中西医结合防治慢性肾脏病的思路与方法

慢性肾脏病已经成为全球性公共健康问题，其患病率和病死率高，并明显增加心血管疾病的危险性，产生巨额的医疗费用。中西医结合防治慢性肾脏病有优势，但也存在不少困惑。中西医结合防治慢性肾脏病的思路和方法是：（1）加强单病种优化方案的研究；（2）加强确有疗效的新药开发研究；（3）加强中医药治疗肾脏病作用机制的研究；（4）加强有毒中药肾损害的机制及防治研究；（5）利用系统生物学的方法，探索中医肾本质的研究；（6）组织编写《慢性肾脏病中西医结合防治指南》；（7）大力宣传，重视普查，早期预防。期望通过实现上述措施，以提高中西医结合防治慢性肾脏病的诊疗水平。

Strategies and methods of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in preventing and treating chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem with a high mortality and case fatality, and multiplies the risk for complications of cardiovascular disease and huge medical costs. Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine is effective in preventing and treating CKD with less adverse, however there are a lot of questions that we don't know well. Strategies and approaches of the integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in preventing and treating CKD are: (1) enhance the study of optimized scheme for single entity; (2) accelerate the step of new drug exploitation; (3) augment the study of action mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in treating CKD; (4) strengthen the study of the mechanism of Chinese crude drug which is poisonous to kidney and its prevention and cure; (5) utilize the systems biology to study the essence of kidney; (6) establish a guideline for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in prevention and treatment of CKD; (7) preach up the general knowledge of CKD, pay attention to mass screening and early prevention of CKD. It is expected to improve diagnosis and treatment of CKD with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine by carrying out these strategies and methods mentioned above.