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KMID : 0895820130230040233
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2013 Volume.23 No. 4 p.233 ~ p.250
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The Retrospective Analysis of 1,162 Traffic Accident Inpatients in Korean Medicine Hospital
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Shin Jae-Hwa
Oh Min-Seok
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of inpatients who were admitted to Korean medicine hospital due to traffic accident.
Methods : 1,162 traffic accident patients who were admitted to department of Korean Rehabilitation Medicine of Cheonan Korean Medicine Hospital, Dae-Jeon University from 1st, January, 2011 to 31th, December, 2012 were analyzed according to the medical charts.
Results : 1. The average treatment result was 3.22 and in most (71.52%) of the patients, symptoms were more than improved. 2. In distribution according to age and sex, people in their 30s numbered the most both in male (12.65%) and female (14.72%). The 1,162 in-patients comprised of 457 (39.33%) male and 705 (60.67%) female. 3. 541 (46.56%) pa-tients admitted in 2011 and 621 (53.44%) patients admitted in 2012. 4. 695 (59.81%) pa-tients visited Cheonan Korean Medicine Hospital within 0~2 days after their traffic acci-dent, followed by 242 (20.83%) patients who visited within 3~5 days after their traffic accident. Patients who admitted earlier showed more improvement in symptoms. 5. The average admission days were 9.32 days. Most (57.66%) patients discharged within 1 week. 6. 825 (71.00%) patients were driving sedan at the time of accident, followed by 105 (9.04%) SUV owners and 71 (6.11%) pedestrians. 7. Rear-end collision accident numbered the most (45.61%), followed by lateral collision (24.35%) and frontal collision (14.72%). 8. Most frequently prescribed examination was X-ray (95.52%), followed by CT (8.69%) and MRI (3.01%). 9. Most frequently given diagnosis was sprain (1,126 (96.90%) patients), followed by concussion & abrasion (178 (15.32%) patients) and fracture (109 (9.38%) patients). 10. Most frequently given Korean medicine treatment was acupuncture (1,162 (100%) patients), followed by anti-inflammatory pharmacopuncture (652 (56.11%) patients) and moxibustion (462 (39.76%) patients). 11. Most frequently given Korean med-icine physiotherapy was infra-red (1,161 (99.91%) patients), followed by cupping therapy (1,152 (99.14%) patients) and hotpack (1,137 (97.85%) patients). 12. Most frequently pre-scribed herb medicine was huishou-san (13.51%), followed by dangguixu-san (12.65%) and yaojiao-tang G (7.06%)
Conclusions : In this study, people in their 30s, females, within 0~2 days since the acci-dent took the highest percentage from each category of patients who admitted to Korean Medicine Hospital due to traffic accident. Patients who admitted earlier showed more im-provement in symptoms and also discharged earlier.
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KEYWORD
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Traffic accident, Korean medicine hospital, Inpatient, Medical chart
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