Objective To compare and analyze the consistency of standardized diagnosis and treatment protocols for common diseases of traditional Chinese medicine（ TCM） pediatrics. The standardized diagnosis and treatment programs of TCM pediatrics were searched in Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases of Pediatrics in TCM

Clinical Pathways in TCM

Criteria of Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effect of Diseases and Syndromes in TCM

Clinic Terminology of TCM Diagnosis and Treatment

Classification and Codes of Diseases and Syndromes of TCM

to collect disease terminology

TCM diagnosis

syndromes classifications

prescriptions to establish database. The Jaccard index was used to compare the consistency of terminology

diagnoses

syndromes

and prescriptions. Results The terminology of Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases of Pediatrics in TCM was similar to other plans（ 0. 50 to 0. 57 after correction）. The similarity between the other four categories was higher（ 0. 50 to1. 00 after correction）. The TCM diagnosis in Clinical Pathways in TCM quoted more frequently from Criteria of Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effect of Diseases and Syndromes in TCM. The similarity between Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases of Pediatrics in TCM and these two types of programs was approximately 0. 40. In terms of syndromes

Clinical Pathways in TCM

Criteria of Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effect of Diseases and Syndromes in TCM

and Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases of Pediatrics in TCM were corrected between 0. 57 and 0. 68 after correction. The similarity in prescriptions between Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases of Pediatrics in TCM and Clinical Pathways in TCM was 0. 26

and 0. 40 after correction bias

of which the similarity of same syndrome with same prescription was 0. 62. The history of syndrome classification and prescription selection is quite different.