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. 2023 Sep 27;10(1):45.
doi: 10.1186/s40779-023-00481-9.

Research on the development methodology for clinical practice guidelines for organic integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine

Ying-Hui Jin  1 , Yan-Ping Wang  2   3 , Ying-Lan Xie  4 , Gui-Hua Tian  5 , Xiao-Yu Zhang  2   3 , Nan-Nan Shi  2   3 , Ke-Hu Yang  6 , Xin Sun  7 , Yao-Long Chen  6 , Da-Rong Wu  8 , Xin-Feng Guo  9 , Long Ge  6 , Chen Zhao  2   3 , Cheng Lu  2   3 , Yin Jiang  2   3 , Jing Guo  10 , Si-Yu Yan  1 , Yong-Bo Wang  1 , Qiao Huang  1 , Xiang-Ying Ren  1 , Ying-Yue Rao  4 , Yun-Yun Wang  1 , Meng-Qian Yuan  11 , Xian-Tao Zeng  12 , Hong-Cai Shang  13
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Research on the development methodology for clinical practice guidelines for organic integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine

Ying-Hui Jin et al. Mil Med Res. .

Abstract

Integrated traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WM) is a new medical science grounded in the knowledge bases of both TCM and WM, which then forms a unique modern medical system in China. Integrated TCM and WM has a long history in China, and has made important achievements in the process of clinical diagnosis and treatment. However, the methodological defects in currently published clinical practice guidelines limit its development. The organic integration of TCM and WM is a deeper integration of TCM and WM. To realize the progression of "integration" to "organic integration", a targeted and standardized guideline development methodology is needed. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to establish a standardized development procedure for clinical practice guidelines for the organic integration of TCM and WM to promote the systematic integration of TCM and WM research results into clinical practice guidelines in order to achieve optimal results as the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Keywords: Clinical practice guidelines; Methodology; Organic integration; Traditional Chinese medicine; Western medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Methodological flowchart for standard of developing guidelines for organic integration of TCM and WM. TCM traditional Chinese medicine, WM Western medicine
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