뇌졸중 환자에 대한 연례보고(2003년)

Yearly Report on CVA Patients

Objectives : This study was prepared for investigating the clinical features of stroke patients. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 169 patients who were admitted to Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Won University with a diagnosis of stroke from Jan. 1, 2003 to Dec. 31, 2003. Results : Ischemic stroke(include TIA, 85.2%) was more common than hemorrhagic stroke(14.8%). The incidence in male was 46.7%, in female was 53.3% and the most prevalent age group is over-sixties. Cerebral infarction was most frequently noticed in MCA territory and lacunar-inf., hemorrhage in putamen. Hypertention, the most preceding diseases, followed by diabetes mellitus. The rate of recurrence was 30.18%. Cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage was much occurred in acting. The most patients visited the hospital after 5 days. The most common symptoms in admission time were motor weakness and speech disorder. The complication was mostly urinary tract infection. Physical treatment from onset, in cerebral infarction was 9.14 days and in cerebral hemorrhage was 18.33 days. Conclusions : Our study on CVA patients was similar to previous studies from 1994 to 2002. In most cases, western and oriental treatment and medicine were given synthetically.