Chinese herbal injections plus Western Medicine on inflammatory factors for patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chinese herbal injections (CHIs) are commonly prescribed in China as adjuvant therapy for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). However, evidence supporting the effect of CHIs on inflammatory factors for patients with AECOPD is insufficient, posing a challenge for clinicians to choose the optimal CHIs for AECOPD. This network meta-analysis (NMA) aimed to compare the effectiveness of several CHIs combined with Western Medicine (WM) and WM alone on the inflammatory factors in AECOPD.

Methods

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on different CHIs for treating AECOPD were thoroughly searched from several electronic databases up to August 2022. The quality assessment of the included RCTs was conducted according to the Cochrane risk of bia

SUBMITTER: Zhu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10183547 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature