The influence of comprehensive therapy on neurological function in patients with ischemic stroke / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the influence of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine on neurological function in patients with ischemic stroke.Methods One hundred patients with ischemic stroke were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group.Both groups were given basic treatment.At this basis,sixty patients in the treatment group were given Chinese decoction,Kudiezi injection,traditional Chinese medicine soaking,and comprehensive rehabilitation; forty patients in the control group were given citicoline,modem rehabilitation techniques.Both groups were treated for 21 days.The scores of NIHSS,ADL,and MMSE were assessed at 7th day,14th day,and 21st day after admission of the trial,respectively.Results After 14 days,the scores of NIHSS (22.33± 1.06)in treatment group were decreased significantly (P＜0.05).After 21 days,the scores of NIHSS,ADL,MMSE in treatment group were(18.73±1.23),(20.19±2.17),(38.68±2.85),and(21.65±l.41),(25.37±2.34),(32.12±3.11)in control group,the improvement of scores in treatment group were superior to the control group (P＜0.05).The total effective rate was 91.67％ in treatment group,and 70％ in control group,it was significantly higher in treatment group than that in the control group (x2=7.98,P＜0.05).Conclusion The therapy of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine can significantly improve ischemic stroke,enhance the therapeutic efficiency of patients with ischemic stroke.