title: [Clinical study on treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome by integrative Chinese and Western medicine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of integrative Chinese and western medicine (ICWM) in treating severe a cute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty SARS patients were diagnosed and observed according to the universal standard, and divided into the ICWM group (n = 31, treated with ICWM) and the control group (n = 29, treated by conventional western medicine alone).
  
  
  RESULTS
  ICWM showed better effect than that of western medicine alone in improving clinical symptoms, promoting the absorption of inflammation in lung, increased oxygen saturation (P < 0.01) and decreased the dosage of corticoid used (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of ICWM is better than that of simple western medicine in treating SARS.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050.
authors.forename: Ai-min
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Shu-wen
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bao-en
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D012254:Ribavirin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D016037:Single-Blind Method
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D012254:Ribavirin; D008775:Methylprednisolone