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Effect of comprehensive nursing intervention in children with respiratory failure
Qinling Teng1, Qinyao Jia2, Mei Ju1
1School of Nursing, Southwest Medical University Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Insights
Comprehensive nursing intervention significantly improved outcomes for pediatric patients with respiratory failure. This approach enhanced clinical effects, reduced negative emotions, and shortened hospital stays, proving its value in clinical practice.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric critical care
- Nursing interventions
- Respiratory failure management
Background:
- Pediatric respiratory failure is a critical condition requiring effective management strategies.
- Conventional nursing care may not fully address the complex needs of these patients.
- The impact of comprehensive nursing interventions on pediatric respiratory failure outcomes requires further investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive nursing intervention in managing pediatric patients experiencing respiratory failure.
- To compare clinical outcomes, patient emotional well-being, and satisfaction between comprehensive and conventional nursing care.
Main Methods:
- A retrospective study involving 60 pediatric patients with respiratory failure.
- Patients were divided into a control group (conventional care) and an observation group (comprehensive nursing intervention).
- Key indicators assessed included clinical effects, emotional scores (anxiety, depression), SF-36 quality of life scores, symptom duration, blood gas indices, lung function, and nursing satisfaction.
Main Results:
- The comprehensive nursing intervention group showed significantly better clinical effects compared to the control group.
- Patients receiving comprehensive care reported lower anxiety and depression scores, improved blood gas and lung function indicators, and shorter symptom resolution times (pulmonary rales, cyanosis, dyspnea).
- The observation group experienced shorter hospital stays, higher SF-36 quality of life scores, and greater nursing satisfaction (P<0.05).
Conclusions:
- Comprehensive nursing intervention is superior to conventional care for pediatric patients with respiratory failure.
- This approach effectively improves clinical outcomes, enhances patient quality of life, and increases satisfaction.
- Comprehensive nursing intervention demonstrates significant clinical benefits and warrants widespread adoption in practice.
Objective:
To investigate the effect of comprehensive nursing intervention in the management of pediatric patients with respiratory failure.
Methods:
A total of 60 pediatric patients were selected as research subjects, and the clinical data were collected and retrospectively investigated. The patients were divided either into a control group (n=30) or an observation group (n=30) according to the nursing care methods. Pediatric patients from the observation group underwent comprehensive nursing intervention, while those in the control group received conventional nursing care intervention. The clinical effects, negative emotions, SF-36 scores, hospital stays, clinical symptom indicators, blood gas indices, lung function indicators and the nursing satisfaction rates were compared between the two groups.
Results:
The clinical effect in the observation group was significantly better than that in the control group. Compared with those in the control group, significantly lower scores of the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and the Self-Rating Depression Scale were observed in the observation group. The indicators associated with blood gas and lung function in the observation group were significantly improved in contrast to those in the control group. Moreover, the disappearance time of pulmonary rales, disappearance time of cyanochroia, alleviation time of dyspnea and hospital stays in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group, while the SF-36 scores and the nursing satisfaction rate in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (all P<0.05).
Conclusion:
Comprehensive nursing intervention significantly improved clinical treatment effects and patient satisfaction, alleviated the clinical symptoms, increased life quality and shortened hospital stay. So, it is worth being promoted in clinical practice.
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