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Percutaneous Ultrasound Guided Ethanol Ablation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in a Dog (초음파 유도 에탄올 주입법을 이용한 개의 원발성 부갑상선항진증 치료)

  • Choi, Ji-Hye;Kim, Jin-Kyung;Kim, Hyun-Wook;Kim, Hak-Sang;Kim, Jun-Young;Yoon, Jung-Hee
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.457-460
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    • 2007
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) is rare in dogs. Mainly functional solitary parathyroid adenoma causes hypercalcemia due to excessive autonomous secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH). PHP can be diagnosed based on serum calcium phosphorus, ionized calcium and PTH, and cervical ultrasound provides important information about the number size and location of parathyroidal lesion. Ultrasound guided intralesional ethanol injection has been used as an alternative to surgical treatment of PHP. In this case, PHP was diagnosed in 12 year-old Pug with clinicopathologic examination and cervical ultrasound, and the parathyroidal mass was ablated successfully through ultrasound guided ethanol injection.

Clinical Features and Prognosis of Corneal Ulcers in Dogs with Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Choi, Heeyeon;Kim, Se Eun;Kim, Taehyun;Jang, Jaeyoung;Hwang, Sun Young;Seo, Kangmoon
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.115-119
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    • 2021
  • This study was designed to investigate the characteristics of corneal ulcers in dogs with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Medical records of dogs that had been diagnosed with corneal ulcers and chronic kidney disease at Haemaru Referral Animal Hospital between April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2016 were investigated. A control group was randomly selected during the same time period. This group included patients with corneal ulcers but no evidence of systemic disease. The mean healing time of superficial corneal ulcers in the CKD group was 21.0 ± 15.0 days. This was a significantly longer healing time than was observed in the control group (11.0 ± 6.6 days, p = 0.019). The incidence rates of uveitis and keratoconjunctivitis sicca in the CKD group were significantly higher than in the control group (p = 0.000 and p = 0.026, respectively). Additionally, non-healing ulcers had significantly elevated white blood cell counts, while those with healing ulcers had WBC counts within the normal range in CKD group (p = 0.000). This study revealed that corneal ulcers in CKD patients would be delayed epithelial healing process and accompanied by ocular disease which affected to corneal healing compared to non-CKD patients.

Referral Patterns and Needs for Specialist Care among Patient Referred from Health Center (보건소의 진료의뢰 양상과 의뢰환자들의 전문과목 요구도)

  • Hwang, Tae-Yoon;Kim, Chang-Yoon;Kang, Pock-Soo
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.29 no.1 s.52
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    • pp.133-143
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    • 1996
  • This study was conducted to assess the referral patterns to specialist from general practitioners in health center and perceived needs of referred patients for specialist care in health center. The study subjects were 249 patients who visited to health centers and were referred to other medical facilities. The data were obtained from questionnaire survey which was conducted in Kyongju-City Health Center, Seongju-Gun Health Center and Koryong-Gun Health Center in Kyongsangbuk-Do, from June 10 to October 17, 1995. The total referral rate was 2.7%. The proportion of patients who wished to be referred to medical specialists was 85.9%, and the proportion of patients referred by general practitioners in health centers was 14.1%. Among the patients who wished to be referred to medical specialists, 45.9% visited directly to health centers, 34.6% visited health centers via local clinics and 19.5% visited health centers to get referral permission only. The reasons for getting referral permission in health centers were easy geographical accessibility(34.6%), easy to get referral permission in health centers(27.1%), and very difficult to get referral permission in local clinics(16.4%). Among the diseases of referred patients, diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue were most prevalent on a whole, but diseases of nervous system and sensory organs were comparatively high among the patients who wished to be referred to medical specialists and infectious and parasitic diseases were comparatively high among the patients referred by general practitioners in health centers. The most favorable medical facility was general hospital including university hospital in both groups of patients who wished to be referred to medical specialist and the patient referred by general practitioners in health centers. Regarding the needs for specialist care in health center, 75.2% of patients who wished to be referred to medical specialists and 74.3% of patients referred by general practitioners in health center wanted the specialist care. The most frequently requested specialty is internal medicine(47.1%), and then orthopedics and general surgery. Based on above results, this study revealed that the majority of patients referred from health center wished to be referred to medical specialists at their own will, so, referral system at health center level should be changed. And if specialist care in health center be provided, the medical care by internist could be provided first, and then that of orthopedics and general surgery could be provided. These kinds of medical cares could be covered by local clinicians as a part-time job on a voluntary basis.

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XML Schema Mapping Agent for Clinical Information Sharing among various Hospital Information Systems (이종 병원 정보 시스템간의 진료 정보공유를 위한 XML 스키마 매핑 에이전트)

  • Jang, Hyuk-Jin;Lee, Sang-Wook
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2003.05b
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    • pp.951-954
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    • 2003
  • 1 2차 진료 기관과 3차 진료 기관 사이에서 환자의 진료 정보 공유를 위하여. 많은 병원에서 Referral 시스템을 구성하여 사용하고 있다. 이종 병원 시스템간의 진료 정보 공유를 위한 표준화 작업이 이루어지고 있지만, 현재 많은 병원 정보 시스템에서 자신만의 데이터 표현 양식을 이용하고 있어 실제로 정보의 공유는 이루어지고 있지 않고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위한 방법으로 XML 스키마 매핑 에이전트를 소개하고, 진료 정보 공유를 위한 Referral 시스템 모델을 제시한다.

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Visiting Nursing Activities Provided by Public Health Nurses in a Health Center (서울시 일부 보건소 방문간호 활동내용)

  • Kim, Soon-Lae;Lee, Kyeong-Yeao
    • Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.6
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 1999
  • In oder to investigate the basic data for the standard of visiting nursing activities and educational program for Public Health Nurses in Health Center in Korea. the health record review carried out regard to visiting nursing services of 131 subjects with visiting nursing care. The results were as follows: 1. Rates of visiting nursing services offered by Public Health Nurse of Health Center(in decreasing order)were health education and disease management(98.5%), activity assess-ment(94.7%), counseling(90.8%), dietary care (61.1%), exercise treatment(60.3%), examination(58.8%), medication(48.9%), referral to hospital(32.8%, vaccination against flu and hepatitis(29.8%), support for welfare and administration(24.4%), position change(9.9%), connection to voluntary services(9.9%), wound dressing(7.6%) and referral for home health care nursing(3.1%). 2. The subjects consisted of 38.2% in male and 61.8% in female. 77.1% of the subjects had no job.

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Empirical study on Customer Satisfaction and others Factor influencing "would recommend" in NPS(Net Promoter Score) - Focus on Kitchen furniture - (요소만족과 고객만족이 NPS(순추천고객지수)의 추천의향에 미치는 영향에 관한 실증 연구 - 부엌가구를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Kyu-Sik;Ree, Sang-Bok
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.58-67
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    • 2009
  • Customer Satisfaction Management(CSM) is becoming more common and the importance of measuring the CS Index(CSI) is getting higher and higher. Furthermore, the existing CSI have many problems in view of the link between enterprise result and those indecision, which could not explain the links clearly. Therefore, NPS(Net Promoter Score) index have been developed by Fred Reichheld and the NPS shows up rapidly and attract attention. In this paper, we provide conceptual frameworks on the links among the latent variables(total CSI, elementary CS and the referral) and propose more effective and practical index between CSI and the "would recommend" index through testing the Structural Equation Model(SEM) on "CSI${\leftrightarrow}$would recommend${\leftrightarrow}$referral".