PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the level of project perception for those nurses from research-driven hospitals and to analyze the effect of research-relevant performance in the health care field focusing on the mediated effect of research capacity and job satisfaction. METHODS: Data were collected from June, 2014 to July, 2014, and participants were 106 research nurses in Research-driven hospitals. Descriptive statistics, Independent t-test, One-way ANOVA, structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS: As a result, Research-relevant performance according to project perception of research nurses from Research-driven Hospitals was not statistically significant, but research capacity and job satisfaction had a mediating role. Evaluation System Perception was significantly different from Research Capacity (p<.001), Research Capacity was significantly different from Job Satisfaction (p<.001), Job Satisfaction was significantly different from Research Performance (p<.001) CONCLUSION: The results indicate that research capacity building and job security research nurses are able to contribute to improving research performance of research-driven hospitals.
Capacity Building ; Delivery of Health Care ; Job Satisfaction* ; Negotiating*

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Bacteroides fragilis* ; Bacteroides* ; Chemokines, CXC* ; Enterotoxins* ; Epithelial Cells* ; Humans* ; NF-kappa B*

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Bacteroides fragilis* ; Bacteroides* ; Chemokines, CXC* ; Enterotoxins* ; Epithelial Cells* ; Humans* ; NF-kappa B*

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Bacteroides fragilis* ; Bacteroides* ; Enterotoxins* ; Epithelial Cells* ; Gene Expression* ; Humans* ; Intestinal Mucosa*

Cantrell's syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly, consists of five malformations. There are the midline abdominal wall defect, the defect of sterna lower part, an agenesis of the anterior part of the diaphragm, an absence of the diaphragmatic pericardium, and the congenital intracardiac problem. We diagnosed Cantrell's syndrome with left ventricular diverticulum in a female neonate with no perinatal problems. She experienced an one-staged operation and discharged with no complications. We report a case with brief review of the literature.
Abdominal Wall ; Diaphragm ; Diverticulum* ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Pericardium

Purulent pericarditis is an infrequent but fulminant and frequently lethal disease. Purulent pericarditis tends to occur as direct extension of bacterial pneumonia or empyema in past. In recently, purulent pericarditis tends to occur in adult via contiguous spread from an early postoperative infection after thoracic surgery or trauma, infection related to infective endocarditis, extension from a subdiaphragmatic suppurative source, and hematogenous spread during bacteremia. Endogenous causes of purulent pericarditis are frequently characterized as esophageal perforations. Common causes of esophageal perforations related to purulent pericaditis which usually develop in association with mediastinitis, pneumonia and empyema include corrosive esophagitis, complication after esophageal and tracheal instrumentation and Boerhaave's syndrome. There is very little reference to the development of pericarditis in associated with esophageal perforation which does not directly communicate with the pericardium. while, although most uncommon, it is well documented that the esophagus can perforate directly into the pericardium and produce pericarditis. We experienced a case of acute purulent pericarditis after esophageal and pericardial perforation by a small fish bone in a previously healthy man. The patient was treated successfully with systemic antibiotics and pericardiotomy.
Adult ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Bacteremia ; Empyema ; Endocarditis ; Esophageal Perforation ; Esophagitis ; Esophagus ; Foreign Bodies* ; Humans ; Mediastinitis ; Pericardiectomy ; Pericarditis* ; Pericardium ; Pneumonia ; Pneumonia, Bacterial ; Thoracic Surgery

BACKGROUND: Because dementia tends to be underdiagnosed, Solomon PR developed a brief neurocognitive screening battery to identify Alzheimer's dementia. The 7-Minute Screen consists of four individual tests(orientation, memory, clock drawing, verbal fluency). It can be rapidly administered and it may be appropriately used in the primary care setting. We attempted to develop a screening tool of dementia based on the 7-Minute Screen at primary care setting in Korea. METHODS: We adapted the 7 Minute Screen to the Korean version of 7 Minute Screen(7 MS-K). 7 MS-K and MMSE-K were administered to 61 elderly people who visited the Sungbuk Public Health Center. Inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability were evaluated. RESULTS: The 7 MS-K has a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 90% for cutoff point of MMSE-K 23/24. Inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability for the entire battery was very high(both r=1). Mean time of administration was 10 minutes. CONCLUSION: 7 MS-K has a reasonable validity, reliability and can be administered in a brief period, and requires no clinical judgement and minimal training. It may be a useful tool for screening dementias in primary care setting.
Aged ; Dementia ; Humans ; Korea ; Mass Screening ; Memory ; Primary Health Care* ; Public Health ; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Esophagitis*

BACKGROUND: Mivacurium is a nondepolarizing muscle relaxant and metabolized by pseudo-cholinesterase(pChe). Many reports show fall in pChe activity during pregnancy, so the metabolism of mivacurium may be delayed and muscle relaxation would be prolonged. METHODS: Muscle relaxation of full-term pregnant women(C group, n=10) and nopregnant women(Non-C group, n=10) was maintained by continuous infusion of mivacurium to keep 1st response of TOF at 5+/-1%. After discontinuance of infusion, recovery profiles were measured with accelerography. RESULTS: The Infusion rate of mivacurium to maintain 1st twich response of TOF at 5+/-1% was significantly low in C group comparing with Non-C group(P<0.05). There was no significant difference in pChe activity between two groups. There was no significant difference in recovery index, recovery time(T1 25%-T4 ratio, 0.75). There was a little correlation between the total infusion time and recovery profiles(recovery index: r2=0.37, recovery time: r2=0.28). Strong correlation existed between bolus-TS(time interval from the injection of mivacurium to recovery of 5% twitch hight) and infusion rate(r2=0.76). CONCLUSION: The mivacurium infusion rate of C group to maintain muscle relaxation was significantly lower than Non-C group. There would be many possible reasons including over-estimation of paturient body weight compared with lean body mass, decrease of blood volume due to hemorrhage.
Blood Volume ; Body Weight ; Cesarean Section* ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Metabolism ; Muscle Relaxation ; Obstetrics ; Pregnancy ; Pseudocholinesterase

BACKGROUND: Mivacurium is a nondepolarizing muscle relaxant and metabolized by pseudo-cholinesterase(pChe). Many reports show fall in pChe activity during pregnancy, so the metabolism of mivacurium may be delayed and muscle relaxation would be prolonged. METHODS: Muscle relaxation of full-term pregnant women(C group, n=10) and nopregnant women(Non-C group, n=10) was maintained by continuous infusion of mivacurium to keep 1st response of TOF at 5+/-1%. After discontinuance of infusion, recovery profiles were measured with accelerography. RESULTS: The Infusion rate of mivacurium to maintain 1st twich response of TOF at 5+/-1% was significantly low in C group comparing with Non-C group(P<0.05). There was no significant difference in pChe activity between two groups. There was no significant difference in recovery index, recovery time(T1 25%-T4 ratio, 0.75). There was a little correlation between the total infusion time and recovery profiles(recovery index: r2=0.37, recovery time: r2=0.28). Strong correlation existed between bolus-TS(time interval from the injection of mivacurium to recovery of 5% twitch hight) and infusion rate(r2=0.76). CONCLUSION: The mivacurium infusion rate of C group to maintain muscle relaxation was significantly lower than Non-C group. There would be many possible reasons including over-estimation of paturient body weight compared with lean body mass, decrease of blood volume due to hemorrhage.
Blood Volume ; Body Weight ; Cesarean Section* ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Metabolism ; Muscle Relaxation ; Obstetrics ; Pregnancy ; Pseudocholinesterase