[Typing of bronchiectasis according to syndrome differentiation].
OBJECTIVE
To study the general law of typing of bronchiectasis according to syndrome differentiation.


METHODS
We collected the symptoms, conditions of tongue and pulse in patients of bronchiectasis, using frequencies procedure, discriminant analysis and K-means cluster analysis in SPSS statistical software as research medium.


RESULTS
Five hundred and sixty three patients with bronchiectasis were studied. It suggested that accumulation of phlegm-heat in the lungs (45.65%), liver fire attacking the lungs (24.51%), asthenia of pulmonosplenic qi (22.38%), asthenia of both qi and yin (7.46%) were the main types.


CONCLUSIONS
Clinical epidemiology provided scientific basis for further studying of the typing of bronchiectasis according to syndrome differentiation. Building up differentiation of syndromes through differentiation and analysis of main symptoms can be used in clinical diagnosis.
Li
Xin
X
Deparment of Respiratory Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China. lily681_2@hotmail.com
Wu
Ying-Gen
YG
Zhang
Hui-Yong
HY
Shao
Chang-Rong
CR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome