Xiaodong Liu, Fei Wang, Wangbin Xu, Man Yang, Xiao Yang, Dongmei Dai, Leyun Xiao-Li, Xinghui Guan, Xiaoyang Su, Yuemeng Cui, Lei Cai
{"title":"[Feasibility and prognostic value of estimated plasma volume status in assessing volume status during early fluid resuscitation in patients with sepsis].","authors":"Xiaodong Liu, Fei Wang, Wangbin Xu, Man Yang, Xiao Yang, Dongmei Dai, Leyun Xiao-Li, Xinghui Guan, Xiaoyang Su, Yuemeng Cui, Lei Cai","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240729-00641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240729-00641","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the feasibility and prognostic implications of assessing volume status during early fluid resuscitation in septic patients based on estimated plasma volume status (ePVS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective study was conducted. Patients with sepsis admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) of the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University from March to December in 2023 were enrolled. The general information and laboratory indicators at ICU admission were recorded, and ePVS, sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, acute physiology and chronic health status evaluation II (APACHE II) score were calculated. The vital signs, arterial blood gas analysis and volume status related indicators before liquid resuscitation (T0h) and 3 hours (T3h) and 6 hours (T6h) of fluid resuscitation were recorded. The diameter and variability of the inferior vena cava (IVC) were measured by ultrasound, and ePVS, percentage change value of estimated plasma volume status (ΔePVS%), difference in central venous-to-arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (Pcv-aCO<sub>2</sub>), and lactate clearance rate (LCR) were calculated. Patients were divided into sepsis group and septic shock group based on the diagnosis at ICU admission, and septic patients were subdivided into survival group and death group based on their 28-day survival status. The differences in clinical data between the groups were compared. The correlation between ePVS or ΔePVS% and volume status related indicators during early liquid resuscitation was analyzed by Spearman rank sum correlation test. The predictive value of each variable for 28-day survival in patients with sepsis was analyzed by receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC curve), and 28-day death risk factors were analyzed by Logistic regression method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-four septic patients were enrolled in the final analysis, including 17 with sepsis and 37 with septic shock; 34 survived at 28 days and 20 died, with a 28-day survival rate of 63.0%. Compared with the sepsis group, the septic shock group had a lower venous ePVS at ICU admission [dL/g: 4.96 (3.67, 7.15) vs. 7.55 (4.36, 10.07), P < 0.05]. Compared with the death group, the survival group had higher T6h arterial and venous ΔePVS%, and albumin [Alb; T6h arterial ΔePVS% (%): 11.57% (-1.82%, 31.35%) vs. 0.48% (-5.67%, 6.02%), T6h venous ΔePVS%: 9.62% (3.59%, 25.75%) vs. 1.52% (-9.65%, 7.72%), Alb (g/L): 27.57±4.15 vs. 23.77±6.97, all P < 0.05], lower SOFA score, APACHE II score, AST, T0h Lac, and T3h and T6h norepinephrine dosage [SOFA score: 9.00 (8.00, 10.00) vs. 11.50 (9.25, 14.50), APACHE II score: 18.00 (14.75, 21.25) vs. 25.50 (21.00, 30.00), AST (U/L): 34.09 (23.20, 56.64) vs. 79.24 (25.34, 196.59), T0h Lac (mmol/L): 1.75 (1.40, 2.93) vs. 3.25 (2.33, 5.30), norepinephrine dosage (mg): 0.98 (< 0.01, 3.10) vs. 4.60 (1.05, 8.55) at T3h, 1.82 (0.38, 5.30) vs. 8.20 (2.80, 17.73) at T6h, ","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"620-627"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fei Gao, Lunsheng Jiang, Shan Ma, Yuantuan Yao, Wanping Ao, Bao Fu
{"title":"[Exploring critical thinking in the management of diagnosis and treatment of fulminant pregnancy-associated atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome].","authors":"Fei Gao, Lunsheng Jiang, Shan Ma, Yuantuan Yao, Wanping Ao, Bao Fu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250417-00375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250417-00375","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Critical care emphasizes critical thinking, focuses on the triggers that lead to disease progression, and attaches great importance to early diagnosis of diseases and assessment of the compensatory capacity of vital organs. Pregnancy-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (P-aHUS) is relatively rare in the intensive care unit (ICU). Most cases occur within 10 weeks after delivery. Severe cases can be life-threatening. It characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, decreased platelet count (PLT), and acute kidney injury (AKI). Early clinical diagnosis is difficult due to its similarity to various disease manifestations. On January 28, 2024, a 26-year-old pregnant woman at 26<sup>+3</sup> weeks gestation was transferred to the ICU 19 hours post-vaginal delivery due to abdominal pain, reduced urine output, decreased PLT, elevated D-dimer, tachycardia, increased respiratory rate and declined oxygenation. On the day of ICU admission, the critical care physician identified the causes that triggered the acute respiratory and circulatory events based on the \"holistic and local\" critical care thinking. The condition was stabilized rapidly by improving the capacity overload. In terms of etiological diagnosis, under the guidance of the \"point and face\" critical care thinking, starting from abnormality indicators including a decrease in hemoglobin (Hb) and PLT and elevated D-dimer and fibrin degradation product (FDP) without other abnormal coagulation indicators, the critical care physician ultimately determined the diagnosis direction of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) by delving deeply into the essence of the disease and formulating a laboratory examination plan in a reasonable and orderly manner. In terms of in-depth diagnosis, combining the disease development process, family history, and past history, applying the two-way falsification thinking of \"forward and reverse\" as well as \"questioning and hypothesis\", the diagnosis possibilities of preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome [including hemolysis (H), elevated liver function (EL) and low platelet count (LP)], thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and autoimmune inflammatory diseases inducing the condition was ruled out. The diagnosis of complement activation-induced P-aHUS was finally established for the patient, according to the positive result of the complement factor H (CFH). Active decision was made in the initial treatment. The plasma exchange was initiated early. \"Small goals\" were formulated in stages. The \"small endpoints\" were dynamically controlled in a goal-oriented manner to achieve continuous realization of the overall treatment effect through phased \"small goals\". On the 5th day of ICU treatment, the trend of microthrombosis in the patient was controlled, organ function damage was improved, and the patient was transferred out of the ICU. It is possible to reach a favorable clinical outcome for critically ill patients by applying a","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"680-683"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liangyu Mi, Wenyan Ding, Yingying Yang, Qianlin Wang, Xiangyu Chen, Ziqi Tan, Xiaoyu Zhang, Min Zheng, Longxiang Su, Yun Long
{"title":"[Protective mechanism of modulating cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate synthase/stimulator of interferon gene pathway in oleic acid-induced acute lung injury in mice].","authors":"Liangyu Mi, Wenyan Ding, Yingying Yang, Qianlin Wang, Xiangyu Chen, Ziqi Tan, Xiaoyu Zhang, Min Zheng, Longxiang Su, Yun Long","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250104-00012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250104-00012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the role and mechanism of the cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate synthase/stimulator of interferon gene (cGAS/STING) pathway in oleic acid-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Male wild-type C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into five groups (each n = 10): normal control group, ALI model group, and 5, 50, 500 μg/kg inhibitor pretreatment groups. The ALI model was established by tail vein injection of oleic acid (7 mL/kg), while the normal control group received no intervention. The inhibitor pretreatment groups were intraperitoneally injected with the corresponding doses of cGAS inhibitor RU.521 respectively 1 hour before modeling. At 24 hours post-modeling, blood was collected, and mice were sacrificed. Lung tissue pathological changes were observed under light microscopy after hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, and pathological scores were assessed. Western blotting was used to detect the protein expressions of cGAS, STING, phosphorylated TANK-binding kinase 1 (p-TBK1), phosphorylated interferon regulatory factor 3 (p-IRF3), and phosphorylated nuclear factor-κB p65 (p-NF-κB p65) in lung tissue. Immunohistochemistry was performed to observe STING and p-NF-κB positive expressions in lung tissue. Serum interferon-β (IFN-β) levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with the normal control group, the ALI model group exhibited significant focal alveolar thickening, intra-alveolar hemorrhage, pulmonary capillary congestion, and neutrophil infiltration in the pulmonary interstitium and alveoli, along with markedly increased pathological scores (10.33±0.58 vs. 1.33±0.58, P < 0.05). Protein expressions of cGAS, STING, p-TBK1, p-IRF3, and p-NF-κB p65 in lung tissue significantly increased [cGAS protein (cGAS/β-actin): 1.24±0.02 vs. 0.56±0.02, STING protein (STING/β-actin): 1.27±0.01 vs. 0.55±0.01, p-TBK1 protin (p-TBK1/β-actin): 1.34±0.03 vs. 0.22±0.01, p-IRF3 protein (p-IRF3/β-actin): 1.23±0.02 vs. 0.36±0.01, p-NF-κB p65 protein (p-NF-κB p65/β-actin): 1.30±0.02 vs. 0.53±0.02, all P < 0.05], positive expressions of STING and p-NF-κB in lung tissue were significantly elevated [STING (A value): 0.51±0.03 vs. 0.30±0.07, p-NF-κB (A value): 0.57±0.05 vs. 0.31±0.03, both P < 0.05], and serum IFN-β levels were also significantly higher (ng/L: 256.02±3.84 vs. 64.15±1.17, P < 0.05). The cGAS inhibitor pretreatment groups showed restored alveolar structural integrity, reduced inflammatory cell infiltration, and decreased hemorrhage area, along with dose-dependent lower pathological scores as well as the protein expressions of cGAS, STING, p-TBK1, p-IRF3 and p-NF-κB p65 in lung tissue, with significant differences between the 500 μg/kg inhibitor group and ALI model group [pathological score: 2.67±0.58 vs. 10.33±0.58, cGAS protein (cGAS/β-actin): 0.56±0.03 vs. 1.24±0.02, STING protein (STING/β-actin): ","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"651-656"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenzhe Li, Yi Wang, Jingyan Wang, Husitar Gulibanumu, Xiang Li, Li Zhang, Zhengkai Wang, Ruifeng Chai, Xiangyou Yu
{"title":"[Epidemiology and prognostic risk factors of sepsis in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: a multicenter prospective cross-sectional survey].","authors":"Wenzhe Li, Yi Wang, Jingyan Wang, Husitar Gulibanumu, Xiang Li, Li Zhang, Zhengkai Wang, Ruifeng Chai, Xiangyou Yu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240411-00330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240411-00330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the incidence of sepsis in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the compliance with sepsis diagnosis and treatment guidelines in intensive care unit (ICU) at different levels of hospitals, and to identify the risk factors associated with poor prognosis in patients with sepsis in this region.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective cross-sectional survey was conducted in ICU of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Critical Care Medicine Alliance. The survey period was from 10:00 on January 31, 2024, to 09:59 on February 1, 2024. The patients diagnosed with sepsis admitted to the ICU during the study period were included in the analysis. Data on patient demographics, physiology, microbiology, and treatment protocols were collected, with follow-up until the 28th day after ICU admission or death. Baseline characteristics and treatment information of septic patients across different hospital levels were compared, as well as clinical data of septic patients with different 28-day outcomes. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify risk factors for 28-day death in septic patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 77 units of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Critical Care Medicine Alliance from 14 prefectures/cities in Xinjiang participated in the survey. On the survey day, 727 patients were admitted to ICU, of whom 179 (24.6%) were diagnosed with sepsis, and 64 (35.8%) died within 28 days, 115 (64.2%) survived. Among the participating institutions, 33 were tertiary hospitals (42.9%), managing 97 septic cases (54.2%), and 44 were secondary hospitals (57.1%), managing 82 septic cases (45.8%). The lactic acid monitoring rate and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) rate for septic patients in tertiary hospitals were significantly higher than those in secondary hospitals [lactic acid monitoring rate: 92.8% (90/97) vs. 82.9% (68/82), CRRT rate: 17.5% (17/97) vs. 3.7% (3/82), both P < 0.05]. No statistically significant differences were observed between tertiary and secondary hospitals in length of ICU stay or 28-day mortality [length of ICU stay (days): 11.0 (16.0) vs. 10.0 (22.0), 28-day mortality: 35.1% (34/97) vs. 36.6% (30/82), both P > 0.05]. Compared with survivors, non-survivors had higher acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) score, sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) score and lower Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score. Significant differences were noted in vital signs [heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, pulse oxygen saturation (SpO<sub>2</sub>)], laboratory markers [red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), lymphocyte ratio (LYM%), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), total protein (TP), albumin (Alb), pH value, base excess (BE)], and monitoring, diagnosis and treatment information (invasive blood pressure monitoring, mechanical ventilation, CRRT, usage of norepinephrine). Multivari","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"664-670"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Construction and application of critical care system based on regional coordination].","authors":"Yongguang Yang, Xinliang Liang, Jingge Zhao, Jianpeng Jiao, Erdan Huang, Jing Li, Lei Qi, Lifang Zhang","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240627-00548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240627-00548","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the context of continuously deepening medical and health system reforms and comprehensively promoting the \"Healthy China\" strategy, Henan Provincial People's Hospital has established a regional collaborative and vertically integrated critical care service structure and network. This initiative aims to enhance information empowerment, strengthen regional collaboration, improve the insufficient primary medical services, and ensure timely and effective treatment for critically ill patients. By establishing a comprehensive dispatch service platform for regional collaborative critical care, building a \"top-down\" remote medical collaboration network, and forming a cross-regional specialty alliance for critical care, the hospital has improved the efficiency of medical services and enhanced regional capabilities for treating critically ill patients. Simultaneously, for critically serious patients and those with complex diseases at primary medical institutions, a one-stop consultation and referral service has been implemented. This service adopts a \"three specialists\" approach and a multidisciplinary consultation mechanism within the hospital, constructs a multi-dimensional critical care transfer mode integrating air, ground, and the internet, creates a regional collaborative rescue mode, and implements full-cycle treatment for critically serious patients. The comprehensive, flexible, and efficient service pathway for regional collaborative critical care established by this system ensures timely and safe treatment for critically ill patients, promotes the distribution of high-quality medical resources, and effectively addresses issues such as uneven distribution of high-quality medical resources and varying levels of critical care capabilities. It has facilitated the formation of a new tiered diagnosis and treatment order characterized by \"first diagnosis at the primary level, two-way referral, separate treatment for acute and chronic diseases, and vertical integration\". This approach has enhanced the diagnostic and comprehensive service capabilities of primary medical institutions. Currently, by strengthening information empowerment and sharing, creating a full-process critical care diagnosis and treatment model, providing medical assistance and cultivating primary-level critical care talent, and promoting appropriate technologies, the hospital has gradually overcome challenges such as barriers to information exchange and sharing between hospitals, overloaded critical care teams, high pressure on patient reception and transfer, and limited critical care capabilities at primary medical institutions. This article summarizes the construction and practical application of this regionally coordinated critical care system, aiming to provide a reference for the management of critical care treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"671-675"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wanjun Liu, Wenyan Xiao, Jin Zhang, Juanjuan Hu, Shanshan Huang, Yu Liu, Tianfeng Hua, Min Yang
{"title":"[Early warning method for invasive mechanical ventilation in septic patients based on machine learning model].","authors":"Wanjun Liu, Wenyan Xiao, Jin Zhang, Juanjuan Hu, Shanshan Huang, Yu Liu, Tianfeng Hua, Min Yang","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240422-00368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240422-00368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To develop a method for identifying high-risk patients among septic populations requiring mechanical ventilation, and to conduct phenotypic analysis based on this method.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from four sources were utilized: the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC-IV 2.0, MIMIC-III 1.4), the Philips eICU-Collaborative Research Database 2.0 (eICU-CRD 2.0), and the Anhui Medical University Second Affiliated Hospital dataset. The adult patients in intensive care unit (ICU) who met Sepsis-3 and received invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) on the first day of first admission were enrolled. The MIMIC-IV dataset with the highest data integrity was divided into a training set and a test set at a 6:1 ratio, while the remaining datasets were served as validation sets. The demographic information, comorbidities, laboratory indicators, commonly used ICU scores, and treatment measures of patients were extracted. Clinical data collected within first day of ICU admission were used to calculate the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score. K-means clustering was applied to cluster SOFA score components, and the sum of squared errors (SSE) and Davies-Bouldin index (DBI) were used to determine the optimal number of disease subtypes. For clustering results, normalized methods were employed to compare baseline characteristics by visualization, and Kaplan-Meier curves were used to analyze clinical outcomes across phenotypes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study enrolled patients from MIMIC-IV dataset (n = 11 166), MIMIC-III dataset (n = 4 821), eICU-CRD dataset (n = 6 624), and a local dataset (n = 110), with the four datasets showing similar median ages and male proportions exceeding 50%; using 85% of the MIMIC-IV dataset as the training set, 15% as the test set, and the rest dataset as the validation set. K-means clustering based on the six-item SOFA score was performed to determine the optimal number of clusters as 3, and patients were finally classified into three phenotypes. In the training set, compared with the patients with phenotype II and phenotype III, those with phenotype I had the more severe circulatory and respiratory dysfunction, a higher proportion of vasoactive drug usage, more obvious metabolic acidosis and hypoxia, and a higher incidence of congestive heart failure. The patients with phenotype II was dominated by respiratory dysfunction with higher visceral injury. The patients with phenotype III had relatively stable organ function. The above characteristics were consistent in both the test and validation sets. Analysis of infection-related indicators showed that the patients with phenotype I had the highest SOFA score within 7 days after ICU admission, initial decreases and later increases in platelet count (PLT), and higher counts of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes as compared with those with phenotype II and phenotype III, their blood cultures had a higher po","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"644-650"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Imaging and clinical features of diaphragm dysfunction after cardiac sternotomy].","authors":"Xinyuan Zhu, Dawei Wu, Hao Zhang, Chen Lin, Hongyan Zhai","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250116-00062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250116-00062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the imaging and clinical features of diaphragm dysfunction in patients who underwent selective cardiac sternotomy with diaphragm ultrasound and chest CT.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective cohort study was conducted. The patients undergoing selective cardiac sternotomy in the cardiac and vascular surgery department of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital from June to September 2023 were enrolled. Bedside ultrasound was performed on the day before surgery, within 24 hours of extubation, and on the 7th day after surgery to measure diaphragm excursion (DE) and diaphragm thickness (DT), and to calculate the diaphragm thickening fraction (DTF). The distance from the diaphragm's apex to the thorax's apex in the chest CT scout view was measured before and after the operation, and the diaphragm elevating fraction (DEF) was calculated. Patients were divided into two groups based on whether diaphragm dysfunction (DE < 1 cm) occurred on the 7th day after surgery. The change patterns of imaging indicators were analyzed in both groups. The clinical data of both groups before, during, and after surgery were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 67 patients who underwent cardiac sternotomy were enrolled. Among them, 24 patients developed diaphragm dysfunction within 24 hours after extubation; on the 7th day after surgery, 19 patients (28.4%) still exhibited diaphragm dysfunction, while 48 patients (71.6%) did not. Ultrasonic examination of the diaphragm revealed that, compared with the non-diaphragm dysfunction group, patients in the diaphragm dysfunction group exhibited varying degrees of decrease in DE and DTF before and after surgery, with a more significant decrease on the left side, and the differences were statistically significant on the 7th day after surgery [DE (cm): 1.06±0.77 vs. 1.59±0.63, DTF: 19.3% (14.8%, 21.1%) vs. 21.3% (18.3%, 26.1%), both