ObjectiveTo explore the nursing method to avoid rupture of intracranial aneurysm during induction of anesthesia. MethodWe retrospectively analyzed the nursing method for 428 patients with aneurysm during the induction of anesthesia between October 2012 and October 2013. According to the causes of rupture of intracranial aneurysm (anxiety, tension, excitement, sudden elevation of blood pressure, physical labor), we adopted nursing methods to avoid those causes, and implemented targeted nursing methods during induction of anesthesia. ResultsNo intracranial aneurysm rupture occurred in these 428 aneurysm patients during induction of anesthesia. Two patients' absolute value of systolic blood pressure was below 80 mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa) during induction of anesthesia, and the vital signs of other patients kept normal. The number of intraoperative rupture cases was 3. When discharged from hospital, there were 385 patients with good prognosis, 39 patients with bad prognosis, and 4 death cases. ConclusionsTargeted nursing method based on patients' particular situation during induction of anesthesia can effectively control patients' emotion, stabilize fluctuations in hemodynamic indexes, decrease the incidence of aneurysm rupture, improve surgery treatment effect of intracranial aneurysm clipping, decrease complications, and improve patients' prognosis.
ObjectiveTo provide reference for major hospital operating room management in China by summarizing the main results from articles involving cancellation of elective operations. MethodsWe systematically searched PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP and Wanfang databases up to January 31, 2016. The main results of eligible articles were described. ResultsA total of 37 articles were included, one of which was not included for further qualitative analysis due to low quality. The research type of included studies were retrospective studies and prospective studies accounting for 62.16% and 27.03%, respectively. The research object and rate of cancelled operation were varied among studies (0.15%-40.80%). The causes of cancellation were divided into hospital-related factors, staff-related factors and patient-related factors. ConclusionsThe cancellation of elective surgery is an important influence factor for the quality of healthcare. Identifying avoidable areas and proposing relative suggestions are aimed to decrease the rate of cancellation.
ObjectiveTo describe the status of quality of life (QOL) and self-management behavior in patients following mechanical heart valve replacement, and explore the relationship between QOL and self-management behavior. MethodsConvenient sampling was used to recruit 352 patients following mechanical heart valve replacement in a high-level hospital in Chengdu between January 2011 and June 2012. General information questionnaire, MOS SF-36 scales, and self-management behavior questionnaire were used to collect data. T-test was used to analyze the difference between patients and normal people. And correlation analysis was used to see the correlation between QOL and self-management. ResultsFor MOS SF-36 scale results in patients within one year after surgery, physical functioning (PF) score was 73.44±15.11, role-physical (RP) was 49.52±39.17, body pain (BP) was 63.13±17.93, general health (GH) was 58.85±14.88, vitality (VT) was 63.54±18.10, social functioning (SF) was 76.67±17.40, role-emotional (RE) was 64.96±41.37, and mental health (MH) was 72.76±17.40. All these scores of the patients were significantly lower than the norm of Sichuan Province (P<0.05) except the dimension of mental health. For patients one year or more after surgery, PF score was 76.53±14.41, RP 58.44±39.21, BP 68.16±18.26, GH 61.39±13.57, VT 68.47±16.37, SF 79.79±19.34, RE 72.94±37.29, and MH 75.87±14.70, among which PF, RE, BP and GH scores were lower than the norm (P<0.05). The average total score of self-management behavior was 143.21±20.63. QOL and self-management behavior were positively correlated. ConclusionThere is still a gap between patients following mechanical heart valve replacement and normal people in terms of quality of life. Patients' self-management behavior is positively correlated with the quality of life. Good self-management behavior contributes to the improvement of QOL.