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Effect of care bundles in the nursing of severe pneumonia
Jing Li1, Meiqin Wang1, Lingling Peng1
1Emergency Intensive Care Unit, The People's Hospital of Langfang City Langfang, China.
Objective:
To explore the effect of care bundles and analyze the influence of different angles of turning over on the sputum excretion of mechanically ventilated patients with severe pneumonia.
Methods:
120 patients with severe pneumonia in our hospital from October 2016 to October 2019 were equally randomized into four groups, each with 30, according to the date of admission. The control group was given conventional nursing and placed in a position of left 30°-half lying-right 30°; the group A was given comprehensive care bundles and placed in a position of left 30°-half lying-right 30°; the group B was given comprehensive care bundles and placed in a position of left 45°-half lying-right 45°, and the group C was given comprehensive care bundles and placed in a position of 60° left-half lying-60° right. The respiratory rates and oxygenation indexes of patients in the three groups (group A, B, C) in lateral position at 2 h and 6 h respectively before and after mechanical ventilation were compared. And we compared the nursing efficiency and satisfaction.
Results:
The control group showed lower nursing efficiency and satisfaction compared with the group A (P<0.05). The group B and C showed higher oxygenation index after six hours of ventilation compared with group A (P<0.05). After two hours of mechanical ventilation, the group B and C showed lower respiratory rate and higher oxygenation index compared with the group A, and the respiratory rate and oxygenation index of the group B were closest to the normal range (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
The sputum excretion effect of mechanically ventilated patients with severe pneumonia was the best if they were placed in a position of left 45°-half lying-right 45° and given comprehensive care bundles.
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