• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.99-103
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• 2013

Purpose: This hospital has operated a trauma system of the inclusive trauma system under the sponsorship of this hospital and with financial support from the government from 2011, and it has been designated as a specialized trauma center (candidate) since November 2008. Therefore, this emergency medical center evaluated the influence of the inclusive trauma system on the course of healing and on the results for trauma patients within the region. Methods: The medical records of all patients who were registered as trauma patients from among those who visited the emergency medical center of this hospital from April 2009 to May 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. The monthly and the annual averages of important indices, such as the time in the emergency room and preventable mortalities, were calculated, and patterns of change were sought. The preventable mortality rate was calculated by using the Trauma Injury Severity Score (TRISS) for each patient. Results: The total number of patients registered from April 2009 to May 2012 was 601, and male patients accounted for a larger proportion(432 males(71.88%) vs. 169 females(28.12%)). Their average age was 46.2 years, the average Revised Trauma Score (RTS) was 5.74 points, and the average Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 26.99 points. The preventable mortality rate during the entire period, which was calculated using the TRISS, appeared lower than the preventable mortality rates reported in past studies in the Republic of Korea. Conclusion: These results for the operation of a new trauma system are limited in that they are only for a local private university hospital. However, results show greater changes and developments in and out of the hospital due to multilateral endeavors by the trauma team and the hospital. These endeavors include increased communications among the departments and development of a complementary patient registration system.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.158-164
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• 2014

Purpose: Numerous studies have investigated the pattern of traumatic death with a focus on the injury mechanism, the severity of the injury and the presence of hemorrhage. Acute coagulopathy has been treated as only one of many complications. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of acute coagulopathy on acute and early death due to trauma. Methods: A retrospective analysis of trauma patients with injury severity score (ISS)${\geq}25$ who had been treated between January 2011 and December 2012 was conducted. Based on the time of injury, traumatic death was categorized into acute (within 48 hours) and early (from 3 to 7 days). The correlations between various parameters within 24 hours after injury and time of death were analyzed. Results: A total of 124 patients were enrolled. Of them, 8.1% (n=10) of the patients experienced acute mortality. For those patients, significant differences in initial systolic blood pressure, coagulopathy score, amount of transfusion, abbreviated injury scale of the head and neck, the abdomen and the extremities were noted. Early mortality was experienced by 7.0% (n=8) of the patients, only coagulopathy score was found to be a significant independent risk factor for acute (odds ratio: 3.127; 95% confidence interval: 1.185-8.252; p=0.021) and early mortality (odds ratio: 2.470; 95% confidence interval: 1.029-5.929; p=0.043). Conclusion: Acute traumatic coagulopathy has an important role in the mortality, even after the acute phase. Early management and prevention of acute coagulopathy may improve survival of trauma patients.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2008

Purpose: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), though it is widely used for triage, has been criticized as being unnecessarily complex. Recently, a 3-point Simplified Motor Score (SMS, defined as obeys commands=2; localizes pain=1; withdrawals to pain or worse=0) was developed from the motor component of the GCS and was found to have a similar test performance for triage after traumatic brain injury when compared with the GCS as the criterion standard. The purpose of this study was to validate the SMS. Methods: We analyzed the patients who visited Kyungpook National University Hospital emergency center after traumatic brain injury from 2006 January to 2006 June. The test performance of the GCS, its motor component, and SMS relative to three clinically relevant traumatic brain injury outcomes (abnormal brain CT scans, Abbreviated Injury Scale $(AIS){\geq}4$, and mortality) were evaluated with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs). Results: Of 504 patients included in the analysis, 25.6% had an abnormal brain CT scans, 13.1% had $AIS{\geq}4$, and 5.0% died. The AUCs for the GCS, its motor component, and SMS with respect to the abnormal CT scans were 0.776, 0.715, and 0.716, and respectively, those for $AIS{\geq}4$ and mortality, were 0.969, 0.973, and 0.968, and 0.931, 0.909, and 0.909, respectively. Conclusion: The 3-point SMS demonstrated similar test performance when compared with the 15-point GCS score and its motor component for triage after traumatic brain injury in our populations.

