気管支喘息に対する温泉療法.最近5年間(1994年-1998年)の入院症例437例を対象に

1994年1月より1998年12月までの5年間に当院へ入院した呼吸器疾患のなかで気管支喘息を対象に,年齢,地域分布などの経年変化について検討を加えた｡1.最近5年間に当院へ入院した呼吸器疾患患者は664例で,このうち,気管支喘息は437例(65.8% )であった｡呼吸器疾患のなかで気管支喘息に占める割合の経年変化では,1995年度が最も高く(74.4% ),1997,1998年度にはやや低下(ともに60.7% )の傾向が見られた｡2.入院患者の地域分布では,鳥取県内からの入院患者に比べ,遠隔地(鳥取県外)からの入院患者が比較的多く,いずれの年度においても50% 以上(平均57.3% )であった｡また,岡山,大阪,兵庫,広島,山口,愛媛県などからの入院症例が多い傾向か見られた。3.年齢別検討では,いずれの地域においても,高齢者の入院症例か多く,鳥取県内では70才以上の症例の頻度(平均35.1% )が,また遠隔地(鳥取県外)では60-69才の症例の頻度(平均37.7% )が高い傾向か見られた｡

The parients with asthma who were admitted at our hospital for last 5 years (1994-1998) were examined in relation to age and areas where patients came. 1. Of 664 patients with respiratory disease admitted for last 5 years, 437 patients (65.8% ) had asthma. The frequency of asthma in all patients with respiratory disease was the highest (74.4% ) in 1995, and decreased in 1997 and 1998 (60.7% ). 2. The number of patients with asthma from distant areas (outside Tottori prefecture) was constantly larger than the number of those inside Tottori prefecture in each year. The number of patients from Okayama, Osaka, Hyogo, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, and Ehime was larger than the number from other distant areas. 3. Regarding the distribution of age of these patients, the number of patients over the age of 60 was more frequently observed, regardless of the area where patients came. Larger number of patients over the age of 70 (35.1% ) was found in those inside Tottori prefecture, while the number of patients between the ages of 60 and 69 (37.7% ) was larger in those from distant areas.