1.A Case of Steatocystoma Multiplex: Successful Treatment with Mini-incisions.
Hae Woong LEE ; Sang Hyun OH ; Sung Eun CHANG ; Jee Ho CHOI ; Kee Chan MOON ; Jai Kyoung KOH
Annals of Dermatology 2005;17(1):35-37
No abstract available.
Steatocystoma Multiplex*
2.Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease with Cutaneous Involvement Associated with Hemophagocytic Syndrome.
Hae Woong LEE ; Sung Eun CHANG ; Mi Woo LEE ; Jee Ho CHOI ; Kee Chan MOON ; Jai Kyoung KOH
Annals of Dermatology 2005;17(1):30-34
No abstract available.
Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis*
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Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic*
3.A case of Tetranychus urticae - induced asthma in an inhabitant around pear orchard.
Hae Sim PARK ; Young Koo JEE ; Eui Chang HWANG ; Jae Suk PARK ; Kye Young LEE ; Keun Youl KIM
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1999;19(4):606-609
There have been a few reports of occupational asthma caused by Tetranychus urticae in fruit farmers or greenhouse workers. We report a case of bronchial asthma induced by Tetranychus urticae from a pear orchard in Cheonan city. An 18-year-old female student living around a pear orchard suffered from intermittent cough, rhinorrhea, and dyspnea for the 3 years. Her PC20 -methacholine was 0.15mg/ml, and skin prick test done with 55 inhalant allergens showed negative responses except Tetranychus urticae extract which was prepared with highly parasitized pear leaves. Bronchial provocation test with Tetranychus urticae extract showed a dual asthmatic response. These findings indicate that Tetranychus urticae, which include parasites in fruit trees, herba,ceous plants, and greenhouse cultures, can cause IgE-mediated bronchoconstriction in Korea.
Adolescent
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Allergens
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Asthma*
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Asthma, Occupational
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Bronchial Provocation Tests
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Bronchoconstriction
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Chungcheongnam-do
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Cough
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Dyspnea
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Female
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Fruit
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Humans
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Korea
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Parasites
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Pyrus*
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Skin
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Trees
4.Analysis of the consumer perception and related education effect on the reduction of sugar for elementary school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do
Ki Nam KIM ; Jung Sug LEE ; Jee-Seon SHIM ; Hae Kyung CHUNG ; Hae Rang CHUNG ; Moon-Jeong CHANG
Journal of Nutrition and Health 2020;53(3):303-318
Purpose:
This study examined the effects of nutritional education related to sugar in elementary school children on nutritional knowledge, attitude, and dietary behavior.
Methods:
A questionnaire survey on the knowledge, attitudes, and intake related to sugar was conducted on 572 students in grades 4–5, who were attending five elementary schools in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do.
Results:
Among the survey subjects, 270 (49.8%) were cognitive in education, and 302 (50.2%) were non-cognitive. The sugar-related knowledge score was 3.67 points in the cognitive education group, which was significantly higher than the 3.55 points in the non-cognitive group. The rate of checking the sugar content in the nutrition label was 31.2% in the cognitive education group, which was significantly higher than in the non-cognitive group, 15.4%. The cognitive education group had a higher intake frequency of unsweetened candy, jelly, and raw fruits, and higher sugar intake of unsweetened bread, white milk, and raw fruits than the non-cognitive group. In the case of the cognitive education group, the total knowledge score showed a positive correlation with the food behavior scores, and a negative correlation with the frequency of purchasing snacks after school, and the average sugar intake per day. In the cognitive education group only, the education of nutrition teachers was analyzed as a factor to reduce the total sugar intake. The cognitive group of sugar education tried to eat foods with a lower sugar content than the non-cognitive group, and nutrition education was an important factor affecting the sugar intake.
Conclusion
To reduce the sugar intake of elementary school students, it will be necessary to practice oriented-nutrition education by nutrition teachers continuously. In addition, it is important to develop and disseminate various types of nutrition education materials related to sugar that can be utilized easily by nutrition teachers.
