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主管:国家卫生和计划生育委员会
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   辽宁省基础医学研究所
   辽宁中医药大学附属医院

Chinese Pediatrics of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (6): 503-511.doi: 10.20274/j.cnki.issn.1674-3865.2025.06.008

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Expert investigation and research on the common syndrome types and symptoms of CAP in children

Jinrun LUO1, Shiyao ZHANG1, Xuefeng WANG2(), Xiuying ZHANG2, Xinran FENG1, Yanyan NI1, Zhifan TIAN1   

  1. 1.Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang 110847, China
    2.Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang 110032, China
  • Received:2025-09-02 Revised:2025-10-27 Published:2025-12-25 Online:2025-12-31
  • Contact: Xuefeng WANG E-mail:lnzywxf@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Key Disease Project of the Inheritance and Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine(2024-1)

Abstract:

Objective To screen for the TCM syndrome types and primary and secondary symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children by using the Delphi method, and to provide evidence and reference for the establishment of diagnostic conditions for CAP in children. Methods Based on the Delphi method, literature and books were retrieved to formulate expert inquiry questionnaires. Expert consultation was conducted, and the results of expert consultation were evaluated from multiple perspectives such as the mean, variable coefficient, and coordination coefficient. Combined with the clinical experience of experts, the items were modified to form the key points of TCM syndrome typing and diagnosis of CAP in children. Results A total of 23 experts from 18 provinces in China were selected for questionnaire surveys. The recovery rate of this round of questionnaires was 92%, the positive coefficient of experts was 92%, and the authority coefficient was 0.96. Based on the mean values of each item and the coefficient of variation and combined with the clinical experience of experts, after appropriate deletion of the items, 8 syndrome types were finally determined: wind-cold lung closure, wind-heat lung closure, phlegm-heat lung closure, toxic-heat lung closure, Yin-deficiency lung heat, lung-spleen qi deficiency, damp-heat lung closure, and heat-pathogen lung closure, with the core diagnostic items being 10 to 24, including 3 to 21 primary symptoms and 2 to 17 secondary symptoms. Conclusion This study summarizes the diagnostic items of eight TCM syndrome types of CAP in children, integrating the macroscopic syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine with the modern microscopic syndrome differentiation, which can provide a basis for the establishment of diagnostic conditions and the construction of diagnostic criteria for the syndrome in the later stage.

Key words: Community-acquired pneumonia, Delphi method, Syndrome, Child

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