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ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between the kidney deficiency and governor vessel cold syndrome and the kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome in ankylosing spondylitis （AS） patients and the five evolutive phases and six climatic factors of their birth and onset year based on the theory of five movements and six climates （FMSC）. MethodsTotally 1791 patients with AS who were admitted to China-Japan Friendship Hospital from September 2010 to September 2020 and met the diagnostic and inclusion criteria were selected in this study. The clinical data were classified into two types of syndromes， kidney deficiency and governor vessel cold syndrome and the kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome based on the diagnostic criteria of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes. The date of birth and the year of disease onset were converted into FMSC symbols according to the perpetual almanac （《万年历》）， and the two could be converted into the terrestrial branch， year evolutive phase， host evolutive phase， guest evolutive phase， host climatic qi， guest climatic qi， celestial manager qi， guest climatic qi adding to fixed host qi， combined analysis of five evolutive phases and six climatic factors， solar terms， and season of the date of birth， as well as the terrestrial branch， year evolutive phase， and celestial manager qi of the year of disease onset. Univariate analyses were performed using the two independent samples t-test or the Mann Whitney U-test， the Pearson （Pearson） χ2 test， or one-way logistic regression analyses， and variables for which statistical significance existed in the one-way analyses were included in the multivariate logistic regression analyses. General conditions， clinical manifestations， physical signs， laboratory indicators ［including C reactive protein （CRP）， erythrocyte sedimentation rate （ESR）， and humans leukocyte antigen B27 （HLA-B27）］， measurement （including occipital wall distance， jaw peduncle distance， finger-to-ground distance， thoracic range of motion， and Schober experiment）， and distribution of FMSC of birth and disease onset between AS patients with kidney deficiency and governor vessel cold syndrome and with the kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome were compared， and the association between FMSC and AS patients with kidney deficiency and governor vessel cold syndrome and the kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome was studied. ResultsThe differences in ESR， CRP， chest mobility， occurrence of achilles tendon enthesitis， and peripheral arthritis between the two groups of patients were statistically significant （P＜0.05）. Single factor analysis found that taking kidney deficiency and governor vessel cold syndrome as control the following FMSC factors increases the risk of developing kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome： excess of water in year evolutive phase at birth， excess of wood in host evolutive phase at birth， excess of wood in guest evolutive phase at birth， excess of wood in year evolutive phase of onset， deficiency of metal in year evolutive phase at birth （OR = 2.000， P = 0.004）， excess of metal in host evolutive phase at birth （OR = 1.745， P = 0.024） or excess of wood （OR = 1.781， P = 0.023）， deficiency of fire in guest evolutive phase at birth （OR = 1.689， P = 0.049） or deficiency of wood （OR = 1.901， P = 0.018） or excess of metal （OR = 2.163， P = 0.004）， excess of water in year evolutive phase at the disease onset （OR = 1.880 ， P = 0.013） or deficiency of wood （OR = 1.707， P = 0.022）. Multivariate logistic regression analysis found that the risk of developing kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome in AS was increased by deficiency of metal in year evolutive phase at birth， excess of metal in host evolutive phase at birth， higher level of ESR， greater the chest mobility， incidence of concomitant Achilles tendon enthesitis and peripheral arthritis. ConclusionThe year evolutive phase and host evolutive phase at birth play a significant role in the development of kidney deficiency and governor vessel cold syndrome AS. Risk of developing kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome can be increased by excess of water or deficiency of metal in year evolutive phase at birth， and excess of wood or excess of metal in host evolutive phase at birth and the kidney deficiency damp-heat syndrome in ankylosing spondylitis.
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Objective:To report the results of national surveillance on the distribution and antimicrobial resistance profile of clinical bacterial isolates from bloodstream infections in China in 2021.Methods:The clinical bacterial strains isolated from blood culture from member hospitals of Blood Bacterial Resistant Investigation Collaborative System (BRICS) were collected during January 2021 to December 2021. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were conducted by agar dilution or broth dilution methods recommended by Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). WHONET 5.6 was used to analyze data.Results:During the study period, 11 013 bacterial strains were collected from 51 hospitals, of which 2 782 (25.3%) were Gram-positive bacteria and 8 231 (74.7%) were Gram-negative bacteria. The top 10 bacterial species were Escherichia coli (37.6%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (18.9%), Staphylococcus aureus (9.8%), coagulase-negative Staphylococci (6.3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (3.6%), Enterococcus faecium (3.6%), Acinetobacter baumannii (2.8%), Enterococcus faecalis (2.7%), Enterobacter cloacae (2.5%) and Klebsiella spp (2.1%). The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus were 25.3% and 76.8%, respectively. No glycopeptide- and daptomycin-resistant Staphylococci was detected; more than 95.0% of Staphylococcus aureus were sensitive to ceftobiprole. No vancomycin-resistant Enterococci strains were detected. The rates of extended spectrum B-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolated in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis were 49.6%, 25.5% and 39.0%, respectively. The prevalence rates of carbapenem-resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were 2.2% and 15.8%, respectively; 7.9% of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae was resistant to ceftazidime/avibactam combination. Ceftobiprole demonstrated excellent activity against non-ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Aztreonam/avibactam was highly active against carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The prevalence rate of carbapenem-resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii was 60.0%, while polymyxin and tigecycline showed good activity against Acinetobacter baumannii (5.5% and 4.5%). The prevalence of carbapenem-resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa was 18.9%. Conclusions:The BRICS surveillance results in 2021 shows that the main pathogens of blood stream infection in China are gram-negative bacteria, in which Escherichia coli is the most common. The MRSA incidence shows a further decreasing trend in China and the overall prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci is low. The prevalence of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is still on a high level, but the trend is downwards.
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Objective:To investigate the vitamin D level of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Qinghai Province, and to explore the correlation between vitamin D level and pulmonary tuberculosis.Methods:From May to September 2020, 208 bacterial confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis patients who were admitted to The 4th People′s Hospital of Qinghai Province were enrolled as the pulmonary tuberculosis group, and 129 healthy people who underwent physical examination during the same period were enrolled as the healthy control group. Independent sample t test and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis. Results:The deficiency rate of vitamin D was 11.06%(23/208) in the pulmonary tuberculosis group, which was higher than that (3.10%(4/129)) in the healthy control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2=6.840, P=0.009). The vitamin D level was (56.84±20.03) μg/L in the pulmonary tuberculosis group, which was lower than that ((67.39±17.07) μg/L) in the healthy control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( t=5.154, P<0.01). The vitamin D levels were not different between the newly treated ((56.66±20.02) μg/L)) and retreated pulmonary tuberculosis patients ((59.11±20.81) μg/L) ( t=0.468, P=0.650). The vitamin D level of simple pulmonary tuberculosis patients ((57.82±20.01) μg/L) was higher than that of pulmonary tuberculosis patients combined with other diseases ((48.08±18.46) μg/L), and the difference was statistically significant ( t=2.132, P=0.034). Conclusion:Pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with decreased vitamin D levels, and patients with pulmonary tuberculosis are more likely to suffer from decreased or deficient vitamin D, which suggests clinicians considering the vitamin D status when treating pulmonary tuberculosis patients.
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Objective:To investigate the bacterial composition and antimicrobial resistance profile of clinical isolates from bloodstream infections in China.Methods:The clinical bacterial strains isolated from blood culture were collected during January 2020 to December 2020 in member hospitals of Blood Bacterial Resistant Investigation Collaborative System (BRICS). Antibiotic susceptibility tests were conducted by agar dilution or broth dilution methods recommended by Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute(CLSI, USA). WHONET 5.6 was used to analyze data.Results:During the study period, 10 043 bacterial strains were collected from 54 hospitals, of which 2 664 (26.5%) were Gram-positive bacteria and 7 379 (73.5%) were Gram-negative bacteria. The top 10 bacterial species were Escherichia coli (38.6%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (18.4%), Staphylococcus aureus (9.9%), coagulase-negative Staphylococci (7.5%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (3.9%), Enterococcus faecium (3.3%), Enterobacter cloacae (2.8%), Enterococcus faecalis (2.6%), Acinetobacter baumannii (2.4%) and Klebsiella spp (1.8%). The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus were 27.6% and 74.4%, respectively. No glycopeptide- and daptomycin-resistant Staphylococci were detected. More than 95% of Staphylococcus aureus were sensitive to rifampicin and SMZco. No vancomycin-resistant Enterococci strains were detected. Extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis were 48.4%, 23.6% and 36.1%, respectively. The prevalence rates of carbapenem-resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were 2.3% and 16.1%, respectively; 9.6% of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains were resistant to ceftazidime/avibactam combination. The prevalence rate of carbapenem-resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii was 60.0%, while polymyxin and tigecycline showed good activity against Acinetobacter baumannii. The prevalence rate of carbapenem-resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was 23.2%. Conclusions:The surveillance results in 2020 showed that the main pathogens of bloodstream infection in China were gram-negative bacteria, while Escherichia coli was the most common pathogen, and ESBL-producing strains declined while carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae kept on high level. The proportion and the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa were on the rise slowly. On the other side, the MRSA incidence got lower in China, while the overall prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci was low.
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Objective:To investigate the distribution and antimicrobial resistance profile of clinical bacteria isolated from blood culture in China.Methods:The clinical bacterial strains isolated from blood culture from member hospitals of Blood Bacterial Resistant Investigation Collaborative System (BRICS) were collected during January 2018 to December 2019. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were conducted with agar dilution or broth dilution methods recommended by US Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). WHONET 5.6 was used to analyze data.Results:During the study period, 14 778 bacterial strains were collected from 50 hospitals, of which 4 117 (27.9%) were Gram-positive bacteria and 10 661(72.1%) were Gram-negative bacteria. The top 10 bacterial species were Escherichia coli (37.2%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (17.0%), Staphylococcus aureus (9.7%), coagulase-negative Staphylococci (8.7%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (3.7%), Enterococcus faecium (3.4%), Acinetobacter baumannii(3.4%), Enterobacter cloacae (2.9%), Streptococci(2.8%) and Enterococcus faecalis (2.3%). The the prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus were 27.4% (394/1 438) and 70.4% (905/1 285), respectively. No glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus was detected. More than 95% of S. aureus were sensitive to amikacin, rifampicin and SMZco. The resistance rate of E. faecium to vancomycin was 0.4% (2/504), and no vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis was detected. The ESBLs-producing rates in no carbapenem-resistance E. coli, carbapenem sensitive K. pneumoniae and Proteus were 50.4% (2 731/5 415), 24.6% (493/2001) and 35.2% (31/88), respectively. The prevalence of carbapenem-resistance in E. coli and K. pneumoniae were 1.5% (85/5 500), 20.6% (518/2 519), respectively. 8.3% (27/325) of carbapenem-resistance K. pneumoniae was resistant to ceftazidime/avibactam combination. The resistance rates of A. baumannii to polymyxin and tigecycline were 2.8% (14/501) and 3.4% (17/501) respectively, and that of P. aeruginosa to carbapenem were 18.9% (103/546). Conclusions:The surveillance results from 2018 to 2019 showed that the main pathogens of bloodstream infection in China were gram-negative bacteria, while E. coli was the most common pathogen, and ESBLs-producing strains were in majority; the MRSA incidence is getting lower in China; carbapenem-resistant E. coli keeps at a low level, while carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae is on the rise obviously.
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Objective To investigate the feasibility and safety of modified percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (PLAAO) under transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) guidance without general anesthesia instead of transesophageal echocardiographic guidance.Methods A total of 14 patients who met the inclusion criteria underwent modified PLAAO guided by TTE instead of TEE without general anesthesia.Regular clinical follow-up observations of PLAAO-related major adverse events were done in the perioperative period.Results All patients were successfully implanted with left atrial appendage occluder device (Watchman) without device-related serious complications.Immediately occlusion success rate was 100％.No major adverse events occurred during hospitalization and follow-up.The mean operation time was 108 ± 22 min(range 75-150 min)and the mean radiation exposure time was 15.8 ± 7.6 min(range 8-32 min).Conclusion Modified PLAAO guided by TTE instead of TEE without general anesthesia may be safe and effective.This method simplifies the operation process and is favorable for PLAAO application.But this modified PLAAO is still needed to be validated in more patients.
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Objective To explore the effect of problem-based learning method in traditional Chinese internal medicine teaching. Methods 58 students enrolled in the major of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in class C at the Beijing University of Chinese medicine were arranged to receive PBL(test group)or traditional teaching methods(control group)in 2 courses and complete 116 questionnaires. The teaching outcomes were evaluated by questionnaire and individual interviews. Results Compared with controls,students receiving PBL performed significantly better in terms of active classroom atmosphere, broadening their knowledge, and improving teamwork ability(χ2 were 7.16, 4.07, 4.09, P<0.05). Conclusion The PBL strategy has the advantage than the traditional teaching methods in traditional Chinese internal medicine teaching.
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Resident standard training for traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) is an important part of medical training, after-department examination plays the role of its quality control. Through the construction of question database for after-department examination, combining TCM residency standard training requirements and actual situation of the department, it contribute to the formation of standardized examination,improve the system of resident standardization training for TCM, help to training appropriate and qualified TCM residency.
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Objective To re-evaluate the diagnoses of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and analyze the incidence and reason of misdiagnosis.Methods Patients who were previously diagnosed as AS and nr-axSpA before referrals to Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) were re-evaluated by three rheumatologists of PUMCH according to the modified New York criteria for AS and Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) axial SpA classification criteria for nr-axSpA.Results Totally 87 prior AS patients and 53 prior nr-axSpA patients were enrolled in this study.After re-evaluation,57 patients were still diagnosed as AS and 16 patients were still diagnosed as nr-axSpA.The misdiagnosis incidences were 34.48％ and 69.81％,respectively.The misdiagnosis incidence of nr-axSpA was higher than that of AS (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions The misdiagnosis of AS were mainly due to the misjudgment of sacroiliac joints by CT.The misdiagnosis of nr-axSpA were mainly due to the misjudgment of sacroiliac joints by magnetic resonance imaging.Moreover,the misuse of ASAS axial SpA classification criteria contributed to the misdiagnosis also.
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Objective To ivestigate integrative medicine therapy for severe systemic lupus erythematosus.Methods In 2005,we successfully salvaged a severe SLE patient,who was an inpatient from the TCM Rheumatology department of China-Japan relationship hospital.The mainly clinic manifestations included severe pulmonary hypertension,gangrene and pancytopenia.We analyzed this ease.Results By integrative medicine therapy,we successfully salvaged this patient.Conclusion The key points for integrative medicine therapy for severe systemic lupus erythematosus included:1.Using strong measures to control the disease progress,including hormones,immunosuppressive agents; 2.Positive and effective symptomatic treatment aiming at pulmonary hypertension and severe gangrene; 3.Emphasizing the effect of Chinese medicine,using integrative medicine therapy.In sum,in this case,we applied integrative medicine therapy and got very perfect clinic effect at last.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the percutaneous permeability of patches Shangshi Zhitong on different kinds of bases with the permeation percentage of brucine, strychnine and atropine.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Using modified Franz difusion to investigate the penetration quantity of brucine, strychnine and atropine. The contents of brucine, strychnine and atropine were determined by HPLC.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The average accumulative permeation percentage of brucine, strychnine and atropine on new base were 53.25%, 74.52% were 34.32%, respectively, and on old base are 54.90%, 50.24%, 46. 54%, respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The new base benefits the lipophilic drugs and releases more stably.</p>
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Animals , Male , Rats , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Pharmacokinetics , Permeability , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Skin , MetabolismABSTRACT
Development of drug dosage forms to a great extent depends on the development of drug auxiliary materials. The development of a new type of polymeric drug auxiliary materials will bring on the developing of a novel dosage forms technology and a flood of new drug dosage forms. Thermoplastic elastomer is a new type of drug polymeric auxiliary materials, at present, which has a broad application in the field of hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesives. This review mainly discussed a new transtermal Chinese drug delivery system, including matrix composition of the formula, modified thermoplastic elastomer for hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesives and their development prospects in the traditional Chinese drug delivery system. It suggested that thermoplastic elastomer of hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesives has broad development prospects in the field of the transtermal drug delivery system for traditional Chinese medicine.
