WU Zhu-lin, TAN Wan-jun, LIAN Bao-tao, et al. Systematic Review of Umbilical Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Ascites Due to Liver Cirrhosis[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2016, 22(17): 177-181.
DOI:
WU Zhu-lin, TAN Wan-jun, LIAN Bao-tao, et al. Systematic Review of Umbilical Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Ascites Due to Liver Cirrhosis[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2016, 22(17): 177-181. DOI: 10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.2016170177.
Systematic Review of Umbilical Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Ascites Due to Liver Cirrhosis
Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effect and safety of umbilical therapy of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) combined with routine western therapy in treating ascites due to liver cirrhosis. Method: Databases
such as CNKI
Wanfang
CBM
VIP
PubMed
Cochrane Library
were searched (as at March 2016) to screen out relevant journals and the literature of randomized controlled trials(RCT). The quality of RCT was assessed by using Jadad scores
and Meta-analysis was performed with Review Manager 5.3 software. Result: Twenty-three articles were enrolled
involving 1891 patients. The results of Meta-analysis showed that intervention measures could improve the clinical effect[OR=3.32
95%CI (2.58
4.27)
P<0.00001]
increase TCM symptom complex score[WMD=-1.85
95%CI (-2.49
1.20)
P<0.00001]
reduce abdominal circumference[WMD=-10.04
95%CI (-12.84
-7.25)
P<0.00001]
et al. Conclusion: The combination of TCM and routine western therapy in treating ascites due to liver cirrhosis has a better efficacy and safe than the administration of routine western treatment along.