• 대한간호
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.49-69
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• 1997

The urgent needs to establish hospice care systems in Korea arise from the following reasons: 0) a drastic increase in chronically ill patients with the increase of aged population: (2) rapid changes in living environment from the traditional habitation (e. g., Many Koreans living in apartment complexes, which is the most popular form of modern residence in recent years, prefer to die in the hospital.): the overall increase in patients with advanced cancer: (4) recent trends in early discharge of terminally ill patients from the limited hospital facilities to accomodate other medical insurance beneficiaries; (5) easy acceptance of euthanasia owing to the recent social atmosphere that belittles the dignity of human life; (6) medical and nursing care of AIDS patient in terminal stage; (7) and the problem associated with inhumane medical care system, overtreatment, and groundless fears against narcotics. Terminally ill patients were used to be treated in the hospital in the past. In these days, however, they are forced to have home cares with little assistance from the qualified medical personnel because of insufficient hospital facilities, which are even short for the need of emergency patients and provide priority cares to medical insurance beneficiaries with other acute problems. And yet, neither are there any administrative organizations nor systematic medical studies that deal with the level of terminally ill patient's need, their family's problems and resources of hospice care systems in Korea. Thus, most patients are not able to get appropriate medical care at the terminal stage of their lives. The objective of this study is to make comprehensive database for various hospice care organization currently in operation, link them through medical information system, and develop an easily accessible hospice care model that meets the need of most Korean people. Our survey results may be summarized as follows: Nationally there are 40 organizations that provide partial or full hospice care. However, these organizations are not linked to any formal medical service network. Furthermore, the objective of hospice care, care principles, personnel with appropriate training, educational programs, standard for care, costs, consulting service to patients' family members, the extent of medical care from professional staff members, status of hospice facility, and management of those institutions are neither clearly defined nor organized compared to the international hospice care standards. The surveys on patients of terminal stage. grouped in hospice and non-hospice care patients. reveal what they want visiting nursing care to help their pain control. psychological. social and spiritual demands. While the more than 90% of hospice care patients want to reduce their pains. the non-hospice care patients. in addition to their desire for pain control. demanded more psychological. social and spiritual helps as well. The results of this research could be utilized to 0) define the standard of hospice care. (2) provide the guidance for hospice medical care costs. (3) establish the database of hospice care systems. (4) develop softwares. (5) build communication network through Medinet. and (6) provide an organized visiting home nursing care system. These information should be a valuable resource to many medical staffs who are involved in cancer therapy. nursing care. and social welfare programs.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.92-99
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• 2008

Objectives : Effective cancer prevention and control measures can only be done when dependable data on the cancer incidence is available. The Seoul Cancer Registry (SCR) was founded to provide valid, comparable and representative cancer incidence data for Koreans. We aimed to compare the cancer incidence in the first (1993-1997) and second term (1998-2002) of the SCR, and we analyzed the annual incidence trend during that 10 years. Methods : The SCR detects potential cancer cases through the Korean Central Cancer Registry (KCCR) data, the health insurance claims, the individual hospital's discharge records and the death certificates. About 87% of the SCR data is registered through the KCCR. The rest of the data is registered by SCR registrars who visit about $70{\sim}80$ mid-sized hospitals in Seoul to review and abstract the medical records of the potential cancer patients. Results: The total number of new cancer cases was higher in $1998{\sim}2002$ than in $1993{\sim}1997$ by 20.6% for men and 18.4% for women, respectively. The age-standardized rate (ASR) of total cancer per 100,000 increased 1% (from 295.4 to 298.3) for men and 5.1% (from 181.5 to 190.7) for women, between the two periods. The commonest cancer sites during 1998-2002 for men were stomach, liver, bronchus/lung, colorectum, bladder and prostate, and the commonest cancer sites for women were breast, stomach, colorectum, cervix uteri, thyroid and bronchus/lung. Compared with the ASRs in 1993, the ASRs in 2002 increased for colorectum (58.4% for men, 27.1% for women), prostate (81.5%), breast (58.3% for women), thyroid (141% for women), and bronchus/lung (15.4% for women). The ASRs for stomach (-18.7% for men, -20.7% for women) and uterine cervix cancer (-39.7%) had decreased. Conclusions : The cancer incidence is increasing in Seoul, Korea, especially for the colorectum and prostate for men, and for the breast, colorectum, bronchus/lung and thyroid for women.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2002

목적 : 말기 암 환자가 삶의 마지막 시간 동안 정서적, 사회적으로 안정을 취할 수 있는 곳은 대형화된 3차 의료기관이 아니라, 거주지에서 가까운 1, 2차 의료기관이나 호스피스 기관, 혹은 가정일 것이다. 그러나 현재 우리 나라는 말기 암 환자들을 3차 의료기관에서 1, 2차 의료기관, 호스피스 시설 등으로 연계(referral)하여 주는 시스템이 매우 미약한 상태이다. 본 연구는 현재 연계 상황의 문제점을 파악하여 이에 대한 개선점을 제시해 보고자 한다. 방법 : 2001년 4월부터 2002년 3월까지 서울대학교 병원으로부터 각 기관으로 연계된 말기 암 환자 76명의 보호자와 이 환자들을 연계 받은 35개의 의료기관을 대상으로 하여 설문 조사를 실시하였다. 환자의 보호자에게는 직접 전화를 하여 조사하였고, 의료기관에 대해서는 우편으로 설문지를 발송하였다. 결과 : 환자 보호자를 대상으로 한 47부의 설문지 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 연계를 결정하는 데 있어서 의료진의 권유가 44%로 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤으며, 32%가 환자의 편의, 24%가 가족의 편의를 주로 고려하여 결정하였다. 연계 결정 과정에서는 가족의 생활권, 연계 기관의 인지도, 환자가 마지막으로 지내고 싶어하는 곳, 가족의 경제 상황, 장례 장소가 순서대로 영향을 많이 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 연계 과정에서는 47명 중 38명이 어려움을 겪었다고 응답했으며, 이들은 원하지 않는 퇴원의 종용을 가장 큰 어려움으로 꼽았다. 이 외에도 연계 기관에 대한 정보 부족, 환자의 고통에 대한 염려, 환자 및 가족의 거부 등으로 인해서도 어려움을 겪은 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같이 연계 과정에서는 어려움을 표현하였지만, 실제로 연계된 기관에서는 47명 중 35명이 완화 의료에 대해 대체로 만족스러웠다고 응답하였다. 그 이유로 환자가 안정과 평안함을 찾았고, 가족들도 편안하였으며 경제적 부담이 감소하였다는 점을 꼽았다. 그러나 15명은 연계 전후에 별 차이가 없다고 응답하였다. 연계된 기관을 대상으로 한 24부의 설문지 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 24명의 응답자 중 1명을 제외한 23명이 완화 의료 연계 시스템에 대해 찬성하였고, 좀더 활발한 연계가 이루어질 수 있는 제도적 뒷받침의 필요성을 절실히 표현하였다. 의뢰된 환자를 돌보는 데 있어서 경험하는 어려움으로는 가장 큰 것으로 환자에 대한 정보 부족을 꼽았고, 그 외에도 환자의 경제적인 어려움이나 완화 의료 연계 기관에 대한 이해 부족, 통증 조절의 어려움 등을 호소하였다. 대부분(96%)의 기관 종사자들은 환자들이 연계된 이후의 보살핌에 만족하고 있다고 생각하는 것으로 나타났다. 결론 : 3차 기관으로부터 1, 2차 의료기관 및 호스피스로 말기 암 환자들이 연계되는 과정에서 환자, 보호자 뿐만 아니라 연계 기관도 많은 어려움을 겪고 있다. 향후 완화 의료의 연계 시스템 개발과 제도적 뒷받침이 절실히 필요하다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2008

