• 1. Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, P.R.China;
  • 2. Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100091, P.R.China;
LIU Yue, Email: liuyueheart@hotmail.com; XU Fengqin, Email: doctorxu@aliyun.com
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The aging of the population has generated significant challenges and unprecedented opportunities for the development of geriatrics in China. The core idea of its overall concept, treatment according to syndrome differentiation and the characteristics of " preventive treatment of disease” have unique advantages, which are required to be explored and studied. This paper reviewed the development history of modern geriatrics in the west and China, analyzed and summarized the research hotspots in the field of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine for geriatrics in the past five years. It then described the current development status and advantages of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in the treatment of common clinical geriatric diseases. Finally, it summarized and visioned the development of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine for geriatrics.

Citation: ZHAO Junnan, LIU Yue, ZHANG Ying, ZHANG Ping, WANG Haiyun, LI Jing, TONG Wenxin, XU Fengqin. Research on integrated traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine for geriatrics: progress and reflections. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2018, 18(11): 1191-1197. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201808009 Copy

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