Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

The Korean Pediatric Society (대한소아청소년과학회)
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Clinical analysis of pediatric patients who visited Masan Samsung Emergency Center

일개 종합병원 응급의료센터에 내원한 소아청소년 환자에 대한 임상 분석

  • Yoo, Jae Wook (Department of Pediatrics, Masan Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jun Hwa (Department of Pediatrics, Masan Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • 유재욱 (성균관대학교 의과대학 마산삼성병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 이준화 (성균관대학교 의과대학 마산삼성병원 소아청소년과)
  • Received : 2009.09.15
  • Accepted : 2010.02.18
  • Published : 2010.03.15
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Abstract

Purpose : Through a clinical and retrospective analysis of pediatric patients who visited the Regional Emergency Medical Center of Masan Samsung Hospital from January 2007 to December 2008, we characterized pediatric and adolescent emergency patients to improve emergency care in future. Methods : We reviewed the medical records of 14,065 pediatric patients below 19 years of age. Results : The male to female ratio was 1.5:1, and the most common age group was less than 3 years (49.6%). The peak month was May (10.0%), the peak day of the week was Sunday (24.7%), and the peak time of day was 20:00-0:59 (8.5%). There was no difference in the number of visits per day based on weather (sunny, rain [below 10 mm per day], snow, and fog) or daily temperature difference; however, visits increased on sandy, dusty days and decreased on rainy days with more than 10 mm of rain per day. Based on the international classification of disease (ICD)-10 system, the most common disease code was code R (symptoms, sign, and abnormal clinical laboratory finding) (31.5%), and the most common symptom was fever (13.1%). Final outcomes were discharged (73.8%), admitted (25.7%), transferred (0.4%), and expired (0.1%). In adolescent patients aged 15-9 years, the most common disease code was Injury & Poisoning (code S&T, 36.9%); the most common symptom was abdominal pain (9.6%). Conclusion : Pediatric patients visiting the emergency center were most likely to be male and under 3 years of age and to visit between 20:00 and 21:00 on Sundays and in May, and the most common symptom was fever. Differences between adolescents and pediatric patients showed that adolescents had a higher visiting rate with abdominal pain and a larger temperature difference.

목 적 : 경남권역 응급의료센터인 마산삼성병원을 내원한 소아청소년 응급환자들을 후향적 방법으로 내원 양상을 분석하여 향후에 지역 응급 진료의 질 향상에 기여하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2007년 1월 1일부터 2008년 12월 31일까지 2년 동안 마산삼성병원 응급센터로 내원하였던 19세 미만 소아청소년 환자 14,065명 의 의무 기록지를 통해 연구하였다. 결 과 : 남녀비는 1.5:1로 남자가 더 많았고, 연령은3세 미만이 49.6%였다. 내원 환자는 5월, 일요일, 하루 중에는 20시에서 21시 사이가 가장 많았다. 기후와의 관련에서 하루 내원 환자 수는 황사가 있을 때 3배, 맑은 날 또는 10 mm 미만의 비가 내린 경우는 10 mm 이상 비가 내렸을 때보다 4배 더 많았다. 주된 진료담당과는 전체의 62.0%가 소아과였다. ICD-10 질병 분류에서 손상 중독 및 외인에 의한 경우 22.4%, 단일 증상 및 질환으로는 발열이 13.1%로 가장 많았다. 최종 진료 처리 형태로는 퇴원이 73.8%, 입원은 25.7%였다. 15세 이상 19세 미만의 청소년인 경우 전체 연령과 다른 점은 응급의학에서 50.0%를 담당하였고, 손상 중독 및 외인에 의한 경우 36.9%, 단일 증상 질환으로는 복통이 10.9%로 가장 많았다. 또 최종 입원한 경우는 30.6%로 전체 연령보다는 더 많았고 내원 환자수가 일교차가 클수록 비례하여 더 많았다. 결 론 : 응급센터를 내원한 소아 환자 수는 남자, 3세 미만, 5월, 일요일, 20-21시 사이, 황사가 없는 맑은 날, 손상 중독 및 외인에 의한 경우 및 발열인 경우가 가장 많았다. 청소년이 소아환자와 다른 점은 일교차가 클 수록, 복통으로 내원하는 경우가 더 많았다.

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Supported by : Hyoseok Research Fund

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