5.Proton MR Spectroscopic Features of Liver Cirrhosis: Comparing with Normal Liver.
Soon Gu CHO ; Won CHOI ; Young Soo KIM ; Mi Young KIM ; Keum Nahn JEE ; Kyung Hee LEE ; Chang Hae SUH
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 2000;42(4):643-648
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the proton MR spectroscopic features of liver cirrhosis and the different proton MR spectroscopic features between liver cirrhosis and the normal human liver by comparing the two different conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The investigation involved 30 cases of in-vivo proton MR spectra obtained from 15 patients with liver cirrhosis demonstrated on the basis of radiologic and clinical findings, and from 15 normal volunteers without a past or current history of liver disease. MR spectroscopy involved the use of a 1.5T GE Signa Horizon system (GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, U.S.A.) with body coil. STEAM (STimulated Echo-Aquisition Mode) with 3000/30 msec of TR/TE was used for signal acquisition; patients were in the prone position and respiration was not interrupted. Cases were assigned to either the cirrhosis or normal group, and using the proton MR spectra of cases of in each group, peak changes occurring in lipids (at 1.3ppm), glutamate and glutamine (at 2.4 -2 .5ppm), phosphomonoesters (at 3.0 -3 .1ppm), and glycogen and glucose (at 3.4 -3 .9ppm) were evaluated. Mean and standard deviation of the ratio of glutamate + glutamine/lipids, phospho-monoesters/lipids, glycogen + glucose/lipids were calculated from the area of their peaks. The ratio of various metabolites to lipid content was compared between the normal and cirrhosis group. RESULTS: The main characteristic change in proton MR spectra in cases of liver cirrhosis compared with normal liver was decreased relative intensity of lipid peak. Mean and standard deviation of ratio of glutamate + g-lutamine/ lipids, phosphomonoesters/lipids, glycogen + glucose/lipids calculated from the area of their peaks of normal and cirrhotic liver were 0.0204 +/-0.0067 and 0.0693 +/-0.0371 (p<0.05), 0.0146 +/-0.0090 and 0.0881 +/-0.0276 (p<0.05), 0.0403 +/-0.0267 and 0.2325 +/-0.1071 (p<0.05), respectively. The other character-istic feature of proton MR spectra of liver cirrhosis was the peak detected at 3.9 - 4.1 ppm with unknown nature. Mean and standard deviation of area ratio of the unknown peak to lipid peak in proton MR spectra of liver cirrhosis was 0.1504 +/-0 . 0 3 5 5 . CONCLUSION: Proton MR spectra of liver cirrhosis revealed decreased intensity of lipid with statistical signifi-cance compared with that of normal liver, and peak at 3.9 -4.1 ppm with unknown nature. In conclusion, liver cirrhosis can be diagnosed non-invasively by the analysis of observed proton MR spectroscopic features.
Fibrosis
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Glucose
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Glutamic Acid
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Glutamine
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Glycogen
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Healthy Volunteers
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Humans
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Liver Cirrhosis*
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Liver Diseases
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Liver*
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Prone Position
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Protons*
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Respiration
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Steam
6.The Experiences of Mental Health Hospital Workers.
Young hae KIM ; Koung Oh CHANG ; MI Jee KOO ; So Hee KIM ; Young Mi KIM ; Nae Young LEE
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2007;37(3):381-390
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of mental health hospital workers. METHODS: Participants in the study were a total of 8 mental health hospital workers who consisted of nurses, social welfare workers and health managers. To prevent them from being omitted, the interviews were all recorded under the participants prior agreement. The method was analysis using the phenomenological method proposed by Colaizzi(1978). RESULTS: The experiences of the participants of this study were classified into 15 significant areas, from which 10 subjects hard work, conflicts, heavy feeling, irritability, getting familiar, changes of recognition, aptitude determination, feeling of achievement and sense of pride were drawn out. These subjects were then grouped into 5 themes. These five themes were finally grouped into 5 categories, negative emotion, depressive emotion, changes of thinking, delight and value discovery. CONCLUSIONS: The study tried to analyze the experiences of key informants like nurses, social welfare workers and health managers all of whom were serving at mental health hospitals, contribute to social recognition about the special medical establishment, promote qualitative mental health nursing and further provide educational information necessary for understanding mental health hospital workers.
Health Personnel/*psychology
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Helping Behavior
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Hospitals, Psychiatric
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Humans
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Interviews as Topic
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*Mental Health
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Models, Nursing
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Nursing Staff, Hospital/*psychology
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Workplace/psychology
7.A Comparative Study of the Effects of Intravenous Indomethacin and Oral Mefenamic Acid in the Treatment of Premature Infants with Patent Ductus Arteriosus.
Hae Jung PARK ; Yoon Suk JUNG ; Nam Soo KIM ; Chang Ryul KIM ; Hyuk KIM ; Soo Jee MOON
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 2001;44(1):32-39
PURPOSE: For the management of patent ductus arteriosus(PDA) in premature infants, fluid restriction, correction of anemia, mechanical ventilation, diuretics, and surgery have been used, and the closure rate of PDA has improved significantly since the introduction of indomethacin and mefenamic acid as pharmacologic treatments of PDA. We studied to evaluate and compare the therapeutic effects of indomethacin and mefenamic acid in the management of premature infants with PDA. METHODS: 32 inborn premature infants who were hospitalized in NICU and diagnosed as PDA by cardiac sector were retrospectively studied and divided into two groups : An indomethacin treated group and a mefenamic acid treated group. Their gestational age, birth weight, blood urea nitrogen(BUN), creatinine(Cr), platelet count, urine output, fluid therapy, postnatal age, closure rate of PDA, and etc. were examined and conpared through the medical record review. RESULTS: The mean postnatal age on drug use was 4.6 days in intravenous indomethacin treated group(n=18), 9.0 days in oral mefenamic acid treated group(n=14), and the mean gestational age was 32.0 weeks and 32.3 weeks, respectively. After the use of each drugs, platelet count and urine output decreased, whereas blood urea nitrogen and creatinine increased. The closure rate of PDA was 94.4%(17/18) in the indomethacin treated group and 85.7%(12/14) in the mefenamic acid treated group(P=0.568). On the multivariate analysis except for the drugs, the most significant factor on PDA closure in preterm neonates was total amount of intake(P=0.000). CONCLUSION: We conclude that intravenous indomethacin is as effective as oral mefenamic acid in the therapy of preterm infants with PDA.
Anemia
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Birth Weight
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Blood Urea Nitrogen
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Creatinine
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Diuretics
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Ductus Arteriosus, Patent*
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Fluid Therapy
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Gestational Age
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Humans
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Indomethacin*
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Premature*
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Medical Records
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Mefenamic Acid*
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Multivariate Analysis
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Platelet Count
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Respiration, Artificial
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Retrospective Studies
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Urea
8.A Case of allergic angitis and granulomatosis with manifestation of pleuritis and pericarditis.
Chang In KIM ; Dong Yul HA ; Young Koo JEE ; Kye Young LEE ; Keun Youl KIM ; Young Hee CHOI ; Na Hae MYUNG ; Pil Weon SEO
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1998;18(2):316-323
Allergic angitis and granulomatosis is a kind of rare systemic vasculitis, with various manifestations of disease of lung, heart, skin, musculoskeletal system, nervous system and hepatobiliary tract. There was no report of a case with manifestation of pleuritis and pericarditis, while several cases had been reported in Korea. So we here report a case of allergic angitis and granulomatosis with manifestations of pleuritis and pericarditis. The case also showed clinical manifestations of hypereosinophilia, asthma, rhinitis, pulmonary infilterates with eosinophilia and nephritis. Open lung biopsy showed arteritis with heavy infilteration of activated eosinophil in lung, pleura and pericardium. The involvement of heart might cause critical complication leading death. The patients who are supposed as allergic angitis and granulomatosis should be examined for the involvement of heart.
