Exploring real world: analysis about Shenmai injection data extracted from hospital information system database in clinical practice / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the clinical application of Shenmai injection and to learn the rule of it in the real word so that we can provide inferences to doctors.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Cases using Shenmai injection in hospital information system from 10 grade A hospitals in Beijing were collected. Descriptive statistic methods were used to analyze the usage, dosage and medication time.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>For the clinical application of Shenmai injection, the average age of the patients using Shenmai injection was about 64.68, but most of them came from cardiovascular diseases department Shenmai injection was usually used to treat coronary disease in Western medicine and Xiongbi (Chinese medicine syndrome name) in traditional Chinese medicine. The course of treatment was from one day to seven days, which was in accord with the drug instruction as well as the dosage.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Shenmai injection was usually used for the old people. In clinical practice, the use of Shenmai injection was basically in accord with the drug instruction by doctors. However, there are still some of the doctors who did not follow the instruction and should be careful of this.</p>