• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.170-178
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• 2011

Hiatal hernia is a very rare disease in the pediatric population. However information from our esophageal atresia postoperative follow-up program has hypotheses; "Hiatal hernia may more frequently occur in postoperative esophageal atresia patients (EA group) than in the general pediatric population (GP group)" and "The tension on the esophagus after esophageal anastomosis may be an important etiologic factor of hiatal hernia in EA group". To prove the first hypotheses, we compared the incidence of hiatal hernia in the GP group with the incidence in the EA group. The Incidence in the GP group was obtained from national statistic data from Statistics Korea and Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service of Korea. The incidence in the EA group was obtained from the medical record and the imaging studies of our esophageal atresia postoperative follow-up program. To prove the second hypothesis, the presumptive risk factors for the development of hiatal hernia in EA group, such as the type of esophageal atresia, degree of esophageal gap, the stage operation and the redo-operation with resection and re-anastomosis of esophagus were analyzed statistically. The total number of patients in the EA group was ninety-nine and there were 5 hiatus hernias. The incidence of EA group (5 %) is significantly higher than incidence of GP group (0.024 %). (p=0.0001) The statistical analysis of the presumptive risk factors for hiatal hernia development in EA group failed to show any evidence of correlation between postoperative esophageal tension and the hiatal hernia. This study shows that the postoperative patients with esophageal atresia have high occurrence of hiatal hernia and should be followed up carefully to detect hiatal hernia.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.324-332
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• 2021

이 연구는 코로나 바이러스 감염증-19로 인한 소아청소년의 치과 방문에 대한 변화를 알아보기 위해 수행됐다. 한국 건강보험심사평가원에서 제공하는 자료를 기준으로 2019년 1월부터 2020년 8월까지 소아청소년의 치과 방문 횟수 및 치과주상병 변화를 월별, 지역별 분석하였다. 2020년 1월부터 8월까지의 소아청소년의 치과의원 및 치과병원 총 방문 횟수는 2019년 같은 기간과 비교시 0 - 9세 연령군에서는 642,202회(16.3%), 10 - 19세 연령군은 313,488회(9.2%) 감소하여 0 - 9세 연령군이 10 - 19세 연령군보다 더 큰 감소를 보였다. 같은 기간 상병별로는 Z29(기타 예방적 조치의 필요)로 인한 감소가 0 - 9세 연령군에서는 118,219회(34%), 10 - 19세 연령군에서는 83,944회(31%) 감소하여 가장 큰 변화를 보였다. 코로나 바이러스 감염증-19로 인한 전반적인 소아청소년의 치과 이용이 감소된 것으로 분석되며 이는 추후 소아청소년들의 구강 보건 악화로 이어질 가능성이 있으며, 이 연구는 이후 코로나 바이러스 감염증-19와 같은 전염병 발생 시 참고 자료가 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 사물인터넷융복합논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.99-113
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• 2022

본 연구는 응급실 간호사를 대상으로 COVID-19 대유행 상황에서 COVID-19 스트레스, 대인관계(보호자-환자) 스트레스, 감정노동이 소진에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사 연구이다. 자료수집은 H 의료원 산하기관 5개 상급종합병원과 종합병원 응급실 간호사를 대상으로 2021년 12월 9일부터 12월 23일까지 시행되었다. 대상자의 일반적 특성과 직무 관련 특성, COVID-19 스트레스, 대인관계(보호자-환자) 스트레스, 감정노동, 소진을 측정하기 위해 자기기입식 설문지로 진행하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN 25.0 통계 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도 분석, 기술통계분석, Independent sample t-test, One-way ANOVA, Scheffé test, Correlation analysis, 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 응급실 간호사의 COVID-19 스트레스의 평균은 3.64점, 대인관계(보호자-환자) 스트레스 4.35점, 감정노동 3.38점, 소진 3.44점이었다. 일반적 특성 및 직무 관련 특성에 따른 간호사의 소진은 성별, 결혼상태, 총 임상 경력, 근무 기관 형태에 따라 유의한 차이를 보였다. 소진은 COVID-19 스트레스, 대인관계 스트레스, 감정노동과 모두 유의한 정적 상관관계를 보였다. COVID-19 팬데믹 상황에서 응급실 간호사의 소진에 영향을 미치는 융합적 요인으로는 근무 기관 형태 중 권역 응급의료센터, 지역응급의료센터, 대인관계 스트레스, COVID-19 스트레스, 성별로 나타났고 설명력은 28.6%로 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과를 통해 신종감염병 대유행 시점에서 응급실 간호사의 소진을 예방하고 간호업무성과를 높이기 위한 중재프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2005

