[Clinical study on treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome by integrative Chinese and Western medicine].
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.
Ren
Ai-min
AM
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050.
Zhang
Shu-wen
SW
Wang
Bao-en
BE
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
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D012254:Ribavirin; D008775:Methylprednisolone