1.Relationship of Nutritional Status at the Time of Admission to Length of Hospital Stay ( LOS ) and Mortality : A Prospective Study Based on Computerized Nutrition Screening.
Young Hae KIM ; Ae Ri SEO ; Mi Kyung KIM ; Yeon Mi LEE
Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association 1999;5(1):48-53
This study was prospectively conducted to investigate any relationship of nutritional status at the time of admission to length of hospital stay and mortality. All patients admitted to the Asan Medical Center between October 13 and November 12, 1997 who met the study criteria were included in the study. Patients were classified as Not-at-risk, At-risk I or At-risk II based on the levels of serum albumin and total lymphocyte count in a computerized nutrition screening program. Sixty three percent of the patients were classified as Not-at-risk Group, 29% as At-risk Group I and 8% as At-risk Group II. Significant correlation was observed between nutritional status and LOS (P<0.01) as well as mortality rate (P<0.05). The more the patient had the nutritional risk factors, the longer the LOS and the higher the mortality rate were. Further studies have to be done in order to demonstrate cost-effectiveness of medical therapy for the malnourished hospitalized patients.
Chungcheongnam-do
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Humans
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Length of Stay*
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Lymphocyte Count
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Mass Screening*
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Mortality*
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Nutritional Status*
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Prospective Studies*
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Risk Factors
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Serum Albumin
2.Examination of Burrows in a Norwegian Scabies Patient.
Young Sum EUN ; Mi Ri KIM ; Baik Kee CHO ; Hyun Jeong PARK
Korean Journal of Dermatology 2014;52(10):759-761
No abstract available.
Humans
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Sarcoptes scabiei
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Scabies*
3.Tick Bite by Larval Hemaphysalislongicornis.
Joo Hee LEE ; Mi Ri KIM ; Baik Kee CHO ; Hyun Jeong PARK
Korean Journal of Dermatology 2014;52(8):593-594
No abstract available.
Larva
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Tick Bites*
4.Study on Color Discrimination for the Subjects of Congenital Color Deficiency.
Mi Ri RHEE ; Jae Ho KIM ; Hanho SHIN
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(1):143-147
A total of 75 subjects were examined using Hahn's color vision test and Hahn's Double 15-Hue test. Among the 75 subjects, 62 subjects detected by screening test among 2700 high school students had defective color vision but good visual acuity and no retinal diseases. The other 13 subjects were detected in out-patient ophthalmic clinic. Results of examination in classifying the types and estimating the extent of color defects were obtained. 1. In the total 75 persons examined, extent of the color defects were as follows; mild ............ 6 cases, moderate.........31 cases, strong...........38 cases. 2. The classification of types of congenital color defects were as follows; Protan .........2 cases, Deutan ........25 cases, Unclassified...48 cases. Lack of advanced study on color discrimination for congenital color deficiency resulted in existing job discrimination against a color defective person by restricting his/her job opportunity. Therefore this kind of research has very important meanings and should be continued.
Classification
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Color Vision
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Discrimination (Psychology)*
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Humans
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Mass Screening
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Outpatients
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Retinal Diseases
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Visual Acuity
5.Expanded Criteria Donors.
The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation 2010;24(3):159-164
Due to an impressive reduction in traffic mortalities in recent years, stroke has replaced trauma as the main cause of brain death, and the mean age of donors has increased gradually. As an immediate consequence, donations are growing increasingly more complex and less effective in terms of the number of recipients transplanted, particularly with organs affected negatively by age. The huge regional variability in donation activity observed suggests that there is room for improvement. Generally, liver transplantation extended criteria donors (ECD) are divided by donor-specific characteristics: age >65 years, steatosis >30% of graft volume, long interval between brain death and procurement or graft infected by hepatitis B or C, cold ischemia >12 hours, living donor grafts, split liver grafts, and liver grafts from donors after cardiac death. Deceased donor kidneys are classified as ECD if they meet either of the following conditions: (1) Donor age more than or equal to 60-years or (2) donor age 50 to 59 years, with at least two of the following criteria: serum creatinine more than 1.5 mg/dL, death due to cerebrovascular accident, or history of hypertension. No guidelines exist for allocating an ECD organ. Accurate assessment of the relative risk of graft failure associated with various combinations of donor characteristics is an essential prerequisite for counseling patients, making the decision to accept a transplant offer, evaluating programs, and developing allocation policy.
