Intra-abdominal pressure in third trimester pregnancy complicated by acute pancreatitis: an observational study.

Background: It is known that intra-abdominal hypertension has high morbidity in acute pancreatitis and has detrimental effects on patients. For third trimester pregnancy complicated by acute pancreatitis, the intra-abdominal pressure may have its own characteristic. This article will discuss this clinical scenario.

[Continuous renal replacement therapy and negative fluid balance improves renal function and prognosis of patients with acute kidney injury in sepsis].

Objective: To investigate the influence of fluid balance and model of renal replacement therapy (RRT) on renal function and prognosis of patients suffering from septic acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis of 117 septic AKI patients who had undergone RRT between January 2009 and December 2014 was performed in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. The patients were divided into positive fluid balance group (n = 52) and negative fluid balance group (n = 65) according to the total amount of fluid calculated from the difference between fluid administered and fluid lost during the first 1 week of RRT.

[Risk factors of bloodstream infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae and related prognostic factors in general intensive care unit].

Objective: To explore the risk factors and its related prognostic factors of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections caused by enterobacteriaceae in general intensive care unit (GICU).

Methods: The clinical data of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections caused by enterobacteriaceae in general intensive care unit from January 2007 to December 2012 were retrospectively analyzed to determine the risk factors and explore the related prognostic factors of bloodstream infections by mono-factor and Logistic regression analysis.

Results: There were 35 cases BSI caused by enterobacteriaceae in all 96 patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections and the mortality was 42.