• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2023

Purpose: Gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a burdensome disease affecting many children. A clinical examination is reported to be unreliable to diagnose GERD in children. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the Pediatric Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Symptom and Quality of Life Questionnaire (PGSQ) and endoscopic and histopathological findings in children with symptoms suggesting GERD. Changes in the PGSQ score in children with esophagitis as response to one month therapy were recorded as secondary outcome. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study in the pediatric outpatient clinic in an Indonesian tertiary hospital. Children aged 2-17 years old with clinical symptoms suspected of GERD are included in the study. Blinded endoscopic and histopathological examination was performed in all patients before one month proton pump inhibitors (PPI) therapy. The PGSQ information was collected at inclusion and after one month PPI treatment. Results: Fifty-eight subjects were included. Esophagitis was found in 60.9% of subjects according to endoscopy and 58.6% according to histology. There was no significant relationship between the PGSQ score and endoscopic (p=0.781) nor biopsy (p=0.740) examinations. The PGSQ showed a low diagnostic value compared to endoscopy and biopsy (area under the curve [AUC] 0.477, p=0.477, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.326-0.629 and AUC 0.474, p=0.740 (95% CI 0.321-0.627 respectively). The PGSQ improved significantly post one month of PPI treatment. Conclusion: The PGSQ cannot be used to diagnose esophagitis in children with clinical symptoms suggesting GERD. However, the PGSQ can be used to monitor the treatment response in children with esophagitis.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.213-223
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• 2023

Purpose: Pediatric patients in low-income countries are at a high risk of malnutrition. Numerous screening tools have been developed to detect the risk of malnutrition, including the Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment (SGNA), Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS), Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP), and Screening Tool for Risk of Nutritional Status and Growth (STRONGkids). However, anthropometry remains the main tool for assessing malnutrition. We aimed to identify the value of four nutritional screening tools versus anthropometry for evaluating the nutritional status of children. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,000 children aged 1-12 years who visited the outpatient clinic of Cairo University Pediatric Hospital. Each participant was evaluated using anthropometric measurements (weight, length/height, and weight for length/height) as well as the PYMS, STAMP, STRONGkids, and SGNA screening tools. The sensitivities and specificities of these four tools were assessed using anthropometry as the gold standard. Results: Of the patients, 1.7% were underweight, 10.2% were wasted, and 35% were stunted. STRONGkids demonstrated the highest sensitivity (79.4%) and a high specificity (80.2%) for detecting malnutrition compared with weight for height, followed by STAMP, which demonstrated lower sensitivity (73.5%) but higher specificity (81.4%). PYMS demonstrated the lowest sensitivity (66.7%) and the highest specificity (93.5%), whereas SAGA demonstrated higher sensitivity (77.5%) and lower specificity (85.4%) than PYMS. Conclusion: The use of nutritional screening tools to evaluate the nutritional status of children is valuable and recommended as a simple and rapid method for identifying the risk of malnutrition in pediatric patients.

• Clinical Pain
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2017

Objective: To find that the patients who conducted home self-exercise in conjunction with intra-articular corticosteroid injection will have better improvement in subacromial subdeltoid (SASD) bursitis symptoms than those who received only an injection. Method: A prospective, nonrandomized, comparison study was conducted in outpatient rehabilitation clinic in a tertiary university hospital. Patients diagnosed with SASD bursitis with physical examination and ultrasound evaluation were included and received ultrasound guided injection (UGI). Patients were divided into two groups according to the compliance of self-exercise: UGI-exercise group and UGI only group. Visual analog scale (VAS) was checked before, at 3 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after the UGI. A patient's global impression of change (PGIC) survey was made at 3 months after the UGI. Results: A total of 82 patients with SASD bursitis were included. At 3 weeks after the injection, the mean VAS for the UGI-exercise group was 2.6 ± 1.7 and for UGI only group was 1.9 ± 1.3 (p=0.030). At 3 months after the injection, the mean VAS for the UGI-exercise group was 4.0 ± 1.3 and for UGI only group was 5.4 ± 1.4 (p<0.001). Conclusion: We concluded that home-based self-exercise of the shoulder provides an additional benefit for pain alleviation possibly with prolonging the effect of injection in SASD bursitis.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.122-126
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• 2016

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis occurs in approximately 5% of patients with cancer. The most common cancers involving the leptomeninges are breast, lung cancer and melanoma. However, gastric adenocarcinoma has been rarely reported with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. The presenting manifestations are usually headache, visual disturbances and seizures. We report a case of leptomeningeal metastasis that presented as a gastric cancer. A 75-year old man was transferred to our hospital for further evaluation and treatment after being diagnosed with adenocarcinoma through endoscopic biopsy during a regular health examination. An abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed AGC, stage IA (cT1N0M0), while an endoscopic examination showed AGC, Borrmann type 2. The patient is currently under observation after undergoing radical subtotal gastrectomy with gastroduodenostomy and subsequent administration of oral chemotherapeutic agents. As an abdominal CT response assessment performed after surgery revealed new metastasis to the liver, the patient received palliative chemotherapy as recurrence was suspected. After receiving chemotherapy in the order of DP (Cisplatin + Docetaxel), FOLFIRI (5-FU + Leucovorin + Irinotecan), an abdominal CT response assessment showed complete response. Since decreased mentality maintained throughout the follow up period based on outpatient clinic, brain MRI was performed and revealed multiple leptomeningeal metastasis. The Patient died 2 days after the diagnosis.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.73-89
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• 2023

Purposes: The purpose of this study was to empirically analyze the effect of the attitude of medical staff providing medical services on the treatment satisfaction of the patients who experienced outpatient care at the hospitals and clinics. In particular, it was verified whether the courtesy of the medical staff to the outpatients has moderated the effect of the medical staff's explanation on the treatment satisfaction. Methodology: After controlling the socio-demographic factors of the outpatients with their treatment and waiting time, multiple regression analyses were conducted to figure out the effect of the attitude of the medical staff on the treatment satisfaction. And the covariance analyses were adopted to verify the moderating effect of the variables of the medical staff. Findings: At both hospitals and clinics, all attitudes of medical staff such as the way they explain to and communicate with the patients, and their courtesy showed positive effects on treatment satisfaction. Among them, the courtesy of the medical staff was the most influential variable on the satisfaction of the treatment, and it only had the control power over the effect of the way they explain on the treatment satisfaction. Practical Implication: Among the medical staff's attitudes toward patients at hospital or clinic level, the courtesy of doctors and nurses is an important factor in improving treatment satisfaction. In particular, if the level of their courtesy is low among the medical services rendered at the clinics, the satisfaction level will decrease even if the level of explanation of the medical staff is high. Therefore, in terms of hospital management, treatment satisfaction can be improved when doctors and nurses provide medical services to visitors with polite, humble and friendly manner in explaining to and communicating with the patients.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제84권2호
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• pp.454-459
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• 2023

유방을 침범하는 혈액종양은 굉장히 드물게 보고되었다. 우리는 유방의 다발성 결절로써 재발한 급성 골수성 백혈병의 증례를 보고하고자 한다. 77세 여자 환자가 양측 유방의 촉지되는 다발성 결절로 외래를 내원하였다. 환자는 급성 골수성 백혈병(acute myeloid leukemia; 이하 AML)으로 진단받고 9차례의 항암치료 이후 완전 관해가 된 병력이 있었다. 유방 촬영과 유방 초음파에서 환자의 촉지성 병변이 영상의학적으로 확인되었으며 액와부 림프절 종대도 동반되었다. 총생검으로 얻은 검체는 면역화학염색을 통해 AML과 blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm의 형태를 보였으며 추후 진행한 골수 생검에서 AML로 확인되었다. 이렇듯 굉장히 드물지만, 혈액암의 병력을 가진 환자가 유방의 촉지성 종괴로 내원하였다면 담당의는 적절한 조직검사 및 면역화학검사로 정확한 진단을 하여 환자가 적절한 치료를 받도록 해야 한다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2024

Inferior vena cava (IVC) injuries can have fatal outcomes and are associated with high mortality rates. Patients with IVC injuries require multiple procedures, including prehospital care, surgical techniques, and postoperative care. We present the case of a 67-year-old woman who stabbed herself in the abdomen with a knife, resulting in an infrarenal IVC injury. We shortened the transfer time by transporting the patient using a helicopter and decided to perform direct-to-operating room resuscitation by a trauma physician in the helicopter. The patient underwent laparotomy with IVC ligation for damage control during the first operation. The second- and third-look operations, including previous suture removal, IVC reconstruction, and IVC thrombectomy, were performed by a trauma surgeon specializing in cardiovascular diseases. The patient was discharged without major complications on the 19th postoperative day with rivaroxaban as an anticoagulant medication. Computed tomography angiography at the outpatient clinic showed that thrombi in the IVC and both iliac veins had been completely removed. Patients with IVC injuries can be effectively treated using a trauma system that includes fast transportation by helicopter, damage control for rapid hemostasis, and expert treatment of IVC injuries.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1172-1182
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• 1998

배경: 기계적 보철판막을 사용한 환자에서의 항응혈제 치료의 목표는 혈전전색의 효과적 예방과 출혈의 안전한 방지에 있다. 대상 및 방법: 1984년부터 1995년까지 쎈트쥬드판막으로 심장판막을 치환한 209례(승모판치환 122, 대동맥판치환 48, 중복판막치환 48)의 환자에서 실제로 수행된 항응혈제 수준과 임상적 결과를 분석하였다. 쿠마딘으로 항응혈제 치료를 개시하고 원칙적으로 월 1회의 외래 내원하여 검사와 프로트롬빈시간 측정으로 국제정상화비(International Normalized Ratio : INR)를 낮은 강도의 치료적 목표범위 1.5∼2.5 내에 조정하였다. 결과: 총 항응혈제 추적기간은 1082.0환자년(평균 62.1개월)이고 프로트롬빈시간 검사는 총 10,205회였다. 치환판막군간에 유의한 차이없이 총 측정수의 65%에서의 INR값만이 목표범위이내에 있었다. 각 환자에서 추적기간중 시행한 프로트롬빈시간 측정의 70%이상이 목표범위에 포함되었던 환자는 77례(37%)에 불과하였다. 환자의 57%에서 본 심방세동이 있던 환자에서의 INR수준은 정상동률이던 환자에서의 수준보다 분명하게 높았다(p<0.001). 혈전전색증은 15례가 경험하여 연간빈도가 1.265%/환자년(승모판치환 1.412%/환자년, 대동맥판치환 0.462%/환자년, 중복판막치환 1.531%/환자년)이고 출혈은 4례로 0.337%/환자년의 연간빈도를 보였다(승모판치환 0.424%/환자년, 대동맥판치환은 없고, 중복판막치환 0.383%/환자년). 빈번하거나 장기간의 프로트롬빈시간 측정의 탈락은 혈전전색합병증에 크게 연관된 주요 위험요소였다(대응비 1.99). 각 환자에서의 INR값이 목표범위내에 포함된 비율이 60%에 미달하였던 환자에서는 혈전전색합병증과 전색과 출혈의 종합합병증의 발생률이 높아 명확하게 큰 위험요소였다(각각 p<0.004 및 p<0.002). 결론: 낮은 강도의 치료적 목표범위가 대동맥판치환이고 정상동률인 환자에서는 적절한 수준인 듯 하다. 그러나 승모판을 치환한 환자에서 특히 심방세동을 동반할 때에는 혈전전색합병증을 효과적으로 예방하기에 충분한 실제적 항응혈제 수준을 성취하려면 보다 높은 INR의 목표범위가 필요할 듯 하며 INR 2.0∼3.0을 치료적 목표범위로 하는 임상적 결과의 축적이 필요하다. 환자가 합병증에 노출되는 기회와 기간을 최소화하려면 주기적 외래방문을 지키고 쿠마딘 복용을 빼지 않도록 계속 지도하여 환자의 순응도를 높이는 동시에 INR값을 엄격하게 적정범위 내에 일관되게 유지하여야 한다. 특히 합병증의 위험요소가 있는 환자와 INR값의 변동폭이 지나치게 넓은 환자에서는 빈번한 항응혈제 수준의 감시가 필요하다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2006

목 적: 2세 이하의 변비를 주소로 소아과 외래에 방문한 환아들을 대상으로 임상 증상과 식이 방식을 조사하고, 변비의 치료 기간, 방법, 효과를 조사하며, 예후를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법: 2002년 5월부터 2005년 2월까지 인제대학교 일산 백병원 소아과 외래를 방문한 2세 이하 소아 중 외래 처방프로그램 상 변비를 진단코드로 사용한 소아를 대상으로 후향적으로 차트 조사와 전화 상담을 통해 조사 분석하였다. 결 과: 총 96명(남아 40명, 여아 56명)의 환아가 연구에 참여하였으며, 이들의 평균 연령은 9개월이었고 수유 별로 모유수유 23명, 분유수유 20명, 혼합수유 53명이었다. 배변 통증(95.8%)과 배변을 참는 경우(94.8%)가 가장 많았고, 혈변, 단단한 변 순이었다. 신체적 계측상 복부 팽만, 직장 내 굳은 변, 치열, 항문 피부 용종 등의 증상이 관찰되었다. 이들 중 치열과 혈변, 직장 내에 변이 만져지는 경우는 조제분유의 섭취와 관련성이 있었다. 하루에 액상식이를 500 mL 이상 섭취하는 환아는 54.2% (32/59)였고, 이중 12개월 이상에서는 57.1% (8/14)였다. 액상식이의 양에 따른 임상 증상은 항문 피부 용종을 제외하고는 통계적으로 유의한 결과가 없었다. 변비를 치료하기 위해서 71명이 락툴로즈를 투약 받았으며, 투약 기간은 1달 이내가 가장 많은 79%를 차지하였다. 부모들은 약에 대한 효과가 36명(50.7%)에서 있었다고 대답하였고, 전화 상담 시기까지 변비가 있었던 환아는 5명(5.2%)이었다. 결 론: 2세 이하 영유아 변비의 증상은 매우 다양하였으며, 조제 분유의 수유가 변비의 주요한 증상과 연관이 있었다. 다수의 환자들에서 이유기에 고형식으로의 이행이 부적절한 것으로 나타났다. 치료는 비교적 잘 되었고 좋은 예후를 보였다.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.16-31
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• 2019

Objective : The purpose of this study is to analyze the charcateristics of inpatients in Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology Clinic by gender, age, season, and department of medical care after hospitalization from March, 2012 to February, 2018. Method : From March 1, 2012 to February 28, 2018, patients who were admitted to the Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology & Dermatology Clinic of Korean Medical Hospital were classified by gender, age, department, and season, and their relationship, hospitalization period, number of outpatient visits Differences were analyzed objectively using various statistical methods using IBM SPSS 18.0. Results : 1. The number of inpatients was 432, including duplication. Of these, 317 were female and 115 were male. The number of female patients was 2.8 times higher. 2. The average age of the inpatients was 43.9 years and the number of middle-aged 40-50 patients was 48.6%. 3. The number of inpatients in the departments was in the order of dermatology, otology, laryngology, rhinology, and ophthalmology. The most hospitalized diseases were eczema in the dermatology department, sudden hearing loss in the otology department, tonsillitis/peritonsillar abscess, rhinitis in the rhinology department, and dry eye syndrome in ophthalmology. 1) The effect of gender on the difference in the number of inpatients by subdivision was statistically significant. 2) The effect of age on the difference in the number of inpatients by subdivision was statistically significant. 3) The effect of seasons on the difference in the number of inpatients was not statistically significant. 4. The number of inpatients by season was in the order of winter, spring, summer, autumn, and the number of inpatients decreased significantly in autumn. 1) The effect of gender on the difference in the number of hospitalized patients by season was not statistically significant. 2) The effect of age on the difference in the number of hospitalized patients by season was not statistically significant. 5. The average length of hospital stay for inpatients was 10.7 days. 1) The effect of gender on length of hospital stay was not statistically significant. 2) The effect of age on hospital stay was not statistically significant. 3) The effect of the subdivision on hospital stay was statistically significant. 4) The effect of the season on hospital stay was not statistically significant. Conclusion : As a result of this study, the most distinctive feature of the present study was the high rate of inpatients with otic disease like idiopathic hearing loss and Meniere 's syndrome and the high rate of female patients. This may be related to the increased prevalence of the disease and the severity of the disease. In addition, the high rate of female patients suggests that women are more likely to be affected by illnesses, as well as to have more medical use and severe symptoms requiring hospitalization. In the future, it would be better to provide various treatment plans and policies for patients with otic diseases and female patients. Also it would be good if studies on these fields are made in the future.