Simultaneously Using Traditional Chinese Medicine (Si-Ni-Tang) to Treat Septic Shock Patients

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2012-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether simultaneously using the traditional Chinese medicine, Si-Ni-Tang, is more effective in the treatment of septic shock patients.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients admitted to our intensive care units are enrolled if their disease diagnosis meets the definition of septic shock

• Using vasopressor now and the duration from initiation of vasopressor use to the entrance of the study is within 24 hours

• Nasogastric tube feeding

Exclusion Criteria:

• More than one kind of vasopressor is administrated

• Patients with extremely poor gastrointestinal function and can not tolerate diet feeding

• Acute myocardial infarction

• Patients with evidence of major bleeding

• Expected surgical intervention or scheduled surgery in the subsequent one week

• Patients who received digoxin for arrhythmia in the past one week