Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of meropenem de-escalation therapy on treatment of the elderly respiratory failure patients complicated with pulmonary infection.
METHODS A total of 103 elderly respiratory failure patients complicated with pulmonary infection who were treated in Chengei District Hangzhou First People′s Hospital from Jan. 2022 to Oct. 2023 were enrolled in the study and were divided into the study group with 54 cases and the control group with 49 cases according to the order of admission to the hospital. The control group was given conventional antibiotic therapy, while the study group was treated with meropenem de-escalation therapy. The therapeutic effect and safety of the two groups were evaluated. The lung function indexes resting ventilation volume per minute (VE), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ) score, clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS), peripheral blood biological markers procalcitonin (PCT), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), pentameric protein (PTX3), high mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1) were observed and compared between the two groups of patients before and after the treatment.
RESULTS The effective rate of treatment of the study group was significantly higher than that of the control group(P < 0.05). The levels of VE, FVC and FEV1 of the study group were significantly higher than those of the control group(P < 0.05); the APACHEⅡ score and CPIS of the study group were significantly lower than those of the control group(P < 0.05); the levels of PCT, hs-CRP, PTX3 and HMGB1 of the study group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05); the incidence of drug-induced adverse reactions was significantly lower in the study group than in the control group(P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION The meropenem de-escalation therapy can effectively control the illness condition and pulmonary infection in the elderly respiratory failure patients complicated with pulmonary infection, improve the lung function, alleviate the inflammatory response, and show favorable safety.