title: [Analysis of the distribution of diseases in 6435 inpatients from the department of acupuncture and moxibustion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the distribution of diseases in inpatients from the department of acupuncture and moxibustion and to provide the references for the scientific research direction of acupuncture and moxibustion.
  
  
  METHODS
  By use of information management system of the medical records, the first page of the medical record of 6435 cases from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2010 was extracted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It shows a clear upward trend in the department of acupuncture and moxibustion in 8 years. The vast majority are elderly patients in 6435 cases, involving in 309 kinds of diseases, the major cases focus on the diseases of motor system and cerebrovascular system. The top 10 ranking of diseases and the rates are lumbar spondylosis (17.73%), cerebral infarction (13.77%), cervical spondylosis (13.66%), sequelae of cerebral infarction (7.47%), lumbar disc herniaion (4. 41%), osteoarthropathia (3.40%), cerebral hemorrhage (2.91%), herpes zoster (2.33%), postherpetic neuralgia (2.33%), sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage (2.32%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The people's acceptance of acupuncture and moxibustion is increasing and the sufferers treated by acupuncture and moxibustion are mostly elderly patients. The research on the motor system diseases and cerebrovascular diseases should be strengthened.
authors: Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, Hubei Province, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Shu-Xin
authors: SX
authors: Zhou
authors: Tang-Fa
authors: TF
authors: Zhang
authors: Guo-Fu
authors: GF
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion; D055815:Young Adult