Comparison of the efficacy for early warning systems in predicting obstetric critical illness.

Objective: To validate the accuracy of four early warning scores for early identification of women at risk.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of pregnant women admitted in obstetrics Critical Care Unit (ICU). Capacity of the Modified Obstetric Early Warning Score (MOEWS), ICNARC Obstetric Early Warning Score (OEWS), Maternal Early Obstetric Warning System (MEOWS chart), and Maternal Early Warning Trigger (MEWT) were compared in predicting severe maternal morbidity.

[Low Plasma High Density Lipoprotein-cholesterol Level Associated with Deep Vein Thrombosis in Traumatic Fracture Patients].

Objective: To explore the association of plasma high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in traumatic fracture patients.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study in 1 054 traumatic fracture patients admitted between April 2012 and December 2014. 188 cases were divided into DVT and others (=866) into control group based on ultrasound results.

Therapy of central pontine myelinolysis following living donor liver transplantation: Report of three cases.

We analyzed the clinical manifestations and experiences of diagnosing and treating central pontine myelinolysis following living donor liver transplantation. The clinical data of three patients with central pontine myelinolysis following living donor liver transplantation from January 2005 to November 2007 were retrospectively analyzed at the West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China. The three patients developed hyponatremia prior to surgery.

[Carbapenem restriction reduce the incidence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in ventilator associated pneumonia].

Objective: To determine the relation of carbapenem restriction with the incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii in ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).

Methods: Twenty-six patients admitted to the intensive care unit, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, from June to December in 2007, with confirmed VAP were randomized to two groups: conventional group (14 cases) and carbapenem restriction group (12 cases). All sputum samples were collected throughout the trial.

[The crush syndrome patients combined with kidney failure after Wenchuan earthquake].

Objective: To retrospectively analysis the treatment characteristics of the systemic situation in patients with crush syndrome after Wenchuan earthquake happened in May 12th, 2008.

Methods: Forty-nine patients with crush syndrome and subsequent acute renal failure (ARF) due to the earthquake were treated in West China Hospital. All of patients had been rescued from buildings that collapsed in Wenchuan earthquake.

[Clinical features and outcome of infection of type 2 Streptococcus suis in human].

Objective: To analysis the clinical features and efficacy of treatment for patients with type 2 Streptococcus suis (S. suis 2) infection, and to inform better diagnosis and treatment of S. suis 2.