Objective To explore the distribution characteristics and prognostic risk factors of critically ill patients who has long-term hospitalization in intensive care unit ( ICU) . Methods A retrospective study was carried out to evaluate 119 critically ill patients from January 2003 to July 2009 by extracting data from computerized hospital information system. The patients were divided into a survival group and a non-survival group based on discharging outcomes. A binary logistic regression analysis wasintroduced to investigate potential risk factors of prognosis. Results Age, type of payment, entity of disease,and length of ICU stay were significantly different between the two groups ( P lt; 0. 05) in independent-Samples T test. Logistic regressions indicated that age, length of ICU stay and plasma infusion were independent predictors for worse outcome. Conclusions Age, length of ICU stay and plasma infusion may directly influence the prognosis of patients with prolonged stay in ICU. Intensive therapies should be emphasized for those patients at high risk.
Objective To understand the changing patterns and characteristics of the number of patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) before, during, and in the post-epidemic period of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Association between acute respiratory infections and hospitalization of patients with AECOPD. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted to count the patients hospitalized for AECOPD in the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from July 2017 to June 2024. The pattern of change in the number of AECOPD hospitalizations and the associations with patients with respiratory tract infections in outpatient emergency departments were analyzed. Results During the COVID-19 epidemic, the number of hospitalizations of patients with AECOPD did not increase compared with the pre-epidemic period. Instead, it significantly decreased, especially in the winter and spring peaks (P<0.05). The only exception was a peak AECOPD hospitalization in the summer of 2022. COPD inpatient mortality and non-medical discharge rates tended to increase during the epidemic compared with the pre-epidemic period. Analysis of the curve of change in the number of patients with respiratory infections in our outpatient emergency departments during the same period revealed a downward trend in the number of patients with respiratory infections during the epidemic and an explosive increase in the number of patients with respiratory infections in the post epidemic period, whose average monthly number was more than twice as high as that during the epidemic. Correlation analysis of the number of patients with respiratory infections between AECOPD hospitalizations and outpatient emergency departments showed that there was a good correlation between the two in the pre-epidemic and post-epidemic periods, and the correlation between the two in the post-epidemic period was more significant in particular (r=0.84-0.91, P<0.001).In contrast, there was no significant correlation in 2021 and 2022 during the epidemic (r=0.24 and 0.50, P>0.05 ). The most common respiratory infection pathogens among AECOPD hospitalized patients during the post-epidemic period were influenza virus, COVID-19 virus, and human rhinovirus, respectively. Conclusions The pandemic period of COVID-19 infection did not show an increase in the number of AECOPD hospitalizations but rather a trend towards fewer hospitalizations. Respiratory infections were strongly associated with the number of AECOPD hospitalizations in the pre- and post-pandemic periods, while the correlation between the two was poorer during the pandemic period. Influenza virus was the most important respiratory infection pathogen for AECOPD during the post-epidemic period.
ObjectiveTo discuss the impact of health education for the patients with decompensated cirrhosis and their family members on patients' family life quality, psychological conditions, medication compliance, and re-admission rates. MethodsWe selected 100 decompensated cirrhosis patients between December 2012 and December 2013, and randomized them into two groups with 50 patients in each. One week prior to discharge, we conducted a comprehensive nursing assessment for the patients and developed hospital care regimen. Patients were followed up after discharge for six months. The control group underwent routine health education and extended care, while the experimental group had an addition of health education and extended care intervention on their family members. ResultsAnxiety and depression were alleviated in both the two groups. The psychological conditions of patients in the experimental group were significantly better than the control group (P<0.01). The total scores of quality of life was significantly different compared with the scores before intervention (P<0.01). Medication compliance improved more significantly in the experimental group after intervention (P<0.05). Re-admission rates decreased more significantly in the experimental group than the control group (P<0.01). ConclusionHealth education and extended care intervention for patients and their family members can improve patients' psychological conditions, promote medication compliance, reduce readmission rates, and improve patients' quality of family life.
