• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.46-55
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• 2005

목 적 : 일차성 방광요관역류 소아에서 재발성 요로감염은 신반흔의 원인으로 장기간 저용량 항생제 예방요법이 권장되어 왔다. 그러나 최근 항생제 예방요법의 효과에 대한 의문이 제기되었고 항생제 내성에 대한 우려도 있었다. 이에 일차성 발광요관역류 소아에서 항생제 예방요법의 효과에 대한 기초자료를 얻기 위하여 항생제 예방요법에 발생한 재발성 요로감염의 빈도와 위험요인을 조사하고자 하였다 방 법 : 1995년 3월부터 2001년 12월까지 이대목동병원 소아과에서 첫 발열성 요로감염 후에 일차성 방광요관역류가 발견되어 1년간 저용량의 trimethoprim-sulfimethoxazole을 투여 받은 91명을 후향적으로 조사하여 재발성 요로감염의 빈도와 요로감염의 위험요인들을 분석하였다. 결 과 : 재발성 요로감염은 31.9%(29/91)에서 발생하였고 이는 0.32회/환자년 이였다. 발열성 요로감염은 0.26회/환자년이였고 비발열성 요로 감염은 0.07회/환자년이였다. 포경 남아에서 요로 감염의 재발율은 37.2%(19/54)로 포경이 없는 남아의 0%(0/5)에 비하여 유의하게 높았다(P=0.025). 위험 예측치는 신반흔에서만 유의하게 높았다[RR=3.8(95% CI 1.0-14.1), P=0.04]. 여아, 연령, 급성신우신염, 배뇨장애 및 원인균 등은 위험인자로 작용하지 않았고 방광요관역류의 정도에 짜른 유의한 차이도 없었다. .결 론 : 일차성 방광요관역류가 있는 소아에서 항생제 예방요법은 요로감염의 재발을 억제하지 못히였다. 포경과 신반흔이 재발성 요로감염의 위험요인이였고 방광요관역류의 정도에 따른 차이는 없었다. 일차성 방광요관역류 소아에서 우선적으로 포경과 신반흔이 없는 소아에서부터 항생제 예방요법을 시행하지 않는 무작위 대조연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2009

최근 영상 처리 기법의 발전으로 영상의 질은 저하시키지 않고 검사 소요시간을 단축시키는 방법들이 개발되고 있다. 특히 단층 촬영의 경우 영상 재구성 방법을 개선하여 영상의 질이 우수한 영상을 획득할 수 있게 되었다. Philips사의 PRECEDENCE 16 감마카메라를 이용해 보편적으로 시행하고 있는 분석법에 의한 FBP 방법과 반복법에 의한 Astonish, 3D OSEM 방법을 이용해 각각 영상을 재구성하여 정성적인 분석과 정량적인 분석을 통해 영상 획득시간을 다르게 한 영상간의 비교와, 동일한 시간으로 획득한 영상을 비교하여 영상의 질이 우수한 재구성 방법에 대해 연구 하였다. 정성적인 분석을 위해 blind test를 한 결과, 영상 획득시간에 따른 영상의 질은 거의 차이가 없는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 정량적인 분석을 통해서도 영상 획득시간에 따른 영상의 질은 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 하지만 영상 획득시간이 동일한 영상을 재구성 방법에 따라 분석한 결과는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 영상의 질은 반복법을 이용하는 Astonish에 의해 재구성된 영상이 해상력이 좋고 임상적으로 진단적 정보를 제공하는데 우수한 영상으로 판단된다. 영상을 재구성하기 위한 소요시간이 길고 저장 공간의 부족 등으로 현재까지 많이 사용되지 않던 반복법에 의한 재구성 방법이 영상의 질은 향상시키고 검사시간은 단축 할 수 있는 방법이 될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.72-91
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to investigate the recognition of health information managers, and to analyze the level of job satisfaction and organizational commitment of medical record technicians. The data for this study were collected through a self-administered survey with a structured questionnaire to 172 subjects from medical record technicians working in hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province as well as the faculty of medical schools across South Korea. In this analysis frequency, t-test, ANOVA, factor analysis and structural equation model were used. The main findings of this study are as follows: 1. As for recognition of the seven dimensions in the role of health information managers, the role as clinical data specialist received the most positive feedback, followed by document & repository managers, patient information coordinators, health information managers, data quality managers, security officers and research & decision support analyst. 2. The level of job satisfaction among medical information handlers and managers averaged 3.14. In terms of the factors in the work environment concerned with job satisfaction, being able to work independently and as team players reached the top among 6 factors with the average of 3.39, followed by professional position, salary & rewards, expectations for job performance and administration. 3. The average rate of organizational commitment stood at 3.09. Respondents tend to be focused on present tasks rather than future-oriented tasks. 4. The result of the analysis based on the relationship between recognition as health information managers, job satisfaction and organizational commitment found that all analysis are statistically meaningful. The more the respondents were aware of their roles as health information managers, the more they tended to be committed to their work and satisfied with their work. The more the respondents were committed to their work, the more satisfaction was seen. The effects of recognition as health information managers on organizational commitment measured 0.27 and for job satisfaction it was 0.17. The effects of organizational commitment on job satisfaction stood at 0.71. The feasibility of the model meets the standard at Chi-square value of 66.755 and the P value of 0.057. The Normed Fit Index (NFI) of 0.930 was in compliance with the standard for model feasibility and the squared multiple correlation coefficient of this model was 8% in organizational commitment and 60% in job satisfaction.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2012

Objective: This study is to review the current state of services offered to pharmacy users, and develop a service design converging a prescription service and a smart phone application service in order to enhance patients' experience at pharmacies and home. Background: Under the new medical system; separation of prescribing and dispensing drugs, a doctor writes a prescription to their patients and patients have their prescription filled at the pharmacy. As the number of flue, allergy and atopy patients has increased, waiting lines have been longer at pharmacies. Besides, the current medical service system lacks of providing proper information on prescribed pills to patients. There are already services offered during waiting times such as offering free drinks, magazines or suggesting general drugs which you can buy without prescription, however they neither cover the current medical service's shorts nor shorten the waiting time. Method: I researched objective and perceived waiting times reduction methods, the current service status at pharmacies, and the government's policy direction in a medical service. Also, I observed a patient's journey from the hospital to pharmacy and then home. I examined the circumstance at pharmacies, patients' behaviors and their thoughts during their journey, and extracted three main goals to design a service in order to help patients have positive perception during the waiting time; (1) to reduce the perceived time by the way of visualizing time and offering readings about what patients consider necessary, (2) to educate patients what they are into and how to get through, (3) to establish trust among patients, doctors and pharmacists. Based on three goals, I designed a structure and a wireframe for a new service application of smart phones. Results: With a new service design for pharmacy users, users can track their medical record and visit the information about their current medical treatments anytime. Also the service helps patients build reliable relationships with doctors and pharmacists. Conclusion: Experience is not just an activity but series of multiple activities. The serving range of a medical service should not be determined by stakeholders but user's holistic experience. By approaching a service design with a holistic vision, it can enrich not only a temporary experience but also a whole life well being. Application: Since there are already many service applications advising patients about their illness and finding right doctors, this service design is focused on the experience from getting a prescription till feeling better. The next move is to combine those two parts medical services and design an integrated service application. As a prescription is going to be coded in numbers, we might consider to design an un-attended pharmacy which can shorten huge amount of time for filling prescriptions.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제31권
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• pp.22.1-22.7
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• 2016

