Structured nursing plan aims to cut pneumonia in stroke patients with breathing tubes
NCT ID NCT07687342
First seen Jul 07, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a structured nursing program, based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act quality improvement cycle, can reduce lung infections in stroke patients who have a tracheostomy (a breathing tube in the neck). The program includes careful airway care, suctioning, and early rehabilitation. Eighty participants will be randomly assigned to receive either this enhanced nursing or standard care, and the main outcome measured is the rate of pulmonary infection.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- PDCA Cycle-Based Precision Nursing Program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this nursing approach could become a standard method to lower pneumonia rates and improve recovery in stroke patients with a tracheostomy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center trial, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so benefits may be modest and hard to replicate.
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Conditions
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215006, China
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