• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.451-458
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• 1991

We have observed 101 cases of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax from Sep. 1979 to Dec. 1989 at the Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Inje University, Pusan Paik Hospital and the result obtained as follows. 1] Age range of patients was the first decade to seventh decade. Males outnumbered females by 6.7: l. One or two episodes of recurrent attack were noted in majority cases. 2] In distribution of the lesion sites, right side was 55 cases[55.4%], left 42 cases[41.9%], and bilateral 4 cases[3.0%]. 3] In clinical manifestations, abrupt onset of dyspnea was 78 cases[77.2%], chest pain 48 cases[47.5%], cough 9 cases[8.9%] and chest discomfort 8 cases[7.9%]. 4] Of 101 cases, 48 cases were associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and other cases were associated with subpleural bullae and blebs[26 cases], emphysema[7 cases], bronchiectasis[2 cases], lung cancer[1 case], and silicosis[1 case], 5] In 88 cases[87.2%] of patients, the magnitude of collapse was above 50% in plain chest film. 6] The interval of recurrence after last attack was frequently within 1 year. 7] In the management, closed thoracostomy with underwater-sealed drainage was applied in first recurrent 53 cases but 2nd recurrence was developed in 16 cases. In 52 cases, surgical management was applied. The pleurodesis with chemical agent[tetracycline] via chest tube was applied in 2 cases. Among 51 cases subjected to the open thoracotomy, pleural abrasion was performed in 3 cases, excision of bullae & blebs in 12 cases, wedge resection in 28 cases, lobectomy in 6 cases and wedge resection combined with lobectomy in 2 cases. In one case subjected to the median sternotomy, wedge resection on both lung apex was performed. 8] Postoperative complications were developed in 8 cases but not serious.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.205-209
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• 2001

Purpose: Most cases of primary hyperparathyroidism are due to parathyroid adenoma or parathyroid hyperplasia. Parathyroid carcinoma is a very rare cause of hyperparathyroidism. Although the diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma is usually established by pathologic criteria especially of vascular or capsular invasion, some clinical and biochemical features differentiate it from benign forms of hyperparathyroidism. We under-took a retrospective study in 6 patients with parathyroid carcinoma, with the aim of conveying experience from management for this rare cause of hyperparathyroidism. Methods: Clinical symptoms, biochemical laboratory, radiologic, and intraoperative findings, local recurrence and distant metastasis were analyzed in 6 patients diagnosed pathologically as a parathyroid carcinoma after operation from 1992 to 2001. Results: Mean age was 50.2 years (33.0-60.0 years) and male to female ratio was 1:1. Neck mass was found in 5 patients, multiple bone pain in 3 patients and renal stone in 1 patient. One case has suffered from chronic renal failure for 19 years. Although preoperative laboratory evaluations showed the aspects of hyperparathyroidism in all cases, mean serum calcium level was 11.2mg/dl(10.5-12.1mg/dl), slightly elevated. Laboratory values after surgery were within the normal range in 5 cases. However, in one case with chronic renal failure, serum PTH levels, serially checked, were above the normal range. Any of imaging methods failed to suggest a parathyroid carcinoma preoperatively. Parathyroid adenoma was suspected in 3 cases, thyroid cancer in the other cases before surgery. The extent of resection was radical resection of parathyroid lesion with more than unilateral thyroid lobectomy and central compartment neck node dissection and in 2 cases, the resection of recurrent laryngeal nerve or strap muscles was added. During follow-up period, any local or systemic recurrence were not evident in all the cases. Conclusion: Although parathyroid carcinoma is a rare disease and its preoperative diagnosis, in our experience, could not easily be made, the understanding of characteristic clinical and biochemical feature could help diagnosis at first surgery. Radical resection without remaining residual tumor is most important for the management of the parathyroid cancer.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2020

