• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2011

Compared to that in the Caucasian population, type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) incidence rates are very low in Koreans. Therefore, compared to the recent development of pharmacological therapy applicable to Korean children with T1DM, interest in nonpharmacological therapy and psychosocial support systems remains low, as is the development of Korean-style T1DM education programs for therapeutic application. Children who have been newly diagnosed with diabetes are placed in completely new environments for treatment. For appropriate control of diabetes, patients have to self-monitor blood glucose levels and inject insulin several times a day and must use extreme self-control when they eat foods to avoid increases in blood glucose levels. Blood glucose excursions resulting from impaired pancreatic ${\beta}$ cell functions cause mental stress due to vague fears of chronic complications of diabetes. In addition, children with diabetes cannot be excluded from the substantial amount of studies required of Korean adolescents, and the absolute shortage of time for ideal control of diabetes adds to their mental stress. Many of these patients are psychologically isolated in school where they spend most of their time, and they are not appropriately considered or supported with respect to blood glucose control in many cases. In this respect, this author will introduce some of the newest views on nonpharmacological therapy and psychosocial support systems that account for important parts of T1DM management and seek measures to apply them in conformity with the social characteristics of Korea.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.243-251
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• 2010

Based on theories and case analysis, the present research concerns the deduction of useful results about the basic stage for setting up a planar plan for children's play therapy facility, which cures children's psychological problems such as social maladaptation by means of play rather than language. The case analysis was sub-categorized into movement in each area, relative position among areas, and the size of each room. Detailed investigations were made concerning: First, Adjacent areas of each area. Second, Movement plan, which was sub-categorized into the movement of therapists and that of the children receiving therapy and guardians; area was sub-categorized into management area, therapy area and service area. Third, the size of each area measured was calculated to be expressed as the percentage of the total size. The result is as follows: (1) As for adjacent areas, in some cases management area and service area were adjacent, with isolated therapy area; whereas in the other cases, service area and information area, which is a part of management area, were placed along the doorway, with therapy area between them and therapist area, which is the other part of management area, behind them. (2) As for movement, the movement of therapists and that of children receiving therapy were same; whereas the movement of guardians was allowed only up to the middle part of the therapy facilities, and there was almost no entry of guardians into the play therapy rooms located in the inner parts. This is because they do not show the details of their therapy for children to guardians. (3) As for size, the area of independent facilities were similar; whereas institutional facilities in general had larger waiting room and unlike independent facilities, were of diverse size.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.475-482
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• 2005

This study aimed to determine the fluoride intakes in 120 preschool children aged 3 to 6 residing in Jumunjin (community water fluoridation area) and Gangneung (non-fluoridation area). The parents were asked to collect 24-hour urine samples and to duplicate the samples of all the diets that their children ingested in the day of urine collection. The acid-diffusible fluoride in the food and non-carbonate beverages were isolated by the acid-diffusion technique and then measured with a fluoride electrode. The fluoride in carbonate beverages, drinking waters and urine samples were measured directly with a fluoride electrode. The geometric mean (geometric standard deviation) of daily fluoride intakes from all kinds of diet was 5.99 (2.27) $\mu$g/kg/day in the children in Gangneung and that of the children in Jumunjin was 18.36 (2.69). The amount of fluoride intake by food and drinking water in fluoridation area were significantly larger than that in non-fluoridation area but the statistical difference of fluoride intake by beverages between two areas was not observed. The GMs (GSDs) of daily fluoride excretion by urine of children in non-fluoridation area and in fluoridation area were 8.39 (1.73) and 18.62 (1.77) $\mu$g/kg/day, respectively. The correlation between fluoride intake from diet excluding beverage and urinary excretion was statistically significant. It is concluded that the amount of fluoride intake of children living in fluoridation area did not exceed the upper intake level to avoid the risk of dental fluorosis (2.2 mg/day in 4- to 8-year-olds) and urinary excretion of fluoride was good indicator of fluoride intake from diets.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.843-852
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• 2018

Objectives: The study aimed to isolate the abundant bacteria in dental caries in children and to investigate the bacterial species involved in addition to those that have been previously reported. Methods: The specimens were collected from the supragingival plaques of each dental caries area, pit and fissure caries, deep dentinal caries, smooth surface caries, and dental caries, and from healthy subjects in the control group. Bacteria were cultured from these specimens, DNA was extracted from the isolated bacteria, and the 16S rRNA gene sequences were analyzed and identified. Results: Based on the results of the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis for the 90 strains of dominant bacteria from the 45 specimens, 5, 7, 8, 7, and 13 species were identified from the supragingival plaques from healthy teeth, pit and fissure caries, deep dentinal caries, smooth surface caries, and dental caries, respectively. In healthy teeth, Actinomyces naeslundii dominated. Corynebacterium durum, Ralstonia pickettii, and Streptococcus intermedius showed equal distribution. The dominant bacterial species in dental caries, S. sanguinis, showed the greatest difference in prevalence in pit and fissure caries. In deep dentinal caries, S. mutans and Lactobacillus rhamnosus were dominant; in smooth surface caries, S. mutans and S. sanguinis were dominant; and in the supragingival plaques of dental caries, S. sanguinis and S. mutans were dominant. Conclusions: The bacterial species isolated from dental caries encompassed four phyla, eight genera, and 22 species. In addition, the SS1-2 strain, belonging to the genus Neisseria, was identified as a new species from among the isolated strains.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.55-64
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• 1984

