Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case Report
Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) caused by resistant microorganisms is one of the common reasons of mortality in hospitalized patients, which causes many complications and costs. In addition, nutritional support of a patient with pneumonia is very important. In this article, we present a case of pn...
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| author | Hoorieh Mohammadi Kenari Gholamreza Kordafshari Mohammad Kamalinejad Somayeh Aghighi Maryam Moghimi |
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| description | Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) caused by resistant microorganisms is one of the common reasons of mortality in hospitalized patients, which causes many complications and costs. In addition, nutritional support of a patient with pneumonia is very important. In this article, we present a case of pneumonia in which the therapeutic and nutritional instructions of Persian Medicine (PM) saved a patient’s life. The patient suffered from multiple trauma, affected by HAP during hospitalization. He was treated with a variety of broad-spectrum antibiotics for 9 days, but no improvement in the fever and respiratory state was observed, and eventually he was intubated and transferred to the ICU. Due to lack of improvement, he was treated with PM. One day after starting the treatment with PM, fever was reduced and was discontinued the following day. Three days later, the respiratory state improved and the chest X-ray was normal. Eventually, after 6 days the patient was discharged from the ICU.
Before starting the PM orders, despite the administration of multiple antibiotics, due to the lack of proper diet, there was no satisfactory response to treatment. The therapeutic approach of PM began with diet modification and improvement of the patient's digestive system and simultaneously benefited from herbal medicines to improve the patient's pulmonary status. The therapeutic methods of PM with special attention to temperament and the individual type of treatment and nutrition can be useful in many cases where conventional therapies do not improve the complications of the disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90e4a9e15a4e42648e2e76220ed595052022-12-21T16:43:07ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesTraditional and Integrative Medicine2476-51042476-51122018-06-0132Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case ReportHoorieh Mohammadi Kenari0Gholamreza Kordafshari1Mohammad Kamalinejad2Somayeh Aghighi3Maryam Moghimi4Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranFaculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Unani Medicine, Hamdard University, New Delhi, IndiaSchool of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranHospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) caused by resistant microorganisms is one of the common reasons of mortality in hospitalized patients, which causes many complications and costs. In addition, nutritional support of a patient with pneumonia is very important. In this article, we present a case of pneumonia in which the therapeutic and nutritional instructions of Persian Medicine (PM) saved a patient’s life. The patient suffered from multiple trauma, affected by HAP during hospitalization. He was treated with a variety of broad-spectrum antibiotics for 9 days, but no improvement in the fever and respiratory state was observed, and eventually he was intubated and transferred to the ICU. Due to lack of improvement, he was treated with PM. One day after starting the treatment with PM, fever was reduced and was discontinued the following day. Three days later, the respiratory state improved and the chest X-ray was normal. Eventually, after 6 days the patient was discharged from the ICU. Before starting the PM orders, despite the administration of multiple antibiotics, due to the lack of proper diet, there was no satisfactory response to treatment. The therapeutic approach of PM began with diet modification and improvement of the patient's digestive system and simultaneously benefited from herbal medicines to improve the patient's pulmonary status. The therapeutic methods of PM with special attention to temperament and the individual type of treatment and nutrition can be useful in many cases where conventional therapies do not improve the complications of the disease.https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/156Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP)Conventional medicinePersian medicineTreatment |
| spellingShingle | Hoorieh Mohammadi Kenari Gholamreza Kordafshari Mohammad Kamalinejad Somayeh Aghighi Maryam Moghimi Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case Report Traditional and Integrative Medicine Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) Conventional medicine Persian medicine Treatment |
| title | Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case Report |
| title_full | Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case Report |
| title_short | Treatment of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) with Persian medicine (PM): A Case Report |
| title_sort | treatment of hospital acquired pneumonia hap with persian medicine pm a case report |
| topic | Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) Conventional medicine Persian medicine Treatment |
| url | https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/156 |
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