2012•Journal of Shandong Medical CollegeRequires access

THE EFFECTS OF NURSING INTERVENTION ON PREVENTING VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN NEWBORNS

Ping Du

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Objective To explore the effects of nursing intervention on preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP) in newborns.Methods 79 child patients treated with ventilator were randomly divided into the contrast group of 39 cases and the observation group of 40 cases.The contrast group was treated with routine nursing measures and the observation group was treated with nursing intervention in addition to the routine nursing measures.The rates of VAP in both groups were compared.Results The rates of VAP in the observation group and the contrast group were 20% and 41% respectively(χ2=4.13,P0.05).Conclusion Nursing intervention can effectively reduce the incidence of VAP and is of great significance to the prognosis.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Ventilator-associated pneumonia, Pneumonia, Incidence (geometry), Nursing, Intervention (counseling), Internal medicine, Optics