Objective This study was to investigate the effect of exogenous thyroid hormone on serum NO and iNOS activity of intestinal mucosa in septic rats. Methods Septic model was established by cecal ligation puncture(CLP) in male SD rats. Triiodothyronine(T 3) was administered intraperitoneally to correct the low T 3 syndrome of septic rats. Blood was collected to examine serum NO and thyroid hormone concentration. Intestinal mucosa iNOS activity was assayed using immunochemical stain. Results Mortality rate in the prevention group was significantly lower than the septic group(Log rank=3.85, P

Objective To discuss the causes leading to dissatisfying result after operation therapy for BPH.Methods 42 patients who had not acquired satisfying result after operation therapy for BPH were underwent the urodynamic examination.Results 42 patients were classified into two groups according to their different symptoms:difficuhy to void,32 case8,including 8 cases with low contractifity of detrusor,and 24 cases with Madder outflow obstruction(BOO);incontinence,10 eases,including 6 cases of urgency incontinence and 4 cases of stress incontinence.Condusion We can see that the causes leading to dissatisfying resuh after operation for BPH are mainly the dysfunction of detmsor and BOO,and the result of urodynamic examine can guide us the causes and the next therapy.

ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between metabolic abnormalies of thyroid hormone and intestinal barrier disfunction and the potential protective effects of exogenous thyroid hormone in sepsis. MethodsMurine septic model was established through cecal ligation puncture. Triiodothyronine (15??g/kg) was given to the septic rats to correct the low T 3 syndrome. ResultsThere was significant negative correlation between the seral concentration of free T 3 or free T 4 and MDA concentration in the tissues of small intestines. The insulting degree of the intestinal barrier in the treatment group were much milder than that of the sepsis group. ConclusionsThere were significant correlation between the metabolic abnormalies of thyroid hormone and the oxic insults of the intestinal barriers in sepsis. Providing the thyroid hormone for the septic rats could protect the intestinal barriers and improve the prognosis of sepsis.

The key point of development of emergency medicine is professional training. What we need are "emergency physicians who have well-knit theory and comprehensive technique" but "the internal physicians who could do some resuscitation". This is the goal of emergency medical education. To realize the goal, we need to improve our condition of training-bases, the curriculum,the academic level of trainer and training method. Besides, we should balance the effectivness and safety of training. We believe that the "four steps" course should be the most important and most effective method of emergency medical training.

Objective To evaluate the morbidity of the post-prostatectomy incontinence of supra-pubic transvesical prostatectomy(SPP) and transurethral resection of prostate(TURP). Methods One hundred and thirtyfive patients were divided into two groups. 82 patients underwent SPP and 53 patients underwent TURP. We ob-served the morbidity and the time lasting of post-prostatectomy incontinence, the severity of post-prostatectomy in-continence as evaluated by Stamey incontinence grading system,patients who had more than one week postoperativeincontinence were received urodynamic tests,then we got the information of their incontinence types. Results We found that patients who underwent SPP had higher morbidity, severity and time lasting than those who underwent TURP. SPP group had much more morbidity of stress incontinence than TURP group, but the same morbidity of ur-gent incontinence after operation as the later. Conclusion TURP may be better than SPP in consideration of the post-prostateetomy incontinence. SPP group has more stress incontinence and it may be caused by complete resection of prostate and damnifieation of the mucous membrane of membranous urethra.

