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. 2021 Aug 15;13(8):9694-9700.
eCollection 2021.

Study on the value of nasogastric tube nutrition nursing in critical patients with indwelling nasogastric tube

Li Zhang  1 , Xiuli Zhu  2 , Yurong He  3 , Guiqin Zhang  4
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Study on the value of nasogastric tube nutrition nursing in critical patients with indwelling nasogastric tube

Li Zhang et al. Am J Transl Res. .

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the application value of nasogastric tube nutrition nursing in critical patients with an indwelling nasogastric tube.

Methods: A total of 130 patients who were hospitalized in the ICU of our hospital and retained nasogastric tubes from January 2019 to January 2020 were selected as the research subjects, and they were divided into a control group (n=65, routine nursing) and an observation group (n=65, nasogastric tube nutrition nursing) according to a random number table method. The nutrition index level, gastrointestinal complications, adverse events, Glasgow coma index (GCS) score, acute physiology and chronic health (APACHE II), and quality of life score of the two groups were compared.

Results: The serum prealbumin, serum transferrin, and serum albumin after nursing were higher than those before nursing, and the observation group was higher than the control group; the observation group had lower incidence of diarrhea, constipation and gastric retention; the incidence of adverse events in the observation group was lower as well; the GCS score of the observation group after nursing was higher in comparison with the control group, while APACHE II score in the observation group was lower; the observation group had higher quality of life score as compared with the control group.

Conclusion: The application of nasogastric tube nutritional nursing in critical patients with an indwelling nasogastric tube has high therapeutic value and is worthy of promotion.

Keywords: Nasogastric tube; critically ill patients; nutritional nursing; value.

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Comparison of quality of life scores between two groups. Note: * represents P<0.05.
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