Objectives:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of slow deep breathing relaxation exercise(SDBRE)in reducing patients’pain levels during chest tube removal(CTR)post coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG)surg...Objectives:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of slow deep breathing relaxation exercise(SDBRE)in reducing patients’pain levels during chest tube removal(CTR)post coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG)surgery.Methods:In 2019,fifty post-CABG patients were conveniently selected from a cardiac intensive care unit in Jordan’s major referral heart institute.The patients were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group.A total of 25 patients were assigned into the experimental group who received slow deep breathing relaxation Exercise(SDBRE)alongside the conventional care before CTR.The remaining 25 patients constituted the control group(50%)that had CTR following conventional care.The Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)was used to measure the participants’pain levels during three phases:before CTR(Time 1),5-min post CTR(Time 2),and 15-min post CTR(Time 2)to compare the intervention effect between the two groups.Results:The data analysis findings for the control and intervention group of patients showed that there was a statistically significant decline in their pain level across time for both groups(H¼32.71,P<0.01;H=47.23,P<0.01)respectively.The intervention group had significantly lower pain levels than the control group at Time 2(3.50[1.20,5.30]vs.7.90[7.00,9.00],P<0.01)and Time 3(0.00[0.00,1.30]vs.3.60[2.40,4.10]P<0.01).Conclusions:Using SDBRE during CTR is an effective technique for reducing pain which can minimize the need for analgesics and their associated adverse effects.展开更多
We experimentally demonstrate an efficient enhancement of luminescence from two-dimensional(2D) hexagonal photonic crystal(PC) airbridge double-heterostructure microcavity with Er-doped silicon(Si) as light emitters o...We experimentally demonstrate an efficient enhancement of luminescence from two-dimensional(2D) hexagonal photonic crystal(PC) airbridge double-heterostructure microcavity with Er-doped silicon(Si) as light emitters on siliconon-insulator(SOI) wafer at room temperature.A single sharp resonant peak at 1 529.6 nm dominates the photoluminescence(PL) spectrum with the pumping power of 12.5 m W.The obvious red shift and the degraded quality factor(Q-factor) of resonant peak appear with the pumping power increasing,and the maximum measured Q-factor of 4 905 is achieved at the pumping power of 1.5 m W.The resonant peak is observed to shift depending on the structural parameters of PC,which indicates a possible method to control the wavelength of enhanced luminescence for Si-based light emitters based on PC microcavity.展开更多
文摘Objectives:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of slow deep breathing relaxation exercise(SDBRE)in reducing patients’pain levels during chest tube removal(CTR)post coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG)surgery.Methods:In 2019,fifty post-CABG patients were conveniently selected from a cardiac intensive care unit in Jordan’s major referral heart institute.The patients were randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group.A total of 25 patients were assigned into the experimental group who received slow deep breathing relaxation Exercise(SDBRE)alongside the conventional care before CTR.The remaining 25 patients constituted the control group(50%)that had CTR following conventional care.The Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)was used to measure the participants’pain levels during three phases:before CTR(Time 1),5-min post CTR(Time 2),and 15-min post CTR(Time 2)to compare the intervention effect between the two groups.Results:The data analysis findings for the control and intervention group of patients showed that there was a statistically significant decline in their pain level across time for both groups(H¼32.71,P<0.01;H=47.23,P<0.01)respectively.The intervention group had significantly lower pain levels than the control group at Time 2(3.50[1.20,5.30]vs.7.90[7.00,9.00],P<0.01)and Time 3(0.00[0.00,1.30]vs.3.60[2.40,4.10]P<0.01).Conclusions:Using SDBRE during CTR is an effective technique for reducing pain which can minimize the need for analgesics and their associated adverse effects.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61205044)
文摘We experimentally demonstrate an efficient enhancement of luminescence from two-dimensional(2D) hexagonal photonic crystal(PC) airbridge double-heterostructure microcavity with Er-doped silicon(Si) as light emitters on siliconon-insulator(SOI) wafer at room temperature.A single sharp resonant peak at 1 529.6 nm dominates the photoluminescence(PL) spectrum with the pumping power of 12.5 m W.The obvious red shift and the degraded quality factor(Q-factor) of resonant peak appear with the pumping power increasing,and the maximum measured Q-factor of 4 905 is achieved at the pumping power of 1.5 m W.The resonant peak is observed to shift depending on the structural parameters of PC,which indicates a possible method to control the wavelength of enhanced luminescence for Si-based light emitters based on PC microcavity.
