[Clinical observation on treatment of severe acute pancreatitis by combined administration of Qingyi Decoction and Glauber's salt].
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.
Wu
Rui-qiao
RQ
Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan. wrq888@sina.com
Chen
Yue
Y
Liu
Liang-pei
LP
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
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D013431:Sulfates; C533616:qingyi; C012036:sodium sulfate