Clinical effect of Rhubarb retention enema combined with routine western medicine on acute pancreatitis / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To detect the effect of Rhubarb retention enema on patients with acute pancreatitis(AP).MethodsA total of 84 AP patients were enrolled in this study. Patients were divided into the control group(n=42) and Rhubarb enema observation group(n=42). Control group was treated with fasting, continuous gastrointestinal decompression, correcting water electrolyte and acid-base imbalance, with the oral administration of octreotide and gabexatemesilate to inhibit pancreatic secretion and enzyme activity. On the basis of the control group, the observation group was treated with rhubarb retention enema. IL-17, IL-10, and IL-6 expression was detected by ELISA analysis. The clinical effect was compared.Results The clinical effect rate (85.7%vs.71.4%,χ2=2.366,P=0.043) in observation group was significantly higher than that in control group. After treatment of 7 days, IL-17 (13.53 ± 3.16 ng/mlvs. 20.63 ± 4.83 ng/ml,t=2.416) and IL-6 (22.82 ± 4.56 ng/mlvs. 31.59 ± 6.63 ng/ml,t=2.421) expression was significantly lower and IL-10 (16.32 ± 4.15 ng/mlvs. 12.17 ± 3.22 ng/ml,t=2.326) expression was significantly higher in observation group than those in control group(P<0.05). The reduction of blood amylase (125.69 ± 32.47 U/Lvs. 259.26 ± 51.44 U/L,t=7.451) and urine amylase (204.73 ± 43.83 U/Lvs. 334.25 ± 60.18 U/L,t=7.323) in the observation group was significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.01). Abdominal pain and abdominal distension recovery time (4.24 ±1.06 dvs. 3.02 ± 0.62 d,t=2.521), exhaust gas and defecation recovery time (5.42 ± 1.25 dvs. 3.26 ± 0.73 d,t=5.124), temperature recovery time (5.63 ± 1.46 dvs. 4.58 ± 0.92 d,t=2.418), and hospitalization time (18.65 ± 4.16 dvs. 13.78 ± 3.15 d,t=2.386) were higher in control group than those in observation group (P<0.05 orP<0.01). Conclusion Rhubarb enema can regulate the IL-17/ IL-10, and inhibit the inflammatory reaction.