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This paper reports on a study of 148 Sibe youths and their parents from the Charbuchar Sibe Autonomous County of Xinjiang, North-western China, investigating their attitudes toward their mother tongue. Language attitude questionnaires that looked into the youths' and their parents' perceptions of their mother tongue's solidarity (friendliness, beautifulness, usefulness and learnability), status (significance in the country, in economic development, in daily life and in cultural wealth) and vitality (including linguistic, extralinguistic and related factors) were used to collect data. The results show that Sibe youth were more pessimistic than their parents about the solidarity and vitality of the Sibe language, but shared their parents' optimistic perceptions of the Sibe language's status. Parents' attitudes differed by education, income, profession and residence, with high-income, highly educated parents in urban centres holding more pessimistic attitudes than low-income, rural parents. Students' attitudes also varied by gender and grade levels, with girls being more positive than boys. The findings suggest that concerted efforts in school, home, and communities, especially in urban communities, must be devoted to bridging the intergenerational gaps in language attitudes. Emphasis should also be placed on supporting youths,' especially boys,' ethnic identity and affirmation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study is on mental health status of anesthesiologists and its influencing factors., Methods: Electronic questionnaires were given out to anesthesiologists through online platforms such as WeChat for information sharing among anesthesiologists. The included anesthesiologists were encouraged to distribute this platform to other anesthesiologists. Psychological survey was carried out using the Huaxi Emotional-distress Index (HEI). A total of 480 valid questionnaires were collected., Results: Anesthesiologists had different degrees of bad moods, 37.9% of whom had poor mental health. Ordinal logistic regression analysis suggested that there were statistically significant differences in gender, marital status, job title, position, hospital type, and the amount of overtime work per week in relation to mood (all P < 0.05). Age, nationality, number of children, number of anesthesiologists and the daily amount of anesthesia operations on average in the hospital was not significantly different in regard to mental health (all P > 0.05)., Conclusion: The mental state of anesthesiologists is often at a poor level, and measures should be taken to improve the mental health of anesthesiologists and improve their quality of life., Competing Interests: None., (AJTR Copyright © 2021.)

The purpose of our study was to determine the safety and tolerability of early oral hydration (EOH) compared with delayed oral hydration (DOH) after general anesthesia. One thousand anesthesiology (ASA) I to III adult patients undergoing non-gastrointestinal surgery with general anesthesia were randomized assigned into two groups: DOH (n=500, patients were given water 4 h after general anesthesia), EOH (n=500, patients were given 0.5 ml/kg water once recovered from general anesthesia.) in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). Patients were evaluated for nausea, vomiting, drink desire, thirsty scale, oropharyngeal discomfort scale, and satisfaction scale. Statistical analysis was performed with Student's t and Chi-Square tests. Complete data were available for 983 patients (EOH=488, DOH=495). Twenty minutes after receiving water the incidence of vomiting in EOH group was very low. And there was no significant difference between the two groups at the same time point (p > 0.05). Compared with DOH group, after receiving water there was a significant decrease of patients' thirsty scales (p < 0.0001) and oropharyngeal discomfort scales (p < 0.0001) in EOH group. Significantly more patients' satisfaction were reported in EOH group (p < 0.001). No serious adverse effects were reported during the study period. For patients undergoing non-gastrointestinal surgery, early oral hydration after recovery from general anesthesia was safe, with lower thirsty scale and oropharyngeal discomfort scales, and higher satisfaction.

Objective: To investigate the predictive value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) on outcome of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) undergoing percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation (PTSMA)., Methods: A total of 38 consecutive HOCM patients underwent CMR imaging before PTSMA in Fuwai hospital From March 2010 to September 2012 were included in this retrospective study. The efficacy was defined as >30 mmHg (1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa) reduction of echocardiography derived left ventricular outflow tract gradient (LVOTG) at 6 months post operation. The relationship between CMR imaging derived parameters and effect of PTSMA was analyzed. Receiver operating curve (ROC) was applied to assess the predicting effectiveness of related CMR parameters., Results: The effective rate of PTSMA was 65.8% (25/38). The thickness of basal anterior wall (r = 0.505, P = 0.001), basal anteroseptal wall (0.500, P = 0.001) and the sum of the two segments (r = 0.656, P < 0.001) was positively correlated to the post-procedure reduction of LVOTG. The area under the ROC curve of the thickness of basal anterior wall, basal anteroseptal wall and the sum of the two segments was 0.806, 0.675 and 0.834, respectively. The sensitivity was 84.6% and specificity was 84.0% to predict the efficacy of PTSMA using the sum of left ventricular basal anterior wall and basal anteroseptal wall thickness 49.6 mm as cut-off value., Conclusions: LVOTG reduction post PTSMA positively correlates to pre-procedure left ventricular basal anterior wall, basal anteroseptal wall and the total thickness of these two segments in patients with HOCM. The total thickness of these two segments is a superior parameter for predicting efficacy of PTSMA in HOCM patients.