ( P lt; 0. 05) .Respiratory depression of three groups had no significant difference ( P gt; 0. 05) . The operative convenience and the comfort of physicians in group C were better than those in group A and group B ( P lt; 0. 05) .Conclusions Operation safety of bronchoscopic interventional treatment with improved artificial airway is similar to the conventional procedure, but the reaction of the intra-operation and postoperative painful memories are significantly superior to conventional bronchoscopy. The convenience of operation and comfort of physicians are much better than the conventional bronchoscopy. It can be concluded that the improved artificial airways is worthy of clinical application.