Application effect of clinical pathways in children pneumonia patients：a meta-analysis / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To systematically evaluate the application effect of clinical pathways in children pneumonia patients by u-sing the system analysis .Methods Published RCT in children pneumonia patients were searched and screened in CNKI ,VIP ,CBM-disc and Wanfang datebase under present standards .The quality of the included studies were evaluated and statistical analyzed by RevMan5 .0 software .Results Total 17 literatures including 2 717 cases were eligible to the criteria (1 359 in clinical pathways group and 1 358 in control group)altogether .The system analysis showed there were significant difference between the clinical path-way group and the traditional treatment group in grasp of health knowledge [RR=1 .30 ,95% CI(1 .17 -1 .44) ,P<0 .01] ,rate of patients ,satisfaction[RR=1 .17 ,95% CI(1 .13 -1 .21) ,P<0 .01] ,length of hospital stay [WMD= -2 .90 ,95% CI(-3 .93 - -1 .86) ,P<0 .01] ,hospitalization expenses[WMD= -620 .02 ,95% CI(-838 .99 - -401 .04) ,P<0 .01] ,the body temperature to restore normal time[WMD= -1 .67 ,95% CI(-2 .10- -1 .23) ,P<0 .01] ,lung sound disappear time[WMD= -1 .80 ,95% CI(-2 .15- -1 .45) ,P<0 .01] .Conclusion Clinical pathways is superior compared with the traditional treatment for children pneumo-nia patients ,be worthy of spread in clinical .