Ella Blot, DNP, RN, GNP, CRRN, ONC, NE-BC, Nurse Manager, Acute Care and Rehabilitation Services, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, NY.
Merlita Raz, BS, RN-BC, ONC, Clinical Registered Nurse, Acute Care and Rehabilitation Services, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, NY.
Orthop Nurs. 2021;40(3):159-168. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000756.
A senior staff registered nurse on an orthopaedic inpatient rehabilitation unit in an urban orthopaedic hospital utilized a "cocktail" of warm prune juice, lemon juice, and Senokot liquid for patients who presented to the rehabilitation unit after orthopaedic surgery without having had an initial postoperative bowel movement (BM). A pilot study (n = 30) using a quasi-experimental design was conducted to evaluate the effect of the cocktail versus liquid Senokot alone on the first postoperative BM. Several measurement tools were used, including the Bristol Stool Scale, visual analog scales to determine pain and strain, and a BM quality scale. A small sample size became even smaller when only 80% of participants had a BM within the study time frame. Therefore, significant findings were difficult to establish. Additional research is needed to adequately assess the effect of the Senokot "cocktail" on postoperative constipation in the rehabilitation population.
一位资深注册护士在城市骨科医院的骨科住院康复病房中，为接受骨科手术后尚未进行首次术后排便（BM）的患者提供了一种“鸡尾酒”配方，配方由温李子汁、柠檬汁和 Senokot 液混合而成。采用准实验设计进行了一项试点研究（n=30），以评估这种鸡尾酒与单独使用 Senokot 液对首次术后 BM 的影响。该研究使用了多种测量工具，包括布里斯托粪便量表、用于确定疼痛和紧张程度的视觉模拟量表以及 BM 质量量表。由于只有 80%的参与者在研究时间范围内进行了 BM，因此小样本量变得更小。因此，很难确定显著的发现。需要进一步的研究来充分评估 Senokot“鸡尾酒”对康复人群中术后便秘的影响。
