Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical features and nursing measures of children with drug-induced
liver injury (DILI) caused by anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) treatment. Methods Clinical features and nursing
measures of 54 children with DILI caused by anti-TB treatment from January 2010 to December 2014 in
Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu were analyzed retrospectively and the nursing measures were
summarized. Results The incidence of DILI caused by anti-TB treatment was 11.56% (54/467), and in which
the hematogenous TB was the most (20%, 14/70). In the 54 cases, the most common type was hepatocellular
damage type (48.15%, 26/54), mixed type (33.33%, 18/54) and cholestasis type (18.51%,10/54) were
followed by. The levels of ALT in children with hepatocellular damage type of DILI were the highest and the
levels of AST and TBil in children with cholestasis type of DILI were the highest (F = 3.884, P = 0.031; F =
3.884, P = 0.001). Compared with primary TB group, the incidence of DILI in recurrent TB group was higher,
and the onset time was longer (124.29 d vs. 37.52 d; t = -5.093, P = 0.000). After treatment, 48 children were
cured or improved (88.89%, 48/54), while 6 children discharged because of deterioration. Basic nursing
combined with specialist nursing may help to detect DILI early and may improve the compliance. Conclusion
Clinicians should pay attention to adverse drug reaction monitoring and comprehensive nursing in order to
prevent and cure DILI actively.
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