1.Analysis of the clinical characteristics in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Mingxian LI ; Shangzhong LIU ; Jiaoyan CHEN
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2015;22(1):45-48
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH),to provide the basis for the early clinical diagnosis.Methods 200 cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) were divided into NAFL group(115 cases) and NASH group(85 cases).Age,gender,body mass index,blood pressure,clinical symptoms,accompany illnesses,biochemical and image index in the two groups were analyzed and compared retrospectively.Results Asthenia,accounted for 40%,which was the most common gastrointestinal symptom of NASH group.and abdominal distension,anorexia,nausea and vomiting,liver area pain and liver were all involved.There were no significant differences in mainly gastrointestinal symptoms between patients with NASH and NAFL group(P > 0.05),but no symptoms incidence of the two group were higher (44.7% vs 49.2% % P > 0.05) ;the incidence of obesity,hyperlipidemia,type 2 diabetes,hypertension in NASH group were significantly different compared with NAFL(45.9% vs 20%,41.2% vs 22.3%,28.2% vs 15.6% respectively P < 0.05) ; In NASH group,BMI,fasting glucose(FPG),2hPPG,serum ferritin,hyaluronic acid,Ⅳ collageninsulin resistance index (HOWA-IR)increased significantly compared with NAFL[(28.68 ± 0.92)vs (22.21 ± 0.43),(9.63 ± 0.64)mmol/L vs (4.92 ± 0.78)mmol/L,(12.96 ±0.28) mmol/L vs (7.04 ±0.13) mmol/L,(243.56 ±7.95) ng/mL vs (140.03 ± 6.80)ng/mL,(130.26 ±9.i6)ng/mL vs (74.85 ±6.54)ng/mL,(130.56 ±8.16)ng/mL vs (72.68 ±7.24) ng/mL,(5.36±0.45) vs (2.63 ±0.12),respectively P<0.05)].Conclusion Patients with NASH had no obvious gastroenterology symptoms.Obesity,type 2 diabetes,hypertension are more with NASH,and there may be multiple metabolic disorders.
2.Study on the value of mitochondrial associated protein fumarylacetoacetate domain containing protein 1 and growth differentiation factor-15 in the diagnosis of sepsis: test results from the patients of a multicenter study
Meng LI ; Rongrong REN ; Shangzhong CHEN ; Chen CHEN ; Jing YAN
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2021;33(2):180-185
Objective:To investigate the diagnostic value of mitochondrial associated protein fumarylacetoacetate domain containing protein 1 (FAHD1) and growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) in sepsis.Methods:Based on the database of the whole process of sepsis early warning, diagnosis and treatment management, which was established on the study of sepsis early warning and standardized diagnosis and treatment system, adult patients with suspected infection admitted to the department of critical care medicine of Zhejiang Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Ningbo First Hospital from May 2014 to October 2015 were enrolled. The basic vital signs, and the main blood routine results, liver and kidney function, blood gas, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHEⅡ) and sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score at the time of diagnosis of patients with or without sepsis were analyzed. The preserved serum samples were taken, the levels of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) were detected by electrochemiluminescence method, immunoturbidimetry respectively, and FAHD1 and GDF-15 were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression were used to analyze the risk factors for sepsis diagnose. The indexes' diagnostic efficacy in sepsis were analyzed by receiver operating characteristics curve (ROC curve).Results:A total of 132 patients were enrolled, including 76 cases of sepsis and 56 cases of non-sepsis. Compared with the non-sepsis group, the heart rate in the sepsis group was increased (bpm: 116.4±17.8 vs. 97.4±19.1), while the mean arterial pressure (MAP), platelet count (PLT), arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO 2) were significantly decreased [MAP (mmHg, 1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa): 65.8±9.7 vs. 74.7±10.3, PLT (×10 9/L): 120 (69, 204) vs. 163 (117, 239), PaO 2 (mmHg): 83.0 (66.6, 108.0) vs. 108.0 (84.4, 130.0), all P < 0.05], direct bilirubin (DBil), serum creatinine (SCr), lactic acid (Lac), APACHEⅡ score and SOFA score were significantly increased [DBil (μmol/L): 13.00 (5.55, 55.31) vs. 6.20 (2.20, 21.90), SCr (μmol/L): 118.00 (70.00, 191.73) vs. 77.20 (59.65, 110.86), Lac (mmol/L): 2.90 (1.50, 4.10) vs. 1.90 (1.20, 2.80), APACHEⅡ score: 20.0 (16.0, 25.0) vs. 16.0 (10.0, 21.0), SOFA score: 12.0 (8.0, 16.0) vs. 8.0 (5.0, 13.0), all P < 0.05]. In addition, the serum levels of FAHD1, GDF-15, PCT and CRP in sepsis group were significantly higher than those in non-sepsis group [FAHD1 (μg/L): 3.96 (2.25, 5.92) vs. 2.47 (1.03, 3.54), GDF-15 (μg/L): 8.46 (4.37, 19.68) vs. 4.32 (1.74, 10.39), PCT (μg/L): 3.79 (1.37, 11.32) vs. 0.42 (0.12, 2.14), CRP (mg/L): 154.43 (61.33, 283.20) vs. 65.95 (28.15, 144.69), all P < 0.01]. Multivariate Logistic regression showed that serum FAHD1 [odds ratio ( OR) = 1.135, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was 1.045-1.234], GDF-15 ( OR = 1.090, 95% CI was 1.029-1.155) and CRP ( OR = 1.007, 95% CI was 1.002-1.011) were risk factors for sepsis (all P < 0.05). ROC curve analysis of sepsis showed that the areas under ROC curve (AUC) of serum mitochondrial associated proteins FAHD1 and GDF-15 were 0.727 (95% CI was 0.641-0.802) and 0.677 (95% CI was 0.588-0.757), respectively; and the AUC of classical infection indexes PCT and CRP were 0.767 (95% CI was 0.683-0.837) and 0.680 (95% CI was 0.59-0.760), respectively. There was no significant difference between the AUC of mitochondrial associated proteins and classical infection indexes. The combination of FAHD1, GDF-15, PCT and CRP had the largest AUC, which was 0.809 (95% CI was 0.730-0.874), and the sensitivity was 75.00%, and the specificity was 80.00%. Conclusion:Mitochondrial associated protein FAHD1 and GDF-15 are associated with sepsis, and the diagnostic efficiency is improved when combined with PCT and CRP, which might provide experimental basis for screening diagnostic markers of sepsis.
3.Application effects of "two-classroom" teaching mode in basic life support training for medical staffs
Qing YU ; Chen LIN ; Xiaohua QI ; Shangzhong CHEN
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care 2019;26(3):366-369
Objective To investigate the effects of "two-classroom" teaching mode of basic life support (BLS) training on medical staffs. Methods One hundred and ninety-nine medical staffs trained in BLS curriculum education from May to August 2018 were selected as the research subjects. They were divided into two groups according to random number table: "two-classroom" teaching mode group (102) and traditional teaching mode group (97). The medical staffs in the traditional teaching mode group were trained by the traditional mode, while those in the"two-classroom" teaching mode group were trained by the "two-classroom" teaching mode, including the first and second classes; the first class is in-class teaching, using the Chinese version of the original American Heart Association (AHA) textbook, whose contents included basic life support operation video observation, practical operation, scene simulation and other teaching modes to carry out classroom teaching, and the second class was mainly in the extracurricular scene simulation. After the training, the differences in teaching effects regarding theoretical knowledge test scores and operational skills test scores and the degrees of satisfaction between the two groups were compared. Results The theoretical and operational scores of the "two-classroom" teaching mode group were significantly higher than those of the traditional teaching mode group (theoretical scores: 92.10±2.40 vs. 83.4±2.5, operational scores: 91.10±2.20 vs. 82.23±2.13, both P < 0.05). The degree of satisfaction with the BLS training (including 5 parts: controllable learning time, good interaction, cooperative communication, autonomous learning ability, achieving teaching goals) in the medical staffs in the "two-classroom" teaching mode group were higher than those in the traditional teaching mode group (controllable learning time: 98.04±6.35 vs. 83.51±5.27, good interaction: 97.06±6.12 vs. 83.51±5.33, cooperative communication: 96.08±6.07 vs. 73.20±4.96, autonomous learning ability: 96.08±6.15 vs. 73.20±4.28 and achieving teaching goals: 98.04±6.27 vs. 79.38±4.62, all P < 0.05). Conclusion The "two-classroom" teaching mode is a scientific, practical, simple and convenient teaching method, which can improve the theoretical and operational performance grades of trainees, and the medical staffs are well satisfied with the "two-classroom" teaching mode of BLS.
4.Effect of left ventricular global longitudinal strain on prognosis of septic/septic shock patients: a Meta analysis
Jiahui YUAN ; Min CHEN ; Shangzhong CHEN ; Caibao HU ; Guolong CAI ; Jing YAN
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2018;30(9):842-847
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.
5.Meta analysis of atorvastatin combined with trimetazidine in the treatment of angina pectoris of coronary heart disease
Shangzhong WANG ; Han ZHANG ; Haibo YANG ; Huafeng CHEN ; Jie SHENG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2019;21(2):239-242
Objective To evaluate efficacy and safety of Atorvastatin combined with trimetazidine Sibutramine treating angina pectoris of coronary heart disease.Methods Of computer retrieval China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),Wanfang database,VIP database and search atorvastatin statins combined with trimetazidine trimetazidine in the treatment of angina pectoris of coronary heart disease:a randomized controlled trial,according to Jadad scale to evaluate the quality of the included studies and extracted data.Meta analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3.Results In accordance with the inclusion criteria were included in the 18 study,a total of 1 848 patients.The software of RevMan 5.3 on cardiovascular events incidence,clinical curative effect,angina pectoris,blood lipid [total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C),high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C)],the improvement of cardiac function [including cardiac index left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD),left ventricular end systolic diameter (LVESD)] and the adverse reactions of meta analysis showed that compared with pure atorvastatin,atorvastatin combined with trimetazidine can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events [OR =0.19,95% Cl (0.11,0.35),P<0.01],reduce seizure frequency and duration of angina [WMD =-1.52,95% CI (-1.84,-0.99),P < 0.01;WMD =-1.80,95% CI (-2.20,-1.50),P <0.01],improve the clinical efficiency of [OR =4.78,95% Cl (3.54,6.47),P < 0.01] display.Blood lipid and cardiac ultrasound index show that atorvastatin combined with trimetazidine can better improve the patient's LVEDD [WMD =-2.69,95% CI (-4.39,-0.98),P < 0.01] LVESD [WMD =-6.92,95 % CI(-11.82,-2.02),P < 0.01].The decrease of serum level of TC,TG,LDL-C was better than atorvastatin monotherapy,but there were no statistically significant differences in the improvement level of serum HDL-C in the included patients (P =O.17).In the included studies,atorvastatin combined with trimetazidine can effectively reduce the incidence of adverse reactions in patients [0R=0.33,95% CI (0.13,0.85),P=0.02].Conclusions Atorvastatin combined with trimetazidine is safer and more effective than atorvastatin alone in the treatment of coronary heart disease angina pectoris.
