1.A Study on the Sociomedical Status of Prostitutes in Busan Area.
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine 1977;10(1):125-133
The author have performed, from June to July 1976, a Sociomedical study on the 314 prostitutes which was engaged in tourism in Dongrae, Busan. The obtained results were as follows ; 1. Age distribution was from 20 years old to 34 years old and the highest as 36.6% was 23-25 years old group. Most of the respondents as 95.2% were under 31 years old group. 2. distribution of respondents by educational level showed that the group below the graduated primary school was 47.2%, middle school 29.3%, and high school 57.0% in that order. 3. By the occupation before be ruined, none was 34.5%, waitress at saloon 24.2%, hostess 14.3%. 4. By distribution of birth place, most of the respondents as 64.0% were Gyeongsang Do(37.9%) and Busan City (26.1%). 5. Distribution of respondents by family status showed that only mother was highest as 43.9% and 82.2% of respondents have been supported their family. 6. Monthly incomes of respondents were distributed from 50,000won to 250,000won,, and 50,000-100,000won group was the highest as 46.2%. In monthly sundry expenses, 20,000-30,000won group was the highest as 27.1%. 7. Monthly supporting expenses to their family were distributed from 10,000won to 50,000won and the highest as 26.7% was 10,000-20,000won group. Savings per month were distributed from 10,000won to 60,000won and 50,000-60,000won group was the highest as 22.3%. 8. Distribution of respondents by status of luxury showed that experiences of drinking was 20.4% and smoking was 55.7%. 9. By motive of falling into the ruin, economical causes was 41.7%. Most of the respondents as 95.0% expected under 3 years in prearranged period of their occupation. 10. By number of monthly entertainment, 5-10 persons as 58.0% was the highest. 11. Distribution of respondents by status of venereal disease and pulmonary tuberculosis showed that positive of gonorrhea was 8.0%, syphilis 1.6%, and pulmonary tuberculosis was 1.6%.
Adult
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Age Distribution
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Busan*
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Drinking
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Gonorrhea
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Humans
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Income
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Mothers
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Occupations
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Residence Characteristics
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Sex Workers*
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Smoke
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Smoking
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Syphilis
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Young Adult
2.The role of domestic tap water in Acanthamoeba contamination in contact lens storage cases in Korea.
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2005;43(2):47-50
A survey was carried out from August to December 2004 in Pusan, Korea to document the presence of free-living amoeba (FLA), including the genus Acanthamoeba, in both contact lens storage cases and domestic tap water. Acanthamoeba was isolated from 5 (4.2%) in 120 contact lens storage cases. Four house tap water samples from residents, whose contact lens storage cases had been contaminated by Acanthamoeba, were also found to be contaminated with Acanthamoeba. Therefore, the contamination rate of FLA and Acanthamoeba in domestic tap water was investigated in order to examine the role of domestic tap water in Acanthamoeba contamination of contact lens storage cases. FLA and Acanthamoeba were identified in 97 (46.8%) and 16 (7.7%) of the 207 domestic tap water samples, respectively. There were no significant differences between the contamination rates of FLA in tap water according to the filtration plant of origin. No FLA was detected in the tap water directly supplied by the water purification plants. Water storage tanks appear to promote FLA colonization, including Acanthamoeba, in domestic tap water. This increases the risk of Acanthamoeba contamination in contact lens storage cases as well as increasing the risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
Acanthamoeba/*isolation & purification
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Amebiasis/epidemiology
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Animals
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Comparative Study
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Contact Lenses/parasitology
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Data Collection
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Humans
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Korea/epidemiology
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Risk Factors
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Water/*parasitology
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Water Supply/*standards
3.Effects of Traumatic Events, Compassion Fatigue, Self-esteem, and Compassion Satisfaction on Burnout of Nurses in Emergency Department (ED).
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing 2014;23(2):80-88
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to verify the factors that determines burnout of nurses in emergency department. METHODS: The survey was given to 170 ED nurses which are located in Busan from July 1st to August 31st of 2012. The results were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, pearson correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression using SAS 9.2 program. RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences in burnout depending on gender, position, workplace satisfaction, job satisfaction. Significant positive correlation between compassion fatigue and burnout was found. Also significant negative correlation was found between self-esteem, compassion satisfaction and burnout. Factors influencing burnout were self-esteem, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue with R2 value 58.0%. CONCLUSION: Considering these results, it seems that great efforts will be needed for reducing burnout by mitigating the emergency nurses' compassion fatigue and introducing programs to increase the self-esteem and compassion satisfaction.
