Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children, T/CACM 016-2017

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Main technical content: Heatiness is a common disease in clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Some patients may suffer from it repeatedly over a long period of time, which can seriously affect their quality of life. The purpose of compiling the "Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Heatiness" is to standardize the clinical diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and regulation of heatiness in TCM, and to provide clinicians with strategies and methods for standardized treatment of heatiness in TCM, thereby improving the clinical efficacy of TCM in treating heatiness and reducing the incidence of heatiness. This guide is formulated under the guidance of relevant laws and regulations and technical documents, combined with the characteristics of TCM and clinical practice, and based on epidemiological surveys of heatiness, clinical research results of TCM, and experts' experience, and after extensive discussion by relevant experts. This guide is organized by the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and implemented under the guidance and supervision of the Expert Group for Revising Clinical Guidelines and the Expert Group for Internal Medicine of TCM. Based on evidence from evidence-based medicine and combined with the experience of relevant experts, recommendations for diagnosis and treatment are formulated after reaching a broad consensus, so as to ensure the scientificity, practicability, and standardization of this guide.

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