최근의 의료정책과 정보기술의 발달은 병원이 주변 환경에 맞춰 비용을 줄이고 의료의 질을 향상시킬 필요를 가지게 한다. 즉, 정책과 기술의 변화로 병원 업무가 단순한 진료비 계산과 보험청구중심에서 벗어나 경영정보시스템(MIS), 의료영상저장전송시스템(PACS), 처방전달시스템(OCS), 전자의무기록시스템(EMR), 의사결정지원시스템(DSS) 등이 개발되고 있다. 특히 유비쿼터스 네트워크 및 관련기술과의 융합은 의료정보시스템을 의료 IT의 관련 정보시스템들과 통합되는 방향으로 진화해가고 있으며, 앞으로도 그 가속도는 더할 전망이다. 이러한 변화와 인터넷 환경의 발달은 의료정보 시스템의 근본적인 변화를 요구한다. 모바일 의료정보시스템은 기존에 의료정보 환경에서 구축되었던 병원의 시스템을 PDA 등의 모바일 환경으로 구축하는 것을 말한다. 기존 시스템의 모바일 네트워크 환경을 통해 언제, 어디서든지 의료진의 접근이 가능하게 됨으로써 업무의 효율을 높임은 물론이고 실시간 업무 처리 및 유지보수 비용의 절감을 통한 수익성 증대에도 중대한 역할을 하게 된다. RFID는 자동인식 및 데이터 획득 기술로 사람의 작업이나 판단을 궁극적으로 제외하고 객체가 갖고 있는 정보를 자동적으로 취득, 온라인으로 관련 데이터를 자동처리 시스템 구현의 핵심요소 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 RFID 응용 서비스가 실용화하고 있는 실정에서 통합의료정보시스템을 위한 환자 진료의 서비스 강화를 도모하도록 RFID 기반의 서버 및 모바일 클라이언트 의료정보시스템을 구현하고, 실제 병원내의 여러 디바이스가 연결된 데이터베이스를 통합적으로 관리하는 환자진료 및 실시간 원무 관리의 자동화를 위한 태그 매니저(Manager)와 기존의 EMR, HIS, PACS의 호환을 위한 DB 서버 에이전트를 설계 및 구현하였다. 다양한 의료정보시스템에서 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경을 위한 모바일 의료정보시스템의 RFID 응용시스템 은 환자의 진료카드에 태그를 부착하여 기본적인 환자의 접수, 진료, 검사의 대기시간의 단축을 위한 데이터를 처리한다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.88-95
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to estimate the clinical utilization of radiation therapy (RT) in Korea between 2009 and 2013. Materials and Methods: We analyzed open claims data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. The subjects were patients who had diagnostic codes C00-C97 or D00-D48 according to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, with procedure codes indicating RT treatment. Results: The total number of patients who received RT in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 were 45,571, 49,593, 54,671, 59,172, and 61,485, respectively. Among them, the total numbers of male and female patients were 20,780/24,791 in 2009, 22,711/26,882 in 2010, 24,872/29,799 in 2011, 27,101/32,071 in 2012, and 27,941/33,544 in 2013. The five cancers that were most frequently treated with RT between 2009 and 2012 were breast, lung, colorectal, liver, and uterine cervical cancers. However, the fifth most common cancer treated with RT that replaced uterine cervical cancer in 2013 was prostate cancer. The three leading types of cancer among the male patients were lung, colorectal, and liver cancers, whereas in female patients, they were breast, uterine cervical, and lung cancers. The type of cancer most commonly treated by RT was cancer of the central nervous system in patients aged 20 years or less, breast cancer in patients aged 30-50 years, and lung cancer in patients aged 60 years or more. Conclusion: Data from this study provided the clinical utilization of RT in Korea between 2009 and 2013.

