The effect of quantitative assessment on the nursing of children with severe pneumonia

Objective: To explore the effect of quantitative assessment on the nursing of children with severe pneumonia. Methods: A total of 106 children with severe pneumonia were enrolled in the study and assigned to a control group and a study group of 53 cases each. The patients in the control group received routine nursing care, while the patients in the study group received quantitative assessment-based nursing in addition to the routine nursing. The overall response rate, respiratory tract infection and complication rates, rehabilitation efficacy, and pulmonary function before and after the nursing in the two groups were studied prospectively. Results: The study group had a higher overall response rate and a lower respiratory tract infection rate than the control group (94.33% vs. 71.70%, 7.55% vs. 22.64%, both P<0.05). The time to symptom improvement (including defervescence, relief of cough and anhelation, mitigation of heart failure, and disappearance of lung rale), duration of mechanical ventilation, and length of hospital stay in the study group were shorter than they were in the control group (all P<0.001). The study group also had higher maximum voluntary ventilation, vital capacity, and ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second to forced expiratory volume, and a lower complication rate than the control group (complication rate: 5.66% vs. 20.75%, all P<0.05). Conclusion: The application of quantitative assessment in the nursing of children with severe pneumonia can achieve a marked effect, as it can significantly shorten the recovery time of children, improve their pulmonary function, and reduce the incidence of respiratory tract infections.