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KMID : 1123920150290050378
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2015 Volume.29 No. 5 p.378 ~ p.385
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Study of the Patients with Dizziness who visited the Korean Medicine Hospital
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Oh Jeong-Min
Eom Tae-Min
Choi Koh-Eun
Heo Jong-Won
Kim Hyun-Tae
Cho Hyun-Kyoung
Yoo Ho-Rhyong
Seol In-Chan
Kim Yoon-Sik
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Abstract
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Dizziness is one of the most common symptoms in clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of patients with dizziness who visited Korean medicine hospital. This study analyzed 328 patients with dizziness who visited Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Dae-Jeon University from Nov. 1st, 2012 to Oct. 31st, 2014. We gathered the data of the patients based on the medical charts. The patients were divided into 4 gorups ; central dizziness group, peripheral dizziness group, presyncope dizziness group, functional dizziness group, In the distribution according to sex, the number of female patients was higher than the male patients in all the types of dizziness except the presyncope group. The average age of the central group was higher than any other types. The peripheral and central group were most frequently admitted. The average hospitalization period were categorized as follows : central group 37.31, presyncope group 17, functional group 14.21, peripheral group 13.5 days. The following numbers of patients showed the distribution of each syndrome differentiation ; deficiency of qi and blood(Ѩúìå»úÈ) 58.8%, plegm-dampness syndrome(ã¥ÓÃñéðæ) 18.0%, hyperactivity of liver yang(ÊÜåÕß¾ùñ) 14.3%, deficiency of kidney essence(ãìïñÜôðë) 8.8%. The distribution of herbal medicine for dizziness were categorized as follows ; Jaeumkeonbi-tang(Ziyinjianpi-tang, í²ëäËíÞ¡÷·) 50.4%, Banhabaekchulcheonma-tang(Banxiabaishutianma-tang, Úâù¾ÛÜõôô¸Ø«÷·) 10.2% and Bojungikgi-tang(Buzhongyiqi-tang, ÜÍñéìÌѨ÷·) 4.1%. The 86.0% of patients with dizziness has improved. The peripheral showed highest rate of improvement(100%). This report would serve as a reference data for further study about patients with dizziness in the clinical field of Korean medicine.
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KEYWORD
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Dizziness, Vertigo, Korean medicine hospital, Syndrome differentiation
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