• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.82-88
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• 2014

Background: The chin shape and position is important in determining the general shape of the face, and augmentation genioplasty is performed alone or in combination with other aesthetic procedures. However, augmentation genioplasty using osteotomy is an invasive and complex procedure with the potential to damage mentalis muscle and mental nerve, to affect chin growth, and prolonged recovery. Our aim was to present our experience with a modified augmentation genioplasty procedure for hypoplastic chins using a Gore-Tex implant. Methods: Two vertical slit incisions were made at the canine level to create a supra-periosteal pocket between the incisions, preserving the periosteum and mentalis muscle. Minimal sub-periosteal dissection was performed lateral to the incisions along the mandibular border. The both wings of implant were inserted under the periosteum to achieve a stable dual plane implantation. Results: In total, 47 patients underwent dual plane chin augmentation using a Gore- Tex implant between January 2008 and May 2013. The mean age at operation was 25.77 years (range, 15-55 years). There were 3 cases of infection; one patient was treated with antibiotics, the others underwent implant removal. Additionally, two patients complained of postoperative parasthesia that spontaneously improved without any additional treatment. Most patients were satisfied with the postoperative outcomes, and no chin growth problems were observed among the younger patients. Conclusion: Dual plane Gore-Tex chin augmentation is a minimally-invasive operation that is simple and safe. All implants yielded satisfactory results with no significant complications such as mental nerve injury, lower lip incompetence, or chin growth limitation.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.133-142
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• 1999

Recently, with increasing the number of patients with head injury and cerebrovascular accident, there has been an increasing need for the useful assessment tools of brain dysfunction and it's localization. With the advances in the neuroscience since the mid-1970s, particularly in the areas of neuroanatomical tracing, neuroimaging, and improved behavioraltest design, it has been possible to develop a more precise understanding and localization of brain dysfunction. However, these equipments are not readily available in the private clinics and too expensive to use as a screening tool to all suspected patients with brain dysfunction. Although several screening tests such as Mini-Mental States Examination(MMSE) or Brief Cognitive Rating Scale(BCRS) are simple in use and useful for the brief assessment of brain dysfunction, these are also limited in using for localization of brain dysfunction because of their simplicity. With increasing need of the assessment tool which is able to localize the dysfunction more precisely in the clinical practice, we planned to develop the new assessment tool, the Bedside Neurocognitive Function Localization Test(BNLT) which is suitable for this purpose. The BNLT was designed to be utilized for localizing brain dysfunction effectively and readily in the clinical practice. We introduced the whole process of designing the BNLT in this manuscript.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.184-195
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• 1999

연구목적 : 외상성 뇌 손상은 정신과 신체에 만성적 후유증을 남기기 때문에 환자들이 남은 생애를 의미 있는 삶으로 가꾸어 가고자 할 때 그들은 그 동안 추구해 왔던 삶의 의미와 목표를 수정하여 새로운 목표를 세워야 할 것이다. 이에 손상의 증상과 장해가 고정된 후 환자들의 삶의 질과 미래에 대한 심리적 준비 상태는 어떤지, 그러고 이에 영향을 주는 변인들은 무엇인지를 조사하여 재활치료에 도움이 되고자 하였다. 방법 : 경도 또는 고도의 뇌 손상을 받은 후 12개월 이상 경과한 16~65세 사이의 환자 32명, 그리고 환자들과 연령, 성별 및 교육수준이 비슷한 정상 대조군 32명을 대상으로 삶의 목적 검사(PIL)와 주관적(SIP, HISC) 및 객관적 삶의 질 척도들(QOLI, NRS) 을 사용하여 삶의 목적 및 삶의 질 수준을 평가하고, 집단간의 차이와 각 변인들의 영향을 분석하였다. 결과 : 1) 뇌 손상군의 삶의 목적 및 삶의 질 수준은 증상이 안정된 후에도 대조군보다 유의하게 낮았다(p<.01. p<.01). 2) 뇌 손상 환자군의 삶의 목적 수준은 $58.8{\pm}23.2$로서 실존적 공허 수준에 머무르고 있었다. 3) 뇌 손상군의 삶의 목적 수준과 삶의 칠 수준간에는 유의한 상관이 있었다(p<.01). 4) 뇌 손상 환자 중 여자 환자의 삶의 목적 수준은 남자보다 유의하게 낮았고(p<.05), 삶의 목적 수준이 낮은 집단은 높은 집단보다 여자의 비율이 유의하게 높았다(p<.05). 5) 뇌 손상군에서 외상의 심도(갱도와 고도), 결혼상태(결혼과 비결혼), 외상 전 직업상태(고용과 비고용)에 따라 분류한 하위 집단간 삶의 목적 수준은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결론 : 외상성 뇌 손상 환자들의 삶의 목적 수준은 증상이 안정된 후에도 실존적 공허의 수준에 머무르고 있었고, 삶의 질 수준 역시 현저히 낮았으며, 삶의 목적 수준이 낮을수록 삶의 질도 낮았다. 그리고 성별 차이 외에 인구통계 및 임상적 변인들은 삶의 목적 수준에 영향을 주자 않았다. 따라서 놔 손상 환자들의 효과적인 재활치료를 위해서는 우선 환자들이 자신의 장애를 받아들이고 새로운 삶의 목표를 세우는 데 중점을 두어야 할 것으로 여겨졌다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.177-185
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• 1995