• 한국임상보건과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2014

Purpose. For a more efficient hospital management, this study aims to provide basic data so that the hospital management and staff in charge of hospital administration may systematically classify and collect hospital information, by analyzing the ordinary characters of an upper-level general hospital system and its common-type balance sheet, common-type profit and loss statement and financial ratio. Methods. By using information about an upper-level general hospital in C Province, provided by Alio(www.alio.go.kr), a public organization information provision site, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service(www.hira.or.kr) and Ministry of Health and Welfare(www.mw.go.kr), this study analyzed 3 year's data from 2010 to 2012 and provided basic data by analyzing the ordinary characters of an upper-level general hospital system, and its common-type balance sheet, common-type profit and loss statement and financial ratio. Results. After analyzing the ordinary characters, common-type balance sheet, common-type proft and loss statement and financial ration of this general hospital, based on the 2010 to 2012 data, this study came to the following conclusions. Firstly, out of all the 1,069 hospital staff, there were 272 doctors working for 24 medical departments, out of whom the majority was 33 physicians. Most of the nurses were third-class ones, and about 2,000 outpatients and 600 inpatients on average were treated per day. Secondly, as a result of analyzing the common-type balance sheet, this study discovered that intangible assets out of fixed assets accounted for 41%, the majority, out of which usable and profitable donation asset buildings were of great importance, and the liquid assets increased more in 2012 than 2011. In the financial structure, the ratio of liquid liabilities was over 50% out of all the liabilities in 2012, and the ratio of purchase payables was high as well. The ratio of fixed liabilities reached up to 40%, out of which the retirement benefit appropriation fund was quite high. The capital was over 80%, but the surplus was in a deficit state. Compared to the capital, the ratio of total liabilities was about 90%, which indicates the financial structure of this general hospital was vulnerable. Thirdly, as a result of analyzing the common-type profit and loss statement, this study found out that the medical profits from inpatients were higher than profits from outpatients. The material cost was related to the medical quality of this general hospital, and it was as high as 30% out of the total costs and was about 45% of the labor cost. This general hospital showed 10% in the ratio of non-medical profits, and it seemed because of government subsidies. The ratios of medical profits and current net income were gradually changing for the better in 2012, compared to 2011. Lastly, as a result of analyzing the financial ratio, it was found that the liquidity ratio kept decreasing, from 110.7% in 2010 and 102.0% in 2011 to 77.2% in 2012. Besides, it was analyzed that the liquidity ratio and the net working capital ratio greatly decreased, while the quick ratio and the liquid ratio kept decreasing. Conclusions. 1. It is necessary to take the risk management into more consideration, and particularly, it is needed to differentiate and manage the levels of risk in detail. 2. By considering the fact that investments into hospital infrastructures were mostly based on liabilities, it is needed to deal with the scale of losses when evaluating risks. 3. By reflecting the character that investments into hospital infrastructures were based on liabilities, it is necessary to consider the ratio of ordinary profits as well as the ratio of operating profits to sales, and it is also important to consider sales productivity factors, such as the sales amount per a sickbed, by comparing them with other hospitals. As for limitations of this study, there may be some problems in terms of data interpretation because of the lack of information about the number of inpatients and the number of outpatients per year, which are needed for the break-even point analysis. Besides, to suggest a direction for the improvement of hospital management through analyses, non-financial factors should be reflected, such as the trend of economy, medical policies, and politic backgrounds. However, this study only focused on the common-type balance sheet, common-type profit and loss statement and financial ratio, so this study is actually limited to generalizing all the factors by analyzing public data only.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2019

Antidepressants are widely used to treat depression in Korea, however, only a few studies have focused on the provider of the treatment. The aim of the study is to compare the differences between patients who were prescribed antidepressants by psychiatrists and those who were prescribed antidepressants by non-psychiatrists in South Korea. Patients with a diagnosis of depressive disorder who had been newly prescribed antidepressants in 2012 were selected from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service database. They were classified into two groups depending on whether they received the antidepressant prescription from a psychiatrist or non-psychiatrist. Sociodemographic, clinical, and depression related cost has been investigated. Treatment resistant depression, which is defined as a failure of two antidepressant regimens to alleviate symptoms, was also investigated. Prescription adequacy was assessed based on whether a regimen was maintained for at least 4 weeks. Among the 834694 patients with pharmaceutically treated depression (PTD) examined in this study, 326122 (39.1%) were treated by psychiatrists. Patients who were treated by psychiatrists were younger and had more psychiatric comorbidities than those treated by non-psychiatrists. They had longer PTD duration (229.3 days vs. 103.0 days, p < 0.05) and a larger proportion of treatment resistant depression (9.3% of PTD) when compared to those patients treated by non-psychiatrists. The patients treated by psychiatrists had a smaller proportion of inadequate antidepressant use compared to those patients in the non-psychiatrist group (44.5% vs. 65.1%, p < 0.05). The costs related to depression corrected with PTD duration were higher in the non-psychiatrist group (32214 won vs. 56001 won, p < 0.05). Patients who receive antidepressants from psychiatrists are patients with more severe, treatment-resistant depression. Psychiatrists prescribe antidepressants more adequately and cost- effectively than non-psychiatrists.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2012

