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A Clinical Survey of the Patients in Neuro-Pain Clinic at Ajou University

신경통증클리닉 환자의 1년간 통계고찰

  • Park, Eun Jung (Neuro-pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University) ;
  • Han, Kyung Ream (Neuro-pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Do Wan (Neuro-pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Chan (Neuro-pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Ajou University)
  • 박은정 (아주대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학과 신경통증클리닉) ;
  • 한경림 (아주대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학과 신경통증클리닉) ;
  • 김도완 (아주대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학과 신경통증클리닉) ;
  • 김찬 (아주대학교 의과대학 마취통증의학과 신경통증클리닉)
  • Received : 2007.09.21
  • Accepted : 2007.11.23
  • Published : 2007.12.10

Abstract

Background: The first pain clinic opened in korea in 1973 at Yonsei University Hospital, however, since then the number of pain clinics has gradually increased, as has the number of patients visiting them. This increase in patient has caused concerns about the way in which pain is managed, therefore, we conducted a retrospective review of data according to the sex, age and disease in an attept to aid us in planning for the future of our pain clinic. Methods: We analyzed 1,282 new patients who had visited our pain clinic and 828 inpatients who were admitted to our pain clinic between March 2006 and February 2007. Results: The most frequent age group was in the sixties in outpatient and in the seventies in inpatient. In addition, the incidence of disease in new patients and inpatients was as follows: in new patients, lumbar herniated intervertebral disc 16.5%, hyperhidrosis 12.3%, cervical disc disorder 10.5%, acute herpes zoster 8.2%, postherpetic neuralgia 7.9%, and trigeminal neuralgia 7.0%; in admitted patients, acute herpes zoster 17.6%, trigeminal neuralgia 15.6%, lumbar herniated intervertebral disc 13.0%, postherpetic neuralgia 11.2%, hyperhidrosis 9.8%, and complex regional pain syndrome 7.0%. Conclusions: The patients visiting our pain clinic have presented with a wide variety of diseases. This improved care reflects an effort to expand our fields not only to the management of outpatients but also inpatients, as well as to the treatment of new fields of disease. In the future, We need to manage various pain patients not only in outpatients but also in inpatients to expand our field even through pain clinic is rapidly growing in Korea.

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