Diagnostic Value of Serum Heparin Binding Protein, Blood Lactic Acid Combined with hs-CRP in Sepsis and Its Relationship with Prognosis.

Objective: To explore the diagnostic value of serum heparin binding protein (HBP), blood lactic acid (Lac) combined with high-sensitivity C- reactive protein (hs-CRP) in sepsis and its relationship with prognosis.

Methods: The clinical data of 127 patients with sepsis from March 2019 to March 2021 in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. 120 outpatients undergoing physical examination in the same period in our hospital were selected as the control group.

Epidemiological features and viral shedding in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

A pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection broke out all over the world; however, epidemiological data and viral shedding in pediatric patients are limited. We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study, and followed-up with all children from the families with SARS-CoV-2 infected members in Zhejiang Province, China. All infections were confirmed by testing the SARS-CoV-2 RNA with real-time reverse transcription PCR method, and epidemiological data between children and adults in the same families were compared.

[Semi-attached quad-helix appliance can expand the maxillary arches in patients with cleft lip and palate before alveolar bone grafting].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of semi-attached quad-helix appliance in expanding the narrow maxillary arches in patients with cleft lip and palate.

Methods: 15 cases with cleft lip and palate were selected and treated by semi-attached quad-helix appliance. Before, during, and after treatment, the dental arch width between cuspid, the first premolar and first molar were measured.

Relationship between gene expressions of aquaporin 3 and 4 and various degrees of spleen-stomach dampness-heat syndrome in chronic superficial gastritis.

Objective: To explore the relationship between gene expressions of aquaporin (AQP) 3 and 4 and various degrees of spleen-stomach dampness-heat syndrome in chronic superficial gastritis (CSG).

Methods: Twenty-four CSG patients were divided into three groups according to the degrees of spleen-stomach dampness-heat syndrome: mild, moderate and severe groups. There were 8 patients in each group, and another 8 healthy persons were selected as normal control.

[Antimicrobial resistance of 36 strains of Helicobacter pylori in adolescents].

Objective: To investigate the resistance of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) to antimicrobial agents in adolescents.

Methods: One hundred and eight adolescents (6-18 years old) underwent a gastroscopy examination.