• 대한수혈학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.262-272
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• 2018

배경: 외상에 의한 대량출혈은 외상 환자의 주요 사망 원인 중 하나이며, 이 경우 초기에 다량의혈액제제를 적절한 비율로 신속하게 공급하는 것이 외상성 출혈로 인한 사망률을 감소시킨다는 점에서 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 외상 환자에 대한 대량수혈을 보다 안전하고 신속하게 수행하기 위해 마련한 대량수혈 프로토콜(MTP)을 도입한 이후, MTP 적용군과 비적용군의 특성을 비교 분석하여 MTP를 적용할 환자를 예측하는데 도움을 줄 수 있는 임상적 지표가 있는지, MTP를 적용할 경우 보다 신속한 수혈이 가능한지를 확인하였다. 방법: 2018년 2월부터 8월까지 7개월간 단일 3차의료기관의 외상응급실을 통해 입원한 환자들 중 대량수혈을 받은 환자들의 전자의무기록 및 검사결과를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 대량수혈 환자는 초기 24시간 이내에 적혈구제제 10단위 이상을 수혈받은 16세 이상의 환자로 정의하였으며, 이들 중 MTP를 적용받은 군(MTP군)과 비적용군(non-MTP군)을 구분하여 수상 종류 및 메커니즘, 초기 활력징후, 혈액검사결과, 외상 중증도 평가 점수, 수혈된 혈액제제의 비율과 양, 혈액제제가 처방된 시점부터 출고되기까지 소요된 시간을 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 2018년 2월부터 8월까지 7개월간 대량수혈을 받은 53명의 외상환자들 중 MTP군은 31명, non-MTP군은 22명으로 확인되었으며, 수축기혈압 및 이완기혈압을 제외한 초기활력징후 및 초기 혈액검사결과는 두 군간 유의한 차이가 없었다. 두 군의 혈액제제 사용량 및 비율 또한 큰 차이가 없었으나, 혈액제제 출고 소요시간의 경우 non-MTP군보다 MTP군에서 더 짧은 것이 확인되었다. 결론: MTP군과 non-MTP군의 초기활력징후 및 검사결과 등 임상적 특성은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나, MTP군에서 혈액제제가 출고되기까지 소요되는 시간이 더 짧아 보다 신속하게 수혈을 시작할 수 있었다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.232-243
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• 2002

목적: 만성 외상성 뇌 손상 환자의 정신의학적 후유 장애 평가에 뇌혈류 SPECT가 유용한 지 알아보았다. 대상 및 방법: 외상성 뇌 손상 후 정신의학적 후유 장애 평가를 위하여 정신과 병동에 입원 중 Tc-99m 뇌혈류 SPECT, 뇌 MRI 및 심리 평가가 시행되었던 69명(남:여=58:11, 연령 $39{\pm}14$세)을 대상으로 하였다. 외상 정도는 경도 31명, 중등도 17명, 중증 21명이었고, 외상 후 Tc-99m HMPAO 뇌혈류 SPECT 촬영까지의 평균 기간은 23개월($6{\sim}61$개월)이었다. 심리 평가에서 나타나는 인지 기능 장애를 기준으로 뇌혈류 SPECT와 뇌 MRI 두 영상 검사의 진단능을 비교하여 보았다. 결과: 심리 평가 결과 42명에서 인지 기능 장애가 있었고, 27명에서 없었다. 뇌혈류 SPECT의 예민도 71%, 특이도 85%이었고, 뇌 자기 공명 영상은 예민도 62%, 특이도 93%로 두검사의 진단능에 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었으나(p>0.05, McNemar test), 뇌혈류 SPECT는 피질의 병변을 더 많이 찾았고, 뇌 자기 공명 영상은 백질 병변을 찾는데 우수하였다. 경도 뇌 손상 환자 31명에 대해서도 뇌혈류 SPECT의 예민도 45%, 특이도 90%, 뇌 자기 공명 영상은 각각 27%, 100%로 역시 진단능에 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다(p>0.05, McNemar test). 뇌 자기 공명 영상에서 정상 소견을 보인 41명에서 뇌혈류 SPECT는 예민도 63%, 특이도 88%(꾀병 환자들에서 85%)를 보였다. 결론: 뇌혈류 SPECT는 만성 외상성 뇌 손상 환자들에서 뇌 자기 공명 영상보다 더 많은 피질의 병변을 찾는다. 따라서 뇌혈류 SPECT는 만성 외상성 뇌 손상 환자들의 정신의학적 후유 장애에서 임상심리평가에 보조적 역할을 한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.321-323
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• 2004

전폐절제술후 주변 해부학적 구조물들에 의하여 전폐절제술후 증후군 증상이 드물게 나타난다. 전폐절제술후에는 경미한 호흡 곤란을 보이거나 전폐절제술후 증후군처럼 중증의 증상을 나타낸다. 전폐절제술쪽 흉곽으로 폐가 탈출되어 단일 흉곽소견(Buffalo chest)이 보이는 경우, 외상 또는 침습적 시술에 있어 각별한 주의가 요구된다.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.89-106
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• 2020