Busan
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Emergencies
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Emergency Service, Hospital*
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Empathy*
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Fatigue*
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Job Satisfaction
4.A study of valproic acid therapy in epileptic children.
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1993;36(3):328-337
A study was made on 50 cases of epileptic children who had been observed at the pediatric department of Chungnam National University Hospital Taejeon Eul Ji Hospital during the period from July, 1986 to June, 1991. The result are as follows: 1) Epilepsy was most frequent in children from 1 year to 10 year of age (80%). Epilepsy was commoner in female children compare to male representing male to female ratio, 1:1.2. 2) Intractable cases with VPA were 40%, and male to female ratio was 1.2:1. Intractable cases were most common between 1 and 5 years (65%). 3) The most common epileptic type was generalized tonic clonic seizure (38%). 4) The clinical effect of valproic acid was the worst in severely abnormal EEG finding. 5) The mean plasma VPA level was significantly lower for the polytherapy (57.7microgram/ml) than for the monotherapy (69.5microgram/ml). The VPA dose of steady-state was significantly higher for polytherapy (27.9mg/kg/d) than for the monotherapy (20.9mg/kg/d). VPA level: dose ratio was reduced in the polytherapy (2.1) as compared to monotherapy (3.3). 6) The plasma VPA level increased according to dosage. In the same dose, plasma level of monotherapy was significantly higher than polytherapy. 7) The VPA dose of stead-state was highest under 1 year (monotherapy: 24.8mg/kg/day, polytherapy: 33.4mg/kg/day). The VPA dose decreased in accordance with an increase of the age. 8) There was no correlation between EEG change and plasma concentration of VPA. 9) There was linear correlation between clinical affect and plasma VPA level, and plasma concentration of VPA reached 51 to 100microgram/ml at that time. 10) The clinical effect was good in abscence seizure, simple partial seizure, myoclonic seizure, and generalized tonic clonic seizure in decreasing order. 11) The incidence of side effect were gastrointestinal disturbance, behavior disorder, laboratory abnormality, neurologic abnormality in order of frequency. The frequency of overall side effects observed was 40% but toxic effects were generally mild.
Child*
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Chungcheongnam-do
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Daejeon
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Electroencephalography
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Epilepsy
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Female
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Plasma
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Seizures
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Valproic Acid*
5.Clinical study on the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in skin grafts.
Weon Jin PARK ; Kyung Won MINN ; Hae Jin LEE
Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 1992;19(6):1032-1040
No abstract available.
Hyperbaric Oxygenation*
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Skin*
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Transplants*
6.Effects of Passive Smoking on Pulmonary Function in Adults.
Yun Ryung JUNG ; Chang Ho YOUN ; Hae Jin KO
Korean Journal of Health Promotion 2011;11(3):115-121
BACKGROUND: Passive smoking is an important worldwide public health issue. In many Korean studies, parental smoking has been reported to be associated with reduced pulmonary function in children. But few studies have evaluated the effects of passive smoking on pulmonary function in adults. Therefore, we looked into this association in the study. METHODS: Participants in the study included non-smoking, healthy men (n=46) and women (n=326) from rural Korea enrolled from June to December 2006. Exposure to passive smoking was assessed by a self-administered questionnaire, and standardized pulmonary function tests were performed. RESULTS: There were significant reductions in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1, % of predicted) and forced mean expiratory flow rate 25-75% (%) among the men exposed to passive smoke compared with those not exposed (55.7 vs 75.8, P=0.010; 33.9 vs 58.6, P=0.029, respectively). There were significant reductions in FEV1 among men exposed at both workplace and home compared with men exposed only at either workplace or home (42.8 vs 49.3, 64.6; P=0.034). No significant difference in pulmonary function was found between women exposed to passive smoke compared those not exposed. There were, however, reductions in FEV1 and FEV1/forced vital capacity among the women exposed at workplace. Regression analysis showed that passive smoking negatively affected lung function, which were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, particularly at the workplace, adversely affects pulmonary function in adults.
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Forced Expiratory Volume
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Humans
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Korea
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Lung
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Male
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Parents
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Public Health
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Respiratory Function Tests
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Smoke
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Smoking
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Tobacco
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Tobacco Smoke Pollution
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Vital Capacity
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Surveys and Questionnaires
7.Expression of Cellular Oncogenes in Colorectal Cancer : c-myc, c-Ha-ras and c-erbB-2.
