BAI Xiaohui, WANG Yonghong, LI Qi, et al. Clinical Experience of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing in a Patient with Severe Inhalation Lung Injury[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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BAI Xiaohui, WANG Yonghong, LI Qi, et al. Clinical Experience of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing in a Patient with Severe Inhalation Lung Injury[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202512300003.
Clinical Experience of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Nursing in a Patient with Severe Inhalation Lung Injury
To explore the clinical efficacy of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine (TCM-WM) nursing in elderly patients with severe inhalation lung injury, providing evidence-based rationale and practical protocols for such cases.
Methods
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A systematic 36-day TCM-WM nursing intervention was implemented for an 87-year-old male patient with severe inhalation lung injury (caused by smoke inhalation from burning bedding), complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and type II respiratory failure.
Results
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Post-intervention, the patient’s airway secretions transitioned from black-gray mucus to white thin sputum; the oxygenation index improved from 108 mmHg to 304 mmHg; successful weaning from mechanical ventilation and decannulation of the tracheostomy tube were achieved. No complications (e.g., pressure ulcers or deep vein thrombosis) occurred during hospitalization.
Conclusion
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Integrated TCM-WM nursing, through multi-target synergistic interventions, significantly improved the prognosis of this elderly patient with severe inhalation lung injury. The dynamic syndrome differentiation and precision intervention model may serve as a reference for clinical nursing practice.
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