BACKGROUND: This study aims to examine the knowledge of nursing and allied health-college students on cough etiquette and their actual compliance to it. METHODS: For data collection, a structured questionnaire was created and handed out to students from 3 colleges from November 9 to November 18, 2011. The questionnaires were distributed to 300 students, and responses from 253 students were used for data analysis. RESULTS: In total, 54.85% students provided correct answers to questions regarding their knowledge on cough etiquette. The compliance score was 34.39 (compliance rate: 61.41%). There was a positive association between knowledge of proper cough etiquette and compliance with those procedures. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that college student's knowledge of cough etiquette is low, and subsequently that their compliance with the proper procedures of cough etiquette was low. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a program to build knowledge of proper cough etiquette amongst these students.
Compliance ; Cough ; Data Collection ; Hand ; Humans ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Tinea faciale is a dermatophyte infection of glabrous skin of the face except moustache and beard areas of the adult male. Generally it is not considered to be unique entity, and is included under Tinea corporis. However, T. faciale is somewhat different from T. corporis in its clinical manifestation, age and sex distribution and composition of causative fungi. Because superficial fungal infection of the face has not been emphasized, there is a low index of suspicion and often incorrect diagnoses are made. This clinical and mycological investigation was made with 36 cases of Tinea faciale among out-patients in dermatologic clinic of St. Pauls hospital, Catholic Medical College, from October, 1980 to September, 1981. Following results were obtained: 1. The incidence of Tinea. faciale was 0.67% among 5,406 out-patients and 3.7% among 973 superficial fungal infections. 2. The ratio of male to female patient was 1: 2.6 and incidence rate among divided age groups was the highest in under 9(36.1%) and 10-19(16.7%), 20-29(16.7%) in order(Table 1). 3. Central clearing was showed in 43.5% of the patients, annular or circular features in 65.2%, scales in 69.6%, papules in 39.1%, pustules in 17.4% and 73.9% of the patients had singie lesion(Table 3). 4. Coexisting fungal infection was found in 10 patients(27.8%) among 36 cases a,nd the most common coexisting fungus was Microsporum canis (Table 6). 5. The incidence of causative fungi in descending order were as follows: Microsporum canis(43.8%), Trichophyton rubrum (25%), Trichophyton mentagrophyte(15.6%) Microsporum gypaeum(9.4%), Trichophyton interdigitale(6.2%) (Table 4).
Adult ; Arthrodermataceae ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Fungi ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Microsporum ; Outpatients ; Sex Distribution ; Skin ; Tinea* ; Trichophyton ; Weights and Measures

The association of colonic atresia in patients with Down syndrome is a rare anomaly. The incidence of congenital atresia of the gastrointestinal tract has been estimated to be about one in 1500 births. Colonic atresia is rarer still, and is throut to comprise about 5% to 10% of this group. This intestinal atresia occurs in about 30% to 50% of patient with Down syndrome. We experienced a case of Down syndrome associated with colonic atresia in a 1 day old male. His initial chief complaints at the admission were severe abdominal distension and Down appearance. Diagnosis was confirmed by chromosomal study and operative laparotomy with end-to-end ileodescending colostomy. We report the case with brief review of related literatures.
Colon* ; Colostomy ; Diagnosis ; Down Syndrome* ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Humans ; Incidence ; Intestinal Atresia ; Laparotomy ; Male ; Parturition

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Humans

We experienced a case of mitral incompetence due to rupture of anterolateral papillary muscle in a 56-year-old male who complained of abdominal pain and mild dyspnea after being struck by car. Clinical manifestation immediately following injury was minimal, but heart failure progressed rapidly 3 days after injury. Echocardiopraphic evaluation revealed ruptured anterolateral papillary muscle and severe mitral regurgitation on color flow imaging. There was no evidence of coronary artery disease on coronary angiography. Operation revealed that the haed of anterolateral papillary muscle was torn out of its insertion. Mitral valve replacement with mechanical prosthesis was performed on the 50th day after injury.
Abdominal Pain ; Coronary Angiography ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Dyspnea ; Heart Failure ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mitral Valve ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency ; Papillary Muscles* ; Prostheses and Implants ; Rupture* ; Thorax*

