• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권3호
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• pp.293-301
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• 2012

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) requires prompt and appropriate treatment. Since methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a frequent pathogen in VAP, rapid identification of it, is pivotal. Our aim was to evaluate the utility of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) as a useful method for etiologic diagnoses of MRSA pneumonia. Methods: We performed qPCR for mecA, S. aureus-specific femA-SA, and S. epidermidis-specific femA-SE genes from bronchoalveolar lavage or bronchial washing samples obtained from clinically-suspected VAP. Molecular identification of MRSA was based on the presence of the mecA and femA-SA gene, with the absence of the femA-SE gene. To compensate for the experimental and clinical conditions, we spiked an internal control in the course of DNA extraction. We estimated number of colony-forming units per mL (CFU/mL) of MRSA samples through a standard curve of a serially-diluted reference MRSA strain. We compared the threshold cycle (Ct) value with the microbiologic results of MRSA. Results: We obtained the mecA gene standard curve, which showed the detection limit of the mecA gene to be 100 fg, which corresponds to a copy number of 30. We chose cut-off Ct values of 27.94 (equivalent to $1{\times}10^4$ CFU/mL) and 21.78 (equivalent to $1{\times}10^5$ CFU/mL). The sensitivity and specificity of our assay were 88.9% and 88.9% respectively, when compared with quantitative cultures. Conclusion: Our results were valuable for diagnosing and identifying pathogens involved in VAP. We believe our modified qPCR is an appropriate tool for the rapid diagnosis of clinical pathogens regarding patients in the intensive care unit.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.27-40
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• 2007

Even now, 119 rescue services have dissatisfactory aspects in operation, system and equipments as discussed above, It is the most urgent subject to systemize rescue services so that they can be suitable for our status, for we will make 21C welfare state come true before long. So, this author suggest that the followings have to be raised to activate 119 rescue service. 1) Bring up experts and offer high-quality rescue service 2) Prepare more up-to-date equipments 3) Operate transfer joint organizations 4) Promote the ability to meet with a press at the time of rescue service activities 5) Adjust regulations related to rescue services 6) Make up for a countermeasure to traffic accidents of ambulances 7) Adjust regulations making it mandatory to establish heliport at the target on hospitals more than a defined scale 8) Install more rescue service teams 9) Educate and train officials belonging to briefing rooms, where the officials with long experiences are arranged 10) Minimize the time for rescue team to reach fields 11) Establish legal protection system for rescue the team Nowadays, our country operates the department of fire fighting and rescue services without great difficulty, even though the circumstances are bad - insufficient members and the inferior circumstances. All of the fire fighting officials are given heavy duties in bad circumstances, and so are the team of rescue service. The rescue service team, taking charge of some emergency medical system, do a fire fighting inspection as a non-duty service, though they are scanty of sleep due to prevention and protection services of the fire fighting service team. But, they can not engage in rescue services completely and have to deal with miscellaneous duties. So they can not offer professional emergency medical services. But now, almost every fire fighting organization, belonging to National Emergency Management Agency, are separating rescue services, which shows a lot of good results. People recognize rescue services to get better and better gradually and the demands for this rescue services increase. So, this is the best time when rescue service teams should offer qualitative services rather than quantitative services. The people will recognize this rescue service team to be an organization sacrificing and serving for them. However well institutes and operation systems should be established, the rescue service team can not come true their aim without strong wills that they will serve and sacrifice themselves for people from their hearts. In addition, it is essential for the officials in charge of policies about emergency medical services to have a concernment on and practice the policy without failure.

• The Korean journal of internal medicine
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.1194-1202
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• 2018

Background/Aims: This study evaluated the role of hypomethylating agents (HMA) compared to best supportive care (BSC) for patients with high or very-high (H/VH) risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) according to the Revised International Prognostic Scoring System. Methods: A total of 279 H/VH risk MDS patients registered in the Korean MDS Working Party database were retrospectively analyzed. Results: HMA therapy was administered to 205 patients (73.5%), including 31 patients (11.1%) who then received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), while 74 patients (26.5%) received BSC or allo-HCT without HMA. The 3-year overall survival (OS) rates were $53.1%{\pm}10.7%$ for allo-HCT with HMA, $75%{\pm}21.7%$ for allo-HCT without HMA, $17.3%{\pm}3.6%$ for HMA, and $20.8%{\pm}6.9%$ for BSC groups (p < 0.001). In the multivariate analysis, only allo-HCT was related with favorable OS (hazard ratio [HR], 0.356; p = 0.002), while very poor cytogenetic risk (HR, 5.696; p = 0.042), age ${\geq}65years$ (HR, 1.578; p = 0.022), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) 2 to 4 (HR, 2.837; p < 0.001), and transformation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (HR, 1.901; p = 0.001) all had an adverse effect on OS. Conclusions: For the H/VH risk group, very poor cytogenetic risk, age ${\geq}65years$, ECOG PS 2 to 4, and AML transformation were poor prognostic factors. HMA showed no benefit in terms of OS when compared to BSC. Allo-HCT was the only factor predicting a favorable long-term outcome. The use of HMA therapy did not seem to have an adverse effect on the transplantation outcomes. However, the conclusion of this study should be carefully interpreted and proven by large scale research in the future.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.201-209
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• 2009

