Objective To compare the effects of three kinds of dressings (foam dressings,hydrocolloid dressings,homemade gauze dressings)at different periods for preventing nasal and facial pressure ulcers in elderly patients in the intensive care unit with continuous non -invasive ventilation.Methods The study group consisted of 120 patients who were 60 years old in the intensive care unit with continuous non -invasive ventilation.They were randomly divided into A,B,C three groups with random number table.The patients in A group used foam dressings. The patients in B group used hydrocolloid dressings.The patients in C group used homemade gauze dressings.In the first week and the second week,through comparing the incidence of pressure ulcers,we compared the prevention effect of three kinds of dressings on nasal and facial pressure ulcers.Results In the first week,there was no statistical difference about the incidence of pressure ulcers among the three groups(χ2 =2.124,P =0.346).In the second week,the incidence of pressure ulcer of A group was obviously lower than B group and C group(χ2 =5.271,P =0.038).Conclusion When we nurse elderly patients in the intensive care unit with continuous non -invasive ventilation,within 7 days,we can use any one of three kinds of dressings to prevent nasal and facial pressure ulcers. But 7 days later,we should better use foam dressings.

Objective To investigate status quo of illness uncertainty and coping style in family members of patients with severe sepsis of in intensive care unit (ICU),to explore their relationships.Methods A total of 117 family members of patients with severe sepsis of in ICU was chosen by convenient sampling.They were surveyed by the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-Family version and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire.Results The uncertainty in illness of family members scored 56 ～ 139 (102.16 ± 14.73).Positive coping style scored 6 ～38 (22.68 ±3.73).Negative coping style scored 4 ～22 (13.08 ±4.12).The total score of uncertainty in illness of family members was negatively correlated with the score of positive coping style,and was positively correlated with the score of negative coping style.Conclusions Illness uncertainty level of patients' families interacts with coping styles.Nurse should take corresponding measures to reduce the patient's family illness uncertainty levels,and help them to take positive coping styles.

Objective To approach the effect of ulinastatin (UTI) on protection of vascular endothelial cells in rats with sepsis and its mechanism.Methods Fifty-two Sprague-Dawley (SD) male rats were randomly divided into a normal saline pretreatment group (control group) and a UTI pretreatment group (UTI group), each groupn = 26. The rats in two groups were given lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 mg/kg) intra-peritoneal injection for the establishment of rat septic models. In UTI group, 18 hours before LPS injection, intraperitoneal injection of UTI 100 kU/kg dissolved in 5 mL normal saline was given, while in the control group, 3 hours before LPS injection, intraperitoneal injection of 5 mL normal saline was given to the rats for pretreatment. Respectively, at 0.5, 2, 4, 12, 24, 72 hours after model establishment, tail venous blood and myocardial tissue were taken. The levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukins (IL-6, IL-10), vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); the correlation between TNF-α and ICAM-1 was analyzed; the expression of ICAM-1 in myocardial cell was determined by immunohistochemistry.Results After model establishment, the levels of TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10, ICAM and VCAM in two groups were gradually increased, reaching the peaks at 24, 12, 12, 72, 72 hours, respectively. Compared with control group, the levels of TNF-α, IL-6, ICAM-1, VCAM of UTI group were significantly lower at various time points [24 hours TNF-α (ng/L): 119.8±28.9 vs. 190.2±30.4, 12 hours IL-6 (ng/L): 327.8±26.9 vs. 948.7±63.8, 72 hours VCAM (ng/L): 36.3±3.2 vs. 68.8±2.4, 72 hours ICAM-1 (ng/L): 115.6±11.6 vs. 129.4±8.2,P < 0.05 orP < 0.01], IL-10 was significantly increased [12 hours (ng/L): 80.7±1.9 vs. 42.3±4.9,P < 0.01]. TNF-αwas positively correlated to ICAM significantly (UTI group:r = 0.907,P = 0.050; control group:r = 0.961, P = 0.010). Immunohistochemistry showed that after modeling for 0.5 hour, basically no positive expression of ICAM-1 in myocardial cells was found in the two groups; in the control group, at 12 hours the positive expression of ICAM-1 was increased, and in UTI group, a little expression of ICAM-1 was seen; at 72 hours, the expression of ICAM-1 was significantly increased in both groups.Conclusion UTI can protect the function of endothelial cells in rats with sepsis by regulating the expressions of proinflammatory cytokine, anti-inflammatory cytokine, adhesion molecules, and improving the microvascular permeability.

