Fifty patients of infantile protracted chronic pneumonia treated with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine

Objective: To investigate the effects of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in treating infantile protracted chronic pneumonia (IPCP).Methods: One hundred patients of IPCP were divided equally into two groups, the TCM-WM group treated with Maqin Qizhu Decoction combining with antibiotics and the control group treated with antibiotics alone. Efficacy of the two groups was compared after 1 course (15 days) of treatment.Results: The total effective rate of the TCM-WM group was better than that of the control group. Moreover, the days needed in curing coughing, dyspnea, rales and X-ray shadow absorption of the former were fewer than those of the latter.Conclusion: The integrated TCM-WM therapy in treating IPCP could both inhibit the pathogens effectively and improve the humoral immunity and resistant ability of organism.