Elderly lung infections
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Lishui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to 95 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Those who meet the diagnostic criteria of Western medicine refer to "Internal Medicine": those with fever; those with white blood cell count (WBC) > 10 x 10^9 cells/L; 2. Those with aggravated symptoms of the original respiratory disease or with severe cough and expectoration; those with purulent sputum; 3. Chest X or CT examination showing signs of pulmonary consolidation and pulmonary wet rales; 4. The TCM diagnostic criteria refer to "Traditional Chinese Medicine Disease Syndrome Diagnosis and Efficacy Criteria": thick phlegm with yellow color, phlegm in the throat, strong heat and irritability, shortness of breath, suffocation, etc.; 5. Voluntarily sign the informed consent; meet the diagnostic criteria for pulmonary infection; 6. Age > 60 years old; 7. The patient can be released from oxygen support for more than 10 minutes; 8. Clear consciousness, good cognitive function, no previous mental illness or quadriplegia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Combined with other pulmonary function diseases, such as tuberculosis, lung tumor, etc.; 2. Those with allergic constitution; those with incomplete clinical data; 3. Cerebral embolism caused by rheumatic heart disease, severe coronary heart disease and other serious heart disease combined with atrial fibrillation; 4. Patients with liver and kidney dysfunction, severe infection, severe diabetes, tumor and other diseases; 5. The patient has a history of abdominal surgery, abdominal mass, aneurysm; 6. Scores cannot be calculated due to missing data.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| maximal voluntary ventilation, MVV;White blood cell count;C reactive protein (CRP); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactTao Yongjun
Lishui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Outcome results
None listed