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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2021

Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) combined with an electric stimulator in the prevention of venous thromboembolism in stroke patients.

Xiao Chen, Yafei Wang, Rufu Jia, Yusen Du, Haiyun Wu, Tingting Wang, Guimei Yin, Lijun Jin

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Effect of Physical Restraint on the Occurrence of Venous Thromboembolism in Stroke Patients.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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Xiao ChenNursing Department, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
Yafei WangNursing Department, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
Rufu JiaCangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
Yusen DuDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
Haiyun WuDepartment III of Neurosurgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
Tingting WangDepartment VI of Neurosurgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
Guimei YinCangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
Lijun JinDepartment of Thyroid and Breast III, Cangzhou Central Hospital Hebei Province, China.
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Abstract

objectiveTo explore the clinical value of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) combined with an electric stimulator in the prevention of venous thromboembolism in stroke patients.

methods58 stroke patients with hemiplegia admitted to the Department of Neurology in our hospital were recruited as the study cohort and randomly placed into a control group or an observation group, with 29 patients in each group. The control group was administered routine care and IPC, and the observation group was administered electric stimulation in addition to the treatment administered to the control group. We conducted a comparison and an analysis of the occurrences of thrombosis, the blood rheology indexes, the femoral vein flow rates, and the nursing satisfaction levels in the two groups. The circumferences of the hemiplegia patients' lower extremities were measured and recorded, and the circumferences of the healthy sides and the affected limbs were compared.

resultsOn the 7th day after the intervention, the observation group had a higher incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) than the control group (6.90% vs. 31.03%, P<0.05). The hemorheology indexes were lower after the treatment, and the hemorheology indexes in the observation group were higher compared with the control group (P<0.05). The observation group had a higher femoral vein flow velocity than the control group (P<0.05). On the 7th and 14th days after the intervention, the peak flow and average flow velocities in the observation group exceeded those of the control group (P<0.05). The nursing satisfaction rate in the observation group was higher than it was in the control group (96.55% vs. 82.76%, P<0.05). After 7 and 14 days of treatment, smaller changes in the hemiplegic limbs of the observation group were observed, compared to the control group (P<0.05).

conclusionIPC combined with an electrical stimulator can enhance the patients' blood hypercoagulability, effectively prevent the occurrence of DVT, and improve the nursing satisfaction levels.

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DVTelectric stimulatorIPCnursingstroke

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