Effectiveness of Nursing Strategies on Risk for Pneumonia Among Patients Connected to Mechanical Ventilator in Intensive Care Unit
Journal Title: International Journal of Experimental Research and Review - Year 2024, Vol 38, Issue 2
Abstract
It has been reported that the incidence of nosocomial infections in the ICU is about 2â5 times higher than in the general in-patient hospital population. The study's objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of Nursing Strategies on Risk for Pneumonia among Patients connected to Mechanical Ventilator in Intensive Care Unit. The study adopted randomized controlled trial. Forty patients were enrolled in the study after screening using CPIS scale. If the score <6 the patients were included in the study and eligibility criteria were age between 25 to 60 years, duration of ventilator 48 hours and medical patients with respiratory, renal, MODS, and sepsis diagnosis. Patients subjected to surgery and connected with non-invasive ventilation were excluded from the study. Standardized questionnaire such as demographic variables, clinical variables, and Clinical Pulmonary Infection Scoring (CPIS). The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent âtâ test, paired t test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Seven (35%) of them were in the age group of 51-60 years in the study group, whereas six (30%) of the patients were in the age group of 61-70 years in the control group. 12(60%) of the patients were male and eight (40%) of them were female in the study group and 10(50%) of patients were male and female respectively in the control group. Regarding mode of ventilation, 12(50%) and six (30%) of patients ventilator setting were CMV and ASV respectively, in the study group, whereas seven (35%) and six (30%) of patients ventilator settings were ASV and CMV respectively in the control group. The pretest CPIS mean score was 4.40 with a standard deviation of 0.59 and the posttest III mean value was 2.60 with a standard deviation of 0.58 and the mean difference was 1.80 between the pretest and the posttest III, which was statistically significant at p<0.001 in the study group. Nursing strategies such as demand suctioning, second hourly position change, changing ventilator flow sensor every 72 hours, and oral care every fourth hour with chlorhexidine help reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Authors and Affiliations
Gopinath Duraivelu , Porkodi Arjunan, Kavitha Ramanathan, Shenbaga Sundaram Subramanian, Manjula Annamalai, Poongodi Ramalingam
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- DOI 10.52756/ijerr.2024.v38.015
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