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| Research on microscopic inspection of the tongue in severe burn patients |
| Hits 1567 Download times 1655 Received:January 17, 2008 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2008.03.05 |
| Key Words
severe burns;microscopic inspection of the tongue;exfoliative cytology of tongue coating |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | WANG Xue-ling | Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China | | LIU Qun | The Fourth Hospital in Tianjin, Tianjin 300000, China | | QU Nian-zhen | The Fourth Hospital in Tianjin, Tianjin 300000, China | | 马玉双 | Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China |
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| [Objective] To study the characteristics and differences of tongue pictures in microscopic field in burn patients’ of different type and at different period, discover the regularity of the exfoliative cells of tongue-coating in burn patients. [Methods] According to theory of inspection of the tongue in TCM, the tongue pictures of 105 normal persons(the healthy group) and 97 severe burn patients were observed and compared. Smear samples of the tongue-coating were obtained and examined for exfoliative cytology change microscopically and analyzed their background, state of cells dispersion, total amount of exfoliative epithelial cells and its classified number and other exfoliative cytology index. [Results] The results showed that the changes of tongue picture and exfoliative cell of coating of severe burn patients at different period had obvious regularity and character. [Conclusions] It is very important to combine the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western medicine in treating severe burns. |
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