Study type: Human research · Status: Verified against declared source

Efficacy and safety of Tongfu powder in acute pancreatitis patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction: a clinical trial.

Drug design, development and therapy · 2018

Study scale: Patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomized into either the Tongfu powder group or the mosapride group using the random table.

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Question

Not reported in the reviewed source.

Methods

Numerous clinical and experimental studies have focused on the effects of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) in many diseases.12–14 TCM external therapy is a well-established treatment method with a long history, which is characterized by ease of use and wide application with safe and reliable effects.

Scale or participants

Patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomized into either the Tongfu powder group or the mosapride group using the random table.

Key findings

A total of 102 AP patients were diagnosed using the latest Atlanta Criterion and recruited at the Department of Infectious Disease, Beijing Friendship Hospital (Beijing, People’s Republic of China) from August 2014 to December 2016.

Limitations and uncertainty

Acute pancreatitis (AP), which occurs as a result of activation of pancreatic enzymes, has a wide variety of causes.

Verified against declared source. Verification is limited to the declared source and review scope. It does not mean independent replication or establish efficacy, safety, or suitability.