Statistical Observation for Pediatric Inpatients: Second report statistically analyzed for the patients admitted to the pediatric department of 24 hospitals in Korea.
- Author:
Keun Chan SOHN
1
;
Kwang Chan DOH
;
Yeun Ki KIM
;
Esook OH
;
Soon Yong LEE
;
Seung Kyu LEE
;
Du Bong LEE
Author Information
1. The Statistics Committee of Korean Pediatric Association, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Bronchiolitis;
Bronchitis;
Classification;
Hepatitis A;
Hospitalization;
Hospitals, University;
Humans;
Hyperbilirubinemia;
Inpatients*;
Intestinal Obstruction;
Korea*;
Parasitic Diseases;
Respiratory System
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1980;23(5):348-357
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This is the clinical statistics concerning the admitted patients observed in the pediatric department of 24 university hospitals and general training hospitals in Korea during the past 3 years from Jan. 1976 to Dec. 1978.All the patients were classified by year and disease according to international classification of disease by W.H.O.(1965 Revision). The results obtained were as follows: 1. Total number of patients during 3 years were 64,864, of which 18,085 were in 1976,22,084 in 1977 and 24,693 in 1978 with about 10% increment every year. 2. Infectious and parasitic disease were the most frequent, 20,737 cases(31.97%) followed by respiratory tract disease,15,917 cases(24.54%) and neonatal disease, 6,388 cases(11.44%) 3. Ten major leading causes of hospitalization were pneumonia(12.7%),diarrheal disease (9.4%), hyperbilirubinemia and postmaturity, upper respiratkory tract infection, immaturity acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis, infectious hepatitis, nephritis,convulsion, and intestinal obstruction in the order of frequency
