Experiences of Professor Zhou Zhong-ying in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis by data mining.
- Author:
Ling LI
1
;
Xue-Ping ZHOU
1
;
Guo-Chun LI
2
;
Yun-Qin WANG
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Antirheumatic Agents; therapeutic use; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; diagnosis; drug therapy; therapy; Data Mining; Diagnosis, Differential; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; therapeutic use; Humans; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; methods; Phytotherapy; Treatment Outcome
- From: Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine 2013;33(12):1705-1707
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo summarize Professor ZHOU Zhong-ying's academic ideas and clinical experiences in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
METHODSTotally 153 clinical case reports were recruited. Data mining techniques like frequencies, factor analysis, and association analysis were used in order to find out laws of syndrome, pathogenesis, treatment methods, formulae and medication.
RESULTSBy statistical analyses, we found 14 main symptoms, 76 commonly used clinical drugs, 8 core prescriptions for RA, and the correlation between main pathogeneses and related drugs.
CONCLUSIONResults analyzed and summarized from mining his experiences in RA treatment were in line with clinical practice.