Objectives This study analyzed the associations between mobile phone call frequency and duration with non-specific symptoms. Methods This study was conducted with a population group including 532 non-patient adults established by the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study. The pattern of phone call using a mobile phone was investigated through face-to-face interview. Structured methods applied to quantitatively assess health effects are Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6), Psychosocial Well-being Index-Short Form, Beck Depression Inventory, Korean-Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and 12-item Short Form Health Survey where a higher score represents a higher greater health effect. Results The average daily phone call frequency showed a significant correlation with the PSS score in female subjects. Increases in the average duration of one phone call were significantly correlated with increases in the severity of headaches in both sexes. The mean (standard deviation) HIT-6 score in the subgroup of subjects whose average duration of one phone call was five minutes or longer was 45.98 (8.15), as compared with 42.48 (7.20) in those whose average duration of one phone call was <5 minutes. The severity of headaches was divided into three levels according to the HIT-6 score (little or no impact/moderate impact/substantial or severe impact), and a logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between an increased phone call duration and the headache severity. When the average duration of one phone call was five minutes or longer, the odds ratio (ORs) and the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the moderate impact group were 2.22 and 1.18 to 4.19, respectively. The OR and 95% CI for the substantial or severe impact group were 4.44 and 2.11 to 8.90, respectively. Conclusions Mobile phone call duration was not significantly associated with stress, sleep, cognitive function, or depression, but was associated with the severity of headaches.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.141-155
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• 1997

The universe has its order of yang and yin : all creation are continuously generated, grow and die, which is the results of the harmonious operation by yang and yin. Among all creation, the human is one of the samjae(three bases of the world, which are heaved earth, and man) and he is from the combined sukhi(a superior khi) of yang and yin. And human life itself is basically a condensed jonghyul (life blood) and at the same time it is only a transient joining of sadae(the four elements of earth, air, fire and water). Yang and yin, the two axes of the world, therefore. are the most crucial and fundamental concept to explain the generation and extinction of alt creation, to understand people in time and space. to find out the reality of human life as an organism, and, at last, to observe the state of human health. If so, what is the most essential idea in yang and yin\ulcorner It is taegeuk(chungkhi) or tao(of one yang and one yin). If the property of heaven and earth is kongon, taegeuk is a khi and tao a principle. And it can be said that a human body is merely a union of hyung and khi, that human life is an essence of sambo, jeongkhishin, that human health is a harmoninzed coordination of yang and yin because it is from the combined sukhi of yang and yin. Hyung. a vessel for sambo, jeongkhishin, is at the bottom and shin is on the top : the personality and the disposition of individuals differ according to their working. Thus. on the basis of the above discussion. the following can be offered as some suggestions for Korean Nursing Theory. Though human beings are part of Nature, they are the most eminent microcosm among all creation. So, as a subjet for nursing, a person should be understood with khijok kyoryu rather than with logical thinking, then mutual trust between the patient and the nurse can be established. The health of a person depends on the harmony of yang and yin. To be healthy, a person should consider harmonization with Nature(including his surroundings) as well as a balanced human relationships in society. Moreover, it is crucial for each person to obtain hoshim as a method of mind control rather than to only treat the symptoms of disease.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.234-238
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• 2011

온보드영상장치(OBI)를 사용하고 있는 콘빔CT(CBCT)를 이용하여 인체 팬텀 자세 및 위치와 모의치료시 인체 팬텀 자세 및 위치를 비교하여 CBCT의 3D 타깃 위치의 유용성을 평가하고자 한다. 실제방사선 치료와 동일한 과정으로 모의 치료계획을 하기 위해서 인체 팬텀(The Rando Phantom) 을 set up 한다. 기준점에 놓인 인체팬텀에서 CBCT를 이용하여 평행이동 및 회전이동 하였다. 이때 얻어진 영상들의 위치 차이에 대한 평균 및 편차를 인체 팬텀의 실제 이동 값과 비교하였다. 실험은 10회씩 반복하여 오차의 표준 편차를 구하였다. CBCT로 획득한 영상과 모의치료 시 획득한 CT영상을 비교하는 3D/3D 매칭에서 평균 setup의 residual error의 평균 및 표준편차는 lateral $0.2{\pm}-0.2$ mm, longitudinal $0.4{\pm}0.3$ mm, vertical $-0.4{\pm}0.1$ mm 로 각각 0~4 mm의 범위 이내로 나타났다. 모의실험 된 회전 내용은 $0.4{\pm}0.2$ mm, $0.3{\pm}0.3$ mm, 그리고 $0.3{\pm}0.4$ mm이다. 회전에 의한 error는 $0{\sim}0.6^{\circ}$ 범위이다. 인체 팬텀을 이용한 CBCT 3D/3D 매칭은 모의 치료 시와 환자 치료 시 정확한 정합을 함으로써 error를 최소화 하였다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2010

