Clinical study on treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome by integrative Chinese and Western medicine / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the effect of integrative Chinese and western medicine (ICWM) in treating severe a cute respiratory syndrome (SARS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty SARS patients were diagnosed and observed according to the universal standard, and divided into the ICWM group (n = 31, treated with ICWM) and the control group (n = 29, treated by conventional western medicine alone).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>ICWM showed better effect than that of western medicine alone in improving clinical symptoms, promoting the absorption of inflammation in lung, increased oxygen saturation (P < 0.01) and decreased the dosage of corticoid used (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The effect of ICWM is better than that of simple western medicine in treating SARS.</p>