Purpose: To understand the epidemiology of head trauma and the utilization of brain CT in Korea, we analyzed a national sampling data set, the National Patient Sample obtained from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. Methods: We retrospectively collected and analyzed demographic and clinical data on enrolled patients from the National Patient Sample based on medical claims data for 2009. The data included patient's age, sex, treatment date, diagnosis codes, procedure codes related with CT, holiday or night consultation fee, and fee for emergency management services. Results: In 2009, the estimated population with head trauma was 819,059(1.8%), and the rate of brain CT utilization was 22.4%. Children ages 5 to 15 were the most commonly injured group(22.8%), but had the lowest brain CT utilization(16.5%). The mean age of the estimated population with head trauma was $34.9{\pm}0.5years$ old, and male patients accounted for 60.5% of that population. Intracranial injury was found in 8.6% of all head traumas, and the rate of intracranial injury in children was lower than it was in adults(4.1% vs. 10.9%, p<0.001). Twenty- three percent of patients with head trauma visited the emergency department (ED). More patients with head trauma visited medical facilities in the daytime on weekdays(66.5% vs. 33.5%, p<0.001), but head CT was performed more frequently at night or on weekends/holidays(16.1% vs. 34.7%, p<0.001) There is low incidence of head trauma in the winter in children (p<0.001). In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, patients who were adults, female, or ED visitors were more likely to undergo brain CT (odds ratio (OR): 1.65, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.47-1.84; OR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.27-1.54; OR: 7.80, 95% CI: 6.91-8.80, respectively). Conclusion: In this study, we analyzed the national epidemiologic trend for head trauma, and the pattern of utilization of brain CT.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권5호
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• pp.502-518
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• 2019

Objective : Since less invasive endovascular treatment was introduced to South Korea in 1994, a considerable proportion of endovascular treatments have been performed by neuroradiology doctors, and endovascular treatments by vascular neurosurgeons have recently increased. However, few specific statistics are known regarding how many endovascular treatments are performed by neurosurgeons. Thus, authors compared endovascular treatments collaboratively performed by vascular neurosurgeons with all cases throughout South Korea from 2013 to 2017 to elucidate the role of neurosurgeons in the field of endovascular treatment in South Korea. Methods : The Society of Korean Endovascular Neurosurgeons (SKEN) has issued annual reports every year since 2014. These reports cover statistics on endovascular treatments collaboratively or individually performed by SKEN members from 2013 to 2017. The data was requested and collected from vascular neurosurgeons in various hospitals. The study involved 77 hospitals in its first year, and 100 in its last. National statistics on endovascular treatment from all over South Korea were obtained from the Healthcare Bigdata Hub website of the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service based on the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) codes (in the case of intra-arterial (IA) thrombolysis, however, statistics were based on a combination of the EDI and I63 codes, a cerebral infarction disease code) from 2013 to 2017. These two data sets were directly compared and the ratios were obtained. Results : Regionally, during the entire study period, endovascular treatments by SKEN members were most common in Gyeonggido, followed by Seoul and Busan. Among the endovascular treatments, conventional cerebral angiography was the most common, followed by cerebral aneurysmal coiling, endovascular treatments for ischemic stroke, and finally endovascular treatments for vascular malformation and tumor embolization. The number of endovascular treatments performed by SKEN members increased every year. Conclusion : The SKEN members have been responsible for the major role of endovascular treatments in South Korea for the recent 5 years. This was achieved through the perseverance of senior members who started out in the midst of hardship, the establishment of standards for the training/certification of endovascular neurosurgery, and the enthusiasm of current SKEN members who followed. To provide better treatment to patients, we will have to make further progress in SKEN.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.200-205
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• 2007

목적: 하부인두암 및 경부식도암 환자에서 근치적 전인두후두식도절제술시 위를 이용한 재건술 후 수술의 결과를 분석하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1991년부터 2006년까지 하인두암 및 경부식도암에서 전인두후두식도절제술을 시행하였고, 재건술을 개흉술 없이, 경열공적으로 위를 이용하여 하인두위 문합술을 시행한 23예를 대상으로 하였다. 수술 후 합병증에 대해서는 신체검사소견과 수술 후 시행한 식도조영술의 결과에 따라 분류하였고, 퇴원 후 외래추적조사 시 환자의 증상 및 신체검사소견상 협착이나 재발의 가능성이 있는 환자에서 시행한 흉부 X-선 검사, 식도내시경 및 식도조영술을 바탕으로 분석하였다. 결과: 수술 후 사망한 환자는 2예(8.8%)였으며, 4예(4.4%)에서 누출이 있었으나, 공장루를 통해 경장영양으로 해결되었으며, 협착은 없었다. 호흡기합병증은 폐렴 1예, 기흉 1예였다. 수술 후에 연하곤란은 없었으나, 2000년 이후 유분부성형술을 시행하지 않으므로, 일시적으로 정체증상을 호소한 환자가 1예 있었다. 결론: 하인두암이나 경부식도암에서 근치적 절제 후 위장관 재건술시 위를 이용하는 것은 충분한 길이를 얻을 수 있어, 원활한 혈액공급이 가능하여 조직괴사나 문합부 누출 및 협착 등의 합병증이 적으며, 술식의 시간이 빠르다. 또한 모든 문합이 경부에서 이루어지므로 문합부의 누출이 발생하더라도 쉽게 치료되어 수술 후 이환율과 사망률이 감소한다는 장점이 있다.