Hae Hyeon SUH ; Keun Nam SHIN ; Young Jin KIM
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 1998;54(Suppl):983-990
Although causative factors are not completely defined, carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer is attributed to multiple genetic alterations. The abnormal expressions of oncogenes are regarded to be responsible for the production of malignant phenotype, subsequent invasion and metastasis. From 63 surgically resectable colorectal adenocarcinoma patients, expression of oncogenes in colorectal cancer tissue was evaluated with immunohistochemical staining methods using monoclonal antibodies to products of the oncogenes. To evaluate the possibility of oncogenes as a prognostic factor, we studied the relationship between the expression of oncogenes and the clinicopathologic findings which are well known prognostic factors. Rates of expression in colorectal cancer tissue were 27% for c-myc, 74.6% for c-Ha-ras and 77.8% for c-erbB-2 oncogenes. The positive rate of c-erbB-2 oncogene was higher in the well differentiated group than in the poorly differentiated group. The rates of expression of c-myc and c-Ha-ras oncogenes were significantly correlated each other. Expression of these oncogenes in colorectal cancer were not correlated with the pathologic stage, location of cancer, DNA ploidy pattern and histologic differentiation except between c-erbB-2 and histologic differentiation. In conclusion, there seems to be a possibility that c-erbB-2 could be used as a prognostic factor of colorectal cancer. However, further and more intensive study seems to be required.
Adenocarcinoma
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Carcinogenesis
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Colorectal Neoplasms*
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DNA
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Humans
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Oncogenes*
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Phenotype
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Ploidies
8.Infection Control Activities in Hanyang University Hospital.
Tae Yeal CHOI ; Myeung Sook KIM ; Hae Ran JIN
Korean Journal of Nosocomial Infection Control 2001;6(1):57-61
No Abstract available.
Infection Control*
9.A Case of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis.
Hae Jun SONG ; Jin Ho CHO ; Soo Nam KIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1985;23(2):235-241
A case of cutaneous sarcoidosis in the 66 year-old Korean female patient is presented. She shows typical skin manifestations of plaque type in the absence of other common objective evidence of systemic involvement. Diagnosis was confirmed by charcteristic histological findings and positive Kveim test with the support of other compatible clinical and biochemical findings. She had been followed up for 3 years since the first visiting. Recently chest X-ray, slit lamp examination and skin biopsies were taken again, but failed to reveal any significant interval changes.
Aged
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Biopsy
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Diagnosis
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Female
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Humans
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Kveim Test
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Sarcoidosis*
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Skin
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Skin Manifestations
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Thorax
10.The Clinical Analysis of the Combination of Cryosurgery and Intralesional Corticosteroid for Keloid or Hypertrophic Scars.
Kyu Kwang WHANG ; Hae Jin PARK ; Ki Bum MYUNG
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1997;35(3):450-457
BACKGROUND: Keloids and hypertrophic scars are benign fibrous growths which usually occur in predisposed individuals after trauma. Numerous modalities have been used to treat keloids and hypertrophic scars, but the final results have been so far unsatisfactory. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of tlis study was to evaluate the effect of the combination of cryosurgery and intralesional corticoster oid for treatment of these scars. METHOD: Thirty patients, aged 17 to 45 years old, with keloids or hypertrophic scars(mean duration, 6.4 years) were treated using solid CO2 followed by intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide(13.3 mg/ml). Two freeze-thaw cycles per lesion were employed. Freezing time was chosen arbitrarily from 7 to 20 sec depending on the characteristics of each scar. RESULTS: The results are summarized as follows. 1. Excellent and good results were achieved in 57% of all subjects on average, 77% of those who were treated more than 3 times, and 48% of those treated less than twice. 2. The keloid of less than 2 years duration showed better results than older ones. 3. No recurrence was seen in 63% of patients, but partial recurrence in 21% of patients and complete recurrence in 10% were observed. Lesions on the trunk showed less improvement (p<0.05) and were more recurrent than other lesions. 4. There were complications in 9 patients, such as hyperpigmentation(6), hypopigmentation(1), infection(1) and telangiectasia(1). CONCLUSION: Cryosurgery and intralesional corticosteroid injections produced synergistic advantages. A cornbination of these modalities might be an effective treatment modality in keloids and hypertrophic scars.
Cicatrix
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Cicatrix, Hypertrophic*
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Cryosurgery*
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Freezing
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Humans
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Injections, Intralesional
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Keloid*
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Middle Aged
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Recurrence
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Triamcinolone