Effect of combined therapy of Yinchenhao Chengqi decoction and endoscopic sphincterotomy for endotoxemia in acute cholangitis

Table 1 Disease composition of acute cholangitis

Group	No. of patients	Common bile duct stones (%)	Benign stenosis of Oddi’s sphincter (%)	Biliary ascariasis (%)
Group B	11	6 (55)	4 (36)	1 (9)
Group A	10	6 (60)	3 (30)	1 (10)

Table 2 Comparison of general condition

Group	No. of patients	WBC in peripheral blood (109/L)	Percent of neutrophil cell	Temperature ( °C )	Age (years)
Group B	11	15.47 ± 6.83	0.85 ± 0.08	38.92 ± 1.32	52.43 ± 13.61
Group A	10	15.36 ± 7.26	0.83 ± 0.09	38.87 ± 1.24	56.21 ± 14.17
P		> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05

Table 3 Changes of the incidence rate of ETM

Group	No.ofpatients	Before treatment (%)	After treatment(%)
			d3	d5	d7
Group B	11	11/11 (100)	9/11 (82)	1/11 (64)a	3/11 (27)a
Group A	10	10/10 (100)	6/10 (60)a	2/10 (20)ac

^aP < 0.05, comparison of intra-group;

^cP < 0.05, comparison among groups. χ² test.

Table 4 Changes of plasmic ET, serum SOD and MDA ( ^-x±s)

Group	No.of patients	Before treatment	After treatment
			d3	d5	d7
Plasmic ET (ng/L)
Group B	11	97.12 ± 15.20	72.84 ± 10.36a	62.61 ± 10.08a	47.80 ± 11.62a
Group A	10	98.67 ± 15.54	67.07 ± 13.50a	48.18 ± 11.46ac	35.92 ± 8.30ac
Serum SOD (kNU/L)
Group B	11	62.52 ± 8.01	72.38 ± 10.52a	86.89 ± 13.56a
Group A	10	63.68 ± 9.45	96.47 ± 15.35ac	105.18 ± 13.21ac
Serum MDA (μmol/L)
Group B	11	38.50 ± 2.29	24.40 ± 2.43a	12.47 ± 1.70a
Group A	10	37.32 ± 3.80	6.40 ± 1.28ac	4.33 ± 1.03ac

^aP < 0.05, comparison intra-group;

^cP < 0.05, comparison among groups. Student’s t test.