Author analized 4662 cases of ECG requested from each department from Nov. 1978 toc Oct. 1979 in Jeonbug National University Hospital.
The results were as the followings.
1.Total numbers were 4662 cases. : The results requested from each department we...
Author analized 4662 cases of ECG requested from each department from Nov. 1978 toc Oct. 1979 in Jeonbug National University Hospital.
The results were as the followings.
1.Total numbers were 4662 cases. : The results requested from each department were 2645 cases(56.7%) of internal medicine, 674 cases(14.5%) of gerneral surgery, 499 cases(10.7%) of orthopedic surgery, 242 cases(5.2%) of neurosurgery, 244 cases(5.2%) of intensive care unit, 95 cases(2.0%) of emergency room, 101 cases(2.2%) of obstetrics and gynecology and 162 cases(3.5%) of others respectively.
2.In total cases, abnormal ECG was 1241 cases, which were composed of 770 cases(62%) of internal medicine, 173 cases(13.9%) of gerneral surgery, 87 cases(7.0%) of orthopedic surgery, 44 cases(3.5%) of neurosurgery, 77 cases(6.2%) of intensive care unit, 52 cases(2.3%) of emergency room, 9 cases(0.7%) of obsterics and gynecology and 29 cases(2.3%) of others respectively.
3.In total abonrmal ECG, age ratio before and after 4th decade was 32% and 68% respectively. In abnormal ECG ratio for total requested cases, ages before and after 4th decaed were 20.6% and 30.9% respectively.
4.In abnormal ECG findings, 397 cases(32.%) of left ventcular hypertrophy, 212 cases(17.1%) of myocardial ischemia, 516 cases(41.6%) of arrhythmia and 116 cases(9.3%) of others were noted.