The Effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as an Adjunct Treatment on Stable COPD Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
K H ChanY Y S TsoiMarcy C McCallPublished in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2021)
This review identifies sufficient moderate-to-low-quality evidence to suggest TCM as an adjunct treatment for stable COPD patients. Though heterogeneity was low among studies, the results were limited and the quality of evidence was low or very low based on small sample sizes and risk of bias. Future studies with larger sample sizes are warranted. The trial is registered with CRD42019161324.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- randomized controlled trial
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- clinical trial
- systematic review
- gene expression
- study protocol
- high intensity
- quality improvement
- combination therapy
- cystic fibrosis
- phase ii
- open label