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KMID : 1189420170300040001
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2017 Volume.30 No. 4 p.1 ~ p.24
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A Statistical Analysis of Outpatients in Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology of Korean Medicine at Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital in 2012-2016
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Kang Se Hyun
Moon Young-Kyun
Park Jung-Gun
Nam Hae-Jeong
Kim Kyu-Seok
Kim Bong-Hyun
Kim Yoon-Bum
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study is to research on the characteristics of outpatients and distributions of diseases in ophthalmology, otolaryngology of Korean medicine in 2012-2016 and compare the result with previous studies.
Methods : This study is based on the analysis of medical records of total 2,319 outpatients in ophthalmology, otolaryngology of Korean medicine at Kyung Hee Korean medicine hospital from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2016. We searched on the demographic characteristics of outpatients and the distributions of diseases in order of frequency by age and sex. Then, we compared these results to previous results of papers at same hospital in 2000 and 2007.
Results : The common diseases in 2012-2016 were dry eye syndrome in ophthalmology(32.14%), tinnitus and hearing loss in otology(72.69%), rhinitis in rhinology(82.20%) and laryngopharyngitis in laryngology(67.77%). The most increasing diseases in the distribution between 2004-2006 and 2012-2016 were retinopathy in ophthalmology(+366.77%), etc including the eustachian tube disorder in otology(+151.55%), olfactory disorder in rhinology(+167.50%) and laryngopharyngitis in laryngology(+126.20%).
Conclusions : If we accumulate these kinds of epidemiologic studies on ophthalmology, otolaryngology of Korean medicine, it will be great help to make Korean medical preparations for the increasing diseases on these fields.
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KEYWORD
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Statistical analysis , Korean medicine , Dry eye syndrome , Tinnitus , Rhinitis
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