0.05) between two groups.After EGDT,the level of cTnI in EGDT group was obviously dowered on the 7th day (0.16?0.22?g/L) and 14th day (0.09?0.13?g/L) compared with those in control group (0.39?0.43,0.29?0.29?g/L,P

Objective To investigate the effects of ω-3 fish oil lipid emulsion via vein on the inflammatory response,immune and organ function in patients with severe acute pancreatitis.Methods A total of 53 patients with severe acute pancreatitis were randomized into conventional therapy plus fish oil group (FO group) and conventional therapy group (CON group).The patients in FO group were treat with ω-3 fish oil lipid emulsion (0.2 g · kg-1 · d-1,10％) based on conventional therapy for 14 days.The level of C-reactive protein (CRP),TG and TC were detected before treatment and at day 7 and day 14 after treatment.CD4+,CD4+/CD8+ and C3,C4 were also detected at day 1 and day 14 after treatment.At the same time,acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ score (APACHE Ⅱ score),intra-abdominal pressure,negative fluid balance time,enteral nutrition start-time and ICU stay time were observed and recorded.Results Forty-five out of 53 patients were finally recruited into results statistics.The level of CD4+,CD4+/CD8+ and C3 at day 14 after treatment in FO groups improved significantly than that in the CON group (P ＜0.05).The levels of CRP,intra-abdominal pressure and APACHE Ⅱ score at day 7 and day 14in FO group descended more obviously than that in the CON group (P ＜ 0.05).The negative liquid balance time in FO group (3.55 ±0.86) days was obvious shorter than that in CON group (4.61 ± 1.12) days,while enteral nutrition start-time (3.86 ± 1.17) days was significantly earlier compared with CON group (5.30 ± 1.61) days (P ＜ 0.05),however ICU stay time and 28 days mortality rate had no significant difference between the two groups.Conclusions ω-3 fish oil lipid emulsion can decrease the inflammatory response and the negative liquid balance time,improve the immune function and restore bowel function in severe acute pancreatitis patients.Therefore,it maybe provide a new and effective means for severe acute pancreatitis.

Objective To investigate whether early goal-directed therapy ( EGDT ) could lower the mortality rate in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Methods Articles with items sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, EGDT were retrieved from MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, Wanfang Data and CNKI. Inclusion criteria included randomized controlled trial, subjects concerning patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, endpoints with short-term mortality [ in-hospital, intensive care unit ( ICU ) or 28-day ] and long-term mortality ( 60-day or 90-day ). Related risk ( RR ) and 95% confidence interval ( 95%CI ) were used as indices to judge the difference in mortality rate between EGDT group and standard treatment group. RevMan 5.2 software was used for Meta analysis. Results There were 8 studies meeting inclusive criteria with a total of 4 853 patients. For patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, compared with the group with routine treatment, EGDT showed a decrease in the short-term mortality ( RR = 0.74, 95%CI=0.66-0.82, P<0.000 01 ), but did not decrease the long-term mortality ( RR=0.99, 95%CI=0.92-1.06, P=0.81 ). Conclusion EGDT strategy may decrease the short-term mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, but it showed no influence on the long-term mortality.

Objective To study dynamically the correlation between endotheliocyte functions,inflammation-related factors and TCM syndromes in sepsis patients.Methods According to the TCM syndrome differentiation,68 septic patients were divided into Qi-fen group (23 cases),Ying-fen group (28 cases),and Xue-fen group (17 cases).The control group (26 cases) was built up for contrast.Serum von willebrand factor (vWf),nitric oxide (NO),tumor necrosis factor-? (TNF-?),interleukin 6 (IL-6),interleukin 2(IL-2),interleukin 4 (IL-4),and white blood cell (WBC) count of all groups were measured.Results TNF-?,IL-6,and WBC in all the sepsis groups were significantly higher than those in the control group (P

Objective To investigate the expression of inflammatory cytokines in patients with severe sepsis by using an antibody chip.Methods Twelve patients with severe sepsis and other 10 patients whose age and gender were matehed were enrolled in this study.Proteins from patients were labeled with biotin.The biotin-labeled proteins reaeted with antibody chips,on which there were antibodies of 40 major inflammatory cytokines.The target proteins were conjugated with streptomycin antibody labeled by horseradish peroxidase(HRP),and signals were imaged by laser scanner.Results In comparison with control group,the serum levels of inflammatory eytokines ineluding pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines,ehemokines and certain eytokines receptors were notably increased,while expression of anti-inflammatory interleukin(IL)-2,-4,-13,-15 was remarkably decreased in sepsis group.Conclusions Excess inflammatory response and imbalance of pro-and anti-inflammatory eytokines were presented in the eourse of severe sepsis.

