title: [Clinical outcomes research of use of Shenfu injection based on hospital information system].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To know how Shenfu injection is used in clinical practice and to provide a reference for guiding clinical use of Shenfu injection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Extract Shenfu injection's post-marketing re-evaluation data from the hospital information system (HIS) of 20 national grade III-A General Hospitals, use basic statistical analysis methods to analyze Shenfu injection's indications, usage and dosage, treatment course etc. in clinical practice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In patients using Shenfu injection, the average age was 62. 15, and patients mainly concentrated in cardiovascular medicine. In clinical practice, Shenfu injection was used mainly for treatment of coronary heart disease (diagnosed as chest obstruction in traditional Chinese medicine). The treatment course mainly ranged from 3 to 7 days, and the dosage was within the limits prescribed by the instruction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Shenfu injection was mainly used for elderly patients, and has been used according to instruction in practice almostly.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. dryangjing@sohu.com
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ruo-Qi
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yan-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal