Zhang Ying, Zhou Shu-Xin, Zhang Tang-Fa, Huang Guo-Fu
Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, Hubei Province, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2011 Oct;31(10):941-4.
To understand the distribution of diseases in inpatients from the department of acupuncture and moxibustion and to provide the references for the scientific research direction of acupuncture and moxibustion.
By use of information management system of the medical records, the first page of the medical record of 6435 cases from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2010 was extracted.
It shows a clear upward trend in the department of acupuncture and moxibustion in 8 years. The vast majority are elderly patients in 6435 cases, involving in 309 kinds of diseases, the major cases focus on the diseases of motor system and cerebrovascular system. The top 10 ranking of diseases and the rates are lumbar spondylosis (17.73%), cerebral infarction (13.77%), cervical spondylosis (13.66%), sequelae of cerebral infarction (7.47%), lumbar disc herniaion (4. 41%), osteoarthropathia (3.40%), cerebral hemorrhage (2.91%), herpes zoster (2.33%), postherpetic neuralgia (2.33%), sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage (2.32%).
The people's acceptance of acupuncture and moxibustion is increasing and the sufferers treated by acupuncture and moxibustion are mostly elderly patients. The research on the motor system diseases and cerebrovascular diseases should be strengthened.
了解针灸科住院患者的疾病分布情况，为针灸科研方向提供参考。
利用病案信息管理系统，提取2003年1月1日至2010年12月31日6435例病案首页。
8年间针灸科住院人数呈明显上升趋势。6435例患者中绝大多数为老年患者，涉及309种疾病，主要病种集中在运动系统和脑血管系统疾病。疾病排名前10位及构成比分别为：腰椎病（17.73%）、脑梗死（13.77%）、颈椎病（13.66%）、脑梗死后遗症（7.47%）、腰椎间盘突出症（4.41%）、骨关节病（3.40%）、脑出血（2.91%）、带状疱疹（2.33%）、带状疱疹后遗神经痛（2.33%）、脑出血后遗症（2.32%）。
人们对针灸的接受程度在提高，接受针灸治疗的患者以老年患者居多。应加强对运动系统疾病和脑血管疾病的研究。
