Effect of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine on SARS: A review of clinical evidence

Table 3 Effect of Kangfeidian No.1,2, 3 with Western medicine in SARS patients

Outcome measure	Kangfeidian No.1, 2, 3 combined with Western medicine	Western medicine alone	Relative risk (95%CI)	P	Reference
Mortality	(n/N)
	4/31	4/32	1.04 (0.24, 4.57)		Zhang XM et al
	0/37	1/39	0.34 (0.01, 8.67)		(2003)
Overall	4/68	5/71	0.86 (0.22, 3.29)	0.82
Lung infiltrate	27/31	18/32	5.25 (1.49, 18.53)		Zhao CH et al
Absorbing	22/37	6/39	8.07 (2.71, 23.98)		(2003)
Overall	49/68	24/71	6.68 (2.93, 15.24)	<0.00001	Zhao CH et al
The average	N (mean ± SD)		WMD(95%CI)		(2003)
Dosage of
Glucocrticosteroids	31 (304.13 ± 143.42)	32 (347.40 ± 173.10)	-43.2 7(-121.67, 35.13)		Zhang XM et al
	15 (1400.00 ± 685.00)	20 (1325.00 ± 623.00)	75.00 (-366.27, 516.27)		(2003)
					Zhao CH et al
					(2003)
Overall	46	52	-39.65 (-116.84, 37.54)	0.31