International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To explore and analyze the application effect and advantages of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing program (pediatric massage + acupoint application + traditional Chinese medicine hot compress) in the clinical treatment of children with typhoid fever. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 80 children with typhoid fever and Salmonella enteritis admitted to the Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from January 2023 to October 2025. These 80 children were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 40 cases in each group. The control group received routine anti-infection treatment and standard nursing care, while the observation group received integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing care in addition to the routine treatment. The study compared the improvement time of clinical symptoms, length of hospital stay, TCM syndrome scores, inflammatory markers (CRP, IL-6), and adverse reactions between two groups of children. Results The total effective rate in the observation group was 95.0%, significantly higher than the 85.0% in the control group (P<0.05). The disappearance time of symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, and vomiting, as well as the length of hospital stay, were shorter in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). The improvement in TCM syndrome scores after treatment was better in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). The decrease in CRP and IL-6 levels was greater in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). Family satisfaction with nursing care was higher in the observation group (97.5%) than in the control group (80.5%) (P<0.05). The incidence of skin-related adverse reactions (15) was higher in the observation group (37.5%) than in the control group (7.5%) (P<0.05). Conclusion The integrated TCM and Western medicine nursing program can safely and effectively alleviate the clinical symptoms of children with typhus, shorten the course of disease, improve inflammatory markers, and increase family satisfaction.

Typhus; Pediatric massage; Acupoint application; Pediatric enteritis; Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing