Analysis on Medical Records of Huang Chunlin for Characteristics of Chronic Kidney Disease Treatment by Data Mining Method

VernacularTitle:基于数据挖掘方法分析黄春林教授治疗慢性肾脏病的用药经验
Author: Xiaoxuan HU ; La ZHANG ; Zhibing LI ; Xinfeng GUO ; Chuan ZOU ; Xusheng LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Medication experiences; data mining; chronic kidney disease; Huang Chunlin
From: World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2013;(5):969-974
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: This study was aimed to analyze the formulas and classify the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by Dr. Huang Chunlin based on the data mining method. A total of 63 CKD outpatients' medical records by Dr. Huang were collected. And 226 formulas prescribed in the medical records were put in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Support System (TCMISS). Data mining techniques were applied in the study of as-sociation rule mining algorithm and complex system entropy cluster, the usage frequency and the correlation of each single Chinese medicinal in order to sort out the prescription pattern of CKD. The results showed that to for-tify the spleen and tonify the kidney were found to be the basic method of CKD treatment . Through the applica-tion of TCMISS, the Chinese medicinals used in Dr. Huang's CKD treatment were Astragalus root, Eucommia, Epimedium, Cuscuta, Agastache, Danshen Root, Ligustrum. It was concluded that the TCMISS is of great value in the summarization of clinical experiences of well-known TCM doctors.