The Study For The TCM Syndrome Of Elderly Patients With Aspiration Pneumonia

Objective: Sum up and compare by syndrome characteristic induction to elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia, discover syndrome differentiation rule,guide clinical practice.Methods: In a retrospective epidemiological investigation method,under the guidance of Chinese medicine theories.A measuring scale was designed to collect clinical data. Eighty cases from medical record library which from Feb,2010 to Jan,2011 meeting the diagnostic criteria were included.Then statistical analysis of the data was carried out.Analyse the syndrome characteristics of elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia, and then sum up the pathogenesis of elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia.Results: The elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia including syndrome of intermin-gled phlegm and blood stasis,syndrome of deficiency of both qi and yin,syndrome of phlegm-heat obstructing lung,syndrome of turbid phlegm obstructing lung,syndrome of interior invaded by heat-toxicity,deficiency of both lung and spleen.And the syndrome characteristics are syndrome deficiency of both qi and yin, syndrome of intermin-gled phlegm and blood stasis.Conclusion: The conditions of old and weak,chronic diseases,invite outer evil invasion,generate phlegm,heat,blood stagnation and poison,result in therapy of the elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia is difficult.And Xu Du and Yu is still its pathogenesis points. Key words elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia;syndrome characteristics...