A predictive model for patent ductus arteriosus seven days postpartum in preterm infants: an ultrasound-based assessment of ductus arteriosus intimal thickness within 24 h after birth.

Objectives: To develop a predictive model for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants at seven days postpartum. The model employs ultrasound measurements of the ductus arteriosus (DA) intimal thickness (IT) obtained within 24 h after birth.

Methods: One hundred and five preterm infants with gestational ages ranging from 27.

The Relationship Between Illness Uncertainty and Social Support Among Cancer Patients: A Meta-analysis.

Background: As a common psychological problem in cancer patients, illness uncertainty has attracted wide attention from scholars. Some studies have pointed out that the level of social support may affect illness uncertainty in patients with cancer, but the results of these studies remain controversial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between illness uncertainty and social support in patients with cancer using meta-analysis.

Myocardial Work for Dynamic Monitoring of Myocardial Injury in Neonatal Asphyxia.

To assess the value of parameters of myocardial work for dynamic monitoring of myocardial injury after neonatal asphyxia. Fifty-three neonates with asphyxia admitted within 24 h after delivery were divided into a mild asphyxia group (n = 40) and severe asphyxia group (n = 13). Echocardiography was performed within 24 h post-birth, within 72 h post-birth (48 h after first echo), and during recovery.

Professional identity and sense of coherence affect the between compassion fatigue and work engagement among Chinese hospital nurses.

Background: With the continuous improvement of people's health needs, the public's requirements for medical care are also getting higher and higher. Work engagement is a positive psychological state related to the work. It is very important to maintain nurses' work engagement, however, due to many factors, the level of nurses' work engagement is not high and nursing managers should identify the influencing factors of work engagement, and take positive measures to fully improve nurses' work engagement.

Echocardiographic assessment of intimal thickness growth of patent ductus arteriosus in neonates and analysis of influencing factors.

The spontaneous closure rate of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is high, and the necessity of early intervention is debated. Quantitative echocardiographic assessment of the intima in PDA has not been reported. This study evaluated intimal thickness growth in neonatal cases of PDA via echocardiography and investigated its correlation with clinical factors.

Ultrasonography to detect cardiovascular damage in children with essential hypertension.

Background: Essential hypertension in adults may begin in childhood. The damages to the heart and blood vessels in children with essential hypertension are hidden and difficult to detect. We noninvasively examined changes in cardiovascular structure and function in children with hypertension at early stage using ultrasonography.

Evaluation of Carotid Artery Elasticity in Early Stage of Kawasaki Disease by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Imaging: A Pilot Study.

Objectives: Children with Kawasaki disease (KD) often develop impaired arterial function. The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility and efficacy of two-dimensional speckle tracking technique (2DSTI) for the evaluation of carotid artery elasticity in children with early-stage KD.

Methods: Children with KD (n = 97), age and sex-matched children with fever (n = 18), and healthy controls (n = 24) were included.

Genetic Mechanisms Contribute to the Development of Heart Failure in Patients with Atrioventricular Block and Right Ventricular Apical Pacing.

Right ventricular apical (RVA) pacing can lead to progressive left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure (HF), even in patients with normal cardiac structure and function. Our study conducted candidate gene screening and lentivirus transfected neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs) to explore the genetic and pathogenic mechanisms of RVA pacing induced cardiomyopathy in third degree atrioventricular block (III AVB) patients. We followed 887 III AVB patients with baseline normal cardiac function and RVA pacing.