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Evidence-based practice method of integrative Chinese and Western medicine based on literature retrieval through PICO question and complementary and alternative medicine topics

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Author Name	Affiliation	E-mail
Xiu-feng Yan	Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
Qing Ni	Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
Jun-ping Wei	Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
Hao Xu	National Integrative Medicine Center for Cardiovascular Disease, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China	xuhao2005@yahoo.com.cn

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Abstract:

An evidence-based practice method according to literature retrieval through PICO (Patients, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) questions and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) topics, which can obtain helpful evidence for guiding clinical practice, was introduced with a practical example in this paper. The knowledge of diseases and Western medicine treatment can be acquired by literature retrieval through PICO question, while searching by CAM topics may provide evidence for Chinese medicine (CM). Thus the author held that literature retrieval through both PICO question and CAM topics was an ideal evidence-based practice method for integrative Chinese and Western medicine (ICWM). However, since the standard in CM evidence hierarchy is still under study, the value of the CAM thematic retrieval method remains very limited. In the future, studies on the definition and hierarchy of CM evidences and the herb-drug interaction between Western and Chinese medicine during a combination therapy should be strengthened to improve the status of ICWM evidence-based practice.