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1. Comparative Analysis of Several Common Screening and Assessment Scales for Childhood Autism Spectrum Disease
Zhengting CAI, Lianxin HU, Zefeng WANG, Guangdong XIE, Xianwei LIN
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (24): 2998-3004.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0231
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Given the increasing prevalence of childhood autism spectrum disease (ASD) , there is a need for scales with higher efficiencies for scientifically screening and assessing this disease. We reviewed several common screening and assessment scales for childhood ASD in terms of applicable age group, applicable methods, scoring methods, assessment criteria and basic contents, and made a comparative analysis of the merits and limitations of characteristics, applications, sensitivity and specificity of commonly used primary and secondary screening scales, as well as diagnostic scales. Then we intensively analyzed and reconstructed these scales from both perspectives of professional use and family use, attempting to explore a screening and assessment method for childhood ASD, thereby alleviating the shortage of professionals, improving the accuracy of screening and diagnosis, reducing the misdiagnosis rate and false positive rate, and providing a reliable scientific basis for the collection of early intervention data and later treatment of childhood ASD.

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2. Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Unfavourble Prognosis of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Encephalitis in Children
XUE Jingru, SUN Suzhen
Chinese General Practice    2023, 26 (17): 2125-2131.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0832
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Background The incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis (MPIE) in children has increased in recent years, but it is under-recognized by clinicians due to its heterogenous clinical presentations and limited diagnostic tools. Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of children with MPIE and to explore the independent risk factors for unfavourble prognosis, so as to provide a theoretical basis for reducing the incidence of neurological sequelae and mortality of MPIE in children. Methods The clinical data of 101 children with MPIE who were hospitalized in Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province from January 2020 to June 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) was used to assess the children's condition at discharge, by which they were divided into favourble prognosis group and unfavourble prognosis group. Clinical characteristics including demographics (age, gender, etc.) , clinical symptoms and signs, as well as auxiliary examination results〔laboratory tests related to Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) , cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) , electroencephalogram (EEG) and imaging, and immunological indicators〕and treatment were analyzed, and then compared between the two groups. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the independent risk factors for unfavourble prognosis of MPIE. Results The prevalence of favourble and unfavourble prognosis was 72.3% (73/101) and 27.7% (28/101) , respectively. Most of the children were of school age, and MPIE in them was mainly manifested by occurring sporadically throughout the year but with a relatively high incidence in winter and spring, acute onset, with fever as the most common symptom, lalopathy and dyskinesia and other focal lesions as the common neurological manifestations. Epilepsy was found in some cases, which may even develop into refractory status epilepticus. The prevalence of MP in CSF detected by PCR was 26.7% (27/101) . The EEG mainly showed slowing of background alpha rhythm. Brain MRI mainly showed long T1 and T2 signals in the involved region, and the abnormal rates of both were 68.3% (69/101) and 44.6% (45/101) , respectively. By tests for cellular immunity and humoral immunity, or the blood or CSF test in some children, anti-NMDAR, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and other immune encephalitis and demyelinating related antibodies could be detected. There were significant differences between favourble and unfavourble prognosis groups in the prevalence of psychobehavioral abnormality, disturbance of consciousness, epileptic seizures, status epilepticus, focal neurological dysfunction, EEG abnormalities, brain MRI abnormalities, hormone therapy and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy, as well as average level of white blood cell count in CSF (P<0.05) . Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that focal neurological dysfunction〔OR=6.292, 95%CI (1.188, 33.327) , P=0.035〕, status epilepticus〔OR=18.031, 95%CI (1.231, 264.082) , P=0.031〕, abnormal EEG〔OR=7.379, 95%CI (1.077, 50.548) , P=0.042〕, abnormal brain MRI〔OR=5.757, 95%CI (1.105, 30.003) , P=0.038〕, and requiring hormone therapy〔OR=12.441, 95%CI (1.082, 143.114) , P=0.043〕were independent risk factors for unfavourble prognosis in children with MPIE. Conclusion Focal neurological dysfunction, status epilepticus, abnormal EEG and brain MRI changes and the need for glucocorticoid therapy may be independent risk factors for unfavourble prognosis in children with MPIE, and clinicians should pay high attention to these factors to early identify them, so that the incidence of neurological sequelae and mortality of MPIE could be reduced.
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3. Interpretation of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sleep Disorders in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Yijia TANG, Zijing WANG, Yanrui JIANG, Fan JIANG, Guanghai WANG
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (21): 2563-2568.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0267
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Sleep disorders, especially insomnia and sleep behavior disorders, are highly prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) , which cause a wide range of detrimental effects on the children and their families. Several international professional organizations have highlighted integrating sleep disorders into the comprehensive evaluation and treatment in children with ASD, and developed relevant clinical guidelines or expert consensuses, such as the A Practice Pathway for the Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Insomnia in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders by the Autism Treatment Network (ATN) , Autism: the Management and Support of Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum by the National Institute for Health and care Excellence (NICE) , and Practice Guideline: Treatment for Insomnia and Disrupted Sleep Behavior in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) . However, there is no applicable clinical guideline or expert consensus for sleep disorders among Chinese children with ASD, which greatly restricts the development of relevant clinical practice. We interpreted the above-mentioned two guidelines and one consensus, focusing mainly on several aspects, such as the levels of evidence and strength of recommendations, the definition of sleep disorders and associated factors, and behavioral treatments and melatonin-based therapies. It is hoped that our endeavors will contribute to the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders in Chinese children with ASD and the development of relevant clinical guidelines or expert consensuses.

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4. Common Diseases of Children in Urban Community Health Service Institutions
Delu YIN, Xi WANG, Tao YIN
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (22): 2753-2757.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0296
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Background

In 2019, the National Health Commission issued the Capacity Standards for Community Health Service Center (2018 version), which proposed that the 56 common disease species should be offered diagnosis and treatment services by CHSC, but it did not specify the common disease species of children in the community, which to some extent affects the assessment and construction of CHSC capacity in the community.

Objective

To investigate and analyze the common childhood disease species and their characteristics in community health services, in order to provide a reference basis for further community child health service capacity building.

Methods

In April 2020, a convenience sampling method was adopted to select community health service agencies in 11 different level cities in China as the sample unit. A self-designed questionnaire was administered to cover the subject's basic condition, the common childhood disease conditions suitable for diagnosis and treatment in the community, and their sequencing. Filled out online voluntarily anonymously by child health service personnel at the sample institution, 3 090 cases were successfully investigated. Respondents ranked the common degree of children's related disorders from low to high, assigning 1 to 5 points to each of the top 5 common childhood disorders, which is, assigning 5 points to ranked 1, 1 point to ranked 5, and 0 points to unselected, calculating a total and sorting by total score.

Results

The top 5 disease categories for children in the community were acute upper respiratory infection, diarrhea, bronchitis, pneumonia, and eczema. Of the top 10 ranked community common childhood disorders, 3 were respiratory, 3 were facial and dermatologic, 2 were infectious, and 1 each was a digestive and growth and development related disorder. The top 5 common childhood diseases ranked by different regions, different levels of cities and different posts were consistent, but the ranking order was different, but there were differences in the 6th-10th disease species and order.

Conclusion

The current coverage of common childhood diseases in community health services is high. There is regional, urban, and post heterogeneity in common childhood disease species in communities. Construction of community child health service capacity should be oriented to improve the capacity of diagnosis and treatment service of common childhood diseases in the community, and fully consider the disease species variability in different regions, cities, and posts.

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5. Systematic Health Management for Children under Three Years Old in China: Temporal Changes and Regional Differences
LI Hongjuan, REN Jinglin
Chinese General Practice    2023, 26 (01): 27-33.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0396
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Background

The right to health of children has been a general concern of the society. The rate of systematic health management for children is a core indicator effectively reflecting the monitoring and management of children's physical growth and psycho-behavioral development. Most of the studies on systematic health management for children use an empirical design, mainly focusing on explorations of management models, while few have made in-depth analysis of the national status from temporal and geographical perspectives.

Objective

To analyze the temporal changes and regional differences in terms of the rate of systematic health management of children under three years old from 2010 to 2019, providing valuable evidence for the consolidation and improvement of the health management level in this group, and for promoting health level in children.

Methods

In November 2021, data about health management of children under three years old in China during 2011—2020 were extracted from 10 volumes of China Health Statistics Yearbook published annually from 2011 to 2020. A descriptive analysis was used to conduct temporal and geographical analysis of the systematic health management for children.

Results

As a whole, the national health management rate for children under three years old showed a continuous upward trend increased from 81.5% in 2010 to 91.9% in 2019, with a 12.8% increase. The annual rate of systematic health management of the children during the period was greater than 90.0% in Beijing, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Liaoning Province, Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province, Guangdong Province and Shaanxi Province, but was relatively low in the Tibet Autonomous Region (71.9% in 2019) , indicating that there was still a certain gap between the local level and policy goals in this region. The analysis from temporal changes and regional differences as well as regional perspective revealed the following findings: the rate of systematic health management for children under three years during 2010—2019 was higher than the national level in 13 (41.9%) out of 31 regions in China, lower than the national level in 7 regions (22.6%) , and moved around the national level in 11 regions (35.5%) . The systematic health management rate of children under 3 years old varied greatly between regions during 2010—2012, but the inter-regional differences gradually narrowed after 2015. The rate of systematic health management for children under 3 years old was the highest in northeast China, followed by eastern China, western China and central China. In 2019, there was still large differences in the rate of systematic health management for these children among regions in western China.

Conclusion

China has achieved remarkable results in systematic health management for children under 3 years old. More attention should be given to the regions in western China, especially the Tibet Autonomous Region during the improvement of the management for these children. To further improve and consolidate the health management level of children, it is suggested to make efforts to improve the equity and accessibility of essential medical services, narrow the inter-regional differences between health resource allocation and public health services, learn and apply relevant good management methods from advanced regions, make full use of big data and internet techniques, and strengthen the construction of community pediatric health management team.

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6. Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Chinese Children: a Meta-analysis
Wenhong LI, Ziwei LI, Na WANG, Jiaxiang YIN
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (28): 3569-3578.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0028
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Background

Helicobacter pylori is difficult to remove naturally in children after being infected with it. Due to differences in sample size and features, design and setting, there is little consistency between studies on epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection and its affecting factors in children from China, a country with high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori. Therefore, a comprehensive and objective understanding of the prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection among Chinese children is of great significance for the prevention of Helicobacter pylori infection in this group.

Objective

To systematically review the prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection among Chinese children.

Methods

In June 2021, We searched for studies on Helicobacter pylori infection and its risk factors among Chinese children in databases of PubMed, EmBase, the Cochrane Library, CNKI, CQVIP and Wanfang Data from inception to June 2021. Two reviewers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and evaluated the quality of included studies. Meta-analysis was performed using R 4.1.0.

Results

Thirty-seven articles were included with a total sample size of 40 786 cases, of whom 11 267 were infected with Helicobacter pylori. Meta-analysis showed that the overall prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection was 30.31%〔95%CI= (25.72%, 35.10%) 〕. Subgroup analysis showed that the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection significantly varied by geographical region of participants, the year of the publication of the article, and Helicobacter pylori detection method (P<0.05) . With the city economic decline, the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in children was on the rise (χ2trend=465.955, P<0.001) . Univariate meta-regression results showed that the city economic level had a significant impact on the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in children (P<0.05) . Meta-analysis further indicated that poor living conditions〔OR (95%CI) =1.47 (1.09, 2.00) 〕, history of premastication〔OR (95%CI) =2.88 (1.80, 4.60) 〕, children〔OR (95%CI) =1.56 (1.01, 2.43) 〕or family members〔OR (95%CI) =2.23 (1.68, 2.98) 〕with gastrointestinal symptoms, gnawing fingers or toys〔OR (95%CI) =3.64 (2.10, 6.32) 〕, and use of shared bathroom utensils〔OR (95%CI) =2.54 (2.54, 5.73) 〕 were all risk factors for Helicobacter pylori infection in children. In contrast, living in urban areas〔OR (95%CI) =0.63 (0.56, 0.71) 〕and washing hands frequently〔OR (95%CI) =0.36 (0.18, 0.69) 〕were associated with decreased risk of Helicobacter pylori infection. In addition, the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection increased with the age of the children (χ2trend=416.923, P<0.001) .

Conclusion

The overall prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among Chinese children is high, which may be higher in children living in rural and economically lagging areas, and with poor hygiene habits of individuals or family members. Strengthening Helicobacter pylori screening in children in rural areas and the education of associated risk factors will help to effectively prevent Helicobacter pylori infection in children.

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7. The Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy in Children Aged 0-6 Years in China:a Meta-analysis 
FENG Yuxia, PANG Wei, LI Xin, YANG Shunbo, LIU Shiyu, LU Shuqing
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (5): 603-607.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.072
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Background As one of the main causes of children's disability, cerebral palsy( hereinafter referred to as CP) affects the improvement of our population quality.At present, the results of researches on the prevalence of children suffering from CP inour country are quite different, and there is a lack of epidemiological studies based on larger sample sizes and the current prevalence of CP.Objective To learn about the prevalence of CP in children aged 0-6 in China.Methods Literatures on the prevalence of CP in children aged 0-6 in China were retrievaled through computer in PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure( CNKI) , Wanfang Data Knowledge Service System, VIP Database( VIP) , and China Biology Medicine disc( CBM) , and the publication date limited from January 1st to January 1st, 2020.Based on established inclusion criteria, literatures were screened.Meta-analysis was performed on the included literatures with Stata 12.0 software, the prevalence was quantitatively combined, and subgroup analysis was carried out on classification indicators, such as gender and age.Results This study finally included 8 papers of medium or above quality,with a total of 527 758 people, including 1 022 CP children.The results of Meta-analysis proved that the overall prevalence of CP among children aged 0 to 6 in China was 0.23%〔 95%CI( 0.17%, 0.29%)〕 .The subgroup analysis results revealed that the prevalence of boys was 0.22%〔 95%CI( 0.14%, 0.29%) 〕 , the prevalence of girls was 0.12%〔 95%CI( 0.06%, 0.19%) 〕 . The prevalence of CP among children at the ages of below one years, one years, two years, three years, four years, five years, and six years was 0.21%〔 95%CI ( 0.02%, 0.40%)〕, 0.20%〔 95%CI ( 0.10%, 0.30%)〕, 0.19%〔 95%CI ( 0.08%, 0.30%)〕,0.21%〔 95%CI( 0.09%, 0.32%) 〕 , 0.13%〔 95%CI( 0.02%, 0.24%) 〕 , 0.20%〔 95%CI( 0.09%, 0.32%) 〕 , 0.32%〔 95%CI ( 0.14%, 0.50%)〕, respectively.Conclusion The prevalence of CP in children aged 0 to 6 in China was 0.23%, and the prevalence of gender and age was different, guiding significance for policy formulation and clinical intervention.It is recommended to conduct more cross-sectional investigations based on the new classification of CP.
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8. Relationship between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Precancerous Lesions of Gastric Mucosa in Children in Central Plain Area of China
Miao YU, Xiaoxia SONG, Jing MA, Qiaoqiao SHAO, Xuechun YU, Yabin QI, Ruobing HU, Peiru WEI, Wei XIAO, Bailing JIA, Yanbo CHENG, Lingfei KONG, Chuanliang CHEN, Songze DING
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (23): 2849-2855.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0187
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Background

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection induced precancerous lesions of gastric mucosa mostly in adulthood. However, it is debatable whether these pathological changes could also occur in children.

Objective

To investigate the relationship between H. pylori infection and precancerous lesions of gastric mucosa in children hospitalized due to upper gastrointestinal symptoms in central plain area of China.

Methods

A total of 1 015 children under the age of 18 years old were enrolled. These children attended the People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University for upper gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, and acid reflux from August 2018 to July 2021. All children underwent gastroscopy, from which gastric mucosal biopsy tissues were taken for rapid urease test and histopathological examination. The clinical and pathological data of the patients were collected retrospectively. The children were divided into infected and uninfected groups according to H. pylori infection status. The age, sex, endoscopic diagnosis, and H. pylori infection rate were compared between children in infected and uninfected groups. The incidence of precancerous lesions of gastric mucosa, inflammatory activity and the degree of inflammatory cell infiltration were compared between infected and uninfected groups, meanwhile these tests were also compared in children of different age groups.

Results

Among the 1 015 children, 854 (84.14%) were infected with H. pylori and 161 (15.86%) were not infected. H. pylori-infected children were significantly older than those of non-infected subjects (P<0.05). Endoscopy examination revealed that the proportion of chronic superficial gastritis in H. pylori- infected group was significantly higher than that in uninfected group, while nodular gastritis was more common in H. pylori-uninfected patients (P<0.05). Among the enrolled children, 54 were 1-4 years old, 199 were 5-8 years old, 435 were 9-12 years old, and 327 were 13-18 years old. H. pylori infection rate in groups of 5-8, 9-12 and 13-18 year-old children was significantly higher than that in group of 1-4 year-old children; and the infection rate in groups of 9-12 and 13-18 year-old children was also significantly higher than that in group of 5-8 year-old children (P<0.05). Among H. pylori-infected patients, 37 out of 854 children had precancerous lesions of gastric mucosa (with incidence rate of 4.33%), of which 17 patients had atrophy, 11 patients had intestinal metaplasia and 9 patients had dysplasia, and only one of the 161 H. pylori-uninfected patients (0.62%) had atrophic gastritis. The incidence of precancerous lesions of gastric mucosa in H. pylori-infected patients were significantly more than those uninfected patients (χ2=5.178, P=0.023). The level of active inflammation and inflammatory cell infiltration of gastric mucosa in H. pylori-infected children were higher than that in non-infected children (P<0.05). In groups of 5-8, 9-12 and 13-18 year-old children, the prevalence of active inflammation and neutrophil granulocyte infiltration in gastric mucosa were significantly higher than that in uninfected patients (P<0.05). In H. pylori-infected patients, children in groups of 9-12 and 13-18 years old showed more severe lymphocyte infiltration over the uninfected patients (P<0.05) .

Conclusion

In children, gastric mucosal precancerous lesions occur in 4.33% of H. pylori-infected patients in central China, this include atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia; the data revealed an obvious critical issue requiring future investigation and intervention for this group of population.

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9. Research Progress and Strategies on Family Intervention of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 
ZOU Zhuo,LIU Yun,HUANG Haoyu,LIU Chunming,CAO Xuanlan,ZHANG Yangping
Chinese General Practice    2020, 23 (8): 900-907.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.717
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Autism spectrum disorder(ASD)is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impaired social interactions,a narrow range of interests and activities,and repetitive and stereotyped behaviors.The incidence of ASD worldwide is about 1%-2%,and it is still increasing year by year.This paper mainly introduces the epidemiological status of ASD and the implementation status of family intervention,and reviews the development status of ASD in China.Previous interventions for children with ASD mainly focused on the recovery of social functions and the increase of social behaviors,and rehabilitation training mainly in rehabilitation institutions,special schools and hospitals.Nowadays,more and more domestic and foreign scholars focused their attention on the parents and families of children with ASD,and gradually realized that the rehabilitation training for children with ASD should not be only limited to institutions,hospitals and special schools,and more rehabilitation treatments should be integrated into the family life.At the same time,the necessity and difficulties of family intervention in China were analyzed,and the thoughts and discussions on family intervention for children with ASD were put forward,so as to enable children with ASD to receive active and relaxing rehabilitation training except the sleep time through family intervention.This paper also focuses on the psychological and emotional state of ASD children's parents and primary caregivers,and points out that medical workers should actively cooperate with relevant psychological,educational and social sectors to design individualized intervention programs to help children with ASD and their parents and families achieve the best possible quality of life.
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10. Non-overt DIC in Cryptogenic Liver Abscess-associated Sepsis in Children: a Case Report and Literature Review
Qiang FU, Ting WANG, Xia YAN
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (23): 2939-2941.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0302
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Liver abscess is rare in children, which is caused by biliary tract disease, pyoderma, appendicitis or trauma. There is little available relevant epidemiological data. In particular, cryptogenic liver abscess is difficult to diagnose at the early stage due to unknown etiology, and few clinical manifestations such as persistent fever without obvious abdominal discomfort. A delayed diagnosis may be associated with septic shock and DIC, leading to poor prognosis. We reported the diagnosis and treatment of a child with non-overt DIC in sepsis associated with cryptogenic liver abscess induced by infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The case report and literature review indicate that cryptogenic liver abscess is a rare cause of sepsis in children, which should be considered as a potential causative factor of sepsis besides hematogenous infection when the site of infection could not be determined regardless of whether abdominal pain is present or not.

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11. Functional Constipation in Children from Urban Communities: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Mengdian ZHANG, Shuang YU, Yuchun LIU, Jing DING
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (28): 3523-3530.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0306
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Background

Functional constipation (FC) is highly prevalent with complex associated factors in children, posing great health risk to the affected children. So far, the results of studies on the prevalence of FC and its influencing factors vary widely, and those focusing on FC in urban children in China are relatively few.

Objective

The purpose was to investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of FC in children in urban communities, so as to provide data support for establishing a database of FC in children in the community and for carrying out standardized, multidisciplinary and continuous management of FC in children in the community.

Methods

Children aged 6 to 48 months who were registered as recipients of health services delivered by Yuetan Community Health Center, Beijing were selected from the Beijing Maternal and Child Healthcare Information System (Phase 2) during the period from April to July 2021. A questionnaire designed by our research group was used to survey the primary guardians of the included children, focusing on questions related to defecation habits prepared according to the RomeⅣ criteria for FC in the Childhood Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Neonate/Toddler issued in 2016, and factors possibly influencing FC including history of allergies, family history of constipation, mode of delivery, feeding practices, appetite, eating habits, daily water intake, frequency of physical activity, and family parenting practices. In total, 1 458 guardians attended the survey, and children of the 1 264 (86.69%) guardians who handed in responsive questionnaires were finally included for analysis.

Results

The overall prevalence of FC was 9.89% (125/1 264) . Specifically, the prevalence of FC in age groups of 6 to 12, 13 to 36, and 37 to 48 months was 10.39% (16/154) , 8.75% (69/789) , and 12.46% (40/321) , respectively, demonstrating no significant difference in FC prevalence by age group (P>0.05) . The results of multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that allergy history and feeding practices were influential factors for FC in 6-12-month-old children (P<0.05) , allergy history, feeding practices and parenting style were influential factors for FC in 13-36-month-old children (P<0.05) , and allergy history and parenting style were influential factors for FC in 37-48-month-old children (P<0.05) .

Conclusion

The prevalence of FC in 6-48-month-old children in urban communities is high, which is associated with multiple preventable and controllable factors, suggesting that the prevention of FC in this age group of children should be carried out in accordance with individual factors, family relationship, and social environment.

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12. Developmental Delay/Mental Retardation of Unknown Origin in Children: Genetic Analysis of 93 Cases
WANG Jing, LIU Yun, HUANG Haoyu, WU Jinting, LIU Chunming, ZHANG Yangping, WANG Wenjuan
Chinese General Practice    2023, 26 (08): 933-938.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0595
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Background

It is hard to make an early and accurate diagnosis of developmental delay (DD) /mental retardation (MR) in children due to complex etiology, diverse and heterogeneous clinical manifestations of the disease. There are few large-sample analyses of the clinical and genetic test data of these children in China.

Objective

To perform an analysis of genetic test results of children with DD/MR, providing evidence for genetic diagnosis, treatment plan formulation and prognosis assessment in such children.

Methods

Ninety-three children with DD/MR of unknown origin were selected from Department of Rehabilitation, Kunming Children's Hospital from September 2017 to September 2021. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed to explore pathogenic gene mutations associated with clinical manifestations. Copy number variation (CNV) detection was conducted to examine the characteristics of pathogenic CNVs. The detection of gene mutations was analyzed.

Results

The DD/MR in the children was mainly manifested by motor or global DD, or MR, and with a developmental level falling behind normal developmental milestones. Seventy-four cases (79.6%) were detected with genetic variants, and the detection rate was 79.6%, among whom 40 (43.0%) with pathogenic gene mutations, 13 (14.0%) with gene CNVs, and 21 (22.6%) with mutations of uncertain significance. The genetic test results involved more than 50 pathogenic genes in total. The most prevalent disease caused by gene mutation was spinal muscular atrophy caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene (10.0%, 4/40), followed by Bethlem myopathy-1 caused by mutations in the COL6A2 gene (7.5%, 3/40) and Joubert syndrome-21 caused by mutations in CSPP1 (5.0%, 2/40) .

Conclusion

Pathative gene mutations and gene copy number variants may be main causes of DD/MR. SMN1, COL6A2, and CSPP1 are common mutated genes in DD/MR patients. WES combined with CNV detection may greatly contribute to the exploration of the etiology of DD/MR, especially for DD/MR manifested by atypical phenotypes and clinical manifestations.

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13. Hospital-school-based Posture Assessment, Vision Screening and Health Management for Children and Adolescents
Rongmei LIU, Shuaibin LIU, Quanshun ZHENG, Yuxi BAI, Xuzhu ZHAO, Changwei NIU, Shunli SHI, Guoping ZHOU
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (30): 3810-3816.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0251
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Background

The prevalence of health problems in Chinese children and adolescents is high. The mention of myopia, obesity, caries, scoliosis and other health problems in adolescents in the Healthy China 2030 Initiative Indicates that these problems have become the national concerns. The establishment of a long-term, standardized disease screening and management mode by the community health center (CHC) in combination with schools in service coverage areas of the CHC will provide a new idea for strengthening the health management of children and adolescents by the CHC.

Objective

To perform posture assessment and vision screening in full-time students receiving the nine-year compulsory education in schools in the service coverage area of Chaohe Community Health Center of Zhengzhou Economic-Technological Development Area using a CHC-school-based approach, to identify problems in disease screening and management for children and adolescents, to analyze the practice and advantages of CHC-school-based disease screening and management, and to develop a CHC-school-based health management model for children and adolescents.

Methods

This study was conducted from May to November 2021. Cluster sampling was used to select grades 1-9 full-time students (n=11 318) in 225 classes of 6 primary schools and 3 middle schools in the areas covered with health services delivered by the Chaohe Community Health Center of Zhengzhou Economic-Technological Development Area. All of them received posture assessment and vision screening.

Results

Among the participants, 6 260 were male and 5 058 were female; 7 979 were pupils, and 3 339 were junior high school students. The prevalence of abnormal posture was 41.34% (4 679/11 318) . With the increase of grade, the prevalence of uneven shoulders, thoracic kyphosis, scoliosis, O-shaped legs, and toe valgus increased, while that of knee hyperextension, flat feet and pes valgus decreased (P<0.05) . The prevalence of 1, 2, 3 and 4 or more abnormal postures was 29.13% (3 297/11 318) , 8.60% (973/11 318) , 3.01% (341/11 318) , and 0.60% (68/11 318) , respectively. Male students had higher prevalence of thoracic kyphosis, scoliosis, flat feet and toe valgus, and lower prevalence of knee hyperextension, X-shaped legs, O-shaped legs and foot valgus than female students (P<0.05) . The prevalence of abnormal vision was 74.99% (8 486/11 318) . The prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism was 41.75% (4 725/11 318) , 26.14% (2 959/11 318) , and 7.09% (802/11 318) , respectively. With the increase of grade, the prevalence of myopia increased and that of hyperopia decreased (P<0.05) .

Conclusion

At present, the abnormal posture rate of children and adolescents in Zhengzhou is about 40%, and the myopia rate exceeds 40%. With the increase of grade, the prevalence of uneven shoulders, thoracic kyphosis, scoliosis, O-shaped legs, toe valgus and the prevalence of myopia increased, but there is a lack of effective and normal screening and health management systems. As the hospital-school approach could improve the effectiveness and normalization of the health screening and management for children and adolescents, so this approach is recommended to be used in further improvement of the top-level design and efficacy assessment of health management in children and adolescents. In addition to CHC school-based management, the health management of children and adolescents also involves the efforts of themselves and their families, which is equally important as the former two.

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14. Community-based Prevention and Control of Myopia in School-age Children: an Explorative Study
Jie WANG, Shiming LI, Dapeng MU, Li ZHANG, Tiantian CHENG, Ningli WANG
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (30): 3817-3824.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0250
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Background

Myopia is an important cause of visual impairment and has become a public health problem all over the world. In China, myopia has a high incidence rate and age of onset of which is becoming younger. There is no clinical method to reverse myopia in children. Therefore, it is important to standardize the screening for ametropia to realize early detection and intervention of myopia. As a primary care institution, a community health center may accurately understand the prevalence of myopia in teenagers in its service coverage area. So giving full play to the role of community health center has important practical significance for the containment of myopia in children and adolescents.

Objective

To explore the feasibility of community-based prevention and control of myopia in school-age children.

Methods

A cohort study was conducted. The information about visual acuity and refractive status of students in a primary school in Beijing's Chaoyang District from September 2019 to September 2021 were collected for statistical analysis, among which four groups of data in September 2019, September 2020, March 2021 and September 2021 were finally included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, with a total of 5 558 records. Then, based on the data, an electronic students' refractive database was established, with uncorrected visual acuity, corrected visual acuity, refractive status (power of a spherical lens, power of a cylindrical lens, axis) , prevalence of wearing glasses or orthokeratology incorporated. The warning levels of vision screening were set to be 0, 1, 2 and 3 from low to high. The visual change, visual warning level, spherical equivalent (SE) of students were compared by grade. The visual changes and warning level evolution at different times were compared at the individual level. Corresponding interventions were implemented for different warning levels, and the intervention results were analyzed and discussed.

Results

There were statistically significant differences in uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) among students by grade (F=100.413, P<0.05) . The UDVA differed significantly in male or female students (F=47.168, 53.042, P<0.05) . Compared with the lower grade students (grades 1 and 2) , middle and higher grade students (grades 3, 4, 5 and 6) had lower UDVA (P<0.003) . The UDVA decreased with the increase in grade in male and female students, and the decline in female students was faster. The composition of the warning levels of myopia risk assessed based on the UDVA in male and female students in all grades was similar, mainly composed of 0, 1, and 3 levels. With the increase in grade, the number of low warning level (level 0) gradually decreased, while that of high warning level (level 3) gradually increased. The SE in students differed obviously by grade (F=474.728, P<0.05) . The SE also differed much in male or female students (F=121.704, 123.807, P<0.05) . With the increase of grade, SE tended to be negative, and the difference in SE between left and right eyes was statistically significant (t=-4.67, P<0.05) . The negative trend of SE for the right eye was more remarkable, suggesting that the warning level of the right eye was higher, and the right eye was more prone to myopia. The follow-up of three consecutive years for assessing individual visual changes revealed that the results of four UDVA screening differed significantly in all students and female students (F=8.727, 10.221, P<0.05) . The UDVA result screened in March 2021 for all students decreased significantly compared with that screened in September 2019 or September 2020 (P<0.008) , so did the UDVA result screened in September 2021 (P<0.008) . During the evolution of warning level, higher warning level was associated with lower possibility of returning to the low warning level, and the possibility of progressing to a higher warning level increased with the growth of warning level.

Conclusion

The visual acuity and refractive status of students in this primary school in Beijing's Chaoyang District were not optimistic. With the increase in grade, the UDVA decreased and the number of high warning level gradually increased. To actively contain myopia in school-age children, it is suggested to establish a community-based vision screening and warning mechanism, and to promote the containing of myopia by home-school-community collaboration efforts.

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15. Risk Factors for Adverse Neurodevelopment Outcomes in Neonates with Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Zhenzhen JUE, Juan SONG, Xiangmin ZHANG, Han ZHANG, Huimin DONG, Wendong LI, Falin XU
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (18): 2275-2279.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0119
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Background

Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) adversely affects the long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants. However, few studies concerning the risk factors for neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants with NEC have been conducted.

Objective

To investigate the risk factors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes of NEC in preterm infants.

Methods

Preterm infants diagnosed with stageⅡ toⅢ NEC in Department of Neonatology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2019 to June 2020 were included. General conditions and neonatal complications of the infants, as well as pregnancy-related complications of the mothers were obtained. All infants were followed up to a corrected age of 12 months, at which the neurodevelopmental outcome was evaluated by the Bayley Scales of Infant Development Ⅲ (BSID-Ⅲ) , and in accordance with the evaluation results, the infants were divided into a normal group and an adverse neurodevelopment outcome group. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the risk factors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Results

Of the 236 infants included, 23 died, and 13 were lost to follow up, the other 200 cases who completed the follow-up were finally included for analysis, including 21 (10.5%) with neurodevelopmental disorders (adverse neurodevelopmental outcome group) , and 179 (89.5%) with normal neurodevelopmental outcome (normal group) . Compared with infants with normal neurodevelopmental outcome, those with neurodevelopmental disorders had lower mean birth weight, and higher incidence of sepsis, intestinal perforation, and short bowel syndrome (P<0.05) . Univariate analysis revealed that, compared to infants with normal neurodevelopmental outcome, those with neurodevelopmental disorders had lower mean birth weight, and higher incidence of sepsis, bowel perforation and short bowel syndrome (P<0.05) . Multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicated that birth weight <1 000 g〔OR=4.603, 95%CI (1.220, 17.365) , P=0.024〕, sepsis〔OR=4.401, 95%CI (1.191, 16.262) , P=0.026〕and bowel perforation〔OR=5.239, 95%CI (1.522, 18.029) , P=0.009〕were independently associated with increased risk factor of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Conclusion

Birth weight less than 1 000 g, sepsis and bowel perforation may be risk factors for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants with NEC, which should be significantly valued by newborn pediatricians for the prevention or early identification of NEC, thereby reducing the rate of NEC-caused disabilities.

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16. Status and Associated Factors of Clinical Encounters of General Practitioners with Pediatric Patients in a Suburban District of Beijing: a Qualitative Study
Zhennan QI, Jiawei ZHANG, Wei BAI, Chunhua CHI, Wanhui SUN, Jianguang QI
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (22): 2758-2765.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0015
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Background

As the main providers of essential pediatric services, the capabilities of community general practitioners (GPs) in managing pediatric patients may directly reflects the overall status of pediatric care services in primary care settings. In China, there are great regional differences in the supply and demand of pediatric services, and the capabilities of primary care settings are unsatisfactory in providing pediatric services. The current encounters and influencing factors of GPs with pediatric patients in suburban districts are worthy of attention.

Objective

To understand the status and associated factors of clinical encounters of GPs with pediatric patients in a suburban district of Beijing, providing a reference for the development of tiered diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Methods

In June 2021, purposive sampling was used to recruit GPs who participated in a training named "Beijing Miyun District Medical Consortium Construction & General Practitioners' Comprehensive Capability Improvement Project" to attend a semi-structured group interview for understanding the status of clinical encounters of GPs with pediatric patients and related influencing factors. The interview results were recorded, and transcribed, then coded using NVivo 12, and analyzed using thematic analysis.

Results

Nineteen GPs (5 men and 14 women) in the age range of 24-51 years〔average age of (33.2±7.6) years〕, attended the interview, 18 of whom had a bachelor degree; 9 had a title of attending physician; 1 had participated in the standardized general practice residency program; 8 had participated in the "3+2" assistant general practitioners training program; 8 had participated in the standardized training before making a career change into general practice. The average years of them working a GP was 1-18 years〔 (6.3±4.8) years on average〕. Four themes emerged from the analysis: (1) Both the numbers of pediatric patients and illnesses encountered by suburban GPs were less than those encountered by their urban counterparts, and pediatric patients encountered by suburban GPs aged greater than or equal to 3 years. (2) Suburban GPs generally had a low level of self-confidence in treating pediatric patients. (3) The major factors negatively affected suburban GPs encountering pediatric patients include the pediatric patient's parents with a lower level of trust in their GP, inadequate capabilities of GPs in managing pediatric patients, high risk of managing pediatric patients, underperformance of nurses, inadequate available pediatric medicines and equipments for laboratory tests in the community, and lack of a clear referral system. (4) The major facilitators for suburban GPs to encounter pediatric patients include managing pediatric patients in the community by pediatricians, and increasing pediatric medicines and equipments for laboratory tests.

Conclusion

The encounters of suburban GPs with pediatric patients in primary care were unsatisfactory due to many problems and challenges. To improve the situation, it is suggested to improve the capabilities of suburban GPs in managing pediatric patients by trainings, the collaboration between GPs and pediatricians, and the tiered system for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases.

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17.

Association between Depression Prevalence and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Middle-aged and Older People

LU Weiwei, ZHU Rui, CHEN Jun, FU Tengfei, ZHANG Jian, LIN Yuejun
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (10): 1191-1196.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0144
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Background

Depression prevalence and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in middle-aged and older people has become an increasingly concerned issue, yet it in Chinese population has been less reported, and needs to be further explored.

Objective

To investigate the epidemiology of ACEs among middle-aged and elderly Chinese people, and to analyze its association with depression prevalence, providing an accurate delineation of ACEs and depression prevalence in this group of Chinese people.

Methods

Information of 7 035 middle-aged and elderly people≥ 45 years old who met the research requirements were selected during July to August, 2021 from the database of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study held by Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University, in which the questions in the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale used in the CHARLS, ACEs (including abuse, neglect, dysfunctional family) and individual characteristics were screened and generated into new dummy variables with the weight reassigned. Covariates of those with ACEs (treatment group) and those without (control group) were included in a propensity score matching model, and propensity scores of them were estimated using robust standard errors in multivariate Logistic regression, then the covariates of two groups were matched using the 1∶1 nearest neighbor matching, and were checked using balance diagnostics and common support assumption. The influence of ACEs on the depression in those with ACEs was quantified by the average treatment effect on the treated.

Results

Of the 7 035 respondents, 6 529 (92.81%) had experienced ACEs, 1 802 (25.61%) had experienced at least four ACEs, and 1 003 (14.26%) had a depressive state. Multivariate Logistic regression model demonstrated that age, gender, and self-rated health status were significantly associated with ACEs (P<0.05) . Individual characteristics of both groups after propensity score matching were comparable (P>0.05) , and went through the check of balance diagnostics and common support assumption. Propensity score matching-based analysis revealed that the risk of depression prevalence in those with ACEs was increased by a factor of 6.9% compared with those without (P<0.001) .

Conclusion

The prevalence of ACEs among middle-aged and elderly Chinese people was higher, which may significantly increase the risk of depression prevalence. Therefore, it is urgently needed to establish a system of ACEs screening and intervening to improve the level of healthcare services and well-being for these people.

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18. Children's Intention to Seek Healthcare in Primary Healthcare Settings and Associated Determinants: an Analysis Using the Anderson's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use
Bixia XU, Xiaodan LIN, Weiguang YAO
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (22): 2766-2772.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0174
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Background

In China, a rational healthcare seeking pattern in children has not yet taken shape amid the active promotion of the implementation of hierarchical medical system, one major cause of which may be inadequate implementation of first contact in primary care settings in children due to poor service capability for children of these institutions. Therefore, it is of great practical significance and application value to analyze the influencing factors of children's intention to seek healthcare in primary healthcare institutions.

Objective

To investigate children's intention to seek healthcare in primary healthcare settings and associated determinants, offering insights into the development of a sound and rational healthcare-seeking pattern in children.

Methods

Two surveys were conducted during March to July, 2021 using a questionnaire developed based on the Anderson's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use (containing three aspects: demographics of children and their guardians, children's opinions on hospital selection for treatment and associated factors, and intention to seek healthcare in primary care. One survey was offline, with children aged 0-14 years as participants accidental sampled from people in two grade A tertiary general hospitals, three community health centers, and other public places (such as public parks and squares) in Guangzhou's urban areas, and the other one was online, with a purposive sample of age-matched children included in a WeChat group as participants. For collecting information more appropriately, the questionnaire was completed by the children's guardians. Univariate and multivariate ordinal regression were used to identify factors associated with children's intention to seek healthcare in primary care.

Results

Altogether, the results of questionnaires effectively answered by the guardians of 501 children were used for analysis. The prevalence of intending to seek healthcare in primary care in the children was 36.53% (183/501). The prevalence of primarily choosing a primary healthcare setting for initial treatment of common diseases was 26.3% (132/501), which were mainly owing to shorter distance between home and the hospital (83.3%, 110/132), shorter waiting time for treatment (40.9%, 54/132) and having a pediatric or general practice clinic (36.4%, 48/132). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicated that the level of intention to seek healthcare in primary care in children was increased if the nearest hospital was a primary hospital instead of a secondary or tertiary hospital〔OR (95%CI) =1.514 (1.060, 2.166) 〕. Visiting a primary hospital at least four times in the last year was associated with a higher level of intention to seek healthcare in primary care in children compared with visiting a primary hospital zero times〔OR (95%CI) =0.248 (0.111, 0.557) 〕. A higher level of intention to seek healthcare in primary care in children was associated with parents' high level of satisfaction with primary care services instead of parents' fair level of satisfaction with primary care services〔OR (95%CI) =0.348 (0.236, 0.515) ] or parents' dissatisfaction with primary care services〔OR (95%CI) =0.086 (0.043, 0.173) 〕.

Conclusion

In general, the children in Guangzhou mainly seek healthcare in nearby hospitals, and the their level of intention to seek healthcare in a primary hospital could be improved greatly. To improve their satisfaction with primary care services and intention to seek healthcare in primary care settings, it is suggested to further deepen the theoretical research and practical exploration regarding hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, strengthen the cooperation between primary and higher level hospitals for balancing the distribution of pediatric medical resources among hospitals, and to improve the pediatric service capabilities of primary hospitals via improving the software and hardware configuration of these hospitals.

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19.

Effect of Vestibular Training with Regular Rehabilitation on the Overall Development of Children with Global Developmental Delay and Hypotonia: a Randomized Controlled Trial

WANG Yan, WUYUN Tana, XIANG Dongliang, ZHAO Mingyue, YUAN Yiming
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (07): 867-873.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.310
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Background

The increase in the number of children with global developmental delay and hypotonia is a growing concern. However, clinical rehabilitation for these patients is often carried out using monotherapy approaches, and the period for achieving improvement is relatively long.

Objective

To observe the effect of vestibular training with regular rehabilitation on muscle tone and global developmental level in children with global developmental delay with hypotonia, providing evidence for improving treatment options for these children.

Methods

Sixty children with global developmental delay accompanied by hypotonia who received rehabilitation training in Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine from April 2018 to January 2020 were selected, and equally randomized into a control group (regular rehabilitation) and an observation group (vestibular training with regular rehabilitation) . Both groups were treated once daily, 6 days per week, for consecutive 4 weeks. Changes in the normative percentages of Griffiths Mental Development Scales (GMDS) subscales and development quotient, and muscle tone grading of both groups were observed before and after treatment. The overall response rates of muscle tone improvement were compared between the groups.

Results

The values of normative percentages of GMDS subscales and development quotient were similar in both groups at baseline (P>0.05) , but they were more higher in the observation group after intervention (P<0.05) . The post-intervention level of muscle tone of the observation group was higher than that in the control group (P<0.05) although intergroup difference in baseline muscle tone level was insignificant (P>0.05) . The observation group had a much higher overall response rate of muscle tone improvement 〔86.7% (26/30) : 17 (56.7%) with significant responses, 9 (30.0%) with fair responses, 4 (13.3%) with no responses〕 than the control group〔56.7% (17/30) : 9 (30.0%) with significant responses, 8 (26.7%) with fair responses, 13 (43.3%) with no responses〕 (χ2=13.658, P<0.001) .

Conclusion

Vestibular training with regular rehabilitation could improve the muscle tone and developmental delay in children with global developmental delay and hypotonia, which was superior to regular rehabilitation.

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20. Effectiveness and Safety of Changyanning Granules in the Treatment of Dyspepsia in Children: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Lei ZHANG, Jian LYU, Yanming XIE
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (14): 1765-1771.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.01.003
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Background

Dyspepsia (namely, the functional dyspepsia) in children, is a common pediatric disease that has a high recurrence rate. Severe dyspepsia will affect the nutritional intake of children, and may further impair their physical development and even mental health.

Objective

To systematically review the effectiveness and safety of Changyanning Granules in the treatment of dyspepsia in children.

Methods

We searched databases of CNKI, WanFang Data, CQVIP, and SinoMed for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Chinese and searched databases of PubMed, The Cochrane Libarary, EMBase, Web of Science for relevant RCTs in English from inception to May 2021. Regarding children with dyspepsia treated by Changyanning Granules or Changyanning Granules in combination with routine western treatment〔Live Combined Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus Tablets (LCBLT) or Motilium Tablets (MT) 〕 (experimental group) compared with those treated with Xiaoer Xishi Pian (a Chinese patent medicine) or routine western treatment (LCBLT or MT) regardless of dosage, administration route and duration of treatment. We used response rate as the primary outcome indicator, and incidence of adverse reactions and clinical symptoms disappearing time as secondary outcome indicators. We used the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Version 5.1) and RevMan 5.3 for conducting the meta-analysis.

Results

Six RCTs were included, involving 1 150 cases (575 in the experimental group and 575 in the control group) . Meta-analysis showed that Changyanning Granules were superior to Xiaoer Xishi Pian in terms of overall response rate〔RR=1.57, 95%CI (1.27, 1.94) , P<0.000 1〕 with lower incidence of adverse reactions〔RR=0.18, 95%CI (0.09, 0.37) , P<0.000 01〕. Compared with LCBLT or MT, Changyanning Granules with LCBLT or MT produced higher overall response rate〔RR=1.60, 95%CI (1.13, 2.26) , P=0.008〕, and shortened the clinical symptom disappearing time (P<0.05) , but showed no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions (P>0.05) .

Conclusion

For children with dyspepsia, available evidence has demonstrated that using Changyanning Granules alone, or in combination with LCBLT or MT, could improve the overall response rate, shorten the clinical symptoms disappearing time with relatively low incidence of adverse reactions. However, due to low quality of included RCTs, our conclusion needs to be further verified by RCTs meeting the international standards with a large sample size, and rigorous design.

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21. The Significance of High Normal Blood Pressure for Children and Adolescents
LIU Hai, HUANG Guanhua
Chinese General Practice    2023, 26 (18): 2183-2189.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0834
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At present, almost all the definitions of hypertension in pediatric hypertension guidelines issued by countries and organizations are based on blood pressure percentile of 95% (P95). However, a large number of research data have shown that high normal blood pressure has a higher risk of progression to hypertension and cause similar target organ damage as hypertension. The review summarized the classification methods of blood pressure of children and adolescents in different countries and organizations, the prevalence of hypertension and high normal blood pressure, the rate of progression from high normal blood pressure to hypertension, and target organ damage caused by high normal blood pressure in children and adolescents, emphasizing that pediatricians should pay greater attention to the definition of high normal blood pressure and hypertension for children and adolescents.

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22. Reliability and Validation of a Chinese Version of the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children in Preschoolers
CHEN Xianrui, LIN Xiaoxia, XU Ping, CHEN Yanhui, CHEN Shan, YAO Yonghua
Chinese General Practice    2023, 26 (03): 313-320.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0479
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Background

There are less studies on sleep disturbance and limited effective screening and assessment scales for sleep disturbance in Chinese preschoolers.

Objective

To assess the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC-C) in Chinese preschoolers, providing evidence for expanding the application of SDSC in preschoolers.

Methods

By use of convenience sampling, preschool children (3-5 years old) were selected as survey participants for testing the psychometrics of the draft of the SDSC-C from one urban community and one rural community in each of five cities (Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Longyan, Sanming and Nanping) of Fujian Province from June to November 2021 with the assistance of the Fujian Family Planning Association Network, and their parents were selected as their agents to complete the questionnaire survey. Then its items were modified, screened and evaluated by an expert group, after that, the draft was developed into a formal version consisting of six domains and 23 items. The reliability and validity of the scale were assessed by item analysis, reliability analysis, validity analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis.

Results

The survey obtained a response rate of 92.04% (370/402) . The high-score group〔n=106, ranked the top 27% in terms of total score of SDSC-C (≥49 points) 〕and low-score group〔n=113, ranked the bottom 27% in terms of total score of SDSC-C (≤37 points) 〕divided by critical ratio method had significant differences in the score of each item of the SDSC-C (P<0.05) . The Cronbach's α of the scale was 0.86, with 0.87 of estimating interrater agreement. The I-CVI for each item was >0.78, with kappa values were > 0.74. The S-CVI/UA was 0.87 and S-CVI/Ave was 0.98. For SDSC-C , KMO= 0.85, results of Bartlett's test of sphericity were χ2=3 013.30, P<0.001. By principal component analysis, 7 factors with an engivalue >1 were extracted, explaining 65.125% of the total variance. However, a six-factor solution (i.e. six types of sleep disorder) based on parent-reported sleep disorder symptoms in our study indicated the factor loading of items ranged from 0.34-0.85, which could explain 60.539% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis showed the values of fitting indicator as follows: χ2/DF=2.66, CFI=0.84, TLI=0.81, SRMR=0.08, and RMSEA=0.08.

Conclusion

This study revealed that the SDSC-C is a valid and reliable scale that can provide a comprehensive and detailed assessment of sleep disturbances in Chinese preschool children, which is beneficial to clinicians for early screening and assessment of sleep-related problems in preschool children.

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23. Effect of Maternal Intestinal Floras on Neonatal Birth Weight
Xue XIAO, Yuqi WANG, Xiaolan LAI, Shaotao ZHONG, Cuiliu ZHAO, Dan LIU, Lin LI, Rongshao TAN, Hongling YANG
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (19): 2363-2370.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0114
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Background

Birth weight is closely related to individual health. Low birth weight is a high-risk factor for early neonatal death. Macrosomia is associated with higher risk of maternal and infant complications and various chronic diseases in adulthood. Therefore, it is very important to identify the influencing factors of neonatal birth weight.

Objective

To investigate the relationship between maternal intestinal flora and neonatal birth weight.

Methods

Participants were 516 singleton mothers and their babies〔24 with low birth weight (LW group) , 479 with normal birth weight (NW group) and 13 with macrosomia (OW group) 〕 delivered at term in Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center from January to September 2017. Maternal intestinal flora and clinical laboratory test parameters were collected, and the composition and diversity of intestinal flora were analyzed using QIIME. LEfSe analysis was used to compare the relative abundance of intestinal flora at the genus level of the mothers of three groups of babies to identify the flora with significant intergroup differences. MaAslin was used to assess associations of maternal laboratory test parameters and microbial genera. The Boruta was used to build models for predicting three types of neonatal birth weight using maternal laboratory test parameters and intestinal flora OTUs, to assess the association of maternal intestinal floras and neonatal birth weight.

Results

The analysis of maternal intestinal floras showed that the abundance of Firmicutes was the highest at the phylum level, and Faecalibacterium was significantly enriched at the genus level. There were no significant differences in Simpson's Diversity Index and Shannon Diversity Index at the phylum level across the maternal intestinal floras of three groups of babies (P>0.05) . LEfSe analysis found that compared with intestinal flora of mothers of LW group, the intestinal flora of mothers of NW group showed significantly enriched Streptococcus and Roseburia (P<0.05) , and significantly reduced abundance of Bacillaceae, Raphanus, Methanosphaera, Barnesiella and Paraprevotella (P<0.05) , while the intestinal flora of mothers of OW group demonstrated significantly enriched Closrtidiaceae and Alistipes as well as significantly reduced abundance of Barnesiella (P<0.05) . Compared with intestinal flora of mothers of NW group, the intestinal flora of mothers of OW group indicated significantly enriched Megamonas, Coprococcus, Veillonellaceae, cc-115, Closrtidiaceae and Alistipes, and significantly reduced abundance of Blautia and Eggerthella (P<0.05) . The area under ROC curve (AUC value) based on laboratory test parameter OTUs model and intestinal flora OTUs model was 0.62 and 0.77, respectively, in discriminating LW from NW, and was 0.65, and 0.78 respectively, in discriminating OW from NW.

Conclusion

Neonatal birth weight varied by the features of maternal intestinal floras. The OTUs model based on maternal intestinal flora could distinguish the neonatal birth weight. Maternal intestinal flora may be a good predictor of neonatal birth weight.

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24. Capacity of Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Functional Constipation among Primary-level Doctors
Yuchun LIU, Lixia YIN, Liping GAO, Lan DING, Jing DING, Xueping DU, Shuang YU
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (25): 3150-3156.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0196
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Background

Functional constipation (FC) is a common health problem in children and a high frequency of consultations among parents of children in outpatient clinics of primary medical and health institutions. Although constipation is not an emergency, it may cause serious complications if not managed properly, which then can affect the quality of life of children and their families.

Objective

To understand the capacity of primary-level doctors' diagnosis and treatment in children's FC, and provide a basis for improving primary-level doctors' capacity of diagnosis and management of children's FC.

Methods

In July 2020, 130 doctors who had access with children's patients in their daily diagnosis and treatment were selected from primary-level medical and health institutions in Xicheng District, Beijing. A self-designed questionnaire from our research group was administered to the included physicians. The content included awareness of the common symptoms of FC diagnosis for children ≥6 months of age, and the recommended treatment methods, recommended treatment drugs, medication timing and treatment duration for children with FC.

Results

Questionnaires from 108 (83.1%) basic medical doctors were validly returned, including 34 (31.5%) from general practitioners, 30 (27.8%) from pediatricians, 30 (27.8%) from traditional Chinese medicine doctors, and the average monthly outpatient volume with pediatric patients (10.1±4.4) cases was obtained. For the diagnosis of FC in children: when children aged ≥6 months presented with less frequent bowel movements, hard stools, bleeding during defecation, fecal incontinence, difficulty in defecating, and crying symptoms before passing thick stools, 40.7% (44/108) , 39.8% (43/108) , 23.1% (25/108) , 9.3% (14/108) , 39.8% (43/108) , 23.1% (25/108) of the basic medical doctors would consider the diagnosis of FC; 51.9% (56/108) of the physicians considered FC to be diagnosed when two symptoms, including low frequency of defecation and difficulty in defecating, existed simultaneously; according to 25.0% (27/108) of the physicians, FC can be diagnosed when four symptoms including less frequent defecation, hard stools, bleeding during defecation, and difficulty in defecating were present at the same time. For the treatment of FC in children: pharmacotherapy was recommended as the main treatment of choice for FC in children by primary physicians in 37.0% (40/108) ; nonpharmacologic therapy was recommended as the preferred treatment by 63.0% (68/108) of the primary physicians, with 88.2% (60/68) recommending abdominal massage, 85.3% (58/68) recommending a high fiber diet, 82.4% (56/68) recommending toilet training, and 72.1% (49/68) recommending increased fluid intake. Lactulose therapy was recommended by 75.9% (82/108) of the primary physicians; 27.8% (30/108) of the primary physicians recommended combination therapy with microenemas of sodium citrate, sodium dodecylsulfonylacetate, and sorbitol as the rectal treatment, and 64.8% (70/108) of the primary physicians recommended rectal administration when children had particularly difficult bowel movements. According to the basic medical practitioners, the mean time from initiation of treatment to having a positive response was (4.1±2.6) days in children; the mean treatment duration of FC in children by primary physicians was (21.2±4.3) days; 88.9% of doctors believed that the average termination time of constipation treatment was (46.0±9.3) days. When the frequency and/or consistency of bowel movements returned to normal or the patient no longer had discomfort, 88.9% of physicians responded that they would consider discontinuing the treatment.

Conclusion

Although general primary doctors know some methods of diagnosis and treatment of children's constipation, their overall level of awareness still needs to be improved. It is recommended to further enhance the existing primary physicians' awareness and comprehensive management of FC in children, and to develop a comprehensive management model of FC in children in primary health facilities to improve the management level of children's functional constipation, thereby reducing the prevalence and increasing the cure rate.

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25. Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Self-rated Health among Chinese Elderly People
Weiwei LU, Zhihui LU, Yiming HUANG, Xiaoqiong WU, Tengfei FU, Jian ZHANG
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (25): 3101-3106.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0379
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Background

The association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with chronic disease prevalence among middle-aged and elderly people has become a research hot spot, but the association between ACEs and self-rated health in older people is still unclear, and relevant studies in Chinese population are especially rare.

Objective

To explore self-rated health in Chinese elderly people, and its association with ACEs.

Methods

The study was conducted in October 2021. Data about ACEs and self-rated health were acquired by applying from the 2014 and 2018 waves of CHARLS conducted by Peking University, involving 7 579 older people (≥ 60 years old) . The ACEs were stratified into three groups by the times of ACEs events (10 kinds in total) : high-risk (4 or more) , low-risk (1-3) , and reference (zero) . The self-rated health was divided into three levels: good, fair and poor. Ordinal logistic regression was used to analyze the correlation of self-rated health with the number and types of ACEs events.

Results

Among the participants, the prevalence of good, fair and poor self-rated health was 22.06% (1 672/7 579) , 59.03% (4 474/7 579) , and 18.91% (1 433/7 579) , respectively, and the prevalence of experiencing ≥4, 1-3 and no ACEs events was 25.36% (1 922/7 579) , 69.71% (5 283/7 579) , and 4.93% (374/7 579) , respectively. The self-rated health differed significantly by age, gender, place of living, and types of ACEs (parental divorce, parental violence, parental depression, parental disability, living in an unsafe neighborhood, childhood loneliness, childhood famishment, bullying) (P<0.05) . The self-rated health also differed significantly across the three groups stratified by the number of ACEs events (P<0.05) . Univariate ordinal logistic regression analysis indicated that the probability of a worse self-rated health increased by a factor of 1.358〔95%CI (1.110, 1.663) 〕in those with 1-3 ACEs events, and increased by a factor of 2.151 in those with 4 or more ACEs events compared with those with no ACEs events (P<0.05) . The ordinal Logistic regression analysis indicated that results showed that parental divorce, parental violence, parental depression, parental disability, living in an unsafe neighborhood, childhood loneliness, childhood famishment, and bullying were associated a worse self-rated health (P<0.05) . The statistical results remained unchanged after adjusting for age, gender and place of living.

Conclusion

The self-rated health status in Chinese older people was generally fair. To improve the self-rated health to promote healthy aging in this population, interventions could be provided for them targeting reducing the negative influence caused by parental divorce, parental violence, parental depression and disability, living in an unsafe neighborhood, childhood loneliness, and childhood famishment.

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26.

Characteristics of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder in Children with Sleep-disordered Breathing

WU Yunxiao, WAN Zhen, KONG Fanying, XU Zhifei
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (02): 180-184.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.01.036
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Background

Children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are more prone to attention deficit, and hyperactivity disorder, which seriously impairs their learning ability and long-term intellectual development. However, there is a lack of comprehensive analysis of attention deficit, and hyperactivity disorder in SDB children.

Objective

To investigate the characteristics of attention deficit, and hyperactivity disorder in children with SDB, so as to provide a basis for making clinical decisions for such patients.

Methods

Children aged 4-10 years with snoring or mouth breathing, who were admitted to the Sleep Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University from May 2020 to June 2021 were selected. Physiologic parameters during sleep were measured by polysomnography. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder symptoms were assessed by parent-rated attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder Symptoms Scale (PASS) . The severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was classified by obstructive apnea-hypopnea index (OAHI) : OAHI≤1 event/hour, 1<OAHI≤5 events/hour and OAHI>5 events/hour were defined as primary snoring, mild OSA, and moderate to severe OSA, respectively. Polysomnographic parameters〔total sleep time, sleep efficiency, non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep stage 1 (N1%) , stage 2 (N2%) , and stage 3 (N3%) and REM sleep percentage of total sleep time (R%) , OAHI, arousal index (ArI) , oxygen desaturation index (ODI) , average oxygen saturation (SpO2) and SpO2 nadir〕 were compared by the severity of OSA. The prevalence of attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder diagnosed by the PASS were compared by the severity of OSA, sex and age.

Results

Seventy-six cases of primary snoring, 86 cases of mild OSA and 77 cases of moderate to severe OSA were included. Moderate to severe OSA children had greater N1%, OAHI, ArI, and ODI, and lower average SpO2 and SpO2 nadir than other two groups (P<0.05) . The R% of moderate to severe OSA group was lower than that of primary snoring group (P< 0.05) . OAHI, ArI and ODI were higher and SpO2 nadir was lower in children with mild OSA than those with primary snoring (P<0.05) . The prevalence of attention deficit, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder diagnosed by the PASS in moderate to severe OSA group was statistically higher than that in primary snoring group (P '<0.016 7) . Male children had higher prevalence of attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder diagnosed by the PASS than female children (P<0.05) . Compared with preschoolers, school-age children have higher prevalence of attention deficit and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder diagnosed by the PASS (P<0.05) .

Conclusion

The prevalence of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in children with SDB was higher than that in the general population. Male children had higher prevalence of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder than female children. And the prevalence of attention deficit in school-age children was higher than that in preschoolers.

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27. Research Progress of Aripiprazole in Children with Tic Disorder 
ZHAI Qian,FENG Lei,ZHANG Guofu
Chinese General Practice    2019, 22 (14): 1717-1721.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.001
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Tic disorder is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by chronic,recurrent motor and vocal tics,and most occur in childhood or adolescence.It had the characteristics of relapse,long course,high comorbidities and prevalence rate,and difficult to treat.It has a great impact on the physical and mental health of the child.At present,the main treatment is still drug treatment,and aripiprazole,as one of the effective therapeutic drugs,offers a new prospect for the treatment of children with tic disorders.In this article,the treatment of children with tic disorder by aripiprazole was discussed.
Tic disorders;Aripiprazole;Therapy;Review
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28. Prenatal Diagnosis and Pregnancy Outcome Analysis of High-risk Fetuses Suggested by Noninvasive Prenatal Screening
Yan LUO, Bingyi ZHAO, Yanmei SUN, Haishen TIAN, Yali LI, Yanshang ZHANG, Jian GAO, Zhiqiang CUI
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (20): 2482-2488.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0019
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Background

Noninvasive prenatal screening is more effective in screening for fetal aneuploidy than does traditional serological screening. We attempted to analyze the real-world data about the positive predictive value (PPV) for chromosome aneuploidy, and chromosome copy number variation (CNV) obtained by noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) , and to explore the pregnancy outcome for fetuses with sex chromosome aneuploidies and chromosome microdeletion or microduplication determined by pregnant women.

Objective

To assess the clinical value of karyotype analysis and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) of the testing results of NIPT.

Methods

Five-hundred and twenty-eight pregnant women who were found with a fetus at high risk of chromosome aneuploidy, and CNV by NIPT were selected from Department of Reproductive and Genetic Medicine, Hebei General Hospital, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2018. Amniocentesis or umbilical vein puncture was performed in them to obtain fetal cells for a definite prenatal diagnosis using karyotype analysis and CMA. All delivered cases were followed up by telephone within one year after childbirth to understand the pregnancy outcome.

Results

Prenatal diagnosis analysis revealed that 447 fetuses were at high risk of chromosome aneuploidy. And PPVs for the risk of trisomy 21, trisomy 18, trisomy 13, sex chromosome aneuploidies, and other chromosome aneuploidy were 82.86% (174/210) , 51.52% (34/66) , 12.50% (4/32) , 50.82% (62/122) , and 5.88% (1/17) , respectively. Another 81 fetuses were at high risk of CNVs. CMA suggested that copy number variations were found in 28 cases (PPV 34.57%) , and the proportion with a clear pathogenic significance reached 24.69% (20/81) . Among the subjects under 35 years and 35 years or older, the proportions of abnormal results confirmed by prenatal diagnosis were 48.51% (147/303) and 70.22% (158/225) , respectively, showing statistically significant difference (χ2=24.938, P<0.05) . Out of the 62 pregnant women diagnosed with fetal sex chromosome abnormality, 13 (20.97%) continued with the pregnancy. Eight cases were reported no clear significance in CMA, among them one case was lost to follow-up, other seven cases chose to continue pregnancy. Among the seven infants, five were born healthy and developed normally, one girl had six fingers in both hands and the remaining one's situation was unknown.

Conclusion

The real-world data regarding PPVs for chromosomal aneuploidies and CNVs by NIPT, and follow-up of pregnancy outcome obtained by us, provide a reliable basis for clinical genetic counseling and treatment. It is recommended to perform karyotype analysis and CMA for a pregnant woman with a fetus with suspected chromosomal abnormality (extra or missing chromosomes, chromosome microdeletion, or microduplication) suggested by NIPT, to identify chromosome inversion, balanced translocation, low proportion chimerism and some morphological abnormalities, so as to improve the detection rate of fetal chromosome abnormalities.

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29. Demand for Pediatric Care Based on Analyzing Pediatric Disease Spectrum in the Community:Data from Shanghai's Chongming District 
ZHU Dehao,SHI Jianwei,HUANG Jiaoling,ZHOU Liang,YANG Yan,CHEN Ning,LIU Qian,YU Wenya
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (19): 2477-2483.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.213
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Background Identifying the characteristics of disease spectrum will help to triage patients more rationally,promoting the sound development of different types of hospitals. Objective To understand the percentage and features of diseases in the pediatric disease spectrum in healthcare institutions in Shanghai's Chongming District,providing scientific basis for rationally guiding the tiered diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases and community pediatric care development in this district. Methods Data about diseases suffered by children and adolescents(0-18 years old) were collected from the hospital health information system of all hospitals in Chongming District from 2016 to 2018. The diseases were analyzed,and ranked by their percentage of the spectrum. Changes in the disease spectrum were analyzed by year,age group,and level of hospitals. Results In these three years,the outpatient and inpatient visits in the 21 hospitals in Chongming District numbered 410 711,and 15 665,respectively. Among all diseases,the first and third major diseases in each year were respiratory diseases,and digestive diseases,respectively. In diseases treated with outpatient care,skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases accounted for a large proportion,ranking in the top third. Of the diseases treated with inpatient care,the top third was diseased conditions of perinatal origin,and the sufferers were mainly aged 0-5 years. The visits in the tertiary hospitals were much more than those in community hospitals. Moreover,the visits showed a year-to-year growth in tertiary hospitals while demonstrated a year-to-year decline in community hospitals. Conclusion The spectrum of pediatric diseases in Chongming District is not significantly different from that in other regions. In the prevention and treatment of such diseases,attention should be paid to the local special conditions,such as high-incidence skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases and diseased conditions of perinatal origin in children aged 0-5 years. Furthermore,to achieve tiered diagnosis and treatment for pediatric diseases in this district,it is urgent to develop community pediatric care to improve the diagnosis and treatment level of common pediatric diseases in community hospitals.
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30. 气管支气管结核患儿并发肺不张的临床特征及危险因素研究
陈晴, 吴桂辉, 黄涛, 黄晓秋, 蒋良双, 吴世幸, 代莉, 陈敏, 徐婷, 黄英姿, 何畏
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (08): 930-936.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.01.601
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Background

Due to nonspecific clinical and thoratic imaging characteristics, pediatric tracheobronchial tuberculosis (TBTB) is easy to be misdiagnosed or missed. And repeated infections, lung function deterioration and even lobectomy could be induced if pulmonary atelectasis occurs in pediatric TBTB, causing great harm to children's health.

Objective

To investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of pulmonary atelectasis in pediatric TBTB, providing clinical evidence for interventionally managing pediatric TBTB and for exploring the pathogenesis of this disease.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted. Participants were TBTB children (≤14 years old) who were selected from Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu from July 2017 to November 2019. TBTB children were ivided into two groups based on whether accompanied with pulmonary atelectasis, with atelectasis (n=23) and without atelectasis (n=137) . Baseline data, including demographics, clinicalsymptoms, complications, results of etiological test, chest imaging and bronchoscopic examination, were collected. Binary Logistic regression equation was used to analyze the risk factors of pulmonary atelectasis in pediatric TBTB.

Results

One hundred and sixty patients were enrolled, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.08∶1, an median age of 12 (9, 13) years old. The prevalence of pulmonary atelectasis at admission was 14.4% (23/160) . Among the cases with pulmonary atelectasis, the prevalence of pulmonary atelectasis occurring in the right lung, and the right middle lobe was 65.2% (15/23) , and 39.1% (9/23) , respectively. Compared with those without pulmonary atelectasis, those with pulmonary atelectasis had younger median age of onset〔9 (8, 12) years old vs 12 (10, 13) years old〕, and lower rate of tuberculous cavities〔4.3% (1/23) vs 27.0% (37/137) 〕 (P<0.05) . Moreover, those with pulmonary atelectasis had lower prevalence of bilateral lobes involved (χ2=5.692, P=0.017) . Those with pulmonary atelectasis had higher prevalence of granulation hyperplasia TBTB than those without (χ2=11.915, P=0.001) . Age 〔OR=0.827, 95%CI (0.710, 0.965) 〕and granulation hyperplasia TBTB〔OR=7.382, 95%CI (1.979, 27.539) 〕were associated with pulmonary atelectasis in pediatric TBTB (P<0.05) .

Conclusion

In our study, pulmonary atelectasis occurred in 14.4% of the children with TBTB, which was more present in the right lung, especially the right middle lobe. Younger age and granulation hyperplasia TBTB were associated with pulmonary atelectasis in pediatric TBTB.

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31. Risk Factors for Influenza A Variant Virus-related Hospitalization in Children Under 5 Years Old
Yang LIU, Aibin WANG, Yuhuan LIU, Min MIAO, Lin PANG
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (21): 2577-2581.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0243
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Background

The burden due to influenza-related hospitalization is heavy in children under 5 years old, a high-risk group of severe influenza, but there is little research on the risk factors for such hospitalizations.

Objective

To explore the risk factors for influenza A variant virus-related hospitalization in children under 5 years old.

Methods

A retrospective design was used. Children under five years old (n=1 450) with influenza A virus infection were selected from Emergency Department, Beijing Ditan Hospital Capital Medical University during December 2018 to February 2019. Clinical data were collected, including age, sex, baseline chronic disease, time from onset to first contact, time from onset to initiation of antiviral therapy, main clinical features and prevalence of hospitalization. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors of hospitalization.

Results

The median age for the children was 2.5 (1.1, 3.9) years, and males outnumbered females (56.5% vs 43.5%) . Thirty-eight (2.6%) had baseline chronic diseases, and 155 (10.7%) were hospitalized. Stepwise univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analyses showed that: younger than 6 months〔OR=5.808, 95%CI (2.650, 12.730) , P<0.001〕, male〔OR=1.673, 95%CI (1.098, 2.549) , P<0.05〕, accompanied with baseline chronic diseases〔OR=17.999, 95%CI (7.882, 41.103) , P<0.001〕, time from onset to first visit>48 h〔OR=4.663, 95%CI (1.712, 12.704) , P<0.001〕, the time from onset to initiation of antiviral treatment >48 h〔OR=19.835, 95%CI (9.043, 43.502) , P<0.001〕, prevalence of cough or expectoration symptoms〔OR=7.174, 95%CI (4.222, 12.191) , P<0.001〕and prevalence of disturbance of consciousness / convulsions〔OR=10.044, 95%CI (6.142, 16.425) , P<0.001〕were associated with increased risk of hospitalization.

Conclusion

In children under 5 years old, male, younger than 6 months, and baseline chronic diseases may be risk factors for influenza A variant virus-related hospitalization, cough/expectoration, and disturbance of consciousness/ convulsions may be associated with even higher risk. Early use of antiviral therapy could reduce the risk of hospitalization.

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32. Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1:Report of One Pediatric Case and Literature Review 
ZHOU Xudong,ZHAO Xinghua,XU Changbao,LI Wuxue,ZHAO Yongli
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (9): 1148-1151.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2020.00.560
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Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease,with clinical manifestations of repeated kidney stones and progressive renal calcification,usually starting in childhood,and eventually developing to end-stage renal disease as the progressive deterioration of the disease.Currently,AGXT gene sequencing has gradually substituted liver biopsy,and become a first diagnostic method for PH1.And early treatment options of PH1 are mainly conservative therapies.We reported a pediatric case of PH1,with detailed analysis and summary of the clinical characteristics and management methods,aiming to provide a reference for clinicians to diagnose and treat the disease.
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33. Consistency and Discrepancy between Parents- and Teachers-assessed Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers
WANG Li, WANG Nianrong, TU Mingshu, CHEN Qun, YE Yuan, LI Daiqin, HE Huanrong, ZHANG Li
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (31): 3899-3903.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0218
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Background

Pediatricians often receive inconsistent reports from parents and teachers on children's behavior, but there are few available studies on comparing parents and teachers' evaluation of preschool children's behavior problems.

Objective

To investigate the prevalence of behavioral problems in preschoolers from Chongqing's main urban areas, and to explore the consistency and discrepancy between parents- and teachers-assessed behavioral problems in these children.

Methods

In June 2018, 2 698 preschoolers were sampled by cluster sampling from kindergartens in the main urban area of Chongqing. For understanding the prevalence of behavioral problems in them, their behaviors were rated by their parents using the Conners Parent Symptom Questionnaire (PSQ) , and by their teachers using the Conners Teacher Rating Scale (TRS) . And parents- and teachers-assessed results were compared.

Results

The survey obtained a response rate of 98.59%, involving 2 660 children that were finally included. In accordance with parents' assessment, the prevalence of behavioral problems was 14.47% in preschool children (385/2 660) , and that in boys was higher than in girls〔17.91% (245/1 368) vs 10.84% (140/1 292) , P<0.001〕. According to teachers' assessment, the prevalence of behavioral problems was 4.44% in preschool children (118/2 660) , and that in boys was also higher than in girls〔6.29% (86/1 368) vs 2.48% (32/1 292) , P<0.001〕. Parents' assessment showed that boys had higher prevalence of learning problem, psychosomatic problems, and higher hyperactivity index, while teachers' assessment showed that boys had higher prevalence of conduct problems and higher hyperactivity index. In comparison with girls, boys had higher prevalence of behavior problems in in four factors of PSQ, namely learning problem, conduct problems, impulsivity-hyperactivity and hyperactivity index, and higher prevalence of behavior problems in all four factors of TRS. Spearman correlation analysis indicated that scores rated for boys by teachers in terms of conduct problems, inattention-passivity, and hyperactivity index in TRS were positively correlated with scores rated for them by parents in terms of conduct problems, learning problems, impulse-hyperactivity, and hyperactivity index in PSQ; that scores rated for boys by teachers in terms of hyperactivity problems in TRS were positively correlated with scores rated for them by parents in terms of conduct problems, impulse-hyperactivity, and hyperactivity index in PSQ (rs ranged from 0.056 to 0.113, P<0.05) ; that scores rated for boys by teachers in terms of hyperactivity problems in TRS were negative correlated with scores rated for them by parents in terms of anxiety problems (rs=-0.059, P<0.05) . In girls, the scores of each factor in TRS were not correlated with those in PSQ (P>0.05) .

Conclusion

The prevalence of behavior problems in preschoolers assessed by parents was higher than that assessed by teachers. Although there are some differences between the assessment by parents and teachers, there is a good consistency in their assessment of conduct problems and hyperactivity.

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34. Recurrent Purulent Meningitis in Children:an Analysis of 15 Cases 
LI Xin,SUN Suzhen,PANG Lingyu,WEN Xin,WANG Weixiu
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (26): 3392-3396.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.506
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Background Recurrent purulent meningitis(RPM)is a rare disease in children,which is easily missed due to the complex and insidious etiology. So early detection and diagnosis in time has a positive impact on improving the prognosis. But there are few clinical studies and etiological analyses on RPM in children. Objective To study the clinical characteristics,possible causes and treatments of RPM. Methods Clinical data of 15 pediatric inpatients with RPM were collected retrospectively from Hebei Children's Hospital from 2012 to 2018. All cases underwent brain and spinal cord MRI,temporal bone CT scan,hearing screening or immune function test according to different possible causes of RPM,and received normal cerebral therapy(including antibiotic and dehydration treatment and so on),and treatment targeting the possible cause,as well as a post-discharge telephone follow-up ranging from 6 to 36 months. Results Of the 15 cases,8 were male and 7 female,with an age of first onset of 24 days to 9 years old,and an average age of onset of(3.1±2.6)years old. The time to onset ranged from 4 hours to 7 days,with presentations of fever and poor mental health status in all cases. Headache and jet vomiting were found in older children,while babies had irritability and bulging of the anterior fontanelle. Cerebrospinal fluid culture was positive in 15 cases,and blood culture was positive in 8 cases. The underlying causes of 15 cases of RPM:structural abnormality in 7 cases (46.7%)〔internal ear dysplasia(4 cases),pilonidal sinus(2 cases),discontinuous cortex of skull base ethmoid plate(1 case)〕,purulent meningitis after craniofacial trauma in 3 cases (20.0%)〔brain contusion and laceration(1 case),traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea(1 case),traumatic tympanic membrane perforation with humoral immunodeficiency(1 case)〕,adjacent tissue inflammation in 2 cases (13.3%)〔local inflammation of sphenoid bone caused by cellulitis(1 case),cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea(1 case)〕,serious complications(2 cases)and unknown cause(1 case). In the acute stage,the anti-infective therapy was used,and then in convalescent stage,stereotactic abscess resection,cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and otorrhea repair,skull base repair,pilonidal sinus resection,regular intravenous immunoglobulin therapy or conservative treatment was used. There was no recurrence in 6 to 36 months of follow-up. Conclusion The RPM onset in children may occur during neonatal stage to childhood stage,the etiology is complex and diverse,and structural abnormality is a main contributing factor. Timely identifying RPM,and finding and removing the possible cause,may prevent the recurrence of RPM.
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35.

Characteristics of Cancer Epidemiology among 0-14 years old Chinese Children20052015

TANG Hui, GUO Hong, CAO Fang, YAN Yizhong, HE Jia, GUO Heng, CUI Xiaobin, HU Yunhua
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (08): 984-989.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.01.607
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Background

Cancer has become a leading cause of death for Chinese children, imposing a great economic burden on society and families. Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the epidemicsizes and trends of childhood malignancies.

