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Effect of point application on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in stationary phase and effects on pulmonary
Fengsen Li1, Zhen Gao, Jing Jing
1Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Xinjiang Medical University & National Clinical Research Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ulumuqi 830000, Xinjiang, China.
Objective:
To evaluate clinical efficacy of point application or adjuvant therapy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in stationary phase and effects on pulmonary functions.
Methods:
Computer retrieved CNKI, VIP, CBM and other databanks and manual operations retrieved correlative literatures to find randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about comparison between point application or adjuvant therapy and no-point-applications for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in stationary phase in China. RevMan 5.0 software was used for Meta analysis.
Results:
Among 3481 cases in the inclusive 32 RCTS, 1780 cases were in the test group and 1701 cases in the control group. Meta analysis indicated: 1) clinical efficacy: the groups containing point application therapy all were better than the groups of no-point-application; 2) force vital capacity (FVC): There was no statistically significant difference between the group of point application plus Western Medicine and the Western Medicine group; 3) force expiratory volume 1 (FEV1): The groups containing point application therapy were better than the no-point-application; 4) FEV1%: the groups of point application plus Western Medicine were better than the Western Medicine groups; 5) FEV1/FVC: there was a significant difference between the group of point application plus Chinese drugs and the group of Chinese drug.
Conclusion:
Point application can increase clinical efficacy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in stationary phase in varying degrees, and different combinations of point application with Chinese drugs or Western Medicines have incomplete same actions in improvement of pulmonary function and therapeutic effect.
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