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Humans , Adhesives , Chemistry , Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic , Chemistry , Administration, Cutaneous , Drug Delivery Systems , Methods , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Elastomers , Chemistry , Skin AbsorptionABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the indications of the therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with neural network model analysis. METHODS: Three hundred and ninety-seven patients were included in the clinical trial from 9 clinical centers. They were randomly divided into Western medicine (WM) treated group, 194 cases; and traditional Chinese herbal medicine (CM) treated group, 203 cases. A complete physical examination and 18 common clinical manifestations were prepared before the randomization and after the treatment. The WM therapy included voltaren extended action tablet, methotrexate and sulfasalazine. The CM therapy included Glucosidorum Tripterygii Totorum Tablet and syndrome differentiation treatment. The American College of Rheumatology 20 (ACR20) was taken as efficacy evaluation. All data were analyzed on SAS 8.2 statistical package. The relationships between each variable and efficacy were analyzed, and the variables with P<0.2 were included for the data mining analysis with neural network model. All data were classified into training set (75%) and verification set (25%) for further verification on the data-mining model. RESULTS: Eighteen variables in CM and 24 variables in WM were included in the data-mining model. In CM, morning stiffness, swollen joint number, peripheral immunoglobulin M (IgM) level, tenderness joint number, tenderness, rheumatoid factor (RF), C-reactive protein (CRP) and joint pain were positively related to the efficacy, and disease duration and more urination at night negatively related to the efficacy. In WM, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), weak waist, white fur in tongue, joint pain, joint stiffness and swollen joint were positively related to the efficacy, and yellow fur in tongue, red tongue, white blood negatively related to the efficacy. In the analysis with the neural network model in the patients of verification set, the predictive response rates of 20% patients would be 100% and 90% in the treatment with CM and WM, respectively. CONCLUSION: Neural network model analysis, based on the full clinical trial data with collection of both traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine diagnostic information, shows a good predictive role for the information in the efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis.
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0.05). Only the sVCAM-1 level of PILL type had significant difference with the healthy control group and KDDC type (P
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Objective: To optimize a preparation technology for pyretic arthralgia cataplasma. Methods: The preparation technology were studied by a uniform design experiment in which NP-700, tartaric acid, PVP, dihydroxyaluminum aminoacetate, glycerol, water and medicinal powder were factors and viscosity, infiltration, gel mobility and gel strength were indices. Results: The best ratio of this cataplasma matrix was NP-700:tartaric acid:PVP:dihydroxyaluminum aminoacetate: glycerol:water:powder = 4.0:0.2:1.0:0.1:25.0:35.0:2.0. According to optimized formula, to prepare the poultice, then to spread the poultice uniformly onto non-woven fabrics, cover CPP membrane and pack after 1 week at room temperature. Conclusion: Pyretic arthralgia cataplasma was well moldable and its process technology was feasible.