Objective To investigate the disease constitution of Yaqian Township Health Center (YQT) in Xiaoshan District of Zhejiang Province from 2008 to 2010, so as to provide baseline data for further study. Methods Questionnaire and focus interview were carried out to collect inpatients’ case records from 2008 to 2010. The first diagnoses were classified according to ICD-10, and the data of discharge diagnoses were rearranged and analyzed by using Excel 2003 and SPSS 13.0 software. Results a) The total numbers of inpatients were 182, 195 and 248 from 2008 to 2010, respectively; b) The disease spectrum included 9-14 categories, which accounted for 47.6%-66.7% of ICD-10; c) The top 6 systematic diseases accounted for 37.37%-75.39%, which included the circulatory, injury, digestive, respiratory, neoplasms and urinary and reproductive systematic diseases; d) A total of 8 of the top 15 single diseases were the same, including hypertension, great saphenous vein varices, redundant prepuce, lung cancer, fracture, superficial injuries, acute appendicitis, and inguinal hernia; and e) The constitution ratio of the chronic diseases, compared with the acute ones, was higher in 2008, but lower in 2009 and 2010. Conclusion a) In recent three years, the main systematic diseases seen in YQT have been circulatory, injury, digestive, respiratory, neoplasms, and urinary and reproductive systematic diseases. The newly increased diseases in 2010 were pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium. The acute diseases mainly are fracture and injure, while the chronic diseases mostly are hypertension; b) A total of 8 of the top 15 single diseases are the same, indicating the stability of the common inpatients’ diseases; and c) Attention should be paid in future to the chronic diseases management, women’s health and specialized subject construction.
Objective To investigate the medical charge of in-patients with diabetes and its influencing factors for effective hospital costs controlling. Methods The inpatients with diabetes (the first diagnosis was diabetes; the first three ICD-10 codes of which were between E10 to E14) in Fifth Peoples' Hospital of Chengdu during January to September of 2014 were analyzed for their hospital costs with descriptive statistical method, ANOVA and multiple linear regression method. Statistical analysis was conducted by using SPSS 18.0 software. Results A total of 1 389 cases of diabetes were included. The median of total medical costs and daily costs were 4 554.45 yuan and 446.46 yuan, respectively. The differences of total medical costs and daily costs between diabetes patients with different amount of complications were statistically significant (P<0.001). The factors including age, the way of the medical expense, the number of complications, with acute complications, CCI score and the hospital-stay length were proved to be significantly correlated to total medical costs of diabetes inpatients (P<0.05). Conclusion Age, the way of the medical expense, the number of complications, with acute complications, CCI score and the hospital-stay length are influence factors of medical costs of diabetes inpatients.
Objective To investigate the medication usage in 55 children with urinary tract stones due tomelamine contaminated milk powder who were treated in West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University werecollected. Methods The hospital’s patient records for the 55 melamine poisoning cases leading to urinary tract stones.Using Assess and excel software to analyze the frequency and sum of drug use, as well the average daily costs and per capitacost for patients. Results For the 55 cases of urinary tract stones, a total of 19 categories and 117 kinds of drugs were used. It was been found that Herba Lysimachiae granules were the most used medicine. The most costly was Cefminox, and finally the drug used in the highest quantity was 0.9 percent sodium chloride injection, the drug cost distribution is unevenness.Conclusions The rationality valuation for children medication lacks of international vulgate index, methodology and needs more basic research. It is worth to study the burden of children with basic disease.
Objective To explore the number variation trend of inpatients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in high altitude and plain areas. Methods The first page information in medical records of TBI patients, who were admitted to military hospitals from 2001 to 2007, was searched and extracted from the Chinese Trauma Database. Two military hospitals in high altitude area and another two in the same hospital level in plain area were selected. Then, the number variation trend of TBI inpatients in those two areas was compared. Results In high altitude area, the proportion of male patients and their median inpatient days were higher, while the age, proportion of Han patients and surgery rate were lower than those in plain area (all Plt;0.001). During 2001-2007, there were 9 141 TBI patients discharged from the four hospitals, and the average annual growth rate was 13.15%. In high altitude area, the average annual growth rate of discharged inpatients was 24.00%, while in plain area, it was just 7.09%. The 4 common categories of TBI were intracranial injury, open wound of the head, neck and trunk, skull fracture, and other injuries. Conclusion Compared with the plain area, there are significant differences in the demographics, hospital stay and surgery of inpatients in high altitude area. The average annual growth rate of TBI inpatients discharged from hospitals in high altitude area is faster than that in plain area, to which should be paid attention by relevant departments.
