title: [Clinical study on effect of Chinese herbal medicine combined with hemodialysis in treating uremia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To elevate the efficacy of dialysis in uremia patients treated with maintaining hemodialysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty patients of terminal stage uremia were treated with Tongmai oral liquid and rhubarb capsule combined with hemodialysis were observed and compared with a control group of 30 patients treated with hemodialysis alone. The therapeutic course of both groups was 1 month and the observation lasted for 3 months consecutively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean time urea nitrogen concentration, protein catabdic rate and the GS index (KT/V value) of the treated group were all better than those of the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uremia patients treated with Tongmai oral liquid and rhubarb capsule combined with hemodialysis were better in full utilization of hemodialysis and life quality of patients in comparison with patients treated with hemodialysis alone.
authors.affiliation: Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou 510120.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012250:Rheum / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014511:Uremia / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal