慢性閉塞性呼吸器疾患の治療における温泉療法の位置づけ.最近5年間の入院症例520例を対象に

1992年1月より1996年12月までの5力年間に当院へ入院した慢性閉塞性呼吸器疾患520例を対象に,疾患の種類,年齢,地域分布など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588例で,このうち,慢性閉塞性呼吸器疾患患者は520例(88.4%)であった｡これらの慢性閉塞性呼吸器疾患のなかでは,気管支喘息が433例(83.3%)と最も多く,その他,慢性気管支炎19例,閉塞性細気管支炎33例,肺気腫35例であった｡2.慢性閉塞性呼吸器疾患の年齢別検討では,鳥取県内および遠隔地(鳥取県外)いずれの症例においても,60-69才および70才以上の症例が多い傾向が見られた｡3.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)からの入院患者がより多く,その分布別検討では,岡山県,兵庫県,大阪腐,広島県,山口県,愛媛県からの入院患者が多い傾向が見られた｡

The kind of respiratory diseases, age, and areas where patients came from were discussed in 520 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas (COPD) admitted at Misasa Medical Branch for last 5 years from 1992 to 1995. 1. For the last 5 years 588 patients with respiratory diseases were admitted at Misasa Medical Branch. Of these patients, 520 were those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Of the 520, 433 (83.3%) were patients with asthma" 19 with chronic bronchitis, 33 with obstructive bronchiolitis, and 35 with pulmonary emphysema. 2. Regarding the distribution of age of these patients, patients between the ages of 60 and 69, and those over the age of 70 were more frequently observed, regardless of the area where patients came from (inside or outside Tottori prefecture). 3. The number of patients from distant areas (outside Tottori prefecture) was larger than the number of those inside Tottori prefecture. The number of patients from Okayama, Hyogo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Yamaguchi, and Ehime prefectures was predominantly larger than the number from other distant areas.