Adjunctive homeopathic treatment in patients with severe sepsis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in an intensive care unit

Homeopathy

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-80

  Frass, M ^a   Linkesch, M ^b   Banyai, S ^b,c   Resch, G ^a   Dielacher, C ^b   Lobl T ^b   Endler, C ^a   Haidvogl, M ^a   Muchitsch, I ^a   Schuster, E ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Critically ill patients; Double blind; Homeopathy; Intensive care unit; Placebo controlled study; Randomized prospective; Sepsis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; PHOSPHORUS; PLACEBO; SNAKE VENOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HOMEOPATHY; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LYCOPODIUM; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20244377054     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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