A Case Report of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment for Severe Pneumonia with Pyopneumothorax

Abstract

Severe pneumonia combined with septic pneumothorax is a complex infectious disease with extremely critical clinical conditions and a high morbidity and mortality rate worldwide. Its pathological mechanism involves complex lung infection and fluid circulation disorders, and the combination of infectious shock can lead to multi-organ failure, in which timely and reasonable application of antibiotics, fluid resuscitation respiratory support and other symptomatic treatments are particularly critical. Chinese medicine starts from the symptomatic characteristics of lung carbuncle and provides targeted treatment at different stages of the disease by clearing heat and removing toxins, resolving phlegm and removing pus, and supporting Zhengzheng and fixing dehiscence. In the stage of lung carbuncle suppuration, classical prescriptions such as “Thousand Gold” Reed Stem Tang and Jiawei Platycodonopsis Tang can be used, and in the later stage, if the patient is weak after a long period of illness, Prof. Chao Enxiang, a master of Chinese medicine, can use his self-designed formula of diarrhea of the lungs and drinking, which promotes the recovery of lung function and the absorption of the lesions in the later stage of the disease, and strengthens the righteousness to get rid of the evil spirits, thus improving the prognosis of the patient, and demonstrating the great potential and significant advantages of the combination of Chinese and Western medicines to improve the quality of survival of the patient.