6.Construction and external validation of a risk prediction model for unplanned interruption during continuous renal replacement therapy
Hongyan XU ; Qi REN ; Lihong ZHU ; Juan LIN ; Shangzhong CHEN ; Caibao HU ; Yanfei SHEN ; Guolong CAI
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2024;36(5):520-526
Objective:To identify the independent factors of unplanned interruption during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and construct a risk prediction model, and to verify the clinical application effectiveness of the model.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on critically ill adult patients who received CRRT treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Zhejiang Hospital from January 2021 to August 2022 for model construction. According to whether unplanned weaning occurred, the patients were divided into two groups. The potential influencing factors of unplanned CRRT weaning in the two groups were compared. The independent influencing factors of unplanned CRRT weaning were screened by binary Logistic regression and a risk prediction model was constructed. The goodness of fit of the model was verified by a Hosmer-Lemeshow test and its predictive validity was evaluated by receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC curve). Then embed the risk prediction model into the hospital's ICU multifunctional electronic medical record system for severe illness, critically ill patients with CRRT admitted to the ICU of Zhejiang Hospital from November 2022 to October 2023 were prospectively analyzed to verify the model's clinical application effect.Results:① Model construction and internal validation: a total of 331 critically ill patients with CRRT were included to be retrospectively analyzed. Among them, there were 238 patients in planned interruption group and 93 patients in unplanned interruption group. Compared with the planned interruption group, the unplanned interruption group was shown as a lower proportion of males (80.6% vs. 91.6%) and a higher proportion of chronic diseases (60.2% vs. 41.6%), poor blood purification catheter function (31.2% vs. 6.3%), as a higher platelet count (PLT) before CRRT initiation [×10 9/L: 137 (101, 187) vs. 109 (74, 160)], lower level of blood flow rate [mL/min: 120 (120, 150) vs. 150 (140, 180)], higher proportion of using pre-dilution (37.6% vs. 23.5%), higher filtration fraction [23.0% (17.5%, 32.9%) vs. 19.1% (15.7%, 22.6%)], and frequency of blood pump stops [times: 19 (14, 21) vs. 9 (6, 13)], the differences of the above 8 factors between the two groups were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that chronic diseases [odds ratio ( OR) = 3.063, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was 1.200-7.819], blood purification catheter function ( OR = 4.429, 95% CI was 1.270-15.451), blood flow rate ( OR = 0.928, 95% CI was 0.900-0.957), and frequency of blood pump stops ( OR = 1.339, 95% CI was 1.231-1.457) were the independent factors for the unplanned interruption of CRRT (all P < 0.05). These 4 factors were used to construct a risk prediction model, and ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve (AUC) predicted by the model was 0.952 (95% CI was 0.930-0.973, P = 0.003 0), with a sensitivity of 88.2%, a specificity of 89.9%, and a maximum value of 1.781 for the Youden index. ② External validation: prospective inclusion of 110 patients, including 63 planned interruption group and 47 unplanned interruption group. ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC of the risk prediction model was 0.919 (95% CI was 0.870-0.969, P = 0.004 3), with a sensitivity of 91.5%, a specificity of 79.4%, and a maximum value of the Youden index of 1.709. Conclusion:The risk prediction model for unplanned interruption during CRRT has a high predictive efficiency, allowing for rapid and real-time identification of the high risk patients, thus providing references for preventative nursing.
7.A model based on random forests in prediction of 28-day prognosis in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock
Yang WANG ; 宁波市第二医院重症医学科 ; Shangzhong CHEN ; Caibao HU ; Changqin CHEN ; Jing YAN ; Guolong CAI
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2017;29(12):1071-1076
Objective To establish a severe sepsis/septic shock prognosis prediction model based on randomize forest law (RF model), and to evaluate the prognostic value of this model for patients with severe sepsis/septic shock. Methods 497 patients with severe sepsis/septic shock admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) of Zhejiang Hospital from September 2013 to May 2017 were enrolled. The basic data, vital signs and symptoms, biochemical indexes and blood routine indexes on the 1st, 3rd, 5th day and prognosis were collected. According to the 28-day prognosis, the patients were divided into death group and survival group, and the specific indicators about the prognosis of severe sepsis/septic shock were screened. A RF model was constructed by using the specificity indicators. The assessment effectiveness of RF model, sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA), acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHE Ⅱ) were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results In 497 cases of severe sepsis/septic shock, 201 cases died, 28-day mortality was 40.4%. ① According to the index difference of death group and survival group, 19 specific parameters of the RF model were selected, which included the age; 24-hour urine output, urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (SCr), platelet count (PLT) on the 1st day; heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), cyanosis and clammy skin on the 3rd day; temperature, HR, MAP, 24-hour urine output, PLT, fever, cyanosis, dyspneic, clammy skin, piebald on the 5th day. ② ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of RF model predicting 28-day mortality was higher than that of SOFA and APACHE Ⅱ score on the 1st, 3rd, 5th day (AUC: 0.836 vs. 0.643, 0.554, 0.766 and 0.590, 0.670, 0.758). The sensitivity of RF model to predict the 28-day mortality was 86.1%, the specificity was 77.0%, the accuracy was 80.7%. Conclusion The evaluation model based on random forest can effectively predict the death risk of 28-day in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock, and its predictive efficiency is better than that of the SOFA and APACHE Ⅱ score.