All patients underwent detailed physical examination and data registration, including the history of present illness, past history, the auxiliary examination results, nervous system examination.
The patients' clinical records were reviewed for basic information, medical history, auxiliary examination results, and treatments, and summarised for analysis.
The observed data including patients' demographics (age, gender, medical history, etc)., auxiliary examination, stroke onset time and admission time, and TCM clinical symptoms & signs were recorded on the case report form (CRF) by neurologists.
Patient information, including demographics (sex, age, and occupation), medical history (present history, comorbidities, and previous therapy), auxiliary examination results (hematological tests, serological tests, immune status, imaging examinations, and pathological and microbiological tests), and treatment, was collected from medical records and summarized for analysis.
These nonstandard diagnoses may result in inappropriate treatment measures such as analgesic drug abuse, unnecessary auxiliary examinations such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and repeated consultations, which may aggravate the burden of headache disorders.
Although evidence is anecdotal [32, 77, 78], conservative medical management should be processed when SIH is highly suspected while necessary auxiliary examinations proceeding and many patients respond to it alone [8, 12].
However, metastasis from breast carcinoma and internal malignancies was excluded by physical and auxiliary examinations.
(Male, Health care providers-3, 16-09-2011) [A patient who has] basic state-financed medical coverage is entitled to blood and other auxiliary examinations.
The total EVs of the 17 sampled CHCs including basic medical services, nursing, pharmacy, auxiliary examinations, and the NEPHSP in 2010 was 14,056,402.
In total, there were 65 types of PHC services deemed necessary for inclusion in the standard service protocols, including medical, nursing, paramedical, the NEPHSP and other public health services, and auxiliary examinations.
The inclusion criteria include a clinical diagnosis of COPD, presence or absence of respiratory symptoms, age between 40 and 85 years, with or without smoking history, a maximal postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC<70% and FEV1≥50% predicted and the ability to participate in study-related auxiliary examinations.