목 적: 한국인 후두암 환자의 방사선치료 과정 및 방법(patterns of care)을 조사하고 병원간의 차이가 있는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 전국의 23개 병원에서 1998년 1월부터 1999년 12월까지 2년간 후두암으로 방사선치료를 받은 환자237명(성문암, 144명; 성문상부암, 93명)을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 환자 및 종양 특성, 진단방법, 치료방법의 선택, 방사선치료의 내용, 부작용 등에 대하여 조사하였으며, 방사선치료의 내용에 관해서는 1998년도 연간 신환 발생수를 기준으로 참여병원을 A군(900명 이상), B군(400명 이상, 900명 미만) 및 C군(400명 미만)으로 나누어 차이가 있는지를 비교하였다. 결 과: 환자의 연령분포는 25~88세(중앙값, 62세)였고 남자가 216명(91.1%)이었다. 임상적 병기는 성문암의 경우 I기 61.8%, II기 21.5%, III기 4.2%, IVa기 11.1%, IVb기 1.4%, 성문상부암은 I기 4.3%, II기 19.4%, III기 28.0%, IVa기 43.0%, IVb기 5.4%로 나타났다. 병기에 따른 치료방법의 선택, 방사선치료범위, 원발부위 방사선량에 있어서 병원군 간의 차이는 없었다. 모의치료방법에서 선량계산방법, 방사선에너지, 조사면배열, 고정기구사용여부에서 병원군간 통계적인 차이가 있었다. 결 론: 우리나라 후두암 환자의 방사선치료는 모의치료방법에서 병원군 간에 약간의 차이는 있으나 비교적 일정하게 시행하고 있음을 알 수 있었고 이 연구 결과는 향후 방사선치료 표준화의 기본자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Korean Dental Science
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2015

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to assess the importance of proper treatment timing for dental emergency patients by characterizing current patient care in the emergency room. Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review of 3,211 patients who visited the Chosun University Hospital's dental emergency department (Gwangju, Korea) was conducted from January 1, 2011 to May 31, 2014. Information regarding age, gender, onset date, main causes, and diagnoses were collected and analyzed. The main causes were divided into six categories: assault, household/play, sports, traffic, work, and others. Result: Emergency visits were more common for men (69%), and the ratio of males to females was 2.2:1 On average, the major cause was household/play (49.8%), followed by others (18.9%), traffic (16.6%), assault (9.1%), sports (2.9%), and work (2.6%). The most frequent diagnosis on average was dental trauma with 82.4%, followed by infection (10.7%), others (4.7%), and bleeding (2.2%). Conclusion: The main reasons for visits to the dental emergency department are dental trauma, dental infection, bleeding, and others. The most frequent reason for dental emergency patients to visit the emergency department was dental trauma (82.4%).

• 대한암한의학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2008

Objectives: To grasp the traditional stream of cancer treatment inherited from the previous doctors. Methods: The author's research has been performed cancer treatment based on JIJU(積聚) taking the original text as a reference. Results & Conclusion: The general three outlines and five detailed rules of cancer treatment have been obtained as follows. The first outline of cancer treatment is that reinforced vital function makes cancer reduce naturally. the second is that Harmless cancer can coexist in human beings and aging with them. and the third is that Elimination and reinforcing therapies should be executed in appropriate era and those therapies should utilize appropriate methods. The first detailed rule of cancer treatment is when using reinforcing therapy, it must applicate mildly and when using elimination therapy, it must applicate calmly. The second detailed rule is that the methods of cancer treatment are different from each cancer stage. The concentration should be made on reinforcing therapy at early stage while reinforcing and elimination therapies must be conducted together at middle stage. At terminal stage reinforcing therapy is the sole method to be taken. The third detailed rule is that the basis property of cancer drug is warm nature and extremely biased property should be avoided and when complication arises (eg. inflamatory disease, cancer fever, etc), cold or cool nature can be applied. The fourth detailed rule is that Cancer drug must have the effect eliminating the blood stasis, phlegm and excessive fluid, all together. The fifth detailed rule is that Physicians have to control patient's stress or stress related symptom and teach patients about right way of taking care of themselves and patients should take hygienic rules with their free will by themselves (eg diet, exercise, stress, etc)

