Statistical Observations of In-Patients Who Had Been Referred to the Department of Dermatology / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Statistical observations were made on 882 patients who had been referred to the Department of Dermatology during hospitalization in Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital between March 1983 and February 1986. The results were as follows: 1) Among 38, 711 in-patients, the consu1ted patients were 882, and the number of male patients was high than that of female by 1. 69 times. 2) The most frequent age group was the 3rd decade, and the highest incidence of seasonal distribution was spring. 3) The ratio of the departmental consulted patients to tbe departmental inpatients was the most highest in Neuropsychiatry. 4) Distribution of dermatoses according to seasons and at individual department was statistically different in various dermatoses. 5) The most common diagnosis of the patient referred to Dermatologic department was bone fracture.