Adjuvant treatment with crude rhubarb for patients with systemic inflammation reaction syndrome/sepsis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 282-289

  Zhang, Liyuan ^a   Chen, Jing ^b   Jiang, Dapeng ^c   Zhang, Peng ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AFFILIATED PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Antiinflammation; Crude rhubarb; Meta analysis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; RHUBARB EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; CALCITONIN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHUBARB; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RHEUM; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RHEUM; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923091523     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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