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.

Application and Optimization of the Rheological Model for a Hydrophobically Associating Dendrimer Polymer.

Polymer flooding is one of the most important enhancing oil recovery (EOR) technologies in the world. With the optimization of polymer synthesis, the performance of polymer solutions has been greatly improved, which can adapt to more complex oil and gas reservoirs. However, with the continuous improvement of the properties of polymer solutions, the elastic property of polymer solutions is significantly improved, and the rheological law has also changed.

Decreased serum uric acid in patients with traumatic brain injury or after cerebral tumor surgery.

Objectives: To investigate changes in sUA in patients with TBI or patients after cerebral tumor surgery and the possible mechanism of these changes.

Methods: This prospective cohort study enrolled patients with TBI or underwent cerebral tumor surgery at West China Hospital, China, from November 2014 to May 2018. Serum UA (sUA) levels, urine excretion, UA oxidant product allantoin and other clinical parameters were assessed.

The seepage flow characteristics of hydrophobically associated polymers with different aggregation behaviours in porous media.

The polymer solution for oil displacement is subjected to strong shear action in practical application, and this action will affect its percolation characteristics in porous media. The effects of mechanical shearing on the solution properties and seepage characteristics of modified hydrophobically associated polymers and dendrimers with two different aggregation behaviours were studied. The results showed that mechanical shearing did not affect hydrophobic microzones.

[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.

Efficacy and safety of electro-acupuncture treatment in improving the consciousness of patients with traumatic brain injury: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a leading cause of death among young people worldwide. Survivors may live with a long-term TBI-related disability or even develop a disorder of consciousness resulting in poor life quality and shortened life expectancy. Thus far, very few approaches have been found to be effective in the consciousness recovery of these patients.

Robinetinidol-(4beta-->8)-epigallocatechin 3-O-gallate, a galloyl dimer prorobinetinidin from Acacia mearnsii De Wild, effectively protects human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells against acrolein-induced oxidative damage.

Acrolein is a highly electrophilic alpha, beta-unsaturated aldehyde to which humans are exposed in many situations and has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. A galloyl dimer prorobinetinidin from Acacia mearnsii De Wild, robinetinidol-(4beta-->8)-epigallocatechin 3-O-gallate (REO), has antioxidant properties and could protect brain against acrolein-induced oxidative damage. In this study, the molecular basis of acrolein-induced cytotoxicity in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells and the modulating effects of REO were examined.

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.