• 중환자간호학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.62-74
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• 2020

Purpose : This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of mental health problems in patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods : This was a secondary analysis study using data from a multicenter prospective cohort of post-ICU patients. We analyzed data of 311 patients enrolled in the primary cohort study who responded to the mental health questionnaire three months after the discharge. Anxiety and depression were measured on the Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was measured on the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. Results : The prevalence of anxiety, depression, and PTSD in patients at three months after ICU discharge were 25.7%, 17.4%, and 18.0%, respectively, and 7.7% of them experienced all three problems. Unemployment (OR=1.99, p=.033) and unplanned ICU admission (OR=2.28, p=.017) were risk factors for depression, while women gender (OR=2.34, p=.009), comorbid diseases (OR=2.88, p=.004), non-surgical ICUs (trauma ICU: OR=7.31, p=.002, medical ICU: OR=3.72, p=.007, neurological ICU: OR=2.95, p=.019) and delirium (OR=2.89, p=.009) were risk factors for PTSD. Conclusion : ICU nurses should proactively monitor risk factors for post-ICU mental health problems. In particular, guidelines on the detection and management of delirium in critically ill patients should be observed.

• 한국노년학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.773-784
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• 2008

본 논문은 한국노년학회지의 노인보건정책연구와 관련된 게재논문의 내용을 분석하여 그 유형과 주요 정책제언의 내용을 정리하고, 이를 바탕으로 향후 우리나라의 노인보건정책에서 추구하여야 할 정책과제를 도출, 제시하는데 있다. 지난 한국노년학회지가 발간된 이후부터 2007년도까지 노인보건과 관련된 게재논문수는 총 61편이었고, 이 중에서 정신보건분야, 구강보건분야를 제외한 질병, 의료비 등 일반보건의료와 관련한 연구가 대부분을 차지하고 있다. 연구방법론을 보면, 특정지역에 거주하는 노인을 대상으로 하되 표본조사를 통해서 구축된 자료와 노인복지기관이나 병원 등을 이용한 노인을 분석대상으로 한 논문이 대부분을 차지하고 있다. 이를 바탕으로 제시할 수 있는 향후 정책과제는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노인의 건강수준에 적합한 특화된 건강증진프로그램의 개발 및 활성화방안을 강구하여야 할 것이다. 둘째, 지역사회중심의 노인 일차보건의료체계의 구축이 강구되어야 할 것이다. 셋째, 급성기 치료 이후의 회복기 치료를 저렴한 비용으로 제공할 수 있는 체계를 구축하여야 할 것이다. 마지막으로 장기요양서비스를 필요로 하는 노인환자에 대한 의료적 관리체계를 구축하여야 할 것이다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.425-430
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• 2009

의료분야에서 많은 정보가 디지털화 되고 있으며 개인의 건강에 대한 관심은 점점 높아지고 있다. 이에 발맞추어 U-health 시스템을 구축하기 위한 고속의 개인용 헬스케어 모니터링 플랫폼이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 요구를 충족시키기 위해 고속의 ARM11 기반의 최신 프로세서인 S3C6400 CPU를 이용한 플랫폼 구현에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 더불어 무선의 의료용 데이터 전송을 위해 802.11기반의 무선 랜을 이용한 네트워크 시스템 환경을 구축하였다.

• 의료법학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.171-209
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• 2022

