Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To analyze the risk factors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) complicated with intracranial infection (ICI) and the clinical intervention experience.
METHODS A total of 203 TBI patients treated in the hospital from Jun. 2015 to Jun. 2017 were retrospectively analyzed, and the clinical data of the patients were recorded. Using the ICI diagnostic criteria as the evaluation criteria, the effects of age and gender of patients, external drainage of cerebrospinal fluid leakage, and use of antibiotics were analyzed. The patients were divided in to the control group with 113 cases and the intervention group with 90 cases based on the intervention method. The control group received routine nursing intervention, whereas the intervention group was given early rehabilitation intervention in addition to routine nursing. The recovery of neurological function, and the improvement of cognitive, mental, motor function and the scores of quality of life were observed before and after the intervention.
RESULTS In 203 patients, 14 patients had ICI after operation, and the infection rate was 6.90%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that external drainage and cerebrospinal fluid leakage were the influencing factors of TBI complicated with ICI (
P<0.05). After intervention, the physical function, social function, emotional status and health sensation scores of the intervention group were all significantly higher than those of the control group (
P<0.05). The total effective rate of neurological function in the intervention group was 93.33%, which was significantly higher than that in the control group (74.34%) (
χ2=6.082,
P=0.003). The scores of LOTCA, MMSE and Fugl-Meyer after intervention were significantly higher than those before treatment in both groups, and the intervention group worked better (
P<0.05).
CONCLUSION Patients with external catheter and cerebrospinal fluid leakage are more likely to develop ICI. Early intervention can effectively improve their cognitive and motor function, restore neurological function, and improve the quality of life of patients.