葡萄牙里斯本流行性感冒不同診治方法的現(xiàn)狀研究.pdf

1、The present research has the broad purpose of being the first step to set up, put into practice and improve the convenient TCM instruments for organized clinical intervention in situations of public epidemic external dis

2、ease in Portugal. The immediate objective is to experiment a methodology to describe and understand the general characteristics shown by each year epidemic influenza outbreak based on a standard case definition named in

3、fluenza -like-illness (ILI). An inquiry has been prepared and applied to 100 individuals with ILI condition composed by 31 male and 67 female aged (50.11±16,6), assessed by TCM professionals of the Clinic of the Lisbon C

4、ollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine and by professionals of a Health Centre and Permanent Attendance Service of Lisbon Western Medicine Region. In order to analyze the association or compare two qualitative variables

5、 was used the Chi Squared Test and to verify the relationships between dichotomous variables was used the Pearson correlation coefficient or the Kendall's correlation. The linear regression was used to estimate relations

6、hips between the main distinctive symptoms of Shang Han Lun patterns. The results suggest that the inquiry instrument can be used to characterize the ILI syndrome accordingly to TCM diagnoses. It was also possible to de

7、fine and confirm the best representative symptoms for each syndrome of the Tai Yang, Shao Yang and Yang Ming with significant (p<0,01)level of association. However the inquiry application by western doctors need to be im

8、proved as is shown by the low coefficient regression (R>0,3 and < 0,6). Furthermore, these results reproduce with fidelity what could be expected according with Shanghan Lun and the clinical experience of the TCM profess

9、ion. They allow us to define the incidence of the Yang patterns and its combinations in 2007/2008 peak influenza year. It is our conviction that a good clinical picture has been obtained of the analysed ILI outbreak. Any

10、way, some questions remain about the epistemological status of this kind of "collective diagnosis" that needs further research.Keywords: Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Shang Han Lun/ epidemiologic inquery/ Influenza-like-