Acupressure combined with press needles for prevention of gastroscopy-induced nausea and vomiting / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the clinical effects of acupressure at Neiguan (PC 6) combined with press needles for prevention of gastroscopy-induced nausea and vomiting.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty patients who were scheduled to gastroscopy for the first time were randomly assigned into an acupressure group and a combined treatment group, 60 cases in each one.The patients in the two groups were treated with acupressure at Neiguan (PC 6) 15 min before gastroscopy; moreover, the patients in the combined treatment group were additionally treated with press needles at Neiguan (PC 6) until the end of gastroscopy. The time of gastroscopy-induced nausea and vomiting, VAS-based nausea and vomiting scale and the state-trait anxiety inventory were compared between the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The time of gastroscopy-induced nausea and vomiting in the combined treatment group was lower than that in the acupressure group (<0.05); the score of VAS-based nausea and vomiting scale in the combined treatment group was lower than that in the acupressure group (<0.05); the state-trait anxiety inventory was not significantly different between the two groups, before and after gastroscopy (all>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Acupressure at Neiguan (PC 6) combined with press needles can relieve gastroscopy-induced nausea and vomiting without increasing anxiety.</p>

Bacteria and Drug Resistance Study of Respiratory Tract Infection for ICU Patients with Tracheostomy / 中华医院感染学杂志

OBJECTIVE To investigate the respiratory tract infection rate,pathogenic organism and drug resistance for the patients with tracheotomy and endotracheal incubation in ICU,and to provide first-hand information for diseases prevention and clinical treatment.METHODS Fifty eight patients admitted in our hospital ICU from Dec 2006 to May 2007 were analyzed for their pathogenic organisms of lower respiratory tract infection,drug resistance,underlying diseases and age.RESULTS Pathogenic organisms from sputum culture for 58 patients with tracheotomy and endotracheal incubation were all positive.A total of 139 strains of pathogenic organisms have been found.Among them 106 were Gram-negative bacteria,accounted for 76.3%,and 26 were Gram-positive bacteria,accounted for 18.7% and 7 were fungi,accounted for 5%.From sputum culture of 29 patients Burkholderia cepacia was positive,which was the No.1 bacterial infection,accounted for 20.7% of total.Drug sensitive test for most Gram-negative bacteria showed resistance.CONCLUSIONS Bacteria infection of respiratory tract of the patients with mechanic ventilation in ICU is mostly Gram-negative.Clinical doctors should emphasize the inspection of pathogenic infection regularly and its drug resistance evaluation,to administer appropriate antibiotics.