Publications by authors named "Huaxue Qi"

Key Clinical Message: This study reports a Chinese male patient with a novel MeCP2 p.Lys254*variant. Upon birth, the patient presented with typical symptoms, such as abnormal electroencephalogram, immature sleep rhythm, hypotonia, feeding difficulties, pulmonary fluid accumulation, horizontal fissures in the lungs, hypoventilation, and heart defects.

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Objective: General hospitals admit lower gestational age neonates than maternal and child health care centers, therefore associated with a higher morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess the etiology and clinical characteristics of neonatal sepsis in different medical setting models.

Methods: Neonates admitted to 5 tertiary medical centers, including one national general hospital, two maternal and child health care hospitals and two regional general hospitals, in central-south China with culture-proven sepsis between January 2010 and December 2019 were included in the study.

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Objective: To investigate serum bone biomarkers in rats with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in order to determine the effects of puerarin on bone metabolism.

Methods: A rat model of IUGR was induced using a low protein diet during pregnancy. The offspring were given puerarin or an identical volume of saline via subcutaneous abdominal injection.

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Objective: To explore diseases in the neonatal period among hospitalized preterm infants.

Methods: The clinical data of 961 preterm infants who were hospitalized in three hospitals in Changsha in 2008 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The most common neonatal disease was respiratory system diseases (73.

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