Severe pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases and the leading cause of sepsis and septic shock.Preventing infection,balancing the patient’s immune status,and anti-coagulation therapy are all importan...Severe pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases and the leading cause of sepsis and septic shock.Preventing infection,balancing the patient’s immune status,and anti-coagulation therapy are all important elements in the treatment of severe pneumonia.As multi-target agents,Xuebijing injection(XBJ)has shown unique advantages in targeting complex conditions and saving the lives of patients with severe pneumonia.This review outlines progress in the understanding of XBJ’s anti-inflammatory,endotoxin antagonism,and anticoagulation effects.From the hundreds of publications released over the past few years,the key results from representative clinical studies of XBJ in the treatment of severe pneumonia were selected and summarized.XBJ was observed to effectively suppress the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines,counter the effects of endotoxin,and assert an anticoagulation effect in most clinical trials,which are consistent with experimental studies.Collectively,this evidence suggests that XBJ could play an important and expanding role in clinical medicine,especially for sepsis,septic shock and severe pneumonia.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the second batch of"Ten thousand plan"-National high-level talents special support plan(No.W02020052)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82072247,82204937)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Beijing(No.L222150)the China Scholarship Council(No.202206557005)。
文摘Severe pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases and the leading cause of sepsis and septic shock.Preventing infection,balancing the patient’s immune status,and anti-coagulation therapy are all important elements in the treatment of severe pneumonia.As multi-target agents,Xuebijing injection(XBJ)has shown unique advantages in targeting complex conditions and saving the lives of patients with severe pneumonia.This review outlines progress in the understanding of XBJ’s anti-inflammatory,endotoxin antagonism,and anticoagulation effects.From the hundreds of publications released over the past few years,the key results from representative clinical studies of XBJ in the treatment of severe pneumonia were selected and summarized.XBJ was observed to effectively suppress the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines,counter the effects of endotoxin,and assert an anticoagulation effect in most clinical trials,which are consistent with experimental studies.Collectively,this evidence suggests that XBJ could play an important and expanding role in clinical medicine,especially for sepsis,septic shock and severe pneumonia.