The clinical specimens used in this study were collected during the period from March 4, to December 30, 1983, from children's hospitals in Seoul area. They came from clinically apparent cases of diarrheal disease in hospitals. Many specimens were taken from rectal Swabs. During this period, 2166 stool cultures were streaked onto MacConkey plate and were them deposited in selenite broth. Colonies resembling pathogens on MacConkey medium were picked to KIA, Urea agar, malonate broth, ONPG broth, SIM. Reaction on those media cultures were identified biochemically with using API 20E test kit and confirmed serologically with commercially avabile Salmonella antisera(Difco) or Shigella antisera(Denka, Japan). The sensitivity of Salmonella and Shigella tested to ampicillin cephalosporin, chloramphenicol, colistin, gentamicin, tetracycline, streptomycin, nalidixic acid, neomycin, polymyxin B was performed by means of disc diffusion method recommended by Bauer-Kirby, using the discs prepared in BBL Laboratory. 1. There were 34 (1.6%) isolations of Salmonella cultures and 52(2.4%) isolations of Shigella from the 2,116 specimens. Only 53%of Salmonella were isolated by direct streaking on MacConkey plating media, by contrast, 80% of the Shigella were isolated directly. 2. Shigella flexneri types comprised 56% of the Shigellae isolate from 52 Shigellae identified 24% of Salmonella enteritidis ser typhimurium were identified. 3. Concerning to Salmonella and Shigella occurance according to month and sex, They shows relatively higher for the male than in case of female, and 2-3 age were shown the highest group. 4. October is the month with highest incidences. 5. In the sensitivity patterns of Shigellae, most of them were appeared to be resistant ampicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, in case of Salmonella, 15% of them were resistant to chloramphenicol.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2011

목 적: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) 제균 치료의 적절한 항균제 선택의 기반이 되기 위해 소아에서 H. pylori 항균제 내성률을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법: 2003년 7월부터 2009년 4월까지 상복부 통증으로 본원을 방문한 환자 중 위 문부 생검 조직 배양에서 H. pylori 가 동정된 균주를 대상으로 항균제 감수성 검사를 시행하였다. 감수성 검사는 clarithromycin과 amoxicillin은 디스크 확산법으로, tetracycline과 metronidazole은 E-test를 시행하였다. 치료 원칙은 감수성 결과가 확인 된 환자는 감수성 결과에 따라 항균제를 선택 하였고, BAM (bismuth subsalicylate, amoxicillin, metronidazole) 또는 OAC (omeprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin)를 바탕으로 한 경험적 삼제요법을 택하였다. 치료 실패 시에는 bismuth (또는 bismuth subsalicylate)를 포함한 사제요법을 선택하였다. 결 과: 33명의 환자가 배양검사 양성을 보였고 28명의 환자에서 감수성 검사를 시행하였다. 이 중 항균제 내성을 보인 환아는 9명(32.1%)으로 그 중 7명(25%)이 clarithromycin 내성 균주를 보였고 5명(17.8%)이 metronidazole 내성 균주를 보였다. 대상이 적어 통계적인 분석을 하지 못하였으나 Clarithromycin과 metronidazole의 내성률이 시기적으로 감소하는 추세를 보였다. 결 론: 본 연구는 단일 병원에서 소수의 환아를 대상으로 이루어진 연구로 한계가 있으나, 간접적으로 국내소아 환아에서 분리된 H. pylori의 균주에서도 높은 항균제 내성과 시기적으로 내성률이 변하는 것을 알 수있었다. 따라서 소아 환자에서 적절한 항균제 선택을 제시하기 위한 보다 광범위한 연구가 필요한 것으로 생각한다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2015