P < 0.05]. There was no statistically significant difference in DT between the two groups at each time point. Changes in bilateral DE and DTF revealed that the non-diaphragm dysfunction group experienced early transient postoperative weakening of diaphragm function, followed by rapid recovery to the preoperative level on the 7th day after surgery, unlike the diaphragm dysfunction group. There were no significant differences between bilateral DE in the two groups on the day before surgery, and the left DE was significantly lower than the right DE within 24 hours after extubation and on the 7th day after surgery in the diaphragm dysfunction group (cm: 0.93±0.72 vs. 1.45±0.70 within 24 hours after extubation, 1.06±0.77 vs. 1.70±0.92 on the 7th day after surgery, both P < 0.05) but no significant difference was found in bilateral DT or DTF. The chest CT scan showed that, the incidence of postoperative diaphragm elevation was 61.2% (41/67), and 38.8% (26/67) did not, while no statistically significant difference in DEF was found between the ","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"657-663"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lijuan Zhang, Shuiqin Gu, Ping Zheng, Xiaoyi Ji, Huafei Huang
{"title":"[Design of portable respiratory device for transporting premature infants and application in the in-hospital transportation of extremely premature infants in primary hospitals].","authors":"Lijuan Zhang, Shuiqin Gu, Ping Zheng, Xiaoyi Ji, Huafei Huang","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240809-00676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240809-00676","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To design a portable respiratory device for transporting premature infants and explore its application effect in the in-hospital transportation of extremely premature infants in primary hospitals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted. The extremely premature infants born and transferred to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with oxygen therapy support from May to October in 2023 were selected and randomly divided into control group and observation group. The infants in the control group received respiratory support and in-hospital transportation using a traditional T-combination resuscitator connected to pure oxygen, and those in the observation group used a portable premature infant transport respiratory device designed and manufactured by medical staff to provide respiratory support and implement in-hospital transportation. The respiratory device for transporting premature infants is made of 304 stainless steel material, mainly consisting of a T-combination resuscitator, an air oxygen mixer, an air tank, a pure oxygen cylinder, a pressure reducing valve, a telescopic rod, a tray, a hook, a bottom plate, and four moving wheels, which can achieve precise control of the fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO<sub>2</sub>) during transportation. The achievement rate of first-time target pulse oxygen saturation (SpO<sub>2</sub>, achieving a target SpO<sub>2</sub> of 0.90-0.95 was considered as meeting the standard) and arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO<sub>2</sub>) after being transferred to the NICU, as well as the manpower expenditure and time required for transportation of pediatric patients between the two groups were observed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 73 extremely premature infants were enrolled, including 38 in the control group and 35 in the observation group. There was no significant difference in the gender, gestational age at birth, birth weight, mode of delivery, Apgar score at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth, and oxygen therapy during the transportation between the two groups. The achievement rate of first-time target SpO<sub>2</sub> after NICU in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [94.29% (33/35) vs. 26.32% (10/38), P < 0.05], the PaO<sub>2</sub> control range was better [mmHg (1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa): 85.50±6.36 vs. 103.00±2.83, P < 0.05], manpower expenditure and time required for transportation were significantly reduced [manpower expenditure (number): 2.14±0.35 vs. 3.17±0.34, time required for transportation (minutes): 10.42±0.76 vs. 15.54±0.34, both P < 0.05].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The portable respiratory device for transporting premature infants is used for respiratory support during the transportation of extremely premature infants in primary hospitals. It can improve the achievement rate of target SpO<sub>2</sub>, control PaO<sub>2</sub> within the target range, and avoid h","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"684-687"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yumei Kang, Tao Yang, Ling Ding, Lei Wang, Licheng Geng, Jiangang Xu
{"title":"[Research progress on the role and mechanism of PANoptosis in lung diseases].","authors":"Yumei Kang, Tao Yang, Ling Ding, Lei Wang, Licheng Geng, Jiangang Xu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250205-00098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20250205-00098","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PANoptosis is a newly defined type of programmed cell death (PCD), which is triggered by a variety of stimuli and covers three known forms of PCD: apoptosis, pyroptosis and necroptosis. In physiological state, cell death plays an important protective role against pathogen invasion, but its over-activation may aggravate inflammatory response and cause tissue damage. Studies have shown that the occurrence and progression of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases are closely related to PANoptosis. The purpose of this review is to deeply explore the molecular mechanism of PANoptosis and its regulatory factors in lung diseases, in order to discover potential therapeutic targets and provide new targets and innovative ideas for clinical treatment for lung diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"688-692"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Predictive value of early lactic acid/albumin ratio for acute skin failure in patients with sepsis].","authors":"Yan Tang, Yannan Kang, Xiumei Liu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240617-00519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20240617-00519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore the predictive efficacy of the early lactic acid/albumin ratio (LAR) for the occurrence of acute skin failure (ASF) in patients with sepsis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective study was conducted to collect the clinical data of 115 patients with sepsis admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University from June 2022 to March 2024. The patients' gender, age, length of ICU stay, past medical history, and severity scores, use of mechanical ventilation or vasoactive drugs, albumin (Alb), lactic acid (Lac), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and blood gas analysis indicators within 24 hours of ICU admission were collected, and LAR was calculated. The patients were divided into two groups based on whether they developed ASF, and the clinical data between the two groups were compared. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to screen the risk factors for the occurrence of ASF in patients with sepsis. The receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC curve) was drawn to analyze the predictive value of LAR for the occurrence of ASF in patients with sepsis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 115 patients with sepsis were enrolled in the final analysis, among whom 35 developed ASF and 80 did not. The incidence of ASF was 30.43%. Univariate analysis showed that compared with the non-ASF group, the ASF group had higher acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) score, proportion of using vasoactive drugs, Lac, and LAR as well as lower Alb and MAP, with statistically significant differences. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was conducted on the factors with statistical significance in the univariate analysis, and the results showed that Alb [odds ratio (OR) = 0.639, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) was 0.474-0.862, P = 0.003], Lac (OR = 17.228, 95%CI was 1.517-195.641, P = 0.022), MAP (OR = 0.905, 95%CI was 0.855-0.959, P = 0.001), and LAR (OR < 0.001, 95%CI was < 0.001-0.005, P = 0.033) were independent risk factors for the occurrence of ASF in patients with sepsis. ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of LAR for predicting the occurrence of ASF in patients with sepsis was 0.867 (95%CI was 0.792-0.943), which was superior to Alb, Lac, and MAP [AUC (95%CI) was 0.739 (0.648-0.829), 0.844 (0.760-0.929), and 0.860 (0.783-0.937), respectively]. When the optimal cut-off value of LAR was 0.11, the sensitivity was 65.7%, the specificity was 96.3%, and the Youden index was 0.620. Patients were grouped based on the optimal cut-off value of LAR, and the results showed that the incidence of ASF in the LAR > 0.11 group was significantly higher than that in the LAR ≤ 0.11 group [88.89% (24/27) vs. 12.50% (11/88), P < 0.05].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>LAR has early predictive value for the occurrence of ASF in patients with sepsis, and its efficacy is superior to that of Lac or Alb alone.</p","PeriodicalId":24079,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue","volume":"37 7","pages":"628-632"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}