社区获得性肺炎在临床上很常见,但老年人得病后往往有病情重、进展快、耐药菌常见、病死率高等特点。肺炎已经成为老年人死亡的主要原因之一,仅次于心血管疾病和恶性肿瘤~[1]。在老年人肺炎的治疗中,众多学者主张在基础治疗上采取积极护理措施,以提高疗效,其中气道护理起着关键作用。中西医学者进行了各种探讨与研究,取得了不少经验成果,现综述如下。1一般护理呼吸道护理的目的是清除呼吸道分泌物、保持呼吸道通 Community-acquired pneumonia is clinically common, but the elderly are often sick after illness, rapid progress, common resistant bacteria, high mortality. Pneumonia has become one of the major causes of death among the elderly, second only to cardiovascular disease and malignancies [1]. In the treatment of pneumonia in the elderly, many scholars advocate taking active nursing care in basic treatment to improve the curative effect, and airway nursing plays a key role. Chinese and Western scholars conducted a variety of discussions and research, has made a lot of experience, are summarized below. 1 General Care The purpose of respiratory care is to remove respiratory secretions and keep the airway intact