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대학병원에서 관찰한 코로나19가 소아청소년 자해에 미치는 영향 (The Effects of COVID-19 on the Self-Harm in Children and Adolescents Observed in a University Hospital)

  • 오새봄;김승준;김지웅;오홍석;임우영;이나현
    • 정신신체의학
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    • 제29권2호
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2021
  • 연구목적 본 연구는 코로나19가 소아청소년 자해의 발생 및 심각도에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 한다. 방 법 건양대학교병원 응급실을 내원한 만 18세 이하 환자를 대상으로 의무기록을 후향적으로 검토하여 코로나19 발생 전후 자해 시도로 응급실을 내원한 환자의 비율, 인구학적, 임상적 요인 및 자해 관련 양상을 비교하였다. 결 과 코로나19 발생 후 건양대학교 병원에 내원한 자해 소아청소년의 실인원과 연인원의 비율은 발생 전에 비해 유의미하게 증가하였다(𝛘2=14.397, p<0.001; 𝛘2=24.156, p<0.001). 코로나19 발생 전후로 응급실에 내원한 자해 소아청소년의 자해 과거력 및 정신건강의학과적 과거력, 타과 입원 비율은 유의미한 차이를 보였다(p<0.05; p<0.05; p<0.05). 결 론 코로나19 상황에서 소아청소년의 자해로 인한 응급실 내원 및 타과 입원 비율이 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이전 자해 과거력 및 정신건강의학과 과거력이 있는 소아청소년에서 자해 발생이 유의미하게 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 범유행 상황에서 소아청소년 정신건강 고위험군의 평가와 개입에 대한 추가적 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

응급구조사의 극복력 측정도구 개발 (Development of a resilience scale for paramedics)

  • 조혜영;박성희
    • 한국응급구조학회지
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.35-49
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study aimed to develop a resilience measurement scale and verify its validity and reliability. Methods: This was a methodological study. The preliminary items of the scale were derived from literature reviews and in-depth interviews. The data were collected from October 30, 2017 to January 20, 2018, and paramedics working in hospitals or fire departments were selected using convenience sampling. A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 213 paramedics in Korea. Results: Through content validity, item analysis and exploratory factor analysis, a total of 6 factors and 26 items were extracted, and the total variance was 67.12%. Factor 1 was "self-efficacy" (11 items), factor 2 was "internal control" (5 items), factor 3 was "empowerment" (2 items), factor 4 was "interpersonal capability", (3 items), factor 5 was "social support" (2 items), and factor 6 was "adaptation and coping" (3 items). Conclusion: This is the first scale developed in Korea to measure the resilience of paramedics. In future, this scale of this study will contribute to developing a resilience improvement program based on understanding the resilience level of paramedics.

Ketamine-induced generalized convulsive seizure during procedural sedation

  • Kim, Ji Hoon;Lee, Chong Kun;Yu, Sung Hoon;Min, Byung Duk;Chung, Chang Eun;Kim, Dong Chul
    • 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.119-121
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    • 2021
  • Ketamine is used widely in emergency departments for a variety of purposes, including procedural sedation for facial laceration in pediatric patients. The major benefits are its rapid onset of effects, relatively short half-life, and lack of respiratory depression. The known side effects of ketamine are hallucinations, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Seizure is not a known side effect of ketamine in patients without a seizure history. Here, we present the case of a patient in whom ketamine likely induced a generalized tonic-clonic seizure when used as a single agent in procedural sedation for facial laceration repair. The aim of this article is to report a rare and unexpected side effect of ketamine used at the regular dose for procedural sedation. This novel case should be of interest to not only emergency physicians but also plastic surgeons.

전문대학 재정지원사업이 학과발전에 미치는 영향연구 (Effects of the College Financial Support Program on Development of the Department)

  • 유순규;최혜경;엄태환
    • 한국응급구조학회지
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.213-234
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    • 2003
  • The purposes of this study which was done by questionnaire survey and case study of First Aid Certification Program in Seoul Health College were to analyze results and effects of the college financial support program from Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development. The significant 164 data were collected from 300 professors in 8 colleges having the Department of Emergency Care from Oct. 1, 2002 to Dec. 31, 2002 and analyzed using SPSS in terms of t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and so on. The conclusions and suggestions from this study were summarized as follows; (1) Degree of acknowledgement about aims, contents, results of the college financial support program was above the middle(participants 4.21, non-participants 3.63) and higher relation than the others in case of participants(r:0.32 p<0.001), planning team(r:0.22 p<0.05). (2) Degree of acknowledgement about improvement of curriculum & educational facilities through the program was above the middle and higher relation than the others in case of participants. (3) Degree of acknowledgement about positive influence on acquirement rate of certification(licence) & job through the program was above the middle and performance & adaptation at work place was higher relation than the others in case of participants. (4) Degree of acknowledgement about positive influence on improvement of learning of student's major through the program was above the middle and higher relation than the others in case of participants. (5) The respondents thought that the program had a negative influence on professor's educational activities & research such as study 40.4%, lecture 23.1%, student guidance 12.5%. (6) When the program was administered by planning team, there were difficulties such as execution of budget 42.1%, cooperation with companies 17.1%, cooperation among program teams 11.8%, when it was administered by non-planning team there were difficulties such as execution of budget 45.5%, cooperation among departments 22.7%, cooperation with companies 13.6%. (7) Because it was too short to execute the budget, the ministry have to select proposed programs before the next school year. (8) This program should be changed temporary, insufficient support into consecutive, sufficient support for more characterization & specialization of the college which has a long-term developmental plan & vision.

