RCT J Tradit Chin Med 2016

Multicenter clinical efficacy observation of integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine-Western Medicine treatment in acute onset period of pulmonary heart disease

Lu Y, Jin W, Zhang H, Zhang X — J Tradit Chin Med, 2016

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers compared an integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine approach to standard Western Medicine plus a placebo for patients with acute pulmonary heart disease.

What They Found

The treatment group (integrated TCM-WM) showed a 4.98% decrease in mortality compared to the control group. Patients receiving integrated treatment also experienced improved ventilation, corrected hypoxemia, better nutritional status, enhanced digestive functions, improved self-life skills, and a shorter hospital stay.

Canadian Relevance

No direct Canadian connection identified.

Study Limitations

A limitation is that the abstract does not detail the specific components of the Traditional Chinese Medicine therapy, which could affect the generalizability and replicability of the findings.

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Study Details

Study Type	RCT
Category	Uncategorised
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	27468541
Year Published	2016
Journal	J Tradit Chin Med
MeSH Terms	Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Heart Disease; Treatment Outcome

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