Objective To assess the value of indocyanine green excretion test in predicting hepatic failure after hepatectomy. Methods The retention rate of indocyanine green at 15 minutes (ICG R15), effective hepatic blood flow (EHBF) and clinical and biochemical parameters of 128 patients who received hepatectomy at the Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University from June 2007 to June 2008 were detected by pulse dye densitometry. All patients were divided into non-hepatic failure group (n = 110) and hepatic failure group (n =18). ICG R15, EHBF, Child's score, histology activity index (HAI) score, clinical and biochemical parameters and other indexes were analyzed to predict hepatic failure by the t test, chi-square test, linear regression analysis or regression model. The relationship between positive predictive indexes and HAI score was studied. Results Eighteen patients suffered from hepatic failure after operation. ICG R15, Child's score, HAI score of patients without hepatic failure were 9% ±4%, 5.6 ±0.7, 3.8 ±0.5, which were significantly lower than 15% ±6%,6.1 ± 0. 8, 5.0 ± 0. 8 of patients with hepatic failure (t = 11. 121,2. 356, 3. 915, P ＜ 0.05). EHBF of patients without hepatic failure was (1.2 ±0.2) L/min, which was significantly higher than (1.0 ±0.2) L/min of patients with hepatic failure (t = 2. 802, P ＜ 0. 05). In a logistic regression model, age ≥ 65 years, ICG R15 ≥ 14% and EHBF ＜ 1.0 L/min were risk factors of postoperative hepatic failure (x2 = 4. 758, 9.709, 5. 362, P ＜ 0.05).ICG R15 was negatively correlated with EHBF (r =-0. 527, P ＜0.05). HAI score was positively correlated with ICG R15 (r =0. 638, P ＜0.05), while it was negatively correlated with EHBF (r =-0. 445, P ＜0. 05).Conclusions ICG R15 and EHBF are good predictive indicators for hepatic failure after hepatectomy. Patients with ICG R15≥14% and EHBF ＜ 1.0 L/min are prone to have postoperative hepatic failure.

Objective To discuss the significance of the retrograde urethrography in diagnosis and treatment of urethraltrauma. Methods 78 cases with urethraltrauma treated by the retrograde urethrography were retrospectively analyzed. Results The location and extent of urethral injury was determined according to the place and speed of contrast medium overflow and the diffuse range. Among 78 cases ,29 cases were bulbar urethral trauma and other 49 cases were membranous urethral trauma.Conclusion Retrograde urethrography is simple, practical and easy to operate for determining the injured part of urethra and the extent of damage of urethraltrauma, and was instructional for the choice of operation method and incision.

Objective To study the effect of low tidal volume ventilation in patients with respiratory failure due to neuromuscular disease. Methods Fifty-seven patients with neuromuscular disease and respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation were divided into low tidal volume ventilation group ( group A: 2 7 cases ) and routine tidal volume ventilation group (group B: 30 cases ). Indices of airway pressure and blood gas were recorded. The levels of TNF, IL-6, IL-8 in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid (BALF) were measured after ventilation. The survival rates of 14 days and weaning success rates of 14 days were observed. Results The pH value in arterial blood gas at 0.5 and 24 hour after ventilation was 7.30 ± 0.08,7.40 ± 0.06 in group A,which were significantly lower than those of 7. 39 ± 0. 06,7.47 ± 0. 04 in group B at the same time point ( P ＜ 0. 05 ). The PaCO2 levels at0.5 and24 h were (60.4 ± 16.9)mm Hg and (38.2 ±7.3)mm Hg in group A,which were also significantly higher than those of (46. 6 ±8. 1 )mm Hg and (29.2 ±6.9)mm Hg at the same time point in group B (P ＜ 0.05 ). The airway peak pressure at 0.5 and 24 hour were (21.5 ± 4.5 ) mm Hg and ( 18.6 ± 3.8 ) cm H2O in group A,which were significantly lower than those of (29.4 ±5.1)cm H2O and (31.3 ±4.7)cm H2O at the same time point in group B (P ＜ 0. 05 ). The levels of TNF in BALF at 24 and 48 hour were ( 1385 ± 341 ) ng/L and (1345 ±411 )ng/L in group A,which were significantly lower than those of (1914 ± 501 )ng/L and (2214 ± 544)ng/L in group B at the same time point (P ＜0.01 ). The level of IL-6 in BALF at 24 and 48 hour were (249 ±64)ng/L and (209±49)ng/L in group A,which were significantly lower than those of (324 ±79) ng/L and (343 ±60)ng/L in group B at the same time point ( P ＜ 0. 01 ). The levels of IL-8 in BALF at 24 and 48 hour were (79. 4 ±23.6) ng/L and (92. 7 ± 32. 5)ng/L in group A,which were significantly lower than those of (143 ± 36)ng/L and (162 ±49)ng/L in group B at the same time point (P ＜0.01 ). No significant difference was found in the survival rates of these two groups (100% vs. 96. 7% ,P ＞0. 05). The higher weaning success rate was observed higher in group A (59. 3% ) than group B (33.3%, P ＜ 0. 05 ). Conclusions For patients with respiratory failure resulting from neuromuscular disease,low tidal volume ventilation can decrease ventilation-induced cytokine release, alleviate ventilator-induced lung injury, and increase the success rate of ventilator weaning.

Objective Emergency department overcrowding (EDO) is an increasingly international occurrence which affects the quality and access of health care across the globe.We assessed perceptions of EDO by a detailed and comprehensive surveying of current international research literatures.Methods Through PubMed and BMC electronic literatures search engines from 1974 to 2012,1587 papers of original articles,reviews and comments with key wordsemergency departmentANDcrowding OR overcrowding are selected.Results 52.6％ (835/1587) all selected literatures is original research articles.21.2％ (n =337) of these papers involved the disciplinary construction of emergency medicine,and editorial comment (included viewpoints) holds almost one fifth (302,19.0％).Most common types of study methods in all original researches is single-center cohort study (722/835,86.5％),and none of them was multi-center,randomized control clinical trial.The number of papers on EDO is 8 during 1974 and 1988,and gradually elevated to 325 during 1989 and 2002.Yet the number has climbed up to 1254 dramatically (account for 79％) during 2003 and 2012.Together,USA,Canada and Austria,these three countries generated more than three-quarters of all published literatures (81.0％).So far,the authors in 48 countries and areas gave forth initial contributions in the field of EDO.Conclusions The studies and papers about EDO are steadily increasing in recent years.But the investigation shows the research quality still remain need to improve.This systemic review on EDO studies showed that the standardized measurement of EDO has become the bottleneck of EDO study.It is very important and urgent for ED staff to establish an objective and effective EDO evaluation system.

Objective To establish a practicable and easily mastered emergency department overcrowding (EDO) assessment system suitable for domestic ED setting by determining the validity and usefulness of the national emergency department over-crowding study (NEDOCS) tool in a 2000-bed tertiary care academic institution in China in comparison with visual analogue scale (VAS) in order to address the worldwide grave concern of EDO.Methods In a period of 6 months,data of subjective and objective EDO assessed simultaneously three times a day (1:00,9:00,17:00) were collected.The data were analyzed by using Bland-altmann method and Kappa test to determine the coincidence between VAS and NEDOCS assessments.Results The VAS-p value evaluated by physicians was significantly lower than VAS-n value evaluated by nurses [(6.49 ± 1.82) vs.(7.12 ± 1.78),P ＜ 0.01].The reliability analysis showed that Kappa value was as low as 0.112 (P ＜0.01) suggesting there was a great discrepancy between VAS-p value and VAS-n value.VAS-m (average value of VAS-p and VAS-n) was taken for comparing different evaluation systems.The significant correlation was found between the VAS-m and NEDOCS (r =0.7l4,P ＜0.01).However,the Bland-Altman plot showed the 95％ limit of coincidence was in an extensive range (-32.47 to 71.42) suggesting discrepancy existed between two methods.Conclusions The present study suggested there was a significant discrepancy between the two subjective assessments of ED crowding (VAS-p vs.VAS-n).There might be a fatal flaw existed in the assumptions of the original VAS method for EDO measurement.Using the Bland-Altman plot analysis,the results showed that NEDOCS did not authentically reflect the staff' s sense of overcrowding in the ED.It is very important and urgent to establish an objective and effective EDO evaluation system for ED management.