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Objective@#To discuss and summarize the nursing care of a patient with difficult extubation due to asymptomatic thrombosis of PICC.@*Methods@#By observing the local and global conditions, psychological tests, chest X-ray localization and vascular ultrasound, using critical thinking, the causes of difficult extubation were analyzed; after active anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy, intermittent extubation of PICC; after extubation, continuous nursing was done.@*Results@#After the above nursing measures were implemented, PICC was removed intermittently within 24 hours, and after 3 months vascular ultrasound was showing that the thrombus in the blood vessel had been completely organized.@*Conclusion@#When we encounter difficulties in PICC removal, it is not necessary to extubate the PICC forcibly. It is necessary to analyze the causes and implement correct nursing measures to improve the success rate of extubation.
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Objective@#To understand the AIDS awareness and related factors as well as the demands for AIDS-related health education programs, among first-grade students from three senior high schools in Tianjin.@*Methods@#A cross-sectional study using both stratified cluster and convenient sampling methods was conducted. Anonymous questionnaires including social demographic characteristics, AIDS-related knowledge and needs for AIDS health education were distributed to the first-grade students from two general middle schools and one vocational senior middle school in Tianjin.@*Results@#A total of 1 082 students were responding to the questionnaires. Among them, the overall awareness rates of AIDS-related knowledge were 34.3%(371/1 082), 71.9%(778/1 082) of the students had received knowledge about AIDS and 59.4% (643/1 082) of the students had received knowledge about sexual health in the past, from the three schools. There appeared statistical differences among the two types of schools. 7.0% (76/1 082) of the students reported having had sexual behaviors. Results from the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that, in vocational senior middle school, the awareness rate of AIDS knowledge was lower (compared with general middle school, OR=0.41, 95%CI: 0.29-0.59) and in the following items, including no need in receiving safe sex health knowledge (compared with needs of safe sex health knowledge, OR=0.62, 95%CI: 0.43-0.91), no interests in reading AIDS-related health education materials (compared with attention to AIDS health education materials, OR=0.41, 95%CI: 0.30-0.56), not aware of safe sex behavior (compared with aware of safe sex behavior, OR=0.55, 95%CI: 0.39-0.77), not aware of correct condom use, compared with aware of correct condom use (OR=0.33, 95%CI: 0.24-0.46).@*Conclusions@#The overall awareness rate of AIDS knowledge was low among the first-grade students in Tianjin. Some students reported of already having had insertive sex, sexual health knowledge has a significant impact on AIDS knowledge, suggesting that sexual health education and AIDS health education among high school students be strengthened in Tianjin.
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Objective To discuss and summarize the nursing care of a patient with difficult extubation due to asymptomatic thrombosis of PICC. Methods By observing the local and global conditions, psychological tests, chest X-ray localization and vascular ultrasound, using critical thinking, the causes of difficult extubation were analyzed; after active anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy, intermittent extubation of PICC; after extubation, continuous nursing was done. Results After the above nursing measures were implemented, PICC was removed intermittently within 24 hours, and after 3 months vascular ultrasound was showing that the thrombus in the blood vessel had been completely organized. Conclusion When we encounter difficulties in PICC removal, it is not necessary to extubate the PICC forcibly. It is necessary to analyze the causes and implement correct nursing measures to improve the success rate of extubation.