title: [Clinical observation on treatment of severe acute pancreatitis by combined administration of Qingyi Decoction and Glauber's salt].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the value of Qingyi Decoction (QYD) and Glauber's salt (GS) for treatment of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-five patients with SAP were randomly assigned to two groups, the treated group (33 patients) and the control group (32 patients). They received the same therapy except that to the patients in the treated group, QYD was given through naso-gastric tube and GS was applied externally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with those in the control group, the alleviating time of clinical symptoms, such as abdominal pain and distention, time of hospitalization and time of blood amylase recovery in the treated group were shorter, with lesser complications and lower rate of transferring to operation (all with P < 0.05), showing a better efficacy in all aspects, but the mortality in the two groups was not different (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined use of QYD and GS has significant therapeutic effect for treatment of SAP.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan. wrq888@sina.com
authors.forename: Rui-qiao
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Liang-pei
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013431:Sulfates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D013431:Sulfates; C533616:qingyi; C012036:sodium sulfate