FENG Wenya, BAI Nana, FENG Wenying, et al. Airway clearance techniques combined with meridian tapping and acupoint massage in the airway management of a case of cervical spinal cord injury[DB/OL].Clinical archives of integrative medicine, 2025.
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FENG Wenya, BAI Nana, FENG Wenying, et al. Airway clearance techniques combined with meridian tapping and acupoint massage in the airway management of a case of cervical spinal cord injury[DB/OL].Clinical archives of integrative medicine, 2025. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202506200006.
Airway clearance techniques combined with meridian tapping and acupoint massage in the airway management of a case of cervical spinal cord injury
Patients with cervical spinal cord injury are prone to pulmonary infections due to respiratory muscle dysfunction. Effective preventive care is of vital importance. This article selects a case of a patient with cervical spinal cord injury and adopts a preventive intervention plan combining modern airway clearance techniques with traditional Chinese nursing. The methods include cough training, humidification treatment, abdominal impact-style expectoration (outside the body), and mechanical inhalation-exhalation expectoration technique (MI-E), among other modern rehabilitation measures, combined with meridian tapping, acupoint massage, and oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine. After 2 weeks of intervention, the patient's blood oxygen saturation increased, the amount of sputum decreased significantly, no pulmonary infection occurred, and the respiratory function improved. The combination of airway clearance techniques and traditional Chinese nursing can effectively prevent respiratory complications in patients with cervical spinal cord injury, improve clinical prognosis, and provide an optimized combined Chinese and Western medicine nursing strategy for respiratory management in cervical spinal cord injury.
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