Author(s)

Tan Fei, Yang Ying, Yang Xinzheng, Zhao Ling, Yang Linyuan

Corresponding Author

Tan Fei

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the combined treatment of Western medicine and Chinese patent medicine for cirrhotic ascites by text mining technology and observe its clinical efficacy.Methods: Medical literature on combined treatment of TCM and WM for liver cirrhosis from 2009 to 2019 in CNKI was retrieved and relevant bibliographic titles were downloaded. Data were processed by SQL. After artificial noise reduction, the medication rule of TCM and WM for treatment of age-related cirrhosis ascites was analyzed. The relationship text of liver cirrhosis nursing in Netdraw format was generated and Netdraw network graph was constructed. Results: A total of 6150 literatures related to the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of liver cirrhosis were retrieved.After analysis, 15 Keywords were obtained, which are upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, ascites, portal hypertension, nursing intervention, hepatic encephalopathy, psychological nursing, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, triple lumen and double balloon catheter, quality of life, absolute bed rest, decompensation period, clinical nursing, complications, eating less and eating more, and health education. Conclusion: Using the method of text mining, the regularity of western medicine and Chinese patent medicine in treating ascites due to liver cirrhosis is presented from the frequency of literature reports, especially the combined application of western medicine and Chinese patent medicine is worth further research.

Keywords

Text mining; Combination of Chinese and Western medicine; Ascites due to cirrhosis; Clinical efficacy