목적: 복강경 보조 위전절제술은 기술적 어려움과 환자수가 많지 않음으로 인하여 복강경 보조 위원위부 절제술에 비하여 연구가 많지 않은 상황이다. 따라서 저자들은 본원에서 시행한 복강경 보조 위전절제술의 수술성적과 수술후 경과 및 합병증 발생 예측인자와 복강경 보조 위전절제술의 학습곡선에 관하여 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2005년 1월부터 2007년 9월까지 술 전 검사상 위의 중 상부에 위치한 조기위암(cT1N0)을 진단받고 한 술자에 의해 복강경 보조 위전절제술을 시행 받은 연속적인 48명의 환자를 대상으로 의무기록을 바탕을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 수술 중 합병증이나 개복수술로의 전환은 없었고 평균 수술시간은 $212{\pm}67$분이었다. 평균 적출 림프절 개수는 $29{\pm}10$개였고 모든 환자에서 안전한 종양 경계 면이 확보되었다. 수술 후 가스배출, 식이시작, 퇴원시기는 각각 평균 2.98일, 3.67일, 7.08일이었다. 외과적 합병증은 5명(10.4%)에서 발생하였고 모두 보전적 치료로 호전되었다. 단변량 및 다변량 분석에서 합병증 발생에 영향을 주는 유일한 인자는 체질량지순(P=0.035, HR=2.462)였으며 수술 시간을 기준으로 한 학습곡선 분석에서 20예가 학습곡선인 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 복강경 보조 위전절제술은 위의 중 상부에 위치한 조기위암에 대한 적절한 술식이며 수술성적과 수술 후 경과가 양호하다. 그러나 학습곡선을 단축하기 위해서는 복강경 보조 위원위부절제술의 충분한 경험이 필요하며, 특히 초기경험에서는 수술 후 합병증을 줄이기 위하여 환자 선택에 있어서 체질량지수를 고려하는 게 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.39-42
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• 2022

The reconstruction of total lower eyelid defects is challenging to plastic surgeons due to the complicated anatomical structure of the eyelid. In addition, in the setting of cancer excision, the resection is deep, which requires some volume augmentation. However, in some cases, free tissue transfer is not applicable. We report a case of using a temporoparietal fascia flap (TPFF) for reconstructing a total lower eyelid defect. A large erythematous mass in an 83-year-old woman was diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma by biopsy. After wide excision, the defect size was about 8×6 cm. The lower eyelid structures including the tarsus were removed. The TPFF including the superficial temporal artery was elevated and inset to the defect area. After the flap inset, a split-thickness skin graft with an acellular dermal matrix was performed on the fascial flap. There were no wound problems such as infection, dehiscence, or necrosis. After the patient's discharge, partial skin graft loss and ectropion occurred. The complications resolved spontaneously during the postoperative period. We report a case of reconstructing a lower eyelid defect using a TPFF. A TPFF can be applied to patients with large defects for whom free tissue transfer surgery is not appropriate as in this case.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.257-270
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors related to the intent of using home nursing of chronic disease patients who got out of a university hospital. For the purpose, the study selected 153 patients who were hospitalized and left K university hospital with diagnoses of cancer, hypertension, diabetes and cerebral vascular accident and ordered to be discharged and performed interviews with them and surveys on their medical records to obtain the following results. For this study a direct-interview survey and medical record review was conducted from June 28 to Aug. 30, 1998. The frequency and mean values were computed to find the characteristics of the study subjects, and $X^2$-test, t-test, factor analysis and multiple logistic regession analysis were applied for the analysis of the data. The following results were obtained. 1) When characteristics of the subjects were examined, men and women occupied for 58.8% and 41.2%, respectively. The subjects were 41.3 years old in aver age and had the monthly aver age earning of 0.99 million won or below, which was the most out of the total subjects at 34.6%. Among the total, 87.6% resided in cities and 12.4 in counties. The most left the hospital with diagnosis of cancer at 51.6%, followed by hyper tension at 24.2%, diabetes at 13.7% and cerebral vascular accident at 7.2%. 2) 93.5% of the selected patients had the intent of using home nursing and 6.5%, didn't. Among those patients having the intent, 85.6% had the intent of paying for home nursing and 14.4%, didn't. The subjects expected that the nursing would be paid 9,143 won in aver age and 47.7% of them preferred national authorities as the main servers. 86.3% of the subjects thought that home nursing business had the main advantage of making it possible to learn nursing methods at home and thereby contributing to improving the ability of patients and their facilities to solve health problems. 3) Relations between the intent of use and characteristics of the subjects such as demography-related social, home environment, disease and physical function characteristics did not show statistically significant differences among one another. Compared to those who had no intent of using home nursing, the group having the intent had more cases of male patients, the age of 39 or below, residence in cities, 5 family member s or more, no existence of home nursing servers, leaving the hospital from a non-hospitalized building, disease development for five months or below, hospitalization for ten days or more, non-hospitalization with in the recent one month, two times or over of hospitalization, leaving the hospital with no demand of special treatment, operation underwent, poor results of treatment, leaving the hospital with demand of rehabilitation services, physical disablement and high evaluation point of daily life. 4) Among those patients having the intent of using home nursing, 47.6% demanded technical nursing and 55.9%, supportive nursing. As technical nursing,' inject into a blood vessel ' and 'treat pustule and teach basic prevention methods occupied for 57.4%, respectively, topping the list. Among demands of supportive nursing, 'observe patients 'status and refer them to hospitals or community resources as available, if necessary' was the most with percent age point of 59.5. Regarding the intent of paying for home nursing, 39.2% of those patients wishing to use the nursing responded paying for technical services and 20.2, supportive services. In detail, 70.0% wanted to pay for a service stated as 'inject into a blood vessel', highest among the former services and 30.7%, a service referred to as 'teaching exercises needed to make the body of patients move', highest among the latter. When this was analyzed in terms of a relation between the need(the need for home nursing) and the demand(the intent of paying for home nursing), The rate of the need to the demand was found two or three times higher in technical nursing(0.82) than in supportive nursing(0.35). In aspects of tech ical nursing, muscle injection(1.26, the 1st rank) was highest in the rate while among aspects of supportive nursing, a service referred to as 'teach exercises needed for making patients move their bodies normally'(0.58, the 1st rank). 5) factors I(satisfaction with hospital services), II(recognition of disease state), III(economy) and IV(period of disease) occupied for 34.4, 13.8, 11.9 and 9.2 percents, respectively among factors related to the intent by the subjects of using home nursing, totaled 59.3%. In conclusion, most of chronic disease patients have the intent of using hospital-based home nursing and satisfaction with hospital services is a factor affecting the intent most. Thus a post-management system is needed to continue providing health management to those patients after they leave the hospital. Further, supportive services should be provided in order that those who are satisfied with hospital services return to their community and live their in dependent lives. Based on these results, the researcher would make the following recommendation. 1) Because home nursing becomes more and more needed due to a sharp increase in chronic disease patients and elderly people, related rules and regulations should be made and implemented. 2) Hospital nurses specializing in home nursing should be cultivated.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제3권
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• pp.86-97
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• 1996

The traditonal inpatient acute hospital setting is organized primarily for the intensive management of disease, but not well-suited for continuity of care for the chronically ill patients after being discharged from hospital. For the planning of the continuity of care, firstly, it is necessary to assess the home care needs of the discharged pateints in the context of the nursing diagnosis. Therefore, this study is designed to identify the home nursing care need trajectory of the patients with chronic illness after discharged from one of the the General Hospitals in Seoul, Korea. The subjects are the patients with chronic illness such as stroke, musculoskeletal disease, hypertension, cancer etc., in average age of 52. 2 years old. The findings of this study are as follows : 1) The limitaion of ADL has been constantly facing to the subjects and has not been changed 4 weeks after being discharged. And the sense of with-drawal was getting worse at 4th weeks than the 1st week after being discharged. 2) The lists of the patient's problems are the impairment of mobility, elimination pattern, inactivity, impairment of skin integrity, ineffective airway clearance, and potential anxiety, self concept deficit, ineffective family coing, etc. Those problems were diminished in quantity at the first week after discharged, but at the 4th week, those problems were getting worse. 3) The need of specialized nursing care such as tube feeding, ostomy care, $O_2$ inhalation, IV therapy, teaching and exercise are considered as the most consisting problems facing to the subjects. 4) In general, the chronically ill patients and their caregivers have not been adapted well even at the 4th weeks after being discharged. 5) Considering those findings, the basic care for patients should be given and the trainging for process of the adaptation after discharged should be encouraged prior being discharged from hostital. For this suggestion, the systematic discharge planning should be carried and the hospital based home nursing model should be implemented at the general hospital for the chronically ill patients.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2010

