Liu YF, Chen J. Application effect of phloroglucinol injection in elderly patients with spastic abdominal pain in emergency department. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11(23): 5440-5446 [PMID: 37637688 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i23.5440]
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Jian Chen, Doctor, Associate Chief Physician, Master’s Student, Emergency Medicine Department, Hefei BOE Hospital, Northwest of the Intersection of Dongfang Avenue and Wenzhong Road, Yaohai District, Hefei 230000, Anhui Province, China. 2670260592@qq.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Retrospective Study
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World J Clin Cases. Aug 16, 2023; 11(23): 5440-5446 Published online Aug 16, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i23.5440
Table 1 Comparison of the time to disappearance of all relevant clinical symptoms after treatment between the study groups (mean ± SD, h)
Grouping
Number of examples
Time for abdominal pain to disappear
Time for fever to disappear
Time for diarrhea to disappear
Time for nausea and vomiting to disappear
Reference group
56
22.17 ± 1.45
7.48 ± 0.77
9.90 ± 0.93
6.69 ± 1.17
Experimental group
56
20.04 ± 1.33
6.82 ± 0.65
8.11 ± 0.87
5.55 ± 1.20
t value
-
8.101
4.901
10.518
5.909
P value
-
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Table 2 Comparison of the changes in visual pain analog scale scores for severity of abdominal pain before and after treatment between the study groups (mean ± SD, points)
Grouping
Number of examples
Before treatment
After 0.5 h of treatment
1 h after treatment
6 h after treatment
Reference group
56
7.52 ± 1.13
5.08 ± 1.04
4.17 ± 0.96
3.76 ± 0.82
Experimental group
56
7.44 ± 1.25
4.22 ± 0.80
3.79 ± 0.62
2.77 ± 0.69
t value
-
0.355
4.905
2.488
6.913
P value
-
0.723
0.000
0.014
0.000
Table 3 Comparison of the differences in efficacy between the study groups after treatment, n (%)
Grouping
Number of examples
Visible effect
Effective
Invalid
Total efficiency
Reference group
56
29 (51.79)
16 (28.57)
11 (19.64)
45 (80.36)
Experimental group
56
33 (58.93)
20 (35.71)
3 (5.36)
53 (94.64)
χ2
-
-
-
-
5.224
P value
-
-
-
-
0.022
Table 4 Comparison of the differences in the occurrence of adverse reactions after treatment between the study groups, n (%)
Grouping
Number of examples
Blurred vision
Dry mouth
Heart palpitations
Total incidence
Reference group
56
2 (3.57)
6 (10.71)
4 (7.14)
12 (21.43)
Experimental group
56
0 (0.00)
3 (5.36)
1 (1.79)
4 (7.14)
χ2
-
-
-
-
4.667
P value
-
-
-
-
0.031
Citation: Liu YF, Chen J. Application effect of phloroglucinol injection in elderly patients with spastic abdominal pain in emergency department. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11(23): 5440-5446