학술논문

Approach of Kampo Treatment for COVID-19 by Tablet-type Devices with Remote Communicating Function / タブレット型端末を介したCOVID-19の漢方治療の取り組み
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
日本東洋医学雑誌 / Kampo Medicine. 2022, 73(1):91
Subject
COVID-19
Kampo medicine
fever outpatient
remote medical care
tablet-type device
タブレット型端末
リモート診療
漢方治療
発熱外来
Language
Japanese
ISSN
0287-4857
1882-756X
Abstract
In order to avoid the risk of COVID-19 among our clinic staffs, remote medical care using tablet-type devices was conducted in our fever outpatient clinic. In about 5 months, there were 87 patients with COVID-19 diagnosed by PCR test. Among them, 24 patients (15 men and 9 women, average age 36.2 years) were treated with Kampo medicine. Four of 24 patients required hospitalization. All patients, including those hospitalized cases, improved their symptoms during the observation period. We believe that Kampo medicine is effective in the early treatment of COVID-19. In addition, we consider that remote medical care using tablet-type devices is one of the useful methods in the treatment of highly contagious infectious diseases.