PURPOSE: Cataract and refractive surgical procedures are now among the most common and successful surgeries in medicine. Since 1995, we have annually surveyed the members of the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery(KSCRS) on cataract surgery technique, anesthesia, intraocular lens and refractive surgery to understand the current situation and future trends in these fields. METHODS: Fifth annual survey forms consisted of 80 multiple-choice questions mailed in January 2000 to 234 ophthalmologists of the KSCRS. Approximately 47% of the questionnaires mailed were returned by the February cutoff date. Current data were compared with previous annual survey and data from Japan and USA. RESULTS: Hospitalized period is decreased annually and use of topical anesthesia(38%) increased steady. Self sealing wound construction was the main wound closure technique in phacoemulsification accounted for 41%. Most preferred intraocular lenses for small incision cataract surgery are silicone(60%), acrylic (33%), and PMMA(7%). Especially, acrylic intraocular lens had been used highly. Viscoelastics(38%) produced by Korean medical company becomes widely used compared with previous year. 61% of the respondents were performing excimer laser keratomy for refractive surgery. Its complications are the regression of visual acuity(39%), halo or glare(36%), and irregular astigmatism(15%). 52% of the respon-dents performing LASIK had the experience of thin or perforated flap formation, and 48% had free cap formation. Also, legal problems on excimer laser and LASIK have been increased highly. CONCLUSION: From this survey, we found current trend and change in cataract and refractive surgery in Korea are similar to those of Japan and USA.
Anesthesia ; Cataract* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Japan ; Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ ; Korea* ; Lasers, Excimer ; Lenses, Intraocular ; Phacoemulsification ; Postal Service ; Refractive Surgical Procedures* ; Wound Closure Techniques ; Wounds and Injuries

Leiomyoma is rare. Most of patients present with urinary tract infection, hematuria, dyspareunia, or complaint of mass. A case of leiomyoma on urethrovaginal septum in a 36 years old female was presented. The presenting symptom was a protruding mass at the anterior vaginal wall The mass was removed surgically and confirmed as a leiomyoma pathologically.
Adult ; Dyspareunia ; Female ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Leiomyoma* ; Urinary Tract Infections

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Aortic Rupture* ; Echocardiography, Transesophageal*

BACKGROUND: Purified major allergens of house dust mite are essential for evaluation of the allergic mechanism in molecular basis and development of new modalities of immunemodulation. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to purif group 1 and group 2 allergens from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Dp). In addition, cDNAs corresponding to Der pI and II in Korean Dp were isolated and recombinant Der p1 and Der pII were synthesized. MATERIALS AND and METHOD: Der pI allergen was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion -exchange column chromatography, and gel filtrat,ion chromatography. Der pII allergen was purified by anion exchange chromatography, gel filtration chromatography, and a preparative isoelectric focusing method. RESULTS: Eight hundred ug of Der pI and 50 ug of Der pII were obtained from 100 g of culture medium and 1 g of mite bodies, respectively. The purities of these allergens were confirmed by SDS PAGE and the strong reactivity to the patient sera was identified. In order to produce a recombinant allergens, poly(A) RNA from house dust mites were isolated and used for cDNA synthesis by RT PCR. The cDNA was inserted into prokaryotic expression vector and the vectors were transformed into E. coli. A little amount of recombinant Der pI protein was produced due to the low solubility, and 1.2 mg of recombinant Der pII was produced from 1 L of E. coli culture medium. The antigenicity of Der pI was relatively weak, however, Der pII showed a strong antigenicity. Amino acid sequence of the amplified cDNA deduced from DNA sequences of Der pII showed 6 different variants. The variation of amino acid sequences suggests the possibility of high incidence of mutation of Der pII protein. CONCLUSION: A simplified method for the purification of Der pI and Der pII was developed. Recombinant allergens will be useful for the diagnosis and treatment of allergy with lower costs.
Allergens* ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Ammonium Sulfate ; Base Sequence ; Chromatography ; Chromatography, Gel ; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus* ; Diagnosis ; DNA, Complementary ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Incidence ; Isoelectric Focusing ; Mites ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Pyroglyphidae* ; RNA, Messenger ; Solubility

Authors were reviewed clinically for the patients who revealed ocular manifestations related to systemic diseases in year of 1968 (Table 1). The incidence of ocular changes related to systemic diseases (Table 2, 3, and 4), and ocular mansfestations of various systemic diseases such as infectious diseases, allergic diseases, endocrine diseases, nutritional and metabolic, central nerve system, cardiovascular diseases, hematopoietic diseases and connective tissue disorders (Table 5 to 22) were statistically and clinically observed in many respects. We observed some interesting cases such as macular edema (OU, aged 22, male) related to epidemic homorrhagic fever, monocular pseudoptosis in ocular conversion reaction and optic nerve atrophy (OU, aged 34, female) in toxemia.
Atrophy ; Cardiovascular System ; Communicable Diseases ; Connective Tissue ; Conversion Disorder ; Endocrine System Diseases ; Fever ; Humans ; Incidence ; Macular Edema ; Optic Nerve ; Toxemia