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Xiaowei Xiang1, Zhimin Zhang, Xiang Wang
1Department of Intensive Care Unit, Dongfeng Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442008, Hubei, China. Corresponding author: Xiang Xiaowei,
Objective:
Drug retention enema is a common therapy for various illnesses. However, it is impossible to keep the drug in the colon for a long time, due to the limitation of the current equipment, and it is unable to achieve the purpose of retention enema. A retention enema device was designed by the department of intensive care unit (ICU) of Dongfeng Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine. The retention enema device adds a spindle shaped inflatable air bag on the basis of the traditional enema device, which not only fix on the anus, but also prevent the leakage of enema fluid. It can achieve retention enema, play the enema drug effect fully, and significantly reduce the nursing workload, in addition, the silica gel material of the retention enema device ensures the comfort of the patients, the decompression air bag also avoids the damage of the high pressure of the spindle fixed air bag for the patients, which is worthy of clinical use.
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