한방병원에 입원한 산업재해 환자의 일반적 특성에 대한 기술적 분석

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to find out the characteristics of patients who admitted due to industrial accident and to promote the superiority of oriental medical treatment on the sequelae of industrial accident. Methods: We analyzed the medical charts of 51 inpatients in a local oriental medicine hospital. The patients had been hospitalized from May 1, 2003 to October 31, 2010. Results :1. By gender, males accounted for 78.4%, while females 21.6%. By age, most incidences occurred in the forties(29.4%), fifties(23.5%) and thirties(19.6%) in order. 2. Most causes of accident was carelessness(27.5%) and fall down(21.6%) was the next. 3. With regard to the interval from occurrence of accidents to hospitalization, 20 cases(39.2%) were found to be hospitalized 31～90 days after the accidents, followed by 11 cases(21.6%) in 91～180 days and 7 cases(13.7%) in 181～360 days. 4. Most cases turned out to be injuries with 40 patients from Sequelae of intracerebral hemorrhage (23.5%) and Lumbar and other intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy(13.7%). The mean duration of hospitalization was 209.03±346.04 days. Inpatients of Organic brain syndrome NOS numbered the longest stay(676±86.26days), Sequelae of intracerebral hemorrhage recorded 541.91±541.83 days hospitalized. 5. Most of inpatients were treated with acupuncture(100%), herbal medication(98.0%), oriental physiological therapy(82.3%), and moxibustion(76.4%). Conclusions: This article will help the researchers related to Oriental medicine establish basic source of Oriental medicine approach for inpatients due to industrial accident.