Effect of Spleen-stomach Regulating Herbal Medicine in Improving Nutritional Status of Patients Receiving Hemodialysis
- VernacularTitle:调理脾胃中药对血液透析患者营养状况的改善作用
- Author:
Guiquan XIE
;
Fang LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HEMODIALYSIS/adverse reaction;
NUTRITION DISORDERS/TCD therapy;
REGULATING SPLEEN AND STOMACH;
LIU JUNZI DECOCTION/therapeutic use;
HUANGUAN WENDAN DECOCTION/therapeutic use
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1999;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective] To observe the effect of spleen-stomach regulating herbal medicine in improving the nutritional status in dystrophic patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis. [ Methods ] Sixty-one dystrophic cases receiving maintenance hemodialysis were randomized into two groups. Group A ( n = 31) and group B ( n = 30) received the same symptomatic treatment and the same maintenance hemodialysis, and group A received spleen-stomach regulating herbal medicine additionally. For those in group A with spleen-stomach deficiency, Liujunzi Decoction was applied; for those with stagnation of phlegm, modified Huanglian Wendan Decoction was used. After treatment, the main symptoms and signs of dystrophy, triceps skin fold (TSF), and middle-arm muscle circumference (MAMC) were observed, as well as serum levels of total protein (TP), albumins (Alb) and transferrin (TRF), hemoglobin (HB), protein catabolic rate (nPCR) and SGA scoring for comprehensively nutritional evaluation. [Results] Compared with group B, symptoms and signs were much improved ( P
