Application of acupressure of Neiguan and Hegu point in gastric intubation / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effect of acupressure to relieve the adverse effect of patients and success rate of intubation during gastric tube insertion. Methods We divided 90 pancreatitis patients into the observation group and the control group randomly with 45 cases in each group.Routine intubation method was used in the control group.While in the observation group we gave acupressure of Neiguan and Hegu point based in the routine method.Then we compared the changes in heart rate,bucking,nausea,vomiting and other adverse effect as well as the one-time success rate of intubation.Results Changes in heart rate before and after intubation in the control group were significantly different(P<0.05).The incidence rate of adverse effect in the control group was 51.1%and rate of repeated intubation was 26.7%.In the observation group changes in heart rate was not evident(P>0.05).The incidence rate of adverse effect in the observation group was 4.4%and the one-time success rate of intubation was 97.8%.Conclusion It proved effective to use acupressure of Neiguan and Hegu point during gastric intubation for gastrointestinal decompression.