Clinical study of refined mirabilite vs. Chaishao Chengqi Decoction in treating sever acute pancreatitis complicated with abdominal compartment syndrome / 实用医学杂志

Objective To compare the clinical efficacy of refined mirabilite vs.Chaishao Chengqi Decoc-tion in treating sever acute pancreatitis(SAP) complicated with abdominal compartment syndrome(ACS). Methods 60 cases of SAP complicated with ACS were divided into treatment group(n = 32) and control group (n=28) with random number table.The treatment group was given the nasal feeding and enema with refined mira-bilite base on routine western medicine treatment. The control group was given the nasal feeding and enema with Chaishao Chengqi Decoction. The 2 groups were compared with respect to the changes of the APACHEⅡ scores, intra-abdominal pressure,endotoxin,calcitonin(PCT),tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α),recovery time of bowel sound,self-defecation recovery time,length of stay and hospitalization expenses. Results After 7 days of treatment,the intestinal permeability index(endotoxin) and the related indicators(PCT,TNF-α) were significantly lower than before treatment in both groups(P<0.05).The abdominal pressure of both groups at days 1,3 and 7 days after treatment was significantly lower than before treatment(P < 0.05) but the difference between the two groups had no statistical significance(P > 0.05). In the 3rd and 7th days of the treatment,APACHEⅡ scores were significantly lower than before treatment(P<0.05),but the difference between the two groups was not statis-tically significant in the score(P>0.05).The two groups showed no significant difference in the recovery time of bowel sound,self-defecation recovery time,length of stay and hospitalization expenses(P > 0.05). Conclusions Refined mirabilite as adjuvant therapy in SAP with ACS,can effectively reduce the internal pressure,promote the intestinal function recovery,protect the intestinal mucosal barrier function,reduce intestinal bacteria and endotox-in translocation and the complications of infection.It has a similar clinical effect as Chaishao Chengqi Decoction to the recovery of the disease.

Progresses of immunomodulatory therapy in sever acute pancreatitis / 中华危重病急救医学

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is accompanied with complex pathogenic course and high mortality. The imbalance of immune response is an important cause which leads the SAP patients to the severe situation and even death. The immunomodulatory therapy can regulate the imbalance of inflammation, alleviate SAP-associated organ injury, and improve the prognosis of patients. Previous immunomodulatory therapy had some problems, such as single-object and simple-method. In recent years, some new methods of immunomodulatory therapy, such as regulating the apoptosis and mature of immune cells, applying of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and multi-regulation methods, provide some new ideas and hopes for SAP therapy. This paper reviewed the history and recent research progresses of SAP immunomodulatory therapy.

Progresses of immunomodulatory therapy in sever acute pancreatitis / 中华危重病急救医学

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is accompanied with complex pathogenic course and high mortality. The imbalance of immune response is an important cause which leads the SAP patients to the severe situation and even death. The immunomodulatory therapy can regulate the imbalance of inflammation, alleviate SAP-associated organ injury, and improve the prognosis of patients. Previous immunomodulatory therapy had some problems, such as single-object and simple-method. In recent years, some new methods of immunomodulatory therapy, such as regulating the apoptosis and mature of immune cells, applying of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and multi-regulation methods, provide some new ideas and hopes for SAP therapy. This paper reviewed the history and recent research progresses of SAP immunomodulatory therapy.

Clinical significance of combined detection of serum SAA,CRP,PCT and TAP in early diagnosis and treatment of severe acute pancreatitis / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To analyze the changes of serum amyloid A (SAA) ,C reactive protein (CRP) ,procalcitonin(PCT) and trypsin activated peptide(TAP) in the patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) ,and to evaluate the above 4 indexes combined detection in the diagnosis and treatment of AP .Methods The levels of SAA ,CRP ,PCT and TAP were detected in 21 cases of severe AP (SAP) and 49 cases of mild AP(MAP) .The detection results were compared with those in the healthy control group (n=50) .Re‐sults The levels of SAA ,CRP ,PCT and TAP had statistical differences between the patients with acute stage of SAP and MAP groups with the healthy control group(P<0 .01);the levels of SAA ,CRP ,PCT and TAP in the SPA group were significantly high‐er than those in the MAP group with statistical difference(P<0 .01) .The diagnostic efficiency of 4‐index combined detection was higher than that of single index detection .Conclusion The combined detection of SAA ,CRP ,PCT and TAP is conducive to early diagnosis and disease condition judgement of AP ,and has an important significance to the diagnosis and treatment of SAP .

Effect of hemofiltration on severe acute pancreatifis / 中华内分泌外科杂志

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of hemofiltration (HF) on severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods The data of 60 patients with SAP was retrospectively reviewed in terms of life vital signs, biochemical indexes and prognosis within 96 h. 30 cases (the average APACHE Ⅱ score was 16.64 ±4.21 ) underwent HF on the basis of traditional treatment while another 30 cases ( the average APACHE Ⅱ score was 15.05 ± 3.78) were treated traditionally. Results From the beginning to 96 h after treatment, vital signs and the biochemical indexes such as body temperature, respiration rate, heart rate, blood electrolytes, blood pressure, liver function and renal function were improved more obviously in patients who received HF treatment than those who only received traditional treatment. The hospitalization time was positively correlated with the disease onset time. Patients receiving HF treatment need shorter hospitalization time than patients receiving conventional treatment. There was no significant difference in terms of mortality rate between HF treatment group and conventional treatment group ( 16. 7% and 30% respectively). Conclusions HF treatment can improve some biochemical indexes and symptoms in SAP patients. For example, body temperature, respiration rate, heart rate,blood electrolytes, liver function, kidney function, lung function, abdominal pain and abdominal distension. It can shorten hospitalization time. However, HF has no significant effect on mortality rate.

Enteral feeding intolerance in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: causes and management / 肠外与肠内营养

Objective: To investigate the causes and management of enteral feeding intolerance in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods: The clinical data were retrospectively analyzed of 128 SAP patients who underwent enteral feeding treatment during the period from January 2006 to January 2008. Results: The rate of enteral feeding intolerance was significantly higher in the group of patients who didn' t use Flocare 800 pump, single-use enteral feeding tube and heater (10/50 or 20.0%) than that in the group of patients who used Flocare 800 pump, single-use enteral feeding tube and heater (5/78 or 6.4%). Conclusion: The possible risk factors of enteral feeding intolerance may be transfusional speed, temperature and concentration of nutritional fluid. Severity of acute pancreatitis is another important factor. Intestinal dysfunction should be noticed during the enteral nutritional support.

Effects of ecoimmunonutrition on intestinal barrier and pancreas in rats with severe acute pancreatitis / 中华临床营养杂志

@#Objective To explore the effects of ecoimmunonutrition support on the intestinal barrier function and pancreas in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods Totally 64 SPF rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (control group) , SAP without enteral nutrition support group (SAP group), SAP with early enteral nutrition support group (EEN group), and SAP with early ecoimmunonutrition support group (EIN group). Bacteria translocation (BT), plasma endotoxin (ET) , gut permeability, pancreas pathology score,and distant ileum pathology were determined on the 4th and 7th post-modeling day. Results The BT rate was significantly higher in SAP group, EEN group, and EIN group than in control group (P ＜ 0.05), was significantly lower in EEN group and EIN group than in SAP group (P ＜ 0.05), and was significantly lower in EIN group than in EEN group (P ＜ 0.05). ET and FD-40 levels in blood were both significantly higher in SAP group, EEN group, and EIN group than in control group (P ＜0.01)and were significantly lower in EIN group and EEN group than in SAP group (P ＜0.01); ET was significantly lower in EIN group than in control group (P ＜0.05). Pathological scores were significantly higher in SAP group, EEN group, and EIN group than in control group (P ＜0.01)and were significantly lower in EEN group and EIN group than in SAP group (P ＜ 0.01). The individual pathological scores of EIN group were not significantly different from EEN group (P ＞ 0.05), while the total score was significantly lower in EIN group than in EEN group (P ＞ 0.05). Distant iliac mucosa was significantly thicker in EIN group than in other groups. Conclusions Early enteral nutrition support protects the intestinal barrier and pancreas in rats with SAP. Ecoimmunonutrition has better nutritional effectiveness than the normal enteral nutrition.

Clinical analysis of hyperlipidemic sever acute pancreatitis / 中国综合临床

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of sever acute pancreatitis (SAP) with high triglyceride(TG). Methods 82 patients with onset of SAP within 72 hours were involved in this study. These patients were divided into high TG group (n=26) and normal TG group (n=56) according to serum TG lev-els tested (high TG group≥1.7 mmoL/L;normal TG group<1.7 mmol/L on admission). Results 31.71% (26/82) SAP patients were discovered with high TG APACHE-Ⅱ grade of high TG group was higher than that of normal TG group on admission[(14.62±7.58) vs (10.68±5.21),P<0.01]. Within the onset of 72 hours,the incidence of cardiac,pulmonary and kidney dysfunction in high TG group was higher than those of normal TG group (34.62%,34.62% and 19.23% vs 5.36%,3.57% and 1.79%,P<0.01),and the incidence of pancreatic pseudocysts was higher in high TG group than that of normal group(42.31% vs 7.14%,P<0.01). No emergency and early-stage surgical cases in high TG group but 13 cases(23.21%) in normal group. There were 2 cases of high TG group and 4 of normal group averting to operation. Conclusion SAP patients with high TG have high incidence of early-stage organ dysfunction and local complication,in this case nonsurgical intervention is the first choice.