Influence of cold therapy on amount of bleeding,pain,swelling and sleeping qual ity of patients undergoing total knee replacement
Deng Baogui
Quan Xiaoming
Abstract：Obj ective:To observe the influence of local pressure cold therapy on postoperative amount of bleeding,pain,swelling and sleeping quality of patients undergoing total knee replacement.Methods:A total of 48 cases of patients were randomly divided into observation group(25 cases)and control group(23 cases),patients in observation group received local pressure cold therapy on the basis of postoperative conventional nursing.23 cases in control group were given postoperative routine nursing,then to evaluate postopera-tive amount of bleeding within 24 h,pain within 72 h,swelling and sleeping quality.Results:There was statistically significant difference in incision drainage quantity in 2 h,12 h and 24 h after operation between both groups (P<0.05);there was statistically significant difference in sleeping quality on second day and 3rd day after operation(P<0.05);there was statistically sig-nificant difference in pain and swelling situation between both groups at postoperative 12 h,24 h,48 h and 72 h(P<0.05).Conclusion:The local pressure cold therapy can effectively reduce the amount of blood in patients after total knee reslacement.It can also improve sleep quality,reduce pain and swelling.Most significantly,it is helpful for the postoperative rehabilita-tion exercise for the patients.
Keywords：cold therapytotal knee replacementpainswellingbleedingsleep disorders
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1311-1313 )