Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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이비인후과질환 환자의 응급실 내원 현황

박선태1, 이광선1,*
Seon Tae Park1, Kwang Sun Lee1,*
1울산대학교 의과대학 서울중앙병원 이비인후과학교실
1Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
*교신저자: 이광선, 138-736 서울 송파구 풍납동 388-1 울산대학교 의과대학 서울중앙병원 이비인후과학교실 전화: (02) 2224-3711·전송: (02) 489-2773 E-mail: kslee2@amc.seoul.kr

© Copyright 1999 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Feb 27, 1999; Accepted: May 16, 1999

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective: The purpose of this study is to provide a basic data of the distribution of emergent ENT patients to prepare proper and prompt management in the emergency room. Materials and Method: A total of 2,376 medical records of otolaryngologic patients who visited emergency room (ER), from Feb. 1995 to Dec. 1996, were reviewed. Results: A total of 97,388 patients visited ER and the otolaryngologic patients were 2,376 (2.44%). The ratio of male to female was 55: 45 and 0-9 year-old age group was the most frequent. The most common disease was the inflammatory disease of the ear (40%) and 92% was acute otitis media. Next most common diseases were inflammatory disease of the head and neck (11%), epistaxis (11%), foreign body (10%), vertigo (9%), and trauma (7%) in order. Acute pharyngotonsillitis was the most common inflammatory disease in head and neck (70%). In the trauma, the most common site was the ear (68%) and a Q-tip like stick trauma was the most common (41%). Frequent material of the foreign body was fish bone and the sites were pharynx and larynx (36%). In vertigo patients, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (66%) was the most frequent one. The admission rate from ER was 3.1% and 15% of total admission patients was the peritonsillar abscess. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 1999;10:71-75)

Keywords: 응급 환자; 이비인후과 질환
Keywords: Emergency patients; Otolaryngologic diseases