The Effect of Oriental Medical Treatments on the Patients with Delirium ; 4 Cases Report

섬망환자의 한방치료 증례보고 4례

  • Jung, Ji-Eun (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Dong-Seo Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Jung, Won-Hee (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Dong-Seo Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Seo, Sang-Kyoung (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Dong-Seo Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kang, Jun-Hyuk (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Dong-Seo Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Han, Da-Nim (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Dong-Seo Oriental Medicine Hospital)
  • 정지은 (동서한방병원 한방재활의학과) ;
  • 정원희 (동서한방병원 한방재활의학과) ;
  • 서상경 (동서한방병원 한방재활의학과) ;
  • 강준혁 (동서한방병원 한방재활의학과) ;
  • 한다님 (동서한방병원 사상체질과)
  • Received : 2009.03.16
  • Accepted : 2009.04.06
  • Published : 2009.04.30

Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to report the effect of oriental medical treatments on the patients with delirium. Methods : Four patients diagnosed with delirium by DSM-$IV^{TM}$ was treated Onbaek-won(Wenbai-yuan), Jugeo-hwan(Zhouju-wan) and herb medicine. The severity of delirium was assessed by using MMSE-K. And then, we investigated and analyzed the clinical symptoms of the patients. Results : After oriental medical treatments, the symptoms of delirium were disappeared and MMSE-K score was improved. Conclusions : It could be suggested that oriental medical treatments were effective on delirium. Further study of the effect of oriental medical treatments on delirium is needed in the near future.

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