Effect of intensive control of residual amount in stomach on prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of intensive control of residual amount in stomach on prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia(VAP)during the process of enteral nutrition. Methods 96 patients with mechanical ventilation(MV) more than 48 hours were randomly divided into the case group and the control group, they were treated with intensive control and common control of residual amount in stomach respectively. The incidence rate of VAP, mortality rate, time of ventilation and hospitalization time were compared between the two groups. Results The incidence rate of VAP was 20.83% in the case group and mortality rate was 18.75%,the time of MV was(15.21±2.36)days, the hospitalization time was(22.38±12.34)days. The incidence rate of VAP wag 39.58%.mortality rate was 39.58%,the time of MV wag(19.85±4.58)days, the hospitalization time was(29.46±15.24)days in the control group. Conclusions Intensive control of residual amount in stomach could be helpful to decrease the incidence of VAP and mortality rate of patients with mechanical ventilation using nasal feeding, also shorten the time of MV and the hospitalization time.