title: [Effect of Qishen Huoxue Granule in treating severe sepsis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the anti-inflammatory effect and the therapeutic efficacy of Qishen Huoxue Granule (QHG) in treating severe sepsis.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and sixty-seven patients with severe sepsis were enrolled and randomly assigned to two groups, the 85 patients in the control group treated with conventional Western medicine and the 82 in the QHG group treated with conventional Western medicine plus QHG. Changes of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10), procalcitonin (PCT), Marshall score, APACHE II score, ICU stay time and 28-day mortality were monitored and compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with the control group, IL-6 and TNF-alpha levels, the ICU stay time and 28-day mortality were significantly lower in the QHG group (all P < 0.05). During the QHG treatment, no severe adverse event was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The integrative treatment could reduce the blood levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha, shorten the ICU stay time and decrease the 28-day mortality of patients with sepsis, showing a favor therapeutic prospect.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing.
authors.forename: Yan-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shu-Wen
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C534017:qishen huoxue