MENG Xiangping, WANG Ping, TIAN Xiaojing, et al. Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Home-Based Nursing Care for a Stage 3 Pressure Injury in an Elderly Stroke Patient: A Case Report[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
DOI:
MENG Xiangping, WANG Ping, TIAN Xiaojing, et al. Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Home-Based Nursing Care for a Stage 3 Pressure Injury in an Elderly Stroke Patient: A Case Report[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202603160001.
Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Home-Based Nursing Care for a Stage 3 Pressure Injury in an Elderly Stroke Patient: A Case Report
To summarize the experience of integrated Chinese and Western medicine home-based nursing care for an elderly stroke patient complicated with a stage 3 pressure injury.
Methods
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An 81-year-old male stroke patient with a stage 3 pressure injury received integrated Chinese and Western medicine home-based nursing interventions, including wound debridement care, Western medicine dressing change, external application of "Badu Shengji" (detoxifying and tissue-regenerating) powder, and auricular acupressure. During the care period, the Braden Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale was used to evaluate the risk of pressure injury, and the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) was applied to dynamically monitor wound healing.
Results
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After 38 days of home-based nursing care with a total of 16 wound dressing changes, the pressure injury wound reduced from 7.0 cm×5.0 cm×1.5 cm to 3.5 cm×2.0 cm×0.2 cm, and the PUSH score decreased from 17 to 6. The necrotic tissue was completely removed, the wound was entirely covered with red granulation tissue, epithelial regeneration was observed in most areas, wound exudate was significantly reduced, no new necrotic tissue developed, and the wound remained in a continuous state of healing.
Conclusion
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Integrated Chinese and Western medicine home-based nursing care can effectively promote wound healing in elderly stroke patients with stage 3 pressure injuries and improve their quality of life, demonstrating favorable feasibility and clinical application in community home-based nursing practice.
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