title: [Research on stomach yin deficiency syndrome due to abdominal surgery or severe acute abdominal diseases (I)].
abstract: The Spleen-Stomach theory is an important component of the theories of TCM. Exploration of pathophysiologic changes in patients with Stomach Yin Deficiency Syndrome (SYDS) is of help in explaining the Spleen-Stomach theory. Hence patients with SYDS due to abdominal operation or severe acute abdominal diseases were selected as objects to be observed. The endotoxin in plasma, immune function of the body, the mean temperature and blood perfusion rate at the centre of the tongue, area representing the Spleen and Stomach, the surface pH and index of electric conduction of the tongue and rheologic changes were determined. The results showed that the content of plasma endotoxin in patients with SYDS was 346 +/- 216 ng/ml (mean +/- SD). The value in all patients with SYDS was beyond normal (50 ng/ml), the highest being 1050 ng/ml. ANAE and LTT were decreased, as compared to the control (P less than 0.001). The content of IgG, IgA, CIC in blood increased (P less than 0.05, P less than 0.001, and P less than 0.001 respectively), and that of IgM decreased (P less than 0.002). The consistency of C3 in patients with SYDS was 83.6% of the control (P less than 0.001), and that of C4 and C5 increased (P less than 0.01 and P less than 0.001 respectively). The mean temperature of the tongue with SYDS was 0.64 degrees C lower than the control (P less than 0.05) and the blood perfusion rate was decreased 16.4% than the control (P less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin Medical College.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins