• 제목/요약/키워드: Korean medical practices

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사례 고찰을 통한 잠수 사고 특성에 관한 연구 (A study on the characteristics of diving accident based on the reports of diving casualties)

  • 정창호;이창우;김정만;강신영
    • 한국항해항만학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2006
  • 연구는 1997년부터 2003년까지 우리나라 전국에서 발생한 스쿠버 잠수 사고 자료를 수집 및 분석하고 일본 및 미국에서 발생한 잠수 사고와 비교 분석하여 우리나라 스쿠버 잠수 사고의 특성을 밝혀내었다. 연구 결과는 잠수 사고 예방에 큰 기여를 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 사고 자료는 대한수중협회의 기술위원회에 보고된 자료와 해양경찰청의 자료, 스쿠버 잠수 전문점에 전화 통화 및 방문 조사를 실시하여 얻은 정보, DAN(Diver Alert Network)에서 발행한 잠수 사고 보고 자료집, 월간 잡지에 수록된 잠수 사고 보고 자료, 그리고 세미나 발표 자료 등을 참조하였다. 자료 분석은 사망 사고에 국한하였으며 분석 결과 우리나라의 사망률이 일본의 2.8배, 미국의 2.2배 수준인 것으로 나타났다.

임신(姙娠) 후반기(後半期) 임부(姙婦)의 임신중(姙娠中) 식품기호(食品嗜好)의 변화(變化) 및 이식증(異食症)의 실행(實行) (Changes of the food Preferences and the Practices of Pica of Women in the Latter Half of Pregnancy)

  • 김선희
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제9권4호
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    • pp.28-35
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    • 1976
  • To know changes of the food preferences and the practice of pica during pregnancy, ninety two women in the latter half of pregnancy were interviewed in April, 1976 at ten medical centers in Seoul. They were average 27.1 years old, and mostly middle class. 83.7% of the total subjects felt the changes of food preferences due to pregnancy within the first trimester. 60.9% had vomiting as well as losing their appetite and 17.3% vomited three or more times daily which might induce difficulties of water and electrolytes balance in body. The preferences about foods, the taste of foods, and various dishes cooked during morning sickness were changed significantly and showed in lower scores of likes and higher scores of dislikes than those before pregnancy. Particularly, cooked rice and kimchi indicated the increase of more than 50% in dislikes. The preferences after the morning sickness were turned back to those before pregnancy. Desire for water through foods like soft drinks, juice, ice cream, and gamju and salty foods seemed to be spontaneous during pregnancy. A majority of the subjects had three meals and no snack had included more snacks instead of meals during losing appetite and thereafter, had more frequent meals and snacks. Superstitions about chicken, squid, and cuttlefish for pregnant women were prevalent. 11.9% tabooed chicken because of harm for fetus. On the contrary, intended higher inclusions of milk, meat and dried small sardines would be helpful to satisfy the increased recommended allowances of calcium and protein for them. The practice of pica was found in 5.4% and rice was the only real item mentioned. Pica such as amylophagia or geophagia often reported in the U.S. was not answered in this study.

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병원약국학(病院藥局學) 대학원전공개설(大學院專攻開設)을 위(爲)한 교육내용(敎育內容)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (Establishment of Graduate Education in Hospital Pharmacy)

  • 김종국;이민화
    • Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.23-35
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    • 1983
  • Since the national health insurance was introduced in 1978, the increased utilization of hospitals and the growing importance of pharmaceutical services to hospital patients have made the administration of these services a very complex and specialized responsibility. The pharmaceutical services has always been an essential component of comtemporary hospital care. In the hospital, the pharmaceutical services is the professional department which concerns itself with the evaluation, selection, control and utilization of drugs. The director of this service must be a versatile professional person who can work effectively in a heterogenous society of educated persons. However, graduate education in hospital pharmacy has not been introduced yet in Korea. The necessity of graduate education hospital pharmacy has been discussed in this research. Graduate education in hospital pharmacy emphasizes preparation for assumption of responsibility as the senior hospital pharmacist or the director of pharmaceutical services. Graduates should also be prepared as administrators of a department that must operate with great efficiency. They should be prepared serve as a consultant on drugs for the medical and allied health professional staff, organizing and disseminating a large and dynamic body of information in their interest and to establish professional roles that emphasize procurement, storage, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, control and evaluation of drugs. Senior hospital pharmacist is a teacher charged with responsibility fer formal and informal instruction of other hospital personnel in pharmaceutical sciences. In addition, the graduates have the opportunity to be a researcher dealing with aspect of hospital care and are intensively educated in the professional aspects of hospital pharmacy practices. The curriculum of graduate education in hospital pharmacy should be established detailly and carefully to fit the educational objective.

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Hazardous Metal Pollution in the Republic of Fiji and the Need to Elicit Human Exposure

  • Park, Eun-Kee;Wilson, Donald;Choi, Hyun-Ju;Wilson, Colleen Turaga;Ueno, Susumu
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • 제28권
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    • pp.17.1-17.3
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    • 2013
  • The fact that hazardous metals do not bio-degrade or bio-deteriorate translates to long-lasting environmental effects. In the context of evidently rapid global industrialization, this ought to warrant serious caution, particularly in developing countries. In the Republic of Fiji, a developing country in the South Pacific, several different environmental studies over the past 20 years have shown levels of lead, copper, zinc and iron in sediments of the Suva Harbor to be 6.2, 3.9, 3.3 and 2.1 times more than the accepted background reference levels, respectively. High levels of mercury have also been reported in lagoon shellfish. These data inevitably warrant thorough assessment of the waste practices of industries located upstream from the estuaries, but in addition, an exposure and health impact assessment has never been conducted. Relevant government departments are duty-bound, at least to the general public that reside in and consume seafood from the vicinities of the Suva Harbor, to investigate possible human effects of the elevated hazardous metal concentrations found consistently in 20 years of surface sediment analysis. Furthermore, pollution of the intermediate food web with hazardous metals should be investigated, regardless of whether human effects are eventually confirmed present or not.

21세기 신생아 전문 간호사의 역할과 전망 (The role of the Neonatal Nurse Specialist in 21st Century)

  • 이자형
    • 부모자녀건강학회지
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.81-93
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    • 2000
  • The role of the neonatal nurse specialist has been well established over the past decade and now reform in 21st century. Neonatal nurse specialists responsibilities in caring for critically and long-term chronically ill infants and their families are very important. Neonatal nurse specialists have a two fold responsibility in caring for these infants. First, through acquiring advanced practice education in complex neonatal care and diagnostic skills, neonatal nurse specialists meet the physiologic needs of the infant. Second, neonatal nurse specialists provide a more holistic approach to their care through evaluating the family in treatment plans and involving the family in discharge planning for the infant. In some institutions, neonatal nurse specialists are directly involved in institutional and/or home follow-up care and case management also. It is the neonatal nurse specialists responsibility to function collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team in managing critically or chronically ill infants from admission to discharge. The role of the neonatal nurse specialist case manager can be described as one that focuses on individualized care of the infant, while providing continuity of care to both the infant and family. The neonatal nurse specialist's role will vary depending on the neonatal intensive care unit(NICU). Therefore, the multidisciplinary collaborative approach to long-term management of infants in the NICU is extremely important to provide successful transition to home or to long-term rehabilitative care facilities because care for the chronically ill infant is complex and multifaceted. I suggest the role of neonatal nurse specialist in 21st century are as follows. 1. Diagnostic/patient assessment 2. Management of patient health/illness 3. Administering/monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens 4. Monitoring/ensuring quality of health care practices 5. Organization and work role 6. Helping role 7. Teaching/coaching role 8. Management of rapidly changing situations 9. Consulting role The advanced practice nursing model of care delivered by neonatal nurse specialist's in the NICU incorporates medical and nursing role functions and emphasizes holism, caring, and a health perspective for critically and chronically ill neonates and their families.

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경남지역 치과의원 의료폐기물 관리실태 (Dental Waste Management Practices at Dental Offices in Gyeongsangnam-do)

  • 김해진;사공준
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.332-339
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    • 2012
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to prevent health problems and environmental contamination resulting from inappropriate management of dental wastes and to provide reference data for revision and supplementation of dental clinic waste management guidelines. Methods: From 640 total of dental clinics registered in 16 cities and counties in Gyeongsangnam-do, 100 (60 in Changwon (Masan, Changwon), 29 in Gimhae, and 11 in Jinju) were included in this study. From July 2010 to September 2010, investigators visited the 100 dental clinics and conducted survey interviews using a structured survey questionnaire regarding disposal methods for liquid wastes (suction pump, spittoon container waste, used liquid disinfectants, and X-ray developer), and disposal methods for solid waste (suction pump, spittoon container waste, and general medical waste). Results: All the 100 dental clinics were found to treat liquid waste from suction pumps and spittoon containers in the same manner as general waste water. Nineteen percent of the clinics treated solid waste that was not filtered through the filter of a suction pump as general waste. Fifty or more percent of the clinics treated solid waste in spittoon containers as general waste. Seventy percent of the clinics used disinfectant solution, although most of them treated used disinfectants in the same manner as general waste water. Some clinics treated used X-ray developer and X-ray fixer in the same manner as general waste water. In most of the clinics, used drapes were washed within the clinic. Conclusions: It was found that waste water and dental wastes at some dental clinics were treated in inappropriately. Thus, in conclusion, the development of guidelines regarding proper management of liquid and solid dental waste at dental clinics is required, and hygiene and environmental training for workers at dental clinics is necessary.

정보시스템 감리사례 분석을 통한 품질 향상 방안에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Quality Improvement Plan through Analysis of Information System Audit Examples)

  • 이돈희;정홍섭;이기영;한기준
    • 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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    • 제17권10호
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    • pp.203-216
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    • 2012
  • 현재 조직의 성공적인 운영을 위해서 정보시스템의 중요성은 더욱 증가하고 있으며, 또한 정보시스템 구축에 대한 감리는 감리 의무화에 따라 더욱 확산되고 있다. 그러나 아직까지도 우리나라의 정보시스템 감리는 정보시스템의 다양한 위험에 제대로 대처하지 못하고 있으며, 각종 정보시스템 프로젝트에 대해 감리를 수행하면서 부실 사례가 종종 발생하고 있어 이에 대한 개선 대책이 절실히 필요한 실정이다. 이에 따라 본 논문에서는 국내 대형 SI업체에서 4년간 수행한 정보시스템 감리 프로젝트 및 위험발생 프로젝트 데이터를 중심으로 통계분석을 수행하여 정보시스템 구축 프로젝트의 품질향상을 위하여 개선된 검토항목을 제시하였고, 또한 이를 실제 정보시스템 프로젝트 사례에 적용하여 본 논문의 결과에 대한 실효성을 검증하였다.

이중에너지 방사선흡수 골밀도 장치의 품질관리 현황 (A Status Report on Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Quality Control in Korea)

  • 김정수;노영훈;이인주;김성수;김경아;김정민
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제39권4호
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    • pp.527-534
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    • 2016
  • DEXA는 골다공증 진단에 가장 많이 사용되는 표준 측정법이다. 현재 국내에서 운영되고 있는 DEXA 장치는 5,671대이다. 본 연구에서는 국내에서 설치 운영되고 있는 DEXA장비의 품질관리 실태를 조사하였다. 3,000개 기관을 대상으로 한 설문 조사에서 12.6%의 응답을 받아 그 결과를 분석하였다. 결과에서 77.5%가 일일 품질관리를 시행하고 있으나 Shewhart chart는 68.5%, CUSUM chart는 86.0%가 모르거나 사용하지 않는다고 답하여 정확한 품질관리가 되지 않는 것으로 조사되었다. 정확한 골밀도 검사는 환자의 골절의 위험도를 산정하기 위한 자료로 활용된다. 하지만 부적절한 검사는 오진을 유발할 가능성을 높여준다. 따라서 정확한 골밀도 검사를 위해서는 적절한 보조기구를 사용하고 장치의 품질관리를 반드시 시행하여 장치와 자세에 대한 오차를 줄이고 검사 의료진의 교육을 통해 오류 요인을 줄이는 것이 필수적이다.

CLUSTERING DNA MICROARRAY DATA BY STOCHASTIC ALGORITHM

  • Shon, Ho-Sun;Kim, Sun-Shin;Wang, Ling;Ryu, Keun-Ho
    • 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한원격탐사학회 2007년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2007
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    • pp.438-441
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    • 2007
  • Recently, due to molecular biology and engineering technology, DNA microarray makes people watch thousands of genes and the state of variation from the tissue samples of living body. With DNA Microarray, it is possible to construct a genetic group that has similar expression patterns and grasp the progress and variation of gene. This paper practices Cluster Analysis which purposes the discovery of biological subgroup or class by using gene expression information. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to predict a new class which is unknown, open leukaemia data are used for the experiment, and MCL (Markov CLustering) algorithm is applied as an analysis method. The MCL algorithm is based on probability and graph flow theory. MCL simulates random walks on a graph using Markov matrices to determine the transition probabilities among nodes of the graph. If you look at closely to the method, first, MCL algorithm should be applied after getting the distance by using Euclidean distance, then inflation and diagonal factors which are tuning modulus should be tuned, and finally the threshold using the average of each column should be gotten to distinguish one class from another class. Our method has improved the accuracy through using the threshold, namely the average of each column. Our experimental result shows about 70% of accuracy in average compared to the class that is known before. Also, for the comparison evaluation to other algorithm, the proposed method compared to and analyzed SOM (Self-Organizing Map) clustering algorithm which is divided into neural network and hierarchical clustering. The method shows the better result when compared to hierarchical clustering. In further study, it should be studied whether there will be a similar result when the parameter of inflation gotten from our experiment is applied to other gene expression data. We are also trying to make a systematic method to improve the accuracy by regulating the factors mentioned above.

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End-of-Life Care Practice in Dying Patients after Enforcement of Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment For Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life : A Single Center Experience

  • Jin, Sol;Kim, Jehun;Lee, Jin Young;Ko, Taek Yong;Oh, Gyu Man
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.93-102
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The Act on Hospice and Palliative Care and Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients at the End of Life came into force in February 2018 in Korea. This study reviews the practices of end-of-life care for patients who withdrew or withheld life-sustaining treatment at a tertiary care hospital, addresses the limitations of the law, and discusses necessary steps to promote patient-centered self-determination. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients who died after agreeing to withhold life-sustaining treatment in 2018 at our university hospital. The cause of death, the intensity of end-of-life care, and other characteristics were reviewed and statistically analyzed. Results: Of a total of 334 patients, 231 (69%) died from cancer. The decision to stop life-sustaining treatment was made by family members for 178 patients overall (53.3%) and for 101 (43.7%) cancer patients, regardless of the patient's wishes. When the patient decided to stop life-sustaining treatment, the time from the authorization to withhold life-sustaining treatment to death was longer than when the decision was made by family members (28.7±41.3 vs 10.5±23.2 days, P<0.001). Conclusion: In many cases, the decision to discontinue life-sustaining treatment was made by the family, not by the patient. In order to protect human dignity based on the patients' self-determination, it is necessary for patients to understand their disease based on careful explanations from physicians. Ongoing survey-based research will be necessary in the future.