Adjuvant treatment with crude rhubarb for patients with systemic inflammation reaction syndrome/sepsis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to evaluate the benefits of adjuvant treatment with crude rhubarb in patients with systemic inflammation reaction syndrome/sepsis by conducting a meta-analysis. METHODS:We conducted a systematic literature search of medical electronic databases (up to October 2013). Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing adjuvant treatment with crude rhubarb in septic patients were included. RESULTS:A total of 15 RCTs with 869 patients were identified. Pooled analysis showed that interleukin 6 (standardized mean differences [SMDs], -1.30; 95% confidence intervals [CIs], -1.94 to -0.66), tumor necrosis factor α (SMD, -0.95; 95% CI, -1.55 to -0.36), procalcitonin (SMD, -1.50; 95% CI, -2.20 to -0.80), von Willebrand factor (mean differences [MDs], -144.11; 95% CI, -253.87 to -34.35), prothrombin time (MD, -2.38; 95% CI, -2.67 to -2.10), acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II scores (MD, -4.51; 95% CI, -5.30 to -3.73), and gastrointestinal dysfunction (risk ratio, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.16-0.49) were significantly reduced after treatment with crude rhubarb. Platelet number (MD, 58.16; 95% CI, 51.16-65.15) was significantly increased. However, crude rhubarb therapy did not significantly reduce 28-day mortality (risk ratio, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.36-1.00) compared with the usual treatment. CONCLUSIONS:Adjuvant treatment with crude rhubarb appears to have additional benefits in septic patients. Antiinflammation and anticoagulant/antiaggregant properties may be its potential mechanism.

journal_name

J Crit Care

journal_title

Journal of critical care

authors

Zhang L,Chen J,Jiang D,Zhang P

doi

10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.11.008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-04-01 00:00:00

pages

282-9

issue

2

eissn

0883-9441

issn

1557-8615

pii

S0883-9441(14)00471-7

journal_volume

30

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