Arteritis
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Asthma
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Biopsy
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Eosinophilia
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Eosinophils
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Heart
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Humans
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Korea
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Lung
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Musculoskeletal System
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Nephritis
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Nervous System
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Pericarditis*
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Pericardium
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Pleura
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Pleurisy*
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Rhinitis
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Skin
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Systemic Vasculitis
9.The Experiences of Patients in Intensive Care Units(ICU).
Young Hae KIM ; Mi Jee KOO ; So Hee KIM ; Young Mi KIM ; Nae Young LEE ; Koung Oh CHANG
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2007;37(6):924-931
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe the essence of the experiences of patients in an ICU, and to understand them from the patients' point of view. METHODS: Participants in this study were six patients in P hospital. Data collection consisted of in-depth interviews and an observation method done from January to April in 2005. The method was analysis using the phenomenological method proposed by Colaizzi(1978). RESULTS: The themes were classified into eight theme clusters. The eight theme clusters were finally grouped into four categories, 'shock', 'pain', 'gratefulness' and 'pleasure of revival'. CONCLUSION: The ICU patients had negative experiences in physical.mental critical situations, but also positive experiences in consolation and nurses and families' encouragement. Therefore, ICU nurses must support patients and their families to minimize the negative experiences and maximize the positive experiences.
Adult
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Aged
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Attitude to Health
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Critical Illness/psychology
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Female
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Humans
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Inpatients/*psychology
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*Intensive Care Units
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Interviews as Topic
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Nursing Methodology Research
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Patient Transfer
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Qualitative Research
10.Usefulness of Flexible Covered Stent in Malignant Colorectal Obstruction.
Jee Hee KANG ; Sung Gwon KANG ; Hyung Jin KIM ; Hong Gi NOH ; Jae Hong WOO ; Chang Hae SUH
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1998;39(1):67-72
PURPOSE: To evaluate the usefulness of flexible covered stent in the treatment of acute colorectalobstruction secondary to colorectal carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Flexible covered stents were placed in 11patients with clinical and radiologic signs of acute colonic obstruction secondary to colorectal carcinoma. Thepurposes of stent insertion were pre-operative bowel preparation in seven patients and palliative treatment infour. A fistula was present in two;in one this was between the proximal jejunum and colon, and the other wasrectovaginal. The usefulness of stent insertion for the purpose of preoperative bowel preparation was evaluatedaccording to the feasability and status of bowel preparation, as decided by the operator. Palliative treatment forthe relief of symptoms of acute bowel obstruction was evaluated according to the number and amount of defecation,bowel dilatation in simple abdomen radiography, and the presence of complications. RESULT: Bowel preparation forthe purpose of preoperative bowel cleansing was easy in seven patients;the fecal materials remaining in the colonpresented no problems during surgery. In one of four patients palliative treatment involved a colostomy;this wasdue to recurrent stent obstruction by fecal materials after three months, and in two other patients there wasstent obstruction after two and five months, respectively. The stent in one of four patients who underwentpalliative treatment was removed because of stent migration three days after insertion;the stents in two patientswith fistulas covered the fistulas successfully. Complications after stent insertion were anal pain in threepatients, anal bleeding in three and stent migration in one. CONCLUSION: The flexible covered stent was aneffective device for the relief of acute colonic obstruction secondary to malignant rectosigmoid neoplasia. Itallowed for single-stage operation and covered the fistula. We believe however that for further evaluation of theusefulness of this type of stent in long-term palliative treatment, a larger-scale study is needed.
Abdomen
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Colon
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Colorectal Neoplasms
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Dilatation
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Fistula
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Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Jejunum
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Palliative Care
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Radiography
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Stents*