[Clinical study of pulmonary encephalopathy with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical effectiveness of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine (TCM-WM) on pulmonary encephalopathy. METHODS: Eight three patients of pulmonary encephalopathy were allocated randomly into the TCM-WM group and the control group. The therapeutic method for the control group including continuous low flow oxygen intake with mechanical ventilation available when necessary, antiasthmatics and expectorants improve ventilation, sufficient and combined intravenous infusion of antibiotics, and prescription of diuretics for dehydration under the therapeutic principle of mild, small dosage, combined and intermittent in use. For the TCM-WM group, besides above-mentioned medication, Chinese medicine of clear up the Heat and toxin, tranquilizing, restore consciousness and induce resuscitation, bactericiding and expelling their toxin. The anti-pulmonary-encephalopathy injection was given as soon as possible. RESULTS: The total effective rate of the TCM-WM group reached 83.0% and was higher than that of the control group (63.9%) significantly (P < 0.05). Time for restoring consciousness in the former was also shorter than that of the latter significantly (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: This study provided both method and experience for the treatment of pulmonary encephalopathy with TCM-WM.