title: Effect of Yiqi Bufei recipe [see text] on patients with pulmonary incompetence after pneumonectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of Yiqi Bufei Recipe ([see text], YBR) on surgical tolerability, pulmonary compensatory function and post-operation rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary incompetence (PI) after pneumonectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  YBR intervention was applied to 60 patients with PI after pneumonectomy (as test group), the pulmonary and cardiac functions changes before and after operation, occurrence of postoperative complications, mortality, and the number of hospitalization days and intensive care unit (ICU) confinement period were observed. Meantime, for the negative and positive controls, the same parameters were observed comparatively in 60 patients with normal lung function, and in 60 patients with PI undergoing a similar operation but untreated with Chinese herbs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lung function in the test group showed insignificant change before and after operation (P >0.05), while significant decrease was seen in the two control groups (P<0.05). Furthermore, the incidences of post-operation complications and mortality as well as the number of hospitalization days and the ICU confinement period in the test group were significantly lower than those in the positive control group respectively (P <0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  YBR could relieve lung injury after pneumonectomy, improve surgical tolerability, reduce the length of postoperative hospitalization days and ICU confinement period, and lower the incidence of postoperative complications and mortality in patients with PI after pneumonectomy.
authors.affiliation: Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China. yyyg1107@sina.com
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: You-kui
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Xing-ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xiao-qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Wei-min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Li-wen
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Gen-miao
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007902:Length of Stay; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C533625:yiqi bufei