Object To investigate the constitution and expense of inpatient diseases in Jili Community Health Service Center (JCHSC) in Liuyang City of Hunan Province from 2008 to 2010, so as to provide baseline data for further study. Methods The questionnaire was applied and inpatient records in JCHSC between 2008 and 2010 were collected. The diseases were classified and standardized according to the International Classification of Disease, 10th Edition (ICD-10) based on the first diagnosis extracted from discharge records. Such information as general condition, discharge diagnosis and medical expenses etc. were analyzed by using statistic software of Microsoft Excel 2003 and SPSS 13.0. Results a) There were 9 chronic diseases and 6 acute ones among the top 15 single diseases, and both the average hospital stay and per-average hospitalization expense of chronic diseases were higher than those of acute ones (7.8 days vs. 5.6 days; ?2 733 vs. ?1551); b) Per-average expense of drugs as for both acute and chronic diseases accounted for nearly 50% of the total/general expense; c) There were 3 types of treatment models in JCHSC. Model A was only the internal medicine therapy, Model B was internal medicine assisted with surgery, and Model C was surgery assisted with internal medicine therapy; d) In detail, the total per-average expenses in JCHSC between 2008 to 2010 as for each single disease were as follows: coronary heart diseases (CHD, ?2 374 to ?2 680), urinary calculi (?3 268 to ?3 337), chronic bronchitis (?2 452 to ?2 488); e) Per-average hospitalization expenses in internal departments were ?1 719 to ?1 942 for acute diseases and ?2 386 and ?2 523 for chronic ones. Among surgical departments, the per-average hospitalization expenses as for acute diseases and chronic diseases were ?1 438 to ?1 579 and ?3 044 to ?3 607, respectively; and f) The average hospital stay for acute diseases in internal departments were 5.5 to 5.8 days for acute diseases and 6.9 to 7.3 days for chronic ones. By contrast, those in surgical departments were 5.9 to 6.2 days for acute diseases and 8.3 days for chronic ones, respectively. Conclusion a) In JCHSC, a total of 7 inpatient diseases among the top 15 single diseases in 2010 are all chronic with per-average total expense over ?2 000, which is higher than the average level of national CHSC (?2 357.6); b) According to the features of expense constitution models of the inpatient single diseases, the hospitalization expense should be controlled specifically; c) There are 3 kinds of diseases with yearly-increasing per-average total expenses as CHD, hypertension and pulmonary infection during recent 3 years; meanwhile, 4 diseases are with yearly-decreasing per-average total expenses as chronic bronchitis, cholecystolithias or accompanied with cholecystitis, diabetes and inguinal hernia; d) The per-average expenses of chronic diseases in surgical departments are higher than those in internal departments, but those of the acute diseases in surgical departments are lower. Meanwhile, the per-average total expenses as for both chronic and acute diseases in surgical departments present a decline trend year by year. Although the per-average expense on drugs as for both acute and chronic diseases in internal departments show a decline trend, the per-average total expenses indicate an ascending trend; and f) The average hospital stay of chronic diseases is longer than acute ones, while that of the surgical diseases is also longer than internal ones.
