Clinical study on the effect of TCM treatment in decreasing frequency of peritoneal dialysis

Abstract

Traditional Chinese herbal medicine was used in combination with peritoneal dialysis (PD) in order to improve the renal function and reduce the frequency of PD. The results indicated that, after 3 months of PD+TCM, the serum BUN, creatinine and mean arterial pressure of therapeutic group lowered and the hemoglobin elevated as compared with those after 1 month of PD (P < 0.01), the difference of above-mentioned criteria between PD+TCM group and less frequent PD (LEPD) group was significant too, while there was no obvious difference in comparison of the PD+TCM group with regular PD group (P > 0.05). The effective rate and the edema cure rate of TCM+PD group were superior to the LFPD group, but had no evident difference as compared with the regular PD group. The results revealed that PD combined with TCM treatment might reduce the frequency of PD for the uremia patient deserved long-term PD therapy.