Distribution of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndromes and Related Risk Factors in Children with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia:An Analysis of 420 Cases
Objective To investigate the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndromes and related risk factors in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP).Methods The clinical data of 420 children with MPP admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine were collected.The clinical data included gender,age,history of respiratory tract diseases,TCM syndromes,MPP classification,cough duration,fever duration,fever peak value,laboratory indicators of C-reactive protein(CRP),procalcitonin(PCT)and lactate dehydrogenase(LDH),and the complication of infection.SPSS 26.0 software was used for data statistics,and then the distribution of TCM syndromes in children with MPP and its correlation with various clinical data,as well as the related risk factors of MPP with different classification and various TCM syndromes were explored.Results(1)Among the 420 children with MPP,there were 283 cases(67.4%)of mild MPP,76 cases(18.1%)of refractory MPP,and 61 cases(14.5%)of severe MPP.For the distribution of TCM syndromes,there were 152 cases(36.2%)of wind-heat obstructing the lung syndrome,141 cases(33.6%)of phlegm-heat obstructing the lung syndrome,77 cases(18.3%)of damp-heat obstructing the lung syndrome,25 cases(6.0%)of toxin-heat obstructing the lung syndrome,16 cases(3.8%)of lung-spleen qi deficiency syndrome,and 9 cases(2.1%)of yin deficiency and lung heat syndrome.For the classification of infection,there were 295 cases(70.2%)of simple mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP)infection and 125 cases(29.8%)of mixed infection.(2)There were statistically significant differences in age stratification and visit season among MPP children with different TCM syndromes(P<0.01),while no significant differences were shown in the gender,history of respiratory tract diseases,and the complication of infection(P>0.05).(3)There were statistically significant differences in the visit season,history of respiratory tract diseases,and the complication of infection among the children with various MPP types(P<0.05),while no significant differences were shown in the gender and age stratification(P>0.05).(4)There were statistically significant differences in laboratory indicators of CRP and PCT and in the symptoms of cough duration,fever duration and fever peak among MPP children with different TCM syndromes(P<0.05 or P<0.01).(5)Significant differences were presented in laboratory indicators of PCT and LDH and in the symptoms of cough duration,fever duration and fever peak value among the children with different MPP types(P<0.05 or P<0.01).(6)Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that CRP level ≥10.5 mg/L and wind-heat obstructing the lung syndrome were the independent risk factors for mild MPP(P<0.05 or P<0.01);fever duration≥7 days,cough duration ≥ 12 days and phlegm-heat obstructing the lung syndrome were the independent risk factors for refractory MPP(P<0.05 or P<0.01);cough duration ≥ 12 days,mixed infection and toxin-heat obstructing the lung syndrome were the independent risk factors for severe MPP(P<0.01).Conclusion The results indicated that the classification MPP in children is predominated by mild MPP,and their TCM syndrome types is predominated by wind-heat obstructing the lung syndrome.The proportions of refractory MPP and damp-heat obstructing the lung syndrome increase significantly in autumn,which may be related to the characteristics of regional environment and circuit qi.The increase of CRP level and fever peak may be related to phlegm-heat obstructing the lung syndrome and toxin-heat obstructing the lung syndrome.In clinic,attention should be paid to the early use of heat-clearing and phlegm-resolving drugs or heat-clearing and toxin-removing drugs;children with the history of respiratory tract diseases and mixed infections are more likely to develop into severe MPP,and the physicians should be alert clinically.Wind-heat obstructing the lung syndrome,phlegm-heat obstructing the lung syndrome and toxin-heat obstructing the lung syndrome are the independent risk factor separately for mild MPP,refractory MPP and severe MPP,which requires timely intervention to prevent mild MPP from developing into refractory MPP or severe MPP in clinic.
mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumoniachidrentraditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndromescorrelation analysisrisk factorswind-heat obstructing the lung syndromephlegm-heat obstructing the lung syndrometoxin-heat obstructing the lung syndrome