A clinical practice guideline for patients in the dying process in general wards and their families, developed through an evidence-based process, is presented herein. The purpose of this guideline is to enable a peaceful death based on an understanding of suitable management of patients' physical and mental symptoms, psychological support, appropriate decision-making, family care, and clearly-defined team roles. Although there are limits to the available evidence regarding medical issues in patients facing death, the final recommendations were determined from expert advice and feedback, considering values and preferences related to medical treatment, benefits and harms, and applicability in the real world. This guideline should be applied in a way that takes into account specific health care environments, including the resources of medical staff and differences in the available resources of each institution. This guideline can be used by all medical institutions in South Korea.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.205-213
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• 2009

Objectives : Cancer incidence is increasing in all countries and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in patients undergoing chemotherapeutic agents have been a clinically serious problems. So far therapeutic options for CIPN patients are limited and no confirmed methods have yet been established for dealing with peripheral neuropathy. Therefore this review is to provide an evidence-based summary of oriental medicine and CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) neuroprotective and treatment therapies which have gone through clinical trials. Methods : An overview of the domestic and international papers of adult clinical trials relating management of only CIPN symptoms through 1990 to present were searched by electronic databases. Search key words were chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, chemotherapy toxicity & herb, chemotherapy toxicity & acupuncture, chemotherapy toxicity & CAM. Only English and Korean written papers were reviewed. Total 25 papers were reviewed in this study, 18 papers were retrieved by electronic search. Results : Clinical studies of managing CIPN were rare, two acupuncture clinical studies and four herb medicinal studies were found. Rest of 19 papers were about other CAM clinical studies. Total 25 papers were analyzed, and all interventions were focused on their pain control efficacy. Other 24 trials of potential therapies except one proved to be effective for CIPN, however some described to be inadequate positive or sufficient negative. Conclusions : As most of the studies were pilot studies, interventions for the prevention and treatment of CIPN have to go through prospective confirmatory studies, such as larger scale randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled clinical trials must be done for the safe and effective use of proposed therapies. Also standard measurement scales have to be developed for the better clinical study of CIPN.

• 한국호스피스완화의료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국호스피스완화의료학회 2004년도 정기총회 및 하계학술대회
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• pp.100-102
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• 2004

Under the current medical system, a terminal patient and his/her family who are neglected inevitably face various aspects of crises including not only physical, but also psychological, social, economic, spiritual and legal problems. Nurses often look after many terminal patents with these types of complicated problems. Therefore, educating the nurses who will take care of such patents would greatly reduce stress so the patents end could their lives in peace and without losing their dignity. This research is a quasi experimental study of nonequivalent control group. A pretest-posttest design where a basic education program is developed for nurses, who frequently treat terminal patents, to understand the importance of the role of hospice and to apply their understandings to treat terminal lancer patents. A sample of the nurses were taken from those who were working in general wards at two general hospitals in Seoul during October, 2003${\sim}$December 2003. The study was composed of 46 experimental group and 43 control group. A basic hospice education program was developed by taking emphasized and overlapping parts from advanced practice hospice nurses education course, short-term education course, an extensive literature survey and by consulting three professionals as well. With the group of 5 professors with vast experiences in oncolgy, 5 nursing administrator, 3 nursing practitioner, the tentative first version of the program was developed and reviewed. Afterwards, by utilizing person to person interviews with 2 head nurses experienced with terminal patients, 1 nurse in charge of hospice, 1 nurse on the contents of the program, and a person to person rating on the educating medium by a nurse were performed. The final version of a basic education program was developed after the second revision. The hospice basic education program consists of introduction to hospice, hospice and commucation, management of pain for terminal cancer patients, physical management for terminal cancer patients, socio-psycological caring of terminal cancer patients and management of death and separation. Total education time was four hours organized into 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of break. $Powerpoint^{(R)}$ software was used as the education medium. As research tools, "Knowledge on Hospice" was developed by the author after receiving a review from one expert. "Attitude of Hospice Nursing" was revised Kim(2001)'s attitude measuring tool which was based on Wang(1998), Kwon(1989), Park and Sung(1991)'s tool. "Liability on nursing terminal patients" was used as developed by Zarits(1980) and Mongomory(1985) translated by Lee(1985). For collecting data, preliminary investigation prior to 1 week of the hospice basic education program and post-investigations after 1 week and 4 weeks of the education were carried out for the nurses at a general ward who understood and agreed on the purpose of the program. Collected data were analyzed throughout t-test, $x^2-test$, Manova test and Bonferroni correction in $SAS^{(R)}$ program. The summary of the investigation is as follows: Hypothesis 1: "Educated experimental group would possess more knowledge on hospice compared to the un-educated control group" was supported after 1 (F=12.14, p=.00) and 4 (F=5.3, p=.02) weeks of education. Hypothesis 2: "Educated experimental group would take a positive attitude toward hospice nursing compared to the un-educated control group" was supported after 1(F=3.92, p=.05) and 4(F=5.05, p=.02) weeks of education. Hypothesis 3: "Educated experimental poop would feel less liability compared to the un-educated control group in nursing terminal cancer patients' was rejected. In this study, it was found that knowledge on hospice was significantly important. By applying hospice basic education programs to nurses, the education program helped nurses to take a positive attitude toward terminal patients. It was, however, seen that the education program had no effect on alleviating liability in nursing terminal patients. Therefore, it is expected that this educational program would help hospices and nurses at general wards to understand the concept and the role of hospice so that terminal patents, now neglected under current medical system, would be able to end their lives in peace.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2006