2021년에도 의료와 관련된 많은 판결들이 있었는데, 그 중 본 논문에서 검토한 판결들은 다음과 같다. 먼저 진료기록 부실기재 및 변조 등과 주의의무위반 관련 판결은 의료과실 유무 등에 관한 일차적 판단자료인 진료기록이 사후에 수정된 사례에 관한 것으로 그 수정내용 및 수정시기에 비추어 사후에 수정된 진료기록 내용은 고려하지 않고 최초 작성된 진료기록을 토대로 과실 유무 판단을 하였다. 다음으로 비만치료약 처방 등에 대한 손해배상책임을 묻는 사례에 관한 판결은 처방과 관련한 과실을 인정하였으나 상당인과관계를 부정하여 재산상 손해배상책임을 부정하고, 설명의무위반에 따른 위자료만 인정하였다. 또한, 환자의 가해자에 대한 기왕치료비 손해배상채권을 대위하는 국민건강보험공단의 대위범위에 관한 전원합의체판결은 '과실상계 후 공제방식'을 취해온 기존 판례를 변경하여 '공제 후 과실상계방식'으로 대위 범위를 판단하여 피해자 보호를 도모하였다. 그리고 과실 유무에 관해 진료기록감정회신결과와 달리 판단한 판결은 과실유무 판단을 함에 있어 진료기록감정결과에 구속되는 것은 아니고 자유심증에 따라 판단한다는 입장에 따라 규범적으로 판단하였다. 마지막으로 국민건강보험공단의 요양급여비용환수처분과 관련해서는 비의료인이 개설한 의료기관에 대한 환수처분을 함에 있어서도 재량권을 행사해야 한다는 판결과 시설 및 인력을 공동이용한 의료기관에 대한 환수처분의 경우 그 환수범위를 세부적으로 판단해야 한다는 판결을 검토하였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2557-2561
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• 2013

Background: Chemoradiation (CRT) using cisplatin-based regimens has become the standard of care in the treatment of squamous cell head and neck cancers (SCHNC). The impact of taxanes as radiosensitizing agents with concurrent CRT regimens is unknown. We therefore retrospectively evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of a weekly cisplatin+docetaxel combination with CRT in locally advanced SCHNC. Methods: Sixty-six patients with locally advanced SCHNC (39.4% stage IV, 53% stage III, and 7.6% stage II) were assessed retrospectively. Total radiation dose to the PTV of gross disease (primary and/or node) was 70 Gy/35 fractions, 5 fractions per week. Minimum doses of 60 Gy and 50 Gy were administered to PTVs of elective high risk and low risk disease, respectively. Chemotherapy (CT) consisted of weekly cisplatin (20 $mg/m^2$)+docetaxel (20 $mg/m^2$) concurrently with RT. Results: The median age of the patients was 58 years (range, 32-77). Objective response rate was 83.3%. The 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 75.7% and 78.3%, respectively. The most common grade 3 and 4 toxicities were mucositis (36.4%), nausea and vomiting (12.1%), neutropenia (4.5%). Conclusion: Weekly cisplatin and docetaxel concurrent with RT for locally advanced SCHNC was found tolerable with high efficacy.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.1-33
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• 2022

In primary prevention for cardiovascular diseases, there are significant barriers to adherence including freedom from symptoms, long latency for therapeutic benefits, life-long duration of treatment, and need for combined lifestyle changes. However, to implement more systematic approaches, the focus on adherence improvement needs to be shifted away from patient factors to the effects of the treatment team and healthcare system. In addition to conventional educational approaches, more patient-oriented approaches such as patient-centered clinical communication skills, counseling using motivational strategies, decision-making by patient empowerment, and a multi-disciplinary team approach should be developed and implemented. Patients should be involved in a program of self-monitoring, self-management, and active counseling. Because most effective interventions on adherence improvement demand greater resources, the health care system and educational or training system of physicians and healthcare staff need to be supported for systematic improvement.

• 대한암한의학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2017

Backgrounds: The demand of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) including Korean Medicine (KM) is increasing worldwide. But cancer patients (CP) still have a difficulty in gathering CAM information or communicating with their doctors, and clinical status in cancer care is unclear in the field of KM in Korea especially. The aim of this study is to examine clinical status of KM for cancer symptom care by KM doctors in medical service institutions. Methods: Total forty nine KM doctors completed the site survey questionnaire. The questionnaire items were to list chief symptom complaints of CP treated with KM and effective KM therapies. Results: The majority of the respondents were general physicians without KM specialist board (67.4%) who have 10-20 years clinical experience with CP (55.1%). Primary cancer lesion, diagnostic status, and treatment period were not different in KM clinical service institutions. In chief symptom complaints of CP treated with KM, gastrointestinal (32.9%), musculoskeletal (19.9%), circulatory & respiratory (16.2%), psychiatric (14.1%), urinary (5.8%) symptoms were in turn. In effective KM therapies assessed by KM doctors, xerostomia (45.7%) and cancer-related fatigue (44.8%) were more effective with herbal treatments. Peripheral neuropathy (43.4%), depression, insomnia (38.2%), and cancer pain (31.9%) were preferred to treat using acupuncture. Conclusion: The CP treated with KM used evenly KM medical service institutions regardless of hospital size, and there will be further survey for CP treated KM in the future.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.527-540
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• 2011

Some patients tend to visit tertiary hospitals instead of non-tertiary hospitals for minor illnesses, which is a chronic problem within the Korean health care delivery system. In order to reduce the number of patients with minor severity diseases unnecessarily utilizing the tertiary medical services in Korea, the Ministry of Health and Welfare raised the outpatient co-insurance rate for the tertiary hospitals in July, 2009. Another increase in the prescription drug co-insurance rate by the general and tertiary hospitals is scheduled to take place in the second half of 2011. An increase in copayments may discourage the utilization rate of medical services among the underprivileged or patients who require complicated procedures. This study aims to analyze the diabetic patients' utilization rates of tertiary hospitals according to the Comorbidity score. Diabetic patients' data was gathered from the Health Insurance Claims Records in the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service between 2007-2009. Comorbidity scores are measured by the Charlson Comorbidity Index and the Elixhauser Index. Chi-square and logistic regressions were performed to compare the utilization rates of both insulin-dependents (n=94,026) and non-insulin-dependents (n=1,424,736) in tertiary hospitals. The higher Comorbidity outcomes in the insulin-dependent diabetic patients who didn't visit tertiary hospitals compared to those who did, was expected. However, after adjusting the gender, age, location, first visits and complications, the groups that scored >=1 on the comorbidity scale utilized the tertiary hospitals more than the O score group. Non-insulin-diabetic patients with higher Comorbidity scores visited tertiary hospitals more than patients who received lower grades. This study found that patients suffering from severe diabetes tend to frequently visit the tertiary hospitals in Korea. This result implied that it is important for Korea to improve the quality of its primary health care as well as to consider a co-insurance rate increase.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2021

Purpose: Determining appropriate ways to assess health care quality within the National Health Insurance System is of interest to both the Korean government and the medical community. However, in the trauma field, the number of indicators used to evaluate surgical quality is limited. Using data collected over 5 years at Wonju Severance Christian Hospital Trauma Center in Korea, this study aimed to determine whether the unplanned reoperation rate in the field of trauma surgery could be used to assess the quality of an institution's surgical care. Methods: In total, 665 general surgical procedures were performed at the Trauma Center in 453 patients with abdominopelvic injuries from January 2015 to December 2019. Data were collected from the Trauma Center's data registry and medical records, and included information regarding patients' demographic characteristics, the type of index operation, and the reason for unplanned reoperations. Results: A total of 453 index operations were evaluated. The proportion of patients with an Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15 was 48-70% over the 5-year period, with an unplanned reoperation rate of 2.1-9.3%. Patients had an average ISS score of 17.5, while the average Abbreviated Injury Scale Score was 2.87. Unplanned reoperations were required in about 7% of patients. The most common complications requiring reoperation were recurrent bleeding (26.9%), wound problems (26.9%), intestinal infarction (15.4%), and anastomosis site leakage (7.7%). The procedures most frequently requiring unplanned reoperations were bowel surgery (segmental resection, primary repair, enterostomy, etc.) (24.5%) and preperitoneal pelvic packing (10.6%). Conclusions: The proportion of reoperations was confirmed to be affected by injury severity.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.603-612
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• 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly gaining recognition in the radiology domain as a greater number of radiologists are becoming AI-literate. However, the adoption and implementation of AI solutions in clinical settings have been slow, with points of contention. A group of AI users comprising mainly clinical radiologists across various Asian countries, including India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Uzbekistan, formed the working group. This study aimed to draft position statements regarding the application and clinical deployment of AI in radiology. The primary aim is to raise awareness among the general public, promote professional interest and discussion, clarify ethical considerations when implementing AI technology, and engage the radiology profession in the ever-changing clinical practice. These position statements highlight pertinent issues that need to be addressed between care providers and care recipients. More importantly, this will help legalize the use of non-human instruments in clinical deployment without compromising ethical considerations, decision-making precision, and clinical professional standards. We base our study on four main principles of medical care-respect for patient autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice.