Objective To discuss causes, characteristics and clinical treartment measures for negative fluid balance and systemic edema in patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock. Methods A retrospective chart study was done on 205 cases with systemic edema posterior to traumatic hemorrhagic shock admitted to ICU between May 1994 and August 2002. Results All cases showed systemic edema at various degrees. The survived 173 cases demonstrated spontaneous diuresis and negative fluid balance at different time in the first week but the died 32 ones not. The negative fluid balance and the spontaneous diuresis were not more severe than that in the control group under conditions of age (≥60 years old), injury severity score (ISS ≥16), acute physiological and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) Ⅱ≥12 and Cr≥2.0 g/L ( P

The patients with systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome had high possibility to get euthyroid sick syndrome, which happened more frequently and severely in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, reflecting that inflammation or cytokines may affect the hypothalamic- pituitary-thyroid axis.

AIM: To assay the pattern of thyroid hormone alternations in systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) patients. METHODS: 50 SIRS patients were enrolled, divided into two groups as to whether they got MODS. Thyroid hormone measurements were taken, including total T_3 (TT_3), total T_4 (TT_4), free T_3 (FT_3), free T_4 (FT_4) and TSH. The acute physiology and chronic health evaluationⅡ (APACHEⅡ) score was calculated according to clinical data. Outcome (recovery or deterioration) was recorded, as well as the length of time from the onset of SIRS to the day when thyroid hormones were measured (the duration of SIRS). RESULTS: Euthyroid sick syndrome (ESS) was presented in 45 cases. TT_3 level was negatively correlated with APACHEⅡscore (r=-0.330, P0.05). CONCLUSION: SIRS patients has high possibility to get ESS, which happens more frequently and severely in MODS patients. With the persistence and aggravation of SIRS, there is a progression of thyroid hormone reduction.