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Nursing Care of Cerebral Injury Patients Complicated with Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema undergoing Mechanical Ventilation

Shugang Sun

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Objective:To explore the nursing experience for the neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) occurred after cerebral inju-ry,and to improve the success rate of treating. Methods:18 patients with NPE were reviewed from 2000 to 2007 and the methods of nursing care were concluded. Results:The pulmonary edema was disappeared in eleven patients and seven patients died due to NPE. After following up for 3 to 12 months,four died and one got to vegetable state,one severely disabled,two middle disabled and three well recovered. Conclusions:Patients with cerebral injury complicated with NPE had a bad prognosis. Ventilation was an effective method for the treatment of NPE and might improve the recovery rate of the patients.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Cerebral edema, Anesthesia, Mechanical ventilation, Pulmonary edema, Ventilation (architecture), Edema, Nursing care