Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
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Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Comparative efficacy of Chinese herbal injections for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: A Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Considering the limitations of conventional western treatment for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the extensive exploration of Chinese herbal injections (CHIs), systematically and critically evaluating the efficacy of CHIs in the treatment of CAP is necessary. ⋯ This NMA showed that using CHIs in combination with WM improved treatment performance and could be beneficial for patients with CAP compared to using WM alone. Thereinto, YHN+WM showed a preferable improvement on patients with CAP when unified considering the clinical effective rate and other outcomes. As for safety, more evidence is needed to support this hypothesis.
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Given that the most recent systematic review investigating Green-Coffee Extract (GCE) as a weight loss facilitator was nearly a decade ago and that the authors reported there no consensus on the effect of GCE/CGA (Chlorogenic acids) on body composition indices, a comprehensive systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of all available randomized controlled trial (RCTs) was undertaken to examine the effect of GCE and CGA intervention on body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in adults. ⋯ The results of current meta-analysis study support the use of GCE supplementation for the improvement of obesity indices, with sub-group analysis highlighting greater improvements in individuals with a starting BMI ≥25 kg/m2.