International Research in Chinese Medicine

Objective To analyze the feasibility of rapid rehabilitation nursing and traditional Chinese medicine characteristic diet guidance for orthopedic patients before and after surgery. Methods The total number of cases in this study was 100, all of whom were orthopedic patients treated and cared for in our hospital from December 2022 to December 2023. They were evenly divided into control group and observation group according to the principle of odd and even randomization, and the traditional Chinese medicine characteristic diet guidance under the mode of conventional diet management and rapid rehabilitation was applied respectively. Clinical indexes, quality of life score, postoperative complications, rehabilitation indexes, limb function, daily living ability and patient satisfaction were evaluated and analyzed in the two groups. Results After intervention, the incidence of postoperative complications in the observation group was lower than that in the control group, the clinical indicators including fatigue, nausea, vomiting and pain were lower, and the quality of life scores including physical, role, emotional, cognitive and social scores and patient satisfaction were higher. The inter-group value P < 0.05 indicated that there was comparative significance. Conclusion The application of TCM diet guidance in the mode of rapid rehabilitation before and after surgery for orthopedic patients has significant nursing effects, which can effectively shorten the time of functional improvement and rehabilitation of patients, reduce the occurrence of complications, improve their comfort and immune function, and improve the clinical satisfaction of patients, and is worthy of clinical promotion.

Rapid rehabilitation model; Department of Orthopedics; Surgery; Traditional Chinese medicine diet guidance