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KMID : 0363620110320060122
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2011 Volume.32 No. 6 p.122 ~ p.130
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Effects of Herbal treatment for In-patients with Mild Fever: Retrospective Clinical Study
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Lee Sun-Ju
Han In-Sik
Oh Hyun-Suk
Lee Dong-Jin
Yoon Jeung-Won
Choi Ga-Young
Hong Sun-Gi
Lee Won-Chul
Sun Seung-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the effect of herbal extract medicines for inpatients with fever symptoms in an oriental medicine hospital.
Methods: Medical records of inpatients who experienced over of fever from July 2010 to August 2011 has been requested with deleted personal identifiable information. The requested data were analyzed by patients’ general characteristics, administrated western/herbal medicines, and changes in the body temperature of four administration groups (group 1, herbal extract medicine only; group 2, western medication(antibiotics/antipyretics) only; group 3, combination of herbal extract medicine and western medication; group 4, no medication control). The SPSS 19.0 was used for statistical analysis and p-value of less than 0.05 was regarded significant.
Results: The body temperature has significantly dropped over time in the herbal extract medicine only group (p<0.001) along with the antibiotics/antipyretics only group. When both treatments were combined, stronger antipyretic effect was shown compared to the sole treatment of herbal extract medicine or antibiotics/antipyretics.
Conclusion: The use of herbal extract medicines may be effective in alleviation of fever.
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KEYWORD
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Effects of Herbal treatment for In-patients with Mild Fever: Retrospective Clinical Study
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