Background: As a common surgical disease, pressure injury has become a long-standing problem in clinical treatment and nursing process. This research was conducted to explore the feasibility of Ji Desheng Snake Pills combined with hypertonic glucose external application in the treatment of stage III and IV pressure injuries. Methods: Patients with stage III and IV pressure injuries, who received treatment in our hospital between December 2018 and December 2019 were selected and divided into experimental group, conventional treatment group, and control group, 30 cases for each. The three groups received Ji Desheng Snake Pills combined with hypertonic glucose external application, moist dressing external application and surgical dressing change, respectively. The safety, therapeutic effect and cost benefit of the three treatment methods were compared. Results: There were no adverse reactions in the three groups of patients. The PUSH scores of the experimental group and the conventional treatment group were significantly lower than that of the control group on the 14th, 21th, and 28th days, and the result was statistically significant (p < 0.05), while there was no significant difference between the experimental group and the conventional treatment group (p > 0.05). The wound healing rates of the experimental group (70.14 ± 8.27%) and the conventional treatment group (73.99 ± 7.15%) were significantly higher than that of the control group (43.25 ± 8.53%) on the 28th day, with statistical significance (p < 0.05); there was no significant difference between the experimental group and the conventional treatment group (p > 0.05). The total treatment costs of the three groups were 569.73 ± 78.12 yuan, 1043.40 ± 135.31 yuan, and 186.47 ± 30.29 yuan. The cost of the conventional treatment group was the highest, followed by the experimental group, and the control group was the lowest. The result was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion: In the treatment of stage III and IV pressure injuries, there was no significant difference in the safety and therapeutic effect between the experimental group (Ji Desheng Snake Pills combined with hypertonic glucose external application) and the conventional treatment group (moist dressing external application), but the experimental group had better cost benefit.
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