LIU Dali, ZHAO Yi, GUAN Chao, et al. Nursing Experience of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for an Elderly Patient with Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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LIU Dali, ZHAO Yi, GUAN Chao, et al. Nursing Experience of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for an Elderly Patient with Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202605280005.
Nursing Experience of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for an Elderly Patient with Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report
This paper summarizes the nursing experience of integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine (TCM-WM) in the care of an elderly patient with intestinal obstruction. On the basis of a deepened understanding of the pathophysiology of intestinal obstruction and the nursing advantages of both TCM and Western medicine, pattern differentiation-based nursing care guided by the TCM theory of "the six fu organs function through maintaining patency" was implemented alongside Western symptomatic and supportive treatment. The TCM characteristic nursing techniques employed included acupoint application, hot medicated compress therapy with herbal packets combined with local irradiation using an electromagnetic wave therapeutic apparatus, supplemented by psychological counseling and meticulous clinical observation. The nursing protocol effectively alleviated the four cardinal symptoms of "pain, vomiting, distension, and obstruction," accelerated the recovery of intestinal peristalsis, and improved both nursing quality and patient satisfaction, leading to a marked improvement in the clinical symptoms of the elderly patient with intestinal obstruction.
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