Objective To investigate the disease constitution and cost of inpatients in Gaozha Central Township Health Center (GzC) in Wuzhong City of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from 2008 to 2010, so as to provide baseline data for further research. Methods A questionnaire combined with a special interview was carried out, and case records and cost information of GzC inpatients in 2008, 2009 and 2010 (from January to November) were collected. The diseases in discharge record were classified according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) based on the first diagnose and the cost was analyzed. Data including general information of the inpatients, discharge diagnosis, hospitalization expenses, and drug cost etc. were rearranged and analyzed by Excel software. Results a) The total number of the inpatients was 1124, 642 and 747 in 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. The female was more than the male in both 2008 (59.34% vs. 40.66%) and 2009 (60.75% vs. 39.25%), and their disease spectrum included 17 categories, which accounted for 81% of ICD-10; b) The top six most commonly seen systematic diseases with a constituent ratio from 86.63% to 92.06% in recent three years were as follows: the respiratory system, digestive system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, injury and toxicosis, skeletal musculature and connective tissue disease. Except the injury and toxicosis, the other five systematic diseases were commonly seen in females rather than in males; c) The top 15 monopathies in recent three years were pulmonary infection, tracheitis or bronchitis, coronary heart disease, soft tissue injury, gastritis or chronic gastritis, upper respiratory infection, hypertension, urinary tract infection, prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, pelvic inflammation, fracture, pneumocardial diseases, superficial injury, chronic cholecystitis and arthritis; d) The main burdens of disease for inpatients focused on 35-54 age groups, then followed by the age groups above 55 in 2008 and 2009. Except the injury and toxicosis, the other diseases were commonly seen in females rather than in males. Pulmonary infection focused on the age groups above 35; the onset of hypertension increased obviously and a sharp rise of hypertension existed in the 45-54 age groups in 2008, but the hypertention focused on 35-44 age groups in 2009; e) The total inpatients with top 15 monopathies accounted for 64.06% to 71.21%, including 8-9 chronic diseases ranking higher in 2010, and 6-7 acute diseases focusing on infection and injury; and f) The average costs of chronic diseases were higher than those of acute diseases. Conclusion a) There is a big gap between GzC and Yong’an Central Township Health Center (YaC) regarding the level of the regional economic development, the situation of disease burden and cost of inpatients. The former is demonstrated as general Central Township Health Center, while the latter as affluent Central Township Health Center in western China; b) In recent three years, the main systematic diseases are in respiratory, circulatory and digestive system; the inpatients suffer from more chronic diseases rather than acute diseases in their young age; the acute diseases mainly include infection and injury, and the pulmonary infection has ranked as the first during the past three years; c) The inpatients in 2008 and 2009 are mainly in ages of 35 to 54, and then are over 55 years old. Except the injury and toxicosis, the other diseases were commonly seen in females rather than in males; d) The patients’ average costs of chronic diseases for hospitalization and drug in 2010 were lower than those of YaC. Consideration on reasonable constitution of the cost for hospitalization should be paid attention to; and e) It is urgent to strengthen the construction of infrastructure and informatization in GzC.
①在自發性氣胸的治療方面:目前尚無足夠高質量的臨床證據確定任何干預或非干預措施對自發性氣胸的治療更有效.現有2個小樣本的隨機對照試驗(RCT)顯示,胸腔閉式引流比穿刺抽氣治療氣體消散更快,但穿刺抽氣治療更能減少患者痛苦和住院時間;1個小樣本的隨機對照試驗顯示,采用標準的胸腔閉式引流管或細管,兩者的置管時間無差異,但對大量積氣的患者,標準管的氣體吸收率高于細管;另1個小樣本的隨機對照試驗顯示,在使用瓣膜單向閥或水封引流瓶方面,兩者對患者的氣胸吸收率無影響,但使用瓣膜單向閥更能減少患者痛苦和住院時間;在胸腔閉式引流管連接負壓吸引方面,1個小樣本的隨機對照試驗顯示,是否連接負壓吸引對療效無影響.②在自發性氣胸復發的預防方面:2個隨機對照試驗和1個非隨機對照試驗顯示,化學性胸腔粘連術比非化學性胸腔粘連術更能減少自發性氣胸的復發率,但胸腔粘連術同時也引起患者疼痛和住院時間的延長;無足夠臨床證據證明需在首次或自發性氣胸復發時采用胸腔粘連術;無足夠臨床證據進行外科和化學性胸腔粘連術療效的比較,僅有1個小樣本的隨機對照試驗提示進行電視胸腔鏡手術比直接開胸術的住院時間短,但在降低復發率方面,兩者無顯著性統計學差異,但由于樣本量的問題,尚不排除兩者問有臨床意義差異.