Radiofrequency ablation (RA) is being used to manage atrial fibrillation (AF) with patients failed at the $1^{st}$-line anti-arrhythmic medications. Patients undergoing this procedure are at increased risk of thromboembolism after ablation, and anticoagulation management surrounding the ablation remains controversial. Although no conclusive recommendations can be made, published guidelines and data support therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin. The purpose of this study was to analyze effectiveness of current therapy and to find factors fluctuate International Normalized Ratio (INR) values in patients undergone RA followed by anticoagulation service (ACS). Retrospective review was conducted utilizing database in a hospital. Among 110 patients under warfarin around ablation between January 2006 to September 2007, 54 patients were selected and allocated into 2 groups: Group A included 47 who discontinued warfarin after ablation, while 7 in B continued the medication. Information on demographics, amount and length of warfarin dosing, INR values and measuring frequencies, and the causing factors on INR fluctuation were abstracted. Differences were analyzed using chi-squared test, Fisher's Exact test, and unpaired Student t-test. Mean amount of warfarin before and after surgery was 4.0 mg, 4.1 mg in Group A and was 5.1 mg, 4.6 mg in Group B, respectively. Average duration of warfarin doing before ablation was 73.7 days in Group A, 129.9 days in B with no significant difference (p = 0.312). The duration time of warfarin on groups after ablation lasted several months. The number of checking INRs was 4.1 and 7.6, respectively. Inter-individual variability of INR fluctuations were $2.1{\pm}0.6$ in Group A and $2.2{\pm}0.7$ in B which were not significantly different (p = 0.062). 164 cases of decreased INR were: 'omission in taking medication, stressfulness and headache, 'increased intake of high vitamin K foods', 'lifestyle change of increased physical activities', and 'increase of food-intakes'. To the contrary, 36 cases of increased INR were: 'reduce of food-intake', 'use of non-prescription drugs', 'reduction in physical activities', and 'excessive restriction on food-intake', consecutively. In conclusion, the study validated therapeutic outcomes of RA patients who we treated with standard guideline and demonstrated 9 factors of INR fluctuations in the patient. A well-trained, pharmacist-monitored anticoagulation service could reduce the risk of adverse effects and prevent complications in patients with AF around RA operation.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.363-375
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• 2018

Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) utilizes electrophysiological techniques as a surrogate test and evaluation of nervous function while a patient is under general anesthesia. They are increasingly used for procedures, both surgical and endovascular, to avoid injury during an operation, examine neurological tissue to guide the surgery, or to test electrophysiological function to allow for more complete resection or corrections. The application of IOM during pediatric brain tumor resections encompasses a unique set of technical issues. First, obtaining stable and reliable responses in children of different ages requires detailed understanding of normal age-adjusted brain-spine development. Neurophysiology, anatomy, and anthropometry of children are different from those of adults. Second, monitoring of the brain may include risk to eloquent functions and cranial nerve functions that are difficult with the usual neurophysiological techniques. Third, interpretation of signal change requires unique sets of normative values specific for children of that age. Fourth, tumor resection involves multiple considerations including defining tumor type, size, location, pathophysiology that might require maximal removal of lesion or minimal intervention. IOM techniques can be divided into monitoring and mapping. Mapping involves identification of specific neural structures to avoid or minimize injury. Monitoring is continuous acquisition of neural signals to determine the integrity of the full longitudinal path of the neural system of interest. Motor evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked potentials are representative methodologies for monitoring. Free-running electromyography is also used to monitor irritation or damage to the motor nerves in the lower motor neuron level : cranial nerves, roots, and peripheral nerves. For the surgery of infratentorial tumors, in addition to free-running electromyography of the bulbar muscles, brainstem auditory evoked potentials or corticobulbar motor evoked potentials could be combined to prevent injury of the cranial nerves or nucleus. IOM for cerebral tumors can adopt direct cortical stimulation or direct subcortical stimulation to map the corticospinal pathways in the vicinity of lesion. IOM is a diagnostic as well as interventional tool for neurosurgery. To prove clinical evidence of it is not simple. Randomized controlled prospective studies may not be possible due to ethical reasons. However, prospective longitudinal studies confirming prognostic value of IOM are available. Furthermore, oncological outcome has also been shown to be superior in some brain tumors, with IOM. New methodologies of IOM are being developed and clinically applied. This review establishes a composite view of techniques used today, noting differences between adult and pediatric monitoring.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2505-2510
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• 2014

Background: The standard radiotherapy (RT) fractionation practiced in India and worldwide is 50Gy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks to the chest wall or whole breast followed by tumour bed boost in case of breast conservation (BCS). A body of validated data exists regarding hypofractionation in breast cancer. We here report initial results for 135 patients treated at our center with the START-B type of fractionation. Materials and Methods: From May 2011 till July 2012, women with all stages of breast cancer (excluding metastatic), who had undergone BCS or mastectomy were planned for 40Gy in 15 fractions over 3weeks to chest wall/whole breast and supraclavicular fossa (where indicated) followed by tumour bed boost in BCS patients. Planning was done using Casebow's technique. The primary end point was to assess the acute toxicity and the cosmetic outcomes. Using cosmetic scales; patients were assessed during radiotherapy and at subsequent follow up visits with the radiation oncologist. Results: Of the 135 patients, 62 had undergone BCS and 73 mastectomy. Median age of the population was 52 years. Some 80% were T1&T2 tumours in BCS whereas most patients in mastectomy group were T3&T4 tumours (60%). 45% were node negative in BCS group whilst it was 23% in the mastectomy group. Average NPI scores were 3.9 and 4.9, respectively. Most frequently reported histopathology report was infiltrating ductal carcinoma (87%), grade III being most common (58%), and 69% were ER positive tumours, and 30% were Her 2 Neu positive. Triple negative tumours accounted for 13% and their mean age was young (43 yrs.) The maximum acute skin toxicity at the end of treatment was Grade 1 in 94% of the mastectomy grouppatients and 71% in BCS patients. Grade 2 toxicity was 6% in mast group and 23% in BCS group. Grade 3 was 6% in BCS group, no grade 3 toxicity in mastectomy patients and there was no grade 4 skin toxicity in any case. Post RT at 1 month; 39% of BCS patients had persisting Grade I skin reaction which was only 2% in mastectomy patients. At 3 months post RT, 18% patients had persisting hyperpigmentation. At 6 months 8% patients had persisting erythema in the BCS group only. Some 3% BCS and 8% mastectomy patients had lymph edema till the date of evaluation. Cosmetic outcome in BCS patients remained good to excellent 6 months post surgery and radiotherapy. 1 patient of BCS and 3 patients of mast had developed metastatic disease at the time of evaluation. Conclusions: Hypofractionated RT is well tolerated in Indian population with reduced acute skin toxicity and good cosmetic outcome. Regimens such as these should be encouraged in other centers to increase machine output time. The study is on-going to assess long term results.