• 미생물학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2005

사람의 모발에 부착되어 있는 세균을 분리 동정한 후 이 세균들의 항생제 감수성을 확인하였다. 중환자실에 입원해 있는 환자와 건강인의 모발에서 39개의 세균을 분리한 결과, Staphylococcus epidermidis가 19주로 가장 많았으며 그 다음으로 S. aureus가 14주, S. waneri가 5주, S. pasteuri가 1주 순으로 나타났다. Amikacin, ampicillin, bacitracin, carbenicilline, cefazolin , cefoperazone , chloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicin, methicillin, nalidixic acid, neomycin, oxacillin, penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, vancomycin에 대한 내성을 디스크 확산법으로 확인하였다. 항생제에 내성을 나타내는 세균들은 모두 입원환자의 모발로부터 분리된 것들이었다. 사람의 모발에 부착된 세균을 제거하기 위해 시중에 유통되고 있는 모발 세정제와 계면활성제인 SDS를 처리하였으나 제거효과가 없었다. 이러한 결과는 사람의 모발에 부착되어 있는 세균들이 병원 등에서 교차 감염원이 될 수 있는 가능성을 보여주며, 모발에 부착되어 있는 세균 소독의 중요성을 확인시켜주었다.

• 대한장애인치과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.84-88
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• 2019

장애인의 교정 치료는 환자에 따라 치료 목표와 방법이 비장애인의 교정 치료와 달라질 수 있다. 교정 치료를 시작하기 전에 환자의 교정 치료의 한계에 대한 보호자와의 충분한 의사소통이 먼저 이루어져야 하고, 교정 치료는 환자가 견딜 수 있으면서 도움이 되는 방향으로 시행되어야 한다. 또한 교정치료 시 보호자들에게 구강위생관리의 중요성을 항상 강조하고 집에서의 구강 위생 관리를 위한 교육을 반드시 시행해야 한다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2006

고정 소수점 처리기만큼 낮은 복잡도와 비용으로 넓은 동작 영역의 데이터 처리가 가능한 블록 부동 소수점 체제에서 블록 LMS 알고리즘의 구현을 위한 기법을 제시하였다. 제안 기법은 필터 계수 및 데이터의 표현을 위한 적절한 포맷을 적용하였다. 또한, 시변 mantissa와 시변 exponent를 갖는 스텝 크기에 대해 scaled 표현을 적용하였다. Scaled 표현과 새로운 상한을 이용하여, 필터 계수의 무게 mantissa와 exponent에 대한 업데이트 관계를 개발하였으며, 오버 플로우가 발생하지 않도록 할 뿐만 아니라 이미 직접 곱해진 미소량도 고려하였다. 또한 필터 계수의 mantissa와 필터 출력 역시 고속 블록 LMS 알고리즘 기법의 적절한 수정에 의해 더욱 빠르게 평가할 수 있는 방법을 보였다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.525-534
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• 2021

In order to provide high-quality medical services to the public and contribute to the improvement of public health, it is necessary to enact an independent law according to the work of radiological technologists. Therefore, this study intends to review the regulations related to radiographers in the Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act. and to present opinions and directions for enactment of individual laws for radiological technologists. An online survey was conducted to 15,000 radiological technologists working in medical institutions and education sites in Korea; 1,027 people (6.85%) responded. The questionnaire consisted of 3 questions on demographic characteristics, 5 questions on the scope of work, and 12 questions on the revision of the Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act. and the establishment of the Radiological Technologist Independent Act. Reliability and factor analysis were performed on 9 questions measured on a Likert 5-point scale in "Revision of the Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act. and the establishment of the Radiological echnologist Independent Act" among the questionnaire items. Reliability for the total 9 questions was Chronbach α=0.728. There was a high perception that the regulations related to radiological technologists were insufficient in the current Medical Service Technologists, etc. Act., and the perception that examinations performed by radiological technologists at medical institutions were included in medical practice was high. If the Radiological Technologist Independent Act is enforced, a high percentage of respondents said that they could receive legal protection through the institutionalization of the scope of work, that the status of radiological technologists would be improved, and the scope of work would be expanded. The response that the scope of work of radiological technologists should be included was the highest at 96.6%. In the analysis according to demographic characteristics, it was found that 96.7% of the respondents were agreed regardless of the factors. Radiological technologists will have to work hard to secure the public health by coping with new radiology devices, procedures and treatment methods. Therefore, as the results of this study, it is expected that the enactment and implementation of the Radiological Technologist Independent Act will contribute to the improvement of the quality of treatment for patients and to the public health.