Impact of traditional Chinese medicine for multiple organ failure in the critical care setting

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460894
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
• Research Institution: Gifu University
• Principal Investigator: Ushikoshi Hiroaki 岐阜大学, 医学部附属病院, 准教授 (00402165)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUMOTO Jun 岐阜大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 非常勤講師 (90467209) ; OGURA Shinji 岐阜大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (30185566) ; SHIRAI Kunihiro 岐阜大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 非常勤講師 (20268618)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 統合医学 / 集中治療 / 腎血流改善 / 脳血流 / 東洋医学 / 人工呼吸離脱

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Conventional and western intensive care has notably developed and treated many severe state critical diseases such as septic shock, trauma with multiple organ failure (brain, heart, lung and kidney), which occurred the problem of difficulty for respirator weaning, renal replacement therapy, delirium and mental care. In the present study, we examined the impact of traditional Chinese medicine (thermal therapy with moxibustion, acupuncture and Chinese herb (Kampo)). As a result, we identified the effects for renal blood flow, respiratory function, preventure delirium and sympathic nerve by physiological parameter.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学