International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To compare the effect of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic nursing and routine nursing on the treatment and rehabilitation of elderly patients with severe pneumonia. Methods Select 120 elderly patients with severe pneumonia treated in our hospital from June 2021 to June 2023, and randomly divide them into a control group and an observation group. Including TCM characteristic diet care, characteristic moxibustion care and characteristic emotional care, etc. The time of fever reduction, cough disappearance, pulmonary rales disappearance and hospitalization were compared between the two groups as the recovery index. At the same time, the pulmonary function index, blood gas index, respiratory mechanics index, blood routine index, psychological condition and life score index before and after the intervention were used to evaluate the treatment and rehabilitation effect of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic nursing on the elderly patients with severe pneumonia. Results The recovery index showed that the cough disappearance time, lung rales disappearance time and hospitalization time in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the routine nursing control group, but there was no significant difference in the fever reduction time between the two groups. The blood routine indexes showed that the control group and the observation group had significant improvement after the intervention compared with before the intervention, but there was no difference between the two groups; The results of pulmonary function related indicators, blood gas function related indicators, respiratory mechanics related indicators, and emotional status and life related scores showed that the control group and the observation group had significant improvement after the intervention compared with before the intervention. At the same time, after one month of intervention, the improvement effect of the observation group was significantly better than that of the control group. Conclusion TCM characteristic nursing can significantly improve the clinical related indicators of elderly patients with severe pneumonia, and is helpful for the treatment and rehabilitation of patients. It is worth promoting in clinical practice.

TCM characteristic nursing; Elderly severe pneumonia; Lung function; Blood gas function; Respiratory mechanics