Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation therapy on patients with ventilation-associated pneumonia, and to evaluate the safety of rehabilitation therapy on patients with invasive mechanical ventilation with ventilation-associated pneumonia. Methods A total of 80 qualified cases with invasive mechanical ventilation and confirmed ventilator-associated pneumonia were randomly divided into control group and rehabilitation group with 40 cases in each group. The control group was treated with routine treatment. The rehabilitation group received pulmonary rehabilitation on the basis of routine therapy. The hospitalized time in ICU and the duration of mechanical ventilation were compared. The acute physiology and chronic health evaluation scoring system score, minimum PaO2/FiO2, inflammatory indexes, clinical pulmonary infection score were compared before and after treatment, and the total effective rate was analyzed. Results The hospitalized time in ICU and the duration of mechanical ventilation of rehabilitation group were shorter than those of control group. After 7-day treatment, APACHE Ⅱ score, white blood cell (WBC) count, calcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) in two groups decreased (P < 0.05), and minimum PaO2/FiO2 improved, compared with those before treatment (P < 0.05). After treatment, APACHE Ⅱ score, WBC, PCT, CRP and CPIS in rehabilitation group were lower than those in control group (P < 0.05), and minimum PaO2/ FiO2 in rehabilitation group was higher than that in control group. The total effective rate of the rehabilitation group was higher than that of control group (92.50% VS 70.00%) with significant difference (P < 0.05). No adverse event occurred in rehabilitation group. Conclusion Pulmonary rehabilitation therapy can reduce the inflammatory index of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia, shorten the time of mechanical ventilation and ICU hospitalization, improve the total effective rate, and have high security, which is worthy of promotion.