Therapeutic effect of integrative traditional Chinese and western medicine on 51 SARS patients and its influence on their T lymphocyte subsets

• Published in: Chinese journal of integrative medicine 2003-12, Vol.9 (4), p.263-265
• Main Authors: Xiu-hui, Li, Jian-hua, Hu, Ke, Zhang, Jun, Ye, Chun-yan, Gou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Original
• ISSN: 1672-0415; 1993-0402
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02838611

R56; Objective: To observe the clinical effect of integrative Chinese and western medicine (ICWM) in treatment of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and its influence on their T-lymphocyte subsets.Methods: Fifty-one patients with SARS of severe type were observed with synchronous non-randomized controlled method. They were divided into the ICWM group (29 patients) and the western medicine (WM) group (22 patients). Western medical treatment was applied to both groups, but to the ICWM group, Chinese medicine was given additionally. The therapeutic course was 2-3 weeks for both groups. Clinical effect and changes of T-lymphocyte subsets (CD4+) after treatment were observed.Results: In the ICWM group, 26 patients (89.66%) were cured and 3 (10.34%) died, while in the WM group, 12 (54.55%) cured and 10 (45.45%) died, thus comparison of the cure rate between the two groups showing significant difference (P