[Study of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome on multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in the elderly].
OBJECTIVE
To statistically analyze the clinical data from patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in the elderly (MODSE), and to investigate the distribution pattern of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes.


METHODS
TCM data of 200 patients with MODSE was collected on 1, 3 and 7 days after diagnosis. Using 134 symptoms as observation indexes, clustering analysis was used to analyze the TCM symptoms and syndromes of these patients.


RESULTS
In accordance with Diagnostic efficacy of standard TCM Syndrome, Diagnostics of TCM, State Standard of the People's Republic of China: clinical diagnose and treat Terminology of TCM, expert group differentiate on the professional knowledge and clinical manifestation and 7 types of TCM syndrome were selected. Among all syndrome types, there were 134 (22.3%) cases of phlegm stagnation with the largest population, 113 cases (18.8%) of toxic heat flourishing, 97 cases (16.2%) of damp-heat accumulation, 85 cases (14.2%) of qi-deficiency, 67 cases (11.2%) of both yin and yang deficiency, 55 cases (9.2%) of fu being filled and substances could not pass through, and 48 cases (8.1%) of qi stagnation and blood stasis.


CONCLUSIONS
This preliminary study found 7 primary types of TCM syndrome in patients with MODSE, including syndrome of phlegm stagnation, toxic heat flourishing, accumulation of damp-heat, qi-deficiency, both yin and yang deficiency, fu being filled and substances could not pass through and qi stagnation and blood stasis. The most common syndrome is phlegm stagnation and deficiency, phlegm, blood stasis, toxic are the main etiology and pathology of the disease.
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China. Corresponding author: Wang Dong-qiang, Email: wdqklm@sina.com.
Dong-qiang
DQ
Wang
Yin-ping
YP
Li
Zhi-Jun
ZJ
Li
Qiao-ru
QR
Li
Peng-liang
PL
Fu
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*