Study on Relationship Between Pathological Changes and TCM Syndrome Differentiation of Delayed Graft Function after Renal Transplantation / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To provide references for enriching and innovating patterns of TCM syndrome differentiation by exploring the relationship between pathological changes and TCM syndrome differentiation of delayed graft function (DGF) after renal transplantation. Methods Totally 57 patients with DGF after renal transplantation who were diagnosed by pathological biopsy were also diagnosed by TCM doctors to obtain TCM syndromes. And the pathological diagnoses were compared with the distribution of TCM syndromes to discuss the relationship between them. Results All the patients were classified into four TCM syndromesspleen-kidney qi deficiency, liver-kidney yin deficiency, qi-stagnation and blood stasis, and deficiency of both qi and yin. The results of pathological biopsy were as followsacute tubular necrosis, calcineurin inhibitor toxicity and acute rejection. Quantitative corresponding relation was found between the pathological diagnoses and the TCM syndromes. Conclusion There are inner links between pathological diagnosis and TCM syndromes of DGF, which can be references for diagnosis and treatment of TCM syndrome differentiation.