• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2014

Background: Elderly patients with gastrointestinal (GI) and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors may be more easily exposed to NSAID-related side effects (SEs). Based on the ACG guideline of year 2009, the aim of the study is to evaluate proper use of NSAIDs and gastroprotective drugs according to the degree of GI and CV risk strengths in the patients. Methods: Retrospectively surveyed 410 elderly patients with NSAIDs for more than 30 days at a general hospital in Korea. GI risk factor includes age, ulcer history, high-dose NSIADs, concurrent aspirin use, steroids or anticoagulants. CV risk factor includes angina, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, atrial fibrillation or coronary intervention requiring low-dose aspirin. These factors were classified as high/low cardiovascular groups and high/moderate/low GI groups. Results: There were 14 patients in high CV risk group and high GI risk group. The group was recommended not to use NSAIDs as it is not adequate. There were 101 patients in high CV risk group and moderate GI risk group. This group was recommended to use naproxen and PPI/misoprostol. But all patients except one were not adequate. There were 9 patients in low CV risk group and high GI risk group. This group was recommended to use selective COX-2 inhibitor and PPI/misoprostol. 5 cases were proper while 4 cases did not. There were 285 patients in low CV risk and moderate GI risk group who were recommended to use non selective NSAIDs and PPI/misoprostol or selective COX-2 inhibitor only. 103 patients were proper while 182 patients not adequate. Overall, the SEs were higher in those cases for inadequate use of drugs comparing to the adequate. CV SEs were statistically significant. However, SEs for each risk groups were different. For the case of low CV risk group and high/moderate GI risk group, the inadequate use of drugs makes the SE high and the other groups are not. Also, it was not statistically significant. Conclusions: In elderly patients, the inappropriate use of NSAIDs can increase the risk of the disease. Therefore, GI and CV risk must be considered simultaneously, and the proper use of NSAIDs and gastroprotective drugs for each risk groups should be reconsidered.

• Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.83.1-83.10
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• 2018

Objective: We aimed to propose a set of quality indicators (QIs) based on the clinical guidelines for cervical cancer treatment published by The Japan Society of Gynecologic Oncology, and to assess adherence to standard-of-care as an index of the quality of care for cervical cancer in Japan. Methods: A panel of clinical experts devised the QIs using a modified Delphi method. Adherence to each QI was evaluated using data from a hospital-based cancer registry of patients diagnosed in 2013, and linked with insurance claims data, between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2014. All patients who received first-line treatment at the participating facility were included. The QI scores were communicated to participating hospitals, and additional data about the reasons for non-adherence were collected. Results: In total, 297 hospitals participated, and the care provided to 15,163 cervical cancer patients was examined using 10 measurable QIs. The adherence rate ranged from 50.0% for 'cystoscope or proctoscope for stage IVA' to 98.8% for 'chemotherapy using platinum for stage IVB'. Despite the variation in care, hospitals reported clinically valid reasons for more than half of the non-adherent cases. Clinically valid reasons accounted for 75%, 90.9%, 73.4%, 44.5%, and 88.1% of presented non-adherent cases respectively. Conclusion: Our study revealed variations in pattern of care as well as an adherence to standards-of-care across Japan. Further assessment of the causes of variation and non-adherence can help identify areas where improvements are needed in patient care.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제83권2호
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• pp.265-283
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• 2022

흉부영상의 적절한 활용을 위해 한국형 코로나바이러스 감염증(이하 COVID-19) 흉부영상진단 시행 가이드라인을 개발하였다. 8가지 문장형 핵심 질문을 선정하고, 근거기반 임상영상 가이드라인 수용개작 방법론에 의거하여 권고안을 작성하였다. 권고 내용은 다음과 같다. COVID-19 확진자와 접촉한 증상이 없는 사람에 대하여 COVID-19의 진단을 위하여 흉부영상검사(흉부X선검사 또는 CT)를 사용하지 않는 것이 적절하다. COVID-19가 의심되는 증상이 있으나 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction 검사를 이용할 수 없는 경우 흉부영상검사 사용을 고려할 수 있다. COVID-19가 확인된 환자에게 병원 입원을 결정하기 위하여 임상 평가 및 검사실 검사와 함께 흉부영상검사를 고려할 수 있다. COVID-19 입원환자의 증상 경중 및 위험요인의 유무에 따라 흉부영상검사를 고려할 수 있으며, 치료 방법을 결정하거나 수정하는데 이용할 수 있다. COVID-19 환자에서 객혈 또는 폐색전증이 의심되는 경우 CT 혈관조영술을 시행할 수 있다. 증상이 호전된 COVID-19 환자의 퇴원 결정을 하는데 흉부영상검사를 사용하지 않는 것이 적절하다. COVID-19에서 회복된 환자를 추적검사할 때 폐 기능 장애가 있는 환자에서 치료 가능한 폐질환과 구별하기 위해 흉부영상검사를 고려할 수 있다.

