WANG Yanan, XU Yunxia. Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for a Patient with Severe Subcutaneous Emphysema after Lung Cancer Surgery[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2025.
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WANG Yanan, XU Yunxia. Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for a Patient with Severe Subcutaneous Emphysema after Lung Cancer Surgery[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2025. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202508160003.
Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing for a Patient with Severe Subcutaneous Emphysema after Lung Cancer Surgery
This article reports the whole nursing process of a 70-year-old male lung cancer patient who developed extensive subcutaneous emphysema involving the facial region, chest and abdominal wall as well as scrotum after thoracoscopic lobectomy. Based on conventional Western medical nursing, targeted measures such as closed thoracic drainage and subcutaneous puncture for exhausting were carried out. Meanwhile, characteristic traditional Chinese medicine nursing models including external application of 200 g mirabilite wrapped in gauze (changed every 6 h) combined with auricular acupuncture therapy were adopted, together with comprehensive interventions including respiratory rehabilitation training and psychological counseling. This protocol effectively relieved the patient's pain and anxiety, providing clinical nursing practice reference for integrated Chinese and Western medicine management of postoperative complications of lung cancer.
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