Intense anthropogenic activities in a karst area will inevitably change the regional groundwater environment and affect the characteristics of the karst groundwater, such as the hydrochemistry and water quality. It is of great importance to study the evolution characteristics of the hydrochemistry and water quality of karst groundwater under intense anthropogenic activities to ensure the stability and sustainable development of karst ecosystems. In this study, a representative synclinal basin-type karst groundwater system in northern China was used as the study object, and the effects of intense anthropogenic activities on the evolution of the hydrochemistry and water quality of the karst groundwater were analyzed using a comprehensive application of a groundwater quality assessment, a multivariate statistical analysis, a hydrogeochemical analysis, and multi-factor regime monitoring of the karst groundwater quality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the effects of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) on serum cytokines and prognosis in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) patients based on different therapeutic opportunities.
Methods: A total of 34 MODS patients in the treatment of CRRT after admission to ICU of our hospital between July 2008 and October 2010 were recruited. Based on the time interval from the onset of MODS to the initiation of CRRT, the patients were stratified into early group (0 - 3 days, n = 16) and late group (4 - 10 days, n = 18).