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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2016

Treatment and prevention of inflammatory responses and oxidative stress in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome using Chinese herbal medicines.

Qin Chen, Rong Jing Lin, Xuchu Hong, Lin Ye, Qichang Lin

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qin ChenDepartment of Pulmonary Disease, Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350004, P.R. China.
Rong Jing LinDepartment of Pulmonary Disease, Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350004, P.R. China.
Xuchu HongDepartment of Pulmonary Disease, Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350004, P.R. China.
Lin YeDepartment of Pulmonary Disease, Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350004, P.R. China.
Qichang LinDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, P.R. China.
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFujian Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of Chinese herbal medicines for the treatment and prevention of inflammatory responses and oxidative stress in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). A total of 60 patients with OSAHS were randomly divided into two groups (n=30/group): The experimental group, who received the conventional treatment + oral administration of the traditional Chinese herbal formula, Jiawei Di Tan Tang; and the control group, who received the conventional treatment only. OSAHS patients were included in the current study if they presented with snoring and had an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of >30 in a polysomnography study, without comorbidities. The therapeutic course lasted 12 weeks in both groups. Alterations to the mean clinical symptom score, Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) and AHI scores, lowest nocturnal blood oxygen saturation (SaO

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Chinese herbal medicineinflammatory responseobstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndromeoxidative stress

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PMID27588078
PMCPMC4998001
OpenAlexW2465790317

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