Effect of Health Management in Raising Awareness Rate of Disease Prevention and Treatment in Patients with Prehypertension

Objective: To analyze the effect of health management on improving the awareness rate of disease prevention and treatment in patients with prehypertension, so as to provide guidance for clinical management of patients with prehypertension. Methods: 108 patients diagnosed with prehypertension in our hospital were divided into a control group and an experimental group. The control group was not given management measures, while the experimental group was given health management. The incidence of hypertension and cognition level of hypertension knowledge were compared between the two groups after management. Results: The incidence of hypertension in the experimental group was 7.41% lower than that in the control group 29.63%. The cognitive level of hypertension in the patients (66.54 ± 1.25) was significantly higher than that in the patients without health management (41.45 ± 2.45), and P < 0.05;Conclusion: For patients with prehypertension, the implementation of health management is helpful to improve their cognition of hypertension, master related prevention knowledge, and reduce the incidence of hypertension.

Analysis of the Role of General Practitioners Services in Rural Areas during the COVID-19 Epidemic

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19,various regions of China have been rapidly deployed under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Party to actively prevent and control the COVID-19.The rural areas of my country have weak links to the prevention and management of public health emergencies.Problems include lack of medical and health resources and farmers’low awareness of epidemic prevention.Situations that correspond to the prevention and management of the COVID-19 are more serious.As the patient’s first contact and“gatekeeper”in the fight against the epidemic,the general practitioner is responsible for the“first visit-subsequent ongoing intervention”.This article is about the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemics and epidemic prevention in terms of dissemination of knowledge,informed crowd control,joint prevention and control,and standardized management of people.This is a summary of the efforts of general practitioners.Quarantine at home,interactive referrals to medical consortiums,special care for contracted families.The function during the management period aims to analyze the role played by general practitioners during the epidemic and to provide new ideas for the prevention and management of the epidemic.Provide more targeted general practitioner-style services in rural areas to promote the implementation and improvement of health and poverty alleviation.The health level of the rural population provides a theoretical standard.

AN ANALYSIS ON THE ACCIDENT OF PNEUMOTHORAX INDUCED BY INCORRECT ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT

Acupuncture induced pneumothorax is a rarely seen clinical accident. In the present paper, the authors analyze its causes of onset, clinical manifestations and measures for prevention and management.

An overview of COVID-19

Pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)infection emerged in Wuhan City,Hubei Province,China in December 2019.By Feb.11,2020,the World Health Organization(WHO)officially named the disease resulting from infection with SARS-Co V-2 as coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).COVID-19 represents a spectrum of clinical manifestations that typically include fever,dry cough,and fatigue,often with pulmonary involvement.SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and most individuals within the population at large are susceptible to infection.Wild animal hosts and infected patients are currently the main sources of disease which is transmitted via respiratory droplets and direct contact.Since the outbreak,the Chinese government and scientific community have acted rapidly to identify the causative agent and promptly shared the viral gene sequence,and have carried out measures to contain the epidemic.Meanwhile,recent research has revealed critical aspects of SARS-CoV-2 biology and disease pathogenesis;other studies have focused on epidemiology,clinical features,diagnosis,management,as well as drug and vaccine development.This review aims to summarize the latest research findings and to provide expert consensus.We will also share ongoing efforts and experience in China,which may provide insight on how to contain the epidemic and improve our understanding of this emerging infectious disease,together with updated guidance for prevention,control,and critical management of this pandemic.

When It Strikes,Are We Ready?Lessons Identified at the 7th Planetary Defense Conference in Preparing for a Near-Earth Object Impact Scenario

Near-Earth object(NEO)impact is one of the examples of high impact and low probability(HILP)event,same as the Covid-19 pandemic the world faces since the beginning of 2020.The 7 th Planetary Defense Conference held by the International Academy of Astronautics(IAA)in April 2021 included an exercise on a hypothetical NEO impact event,allowing the planetary defense community to discuss potential responses.Over the span of the 4-day conference this exercise connected disaster response and management professionals to participate in a series of panels,providing feedback and perspective on the unfolding crisis scenario.The hypothetical but realistic asteroid threat scenario illustrated how such a short-warning threat might evolve.The scenario utilized during the conference indicates a need to prepare now for what might come in the future,because even with advance notice,preparation time might be minimal.This scenario chose Europe for the impact,which may likely cope with such a disaster,through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism(UCPM)and other solidarity and support mechanisms within the European Union(EU),as well as with potential support from international partners.This short article raises concern about other areas in the world on how they may access NEO impact information and cope with such disasters.It also provides an idea on vast scale of such disaster vis-a-vis the current capacity of response systems to cope with a larger event in Europe or elsewhere.This scenario showed that planetary defense is a global endeavor.Constant engagement of the planetary defense and disaster response communities is essential in order to keep the world safe from potential disasters caused by NEO impacts.