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With the in-depth research of blood circulation and blood stasis, many scholars gradually carried out research and exploration the pathophysiological basis of blood stasis of the ankylosing spondylitis (AS), from the blood rheology, microcirculation, platelet activation, vascular endothelial function and so on. Some progress that been made were summarized below.
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Objective: To investigate the clinical effect of combination therapy on ankylosing spondylitis. Methods: 160 Cases were divided into treatment group and control group randomly. The patients of treatment group were given Bushenqingdu Decoction and Hanbiwaiyongfang by external use. The patients of control group were given Wangbi Granule. The symptoms and signs were observed before and after treatment in both groups. Results: There was significant difference between treatment group and control group in total effective rate as well as morning stiffness and signs (P
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Objective: To discuss frequent syndromes and the related regularity of rheumatoid arthritis(RA) in TCM by frequency statistic analysis.Method: Medical records from Jan.2002 to Oct.2007 about syndromes or principles of RA were searched and analyzed by frequency statistic analysis.Results: In the past fi ve years,there were about 24 kinds of syndromes of RA,and among them,deficiency,coldness,dampness,heat,stasis and phlegm syndromes were commonly seen.In the syndrome differentiation of eight principles,syndrome of intermingled defi ciency and excess was of the maximum frequency.In the syndrome differentiation of zang-fu viscera,the related frequency from high to low were insuffi ciency of kidney essence,insuffi ciency of liver and kidney,stagnation of liver qi,insuffi ciency of spleen qi,and etc.,with insuffi ciency of lung qi of the minimum frequency.In the syndrome differentiation of qi,blood and liquid,syndrome of blood stasis was of the maximum frequency.Conclusion: From the frequency statistic analysis,it can be concluded that syndrome of intermingled deficiency and excess re? ected the virtual cause of RA,and RA is related to kidney and liver mainly,together with spleen,stomach,heart,and etc.,according to causing mechanism.In the syndrome differentiation of Wang numbness(RA),coldness and heat is of the fundamentally function.What’s more,the method of promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis should be noted during the treatment.
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This article summarized the definition,clinical manifestation,diagnosis and the development in research of Panlindromic Rheumatism(PR).According to the clinical characteristics of PR,we considerd that it was very much like "panodynia" in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) as described in Inner Canon of Huangdi.It discussed the pathogenesis,the theorical source,the diagnosis and treatment of panodynia further.And it suggested that the treatment of panodynia based on syndrome differentiation should be different in the acute and the chronic phase.In the acute phase,principle of removing heat,expelling wind,eliminating dampness and freeing the connecting channels should be applied while in the chronic phase principle of supplementing the spleen and boosting the lung,eliminating dampness and clearing away the phlegm rheum,supplementing the liver and boosting the kidney,supplementing yin and clearing away heat,warming the spleen and recuperating the kidney should be applied respectively according to different clinical manifestation.The theory of "To treat the one going to be sick not the one already sick" in the Inner Canon of Huangdi is implied in the paper.We hope this paper may arouse intensive discussion and more research for panodynia and the relation between panodynia and PR.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the therapeutic efficacy of Qingxue Granules (QX) in treating postnephrotransplant erythrocytosis (PNTE).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twenty patients were randomly divided into two groups according to the randomized table. QX was given to patients in the TCM treated group (QX group) and Enalapril given to patients in the Western medicine treated group (WM group), and the clinical efficacy in the two groups was observed. Results In the QX group, 3 patients got markedly effective, 2 effective, 2 improved, 1 ineffective, 1 dropped from the treatment, 1 absconded, with the total effective rate of 77.78%. The corresponding numbers in the WM group were 4, 2, 2, 1, 1 and 66.67%. There was no significant difference in comparison of the efficacies between the two groups (P > 0.05). There was no difference between the Intent-to-Treat population and Per-protocol Pouplation after statistical management of lost cases.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>It has proved that QX has the same therapeutic effects as classic Western medical treatment in treating PNTE. The reliability and scientificity of QX was proved by Intent-to-Treat analysis.</p>