Objective: To investigate the endothelial protective effects of simvastatin on the coagulation system in septic rats. Methods: A total of 54 SD male rats were divided into 3 groups. Six healthy rats were intraperitoneally injected with normal salineas control group. Twenty-four rats in septic group were intraperitoneally injected with normal saline followed by lipopolysaccharide 2.5 mg. Study group had 24 rats intraperitoneally injected with simvastatin followed by lipopolysaccharide. Plasma von Willebrand factor (vWF), thrombomodulin (TM), platelet activating factor (PAF) and antithrombin-Ⅲ (AT-Ⅲ) were tested at 1 h, 3 h, 6 h and 12 h after treatment. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to observe the morphology and apoptosis of rat aorta endothelial cells. Results: Compared with healthy control group, vWF [(68.3±4.8) ng/ml, (59.2±5.1) ng/ml, (74.2±20.1) ng/ml, (53.5±4.0)ng/ml, respectively], TM [(1.4±0.3) ng/ml, (1.6±0.4) ng/ml, (2.8±0.9) ng/ml, (1.4±0.5) ng/ml, respectively], PAF [(29.1±6.5) pg/ml, (28.6±1.5) pg/ml, (28.7±2.7) pg/ml, (18.2±4.1) pg/ml, respectively] and AT-Ⅲ [(262.2±38.1)μg/ml, (233.0±70.4) μg/ml, (218.7±54.7) μg/ml, (162.2±37.2) μg/ml, respectively] were significantly increased in the sepsis group at 1 h, 3 h, 6 h and 12 h (P<0.05). Compared with the sepsis group, the plasma levels of PAF in simvastatin intervention group at 1 h [(15.6±2.5) pg/ml, 3 h(10.4±5.3) pg/ml, 6 h (9.3±1.4) pg/ml, 12 h(11.0±2.7) pg/ml] were significantly decreased, so were the TM level at 6 h (1.6±0.9) ng/ml, and the AT-Ⅲ levels at 1 h[(190.3±29.2) μg/ml],6 h [(104.4±33.6) μg/ml] and 12 h [(73.6±39.0) μg/ml, P<0.05]. Conclusion In the condition of sepsis, toxins and over-activated inflammatory factors damage the vascular endothelium. A large amount of circulating vWF, TM, PAF, and AT-Ⅲ cause early hypercoagulability. Simvastatin significantly reduces plasma amount of these procoagulants, suggesting it smodification of coagulopathy and vascular protective effectsin a septic rat model.

Objective To systematically evaluate the effects of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) determined by two dimensional speckle tracking imaging technology (2D-STI) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) on the prognosis of patients with sepsis/septic shock.Methods Databases such as the National Library of Medicine PubMed database, Dutch medical abstracts Embase, Cochrane Library, Netherlands Elsevier, Springer and China biomedical literature database (CBMdisc), China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI), Wanfang database, China science and technology journal full-text database, Vip Chinese biomedical journal database were searched from the establishment of literature database to April 2018 to study GLS, LVEF and their relationships with mortality of septic/septic shock patients. The literatures screening and data collecting were independently conducted by two researchers, and the quality of the included literature was evaluated. The sensitivity and heterogeneity analysis were performed with RevMan 5.3 software, and the combined effects were calculated. Funnel plot was used to evaluate publication bias.Results A total of 6 articles including 5 English articles and 1 Chinese article were enrolled. There were 503 patients, 333 in the survival group and 170 in the death group. The quality of the literature was high, and the Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) score was 8-9. Meta-analysis showed that short-term mortality was associated with higher GLS in patients with sepsis/septic shock [standardized mean difference (SMD) = -0.47, 95％ confidence interval (95％CI) = -0.76 to -0.18, Z = 3.16,P = 0.002], and there was no significant difference in LVEF between the survival group and the death group (SMD = 0.18, 95％CI = -0.03-0.39,Z = 1.64, P = 0.10). Sensitivity analysis was carried out for each effect index by removing each document one by one, and the results showed that there was no significant change in the combined effect before and after each document, indicating that the results were stable. The funnel plot showed that the effect points of each literature were roughly in the form of "inverted funnels" with a large symmetric distribution centered on the combined effect, but the number of studies included in this study was too small, so the publication bias could not be completely excluded.Conclusion Compared with LVEF, GLS might be a more sensitive indicator for detecting myocardial dysfunction in patients with sepsis/septic shock and might have important predictive value for short-term mortality.