中国结合医学杂志（英文版）Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Author Name	Affiliation
Da-Qing Guo	The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing TCM University, 210029, Nanjing
Jiang-Yi Yu	The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing TCM University, 210029, Nanjing

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Abstract:

Objective:To evaluate the effect of combined therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)treatment and peritoneal dialysis (PD) in improving renal function and reducing the frequency of PD. Methods:Three groups of patients were treated with regular PD, less frequency PD (LFPD) and LFPD plus TCM (LFPD TCM) respectively, and the patients' blood urea nitrogen (BUN), Creatinine (Cr), hemoglobin (Hb) andarterial blood pressure (BP) were observed. Results f After 3 months of PD TCM, the serum BUN, Cr andmean BP of the group lowered and the hemoglobin elevated as compared with those of patients after 1 month ofPD (P < 0. 01 ). The difference of the above-mentioned criteria between PD TCM group and LFPD group wassignificant too, though there was no obvious difference in comparison of the PD TCM group with regular PDgroup (P >0. 05). The effective rate and the edema cure rate of PD TCM group were superior to the LFPDgroup, but was not evidently different as compared with the regular PD group. Conclusion: PD combined withTCM treatment might reduce the frequency of PD for the uremic patients who had to undergo long-term PDtherapy.