목적: 호스피스 완화간호 실무를 향상시키기 위하여 간호사를 위한 호스피스 완화의료 기본 교육과정을 개발하기 위함이다. 방법 간호사를 대상으로 하는 국내외 호스피스 완화의료 7개 교육과정의 내용을 비교하였으며, 전국의 호스피스 완화의료 기관에서 근무하는 간호사 162명에게 우편으로 교육 요구도를 조사하였다. 결과: 1. 국내외 교육과정에서 공통적으로 다루고 있는 내용은 호스피스 완화요법의 이해, 삶과 죽음의 이해, 말기 환자의 통증 및 증상관리, 기관견학 및 실습, 호스피스 병동 운영의 실제, 가정 호스피스, 건강사정(신체사정), 치료적 의사소통, 아동 호스피스, 호스피스 운영관리, 호스피스 완화의료 팀, 호스피스 완화의료의 윤리와 법, 심리적 사회적 영적 돌봄, 임종 관리, 사별가족관리 등이었다. 2. 간호사의 호스피스 완화의료에 대한 교육 요구도가 3.5점 이상인 문항은 34개였다. 교육 요구도가 높았던 문항은 '죽음의 이해 ', '죽음에 대한 태도와 반응', '통증의 이해와 평가' 등이었고, 이전에 교육받은 경험이 많았던 문항은 '통증 및 증상완화', '호스피스의 윤리와 법', '호스피스 협력 및 홍보체계 구축'이었다. 3. 17개 내용을 강의, 토론 및 증례 등의 교육방법을 통하여 이론교육 48시간과 실습교육 30시간, 총 78시간의 기본 교육과정 을 구성하였다. 결론: 앞으로 개발된 교육과정으로 교육을 시행하여 효과를 평가하고, 호스피스 완화의료기관 실무자들의 교육 요구도를 정기적으로 파악하여 실무의 발전에 기여할 수 있는 표준 교육과정을 개발하는 것이 필요하다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.231-242
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• 2023

본 연구는 방사선치료를 받은 환자의 방서선 피부염에 대한 관리실태와 만족도를 조사하여 방사선 피부염의 발생을 줄이고 환자의 만족도를 향상시키기 위한 기초자료로 제공하고자 한다. 2022년 10월 28일 부터 2023년 4월 4일까지 부산 소재 G 병원을 내원하여 방사선치료 받은 유방암 환자 137명에게 설문조사를 시행하였다. 피부 반응 측정의 기준으로는 Radiation Therapy Oncolcgy Group(RTOG) cutaneous acute radiothe rapy toxicity score를 이용하였으며, 암병기 수준과 RTOG 연관성을 분석하였다. 통계분석에는 SPSS 프로그램(ver,18.0)을 이용하였다. 방사선 피부염 발생 빈도는 RTOG 0~1이 73% 였고, 2~3이 27%로 비교적 낮았다. RTOG 그룹별 방사선치료 후 만족도는 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났으며, 피부염 정도가 낮을수록 만족하였고, 피부염 정도가 심할수록 불만족 하였다.(p=0.001) 알로에 베라 미스트 사용 빈도에 따른 RTOG그룹과 피부 만족도는 유의수준 5%에서 통계적 차이를 보이지 않았으나(p=0.065), 하루에 1~2회 사용하는 그룹(69.3%)에서는 만족도가 높은 경향을 보였다. 알로에 베라 미스트 사용 시 체감 효과는 RTOG가 높은 그룹일수록 열감 감소 효과(p=0.001), 통증 감소 효과(p=0.033), 가려움 감소 효과(p=0.001), 심리적 안정 효과(p=0.027)가 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났다. 또한 암 병기 수준이 올라갈수록 방사선 피부염 정도도 심해지고 있으며 이는 통계적으로 유의하였다(p=0.001). 결론적으로 방사선 피부염은 방사선치료 시 가장 흔한 부작용으로, 환자 개인의 피부 민감도 및 치료 외부 인자 등에 의해 다양하게 나타난다. 치료 전 충분한 교육과 MD Cream, 알로에 베라 미스트 사용을 권장함으로써 방사선 피부염 발생률을 낮추고 예방 및 관리가 필요하다.

• 가정∙방문간호학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.121-134
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• 2001

The purpose of this study were to analyze the home care services and to evaluate the client's satisfaction with the home care services provided by home care service center in the C hospital. The data were collected by reviewing charts of 128 home care clients who were receiving home care services at C hospital from October 1997 to September 2000. The subjects for satisfaction of home care service were 20 clients from July 10 to September 30, 2000. The tool for measurement of present condition of home care service was developed by the researchers. The satisfactions of the home care services were measured by using the instrument developed by Im(997). The data were analyzed by using the SPSS/PC+. The results of this study were as followings : 1. Majority of the subjects was female(61.7%). The average of age was 63.5 years. The service has been used mostly by the elderly 60 years of age or older(71.1%). The economic level of most of subjects was in middle class(94.5%). 2. Majority of the subject had a cancer(55.4%), following stroke(25.0%). The average duration of disease for the subjects was 31 months. The average time of hospitalization for the subjects was 3.3 times. The duration of hospitalization was 10$\sim$30 days(26.6%), 30$\sim$60 days(23.4%) and above of the 210 days(9.4%). 3. Most of the subjects used his/her doctor (47.7%), as a consultant, following his/her nurse (28.1%), other patients or their family (21.9%). Most of reasons for a consultation were supportive management(Infusion or medication, 60.94%), following tube management(L-tube or T-tube, 25%), Foley catheter management (15.63%) etc. 4. 28 types of nursing diagnoses were used by the home care service. The nursing diagnosis altered nutrition: less than body requirement were used mostly by the home care service, following risk for infection, impaired skin integrity, impaired swallowing, ineffective airway clearance altered comfort: pain, impaired physical mobility. By the human-response pattern, exchanging(63.2%), moving(7.5%), feeling(10.4%), knowing(5.2%), communicating (2.6%), relating(0.5%) perceiving(0.4%) and choosing(0.3%). There were 42 nursing intervention types were performed by the home care service. By the NIC(nursing intervention classification. McCloskey. Bulech. 1996). physiologic: complex (30.3%) was the most, safety(28.3%), behavioral(20.0%), physiologic: basic(10.8%) and health system(1.7%). Observation or assessment was the most nursing intervention performed by the home care service. following IV infusion. vital sign observation. infusion management and fluid-electrolyte balance management. 5. The level of client's satisfaction with provided home care services showed considerably high(2.67/ 3).

