WANG Ruiping, LI Xin, WANG Zhenwei, et al. Analysis of clinical features, course of disease and hospitalization days of COVID-19 patients receiving TCM treatment. [J]. Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 54(8):25-30(2020)
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WANG Ruiping, LI Xin, WANG Zhenwei, et al. Analysis of clinical features, course of disease and hospitalization days of COVID-19 patients receiving TCM treatment. [J]. Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 54(8):25-30(2020) DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2020.08.095.
Analysis of clinical features, course of disease and hospitalization days of COVID-19 patients receiving TCM treatment
Objective:To analyze the clinical features and diagnosis and treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),explore potential factors influencing the course of disease and hospitalization days, and provide reference for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment of COVID-19. MethodsNinety-three included patients with COVID-19 were those admitted to Ward 5 and Ward 7 of Leishenshan Hospital of Wuhan city from February to March 2020. Their demographic features, medical data at the onset of COVID-19,and laboratory test were collected through questionnaire survey, and statistical analysis was carried out by SAS9.2 software. Results:The average age of 93 COVID-19 patients was 60.56 years old with the standard deviation of 12.32. Male patients accounted for 40.86%. The majority of the patients were common type (86.02%),and 42.34% of the patients were accompanied by chronic diseases. The main symptoms of COVID-19 patients at admission included fatigue (83.87%),nervousness (82.80%), depression(70.97%),dry cough (68.82%) and sleep disorder (66.67%). All patients received TCM treatment,with 44.09% also receiving western medicine treatment,41.94% receiving acupuncture treatment and 12.90% receiving auricular point/application treatment. More than 90% of the patients had no symptoms of fever,abdominal distension and anorexia when they were discharged from hospital. The average course of disease was 44.74 days with the standard deviation of 14.70, and the average hospitalization duration was 18.99 days with the standard deviation of 9.97. The course of disease of patients receiving acupuncture treatment was significantly shorter than that of patients not receiving acupuncture treatment (P<0.05),and the hospitalization days of patients receiving acupuncture treatment were also shorter than that of patients not receiving acupuncture treatment. Conclusion:Most COVID-19 cases included have no complications, and TCM intervention rate in treating COVID-19 is high. Acupuncture, as a representative of TCM treatment, can alleviate the symptoms of patients, shorten the course of disease and hospitalization days.
关键词
新型冠状病毒肺炎新型冠状病毒中医药疗法临床特征病程住院天数
Keywords
COVID-19SARS-CoV-2TCM therapyclinical featurecourse of diseasehospitalization days