Diagnosis and treatment standard operating procedure of traditional Chinese medicine for HIV/AIDS diarrhea by questionnaire building / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish the diagnosis and treatment standard operating procedure of Chinese medicine for HIV/AIDS diarrhea and to carry out preliminary assessment.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Under the guidance of Chinese medical theory, domestic and foreign literatures correlated to the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS diarrhea by Chinese medicine were summarized. The specialist questionnaire of clinical diagnosis and treatment standard operating procedures of Chinese medicine for HIV/AIDS diarrhea was designed by focus group discussions, and the national specialist questionnaire survey was carried out twice.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The standard operating procedure of clinical diagnosis, treatment, nursing,and therapeutic efficacy assessment of Chinese medicine for HIV/AIDS diarrhea was preliminarily established.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>In the regulations, the concepts of the disease and symptoms and their pathogenesis were defined, and the standardization of Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment was highlighted. Meanwhile, emphasized were the features of propaganda and education, follow-ups, consecutive diagnosis and treatment outside or inside hospitals.</p>