Application of analgesia and sedation nursing based on eCASH concept in neurosurgical critically ill patients

ZENG Fenlian; WANG Xue; MIAO Xiaoju; XIANG Zhi; ZHU Xiaoyin; SHEN Shanling

doi:10.12102/j.issn.1009-6493.2025.19.011

Abstract：Objective:To explore the application effect of analgesia and sedation nursing based on eCASH concept in neurosurgical critically ill patients.Methods:A purposive sampling method was used to select 68 patients admitted to the neurosurgical intensive care unit from January to December 2022 as study subjects.All cases were divided into control group of 33 cases and test group of 35 cases.The control group received routine analgesic and sedative nursing,while the test group received analgesia and sedation nursing based on the eCASH concept.The analgesic and sedative treatment effects,intracranial pressure,mechanical ventilation time,neurosurgical intensive care unit hospitalization time and cost,muscle strength recovery,and incidence of complications between the two groups of patients were compared.Results:After intervention,the test group patients had a lower dosage of analgesic and sedative drugs,shorter recovery time after stopping sedatives,shorter hospitalization time in mechanical ventilation and neurosurgery intensive care unit,and lower incidence of complications/adverse events compared to that of the control groups patients(P<0.05).Muscle strength recovery was better than that of the control group cases(P<0.05).The time to achieve sedative goals was longer than that of the control group patients(P<0.05).Conclusions:Based on the eCASH concept,analgesia and sedation nursing could help improve the effectiveness of analgesia and sedation treatment for patients in the neurosurgical intensive care unit,reduce intracranial pressure,shorten mechanical ventilation and hospitalization time in neurosurgical intensive care unit.It could reduce the occurrence of complications/adverse events,and promote the recovery of patients'muscle strength as well.