title: [Clinical observation on treatment of radiative pneumonia in patients with lung cancer by integrative Chinese and Western medicine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of integrative Chinese and Western medical therapy for radiative pneumonia (RP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty patients were randomly assigned to two groups. The treated group (48 patients) was treated by Shenqi Fuzheng Injection (SFI), antibiotics and short-term pulse therapy with high efficient hormone, while the control group (32 patients) was treated only by antibiotic and hormone pulse therapy. Changes of symptoms, signs, quality of life and subsets of T-lymphocytes (CD3+, CD4+, CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+ ratio) were observed before and after 20-day treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The chief symptom disappearance time was shorter (P < 0.05), Karnofsky performance score was better (P < 0.05) in the treated group after treatment as compared with those in the control group. Moreover, the immune function was improved in the treated group after treatment (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SFI combined with antibiotics and short-term pulse therapy with high efficient hormone has a good effect for radiative pneumonia, it could also increase patients' quality of life as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Shengjing Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University, Shenyang. zhengw67@163.com
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhen-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Li-Na
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D017564:Radiation Pneumonitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005938:Glucocorticoids; C521737:shenqi fuzheng; D008775:Methylprednisolone