외상후 뇌손상은 대표적이며, 가장 중요한 신경정신계 질환의 하나이다. 더욱이 외상후 뇌손상 환자들은 각종의 사고 및 산업재해 등으로 인해 그 수가 급증하고 있으며, 특히 인지기능의 장애로 인한 다양한 기질성 정신장애로 고통을 겪게 된다. 따라서 외상후 뇌손상은 손상의 시점에서부터 정확하고 올바른 평가는 물론 손상후의 경과 및 치료대책의 수립에 있어서 체계적이며 종합적인 신경인지기능의 평가는 필수적이다. 왜냐하면 신경인지기능평가는 뇌의 손상부위와 이와 관련된 기능장애 및 행동의 변화에 대한 객관적인 자료를 제시해 주기 때문이다. 신경인지기능 평가의 영역은 지각, 운동기능은 물론 주요인지기능인 기억, 언어, 실행 및 감정조절능력에 이르기까지 다양하며, 외상후 뇌손상환자들은 손상부위 및 정도에 따라 신경인지기능의 장애를 초래하게 된다. 대표적인 신경인지기능평가 도구로는 KWIS, Halstead-Reitan, Luria-Nebraska batteries, 특히 전두엽기능검사인 Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)를 비롯하여, 현재는 PC/S Vienna Test System 및 Stim등의 각종 전산화 인지기능검사가 개발되어 임상에서 활발히 사용되고 있다. 즉 외상후 뇌손상환자를 위한 신경인지기능평가의 목적은 뇌손상과 관련된 신경인지기능장애를 정확히 평가하여, 환자 개개인에 적합한 인지재활치료 계획을 수립하는데 있다. 물론 여기에는 신경정신상태검사(neuropsychiatric mental status examination)를 통하여 외상 후 뇌손상의 경과 및 예후에 결정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있는 나이, 의식소실 및 외상후 기억 손상 시간의 정확한 측정은 물론 심리 사회 문화적인 상태와 두부외상전 환자의 지적수준 및 사회 적용기능이 함께 평가되어야 할 것이다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.93-108
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• 2007

Background: School is a primary health education setting for children and the continuous support should be provided to renew school health education curriculum correspondent to socio-cultural changes in Korean society. Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the principals' and teachers' needs of health education topics for their students and to analyze their conceptual map for health education curriculum in Korean elementary school. Methods: The sample size of the first survey was 179 and that of the second survey was 691 of elementary school principals and teachers from stratified sampling over Korea. The self-administered mailing survey was conducted to o identify the factor structure of the health education topics and to analyze the conceptual properties with exploratory factor analysis and multidimensional scaling analysis in SPSS 12.0. Results: A total of 21 health education topics were collected from the first survey and 31 topics were, comprehensively, generated for the second survey. The five factors were determined: 'life health promotion behavior,' 'drug control and mental health,' 'bulling and aggression prevention,' 'safety perception and injury prevention,' and 'sex education and sexual harassment.' The educational need scores were the highest in 'safety perception and injury prevention.' The two-dimensional cooperates were generated for the 31 health education topics and the two dimensional properties which divided the conceptual space were 'health-safety' for one and 'public/environmental-individual/personal' for the other. Conclusions: Health education curriculum and textbook should be developed considering teachers' needs and conditions for health education in school fields. The field-based health education programs or textbook would make more possible problem-solving health education for children in real school fields.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.300-303
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• 2013

Blunt abdominal trauma is commonly encountered in the emergency department. The lack of historical data and the presence of distracting injuries or altered mental status, from head injury or intoxication, can make these injuries difficult to diagnose and manage. We experienced a case of traumatic organized hematoma misdiagnosed as intra-peritoneal tumor with intestinal obstruction. A 52-year-old homeless male patient who have chronic alcoholism was admitted via emergency room with infra-umbilical abdominal pain. At admission, he was drunken status and so we could not be aware of blows to the abdomen. He had a unknown large operation scar on mid abdomen. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed the intestinal obstruction of the ileum level with 5.5cm sized mesenteric tumor. We performed adhesiolysis and widely segmental resection of small bowel including tumor with side-to-side anastomosis due to great discrepancy in size. He stated later that he was a victim of the violence before 3 weeks. A final pathologic report revealed well encapsulated, traumatic mesenteric hematoma with organizing thrombi, ischemia and abscess formation with multiple adhesion bands. Finally, the patient was discharged without complications on postoperative day 14.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.158-168
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• 2011

Objectives: The present study aims to determine the causal relationship between self-rated depression and experiences of injury and accidents in municipal firefighters. Methods: A panel survey of 186 municipal firefighters measured with depressive symptoms according to the Beck's depression index (BDI) was conducted. The effects of job-related injuries and accidents were evaluated using self-administered questionnaires that were taken once in a 12-month period from 2005 to 2006. Firefighters were classified into the Depression Group or Control Group based on follow-up BDI results with a cutoff level that was set to having "over mild depression." Results: The depression Group was comprised of 17 (9.1%) workers, including 9 firefighters who met had sufficient BDI scores twice in the 2-year test period and newly sufficient BDI scores in the follow-up test. A significantly higher number of subjects in the Depression Group experienced injuries and accidents in the 2-year test period as compared to the Control Group (15.4% vs. 1.5%, p=0.04). Firefighters who experienced injuries and accidents in the 2-year test period had a 7.4 times higher risk of being in the Depression Group than those who had not. As compared to accidents, near-miss accidents revealed stronger risks related to being classified as in the Depression group (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 4.58, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.15-18.18 vs. Adjusted OR = 4.22, 95% CI = 1.08-16.58). Conclusion: The above results suggest that we should establish an effective program to promote mental health for groups at high risk for self-rated depression, including persons who have experienced consecutive injuries and accidents as well as near-miss injuries.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.531-534
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• 2007

Purpose: Plastic surgeons are responsible for the management of spinal cord injury patients with upper and lower extremity reconstruction, pressure sore, and wounds. Derailment of autonomic nervous systems caused by injury to the spinal cord may result in fatal autonomic dysreflexia. Autonomic dysreflexia is a syndrome of massive imbalance of reflex sympathetic discharge occurring in patients with spinal cord lesion above the splanchnic outflow(T6). It is characterized by a sudden onset and severe increase in blood pressure and is potentially life threatening. The other classic symptoms are headache, chest pain, sweating, and bradycardia. In order to lower the blood pressure, it is important to remove the noxious stimulus for autonomic dysreflexia. If such symptoms last for more than 15 minutes despite conservative interventions, antihypertension drugs are recommended. Methods: In this case study, we report an autonomic dysreflexia case that developed in a 45 year-old tetraplegia patient with sacral pressure sore. When he got bladder irrigation, his blood pressure went up very high and his mentality became stuporous. He was sent to ICU for his blood pressure and mental care. ICU care made his vital sign stabilized and his mentality alert. Results: After the patient underwent proper treatment like inotropic agent, he was transferred to the general ward and his pressure sore on sacral area was coveraged with gluteus maximus myocutaneous advancement flap. Conclusion: If treatment is not effective, the patients have to undergo sudden, severe hypertension, which can cause stroke or death. To provide safe and effective care, plastic surgeons should be able to recognize and treat autonomic dysreflexia.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.3-20
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• 2019

This review aimed to identify risk factors for occupational accidents and illnesses among young workers in the Nordic countries and to attain knowledge on specific vulnerable groups within the young working force that may need special attention. We conducted a systematic review from 1994 to 2014 using five online databases. Of the 12,528 retrieved articles, 54 met the review criteria and were quality assessed, in which data were extracted focusing on identifying occupational safety, health risk factors, and vulnerable groups among the young workers. The review shows that mechanical factors such as heavy lifting, psychosocial factors such as low control over work pace, and organizational factors such as safety climate are all associated with increased injury risk for young Nordic workers. Results show that exposures to chemical substances were associated with skin reactions, e.g., hand eczema. Heavy lifting and awkward postures were risk factors for low back pain, and high job demands were risk factors for mental health outcomes. The review identified young unskilled workers including school drop-out workers as particularly vulnerable groups when it comes to occupational accidents. In addition, apprentices and young skilled workers were found to be vulnerable to work-related illnesses. It is essential to avoid stereotyping young Nordic workers into one group using only age as a factor, as young workers are a heterogeneous group and their vulnerabilities to occupational safety and health risks are contextual. Politicians, researchers, and practitioners should account for this complexity in the education, training and organization of work, and workplace health and safety culture.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.33-62
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• 2020

현재의 항공운송산업은 시장의 양적 성장 측면 뿐 아니라 법제적(法制的) 측면에서도 많은 변화를 맞이하고 있다. 지난 오랜 세월동안 바르샤바 협약은 국제항공운송에서 발생되는 항공운송인의 민사책임의 통일적 규율에 기여하고 항공운송산업의 발전을 위해 법제적 후견인의 소임을 다하였다. 하지만 그 과정에서 항공운송산업의 소비자 이익은 다른 산업과 비교할 때 그다지 탄탄한 보호를 받지 못하였다. 이에 대한 반성으로 몬트리올 협약은 항공소비자 이익보호라는 기치를 내걸었고, 전 세계 곳곳에서 여객과 같은 항공소비자 보호를 위한 움직임이 나타나고 있다. 항공사고에 따른 항공여객의 정신적 손해배상문제도 항공소비자 보호의 일환으로 이해될 수 있다. 미국 연방법원은 1990년대 초부터 항공여객의 정신적 손해배상에 관한 인정여부를 다루었던 점을 감안하면, 아직까지 항공사고에 따른 정신적 손해를 그 배상범위에서 제외하고 있는 우리나라 판례도 방향전환을 고민해 볼 필요가 있다고 생각한다. 이런 측면에서 항공사고로 여객의 신체손해가 발생하였음을 전제로, 항공사고에 따른 정신적 손해를 적극적으로 인정하는 미연방법원의 최신 판례를 분석해 보는 것은 학문적 의의를 가진다. 정신적 손해에 관한 가장 최신 판례라 할 수 있는 지난 2017년 8월 미연방 제6항소법원에서는 다소 이례적인 결론이 도출되었다. Doe v. Etihad Airways사건에서 법원이 신체손해와 직접적인 인과관계가 있는 정신적 손해에 관해서만 손해배상책임을 인정한 종래 절충적 입장을 견지하였던 다수의 연방법원들과 달리 정신적 손해와 신체적 손해 사이의 인과적 연결고리(causal connection)가 존재하지 않는 경우에도 정신적 손해배상이 인정될 수 있다고 판단하였다. 법원이 이러한 결론에 이르게 된 배경은 여러 가지로 설명될 수 있겠지만, 과거 바르샤바 협약과 달리 항공운송산업의 보호와 육성이라는 시대적 명제를 뒤로 하고 몬트리올 협약이 선언한 항공소비자 보호라는 목소리에 귀를 기울인 결과로 볼 수 있다.