Traditional Chinese medicine for septic patients undergoing ulinastatin therapy A meta-analysis

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in septic patients treated with ulinastatin. Methods: PubMed, EmBase, and the Cochrane library were searched up to January 2021 to identify randomized controlled trials. The weight mean difference (WMD) and relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals were used with the random-effects model. Results: Twenty-three randomized controlled trials with 1903 septic patients were included. TCM significantly reduced the APACHE II score (WMD: -5.18; P