Nursing care for the patient with acute pancreatitis at the Department of Hepatology, 108 Military Central Hospital: A clinical outcome

  • Nguyen Thi Ngoc Linh 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Nguyen Thi Loan 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Nguyen Thi Huong 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Pham Thanh Tin 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Pham Thanh Tin 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Nguyen Thi Hien 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Pham Thi Thuy Duong 108 Military Central Hospital

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Acute pancreatitis, care of the patient

Abstract

Objective: To assess the situation of nursing care for the patient with acute pancreatitis at 108 Military Central Hospital. Subject and method:  A prospective study of nursing care for 36 patients with acute pancreatitis at the Department of Hepatology, 108 Military Central Hospital. Result: The rate of acute pancreatitis patients under 60 years old was 75%; mild and moderate acute pancreatitis accounted for 94.4%. Gallstones, dyslipidemia, and alcohol misuse were the main risk factors for acute pancreatitis. 100% of patients were monitored vital signs, among them, 5 patients had a fever and tachycardia on the first day. At admission, all patients presented abdominal pain that decreased significantly to 5 patients on the fifth day. Ten patients had to put the nasogastric tube in the first 48 hours. Oral and enteral nutrition was administered in all cases for the third day. The average amount of fluid resuscitation on the first hospital day in all patients was 3181.3mL. The average time of hospital stay was 5.6 ± 2 days. Conclusion: The nursing care for the patient with acute pancreatitis was effective, and the patient should be fed early after 48 hours.


Keywords: Acute pancreatitis, care of the patient.

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