Ritchie Gillian, Burgess Lorraine, Mostafa Sobhy, Wenstone Richard
Royal Liverpool University Hospital Trust.
Nurs Times. 2008;104(46):42-4.
In 2003 an audit was carried out on an ICU which demonstrated that the incidence of constipation was high and that this could contribute to the failure to wean patients from mechanical ventilation (Mostafa et al, 2003). A protocol was introduced to standardise the assessment and management of constipation. This article explores why patients in intensive care are at risk of constipation and presents the results of a second audit, carried out after the protocol was introduced, to assess its impact on patients.
2003年，对一家重症监护病房进行了一次审计，结果表明便秘发生率很高，且这可能导致患者无法成功脱离机械通气（穆斯塔法等人，2003年）。随后引入了一项规范便秘评估和管理的方案。本文探讨了重症监护患者为何有便秘风险，并呈现了在引入该方案后进行的第二次审计结果，以评估其对患者的影响。
