Survey on the current status of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in emergency departments of hospitals in China
10.3969/j.issn.1008-9691.2024.05.015
- VernacularTitle:国内医院急诊科中西医结合诊治现状调查
- Author:
Zheng YANG
1
;
Guangchao YIN
;
Hailin LI
;
Mingxian CHEN
;
Aihua JIANG
Author Information
1. 浙江省立同德医院急诊科,浙江杭州 310012
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Emergency department;
Integration of traditional Chinese and western medicine;
Application;
Status survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care
2024;31(5):605-612
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current situation and existing problems regarding the diagnosis and treatment integrating traditional Chinese and western medicine in the emergency departments of various general hospitals in China to provide a reference for the development of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine emergency medicine. Methods From November 18,2022 to February 28,2023,an online questionnaire survey was conducted among 291 hospitals in 21 provinces/municipalities directly under the Central Government across the country,which was based on the members of the Emergency Medicine Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of the Integration of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. The questionnaire covered 5 aspects:basic information of hospitals and emergency departments,personnel allocation,medical quality management,equipment allocation,and traditional Chinese medicine techniques and skills (including the application of traditional Chinese medicine and non-drug treatment of traditional Chinese medicine). A comparative study was carried out between the "hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine" and "western medicine hospitals" on the current situation of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department. Results A total of 291 valid questionnaires were collected,covering 291 hospitals in 21 provinces and municipalities directly under the Central Government across the country. Among them,142 were hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine,and 149 were western medicine hospitals. The number of doctors in the emergency departments of hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine were significantly less than that of western medicine hospitals[individuals:11.00 (7.00,18.75) vs. 20.00 (13.00,31.00),P<0.01]. Specifically,the numbers of traditional Chinese medicine doctors,integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine doctors,and "western medicine doctors learning traditional Chinese medicine" in these hospitals were significantly higher than those in western medicine hospitals[individuals:4.00 (2.00,9.00) vs. 0.00 (0.00,0.00),1.00 (0.00,4.00) vs. 0.00 (0.00,0.00),2.00 (0.00,5.00) vs. 0.00 (0.00,0.00),all P<0.01],while the number of western medicine doctors was significantly less than that in western medicine hospitals[individuals:4.00 (1.00,7.50) vs. 25.50 (16.00,37.00),P<0.01]. The number of nurses in the emergency departments of hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese was significantly less than that of western medicine hospitals[individuals:23.00 (16.00,38.75) vs. 42.00 (30.00,80.00),P<0.01]. The numbers of traditional Chinese medicine nurses,"western medicine nurses learning traditional Chinese medicine" in these hospitals were also significantly higher than those in western medicine hospitals[individuals:1.50 (0.00,5.75) vs. 0.00 (0.00,0.00),1.00 (0.00,7.75) vs. 0.00 (0.00,0.00),all P<0.01],while the number of western medicine nurses was significantly less than that in western medicine hospitals[individuals:15.00 (9.00,25.00) vs. 42.00 (27.00,79.00),P<0.01]. In the situation of medical quality management,the setting rates of emergency clinics,resuscitation rooms and observation rooms in western medicine hospitals were close to those in hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine,but the setting rates of emergency department wards and emergency intensive care units (EICU) and the number of beds were significantly higher than those in hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine[setting rate of emergency department wards:70.47％ vs. 53.52％,setting rate of EICU:67.11％ vs. 47.89％,number of beds (individuals):18.00 (0.00,30.00) vs. 2.00 (0.00,12.00) and 8.00 (0.00,12.00) vs. 0.50 (0.00,7.00),all P<0.01]. In terms of the number of visits in 2022,the annual total number of emergency visits (10000 person-times) in western medicine hospitals:6.60 (3.38,12.00) vs. 4.00 (1.25,7.00),the number of visits to the resuscitation room (10000 person-times):0.40 (0.12,1.00) vs. 0.17 (0.05,0.50) and the annual discharge volume of EICU (number of case):216.00 (0.00,550.00) vs. 0.00 (0.00,187.50) were all higher than those in hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine (all P<0.01). In addition,the success rate of rescue in hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine was similar to that in western medicine hospitals,and the participation rate of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of the resuscitation room was significantly higher than that in western medicine hospitals (P<0.01). In the situation of equipment allocation,hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine had fewer numbers of equipment than western medicine hospitals (all P<0.01). The proportion of hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine equipped with non-drug treatment equipment of traditional Chinese medicine was significantly higher than that of western medicine hospitals (all P<0.01). In the application of traditional Chinese medicine techniques and skills,the proportions of hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in using Chinese patent medicines,agreed prescriptions,syndrome differentiation and treatment prescriptions,etc. were all higher than those of western medicine hospitals (application rate of Chinese patent medicines:81.69％ vs. 61.74％,application rate of agreed prescriptions:61.97％ vs. 16.78％,application rate of syndrome differentiation and treatment prescriptions:61.27％ vs. 19.46％,all P<0.01). The application rates of decoction pieces,non-decoction agreed with prescriptions,injections,hospital preparations and other dosage forms in hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine were all significantly higher than those in western medicine hospitals (application rate of decoction pieces:29.58％ vs. 4.70％,the application rate of non-decoction agreed prescriptions:40.85％ vs. 7.38％,application rate of injections:80.28％ vs. 53.02％,application rate of hospital preparations:33.80％ vs. 12.75％,all P<0.01). The application proportions of oral administration,nasal feeding,enema,gastric lavage,external use,intravenous injection,etc. in hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine were all higher than those in western medicine hospitals (oral application rate:71.13％ vs. 42.28％,nasal feeding application rate:47.18％ vs. 26.17％,enema application rate:48.59％ vs. 19.46％,gastric lavage application rate:21.13％ vs. 6.04％,external use application rate:53.52％ vs. 16.78％,intravenous injection application rate:71.83％ vs. 54.36％,all P<0.01). The application proportions of some drugs such as Shenmai/Shengmai injection,Tianma injection in hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine were higher than those in western medicine hospitals (application rate of Shenmai/Shengmai injection:59.15％ vs. 35.57％,application rate of Tianma injection:40.85％ vs. 10.07％,application rate of Danshen Honghua injection:30.99％ vs. 14.77％,application rate of Angong Niuhuang pill:26.76％ vs. 12.08％,P<0.01). The proportions of hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in carrying out traditional Chinese medicine non-drug treatment operations such as acupuncture,acupoint application,cupping,scraping,bone-setting,moxibustion,press needles,collateral pricking method,etc. were higher than those in western medicine hospitals (application rate of acupuncture:65.49％ vs. 11.41％,application rate of acupoint application:60.56％ vs. 10.07％,application rate of cupping:32.39％ vs. 4.70％,application rate of scraping:28.17％ vs. 2.01％,application rate of bone-setting:26.76％ vs. 10.74％,application rate of moxibustion:24.65％ vs. 5.37％,application rate of press needles:17.61％ vs. 1.34％,application rate of collateral pricking method:16.90％ vs. 0.67％,all P<0.01). Conclusion The proportion of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine personnel in the emergency departments of hospitals in China is relatively low,and the utilization rate and equipment rate of non-drug treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine emergency drugs are not high. It is necessary to strengthen the cultivation of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine skills of emergency department doctors and the application of non-drug treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine emergency drugs to improve the ability of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine emergency treatment.
