This article analyses and describes the influencing mechanism of hospital alliance on quality of care from six aspects:product and technology,organizational structure,psychosocial climate, management,organizational culture,and competition in medical service market.In order to ensure and improve the medical quality,this study discusses that hospital alliance can not only ally in the form but also optimize the internal structure,strengthen the integration of organizational culture of the institutions, gradually form a social psychological climate of“Quality First”.In addition,the government′s regulation on the medical service market is also indispensable.

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OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of Aidi injection combined with TP regimen in the treat-ment of non-small cell lung cancer. METHODS:62 patients with non-small cell lung cancer were randomly divided into control group and observation group,31 cases in each group. Control group received TP regimen alone,observation group additionally re-ceived 40 ml Aidi injection,dissolved in 500 ml 0.9% Sodium chloride injection by intravenous infusion. 21 d was a treatment course,and it lasted 4 courses. The level of inflammatory cytokines before and after treatment and post-treatment quality of life, short-term efficacy,patients’satisfaction and toxicity reactions in 2 groups were compared. RESULTS:After treatment,the level of inflammatory cytokines in 2 groups were significantly lower than before,and observation group was lower than control group, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The effective rate of life quality (80.64%) and short-term efficacy (83.87%)in observation group significant were higher than control group(32.25%,64.52%,respectively),the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Satisfaction degree (96.77%) in observation group was significantly higher than control group (77.42%);and the incidences of thrombocytopenia,leukopenia,abnormal liver function were significantly lower than control group,the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Aidi injection combined with TP regimen shows good efficacy and little toxicity in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer,and it helps to reduce the level of inflammatory cyto-kines in patients,improving immune function and the quality of life of patients.

Aim To study the mechanism and inhibi-tory effect of Aescine on SGC-7901 cells in vitro.Methods MTT method was used to detect SGC-7901 proliferation.Flow cytometer method was used to determine cell cycles.AnnexinⅤ-FITC apoptosis derection kit was used to detect apoptosis of cells.Western blot was employed to analyze the expression of Bcl-2.Results MTT result showed that Aescine could significantly inhibit the growth of SGC-7901.AnnexinⅤ-FITC apoptosis derection kit and Western blot results suggested that Aescine could induce the apoptosis of SGC-7901.Conclusions Aescine can inhibit the growth of SGC-7901 and induce the apoptosis of cells in vitro.

Objective To evaluate the different methods of blood purification for acute septic renal injury (AKI) in respect of outcome by using RIFLE(risk,injury,failure,loss and end-stage renal disease)criteria and A-PACHE Ⅱ score. MethodData of 96 patients with ASRI admired to ICU of Tianhe Hospital, Tianjin, from March 2004 to September 2006 were analyzed. Including criteria: 2001 International Sepsis Definitions Conference and 2004 RIFLE criteria of AKI. The methods of blood purification used continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT, n=54) and imermittent hemodialysis (IHD, n=42).The patients of CRRT group could be classified into stages Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ referred to RIFLE criteria. Excel was evaluated to set up clinical data base from documented material. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 11. 5 software. Physical signs, laboratory findings, variation of APACHE Ⅱ score and outcomes of patients were documented evaluated. Data of two groups compared using indepent samples T test, before and after the treatment compared using paired-samples T test, rate compared using chi-square test. Results①There were no statistical differences in APACHE Ⅱ score and creatinine (Cr) between CRRT group and IHD group before treatment (P>0.05). The mortalities of CRRT group and IHD group were 51.9％ and 52.4％, respectively (P>0.05), but the recovery rates of renal function in CRRT group and IHD group were 92.3％ and 65.0％ ,respectively (P< 0.05).②Mean arterial pressure (MAP),oxygen saturation (SpO2) of CRRT group were lower than those of IHD group (P<0.05) and they increased to some extent after treatment (P< 0.05). ③In the patients of stag Ⅰ ,the survival rate was 78.6％, APACHE Ⅱ score was 25.4± 2.5 before treatment, renal function recovery rate was 90.9％ ,and APACHE Ⅱ changed - 13.6 ± 4.3, while those relevant markers in the patients of stage Ⅲ were 38.1％, 36.1 ± 5.7,62.5 ％ and - 7.1 ± 4.2, respectively (P<0.05). ConclusionsThe RIFLE criteria has guiding significance for the early diagnosis and prognosis of ASRI,and the RIFLE and APACHE Ⅲ score may help to choose the optimum opportunity of treatment and the early CRRT as soon as possible after diagnosis can improve the outcome of patients with acute septic renal injury.

Objective To compare the image quality and patient radiation dose of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) received by prospectively-gated step-and-shoot (SAS) technique with those obtained by retrospectively-gated spiral (RGS) technique on a 256-slice CT scanner. Methods A total of 200 patients were enrolled in this study. One hundred patients underwent CCTA with SAS mode were subdivided into two groups: ( 1 ) 50 patients with an average heart rate (HR) ≤70 bpm were scanned with a data acquisition time window centered at the 75％ of the R-R cycle ( group A) and (2) 50 patients with HR ＞ 70 bpm were scanned with the data acquisition time window centered at the 45％ of the R-R cycle, including a phase tolerance of ±％ (group B). Other 100 patients underwent CCTA with RGS mode and ECG-based tube current modulation were also subdivided into two groups: (3) 50 patients with HR ≤70 bpm were scanned with cardiac dose right set to phase of 75％ (group C) and (4) 50 patients with HR ＞ 70 bpm were scanned with cardiac ose Rdight set to phases of 45％ and 75％ (group D). All patients were grouped in randomized order. The image quality of CCTA were evaluated using a rank scale from 1 to 4 ( 1 : excellent ; 4 : non-assessable ) .Radiation dose of the four groups received was also estimated. The image quality between groups was compared by Mann-Whitney U test.The radiation dose between groups was compared by t test. For the 100 patients received by prospective ECG-gated CCTA, the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to analyze the CCTA image quality and average heart rate to determine the uppercutoff of HR for obtaining diagnostic coronary images with SAS mode. A spearman correlation analysis was also performed to analyze the correlation of HR and image quality in patients underwent CCTA with SAS mode.Results Of 2338 coronary artery segments, excellent or good image quality( score of 1 or 2) was achieved in 96. 5％ (585 of 606) in group A, 77.7％ (445 of 573 ) in B,96. 1％ (548 of 570) in C, and 85. 7％ (505/589) in D, with no significant difference for A vs C(Z ＝- 1. 351 ,P ＞0. 05) and with significant differenceS for B vs D (Z＝ -2. 236,P ＜0. 05). Linear correlation analysis indicated a significant degradation of image quality with the increase of heart rate using SAS mode (Spearman correlation, r ＝ 0. 577, P ＜0. 01 ). ROC analysis established an upper HR threshold of 78 bpm for obtaining diagnostic image quality using SAS mode( AUC ＝ 0. 827, P ＜ 0. 05 ). The average radiation dose in group A [ ( 2. 6 ± 0. 5 ) mSv]reduced 75 ％ comparing with that in group C [ ( 10. 6 ± 2. 3 ) mSy], and the average radiation dose in group B [ ( 4.0 ± 0. 7 ) mSy]reduced 69％ comparing with that in group D [ ( 13.0 ± 1. 4) mSv]. ConclusionUsing SAS mode to perform low-dose CCTA with 256-slice helical CT could keep the image quality and reduce radiation dose significantly. Our preliminary experience suggests a good promise of this technique which could be applied to a wider group of patients such as with higher heart rates.

