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Background: Intellectual developmental disorders (IDD) generally refers to the persistent impairment of cognitive activities and mental retardation caused by physical damage to the brain or incomplete brain development. We aimed to explore its genetic causes., Methods: In this study, 21 IDD patients were recruited. The Gesell developmental scales (GDS) and Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC) were used to assess the impaired level of intellectual development for all probands. A superconducting MRI scanner (Philips AcsNT 3.0 T Philips, Best, The Netherlands) was used to perform a plain MRI scan of the skull on the probands. The whole-exome sequencing was carried out using next-generation sequencing in all probands and their families., Results: Eight had seizures and four had typical characteristics of autism. Pregnancy and delivery were uneventful except for three patients. Moderate IDD (52.4%) accounted for the majority. The abnormal MRI results included ventriculomegaly, pachygyria, broadening external cerebral space, abnormal signal change and agenesis of corpus callosum. Eleven variants were identified, including the variant in CREBBP, MECP2, HCFC1, ATRX, RAB39B, CLCN4, DYRK1A and CASK genes. The function areas result of gene-positive group were compared to that of gene-negative group. Not significant (p>0.05) items were revealed after this analysis., Conclusion: Eleven variants were identified, including the variant in CREBBP, MECP2, HCFC1, ATRX, RAB39B, CLCN4, DYRK1A and CASK genes. The function areas result of gene-positive group were not significantly different from the gene-negative group., Competing Interests: All of the authors had no personal, financial, commercial, or academic conflicts of interest in this work., (© 2021 Guo et al.)

Background and Purpose: Early or primary application of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) has been recently suggested not to offer benefit to patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the rescue effects of HFOV on severe pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) with hypoxemia refractory to conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) remain unclear. This study aimed to determine whether severe PARDS children would benefit from HFOV when oxygenation deteriorated on CMV and to identify any potential risk factors related to mortality., Patients and Methods: In a retrospective and observational study, 48 children with severe PARDS between January 2009 and July 2015 were divided into two groups: 26 in HFOV group and 22 in CMV group. Data regarding demographic, underlying conditions, arterial blood gases and clinical outcomes were collected and analyzed., Results: The arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO 2 )/fraction of inspiration oxygen (FiO 2 ) ratio and PaO 2 improved significantly during HFOV, whereas arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO 2 ) and oxygenation index decreased. There was no statistical difference in the in-hospital mortality between the groups ( P =0.367). The odds ratio of survival in HFOV group was 2.74 (95% confidence interval 0.52 to 14.58, P =0.237). The pediatric intensive care unit length of stay and total ventilation duration were longer in HFOV group ( P =0.048 and P =0.000, respectively). Vasoactive agents were used more frequently in HFOV group ( P =0.007). The incidence of new air leak was similar between the two groups ( P =0.674). The presence of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and heavier body weight were identified as predictors of mortality in the HFOV group ( P =0.006 and P =0.020, respectively)., Conclusion: HFOV as an efficient alternative therapy could significantly improve hypoxemia and promote CO 2 removal in severe PARDS children when oxygenation progressively worsens on CMV., Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.