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응급실 방문 환자의 입원의 적절성에 영향을 미치는 요인 (Appropriateness of Admissions in the Emergency Room of a Tertiary Hospital)

  • 조홍준;이상일
    • 한국의료질향상학회지
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.58-67
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    • 1995
  • 이 연구는 3차 진료기관 응급실의 기능을 정상화하기 위한 기초 자료를 수집하기 위하여, 한 3차 진료기관 응급실을 방문한 환자를 대상으로, 입원 결정서 발부와 환자의 입원 결정 양상 및 이에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하였다. 또한 적절성 평가 지침을 이용하여 응급실을 통한 입원의 적절성을 평가하였고 입원의 적절성과 응급실 입원 대기시간의 적절성에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 입원 결정서 발부에 영향을 미치는 요인은 환자의 내 외과계 구분, 진료과수, 환자 상태, 방문 경로, 방문 시간과 방문 요일이었다. 입원 결정서 발부 후 환자의 입원 여부는 환자의 성, 환자 상태, 방문 경로, 방문 요일에 따라 달리 나타났다. 환자의 연령, 내 외과계 구분과 방문 요일에 따라 입원의 적절성에 차이를 보였다. 입원 대기시간은 환자의 연령이 증가할수록 적절성이 낮았다. 이 연구를 통하여 응급실을 통한 입원 중 반수 이상의 입원이 부적절한 입원으로 평가되었고, 이 중 일부는 입원을 빨리 하기 위한 방법의 하나로 응급실을 편법으로 이용하고 있기 때문인 것으로 판단되었다. 또한 입원 결정서가 발부된 환자 중 상당수의 환자가 병상을 구할 수 없어 입원하지 못하고 있는 것으로 보아, 3차 진료기관의 환자 집중 현상과 응급실 과밀화 요인 해소를 위한 의료정책의 수립이 필요함을 확인할 수 있었다.

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Intravenous caffeine citrate vs. magnesium sulfate for reducing pain in patients with acute migraine headache; a prospective quasi-experimental study

  • Baratloo, Alireza;Mirbaha, Sahar;Kasmaei, Hossein Delavar;Payandemehr, Pooya;Elmaraezy, Ahmed;Negida, Ahmed
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.176-182
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    • 2017
  • Background: Current evidence suggests that intravenous magnesium sulfate might be effective for reducing migraine pain. In a recent pilot study, we showed that intravenous caffeine citrate could reduce the severity of migraine headache. The objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy of intravenous caffeine citrate vs. magnesium sulfate for management of acute migraine headache. Methods: We conducted a prospective quasi-experimental study from January until May 2016 in two educational medical centers of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Shoahadaye Tajrish Hospital and Imam Hossein Hospital), Tehran, Iran. The study included patients who were referred to the emergency department and met the migraine diagnosis criteria of the International Headache Society. Patients were allocated into 2 groups receiving either 60 mg intravenous caffeine or 2 g intravenous magnesium sulfate. The pain scores, based on the visual analog scale, were recorded on admission, as well as one and two hours after receiving the drug. A Chi-Square test and student t-test were used for analysis of baseline characteristics. A Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon singed rank test were used to analyze differences in the visual analogue scale (VAS) score between and within the groups respectively. Results: In total, 70 patients (35 patients in each group) with the mean age of $33.1{\pm}11.3years$ were included (64.3% female). For the Caffeine citrate group, the median pain score decreased from 9.0 (2.0) to 5.0 (4.0) after one hour and to 3.0 (4.0) after two hours. For the magnesium sulfate group, the pain score decreased from 8.0 (2.0) to 2.0 (2.0) after one hour and to 0.0 (1.0) after two hours. Both intravenous caffeine citrate and intravenous magnesium sulfate reduced pain scores significantly but the magnesium sulfate group showed more improvement than the Caffeine citrate group after one hour (P < 0.001) and after two hours (P < 0.001). Conclusions: It is likely that both intravenous caffeine and intravenous magnesium sulfate can reduce the severity of migraine headache. Moreover, intravenous magnesium sulfate at a dose of 2 g might be superior to intravenous caffeine citrate 60 mg for the short term management of migraine headache in emergency departments.

