Validation Status of Electronic Sphygmomanometers in China: A National Survey.

Background: Although the information on the validation status of electronic sphygmomanometer (ES) devices in use in health care institutions and households is much more clinically relevant than that of ES models available on the market, it remains insufficient.

Methods: A national survey was conducted across all administrative regions of mainland China to assess the validation status of ESs. Fifty-eight cities were selected with stratification by municipality, provincial capital, and other cities, and health care institutions and households in each city were chosen by convenience to identify ES devices in use according to the study protocol.

[Prevalence and influencing factors of hyperuricemia among natural gas drilling workers in Northwest Sichuan gas field in 2016].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of hyperuricemia among natural gas drilling workers in Northwest Sichuan gas field.

Methods: A census of 1051 natural gas drilling workers in Northwest Sichuan gas field at an average altitude of 2552 meters was conducted in the survey, the serum uric acid, fasting blood glucose, blood lipid, creatinine and hemoglobin were detected. A staff canteen was randomly selected and the method of weighing and 24-hour dietary review were used for dietary survey.

Super Hydrophilic Semi-IPN Fluorescent Poly(-(2-hydroxyethyl)acrylamide) Hydrogel for Ultrafast, Selective, and Long-Term Effective Mercury(II) Detection in a Bacteria-Laden System.

Convenient, low-cost chemosensors for hazardous mercury ion detection have been receiving more and more attention in recent studies. However, most of these practical studies are based on an ideal sterile detecting atmosphere and ignore the role of bacteria in actual Hg(II) analytes. Herein, we demonstrate a new type of hydrophilic semi-IPN fluorescent polyHEAA hydrogel chemosensors fabricated by UV polymerization in situ interpenetrating fluorescent polymer PA-NDBCB with a polyHEAA network.