• 의료법학
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.163-201
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• 2019

의사에게는 환자와의 법률관계에서 비롯되는 여러 의무들이 존재한다. 그 중 하나가 의사 자신이 속해 있는 의료기관이 치료 및 진료를 위한 인프라나 의료기술이 부족한 것으로 판단하는 경우 환자를 적절한 진단 검사 및 진료가 가능한 의료기관으로 '전원(轉院)'하여야 하는 주의의무인 전원의무(轉院醫務)이다. 의료기관마다 환자의 응급성 정도에 따라 대응할 수 있는 능력이 다르므로 의사의 지시나 권고에 의하여든 환자 본인의 요청에 의하여든 이와 같은 환자의 전원은 불가피한 현상이다. 예를 들어 심각한 뇌손상을 입은 환자가 내원한 경우, 진단, 검사 장비 및 인력을 갖추지 못한 병원의 의사로서는 적절한 시기(이른바 '골든타임')에 진단, 검사 및 진료가 가능한 상급의료기관으로 전원을 고려하여야 한다. 이처럼 전원의무는 의사의 의무 중 하나인 것으로 의사뿐만 아니라 환자들에게도 널리 인식되고 있다. 그러므로 적절한 전원 시점을 놓치게 되어 의료사고가 발생한 상황에서는 전원의무위반 여부와 관련한 의사와 환자 간의 법적 분쟁이 있을 수밖에 없다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 상황과 관련하여 전원의무에 대한 구체적이고도 명확한 판단 기준 정립과 함께 현재 각 의료기관들에 마련되어 있는 가이드라인이 실제 적용에서의 여러 시행착오들을 반영하고 있는지에 대한 검토가 필요하다고 보고, 의사의 전원의무에 대한 판례의 동향 분석을 중심으로 전원의무 관련 판례에서 이미 제시되어 있는 판단 기준 요소들이 적절한지 그리고 현재 실무에서 적용되는 법령 및 가이드라인 등과 부합되는지 여부를 살펴봄으로써 앞으로 응급환자에 대한 의사의 전원의무 관련 분쟁조정 및 소송에서의 해석과 적용에 기여할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.283-299
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• 2012

노인장기요양보험 방문간호의 이용실태, 기관운영 현황 및 제도적 문제점을 파악하여 이에 근거한 방문간호 활성화 방안을 제시하였다. 방문간호 활성화를 위해 기존의 처치 중심의 방문간호 이외에 대상자의 건강사정, 자가관리 교육, 투약관리 및 예방관리를 위한 기본방문간호를 신설하여 지속적인 관리가 이루어지도록 하며, 표준장기요양이용계획서 상에 방문간호 이용을 필수사항으로 지정하여야 함을 제안한다. 또한 장기요양 대상자의 등급에 따라 일정 비율의 방문간호를 받는 것을 명시하여야 함을 제안한다. 또한, 방문간호 원가를 보전할 수 있는 수가 책정과 방문간호서비스에 대한 대국민 홍보의 필요성, 방문간호 이용 시 적절한 의료서비스와의 연계체계 마련, 그리고 방문간호지시서 없이 기본방문간호를 받을 수 있도록 발급절차를 개선, 간소화하는 것도 필요하다. 그 밖에 현행 방문간호 서비스 내용 중 방문간호사와 방문간호조무사가 할 수 있는 서비스 내용을 의료법에 근거하여 구분함으로서 방문간호서비스에 대한 신뢰도를 높이는 것도 필요하다.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.3-6
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• 2010

The British guideline for early management of persistent low back pain, published in 2009, indicated that physicians should offer exercise or medication, rather than radiological interventions or injections, as first choice of treatment in the patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, there had been great controversies regarding the effectiveness of interventional treatment of patients with CLBP. Both somatic (discogenic, instability, etc) and psychosocial factors contribute to the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain (CLBP). Although it can be difficult in many occasions, thorough interview with the patients and specific diagnostic approaches can help us to identify which is the main etiology in individual patient. With the recent progress in medical radiology and development of new therapeutic modalities, some subgroups of patients of CLBP caused by somatic factors appear to be good candidates of interventional therapy. Interventional therapy can be considered in patients with CLBP caused by annulus rupture, facet joint degeneration, disc degeneration, and vertebral column instability. Among other subgroups of CLBP, carefully selected patients with disc degeneration show the most favorable result by interventional therapy. In this regard, discogenic pain, either as a form of CLBP or acute discogenic radiculopathy, seems to be a good indication of interventional therapy. Because many spine specialists generally consider those with radiculopathy are easier to be treated, patients with CLBP tend to be subjects of conventional conservative therapy. For these reasons, clinicians should make their best effort to identify every possible somatic cause in patients with CLBP before regarding them as hypochondriacs. In this review, some of the recent evidence on the role of interventional treatment in patients with CLBP will be discussed, and some of our cases who showed favorable results by interventional therapy will be presented.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2020

