A Pilot Trial of Chinese Medicine for Patients With Dialytic Hypotension

IDH episode was record on every dialysis session, account for 24 dialysis sessions. ( IDH was defined as a nadir SBP of < 90 mmHg or requirement for clinical intervention).

Pre-, nadir-, and post-dialysis systolic and diastolic blood pressure in mmHg at each session.

Frequent and dose in mg of vasopressor agents at each session

The Taiwanese version of the. KDQOL-36 questionnaire is reliable and valid for evaluating the quality of life in dialysis patients. It includes 12 items that provide a generic chronic disease core (i.e., the SF-12, a shorter version of the SF-36), as well as 24 additional items (i.e., kidney-disease-targeted items). The 24 additional items focus on particular health-related concerns of individuals with kidney disease (i.e., symptom/problem list, 12 items; effects of kidney disease, 8 items; and burden of disease, 4 items).KDQOL-36 subscale scores ranged from 0 to 100, and lower scores indicated worse self-reported quality of life.

All participants were asked to complete a basic information questionnaire before CHM treatment and an assessment of their TCM constitution. The CCMQ consisted of 60 items (clinical observations, indicators of constitutions, Table 2) categorized into 9 subscales, each measuring one of the 9 different body constitutions, namely, Yang-deficient (7 items), Yin-deficient (8 items), Qi-deficient (8 items), Phlegm-dampness (8 items), Damp-heat (6 items), Stagnant Blood (7 items), Inherited Special (7 items), Stagnant Qi (7 items), and Balanced (8 items). The items were on a 5-point Likert scale, with high scores indicating a higher likelihood of having the given constitution. Usually, a threshold of 30 or higher points on a subscale was used to classify a person as having that body constitution.