The value of T cell subset monitoring for traumatic sepsis patients defined by sepsis-3 / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To estimate the value of T cell subset monitoring on early diagnosis and prognosis in traumatic sepsis patients defined by sepsis-3.Methods A total of 102 severe trauma patients were prospectively collected in an Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) of a tertiary hospital from 1st July 2017 to 30th September 2017.Finally 28 patients were confirmed as sepsis according to the sepsis-3 guideline.The levels of blood T cell subsets (CD3,CD4,and CD8) were measured at day 1,3 and 7 after ICU admission and after diagnosis.Receiver operating characteristic curve and multivariate regression analysis were used.Results The levels of CD3 and CD4,and CD4/CD8 ratio in severe trauma patients first decreased and then increased within one week after admission,while CD8 level first increased and then decreased.The levels of CD3 and CD4 and CD4/CD8 ratio showed a decreased tendency and CD8 level showed an increased tendency in the death and traumatic sepsis groups.The CD4/CD8 ratio at day 1 after admission was relatively effective in diagnosing traumatic sepsis.The area under the ROC curve was 0.901 with a sensitivity and specificity of 88.89％ and 83.33％,respectively.The CD4/CD8 ratio at day 1 after diagnosis of traumatic sepsis was a risk factor for predicting patient mortality (OR=1.43;95％CI:1.27-1.89).Conclusions Cellular immunity in severe trauma patients presents a process of inhibition before recovery.The CD4/CD8 ratio can better diagnose traumatic sepsis and evaluate the prognosis..

Investigation on early diarrhea during enteral nutrition in critically ill patients admitted to ICU in Zhejiang Province / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To explore the occurrence and related factors of diarrhea in the early stage of enternal nutrition in critically ill patients, therefore providing guidance for the optimization of enteral nutrition. Methods A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in 29 ICUs of 28 general hospitals of Zhejiang Province between June 1 and October 1, 2016. Patients who were admitted to ICU required for enteral nutrition were included and continuously observed for over 7 days or till discharged from ICU. The patient's general characteristics, severity of disease, enteral nutrition, diarrhea-related and prognostic indicators were recorded. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to analysis risk factors associated with diarrhea and in-hospital mortality. Results A total of 533 critically ill patientswere enrolled in this study. The overall incidence of diarrhea was 30.8％ (n = 164). Diarrhea occurred most frequently on the three days after EN, with a median duration of 2 (1, 3) days. The daily incidence of diarrhea were significantly different between groups (all P< 0.05), which were gradually reduced on day 7. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that prokinetic drugs (OR=1.82; 95％ CI: 1.24-2.65), APACHE II score (OR=1.04; 95％ CI: 1.02-1.07), post-pylorus enteral feeding (OR=1.90; 95％ CI:1.11-3.36) were independent risk factors for diarrhea, while interruption of EN (OR=3.74; 95％ CI: 1.85-7.54), APACHE II score (OR=1.07; 95％ CI: 1.04-1.11), vasoactive agent (OR=2.31; 95％ CI: 1.42-3.77), and timing (>48 h) (OR=2.00; 95％ CI: 1.08-3.70) were independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Conclusions Our study showed that APACHE II score, the use of prokinetic drugs, and post-pylorus enteral feeding were risk factors for diarrhea. Patients suffering diarrhea experienced increased ICU length of stay, increased the time of mechanical ventilation and in-hospital mortality compared with patients without diarrhea. Interruption of EN induced by diarrhea significantly increased the risk of in-hospital mortality.

