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Animals ; Antigen-Antibody Reactions* ; Guinea Pigs* ; Guinea* ; Lung* ; Mast Cells*

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Humans ; Knee*

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to classify nursing management competencies and develop behavioral indicators for nurse managers in hospitals. Also, levels of importance and performance based on developed criteria were to be identified and compared. METHODS: Using expert survey we classified nursing management competencies and behavioral indicators with data from 34 nurse managers and professors. Subsequently, data from a survey of 216 nurse managers in 7 cities was used to analyze the importance-performance comparison of the classified nursing management competencies and behavioral indicators. RESULTS: Forty-two nursing management competencies were identified together with 181 behavioral indicators. The mean score for importance of nursing management competency was higher than the mean score for performance. According to the importance-performance analysis, 5 of the 42 nursing management competencies require further development: vision-building, analysis, change management, human resource development, and self-management competency. CONCLUSION: The classification of nursing management competencies and behavioral indicators for nurse managers in hospitals provides basic data for the development and evaluation of programs designed to increase the competency of nurse managers in hospitals
Classification* ; Humans ; Nurse Administrators ; Nursing* ; Practice Management ; Professional Competence ; Self Care

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On supine position the patient fixed at a point on the celling with the intact eye. Under the fluoroscope the tip of lacrimal probe was brought on the sclera, where the foreign body cast its shadow. Two exposures were taken at right angle. one frontally and the other laterally. The location of the foreign body was calculated with reference to the lacrimal probe. If a fluoroscope was not availabe, a lacrimal probe was brought to the estimated point on the sclera and two exposures were taken as above. If there was an error more than 3 mm between the indicator and the foreign body, the second localization was almost indispensable for the successful surgery. Bone free technique of Vogt was applied for very small foreign body in the anterior vitreous cavity. This accurate and convenient technique may be applied in every clinics for preparing the foreign body extraction, because it requires no special apparatus other than a standard X-ray machine and a lacrimal probe.
Foreign Bodies* ; Humans ; Sclera ; Supine Position

The aseptic loosening has emerged as one of the most common and serious long term complications, which requires the revision of total hip replacement arthroplasty. We studied the radiologic finding of the aseptic loosening in 79 patients of uncemented total hip replacement arthroplasty which had been performed in our hospital from March 1991 to December 1994. We evaluated the white reaction lines, osteolysis state, translation and migration in postoperative and last follow-up radiographies. The white reactive lines around the femoral stem and the acetabular cup were most frequent in zone IV and zone II. But it was not progressive and need more long term follow-up evaluations to confirm whether these lines are related to loosening or not. In assessment for stable state, the more stable at initial fixations, the better state of long term stability. Some patients have pain without loosening but all patients with loosening have pain. Press fit is the most important factor of the late stability. The osteolysis is not directly proportional to femoral loosening in this study, but it might be due to short follow up time.
Acetabulum ; Arthroplasty* ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hip ; Humans ; Osteolysis

The incidence of herniated lumbar disc under the age of 19 years is increasing due to increased sports activity of teenager and development of diagnostic methods. 33 cases of herniated lumbar disc of the teenager was analyzed at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dong-A College of Medicine from March 1990 to May 1994. The results were obtained as follows: 1) Among 413 patients, 33 patients(7.9%) were teenagers and the sex ratio was 2.3:1 in male to female. 2) Average intervals between the onset of clinical symptoms and the admission were 13.2 months. 3) 20 cases(60.6%) had a definite trauma history, and among these cases, 14 cases(70.0%) were associated with sports activity. 4) The most common level of herniation was L4-5 in 29 cases(64.4%), straight leg raising test was positive in 32 cases(97.0%), sensory change in 13 cases(39.4%), motor weakness in 10 cases(30.3%). 5) Among positive MRI findings(32 cases), 17 cases(53.1%) were the protruded type. 6) Among 23 operative cases, 21 cases had excellent or good results.
Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Intervertebral Disc ; Leg ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Sex Ratio ; Spine ; Sports

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Child* ; Epidemiologic Studies* ; Gastroenteritis* ; Humans ; Rotavirus*

While retinal detachment is not rarely associated with posterior staphyloma and macular hole, very few cases of retinal detachment with equatorial scleral staphyloma are reported until recentily. In the course of retinal detachment surgery, an equatorial staphyloma is found unexpectedly and makes surgical treatment difficult. We experienced a 70 year old woman who had retinal detachment due to a hole at the 1 o'clock equator. During the retinal detachment surgery, a large equatorial staphyloma was noted right over the retinal hole. Scleral surface buckling procedure and graft using the preserved human sclera were performed. After the follow up period of 6 months, retina was still reattached.
Aged ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Retina ; Retinal Detachment* ; Retinal Perforations ; Retinaldehyde* ; Sclera ; Transplants

The treatment of the retinal periphlebitis is a symptomatic one including systemic corticosteroid therapy, photocoagulation, and surgery which aims at prevention of the complete destruction of the eye and the resultant blindness by making the patient pass the active stage (about 3 years) of the disease without a problem. In case of severe vitreous hemorrhage, effective photocoagulation is impossible and Franceschetti reported that he had succeeded, to a certain extent, in stopping the hemorrhage by the method of "Overcast skies coagulation" applying diathermy to the sclera in the upper half of the globe extensively. Because the vitreous hemorrhage in retinal periphlebitis is usually repetitive, it is usual to find the fibrous proliferation and retinal detachment already when the blood in the vitreous is absorbed. In such cases, the Overcast skies coagulation alone is not satisfactory in achieving the goals of the therapy. The author tried to manage the vitreous hemorrhage and tractional retinal detachment by combining the Overcast skies coagulation with scleral buckli ng procedure. The surgical techniques include the lamellar scleral incision in the equatorial area in the equatorial area in the upper half of the globe, extensive application of the diathermy or cryothermy to the sclera exposed, and implantation of the allogeneic sclera and encircling band along the equator. Additioal procedure can be applied also in the lower half of the globe. Twelve cases of retinal periphlebitis with massive vitreous hemorrhage were treated by surgical method, and followed up at least 1 year. Of these 12 cases, the retina was reattached in 10 cases and the vision was maintained ot increased in 8 cases.
Blindness ; Diathermy ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Light Coagulation ; Phlebitis* ; Retina ; Retinal Detachment ; Retinaldehyde* ; Sclera ; Traction ; Vitreous Hemorrhage*