In 2018,the 11^(th) Edition of the International Classification of Diseases(ICD-11)defined a diagnostic code list for standard traditional medicine(TM)conditions.The codes improve patient safety by providing more comp...In 2018,the 11^(th) Edition of the International Classification of Diseases(ICD-11)defined a diagnostic code list for standard traditional medicine(TM)conditions.The codes improve patient safety by providing more comprehensive and accurate medical records for hospitals in the Western Pacific Region.In these facilities,TM is often a standard of care for those populations.In several mainstream media sources,writers are circumventing evidence-based peer-reviewed medical literature by unduly influencing public opinion and,in this case,against the new ICD-11 codes.The dangers imposed by the transgression of popular writing onto the discipline of peer-reviewed works are present since best practices in medical record-keeping will fail without the inclusion of TM in the ICD-11 codes.Such failures directly affect the health of the patients and policymakers in regions where TM and conventional medicine are combined.This article investigates the boundaries between substantial evidence and popular opinion.In this era where media is used to manipulate evidence,the reader’s use of sound judgment and critical thought are thwarted.This article also challenges three controversial themes in pop literature,including the threat to endangered species,increased patient risk,and contaminants in the TM.These themes are made without evidence and are,in fact,of flawed logic.There is no reason to assume that improved medical record-keeping and knowledge of patient cases increase risks.展开更多
报道了分布在贵阳地区的药用植物1 792种。根据世界卫生组织1993年创建的ICD—10(《国际疾病分类系统》第10次修订本International C lassification D iseases)国际疾病分类系统,首次对中国的药用植物与国际疾病分类进行了接轨的分类应...报道了分布在贵阳地区的药用植物1 792种。根据世界卫生组织1993年创建的ICD—10(《国际疾病分类系统》第10次修订本International C lassification D iseases)国际疾病分类系统,首次对中国的药用植物与国际疾病分类进行了接轨的分类应用。并对药用植物所涉及到的476类2 113条疾病进行统计分析。结果表明,涉及最多的疾病是L02皮肤脓肿、痈和疖(Cutaneous abscess,furuncle and carbuncle)、A03.901痢疾(Shigellosis unspec ified bac-illary dysentery NOS)和J06.903感冒发热(Acute upper resp iratory infection,unspec ified),分别有592种、343种和226种植物与此相关,分别占药用植物总数的33.04%、19.14%和17.24%。展开更多
基金financed by grants from the National Major Science and Technology Projects of China (No. YB2019023)Independent Project of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (No. ZZ12-002)
文摘In 2018,the 11^(th) Edition of the International Classification of Diseases(ICD-11)defined a diagnostic code list for standard traditional medicine(TM)conditions.The codes improve patient safety by providing more comprehensive and accurate medical records for hospitals in the Western Pacific Region.In these facilities,TM is often a standard of care for those populations.In several mainstream media sources,writers are circumventing evidence-based peer-reviewed medical literature by unduly influencing public opinion and,in this case,against the new ICD-11 codes.The dangers imposed by the transgression of popular writing onto the discipline of peer-reviewed works are present since best practices in medical record-keeping will fail without the inclusion of TM in the ICD-11 codes.Such failures directly affect the health of the patients and policymakers in regions where TM and conventional medicine are combined.This article investigates the boundaries between substantial evidence and popular opinion.In this era where media is used to manipulate evidence,the reader’s use of sound judgment and critical thought are thwarted.This article also challenges three controversial themes in pop literature,including the threat to endangered species,increased patient risk,and contaminants in the TM.These themes are made without evidence and are,in fact,of flawed logic.There is no reason to assume that improved medical record-keeping and knowledge of patient cases increase risks.
