title: [Nursing of advanced schistosomiasis patients: a report of 52 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the reasonable nursing interventions of advanced schistosomiasis patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The medical records of 52 advanced schistosomiasis patients hospitalized from 2008 to 2013 were collected, and the nursing interventions were summarized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 52 cases of advanced schistosomiasis included 38 men and 14 women, with a mean age of 65.8 years (57-75 years). Totally 53.8% of the subjects were schistosome positive by IHA test, 67.3% positive by ELISA, and 21.2% positive of HBsAg. There were 13 cases of ascites type, 34 cases of megalosplenia type, and 5 cases of dwarfism type of advanced schistosomiasis. Following the therapy together with nursing interventions, 73.1% achieved clinical cure, 23.1% achieved stable, and 3.8% achieved improvement. The major nursing interventions involved basic nursing, diet nursing, treatment nursing, physiological nursing and surgical nursing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scientific and reasonable nursing interventions can improve the therapeutic efficacy and prognosis in advanced schistosomiasis patients, as well as improve their quality of life.
authors.forename: Xiao-chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Lan-ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wen-xue
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome