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Objectives
In China, four symptoms of functional gastrointestinal disorders, postprandial fullness, early satiety, bloating, and abdominal distension are commonly and interchangeably expressed as a single chief complaint, “Zhang”. In this study we aimed to explore the most efficient method of determining the characteristics of symptoms in such patients.
Methods
Consecutive patients with the chief...
Objective
To compare the performance of gastroenterologists major in western medicine in diagnosing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome types of functional dyspepsia (FD), postprandial distress (PDS) and epigastric pain syndromes (EPS) based on the main symptoms, with that of traditional TCM practitioners in outpatient services.
Methods
Patients with PDS or EPS were enrolled in the study...
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