Objective

To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of childhood cancer in China from 2005 to 2015, so as to provide evidence for the formulation of prevention and control strategies and rational allocation of health resources concerning childhood cancer in China.

Methods

Data regarding cancer incidence and mortality in Chinese 0-14 years old children during 2008 to 2018 were collected from the Chinese Cancer Registry Annual Report. Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates were computed by dividing the number of child deaths caused by cancer by the fifth national population census (2010) and multiplying by 100 000. Joinpoint Regression Program was used to compute the annual percentage change (APC) to analyze the temporal trends of annual child cancer incidence and mortality rates.

Results

(1) During the period of 2005 to 2015, the median crude incidence rate and median crude mortality rate of cancer in 0-14 years old were 9.35/100 000, and 3.91/100 000, respectively. The median crude incidence and median crude mortality rate of 0-4 years old group were higher than those of 5-9 years old group and 10-14 years old group (P<0.05) . (2) The median crude incidence rate (10.21/100 000 vs 8.91/100 000) and median crude mortality rate (4.18/100 000 vs 3.47/100 000) of cancer in male children aged 0-14 years old were higher than those of female children of the same age (P<0.05) . (3) The median crude incidence rate (10.87/100 000 vs 7.20/100 000) and median crude mortalityrate (4.08/100 000 vs 3.54 /100 000) of cancer in urban children aged 0-14 years old were higher than those of rural children of the same age (P<0.05) . (4) The median crude mortality rate of cancer showed an upward trend in 0-14 years old in the period of 2005 to 2015 (APC=1.01%, P<0.05) ; amomg them, the median crude mortality rate in the 0-4 years old group showed an decreased trend (APC=-1.19%, P<0.05) ; the median crude mortality rate in the 5-9 years old group showed an increased trend (APC=2.50%, P<0.05) ; the median crude mortality rate in the 10-14 years old group was stable over time. (5) The median crude incidence rate and median crude mortality rate of cancer in rural 0-14 years old in rural areas presented an upward trend over the period 2005 to 2015 (APC=7.73%, 2.22%, P<0.05) . (6) The top six cancers among children aged 0-14 years old in this period were: leukemia, brain cancer, lymphoma, bone cancer, kidney cancer and liver cancer.

Conclusion

The cancer incidence and mortality rate in Chinese 0-14 years old children showed different features by time, age group or geographical region (rural or urban) . Priorities for containing cancer should be given to rural children, 5-9 years old children or children with brain cancer or leukemia.

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36. Clinical Analysis of 9 Cases of Pediatric Williams-Beuren Syndrome 
HUANG Qin-rong,XIAO Nong*,CHEN Yu-xia,LIU Ling,JIANG Wei,HOU Xue-qin,FENG Ying,ZHANG Ting
Chinese General Practice    2018, 21 (18): 2238-2241.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-9572.2018.00.060
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We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data from 9 children with Williams-Beuren syndrome who were admitted to the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from March 2016 to February 2017.The risk factors for pediatric Williams-Beuren syndrome included cold in pregnancy,amniotic fluid abnormalities,MLBW infants,long pregnancy,cesarean section,placentaprevia.All 9 patients had a special appearance,and the growth and development of intelligence andmotor and language abilities were slow.There were 4 cases with dystonia,4 with epilepsy and 3 with hypercalcemia.Seven cases were complicated with congenital heart disease.Two cases had abnormal head magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) findings,and abnormal lumbosacral MRI occurred in 1 case.Moreover,1 case had digestive system abnormality,cranial suture early closure was found in 8 cases,and 6 cases showed abnormal behavior.Therefore,pediatric Williams-Beuren syndrome is associated with multiple risk factors,and patients exhibit diverse clinical features.The disease should be given adequate attention.

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37. Chromosome Detection Results and Related Factors in Second-trimester Fetuses with Nasal Bone Abnormalities 
HOU Dongxia,HOU Liqing,WUYUNTANA,JI Yunpeng,WANG Xiaohua,JI Xiaoping
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (6): 696-700.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2020.00.605
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Background Fetal nasal bone development,an item assessed by routine prenatal ultrasound,is often used as a key ultrasound marker for assessing fetal chromosomal anomalies.With recent application of chromosomal microarray analysis(CMA),prenatal fetal chromosomal diseases have been detected in a wider range and with higher accuracy.So it is necessary to re-summarize the correlation between nasal bone abnormalities and chromosomal abnormalities,to provide evidence for clinical practice.Objective To investigate the predictive value of fetal nasal bone abnormalities or its combination with other prenatal risk factors for chromosomal abnormalities,and to evaluate the application value of CMA in the genetic examination of fetal nasal bone abnormalities.Methods 92 pregnant women with fetuses with prenatal ultrasound-suggested nasal bone abnormalities were recruited from Inner Mongolia Maternal and Child Care Hospital from December 2016 to January 2020.Prenatal examination information,prenatal genetic test results(including karyotype analysis and CMA) and pregnancy outcomes were collected.Results Karyotype analysis detected chromosome abnormalities in 19 cases (20.7%),all of which were trisomy 21.CMA detected chromosomal abnormalities in 25 cases (27.2%),including 19 cases of trisomy 21 and 6 cases of chromosomal microdeletions and microduplications.There was no statistical difference in the rate of chromosome abnormalities between fetuses with isolated and non-isolated nasal bone abnormalities (P>0.05).Compared with fetuses with isolated nasal bone abnormalities,the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in those with isolated nasal bone abnormalities with increased nuchal translucency thickness,isolated nasal bone abnormalities with high risk for chromosomal abnormalities suggested by maternal serum screening,isolated nasal bone abnormalities with high risk for chromosomal abnormalities suggested by non-invasive prenatal testing,or isolated nasal bone abnormalities with 2 or more high-risk factors for chromosomal abnormalities was increased(P<0.05).Conclusion The incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses with nasal bone absence or hypoplasia was higher,which was related to copy number variations.Karyotype analysis and CMA in combination with other prenatal examinations may effectively improve the detection rate of chromosomal abnormalities.The application of CMA technology provides more information on chromosome variation for prenatal diagnosis,and it is recommended that all fetuses with nasal bone absence or hypoplasia should be tested by karyotype analysis and CMA.
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38. Value of Thromboelastography for Condition Assessment in Children with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia
Jingjing GUI, Aquan JIN, Yu WAN, Xuan ZHAO, Linjie ZHU, Yidong ZHAO, Jiaqi YAO, Liwen ZHANG, Zhiying HUANG
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (21): 2624-2628.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0002
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Background

Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) can cause a variety of intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary injuries, including thrombotic diseases, which seriously endanger the health of children. And for assessing the coagulation status, routine coagulation parameters has great limitations, while thromboelastography (TEG) can be comprehensively and rapidly, but there are few data on TEG used in condition evaluation in children with MPP.

Objective

To explore the value of TEG in condition assessment of children with MPP.

Methods

Two hundred and twelve MPP children were recruited from the Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from July 2019 to July 2021, including 52 with severe condition and 160 with non-severe condition. Comparisons were made between two groups in terms of demographics, platelet count, routine coagulation parameters, and TEG parameters. The association of TEG parameters with platelet count and routine coagulation parameters was assessed. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to explore influence factors for the condition of MPP. ROC analysis was used for assess the value of those identified risk factors for predicting the condition of MPP.

Results

Both groups had no significant differences in sex ratio and mean age (P>0.05) . Compared with children with non-severe condition, those with severe conditionhad shortened reaction time (R) and kinetic time (K) , and elevated maximum amplitude (MA) , α-angle, clotting index (CI) , fibrinogen (FIB) , prothrombin time (PT) , international normalized ratio (INR) , D-dimer (D-D) (P<0.05) . Correlation analysis showed that MA was moderately positively associated with PLT and FIB (P<0.001) ; R was weakly positively associated with activated partial thromboplastin time (P<0.001) ; K was weakly negatively associated with PLT and FIB (P<0.001) ; α-angle was weakly positively correlated with PLT and FIB (P<0.001) . Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that CI〔OR=5.698, 95%CI (3.329, 9.753) , P<0.05〕, and D-D〔OR=5.061, 95%CI (1.724, 14.859) , P<0.05〕were influence associated with MPP, and the prediction algorithm based on them for MPP is CI+D-D: Y=1.777CI+1.624D-D-5.264. ROC analysis indicated that the area under the ROC curve of CI was 0.885〔95%CI (0.830, 0.941) 〕with 0.750 sensitivity and 0.907 specificity when the cut-off value was determined as 2.05, and that of D-D was 0.716〔95%CI (0.632, 0.799) 〕with 0.615 sensitivity and 0.784 specificity when the cut-off value was determined as 0.545, and that of CI in combination with D-D was 0.901〔95%CI (0.850, 0.952) 〕with 0.769 sensitivity and 0.914 specificity when the cut-off value was determined as -0.65.

Conclusion

TEG could partially predict the condition of children with MPP, but could not replace the routine coagulation parameters, and the combined predictive value of the two may be higher.

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39. Interpretation of Consensus Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Neonatal Intestinal Surgery:Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS?) Society Recommendations 
SHI Zeyao,WU Yang,LI Xiaowen,WAN Xingli,CHEN Qiong,HU Yanling
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (11): 1333-1338.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.424
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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) refers to a series of optimized management measures taken during the perioperative period under the guidance of evidence-based medicine.Since the concept of ERAS was proposed in 2001,the ERAS? Society has issued more than 10 surgical guidelines,covering various fields such as obstetrics and gynecology,orthopedics,and cardiovascular surgery.In May 2020,the ERAS? Society issued its first neonatal surgical guidelines,which provides multiple evidence-based recommendations for neonatal perioperative management.This article interprets the guidelines,aiming to offer evidence-based suggestions for physicians and nurses to improve the quality of perioperative care in neonatal intestinal surgery,thereby enhancing the survival quality of the neonates.
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40. Interpretation of Congenital Hypothyroidism:a 2020—2021 Consensus Guidelines Update——an ENDO-European Reference Network Initiative Endorsed by the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the European Society for Endocrinology 
DENG Chenqian,CHEN Shuchun
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (36): 4555-4562.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.02.009
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Congenital hypothyroidism is defined as insufficient thyroid hormone production caused by dysfunction of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis or accompanied with mild to severe thyroid hormone deficiency at birth. The prevalence rate of congenital hypothyroidism is about 1/4 000 in newborns according to statistics,and most of the children can be born with no obvious abnormal manifestations,only no more than 10% of the children could be diagnosed according to their clinical manifestations. Typical clinical manifestations of congenital hypothyroidism mainly include special facial features and body posture,such as large head,short neck,rough skin,facial myxedema,wide interocular distance,often accompanied by nervous system symptoms(such as mental retardation,dull expression,retarded nerve reflex)and low physiological function(such as somnolence and inappetence),which may result in irreversible damage to nervous system if not treated in time. Early treatment in most children with congenital hypothyroidism may achieve the quality of life with no significant difference to normal children. This paper mainly interprets the Congenital Hypothyroidism:a 2020—2021 Consensus Guidelines Update—an ENDO-European Reference Network Initiative Endorsed by the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the European Society for Endocrinology,facilitating the normalization of clinical diagnosis and treatment of congenital hypothyroidism.
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