Clinical observation on treatment of 18 patients with pulmonary infection after renal transplantation by integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
- Author:
Yuan-ying SUN
1
;
Zhi-jun LI
;
Jin-da WANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; therapeutic use; Adult; Anti-Infective Agents; therapeutic use; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Therapy, Combination; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Immunosuppressive Agents; adverse effects; therapeutic use; Kidney Transplantation; adverse effects; immunology; Male; Middle Aged; Phytotherapy; Pneumonia; drug therapy; etiology
- From: Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine 2005;25(9):797-800
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo observe the therapeutic effect of integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine in treating patients with pulmonary infection after renal transplantation.
METHODSThirty-four inpatients were randomly divided into the treated group (n=18) and the control group (n=16). They were treated with conventional therapy, including corticosteroid, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, symptomatic and supporting therapy, to the treated group, the modified qingwen baidu decoction (MQBD) was administered additionally.
RESULTSFifty of the 18 patients in the treated group were cured, 2 improved and 1 died, the cure rate being 83.3% and the total effective rate 94.4%; while 8 of the 16 patients in the control group were cured, 2 improved and 6 died, the cure rate being 50.0% and the total effective rate 62.5%, comparison between these two groups showed significant difference (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONPromising effect could be obtained for treatment of patients with pulmonary infection after renal transplantation by adding MQBD, a Chinese herbal medicine for clearing heat and detoxication, cooling blood and removing fire, on the basis of conventional western medical treatment.
