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Feasibility analysis of external application of Xiao-Shuan-San in preventing PICC-related thrombosis
Jie-Ping Li1, Wen-Wen Jiang2, Wei-Kang Bi3
1Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao University, Yantai, 264000, China.
Purpose:
We aim to analyze the feasibility of external application of Xiao-Shuan-Santo prevent peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) -related thrombosis.
Methods:
A total of 218 patients with PICC catheterization were randomly divided into a control group (n = 103) and a treatment group (n = 115). Patients in the treatment group received additional external application of Xiao-Shuan-San. The changes of coagulation index, the incidence of PICC-related thrombosis and other complications, and the maximum blood flow rate (Vmax) of axillary vein were observed at 1 day before catheterization and 30 days after PICC.
Results:
At 30 days after PICC, the incidence of PICC-related thrombosis and other adverse events in the treatment group were obviously lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05), and the decreased Vmax value of axillary vein in the control group (11.75±1.91 cm/s) was more visible than that in the treatment group (14.63±3.03 cm/s), accompanied by a statistical significance (P < 0.05).
Conclusions:
External application of Xiao-Shuan-San could reduce the incidence of PICC-related thrombosis and other complications.
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