Evaluation of the effect of optimizing the first anti-epileptic drug administration procedure in patients with severe epilepsy status / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the application effect of optimizing the anti-epileptic drug (AED) administration nursing procedure for patients with severe epilepsy at the first time after ICU admission.Methods:A quasi-experiment study was conducted by convenience sampling. The 44 patients with severe status epilepticus admitted in our department from January 2016 to December 2017 were selected as the control group .The 44 patients with status epilepticus admitted in our department from January 2018 to December 2019 were selected as the experimental group .The experimental group was implemented the optimized administration procedure after ICU admission. The control group was implemented the routine administration procedure after ICU admission. Some data of the two groups were compared, including baseline data, first administration time after admission, administration step time, AED dose reserve, and seizures at different time periods and so on.Results:Comparative analysis of the time of the first drug administration after admission into the two groups .The administration time of the control group was 31.0 (10.0-69.0) min, which was significantly longer than that of the experimental group, 25.0 (16.0-31.8) min ( χ2 value was -2.760, P<0.05). Comparison and analysis of the time taken for each step of drug administration The time taken for step 1(Patient admission—medical order confirmation) in the control group was significantly greater than that in the experimental group ( χ2 value was -2.811, P<0.05); step 2 (medical order confirmation—Prepare medicines)in the control group was significantly greater than that in the experimental group ( χ2 value was -4.327, P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the time taken for step 3(Prepare medicines—Drug delivery to complete)between the two groups ( χ2 value was -1.137, P>0.05). Control group AED reserve ratio 63.6% (28/44), experimental group AED reserve was 100.0% (44/44), and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 value was 19.556, P<0.05). Epilepsy control in two groups of patients the total control rate after the first administration of the experimental group was 93.2% (41/44), which was significantly higher than 61.4% (27/44) of the control group ( Z value was -3.445, P<0.001). Conclusion:It can shorten the time to first give AED and improve the patient's clinical symptoms that optimizing the first drug administration procedure for patients with status epilepticus after admission.