Correlation between shock index and inflammation, oxidative stress as well as target organ damage in patients with sepsis

Objective:To study the correlation between shock index and inflammation, oxidative stress as well as target organ damage in patients with sepsis.Methods: A total of 70 patients with sepsis treated in our hospital between March 2013 and May 2016 were collected and divided into no shock group (SI<0.5) (n=11), general shock group (0.5 SI 2) (n=42) and severe shock group (SI>2.0) (n=17) according to the shock index (SI). Immediately after admission, serum levels of inflammatory factors, oxidative stress indexes and liver function indexes were detected.Results:Serum interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs), total bilirubin (TB),γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels of severe shock group and general shock group were higher than those of no shock group while anti-inflammatory factors interleukin-10 (IL-10), interleukin-13 (IL-13), soluble tumor necrosis factor receptorⅠ(sTNF-RI), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) levels were lower than those of no shock group;serum IL-1β, IL-8, TNF-α, AOPPs, TB, GGT and ALT levels of severe shock group were higher than those of general shock group while IL-10, IL-13, sTNF-RI, CAT, GSH-Px and SOD levels were lower than those of general shock group.Conclusion:The higher the shock index in patients with sepsis, the more severe the inflammation, oxidative stress and target organ damage, and the two are positively correlated.

A numerical local orthogonal transform method forstratified waveguides

Flattening of the interfaces is necessary in computing wave propagation along strati?ed waveguides in large range step sizes while using marching methods. When the supposition that there exists one horizontal straight line in two adjacent interfaces does not hold, the previously suggested local orthogonal transform method with an analytical formulation is not feasible. This paper presents a numerical coordinate transform and an equation transform to perform the transforms numerically for waveguides without satisfying the supposition. The boundary value problem is then reduced to an initial value problem by one-way reformulation based on the Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) map. This method is applicable in solving long-range wave propagation problems in slowly varying waveguides with a multilayered medium structure.