Journal of Korean Medical classics (대한한의학원전학회지)

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Clinical features of COVID-19 as presented in journal articles : A Korean Medical Approach

COVID-19 임상표현에 대한 한의학적 접근 -국내외 논문을 중심으로-

  • Kim, Jong-hyun (Dept. of Korean Medical Classics & History, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University) ;
  • Ahn, Jinhee (Dept. of Korean Medical Classics, College of Korean Medicine, Kyunghee University) ;
  • Kim, Sanghyun (KM Data Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
  • 김종현 (가천대학교 한의과대학 원전의사학교실) ;
  • 안진희 (경희대학교 한의과대학 원전학교실) ;
  • 김상현 (한국한의학연구원 한의약데이터부)
  • Received : 2022.02.07
  • Accepted : 2022.02.08
  • Published : 2022.02.25
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Abstract

Objectives : This paper examines major symptoms representation in COVID-19 patients as groundwork for development of an effective clinical data collection format in Korean Medicine. Methods : Major symptoms representation in COVID-19 related papers published worldwide were collected. Corresponding symptoms in Korean Medicine were then examined, followed by discussion of symptomatic features that require further consideration in regards to a more systematic clinical data collection. Results : Of 256 papers, most papers listed fever and cough while symptoms such as difficulty breathing, diarrhea, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue, chest pain, phlegm, nasal discharge were also mostly listed. Clinical representations could be categorized into general symptoms, throat symptoms, chest symptoms, head and facial symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, musculo-skeletal and cutaneous symptoms, psychiatric symptoms and sensory problems. Conclusions : Although each clinical representation could be likened to certain clinical representations of Korean Medicine, the variety of symptoms were too limiting and lacking in detail to be applied in the pattern identification[辨證] of Korean Medicine. For effective clinical data collection and analysis in the future, symptom change according to time, comparison between location, climate and ethnicity, existence of interior symptoms when diagnosing exterior symptoms, deficiency-excessiveness of blood patterns, consciousness levels, etc., need to be considered in establishing criteria for symptom evaluation.

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