Evaluation on Common Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Treated by Integrative Traditional Chinese Medicin

• 作 者: Guo-liang Zhang Jian-bo Ding Shuang-jie Li Xi Zhang Yi Xu Hua-sheng Yang Dan Wei Qin Li Qing-sheng Shi Qing-xiong Zhu Tong Yang Zi-qiang Zhuo Yi-mei Tian Hao-jie Zheng Liu-ping Tang Xin-ying Zou Tao W
• 机 构: Department of Infectious Diseases,Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Department of Int
• 出 处: Infection International(Electronic Edition)
• 发表日期: 2013年03期

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)combined with Western medicine in the treatment of patients with common hand,foot and mouth disease(HFMD)by conducting a prospective,controlled,and randomized trial.Methods A total of 452 patients with common HFMD were randomly assigned to receive Western medicine alone(n=220)or combined with TCM(Reduning or Xiyanping injections)(n=232).The primary outcome was the incidence rate of rash/herpes disappearance within 5 days,while secondary outcomes included the incidence rate for fever,cough,lethargy,agitation,and vomiting clearance within 5 days.Results The rash/herpes disappearance rate was 45.5%(100/220)in Western medicine therapy group,and

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) combined with Western medicine in the treatment of patients with common hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) by conducting a prospective, controlled, and randomized trial. Methods A total of 452 patients with common HFMD were randomly assigned to receive Western medicine alone (n = 220) or in combination with TCM (Reduning or Xiyanping injections) (n = 232). The primary outcome was the incidence rate of rash / herpes disappearance within 5 days, while secondary outcomes included the incidence rate for fever, cough, lethargy, agitation, and vomiting clearance within 5 days. Results The rash / herpes disappearance rate was 45.5% (100/220) in Western medicine therapy group, and