Therapeutic effects of levocarnitine in treating limb muscle ischemia
ZHAO Bing-qing
ZHOU Li-jiang
LAN Zhen-wen
WANG Jing
Abstract：Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects of the intravenous usage of levocarnitine in treating patients with limb muscle ischemia . Methods Sixty-three patients were divided into two groups by the time of admission .Thirty patients in the control group were treated with conventional therapy of limb muscle ische -mia;thirty-three patients in the treatment group were treated with intravenous usage of levocarnitine and conventional therapy.The degrading levels of the concentration of creatine phosphokinase in blood serum of all patients were measured at third day and fifth day after operation .Results The mean degrading level of the concentration of crea-tine phosphokinase in blood serum of the treatment group was 1800.17(U/L)and 2330.08(U/L),and the mean degrading level of the concentration of creatine phosphokinase in blood serum of the control group was 1245.48( U/L)and 1620.74(U/L).There was statistical significance in the difference of the mean degrading level at the third day and the fifth day between the two groups (P<0.01).Conclusion Levocarnitine can significantly improve the condition of limb muscle ischemia .
Keywords：limbs injurymuscleischemialevocarnitine
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 428-429 )