ABSTRACT Objective:To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of Shenfu injection in the treatment of septic shock.Methods:We electronically searched databases including PubMed, The Cochrane Library (Issue 3,2017), Embase, CNKI, VIP, and WanFang Data to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about shenfu injection for septic shock from inception to March 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then, Meta analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software. Results: Eight RCTs involving 587 patients were included. The results of Meta analysis showed that: (1) no statistical difference was found between two groups of death in 28 days [OR=0.73, 95%CI (0.44, 1.21), P=0.22]. (2) no statistical difference was found between two groups of improving MAP (6h after treatment) [MD=7.12, 95%CI (-3.08, 17.31), P=0.17]. (3) the statistical differences were found between two groups of improving Lac (6h after treatment) [MD=-1.92, 95%CI (-3.34, -0.51), P=0.008]. Due to the clinical heterogeneity, three outcome indexes were only descriptive analysis. The results showed that: (1) compared with control group, treatment group could significantly improve urinary volume (6h after treatment) (P<0.05); (2) treatment group could significantly improve CVP (6h after treatment) (P<0.05). (3) no sure conclusion was made for treatment group of ScvO2 or SvO2 (P>0.05). (4) treatment group could significantly improve LAC (6h after treatment) (P<0.05). (5) only one study referred to the occurrence of adverse reactions, and the results showed that no adverse events occurred in either group.Conclusion:Current evidence shows, Shenfu injection could effectively improve CVP, urinary volume, LAC (6h after treatment) and reduce Lac (6h after treatment). For improving ScvO2 or SvO2 (6h after treatment), no sure conclusion was made. Compared with the conventional treatment,combined Shenfu injection did not show the advantage for death in 28 days and MAP (6h after treatment). Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify the above conclusion. |