Press needle therapy combined with Western medicine for treating acute lower respiratory tract infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus in children under 5 years of age: A retrospective cohort study

The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy of press needle therapy combined with western medical treatment on acute lower respiratory tract infections of respiratory syncytial virus in children under 5 years old. By retrospectively analyzing the medical records of 83 children hospitalized in the Department of Paediatrics of the First People's Hospital of Jintang County from September 2024 to April 2025, they were divided into the experimental group (42 cases, treated with press needle therapy combined with western medicine) and the control group (41 cases, treated with western medicine only),observe the symptoms, signs improvement time and airway function of the 2 groups of children after treatment respectively. The results showed that, the time to relieve wheezing after treatment in the experimental group was 2.43 ± 0.51 days, and 2.86 ± 0.46 days in the control group, P<.01; the time to relieve shortness of breath in the experimental group was 2.46 ± 0.46 days, and 2.88 ± 0.5 days in the control group, P<.01; the time to relieve cough in the experimental group was 5.41 ± 0.58 days, and 5.84 ± 0.70 days in the control group. 5.84 ± 0.70 days, P<.05; the time of disappearance of lung signs of children in the experimental group was 5.46 ± 0.52 days, and 5.89 ± 0.52 days in the control group; the VT/kg of children receiving treatment in the experimental group was 8.43 ± 1.37, compared with 7.43 ± 1.50 in the control group, P <.05; TPTEF/TE (%) was 28.14 ± 4.16, compared with 24.86 ± 3.09 in the control group, P < .01; VPEF/VE (%) was 28.21 ± 4.36, compared with VPEF/VE (%) was 28.21 ± 4.36. The study showed that press needle therapy combined with western medical treatment can effectively improve the symptoms and signs and airway function of children, providing new ideas and methods for clinical treatment.