Comparative study of serum myoglobin versus creatine kinase for evaluation of prognosis after multiple trauma / 中华创伤杂志

Objective To detect the correlation of serum myoglobin (Mb) and creatine kinase (CK) levels in multiple trauma patients with outcome and renal failure and compare the prognostic value of the two predictors.Methods Forty-one patients with multiple trauma (ISS ≥ 16 points) were analyzed at days 1,3,7,and 14 posttrauma,for serum Mb and CK concentrations.Moreover,simplified acute physiology score Ⅱ (SAPS Ⅱ),injury severity score (ISS),as well as Glasgow coma score (GCS)at day 1 postrauma,final outcome,and presence or absence of renal failure were recorded.Correlation of serum Mb and CK with ISS,GCS,and SAPS Ⅱ was analyzed.Predictive values of Mb and CK for outcome and development of renal failure after multiple trauma were measured and compared at days 1,3,and 7 posttrauma,according to receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results Serum Mb concentration revealed a positive correlation with SAPS Ⅱ at each time point and with ISS at days 7 and 14,but a negative correlation with GCS at days 3,7,and 14.Similarly,serum CK concentration presented a positive correlation with SAPS Ⅱ at days 3,7,and 14 and with ISS at days 7 and 14,but a negative correlation with GCS at days 7 and 14.To predict outcome of the multiple trauma patients,area under the ROC curve for serum Mb at days 1,3,and 7 was 0.542,0.900,and 0.981 respectively and for serum CK was 0.232,0.771,and 0.968 respectively.To predict development of renal failure,area under the ROC curve for serum Mb at days 1,3,and 7 was 0.864,0.949,and 0.955 respectively and for serum CK was 0.480,0.889,and 0.939 respectively.Conclusions Serum Mb and CK are both predictive of outcome and development of renal failure following multiple trauma.Whereas in co；rast with CK,serum Mb appears to be a more sensitive marker.

Value of thromboelastography in monitoring effect of hypothermia on coagulation function in major trauma patients / 中华创伤杂志

Objective To investigate effect of hypothermia on coagulation function in major trauma patients and assess value of thromboelastography (TEG) monitoring.Methods Twenty-two patients with major trauma admitted to the emergency intensive care unit between January 2010 and June 2011 were enrolled in the study.The venous blood of the patients was sampled for TEG determination at different temperatures (37,35 and 33 ℃) to analyze variation of the indices including coagulation reaction time (R),clot formation time (K),rate of clot formation (Angle),maximum amplitude (MA)and coagulation index (CI).The patients were divided into normal coagulation group and abnormal coagulation group based on the CI value at 37 ℃ to analyze effects of temperature on TEG indices in both groups and their differences between groups.Results (1) Among 22 patients,TEG indices including R and K trended upward (P ＜ 0.01),but Angle,MA and CI trended downward (P ＜ 0.01) with decline of the temperatures.(2) K and Angle values,indicators of fibrinogen function,were obviously inhibited (P ＜ 0.05) with the temperature decreasing from 37 ℃ to 35 ℃,but other TEG indices had no significant changes.Whereas,all TEG indices were significantly inhibited when the temperature was decreased from 35 ℃ to 33 ℃.(3) There were significant differences in variation of each TEG index inhibited by hypothermia (P ＜ 0.01).All TEG indices showed significant differerces in the pairwise comparison,except for the differences between R and K as well as between Angle and MA (P ＜0.01).(4) R and K were increased,but Angle,MA and CI were decreased in both groups,with decline of the temperatures.Moreover,all TEG indices in the abnormal group were worse than those in the normal group.Conclusions Hypothermia has significant effect on coagulation function of patients with major trauma.TEG,which may be measured at any temperature,is more accurate in reflection of patients' actual coagulation function and is helpful for choice of an appropriate temperature in the mild hypothermia therapy.

