【Abstract】Objective To investigate the effect of modified body turning on the progression of pulmonary infection for burn patients combined with severe inhalation injury. Methods 35 burn patients combined with severe inhalation injury, admitted to Intensive Care Unit, Zhuzhou People’s Hospital Affiliated to Changsha Medical University from May 2016 to May 2019, were selected as subjects and then divided, according to random number table, into a treatment group (18 cases) and a control group (17 cases). The patients in the treatment group received modified body turning care and the patients in the control group got left and right lateral?decubitus?position?alternating body turning. The mechanical ventilation time, serum procalcitonin (PCT) level, C-reactive protein (CRP) level, white blood cell (WBC) count and clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) on day 3, 5, 7 and 14 after treatment were analyzed and compared. Results The mechanical ventilation time for the treatment group was (7.35±1.38)d, significantly shorter than that of the control group (8.88±1.87)d and the results of comparison (t=2.485, P=0.020) showed statistically significant difference. On day 3, the PCT level, CRP level, WBC count and CPIS were compared between the two groups and the results of comparison (t=1.925, 0.171, 0.957, 0.595, P=0.065, 0.866, 0.348, 0.557) showed no statistically significant difference; On day 5, no significant difference was observed in WBC count between the treatment group and control group (t=1.063, P=0.298), but the PCT level, CRP level and CPIS of the treatment group were much lower than that of the control group and the results of comparison showed statistically significant difference (t= 2.135, 2.145, 2.231, P=0.042, 0.042, 0.035);On day 7, no significant difference was observed in PCT level between the treatment group and the control group (t=0.729, P=0.472), but the CRP level, WBC count and CPIS of the treatment group were much lower than that of the control group, and the results of comparison (t= 2.285, 2.222, 2.067, P=0.031, 0.035, 0.049) showed statistically significant difference; On day 14, the CPIS of the treatment group was much lower than that of the control group (t=2.082, P=0.047) and the results of comparison showed (t=2.082,P=0.047) statistically significant difference, but no significant difference was observed in PCT level, CRP level and WBC count (t= 0.454, 0.965, 1.844, P=0.654, 0.343, 0.077). Conclusion Compared with left and right lateral?decubitus?position?alternating body turning , modified body turning can alleviate the symptoms of pulmonary infection for burn patients combined with severe inhalation injury, shorten their mechanical ventilation time, and promote the recovery of pulmonary infection, so it deserves to be promoted in clinical practice. |