Clinical Study

Efficacy of Scutellaria baicalensis for the Treatment of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Associated with Encephalitis in Patients Infected with EV71: A Multicenter, Retrospective Analysis

Figure 2

Number of fever cases in both groups. The total number of patients that presented with a fever in both groups was 609, including 370 in the Scutellaria baicalensis group and 239 in the ribavirin group. The interval between each time point was 4 hours. Temperatures above 37.5°C were considered to indicate a fever and those maintained below 37.5°C for >24 hours were considered normal.