Abstract
BackgroudThe outbreak of COVID-19 has brought unprecedented perils to human health and raised public health concerns in more than two hundred countries. Safe and effective treatment scheme is needed urgently.ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of integratedTCM and western medicine treatment scheme on COVID-19.MethodsA single-armed clinical trial was carried out in Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, an affiliated hospital with Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. 102 confirmed cases were screened out from 725 suspected cases and 93 of them were treated with integrated TCM and western medicine treatment scheme.Results83 cases were cured, 5 cases deteriorated, and 5 cases withdrew from the study. No deaths were reported. The mean relief time of fever, cough, diarrhea, and fatigue were (4.78 ± 4.61) days, (7.22 ± 4.99) days, (5.28 ± 3.39) days, and (5.28 ± 3.39) days, respectively. It took (14.84 ± 5.50) days for SARS-CoV-2 by nucleic acid amplification-based testing to turn negative. Multivariable cox regression analysis revealed that age, BMI, PISCT, BPC, AST, CK, BS, and UPRO were independent risk factors for COVID-19 treatment.ConclusionOur study suggested that integrated TCM and western medicine treatment scheme was effective for COVID-19.
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