갑상선암 환자가 증가함에 따라 고용량 방사성옥소 치료환자 또한 적체되고 있는 추세이다. 따라서 현재 시설의 수용 능력을 고려하여 치료할 수 있는 병실의 최대치를 산출해 보고자 한다. 본원에 입원하는 고용량 방사성옥소 치료 환자의 방출 오 폐수량과 오 폐수의 방사능을 측정하고 고용량 방사성옥소 치료 병실에서 대기 중으로 방출하는 공기 중의 방사능 농도를 측정한다. 측정된 오 폐수의 방사능과 방출하는 공기 중의 농도가 교육과학기술부에서 고시하는 기준인 배수 중의 배출 관리 기준 30 Bq/L 및 배기 중의 배출관리기준 3 $Bq/m^3$을 만족할 때 치료 가능한 병실의 최대치를 계산한다. 가장 보수적인 수치로 계산하여 환자 1명을 치료할 경우 배출되는 오 폐수의 평균 방사능의 농도는 8 MBq/L였으며, 정화조에서 117일의 감쇠 시간을 거친 후의 평균 방사능의 농도는 29.5 Bq/L였다. 환자 2명을 치료할 경우 배출되는 오 폐수의 평균 방사능의 농도는 16 MBq/L였으며, 정화조에서 70일의 감쇠 시간을 거친 후의 평균 방사능의 농도는 29.7 Bq/L였다. 또한 같은 조건일 경우 치료 병실에서 RI 배기 filter를 통과하여 방출된 공기 중의 방사능 농도는 0.38 $Bq/m^3$였다. 수용 능력을 고려하여 치료할 수 있는 고용량 방사성옥소 치료 병실의 최대치를 산출하여 현재의 시설에 적용하고 병실 내 구조개선 등으로 2인실로 운영한다면 적체되어 있는 환자의 치료 대기 기간을 단축할 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.555-561
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• 2023

A 63-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with complaints of coldness in the head and right femur, persistent vertigo, dry mouth, vexation, general weakness, anorexia, and hot flashes. After being diagnosed with left-sided ductal carcinoma in 2017 and undergoing partial resection, she was recommended radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy, but she refused and did not receive any treatment. At a checkup in November 2022, the left-sided invasive ductal carcinoma recurred. She underwent partial resection and was scheduled to receive radiotherapy two months later. During hospitalization, the patient received traditional Korean medicine treatment, including Korean herbal medicine (Osuyubujaijung-tang), acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping. Subjective symptom changes were evaluated daily. At discharge, the patient's symptoms improved, and her condition varied with the presence of Aconitum carmichaelii. This study suggests that "Osuyubujaijung-tang" cared the coldness and vertigo caused by "Han-dam (寒痰)" in patients with Soeumin visceral syncope pattern (少陰人 臟厥症) and that A. carmichaelii played a major role in this outcome.

• 대한간호
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.73-83
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• 1997

Bed rest is recommended to prevent postlumbar puncture headaches(PLPHA), but the period of bed rest varies in the literature from 6 hours to 24 hours. In clinical practice the period of bed rest varies but nursing methods for adults and children have little difference. In Seoul National University Hospital, children have been given at least 6 hours bed rest after a lumbar puncture. Pediatric oncology patients require a lumbar puncture for an initial diagnosis, follow up treatment or administration of chemotherapeutic agent. But it is difficult for young children to lie supine or to refrain from their usual activities in any way, and unpleasant problems related to a shortage of beds often occurs during discharge or in an outpatient setting. The purpose of this study is to substantiate the preventive effect of PLPHA by the period of bed rest, to identify the other factors that influence PLPHA, and to use the nursing methods proper to children. The subjects were 65 children, ages 1-17, undergoing treatment in the children's cancer center at SNUCH during the period June 1, 1995, to Aug. 31, 1995. The team nurses asked questions about PLPHA of the parents and children in order to fill out a questionnaire. The data were evaluated by percent, t-test, Chi-square test and Mann-Whitney U test. Result; 1. There was no significant difference relating the bed rest time spent to the occurrence of postspinal headaches (t-test). 2. There was a significant risk of PLPHA in the children who were irritable before procedure and/or had experienced previous PLPHA(p<0.05, ${x^2}-test$). 3. The following factors were not found to be associated with increased risk of PLPHA: previous puncture experience, giving analgesics, the choice of puncturist, inpatient/outpatient status, gauge of needle, purpose, the amount of CSF removed, gender, diagnosis, the number of peripheral WBCs, previous lumbago experience after LP, position after bed rest, age, the number of aural puncture at the time. A longer period of bed rest is unlikely to be more effective to prevent PLPHA and seems impractical. A shorter period will save time and effort. Perhaps it will also allay some of the fears which surround LP. So 1 hour bed rest after LP is suggested and nursing methods for emotional support should be investigated to reduce PLPH.