Neck mass has various etiologies, including inflammatory, congenital, neoplastic causes. The IgG4-related disease can cause symptoms in the head and neck areas with an inflammatory neck mass. It also shows clinical and pathological findings from inflammation caused by immune reactions, such as lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration, storiform fibrosis, obliteration phlebitis, and invigorated serum IgG4 levels. The treatment guideline has not been established and still under debate, but systemic glucocorticoid seems to be effective in the most cases. In this brief report, a 48-year-old male patient presented with voice change for 3 weeks. Left side paramedian vocal fold palsy was observed in the flexible laryngoscopy. About 2.5×2.0×1.2cm size, heterogeneously enhanced neck mass with irregular margin encasing left carotid artery was noted on preoperative contrast enhanced neck CT scan, and it was suspicious of left carotid body tumor. The pathology shows IgG4-related disease rather than carotid body tumors. We report this case of IgG4-related disease, which can be misdiagnosed to carotid body tumors.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.572-579
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• 2019

Background Even with satisfactory anastomosis technique and adequate experience of the surgeon, flap loss due to thrombosis can still occur due to the patient's underlying condition. Patients with hypercoagulability due to etiologies such as malignancy, hereditary conditions, and acquired thrombophilia are among those who could benefit from free flap procedures. This review aimed to evaluate the risk of free flap thrombosis in patients with hypercoagulability and to identify the most effective thromboprophylaxis regimen. Methods This review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guideline. The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were explored. Types of free flaps, types of hypercoagulable states, thrombosis prevention protocols, thrombosis complication rates, and flap vitality outcomes were reviewed. Samples from the included studies were pooled to calculate the relative risk of free flap thrombosis complications in patients with hypercoagulability compared to those without hypercoagulability. Results In total, 885 articles underwent title, abstract, and full-text screening. Six articles met the inclusion criteria. The etiologies of hypercoagulability varied. The overall incidence of thrombosis and flap loss in hypercoagulable patients was 13% and 10.3%, respectively. The thrombosis risk was two times higher in hypercoagulable patients (P=0.074) than in controls. Thromboprophylaxis regimens were variable. Heparin was the most commonly used regimen. Conclusions Hypercoagulability did not significantly increase the risk of free flap thrombosis. The most effective thromboprophylaxis regimen could not be determined due to variation in the regimens. Further well-designed studies should be conducted to confirm this finding.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.53-64
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• 1998

This study was performed to investigate the cost of nutrition counseling service at present and to suggest the guideline for the payment. Data were collected using questionnaires and the cost of counseling was expected by analyzing the time consumed and needed for nutrition counseling. The results were as follows; In the case of diabetes, mean time of nutrition counseling was 69.7$\pm$35.3min/case, but the dietitian asked 82.7$\pm$44.6min/case for counseling and in the cases of renal diseases, mean time of counseling was 64.3$\pm$24.1min/case and the time asked was 84.8$\pm$34.5min/case (P<001) It was found that time was not enough to educate or counsel the clients. The cost of counseling was not counted in 20.3% of the respondants and the mean nutrition counseling fee was 5,460.6$\pm$3,547.7won/case in in-patient. The group education fee was 6,168$\pm$2,813won/case. The estimations of the cost for nutrition counseling services using labor cost were 18,463.5won in case of diabetes and 18,463.5won/case for patients of renal disease and in group education 8,111.5won and 7,404.3won respectively.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2016

본 연구는 간호사의 암성통증관련 지식과 수행도를 융합적으로 조사하기 위한 연구로 M시의 간호사 295명을 대상으로 하였다. 암성통증관련 지식과 수행도는 조은경(2009)의 연구도구를 사용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 18.0, t-test, ANOVA, Multiple Linear Regression 으로 분석하였다. 대상자의 지식은 30점 만점에 평균 $19.21{\pm}6.16$, 수행도는 4점 만점에 평균 $3.12{\pm}0.41$으로, 같은 도구를 사용한 다른 연구들에 비해 낮은 수준이었다. 권고안을 인지하고 있는 간호사의 지식과 수행도 사이에 유의한 차이가 있었고, 대상자의 지식과 수행도 사이에 정적인 상관관계가(r=.488, p=.001) 있었다. 대상자의 권고안인지도는 38.6%에 불과하였으므로, 간호사의 권고안 인지 및 활용능력 향상 내용을 포함한 암성통증관리관련 교육으로 암성통증관련 지식도를 높여 통증관리 수행도를 높여야 할 필요성이 있다.