No abstract available.
Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast*

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to survey hygiene behavior of healthcare personnel according to the Hygiene Inventory 23 (HI23) and to use the results in education and research for promoting hygiene behaviors. METHODS: We sampled a total of 400 people with 50 from each job category. The sample was obtained through convenient sampling among 8,200 employees working at a tertiary-care hospital with 2,600 beds in Seoul. The HI23 consisted of 5 subscales and 8 questions on general hygiene, 3 on household hygiene, 3 on food-related hygiene, 5 on hand hygiene methods, and 4 on personal hygiene, resulting in a total of 23 questions. The researcher also added 14 questions on the general characteristics of the subjects. The self-administered questionnaires were distributed on October 2009 and analyzed blindly. RESULTS: The average total score for hygiene behavior was 3.04+/-0.44 (maximum of 4). In the subcategory of hygiene behavior, the mean score was 3.20+/-4.24 for general hygiene, 3.07+/-0.68 for household hygiene, 3.07+/-0.68 for food-related hygiene, 2.91+/-0.69 for hand hygiene methods, and 2.97+/-0.48 for personal hygiene. When factors affecting the level of hygiene behavior were identified through multivariate regression analysis, independent factors were found to be gender (female), job category (food-related job), experience in hand hygiene education, and experience in teaching hand hygiene or general hygiene. CONCLUSION: Programs and education adapted to the characteristics of each job category in hospitals are needed to promote hygiene behaviors such as general hygiene, hand hygiene methods, household hygiene, food-related hygiene, and personal hygiene.
Delivery of Health Care ; Family Characteristics ; Hand Disinfection ; Hand Hygiene ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Five hundred seventeen male patients with gonococcal urethritis at the VD clinic of Chocng-ku Public Health Center between Feb. 27 and Oct. 27, 1984 the were source cf this study. Forty-five of seventynine patients who had practiced cunnilingus were actual subjects of this study. Aeiss.ria gonorrhoeae were cultured from the pharynx of five patients: one was found to be PPNG. All 5 pharyngeal gonorrhea patients were asymptornatic and their throat appeared to be normal, except injection of the pharynx in one patient. Two patients infected by non-PPNG were administered an oral dose of 1. 0 gm probenecid plus 2 5 gm talampicillin and 2. Ogm Kanamycin sulfate, IM and one patient infected by non-PPNG was administred an oral dose of l. Ogm probenecid and, 3i) minutes later, 6. 0 m.u. fortified procaine penicillin G IM. One gatient infected by PPNG was administered an oral dose of 1, 0 gm probenecid and 30 minutes later, 1 vial of sulbactam sodium/ampicillin sodium, IM. All four pharyngeal gonorrgeal patients were cured, One patient was lost from further evaluation, We consider it important to have pharyngeal cultures done on all gonorrheal patients, at least on those who admit having had orogenital contact in recent episode, because pharyngeal gonococci may be the source of disseminated gonococcal disease and in rare circumstances, the source of mfection for sexual partners, and single lose spectinomycin and orally administered penciillin regimens that are effective against anogenital gonorrhea, had been known to have high rates of failure when used in the pharyngeal gonrorhea.
Gonorrhea* ; Humans ; Kanamycin ; Male ; Penicillin G Procaine ; Pharynx ; Probenecid ; Public Health ; Sexual Behavior ; Sexual Partners ; Sodium ; Spectinomycin ; Sulbactam ; Talampicillin ; Urethritis

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Ethmoid Sinus*

No abstract available.
Tendon Injuries* ; Tendons*

A clinical study including physical examination, electromyographic and roentgenological studies of the 2. Taekwondoists hands who mainly practiced the object-breaking maneuver with a hand who were cared at the department of orthopedic surgery, Hanyang University Hospital from November 1, 1981 to January 31, 1982, The results of the survey were as follows. 1. The average age of the athletes was 26.7 years, the average Taekwondo-practicing career was 9.7 years, the average object breaking career was 6.4 years, and the startmg age of breaking was 20.1 years in average. 2. The main parts of the hand for the breaking were Joomeok(fist) and Sonnal (ulnar edge of the palm; hand knife). 3. Bricks and tiles were commonly used as materials for breaking. Seventeen(74%) athletes could break 1 to 2 layers brick blocks, and twenty(87%) could break the 10 to 15 layers roof-tile blocks. 4. Twelve (52.1%) athletes got injuries during breaking practice. The most common injury was metacarpal fracture (7/14, 58.5%), dislocation (2/14, 16.7'lo), subluxation, sprain, and contusion (1 each/14, 8.3%) were less frequent. 5. The thickness of the knuckle pad varied from 2 to 3.9mm in 16/23 (69.5%). The average grasping power of the athletes was 97.6 1bs, and it was stronger than normal person by 9.3 lbs. 6. The electromyographic study showed no isgnificant difference in nerve conduction velocity between the af- fected and unaffected hands, which was within the normal range. It was found that the muscle primarily used was flexor digitorum profundus. 7. In the roentgenological study, the length of the second metacarpal on the affected side was the same or 0 tc 2mm shorter than the unaffected side, and when the athlete was in the growth period, the metacarpal short ness was more marked. 8. Roentgenologically no hypertrophy of the metacarpal and phalangeal bones noted.
Athletes ; Clinical Study ; Contusions ; Dislocations ; Hand Strength ; Hand ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Neural Conduction ; Orthopedics ; Physical Examination ; Reference Values ; Sprains and Strains

We report a case of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis in a 6-month-old male infant who had pruritic, tiny, erythematous papulopustules on his scalp and eosinophilia in the peripheral blood. Histopathologic examination revealed an acute follicu1ar and perifollicular inflammatory infiltrate with abundant eosinophils. The patient responded to systemic and topical corticosteroid and dapsone.
Dapsone ; Eosinophilia ; Eosinophils* ; Folliculitis* ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Scalp

To minimize the period of brain ischemia and the potential for neurologic damage during aortic arch replacement, we used the arch-first technique. First case was a 28-year-old female with extensive aneurysm involving ascending, arch and descending thoracic aorta. Exposure was obtained via a bilateral via a bilateral thoracotomy (clamshell incision) in the anterior 4th right and 3rd left intercostal space with oblique sternotomy. To prepare for arch perfusion, the side-arm graft(10mm) was anastomosed to the aortic graft, opposite the site of the planned anastomosis to the arch vessels. After completing the arch anastomosis under total circulatory arrest(37min) and retrograde cerebral perfusion(12min), aortic graft was clamped on either side and the arch was perfused via side-arm graft for 36min. When distal aortic anastomosis was finished, distal clamp of aortic graft was released and arch vessels were perfused via common femoral artery, and the proximal aortic anastomosis was accomplished. The patient was discharged with no event. Second case was a 48-year-old male with extensive aneurysm involving ascending, arch, and aortic regurgitaiton(grade III/IV). This case was also done using the clamshell incision. Aortic valve replacement was done by valved-conduit(Vascutek 30mm), both coronary artery anastomosis using Cabrol's procedure. Last operation procedure was the same as the 1st case.
Adult ; Aneurysm* ; Aorta, Thoracic* ; Aortic Valve ; Brain Ischemia ; Coronary Vessels ; Female ; Femoral Artery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Perfusion ; Sternotomy ; Thoracotomy ; Transplants

A 19-year-old man with periodic alternating nystagmus (PAN) is presented. He reported that he had had oscillopsia and head oscillations for as long as he could remember. Acquired diseases associated with PAN were ruled out with various laboratory aids. This case is believed to be the first reported case of PAN in Korea.
Head ; Humans ; Korea ; Nystagmus, Pathologic* ; Young Adult