Objective: To elevate the efficacy of dialysis in uremia patients treated with maintaining hemodialysis.
Methods: Thirty patients of terminal stage uremia were treated with Tongmai oral liquid and rhubarb capsule combined with hemodialysis were observed and compared with a control group of 30 patients treated with hemodialysis alone. The therapeutic course of both groups was 1 month and the observation lasted for 3 months consecutively.
Results: The mean time urea nitrogen concentration, protein catabdic rate and the GS index (KT/V value) of the treated group were all better than those of the control group (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: Uremia patients treated with Tongmai oral liquid and rhubarb capsule combined with hemodialysis were better in full utilization of hemodialysis and life quality of patients in comparison with patients treated with hemodialysis alone.