The Clinical Impact of Refined Nursing Intervention on Severe Neonatal Pneumonia Accompanied by Respiratory Failure.

BACKGROUND

Neonatal pneumonia is a common respiratory disease in the neonatal period, often accompanied by respiratory failure. In addition to timely treatment, effective nursing is essential.

OBJECTIVE

We attempted to determine the clinical effect of refined nursing applied to the nursing of patients with severe neonatal pneumonia accompanied by respiratory failure.

DESIGN

This was a randomized controlled study.

SETTING

This study was performed in the Neonatal Department, The First Hospital of China Medical University.

PARTICIPANTS

A total of 60 newborns with severe pneumonia and respiratory failure diagnosed and treated in the neonatal intensive care unit of our hospital between January 2022 and December 2022 were selected and assigned to either the control group (CG) or the experimental group (EG) based on the random number table method, with 30 patients in each group.

INTERVENTIONS: The CG received conventional nursing intervention and the EG received refined nursing intervention.

PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Symptom improvement time; (2) blood gas indicators; (3) vital signs; (4) complication occurrence rate and (5) nursing satisfaction.

RESULTS

The improvement time of cough, shortness of breath and wheezing in the EG was decreased compared with the CG (P < .05). After nursing, the EG exhibited higher partial arterial oxygen pressure and blood oxygen saturation levels and lower partial arterial carbon dioxide pressure relative to the control group (P < .05). After nursing, the heart and respiratory rates in both groups were decreased compared with before nursing, and in the EG group were decreased in comparison with the CG (P < .05). The incidence of adverse events in the EG was lower in comparison with the CG (P < .05). Nursing satisfaction in the EG was higher compared with the CG.

CONCLUSION

The application of refined nursing in the clinical nursing of patients with neonatal pneumonia accompanied by respiratory failure can facilitate improvement in their condition, improve blood gas indicators and vital signs and prevent adverse events.