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Objective To investigate the efficacy of bundle care under the supervision of professionals in preven-ting ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP). Methods Patients who received mechanical ventilation between July 2013 and June 2014 in the intensive care unit(ICU)of a hospital were selected,July-December 2013 was as control group (n= 150),patients received bundle care,but without special supervision;January-June 2014 was as special supervision group (n= 177),patients received bundle care under the supervision of professionals,incidence of VAP,duration of mechanical ventilation,and length of ICU stay were compared between two groups. Results In special supervision group,141 patients received invasive mechanical ventilation,mechanical ventilation day were 1937 days,9 patients developed VAP,incidence of VAP was 4.65‰ ;in control group,127 patients received inva-sive mechanical ventilation,mechanical ventilation day were 1965 days,21 patients developed VAP,incidence of VAP was 10.69‰ ,difference was statistically significant between two groups(χ2= 5.68,P= 0.042). In special su-pervision group,overall compliance rate of bundle management strategies,duration of average invasive mechanical ventilation,and length of ICU stay were 94.92% ,(11.11±2.57)days,and(15.11±2.88)days respectively,in con-trol group were 48.67% ,(14.67±4.35)days,and(19.33±5.81)days respectively,difference was statistically sig-nificant between two groups (all P<0.05). Conclusion Bundle care strategies supervised by professionals can ef-fectively prevent the occurrence of VAP,the implementation of bundle care strategies should be set up according to the clinical practice.
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Objective To evaluate the effect on inflammatory mediators and mechanism of dynamic factors on lung injury in a dog model of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Method The ARDS dog model was duplicated by instillation hydrochloric acid. The dogs were randomly (random number) divided into six groups: (1) normal control group (N group); (2) ARDS group (M group); (3) low VT (6 mL/kg) at respiratory rate 30, low inspiratory flow 6 mL/(kg·s). (4) large VT (20 mL/kg) at respiratory rate 30, high inspiratory flow 20 mL/kg·s.(5) large VT (20 mL/kg) at respiratory rate 15, high inspiratory flow 17 mL/(kg·s). (6) large VT (20 mL/kg) at respiratory rate 15, low inspiratory flow 10 mL/(kg·s). All the dogs were killed after 4 h ventilation. TNF-α、IL-8, p38 MAPK and NF-κB activity in the lung were measured. Results The expression of IL-8 protein in B and C groups was much higher than that of other groups ( P < 0.01) . There was no significant difference among M, A and D groups (P > 0.05). The gray scale ratio of B group was obviously higher than that of other groups (P < 0.01), except C group (P > 0.05). There was no significant changes among M, A and D groups in TNF-α protein contents. p38 MAPK value of positive staining of B group was the strongest, significantlyhigher than that of D group ( P < 0.01) .The expression of p38 MAPK in B and C groups was much higher than other groups (P <0.01). NF-κB activity in B group (33.56±2.85%) was significantly higher than that in A (10.35±0.6%)、D(7. 11 ± 0.47%)group, but there was no difference between B and C group (30.87 ± 1.16%). Conclusions Ventilation at high tidal volume, high inspiratory flow rate, high respiratory rate could activate p38 MAPK and increase the activity of NF-κB with the result of aggravating the release of inflammatory mediators. p38 MAPK and NF-κB activation are the major mechanisms in the development of VILI.
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Objective To investigate the value of pro-adrenomedullin (pro-ADM) levels for severity as-sessment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).Methods 214 CAP patients who were admitted to the emer-gency department were prospectively studied.The levels of plasma pro-ADM were determined using a new sandwich immunoassay.At the same time, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 levels, leukocyte count, clinical varia-bles and the pneumonia severity index (PSI) were measured.Results Pro-ADM levels,in contrast to procalcitonin,interleukin-6 levels, increased with increasing of the severity of CAP, which was classified according to the PSI score (P<0.05).In patients who died during follow-up, pro-ADM levels on admission were significantly higher than that in survivors [2.08 vs.4.94 μg/L,Z=-4.081 ,P<0.001].In a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for survival, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) for pro-ADM was 0.79, which was significantly higher than that for procalcitonin(0.72), C-reactive protein (0.58), interleukin-6 (0.64 ), and total leukocyte count (0.50) and sim-ilar to the AUC of the PSI (0.75).Conclusion Pro-ADM is a useful biomarker for the risk stratification of CAP patients.