Effect of Z type in patients with stroke-related pneumonia / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effect of Z type lateral decubitus position in patients with stroke-related pneumonia.Methods:Totally 52 patients with stroke-related pneumonia admitted to the neurology care unit in Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao) were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group with 26 cases in each group from February to December 2021.The control group adopted routine position management, and the observation group adopted the Z type lateral decubitus position to observe. The differences in sputum volume, clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS), blood oxygen saturation change, and hospital stay between the two groups were compared.Results:The SpO 2 was 0.966 ± 0.210 in the observation group and 0.948 ± 0.223 in the control group on the 7th day after the implementation of the measures. There was a significant difference between the two groups ( t=3.07, P<0.01). The sputum aspiration volume of the observation group was (30.65 ± 10.01), (39.27 ± 11.30), (36.92 ± 12.94) ml on the 1st, 3rd, 7th day after the implementation of the measures, which were significantly higher than those of the control group (24.81 ± 9.55), (28.92 ± 9.40), (27.65 ± 7.85) ml. The differences were statistically significant ( t=2.16, 3.59, 3.12, P<0.05). On the 7th day after implementation, the CPIS score of the observation group was 4.54 ± 1.63, which was better than that of the control group 5.46±1.61 ( t=-2.06, P<0.05). The average length of stay in the observation group was (13.35 ± 2.74) d, which was significantly shorter than (15.46 ± 4.42) d in the control group ( t=-2.07, P<0.05). Conclusions:The use of Z type lateral decubitus position has a positive significance for the rehabilitation and recovery of patients with stroke-related pneumonia. This position can promote sputum drainage and improve patients pulmonary function, accelerate the dissipation of patient inflammation, and reduce the length of hospital stay.