Clinical study on Sun's sequential therapy of allergic rhinitis with lung deficiency and cold syndrome / 国际中医中药杂志

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy of Sun's sequential therapy (SST) of Chinese Medicine on allergic rhinitis with lung deficiency and cold syndrome.Methods:A total of 60 AR patients with lung deficiency and cold syndrome in otolaryngology clinic of Guang'anmen Hospital, from January to July 2020, who met the inclusion criteria, were randomly divided into 2 groups according to the random number table method, with 30 patients in each group. The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) group was treated with oral Yupingfeng Powder and Cang'erzi Powder and the SST group was treated with oral and nasal steaming of Yupingfeng Powder and Cang'erzi Powder. Both groups were treated for 14 days. The clinical symptoms were scored before and after treatment, and the Nasal mucosa eosinophil (EOS) count was graded by Sheldon method to evaluate the clinical efficacy.Results:Twenty five patients in the SST group and 28 in the TCM group were analyzed. The total effective rate was 88.0% (22/25) in the SST group and 89.3% (25/28) in the TCM group, and there was no significant difference between the two groups ( χ2=2.83, P=0.883). The scores of nasal obstruction, runny nose, sneeze and total score in the SST group were significantly lower than those in the TCM group ( P<0.01), and the difference of Nasal mucosa EOS grade in SST group (2.76±0.27 vs. 1.52±0.36) was significantly higher than that of the TCM group ( P=0.01). Conclusion:The SST of Chinese medicine can improve the symptoms of nasal congestion, runny nose and sneezing in AR patients with lung deficiency and cold syndrome, and reduce the distribution of Nasal mucosa EOS.

A study to identify obstructive sleep apnea syndrome based on 24 h ambulatory blood pressure data / 生物医学工程学杂志

Sleep apnea causes cardiac arrest, sleep rhythm disorders, nocturnal hypoxia and abnormal blood pressure fluctuations in patients, which eventually lead to nocturnal target organ damage in hypertensive patients. The incidence of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is extremely high, which seriously affects the physical and mental health of patients. This study attempts to extract features associated with OSAHS from 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure data and identify OSAHS by machine learning models for the differential diagnosis of this disease. The study data were obtained from ambulatory blood pressure examination data of 339 patients collected in outpatient clinics of the Chinese PLA General Hospital from December 2018 to December 2019, including 115 patients with OSAHS diagnosed by polysomnography (PSG) and 224 patients with non-OSAHS. Based on the characteristics of clinical changes of blood pressure in OSAHS patients, feature extraction rules were defined and algorithms were developed to extract features, while logistic regression and lightGBM models were then used to classify and predict the disease. The results showed that the identification accuracy of the lightGBM model trained in this study was 80.0%, precision was 82.9%, recall was 72.5%, and the area under the working characteristic curve (AUC) of the subjects was 0.906. The defined ambulatory blood pressure features could be effectively used for identifying OSAHS. This study provides a new idea and method for OSAHS screening.

Clinical study on intervention of spleen-restoring decoction integrating with dormancy hygiene education on subhealthy insomnia of deficiency of both heart and spleen pattern / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To appraise the clinical efficacy, safety and compliance of the intervention of spleen-restoring decoction combined with dormancy hygiene education and the intervention of spleen-restoring decoction alone on sub-healthy insomnia of deficiency of both the heart and spleen pattern.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Study design took multi-centers, blind and randomized control trial, 107 participants with sub-healthy insomnia of deficiency of both the heart and spleen pattern were assigned to A group (52 cases) which was treated with the intervention of spleen-restoring decoction combined with dormancy hygiene education and B group (55 cases) which was treated with the intervention of spleen-restoring decoction single, compared by efficacy, PSQI score, CGI score, WHOQOL-BREF score and security.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The efficacy of two group was 79.58%. There was no significant different between them. The PSQI scores before treatment was (11.80 +/- 2.08) and which afer treatment was (6.78 +/- 2.84) of A group. The PSQI scores before treatment was (11.61 +/- 2.00) and which afer treatment was (6.73 +/- 2.27) of B group. There was significant difference in PSQI scores both A group and B group after treatment (P < 0.01); the results of CGI score and WHOQOL-BREF score before and after measurement showed the same as PSQI. There were no significant difference between two groups in all scores after treatment and there was no interaction between time pots and treatment factors . Withdrawal reaction analysis: comparing CGI after withdraw 2 weeks and at the end of treatment course, there was no significant difference between two groups. The same result was in comparison among groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Both the intervention of spleen-restoring decoction integrating with dormancy hygiene education and spleen-restoring decoction had obvious clinical efficacy on treating subhealthy insomnia of deficiency of both the heart and spleen pattern, and had high compliance and safety. The intervention of spleen-restoring decoction integrating with dormancy hygiene education showed no better clinical efficacy than spleen-restoring decoction did.</p>

Clinical Study of Chinese Herb Formula Tangtongfang by Bathing the Affected Feet with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Objective To investigate the effects of Chinese herb formula Tangtongfang by bathing the affected feet of patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in the pattern of Qi deficiency and blood stasis. Methods A parallel, randomized, controlled clinical research was performed. 70 diabetics in the inpatient and outpatient divisions of the Department of Endocrinology, Guanganmen Hospital, from January 2005 to October 2007 were investigated. They were divided randomly into two groups, treatment group and control group, 35 cases in each group. Before study, there were no statistic differences between the two groups, including gender, age, course of diabetes mellitus(DM), course of DPN, blood glucose (including fasting blood glucose and postprandial blood glucose), traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) symptom scores and nerve conduction velocity (NCV). The treatment group were treated with Tangtongfang bathing and the control group were treated with warm water bathing. Each group was also administered Vitamin B1 20 mg, t.i.d and Vitamin B6 20 mg, t.i.d respectively. All patients were keeping their routine treatment and diabetic care to control their blood glucose, such as diets, practices and drugs. Clinical symptoms and electrophysiological tests in diabetic peripheral neuropathy syndrome were investigated. The period of treatment was 8 weeks.Results After study, 9 cases retreated from this clinical trial totally, 4 cases in the treatment group whereas 5 in the control group. Among 4 common single symptoms, coolness feeling of the feet of diabetic patients was significantly improved (P<0.05) after bathed with Tangtongfang. The change of TCM symptom scores and tibialis NCV was significantly improved (P＜0.001, P<0.05) in the treatment group. The improvement ratio was 45.2% and 61.3% in the treatment group, while was 10% and 3.3% in the control group. In each group there was no statistical difference between pre-and post-study with blood test, urine test, blood ALT, blood BUN and Cr, ECG examination (P>0.05). No adverse event was observed in each group.Conclusion Tangtongfang bathing improved several symptoms of patients suffering from DPN, especially the symptom of coolness feeling of the patients' feet. No adverse event was observed. This result showed that Tangtongfang bathing was worthy of using as a safe agent in treatment of DPN.

糖尿病痛性神经病变的中医康复治疗 / 中国康复理论与实践

@#目的观察中医药对糖尿病痛性神经病变的康复治疗效果。方法对20例糖尿病痛性神经病变患者,应用中医药治疗8周,比较治疗前后的变化。结果中医药治疗后,患者的疼痛计分降低,右胫感觉神经传导速度增快(P<0.05)。结论中医药对糖尿病痛性神经病变有较好的康复效果。