Objective To evaluate the mortality and causes of injury among elderly patients with multiple injuries. Methods All the young (18 to 35 years, n=422) and elderly (60 87years, n=80) patients were evaluated with an abbreviated injury scale score (AIS) injury severity score (ISS).All patients with ISS ≥16 were selected in period 5 year (from January 1995 to January 2000) . Age, sex, mechanisms of injury, mortality, hospitalization, and intensive care treatment were analyzed. Results Traffic accident was the leading cause of injury in both young and elderly groups. Mortality in the young was lower than that in the elderly (14 2% vs 37 5%, P

Objective To study the effect of Xuebijing injection on the change of intestinal tract mucosa barriers and the expression of macrophage antihody in rats with sepsis. Method Totally 150 Wistar rats were ran-domly divided into three groups: sham group, sepsis group, and Xuebijing group. Sepsis models were estabhshed in rats by cecal ligation and puncture. The success standards of sepsis included fever, the increase of respiration rate,increased heart rate and change in leukocyte count. At 12 hours before operation, and after operation the rats in the Xuebijing group were injected with 4 mL/kg Xuebijing (once every 12 hours for 3 days), and the rats in the others two groups were injected with the same volume of saline, the image analytical system were used to detect the pathological change of intestinal tract mucosa harriers and the expression of macrophage antibody in three groups. All the data were analyzed by rank-sum test and variance analysis(F test). Results Almost all the mucous mem-brahe of small intestine in sham groups were normal. The mucous membrane lesions of small intestine developed in sepsis and Xuebijing groups after 12,24,48,72 hours, and the lesion was severer in sepsis group than that in the Xuebijing group (H=19.732, P<0.01). There were no significant differences on the expression of macrophage antibody in mucous membrane of small intestine between three groups at 3 hours. But at 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours, the expression of macmphage antibody of sepsis and Xnebijing groups increased with time (F=560.13, P< 0.05). Conclusions At the early period of sepsis, intestinal tract mucosa barriers develops varying degrees of damage, and Xnebijing can partly protect intestinal tract mucosa barriers.

Objective To explore the factors affecting the prognosis of patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage after treatment with minimally invasive operation Methods Clinical data from 50 patients diagnosed as hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage after treatment with minimally invasive debridement were retrospectively analyzed Risk factors affecting the prognosis of patients were analyzed with logistic regression Results The fatality rate of patients was 24 0% and rate of vegetative state and handicap was 36 0% Factors such as the amount of bleeding, bleeding site, preoperative GCS value, changes in pupils and light reaction were associated with the prognosis of patients undergoing minimally invasive debridement for the treatment of hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage The time between bleeding and operation was statistically correlated with the short term prognosis Conclusion The prognosis of patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage is associated with multiple factors The amount of bleeding, bleeding site, preoperative GCS value, changes in pupils and light reaction can be used as the important indexes for the prognosis of patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage after treatment of minimally invasive operation