Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40740420›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in physiology2025

Clinical study on modified Shenzhe Zhenqi Decoction combined with ambroxol hydrochloride in the treatment of severe pneumonia.

Binyu Xing, Cunyi Shen, Ting Lin, Xiaoning Li, Wenjun Tan

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Binyu XingDepartment of Surgery Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Cunyi ShenDepartment of Surgery Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Ting LinDepartment of Surgery Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Xiaoning LiDepartment of Surgery Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Wenjun TanDepartment of Surgery Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of modified Shenzhe Zhenqi Decoction combined with ambroxol hydrochloride in treating severe pneumonia. Methods: This was a single-center, prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. A total of 138 patients with severe pneumonia were randomly divided into two groups. The control group (n = 69) received ambroxol hydrochloride, while the observation group (n = 69) received modified Shenzhe Zhenqi Decoction combined with ambroxol hydrochloride. Clinical efficacy, Traditional Chinese Medicine symptom scores (fever, cough, expectoration, dyspnea), arterial blood gas indicators [oxygen saturation (SaO Results: The overall efficacy rates in the combined and control groups were 98.55% and 89.86% ( Conclusion: Modified Shenzhe Zhenqi Decoction combined with ambroxol hydrochloride demonstrated ideal clinical efficacy in treating severe pneumonia, alleviating symptoms and pulmonary inflammation and improving arterial blood gas indicators and lung function.

Indexed as

ambroxol hydrochlorideblood gas indicesinflammatory factorslung functionsevere pneumoniaShenzhe Zhenqi Decoction

Identifiers

PMID40740420
PMCPMC12307392

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.