Evaluation of Nursing Effect and Satisfaction in the Treatment of Pediatric Bronchial Pneumonia with Mechanical Expectoration Drainage Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupoint Application

Bei Chen, Na Li

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¹ Department of Pediatrics, Taixing People’s Hospital, Taixing 225400, Jiangsu, China,

JCNR 2025 , 9(12), 77–84; https://doi.org/10.26689/jcnr.v9i12.13421

© 2025 by the Authors. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the nursing value of mechanical expectoration drainage combined with traditional Chinese medicine acupoint application in children with pediatric bronchial pneumonia. Methods: A total of 62 children with pediatric bronchial pneumonia treated from May 2024 to May 2025 were selected as samples and randomly divided into groups using a random number table. Group A received mechanical expectoration drainage combined with traditional Chinese medicine acupoint application nursing, while Group B received conventional nursing. Lung function, symptom disappearance time, nursing satisfaction, and inflammatory indicators were compared between the two groups. Results: The maximum vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV), peak expiratory flow (PEF), and maximal mid-expiratory flow (MMEF) in Group A were all higher than those in Group B, with p < 0.05; the symptom disappearance time in Group A was shorter than that in Group B, and nursing satisfaction was higher in Group A than in Group B, with p < 0.05; the procalcitonin (PCT), white blood cell count (WBC), and serum amyloid A (SAA) levels in Group A were lower than those in Group B, with p < 0.05. Conclusion: The application of mechanical expectoration drainage combined with traditional Chinese medicine acupoint application nursing in the care of children with pediatric bronchial pneumonia reduces inflammation levels, shortens symptom disappearance time, and improves lung function.

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