Clinical Effect of Shenfu Injection in Patients with Septic Shock: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Table 1

Characteristics of included trials.

Authors, year	Nation	Study design	Sample size (/)	Age (mean or range)
Sun et al., 2007 [24]	China	RCT	60 (34/26)	E: 18–65; C: 18–60
Sun et al., 2008 [31]	China	RCT	60 (30/30)	E: 18–65; C: 18–60
Zhang et al., 2011 [27]	China	RCT	93 (48/45)	E: 16–72; C: 17–70
Li et al., 2013 [29]	China	RCT	60 (30/30)	E: 25–82; C: 22–79
Lin et al., 2012 [28]	China	RCT	120 (60/60)	E: 32–81; C: 31–83
Xu and Xu, 2012 [25]	China	RCT	49 (22/27)	E: 54 ± 0.3; C: 55 ± 0.2
Xu et al., 2013 [26]	China	RCT	98 (48/50)	E: 57 ± 7.0; C: 60 ± 8.0
He et al., 2013 [19]	China	RCT	64 (32/32)	Not reported
Lin et al., 2013 [30]	China	RCT	49 (33/16)	E: 79.8 ± 12.6; C: 76.5 ± 13.2
Lv et al., 2013 [23]	China	RCT	52 (27/25)	Not reported
Dong and Shen, 2014 [18]	China	RCT	91 (46/45)	E: 68.34; C: 69.56
Liu et al., 2014 [22]	China	RCT	108 (54/54)	Not reported