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Clinical Observation of Chronic Empyema Treatment Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine(A report of 50 cases)

Chen Ruji

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Objective To observe the clinical effect of chronic empyema treatment combined with traditional medicine and western medicine.Methods 88 cases were randomly divided into 2 groups,the treatment group(50 cases) and the control group(38 cases).Both groups were treated with effective antibiotics,and treatment group was added Chinese drug.Results The effective rate is 100% in the treatment group and 92.1% in the control group.There was significant difference between two groups(P0.05).The cured rates were 80.00% and 34.2% respectively in the treatment group and the control group.The difference was significant too(P0.01).Conclusion Chronic empyema combined treatment with traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine is deserved to be extended.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Western medicine, Treatment and control groups, Empyema, Significant difference, Traditional Chinese medicine, Antibiotics, Traditional medicine