Current Epidemiologic Status of Stroke. |
Kim, Kyeong Tae , An, Jae Doo , Kim, Beob Young , Jeong, Jaeick , Lee, Sung Hoon , Lee, Sang Chan |
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dong-Eui Hospital, Korea. anjaedoo@medigate.net 2Department of Neurosurgery, Dong-Eui Hospital, Korea. 3Department of Neurology, Dong-Eui Hospital, Korea. |
뇌졸중의 최근 역학적 동향 |
김경태, 안재두, 김법영1, 정재익1, 이성훈2, 이상찬2 |
동의병원 재활의학과, 1신경외과, 2신경과 |
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Abstract |
Objective To evaluate the epidemiological data of stroke patients admitted to Dong-Eui Hospital. Method We performed a prospective study on 1370 cases of stroke consecutively admitted to the hospital from June, 2001 to May, 2002 during hospitalization by medical records and questionaire.
Results The highest incidence of the stroke was noted in the group of 60 years of age. The proportion of stroke subtypes were infarct (75.2%), intracranial hemorrhage (21.2%), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (3.6%). Sixteen percents of patients arrived over 24 hours after onset of stroke. The seasonal incidence was in order of frequency of spring, winter, autumn, and summer. The highest occurrence of the stroke was noted in May. The onset time of stroke was highest between 7:00 am and 8:00 am. Risk factors in stroke by the order of frequency were hypertension (61.1%), abnormal EKG at admission (45.5%), hyperlipidemia (38.3%), smoking (36.6%), previous stroke history (24.7%), and diabetes mellitus (24.7%). The common complications during hospitalization were pneumonia (7.6%), gastritis (5.6%), depression (4.8%), and hepatitis (4.6%).
Conclusion Although the results of this study obtained from one local hospital in Korea, they are valuable as basic epidemiologic data of stroke for the prospective community- based study in the future. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2003; 27: 178-185)
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Key Words:
Stoke, Epidemiology |
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