Risk factors and clinical effects of trauma induced coagulopathy in ICU patients with major trauma / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To investigate the risk factors of trauma induced coagulopathy and its effect on the outcome of ICU patients with severe trauma.Methods Totally 223 severe trauma patients admitted to emergency ICU within 24h after injuring between June,2008 and September,2009 were retrospectively analyzed.Injury severity score (ISS),APACHE Ⅱ score,coagulation function,routine blood test,biochemical test,and blood gas assay were completed for each patient. Hypoperfusion was defined as vasoactive agents usage,or base deficit (BD) ≥ 6 or shock index ≥ 1. Patients were divided into coagulopathy group and non-coagulopathy (control) group according to coagulation function.ISS,APACHE Ⅱ score,the occurrence of hypothermia and hypoperfusion were compared between the two groups.The risk factors of trauma induced coagulopathy were analyzed,and the multivariate logistic regression equation was formulated.Coagulation function and incidence of trauma induced coagulopathy were compared between nonsurvival and survival group.Results Fifty-two of 223 (23.3 ％ ) patients met the criteria of trauma induced coagulopathy.Mortality rate in this group was significantly higher than that in non-coagulopathy group (36.5％ vs 9.4％, P ＜ 0.01 ). Patients in both groups had the comparability in age,sex, injury mechanism and time after trauma.ISS,the incidence of hypothermia,hypoperfusion and severe traumatic brain injury in coagulopathy group were higher than those in non-coagulopathy group ( P ＜ 0.01 ).GCS,hemoglobin,hematocrit,and platelet counts in coagulopathy group were significantly lower than that in noncoagulopathy group (P＜ 0.01).Base deficit ≥6,GCS ≤ 8,and platelet counts were considered as the independent risk factors involved in trauma- induced coagulopathy according to logistic regression in this study.Coagulation function of non-survivors also remarkably attenuated when compared with survival group.Conclusions The incidence rate of trauma induced coagulopathy is high in severe trauma patients admitted to ICU within 24h. Trauma induced coagulopathy correlates well with ISS core,severe traumatic brain injury,shock and hypothermia,and results in high mortality.

Dynamic change of serum myoglobin and its clinical significance in multiple trauma patients / 中华创伤杂志

Objective To investigate the dynamic change of serum myoglobin and assess its relation with injury severity in multiple trauma patients. Methods The concentration of serum myoglobin in 41 multiple trauma patients (ISS ≥16 points) was detected at days 1,3,7 and 14 after injury. In the meantime, injury severity score ( ISS), Glasgow coma score ( GCS), simplified acute physiology score Ⅱ( SAPS Ⅱ ), percentage of the injured muscle and soft tissue to entire body, shock on admission and ultimate outcomes were recorded at day 1 after injury. All patients were divided into ISS ≥25 group or ISS ＜ 25 group, survival group or death group based on the injury severity and ultimate outcomes. The dynamic changes of the serum myoglobin were observed and compared between the groups. The correlation of the serum myoglobin concentration with ISS, GCS, SAPS Ⅱ score, shock and the percentage of injured muscle and soft tissue was investigated. Results The serum myoglobin concentration in ISS ≥ 25group was decreased more slowly than that in the ISS ＜ 25 group, with higher concentration of the serum myoglobin concentration in the ISS ≥ 25 group than that in the ISS ＜ 25 group at all time points. The serum myoglobin concentration in the death group was increased first, then slowly declined and reached peak at day 3. While in survival group, the serum myoglobin concentration was continuously decreased, with lower serum myoglobin concentration than that in the death group at all time points. The serum myoglobin concentrations were positively correlated with the SAPS Ⅱ score at all time points, with ISS at days 7 and 14, with the percentage of the injured area at day 1 and with the shock at days 1 and 3, while the serum myoglobin concentration was negatively correlated with GCS at days 3,7 and 14. Conclusions The dynamic changes of the serum myoglobin concentration in multiple trauma patients may reflect the severity,trends and prognosis of the injury, and hence can be used as effective index for monitoring the disease.

Development of a new method to measure pleural effusion volume by ultrasound in critically ill patients / 中华超声影像学杂志

Objective To develop a new method to measure pleural effusion volume by ultrasound in critically ill patients. Methods Forty-six critically ill patients admitted to emergency ICU were involved.The height of effusion (H),area of effusion at the middle section (S), thickness of effusion at middle-back line (T1) and posterior axillary line (T2) were measured by ultrasound in supine position at the end of expiration. The measured volume of pleural effusion (Vc) was calculated by H×S,and the actual volume of drainage (V) within 2 hours was also recorded. The correlation of actual volume of pleural effusion (V)with effusion height (H) ,thickness (T1, T2), area (S) and the calculated volume (Vc) were analyzed to decide the most accurate index and method. Results There was much better correlation between actual volume of effusion and S, (H & S), Vc, than these between V and T1 ,T2, H in all patients and subgroup, Vc had good correlation with V and very close to V(the average difference was 56 ml) when the actual volume was less than 500 ml,there was no difference[(417 ± 94)ml vs (402±95)ml, t = 1.095, P = 0. 285]. Both Logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve showed S was the most reliable index to predict the actual volume to exceed 500 ml,400 ml,and 300 ml when compared with H,S,T1 and T2. The corresponding threshold was 30.3 cm2 , 28.3 cm2 and 23. 1 cm2 , with the sensitivity and specificity of 0. 77 and 0. 88,0.72 and 1.0,0.95 and 1.0, respectively. Conclusions This new method based on measuring the area of effusion by ultrasound is more efficient and reliable than those traditional ones to measure the volume of pleural effusion. It's clinically valuable and easy to perform, and deserves broad application.

Value of ultrasound in diagnosis of lung atelectasis/consolidation in multiple trauma patients with mechanical ventilation / 中华创伤杂志

Objective To evaluate the value and significance of bedside ultrasound in diagnosis of lung atelectasis/consolidation in multiple trauma patients with mechanical ventilation.Methods Bedside thoracic ultrasound and chest computed tomography(CT)were performed in 81 multiple trauma patients with mechanical ventilation admitted to the emergency intensive care unit(EICU).CT result was regarded as the "golden standard" to evaluate the value of ultrasound in diagnose lung atelectasis/consolidation.At the same time,the ultrasound was used to dynamically monitor the lung recruitment effect of the therapeutic measures.Results CT detected 154 regions of lung atelectasis/consolidation of 324 lung regions in 81 patients,while ultrasound detected 126 regions that were divided into 87 complete regions and 39 incomplete regions according to different sonogram in the breathing cycle.The sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value and accuracy of ultrasound were 81.8%,100%,100%,85.9% and 91.4% respectively.A concordance test showed a very high concordance between ultrasound and CT,with a Kappa coefficient of 0.825(P=0.031).Ultrasound found that 39 regions with incomplete lung atelectasis/consolidation were completely recruited and 62 out of 87 regions with complete lung atelectnsis/eonsolidatian gained visible recruitment within three days after different therapeutic measures,with total effective rate of 80.2%.Conclusion Bedside ultrasound can continuously monitor and guide the therapeutic measure to recruit the lung and is a convenient,safe,direct-viewing and accurate method for diagnosis of lung atelectasis/cansolidation in multiple trauma patients with mechanical ventilation.

Study on the value of focused abdominal sonography for trauma used by emergency doctor in emergency department / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To study the value of focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) used by emergency doctor in emergency department. Method It's a prospective,double-blinded and controlled study from June 2008 to October 2009. A total of 97 casualties with severe multiple trauma, 72 male and 25 female aged from 14 to 88 years old with average age of (41 ± 16) ,admitted to emergency department were enrolled, and the bedside focused abdominal sonography for trauma was performed by emergency doctor. It was diagnosed as positive if free fluid was detected in abdomen or pericardium. The severe injury scores (ISS) were from 14 to 38 with average score of (23.2±9.3). The criteria of inclusion were age over 14 years old, injury happened within 12 hours and casualties admitted directly into emergency room. The criteria of exclusion were death of patients within 2 days without CT scanning of abdomen and exploration of abdomen with laporotomy, and operations directly determined by using FAST without conventinal sonographic examination. The FAST was compared with CT and conventional sonography judged by the findings observed during operation. Results The examination with FAST was completed in (3.18±0.79) min, whereas that with conventional sonography was (16.63t4.62) min(t = 28.61,P ＜0.001). The FAST was positive in 11 cases and negative in 86 cases, whereas the conventional sonography was positive in 13 cases and negative in 84 cases ( P = 0.5). There were 4 false negative findings in FAST resulting in 73% sensitivity, 100% specificity, 95.3% negative predictive value, 4.6% false negative rate, 100% positive predictive value, 0% false positive rate and 95.9% accuracy. Conclusions The emergency doctors are able to operate the FAST well for casualties with multiple trauma in emergency department after proper training.