Objective To investigate image quality and radiation dose of prospective ECG-gated coronary combined with carotid and cerebrovascular angiography and compare it with common coronary CTA and carotid-cerebrovascular CTA at a 256-slice spiral CT.Methods Fifty-seven patients were included in the study.The data was analyzed retrospectively and divided into 3 groups.Group 1 underwent coronary combined with carotid CTA ( n =17 ),which included a wide range of prospective ECG-gated coronary,carotid and cerebral vascular one-stop angiography.Group 2 underwent coronary CTA ( n =20),which was routine prospective ECG-gated coronary angiography.Group 3 underwent routine carotid and cerebrovascular CTA (n =20).Mean CT image attenuation and image noise were measured in the ascending aorta root,proximal parts of the bilateral common carotid artery and vertebral artery,and in the internal carotid artery at sellae level in the axial plane.Coronary artery image quality was rated using a four-point ordinal scale and carotid cerebral vascular image quality was rated using a three-point ordinal scale.Radiation dose were calculated.Mean CT image attenuation,image noise and radiation dose were compared among the 3 groups using t test.Using Mann-Whitney U,the coronary artery imaging quality was compared between group 1 and 2,and image quality of cerebral vessels was compared between group 1 and 3.Results Mean CT image attenuation [ (427 ±50) HU in group 1 and (426 ±86) HU in group 2] and image noise of the ascending aorta root [ (30 ± 9) HU in group 1 and (31 ± 9) HU in group 2 ] showed no statistical difference between group 1 and 2 (t =0.058,-0.325,P ＞0.05).There were no non-diagnosis coronary segments in group 1 and 2.And coronary segments with excellent or good image quality reached 98.1％ (202/206) in group 1 and 99.6％ ( 244/245 ) in group 2.It showed no significant difference between group 1 and 2 ( Z =-0.572,P ＞ 0.05 ).There were significant differences of mean CT image attenuation in the common carotid artery between group 1 [ ( 474 ± 70 ) HU ] and group 3 [ ( 348 ± 81 ) HU ],and in the vertebral artery between group 1 [(447 ±83)HU] and group 3 [(328 +66) HU] (t =5.043,4.869,P＜0.05).However,there was no significant difference of mean CT image attenuation in the internal carotid artery [ (370 ± 92) HU in group 1 and ( 367 ± 97 ) HU in group 3 ] ( t =0.111,P ＞ 0.05 ).There was a significant difference of image quality scores of carotid and cerebrovascular arteries between group 1 and 3 (Z =- 3.306,P ＜ 0.05 ).Effective radiation dose of groups 1,2,3 were ( 7.0 ± 0.8 ),( 3.1 ± 0.4 ) and (5.0 ± 0.3) mSv respectively.Conclusion The prospective ECG-gated coronary combined with carotid and cerebrovascular angiography is able to obtain diagnostic image quality of coronary,carotid and cerebral vascular at the 256-slice spiral CT.It is a simple,fast,noninvasive way to assess coronary and carotid cerebrovascular arteries,with advantages of less contrast medium and low radiation dose.

Objective: To explore the correlation between thromboelastography (TEG) parameters and the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and bleeding in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy in surgical intensive care unit (SICU). Methods: 205 patients received low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) anticoagulant therapy admitted to SICU of Tianjin Hospital from December 2016 to December 2017 were consecutively enrolled. TEG detection was performed in all patients at 1 day after anticoagulation therapy, and coagulation reaction time (R value), blood clot generation time (K value), blood clot generation rate (α angle) and maximum width value (MA value) were recorded. At the same time, the traditional coagulation function test was carried out, and prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and D-dimer levels were also recorded. The incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE) and bleeding during hospitalization were observed. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors for VTE and bleeding in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy. Results: Of 205 patients, during the anticoagulant treatment, 14 patients developed DVT, and 4 patients with PE (2 of them were combined with DVT) with an incidence of 7.8% (16/205). There were 2 patients suffering from cerebral hemorrhage, 2 patients with gastric bleeding, and 1 patient with intra-tracheal hemorrhage with an incidence of 2.4% (5/205). Compared with the patients without VTE or bleeding, the R value of TEG in patients with VTE was significantly lowered (minutes: 4.6±2.2 vs. 7.4±1.4, P < 0.01), which was significantly increased in patients with hemorrhagic complications (minutes: 12.1±1.1 vs. 7.4±1.4, P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the K value, α angle, MA value of TEG, or PT, APTT, D-dimer between the patients with and without VTE or bleeding. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that the R value of TEG was independent risk factor for incidence of VTE and hemorrhagic complication in SICU patients who receiving anticoagulation therapy [VTE: β = 0.386, odds ratio (OR) = 1.096, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 1.021-2.361, P = 0.006; hemorrhagic complication: β = -1.213, OR = 1.051, 95%CI = 1.017-3.458, P = 0.045]. Conclusion The R value of TEG is associated with the occurrence of VTE and hemorrhagic complications in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy in SICU.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) for continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) in patients with severe trauma.Methods Sixty-four patients with severe trauma who needed to apply continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and were admitted into the department of critical care medicine in Tianjin Hospital from June 2013 to August 2015 were enrolled in the study.According to the patient's actual condition,they were divided into two groups:no anticoagulant group (29 cases) and RCA group (35 cases).The filter lifetime,after treatment the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT),acid-base balance,free calcium ([Ca2+]i) and serum sodium (Na+) concentrations,bleeding episodes were compared between the two groups.Results The average filter lifetime in RCA group was longer than that in no anticoagulant group (hours:50.7 ± 11.3 vs.4.9 ± 1.2,P ＜ 0.01).After the end of treatment,the levels of APTT (s:30.7 ± 8.8 vs.32.1 ± 7.3),pH value (7.41 ± 0.09 vs.7.40 ± 0.07),[Ca2+]i (mmol/L:2.13 ± 0.20 vs.2.21 ± 0.17),and Na+ (mmol/L:139 ± 8 vs.141 ± 6) were ofno significant differences between the RCA group and the no anticoagulant group (all P ＞ 0.05).The incidence of clinicalbleeding in RCA group was lower than that in no anticoagulant group [2.9％ (1/35) vs.13.8％ (4/29)],but the differencewas not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions RCA-CVVH is a safe and effective therapeutic method inpatients with severe trauma who need for CRRT,the stability of internal environment is not affected and no incidence ofclinical bleeding event is increased.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the correlation between thromboelastography (TEG) parameters and the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and bleeding in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy in surgical intensive care unit (SICU). METHODS: 205 patients received low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) anticoagulant therapy admitted to SICU of Tianjin Hospital from December 2016 to December 2017 were consecutively enrolled. TEG detection was performed in all patients at 1 day after anticoagulation therapy, and coagulation reaction time (R value), blood clot generation time (K value), blood clot generation rate (α angle) and maximum width value (MA value) were recorded. At the same time, the traditional coagulation function test was carried out, and prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and D-dimer levels were also recorded. The incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE) and bleeding during hospitalization were observed. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the risk factors for VTE and bleeding in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy. RESULTS: Of 205 patients, during the anticoagulant treatment, 14 patients developed DVT, and 4 patients with PE (2 of them were combined with DVT) with an incidence of 7.8% (16/205). There were 2 patients suffering from cerebral hemorrhage, 2 patients with gastric bleeding, and 1 patient with intra-tracheal hemorrhage with an incidence of 2.4% (5/205). Compared with the patients without VTE or bleeding, the R value of TEG in patients with VTE was significantly lowered (minutes: 4.6±2.2 vs. 7.4±1.4, P < 0.01), which was significantly increased in patients with hemorrhagic complications (minutes: 12.1±1.1 vs. 7.4±1.4, P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the K value, α angle, MA value of TEG, or PT, APTT, D-dimer between the patients with and without VTE or bleeding. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that the R value of TEG was independent risk factor for incidence of VTE and hemorrhagic complication in SICU patients who receiving anticoagulation therapy [VTE: β = 0.386, odds ratio (OR) = 1.096, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 1.021-2.361, P = 0.006; hemorrhagic complication: β = -1.213, OR = 1.051, 95%CI = 1.017-3.458, P = 0.045]. CONCLUSIONS The R value of TEG is associated with the occurrence of VTE and hemorrhagic complications in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy in SICU.
Anticoagulants ; Critical Care ; Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight ; Humans ; Pulmonary Embolism ; Risk Factors ; Thrombelastography ; Venous Thromboembolism