Kim, Se-Jong; Kang, Jun-Hyuk; Park, Jang-Woo; Hong, Seo-Young; Heo, Dong-Suk; Yoon, Il-Ji; Oh, Min-Seok

Objectives : This study was conducted to classify the TA(traffic accident) patients who admissed in Oriental Medical Hospital. Methods : We divided TA patients who admissed in Oriental Medical Hospital by age, sex, visited period after onset, impact region, disease, and chief complaint according to a patient classification table, and analyzed their characteristics. Results and Conclusion : The patients who visited within 1 week after TA numbered most(65.4%) in classification by period. Most impact region was neck(80%). Most of TA patients were suffered and treated by cervical(80%) and lumbar(56.9%) sprain.

Traffic accident; Oriental Medicine Hospital; Admission Patient

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