Objective To explore the differences of patient comfort and nursing workload between ultrasound guidance on upper arm placement of PICC and traditional placement of PICC, and to provide a reference for correct selection of catheter way. Methods Using a nonrandomized controlled study, a total of 1 116 patients were divided into the control group and the observation group, patients with traditional placement of PICC were set as the control group, and the patients with upper arm placement of PICC were named as the observation group. The patient comfort and workload of use and maintenance of PICC by nurses were compared between two groups. Results The incidence of catheter sliding out of PICC in the observation group was 1.9%(7/365), obviously higher than that of the control group, which was 0.3%(2/751), the difference was significant (χ2=8.37,P=0.007). The patient comfort had no statistical significance between two groups (t=2.13,P=0.082). The workload of use and maintenance of PICC in the observation group were (1.87±0.31) min and (9.16±1.07) min ,which were obviously higher than that of the control group [(0.85±0.16) min and(7.22±2.13) min] in winter (t=4.39, P=0.022;t=3.44, P=0.041), but there was no statistical significance between two groups in summer (P>0.05). Conclusions The workload of use and maintenance of PICC on upper arm placement was higher than traditional placement of PICC in winter, but the obvious differences of patient comfort and nursing workload in summer between the two PICC groups were not been found.

Objective To observe the effects of electro-acupuncture ( EA ) on learning, memory and the morphology of hippocampal neural tissues in rats with a model of chronic cerebral ischemia.Methods One hundred and twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. Chronic cerebral ischemia models were successfully established in 104 of them, and those rats were randomly divided into an EA group and a model group with 52 rats each. These were further subdivided into 1,2, 4 and 6 week subgroups with 13 rats in each. The EA group was given EA. The changes in spatial learning and memory ability were observed using a Morris water maze. The morphological changes in hippocampal nerve tissue were observed by HE staining.Results The escape latency in the EA group was significantly different from the model group at the 2nd, 4th and 6th week. The nerve cells in the dentate gyrus were more tightly and consistently lined-up and had rich layers, and the structures in the EA group were better than in the model group.Conclusions EA can improve spatial learning and memory and promote the repair of injury after cerebral ischemia.

Objective: To explore the application of intelligent real-time monitoring in infusion safety. Methods: Totally 1 200 patients who received intravenous infusion from November 2017 to June 2018 in the Department of gastroenterology were selected as the study subjects. With system sampling method, 600 patients were selected as observation group who using Intelligent infusion system to monitor the infusion process. Another 600 patients were selected as control group without using the system. The current use rate of infusion fluid, the severity of local exudation during intravenous infusion, the blocking rate of intravenous pathway, the number of nurses dealing with dripping empty infusion of two groups and the rate of erroneous running caused by patients′ wrong ringing or false alarm of intelligent infusion system were compared between the two groups. Results: The current use rate of infusion fluid in the observation group was 91.33% (548/600) higher than 80.00% (480/600) in the control group (χ²=31.382, P<0.01). The severity of local exudation of intravenous infusion and the obstruction rate of venous access in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (u=415.500, χ²=20.345, P<0.05 or 0.01). The number of nurses in the observation group was lower than 202 in the control group (χ²=93.574, P<0.01). Conclusion The application of intelligent real-time monitoring in infusion can record the dynamic situation of infusion in real time. It can not only improve the quality management level of infusion, but also be accurate, efficient and safe, which is conductive to the treatment and nursing of patients.