Purpose: This study attempts to improve the status of emergency care for major trauma patients transferred by 119 paramedics by analyzing the status of emergency care and the obstacles to the spinal motion restriction (SMR) for major trauma patients. Methods: A total of 600 rescue logs were collected from major trauma patients transported by 119 paramedics in the C fire department from Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. And then, 280 questionnaires were collected from the 119 paramedics in C fire department from May 3 to Jun. 3, 2019. Data were analyzed using SPSS 24.0 version. Results: Among 499 spinal motion restriction adaptive patients, the spinal motion restriction rate was 51.1% (255 individuals). Lack of human resources and quality control problems were among the obstacles to spinal motion restriction. Conclusion: The 119 paramedics should improve their activeness and skills in performing emergency care, and since training and experience are of crucial importance, they should expand various education systematized according to demand.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.37-48
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• 2021

Purpose: Mortality due to trauma is relevant to both low-income and high-income countries. A diversity of causes leads to mortality such as, socioeconomic status and geographic factors. This study sought to differentiate between cases of mortality in a metropolitan city and a rural area, with data from critical trauma patients. Methods: Community-based severe trauma surveillance data from 2018 was used in this study. Logistic regression was conducted to compare the odds ratios between deaths that occurred in a metropolitan city and a rural area. Multiple logistic regression by controlling variables such as type of medical institution and injury severity score was conducted to estimate the effect on the trauma patients. Results: In total, 28,217 participants were selected as total population. We observed that the odds of death decreased as the level of the trauma center increased. Compared to the metropolitan city, the odds ratio of rural areas was 1.44. The odds ratio increased as the injury severity score increased. Conclusion: This study suggests that the mortality of critical trauma patients is higher in rural areas than in metropolitan cities. More studies are needed to expand on this.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2023

Purpose: In patients with major trauma, mortality varies by age. This study aimed to identify predictors of death according to age. Methods: Data from the Community-Based Severe Trauma Survey in Korea were analyzed using a retrospective case-control design. Factors associated with death were identified by age using independent-samples t-tests, Welch's test, and χ² tests. Results: There were statistically significant differences in mortality by sex (p=.006), location (p=.029), mechanism of injury (MOI) (p<.001), intention (p<.001), transportation (p<.001), surgery (p<.001), and Injury Severity Score (ISS) (p<.001) in the ≤44 years age group; by location (p<.001), MOI (p=.004), intention (p<.001), transportation (p<.001), surgery (p<.001), and ISS (p<.001) in the 45-54 years age group; by location (p=.040), MOI (p<.001), transportation (p<.001), transfusion (p<.001), surgery (p<.001), and ISS (p<.001) in the 55-64 years age group; by location (p=.015), intention (p<.001), surgery (p<.001), and ISS (p<.001) in the 65-74 years age group; and by location (p=.002), intention (p<.001), transfusion (p=.020), surgery (p<.001), and ISS (p<.001) in the ≥75 years age group. Conclusion: In patients with major trauma, predictors of mortality varied by age.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2011

Purpose: Recently, social interest in an organized trauma system for the treatment of patients has been increasing in government and academia and the establishment of trauma center is being considered across the country. However, establishing such a system has not been easy in Korea, because enormous experiences and resources are necessary. The objectives of this study were (1) to estimate a trauma patient's demands during the course of treatment and (2) to provide appropriate direction for trauma centers to be established in Korea. Methods: The records of 207 patients who were admitted to the Department of Trauma Surgery in Ajou University Medical Center due to trauma were retrospectively reviewed for a 1 year period from March 2010 to February 2011. Patients were reviewed for general characteristics, number of hospital days, numbers and kinds of surgeries, numbers and kinds of consultations, ISS (Injury Severity Score) and number of patients with ISS more than 15. Results: All 207 patients were enrolled. The average number of hospital days was 36.7 days. The ICU stay was 15.9 days, and the general ward stay was 20.8 days. Admitted patients occupied 9.02 beds in ICU and 11.80 beds in the general ward per day. The average number of surgeries per patient was 1.4, and surgery at the Department of Trauma Surgery was most common. Number of consultations per patient was 14.23, and consultations with orthopedic surgeons were most common. The average ISS was 18.6. The number of patients with ISS more than 15 was 141 (61.8%) and the average number of patients treated per trauma surgeon as a major trauma patient was 94.3. The number of mortalities was 20, and the mortality rate was 9.7%. Conclusion: To reduce mortality and to provide proper treatment of patients with major trauma, hospitals need some number of beds, especially in the ICU, to treat patients and to prepare them for emergent surgery. An appropriate number of trauma surgeons and various specialists for consultation are also needed.