WU Ming 1 , LI Gang 2 , SHEN Qi 3
  • 1. Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221002, China2. Department of Stomatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221002, China3. Department of Pediatrics, Liuzhou People’s Hospital, Liuzhou 545001, China;
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Objective  To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Shengmai injection for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).
Methods  We searched MEDLINE (1966 to February 2007), EMBASE (1980 to February 2007), CBM (1978 to 2006), CNKI (1979 to February 2007), VIP (1989 to February 2007), and handsearched five Journals on Pediatrics. We evaluated features of quality of included studies, including randomization, blinding, allocation concealment and loss of follow-up. Meta-analyses were performed using The Cochrane Collaboration’s RevMan 4.2.8.
Results  Seven randomized controlled trials were included. The cure rate on day 5 in the Shengmai injection group was higher than in the control group (RR 1.55, 95%CI 1.25 to 1.93), but this rate was similar on day 10 (RR 0.74, 95%CI 0.43 to 1.29). No significant difference in cure rate was noted between the Shengmai injection group and naloxone group (RR 0.88, 95%CI 0.53 to 1.46). No significant differences were observed in mortality (RR0.44, 95%CI 0.16 to 1.19) and mutilation rate (RR 0.58, 95%CI 0.21 to 1.56) between the Shengmai injection group and the control group. For those babies suffering from HIE combined with myocardial damage, Shengmai injection could speed up the recovery of ECG (WMD=–2.02, 95%CI –2.76 to –1.28) and myocardial enzymogram (CK-MB: WMD= –4.78, 95%CI –6.77 to –2.79; CK-BB: WMD=–2.68, 95%CI –4.58 to –0.78). Significant differences in NBNA score were noted between the Shengmai injection group and the control group on day 5 (WMD=4.05, 95%CI 2.47 to 5.63) and day 10 (WMD=3.50, 95%CI 2.26 to 4.74). No fatal side effects were reported.
Conclusions  Shengmai injection has certain therapeutic values in treating HIE. Shengmai injection can speed up the recovery ECG, CK-BM and CK-BB of HIE patients, especially in those who have myocardial damage. Shengmai injection can also improve the NBNA score. However, because of the low statistical power and high risks for selection bias, performance bias and measurement bias in the included trials, these conclusions need to be interpreted cautiously.

Citation: WU Ming,LI Gang,SHEN Qi. Shengmai Injection for Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2008, 08(3): 190-195. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20080042 Copy

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