Using NHI Claim Database to Study the Trend for Treatment of Hyperhidrosis in Taiwan

摘要：

Primary hyperhidrosis describes a disorder of excessive sweating. It has a significant negative impact on quality of life. Palmar involvement is the most common affecting most of cases. A common link to these disorders is an extreme non-thermoregulatory sympathetic stimulus of exocrine sweat glands, mostly due to emotional stimuli. Non-surgical treatment involves topical medication, iontophoresis and systemic anti-cholinergics. More recently the use of intradermal botulinum toxin has gained popularity. Surgical treatment reserved for severe cases, not responding to conservative management involves local excision, curettage and thoracoscopic sympathectomy. In this paper, we explore the trend for treatment of hyperhidrosis in Taiwan by using NHI claim database.

关键词： Palmar national health insurance claim database hyperhidrosis sympathectomy trend for treatment

作者: Yu-Cheng Liang Min-Huei Hsu Chien-Tsai Liu

作者单位: Graduate Instituteof BiomedicalInformatics,Taipei MedicalUniversity, Taipei, Taiwan Graduate Instituteof Biomedicallnformatics.Taipei MedicalUniversity, Taipei, Taiwan Graduate Instituteof BiomedicaIInformatics,Taipei MedicalUniversity

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 International Conference on Database and Data Mining(ICDDM 2011)(2011年数据库和数据挖掘国际会议)

会议地点: 三亚

会议语种:英文

页码: 98-100

在线出版日期: 2011-03-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）