Xuebijing combined with corticosteroid injection treating paraquat poisoning analysis of 146 cases

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Xuebijing combined with corticosteroid injection treating paraquat poisoning with regression analysis. Methods 146 patients of paraquat poisoning in 3 years were divided into two groups: control group and therapeutic group. 50 patients in the control group were treated with Methylprednisolone, while 96 patients in the therapeutic group were treated with Xuebijing injection (300～400 ml/d, intravenous drip) and Methylprednisolone. The patients' clinical symptoms, signs and the levels of white blood cell (WBC), Neutrophils (N), C-reactive protein (CRP), glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), serum creatinine (Scr) and arterial partial pressure of oxygen were collected. And patients did chest CT examinations every three days. All the data were compared between the two groups. Results ① The biochemical indicators of the control group in the 14th day [WBC,N,CRP, and PaO2 is (16.49±4.30), (84.22±21.07), (24.58±7.06), and (83.20±22.95) respectively]were better than those in the third day[WBC, N, CRP, and PaO2 is (19.21 ±5.34), (85.04± 12.33), (27.98±6.51), and (73.42±11.43)respectively], but there was not significant difference between them(P>0.05). While the biochemical indicators of the therapeutic group in the 14th day [WBC,N, CRP, and PaO2 is (9.16 ± 3.23 ), (70.48 ± 10.79), ( 17.48 ± 4.7), and (95.04± 11.93) respectively] were much better than those in the third day [WBC,N,CRP, and PaO2 is (16.96±9.95),(84.82±9.34), (27.34± 10.03), and (89.12±9.47) respectively], and there was significant difference between them( P< 0.05 ). ② The survival rate in the control group was 32% comparing to 67.71% in the therapeutic group, showing significant difference between the two group (x2=9.588, P<0.05) . ③ The patients' chest CT examinations in the therapeutic group were better than those in the control group. Conclusion Xuebijing injection combined with methylprednisolone had good effects m treating paraquat poisoning. Key words: Paraquat;  poisoning, Xuebijing;  Methylprednisolone;  Integrative medicine