Oral lavage in coma patients with tracheotomy

VernacularTitle:口腔灌洗法在气管切开昏迷患者中的应用
Author: Hai-E HAN ¹ ; Ai-Xu WU ; Xia MA ; Lin-Hui ZHANG ; Cong-Juan AN
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1. 050000 河北医科大学第二医院神经外科
Keywords: Oral nursing; Coma; Tracheotomy; Oral complications; Pulmonary infections
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2011;17(30):3625-3627
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To compare oral lavage and traditional oral nursing method in coma patients with tracheotomy regarding their clinical effects.Methods 600 coma patients with tracheotomy suffering from pulmonary infection and/or oral complications were randomly divided into control group ( n =300 ) and observation group (n =300).The observation group was administered with gauze balls and oral lavage; the control group was nursed with the traditional method.The clinical effects of both groups with respect to oral stench,swollen bleeding gums,oral ulcers,pulmonary infections were compared.Results The improvement rate of oral stench,swollen bleeding gums,oral ulcers and pulmonary infections in the observation group surpassed that in the control group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Gauze balls and oral lavage in coma patients with tracheotomy is superior to the traditional method with respect with clinical effects,therefore it has clinical significance to some extent.