Pediatric Dehydration Assessment at Triage: Prospective Study on Refilling Time

  • Caruggi, Samuele;Rossi, Martina;De Giacomo, Costantino;Luini, Chiara;Ruggiero, Nicola;Salvatoni, Alessandro;Salvatore, Silvia
    • Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.278-288
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: Dehydration is a paediatric medical emergency but there is no single standard parameter to evaluate it at the emergency department. Our aim was to evaluate the reliability and validity of capillary refilling time as a triage parameter to assess dehydration in children. Methods: This was a prospective pilot cohort study of children who presented to two paediatric emergency departments in Italy, with symptoms of dehydration. Reliability was assessed by comparing the triage nurse's measurements with those obtained by the physician. Validity was demonstrated by using 6 parameters suggestive of dehydration. Comparison between refilling time (RT) and a validated Clinical Dehydration Score (CDS) was also considered. The scale's discriminative ability was evaluated for the outcome of starting intravenous rehydration therapy by using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results: Participants were 242 children. All nurses found easy to elicit the RT after being trained. Interobserver reliability was fair, with a Cohen's kappa of 0.56 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.41 to 0.70). There was a significant correlation between RT and weight loss percentage (r-squared=-0.27; 95% CI, -0.47 to -0.04). The scale's discriminative ability yielded an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.65 (95% CI, 0.57 to 0.73). We found a similarity between RT AUC and CDS-scale AUC matching the two ROC curves. Conclusion: The study showed that RT represents a fast and handy tool to recognize dehydrated children who need a prompt rehydration and may be introduced in the triage line-up.

보건의료계열 대학생의 코로나바이러스감염증-19 지식, 불안, 사회심리적 건강이 감염예방행위에 미치는 영향 (The effect of coronavirus disease-19 knowledge, anxiety, and psychosocial well-being on the infection prevention behavior in college students in health care)

  • 이효철;이미림
    • 한국응급구조학회지
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.57-70
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) knowledge, anxiety, and psychosocial well-being on the infection prevention behavior of college students in health care. Methods: This study is a descriptive survey research. A total of 301 college students at four health care departments in three regions were surveyed using a structured questionnaire from February 10 to February 16, 2022. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analyses were done using SPSS ver. 18.0. Results: Knowledge on COVID-19 was significantly dependent on a family history of chronic disease (p=.049). Anxiety was significantly dependent on test of COVID-19 (p=.040). Gender (p=.049), perceived physical and mental health status (p=.000), and chronic disease (p=.000) had significant effects on infection prevention behavior. When the level of anxiety was higher, the infection prevention behavior was also higher (p=.000) and the psychosocial well-being was improved (p=.017). Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that anxiety significantly improved the infection prevention behavior (𝛽=.396, p<.001) and psychosocial well-being (𝛽=-.139, p=.008), which accounts for 18.5% (F=22.444, p<.001) of the variance. Conclusion: In order to prevent infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and its spread, measures to prevent infection and improve the psychosocial well-being should also be sought.

SMC Full PACS로의 전환 및 System 구축

  • 김삼수
    • 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.20-23
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this paper is to describe the transition of a 1,100 beds teritary hospital from 50% softcopy operation to full PACS operation. For the past 2 years, radiologists and clinicians have been using PACS to provide softcopy services to the outpatient clinics and inpatient wards of orthopedics surgery, neurosurgery and neurology as well as emergency room, surgical intensive care unit, medical intensive unit, pediatrics intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit. The examinations requested by these departments account for about 50% of hospital's radiological exams. In September 1996, we began the second phase of PACS implementation and installed additional workstations (102) in the remaining wards and clinics, interfaced to PACS additional imaging modalites, and increased the capacity of both the image server (256 Gbytes) and optical juke boxes (3 Tbytes). As of January 1997, we are in the final phase of moving away from conventional film system to full PACS operation.

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안전사고 예방 교육에 대한 공업고등학교 학생들의 인식 연구 (A Study on Technical High School Students' Perception of Prevention Safety Accidents)

  • 김종복
    • 대한안전경영과학회지
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to collect and analyze their opinions to found solutions for reducing safety accidents since it is important to educate the students to recognize the importance of safety. We surveyed 350 students from mechanical and metal engineering departments of an engineering high school located in Seoul, and divided them in two categories and asked them about prevention of safety accidents in laboratories. It is found that further directions and educations are needed for the students as to emergency measures in case of safety accidents. Safety education before laboratory classes is crucial, helpful and effective for prevention of safety accidents. Facility factors that further education is needed for students who don't experiments in orderly manner.