Investigation of the Clinical Studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in the Treatment of Disorders Related to Ventilators

Altern Ther Health Med. 2023 Nov;29(8):286-291.

Abstract

Objective: To observe the comprehensive treatment effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on ventilator-related diseases.

Methods: From January 2021 to August 2022, a total of 80 patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia were selected and divided into a test group and a matched control group based on the random number table, with 40 cases in each group. The control group received traditional Western medical care, and all patients were given tigecycline intravenously. The patients in the test group were treated with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and all patients were given tigecycline for injection by intravenous drip combined with Qingfei Huatan decoction orally. The two groups' therapeutic outcomes were contrasted, namely: procalcitonin (PCT), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, hypersensitive C-reactive protein (CRP), blood oxygen saturation (PaO2), and white blood cell (WBC) count. Acute physiology and persistent health scores, clinical lung infection score, mechanical ventilation time, body temperature recovery time, and hospitalization time were recorded.

Results: The effective Of cure in the test group was 37/40 (92.50%) and in the control group it was 30/40 (75.00%). The test group outperformed the control group by a considerable margin (P < .05). The levels of PCT, TNF-α, and hs-CRP were lower in the two groups, and the levels of TNF-α, PCT, and hs-CRP reduced with treatment (P < .05). The white blood cell and PaO2 levels were lower in the experimental group. APACHE II and CPIS scores decreased (P < .05). two groups,Postoperative body temperature recovery time, mechanical ventilation time, and hospital stay were all shortened (P < .05).

Conclusion: The combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine has a positive clinical impact on ventilator-related diseases.

MeSH terms

  • C-Reactive Protein*
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Oxygen
  • Procalcitonin
  • Prognosis
  • Tigecycline
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha*
  • Ventilators, Mechanical

Substances

  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Tigecycline
  • Procalcitonin
  • Oxygen