Implementation of a Pediatric Emergency Triage System in Xiamen, China.

Background: Pediatric emergency rooms (PERs) in Chinese hospitals are perpetually full of sick and injured children because of the lack of sufficiently developed community hospitals and low access to family physicians. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of a new five-level Chinese pediatric emergency triage system (CPETS), modeled after the Canadian Triage System and Acuity Scale.

Methods: In this study, we compared CPETS outcomes in our PER relative to those of the prior two-level system.

A genomic approach to mutation analysis of holocarboxylase synthetase gene in three Chinese patients with late-onset holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency.

Objective: Multiple carboxylase deficiency (MCD, MIM:253270) is a common organic aciduria and caused by deficiency of either biotinidase or holocarboxylase synthetase (HLCS; EC 6.3.4.