Public rental housing in Korea has been initially provided for residential stability of low-income household focusing on solving quantitative insufficiency since 1980s. In the process of early stage of designing and planning public rental housing, qualitative aspects of considering children were not primary concern. This study aims to analyze the priority of environmental improvement of outdoor spaces for children's safety in public rental housing. First, literature review was performed in the reference of local residential safety guidelines, Universal Design, and CPTED guidelines. In each guidelines, common safety planning factors for children were extracted within different types of outdoor spaces. Second, based on literature analysis, residents evaluated importance and satisfaction level by different safety types, outdoor space type, and environmental planning factors. In results, residents evaluated high importance and showed low satisfaction for crime and traffic safety. Through IPA, facilities and parking space was evaluated where improvement is needed for the first priority, and planning factors were mostly concerned with surveillance and safety management system. Result shows general concern of public rental housing residents, about weak facility management and security system, and about socially isolated environment which heightened the fear of crime safety. Overall, poor maintenance of the complex environment and decrepit facilities are constantly raising risk of safety accidents especially for children. Considering residents' concern, environmental improvement should be considered in perspective of not only physical repair, but also facility management and security system.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 1987

Adherence to HEp-2 cells has been proposed as a virulence characteristic of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). The role of the HEp-2 adherent E. coli was evaluated in a group of children with endemic diarrhea admitted to Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul, Korea. HEp-2-adherent E. coli was detected in fecal samples of 59 (59%) of 100 cases and ten (22.7%) of 44 concurrent control children (p<0.0005). Adherence was exhibited by 15 serogroups and subgroups, but within these groups more than one adherence pattern was frequently observed. Of 17 strains belonging to traditional infantile EPEC serogroups, 12(70.6%) gave a positive adherence. Of 45 enterotoxin producing strains, 24 (53.3%) gave a positive adherence. HEp-2-adherent strains that did not belong to classic EPEC serogroups and did not produce heat-stable and/or heat-labile enterotoxins(referred as enteroadherent E. coli, EAEC) was found in 29 (29%) of the patients with diarrhea and in six (13.6%) of the well children (p<0.05). From 22 of the 29 cases, no pathogen other than EAEC was isolated. These findings strongly implicate EAEC as the cause of diarrhea in the children. Our study supports the concept that EAEC may be an important cause of endemic diarrhea in Korean children.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.209-216
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• 2016

목적: 선천성 심장병을 가진 소아와 성인에서 발생한 감염성 심내막염의 차이점을 찾아보고자 하였다. 방법: 2000년 1월부터 2016년 5월까지 선천성 심장병이 있으면서 심내막염으로 입원 치료를 받은 소아 14예와 성인 11예를 대상으로 의무기록을 검토하였다. 결과: 소아는 모두 심내막염을 진단받기 전에 선천성 심장병을 진단받았고, 팔로사징이 가장 많았다. 성인은 4예만 선천성 심장병을 심내막염 전에 진단받았고, 심실중격결손이 가장 많았다. 심내막염 진단전 소아 6예, 성인 2예가 개심 교정 수술을 받았다. 원인균은 소아에서는 포도알균, 성인에서는 사슬알균이 가장 많았다. 증상 발현 후 심내막염이 진단되기까지 소아는 9일, 성인은 42일이 걸렸다. 결론: 소아 감염성 심내막염은 성인에 비해 진단과 경과에서 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. 따라서, 감염성 심내막염의 진단과 치료에는 나이에 맞고, 체계적인 재평가가 필요할 것이다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.444-448
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• 2018

2017년 1월 2일부터 12월 30일까지 내원한 검사환자 13,093명 중 소아청소년환자는 691명이며 백선균 분리환자는 179명으로 25.9%가 분리되었다. 분석 결과 전체 소아환자 691명 중 남성은 423명으로 61%이며 여성은 268명으로 39%로 분포하였다. 연령군별 조사에서는 신체변화가 가장 많은 시기인 사춘기(317, 46%)에서 높게 나타났고 다음으로 학령기(203, 29%)와 영유아기(171, 25%)의 순서로 나타났다. 계절별 조사에서는 여름(195, 28%)과 겨울(191, 28%)이 높게 분리되었고 봄(165, 24%)과 가을(140, 20%)의 순으로 분리되었다. 부위별로는 족부백선(353, 51%)로 가장 많았으며 다음 순으로는 몸백선(91, 13%), 조갑백선(77명, 11%), 사타구니백선(55, 8%), 두부백선(39, 6%), 수부백선(29, 4%), 그리고 얼굴백선(22, 3%)의 순으로 분리되었다. 연령별에 따른 부위별 질환은 소아연령 모두에서 족부백선이 가장 많이 분리되었고 다음 순으로는 유아기와 학령기에서는 몸백선, 조갑백선, 수부백선, 그리고 두부백선의 순으로 분리되었다. 사춘기에서는 몸백선, 조갑백선, 그리고 사타구니백선으로 분리되었다. 원인균종은 Trichophyton rubrum이 가장 많이 분리되었다. 본 자료분석을 통해 소아의 발달단계에 따른 백선의 분포와 분리균종을 확인하였으며 향후 지속적인 자료수집을 통해 소아피부진균증의 분포 추이에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.