Application of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing in patients with primary liver cancer undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
Objective To explore the effect of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing on nausea and vomiting symptoms in patients with primary liver cancer undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE).Methods A total of 100 patients with primary liver cancer who underwent TACE treatment at Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University from May 2019 to May 2022 were selected as the study subjects.They were divided into two groups using a random number table method.The control group(50 cases)received routine Western medicine nursing measures,while the observation group(50 cases)received traditional Chinese medicine nursing on the basis of routine Western medicine nursing measures.The pain,nausea and vomiting symptoms,liver function level,and quality of life were compared between the two groups.Results At discharge,the Visual Analogue Scale score,nausea and vomiting symptom score,as well as the levels of alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group.The serum albumin level,as well as the total score and scores in all aspects of Quality of Life-Liver Cancer scale in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group(all P<0.05),and were better than those on the first day after surgery(all P<0.05).Conclusion The integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing has a significant effect on primary liver cancer patients undergoing TACE treatment,which can effectively alleviate nausea and vomiting symptoms,improve liver function and quality of life,and effectively alleviate pain.
primary liver cancertranscatheter arterial chemoembolizationintegrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursingnausea and vomiting