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.147-155
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• 2008

목적: 본 연구는 국내 호스피스 완화의료 관련 종사자들의 호스피스 완화의료 실무에 대한 자기 효능감, 자기평가 실무수행역량, 그리고 교육 요구도를 파악하여 구조화된 호스피스 완화의료 연수프로그램을 개발의 기초자료를 마련하고자 시도되었다. 방법: 2008년 3월부터 2개월간 9개 대학, 6개의 지역 암센터, 일개 암센터의 6개월 이상의 교육과정 참여자에게 우편 혹은 전자우편을 통해 자료를 수집하였고, 이 중 156부를 분석하였다. 호스피스에 대한 자기효능 감은 Barrington과 Murrie의 The Self-efficacy in Palliative Care (SEPC)를 Mason과 Ellershaw가 수정 보완한 도구를, 호스피스 주제별 자기평가 실무수행역량과 교육 요구 도는 선행연구를 바탕으로 본 연구자가 선정한 22개 항목에 대한 4점 척도 도구를 사용하였다. 결과: 대상자 156명의 평균연령은 37.94세였고 일반간호사가 82.1%이다. 자기 효능감 총점은 $2.67{\pm}.62$로 '보통이다' 보다 낮았고, 자기평가 실무수행역량은 모든 영역에서 3점('알고 있으나 스스로 수행하지 못 한다') 보다 낮았다. 교육 요구도는 모든 항목이 '필요하다' 이상으로 보고되었는데, 이 중 통증관리가 $3.71{\pm}.50$으로 가장 높았고, 통증 및 증상평가($3.67{\pm}.52$), 임종간호($3.67{\pm}.52$), 의사소통과 상담($3.63{\pm}.53$) 순이었다. 6개월 이상의 호스피스 교육과정을 이수한 집단은 그렇지 않은 집단보다 유의하게 높은 자기효능감과 자기평가 실무수행 역량을 보고하였으나, 교육 요구도에서는 차이가 없었다. 결론: 본 연구의 결과는 6개월 이상의 호스피스 교육 수료의 유무와 무관하게 호스피스 실무에서의 낮은 자기효능감과 독립적인 역할수행을 어려워하고 있음을 보여주었다. 또한 호스피스 실무에서 실무능력 향상을 목적으로 하는 연수교육의 필요성과 간호사들의 높은 요구를 보여주었다. 호스피스의 질적 향상을 위해서는 이론 중심의 교육과정과 실무 중심의 훈련과 계속 교육이 요구되고, 이를 실행할 수 있는 교육과정을 개발하는 것이 필요하다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.683-692
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify cancer-related symptom clusters and to validate the conceptual meanings of the revealed symptom clusters in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey and methodological study. Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (N=194) were recruited from a medical center in Seoul. The 20-item Symptom Checklist was used to assess patients' symptom severity. Selected symptoms were factored using principal-axis factoring with varimax rotation. To validate the revealed symptom clusters, the statistical differences were analyzed by status of patients' performance status, Child-Pugh classification, and mood state among symptom clusters. Results: Fatigue was the most prevalent symptom (97.4%), followed by lack of energy and stomach discomfort. Patients' symptom severity ratings fit a four-factor solution that explained 61.04% of the variance. These four factors were named pain-appetite cluster, fatigue cluster, itching-constipation cluster, and gastrointestinal cluster. The revealed symptom clusters were significantly different for patient performance status (ECOG-PSR), Child-Pugh class, anxiety, and depression. Conclusion: Knowing these symptom clusters may help nurses to understand reasonable mechanisms for the aggregation of symptoms. Efficient symptom management of disease-related and treatment-related symptoms is critical in promoting physical and emotional status in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.