Publications by authors named "Xiaolan Shu"
Purpose: The knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) concerning antibiotics by healthcare students have the potential impact on controlling antibiotic abuse and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) growth. This study aims to evaluate the levels and explore the associated factors with KAP on antibiotic use and AMR in Chinese nursing students.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire consisting of demographics and selected features and KAP on antibiotic use and AMR was conducted to measure KAP levels among nursing students at various universities in Hubei Province, China.
A new method combining ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry and MoO nanosheets was developed for the rapid and accurate determination of ascorbic acid (AA) content in fruit and vegetables in this study. MoO nanosheets were prepared by the liquid exfoliation method using AA as the reducing agent, and the content of AA can be determined by a UV spectrophotometer. Experimental conditions for the MoO nanosheet method, including grinding time, ethanol concentration, sonication time, and water bath temperature were also optimized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To explore the trends and correlation between antibiotics consumption and antimicrobial resistance in children in a specialist hospital from 2016-2021 in China.
Patients And Methods: This retrospective study investigated data on the consumption of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in children. Antibiotics consumption was expressed as defined daily doses (DDDs)/1000 patient-days based on the Guidelines for Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical.
Objective: Fungal infections are common in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), but the monitoring methods are limited. This study analyzed the differences in clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment between PICU patients with and without fungal infection.
Methods: This retrospective study analyzed PICU patients at the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province diagnosed with severe pneumonia between January 2015 and January 2020.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to determine if measuring the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) with ultrasound can predict brain injury in cases of sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) using a rabbit model.
- A total of 48 male rabbits were induced with sepsis, and various biomarkers (like MPO, NSE, and S100B) were tracked alongside changes in ONSD over time.
- Results showed that ONSD increased more significantly in SAE-affected rabbits compared to controls and had a strong correlation with the injury biomarkers, indicating that monitoring ONSD could be a reliable predictor of brain injury in SAE.
Background: To analyze the application of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in ventilator weaning of infants.
Methods: A total of 25 infants (15 boys and 10 girls) who were mechanically ventilated by PICU in Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital were selected as the study subjects. After the improvement of the basic disease, regular spontaneous breathing, and the withdrawal of the ventilator, all the children obtained the electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi) signal.
Acoustic devices are widely applied in telephone communication, human-computer voice interaction systems, medical ultrasound examination, and other applications. However, traditional acoustic devices are hard to integrate into a flexible system and therefore it is necessary to fabricate light weight and flexible acoustic devices for audible sound generation and detection. Recent advances in acoustic devices have greatly overcome the limitations of conventional acoustic sensors in terms of sensitivity, tunability, photostability, and in vivo applicability by employing nanomaterials.
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