OUTCOMES OF NURSING CARE FOR PEDIATRIC LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AT THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RESPIRATORY CENTER IN 2023

Minh Phương Nguyễn, Thị Thanh Hoàng, Thị Tĩnh Tạ

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Respiratory infections are a common disease in children. It is the leading cause of morbidity and death around the world, especially in developing countries. Monitoring, nursing care, health education play an important role and directly affect the results of treatment of children. Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of care for children with lower respiratory infections, improve the quality of care and treatment of lower respiratory infections in children. Subjects and methods of study: Children under 5 years of age diagnosed with acute lower respiratory infections are treated at the Respiratory Center – Central Children's Hospital from March 2023 to August 2023. Clinical signs and treatment results are collected and analyzed. Results: There were 232 children eligible for inclusion in the study. Children admitted mainly from 6-12 months (40.2%), cure rate (86.2%), disease relief (12.9%), treatment time < 10 days 73.3%. The results of nursing care are good (97%), 100% when discharged from the hospital there is no fever, shortness of breath, wheezing, poor feeding, cyanosis, vomiting, runny nose. Another 14.7% of children had a dry cough when they were discharged from the hospital. Factors affecting nursing care outcomes include overweight/obesity, malnutrition, symptoms of respiratory distress, CRP, and RSV infection. Conclude: The outcome of nursing care for pediatric patients with acute respiratory infections is beneficial, with marked improvement in clinical symptoms and treatment efficacy. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on the role of coordinated nursing care in pediatric practice.

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