Application of raw rhubarb acupoint sticking with nasal feeding therapy among severe acute pancreatitis patients complicated with the paralytic ileus

Objective To observe curative effect of rhubarb acupoint sticking with nasal feeding therapy among severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) patients complicated with the paralytic ileus. Methods During July 2012 to April 2014 in Gastroenterology Department in Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, a total of 40 SAP inpatients were divided into experimental group and control group by random number table. All patients in the two groups received routine anti-infection, fluid infusion treatment, but the patients of experimental group underwent rhubarb acupoint sticking of Shenque Point with nasal feeding therapy while patients were taken placebo of Shenque point and nasal feeding therapy in the control group. We observed patient′s recovery time of bowl sound, time of first self defecation, recovery time of hemodlastase, local complication and mortality in two groups. Results The recovery time of bowl sound, time of first self defecation, recovery time of hemodlastase were (2.85±1.04), (3.55±1.32) and (8.85±2.30) d in the experimental group lower than these of the control group (t=2.226, 2.332, 2.067, respectively; P 0.05). Conclusions Rhubarb acupoint sticking with nasal feeding therapy can minimize the lasting time of paralytic ileus, reduce complication, enhance peristalsis function and clinical effect and operation, and is worth of clinical promotion. Key words: Severe acute pancreatitis; Paralytic ileus; Raw rhubarb; Acupoint sticking