Reliability and validity of DSM-IV and DSM-5 methamphetamine use disorder diagnoses using the Chinese Version of the Semi-Structured Assessment for Drug Dependence and Alcoholism (SSADDA).

Background: The Semi-structured Assessment for Drug Dependence and Alcoholism (SSADDA) was developed to assess substance-use disorders and other psychiatric traits. We translated the SSADDA into Chinese and evaluated its inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity in diagnosing DSM-IV methamphetamine (MA) dependence and DSM-5 MA-use disorder (MUD).

Methods: The sample comprised 231 participants who were interviewed using the Chinese SSADDA and the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (Chinese MINI) for concurrent validation.

Establishing an appropriate Z score regression equation for Chinese pediatric coronary artery echocardiography: a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Background: Z score utility is emphasized in classifying coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease patients. The present study is the largest such multicenter Chinese pediatric study about coronary artery diameter reference values and Z score regression equation to date. It is useful in Chinese pediatric echocardiography.

The mediating effect of health anxiety in the relationship between functional somatic symptoms and illness behavior in Chinese inpatients with depression.

Background: Functional somatic symptoms in depression disorder may cause inappropriate illness behavior hindering the treatment process. Health anxiety may play a role in this relationship, but few studies have examined it. The current study aimed to investigate the role of health anxiety in the relationship between functional somatic symptoms and illness behavior in patients with depression.

Regression equations for calculation of z scores for echocardiographic measurements of left heart structures in healthy Han Chinese children.

Objective: Clinical decision making in children with heart disease relies on detailed measurements of cardiac structures using two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. However, no echocardiographic reference values are available for the Chinese children. We aimed to establish z-score regression equations for left heart structures in a population-based cohort of healthy Chinese Han children.

Regression equations for calculation of z scores for echocardiographic measurements of right heart structures in healthy Han Chinese children.

Objective: Clinical decision making in children with congenital and acquired heart disease relies on measurements of cardiac structures using two-dimensional echocardiography. We aimed to establish z-score regression equations for right heart structures in healthy Chinese Han children.

Methods: Two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography was performed in 515 patients.

Prevalence and correlates of problematic smartphone use in a large random sample of Chinese undergraduates.

Background: Smartphones are becoming a daily necessity for most undergraduates in Mainland China. Because the present scenario of problematic smartphone use (PSU) is largely unexplored, in the current study we aimed to estimate the prevalence of PSU and to screen suitable predictors for PSU among Chinese undergraduates in the framework of the stress-coping theory.

Methods: A sample of 1062 undergraduate smartphone users was recruited by means of the stratified cluster random sampling strategy between April and May 2015.

Coronary artery indexed diameter and z score regression equations in healthy Chinese Han children.

Objective: In children with coronary disease, clinical decision should be based on detailed measurements of the coronary arteries by two-dimensional echocardiography. We aimed to establish coronary artery reference indexed diameter and z scores regression equations in a large cohort of Chinese Han children.

Methods: We measured the diameter of the proximal right (RCA), left main (LMCA), left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary artery, and of the aortic annulus, and calculated the coronary-aorta index (coronary artery-to-aortic annulus ratio) in 506 Chinese Han children with normal hearts whose ages ranged from 1 day to 18 years.

[Clinical characteristics and prognosis of infantile-onset glycogen storage disease type II in 16 Chinese patients].

Objective: To explore the clinical characteristics and prognosis of infantile-onset glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII) in Chinese patients.

Methods: Sixteen children diagnosed as infantile-onset GSDII in Shanghai Children's Medical Center during Jan 2005 to Dec 2012 were recruited. Their disease history, presenting symptom, physical signs, biochemical tests and examinations of electrocardiogram and echocardiography were analyzed retrospectively.

[Clinical presentation and therapeutic outcomes of carnitine deficiency-induced cardiomyopathy].

Objective: Carnitine deficiency has been associated with progressive cardiomyopathy due to compromised energy metabolism. The objective of this study was to investigate clinical features of carnitine deficiency-induced cardiomyopathy and the therapeutic efficacy of L-carnitine administration.

Method: Between January 2010 and December 2011, filter-paper blood spots were collected from 75 children with cardiomyopathy.

Epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease in Shanghai from 2003 through 2007.

Background: The epidemiologic pictures of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Shanghai from 1998 through 2002 were reported, while the current status of KD in the following five years remains unknown.

Methods: A questionnaire form and diagnostic guidelines for KD were sent to 50 hospitals providing pediatric medical care in Shanghai, China. All patients with KD diagnosed during January 2003 through December 2007 were recruited.

[Current status of the management of pediatric infective endocarditis: a national survey].

Objective: During recent years several changes have occurred in the clinical characteristics of infective endocarditis (IE) which has made a new challenge in the management of this disease. This study aimed to understand current practice pattern in the management of pediatric IE in China.

Methods: This retrospective, multicenter study was conducted in 13 hospitals.

[Noninvasive preoperative estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance of the patients waiting for two staged Fontan procedure].

Objective: Noninvasive method for estimating the pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) was used in patients waiting for two staged Fontan procedure to observe the relationship between estimated PVR and surgical results.

Methods: Thirty-three candidate patients for two staged Fontan procedures were randomly selected for this trial. Preoperative hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT) and pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2) were measured.

Inflammatory gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to kawasaki disease and its arterial sequelae.

Objective: We tested the hypothesis that single-nucleotide polymorphisms of inflammatory genes C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) may exert influence on susceptibility to Kawasaki disease and its arterial sequelae.

Methods: We analyzed the CRP +1444 C-->T and TNF-alpha -308 G-->A polymorphisms in 167 patients aged 8.9 +/- 4.

[Evaluation of the development of pulmonary vessels with pulmonary venous index in congenital heart disease with decreased pulmonary blood flow].

Objective: The development status of pulmonary artery is one of the most important criteria for decision-making strategy and predicting postoperative outcome in congenital heart disease with decreased pulmonary blood flow. Currently, Nakata index and McGoon index have been used as morphologic index in evaluating the development status of pulmonary artery. Those indices have some shortcoming.

[Diagnostic value of the currently used criteria and brain natriuretic peptide for diagnosing congestive heart failure in children with congenital heart disease].

Objective: To improve the accuracy of diagnosis of heart failure (HF) has been the focus of research for a long time. The diagnosis for HF with congenital heart disease, however, is more difficult. The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic criteria for HF in children and examine the value of plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and NT-proBNP for diagnosing HF in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease, and to look for the most valuable index for the diagnosis according to the multifactor analysis.

Epidemiologic pictures of Kawasaki disease in Shanghai from 1998 through 2002.

Background: Epidemiologic features of Kawasaki disease in China is still not clear.

Methods: A questionnaire form and diagnostic guidelines for Kawasaki disease were sent to hospitals in Shanghai, which provided with pediatric medical care. All patients with Kawasaki disease diagnosed during January 1998 through December 2002 were recruited in this study.

[Spatial expression of cardiac alpha-actin during heart development in embryos].

Objective: Conotruncal defects (CTD) is a common type of cyanotic congenital heart defects. It was shown that CTD might be produced by ablation of cardiac neural crest during early stage embryos in experimental studies. There were many kinds of genes involved and cardiac alpha-actin (CAA) was one of them.