Brain Death
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Cold Ischemia
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Counseling
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Creatinine
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Death
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Hepatitis B
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Humans
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Hypertension
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Kidney
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Liver
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Liver Transplantation
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Living Donors
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Stroke
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Tissue Donors
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Transplants
6.Insect Bite by Cephalonomia gallicola.
Hwayoung JUNG ; Mi Ri KIM ; Baik Kee CHO ; In Yong LEE ; Hyun Jeong PARK
Korean Journal of Dermatology 2014;52(7):517-519
No abstract available.
Insect Bites and Stings*
7.Localized Bullous Pemphigoid Following Acupuncture.
Yu Ri CHOI ; Mi Ri KIM ; Sang Eun LEE ; Soo Chan KIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 2010;48(4):331-333
A 60-year-old man presented with a 3-week history of pruritic bullae and erosions located within an acupuncture site on the right lower leg. Ten days prior to the development of these bullae, he had been treated with acupuncture to the right calf due to Achilles tendonitis which had developed 1 year earlier. The diagnosis of bullous pemphigoid was confirmed by histologic findings and salt-split direct immunofluorescence study performed on the perilesional skin. To our knowledge, this is the first case of localized bullous pemphigoid following acupuncture.
Male
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Humans
8.A Fibroma with Cystic Change Developing in an Accessory Ovary: A Brief Case Report.
Ae Ri KIM ; Woo Jung SUNG ; Mi Jin KIM
Korean Journal of Pathology 2011;45(3):319-321
Accessory ovaries are rare entities defined as small portions of ovarian tissue situated near, and connected to, the normally placed ovary. Tumors arising in accessory ovaries are extremely rare. In particular, a fibroma arising from an accessory ovary has not been reported in the literature. We describe such a case with a fibroma developing in an accessory ovary. A 53-year-old multiparous woman presented with abdominal pain for 2 months. Pelvic computed tomography revealed 11.0x8.0x6.0 cm sized cystic mass with a thick septal wall in right adnexa. The preoperative diagnosis was a borderline ovarian tumor. Furthermore, a laparotomy showed a cystic mass connected to the right ovary by stalk. The bilateral eutopic ovaries were completely normal. Histologically, an accessory ovary was replaced by a fibroma accompanied by extensive cystic change.
Abdominal Pain
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Female
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Fibroma
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Humans
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Laparotomy
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Middle Aged
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Ovary
9.Laparoscopic splenectomy for sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen.
Ki Han KIM ; Seul LEE ; Soon Hwa YOUN ; Mi Ri LEE ; Min Chan KIM ; Seo Hee RHA ; Ghap Joong JUNG
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 2011;80(Suppl 1):S59-S62
Primary splenic tumors are rare and mainly found incidentally on radiologic studies. Among them, sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation (SANT) of the spleen is a new entity defined as a benign pathologic lesion. Most SANTs have no clinical symptoms and are occasionally accompanied by other splenic diseases such as malignancies. So, the exact diagnosis of the nature of the splenic tumor is mandatory for further treatment. But, preoperative diagnosis is not easy since it is difficult to obtain the tissue from the spleen for pathological study. Recently, laparoscopic splenectomy has become the more standard procedure for the spleen for diagnosis and treatment. Here, we report a rare case of SANT diagnosed following laparoscopic splenectomy.
Spleen
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Splenectomy
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Splenic Diseases
10.Current Complementary Feeding and Maternal Nutritional Knowledge in Multicultural Family: Compared to the Korean Survey.
Nu Ri YANG ; Hye Sil KIM ; Mi Kyung KIM
Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2011;14(3):286-298
PURPOSE: To evaluate current complementary feeding and maternal nutritional knowledge of a multicultural family in Korea. METHODS: Foreign mothers of babies aged 9~24 months, who visited pediatric clinics or attended a meeting on a multicultural family party between December 2010 and April 2011, were asked to fill out questionnaires. Data from 146 questionnaires were analyzed. RESULTS: Complementary food was introduced at 4~7 months in 78% of babies. The following were the sources of information on complementary feeding: friends (34%), relatives (27%), books/magazines (19%), multicultural family educational support center (8%), mass media (4%), and hospitals (3%). The cases of complementary food introduction after 8 months (21% vs. 10%, p<0.001), initial use of commercial food (26% vs. 6%, P<0.001) and initial use of bottle feeding (15% vs. 3%, p<0.001) were more frequent compared to the 2009 Korean survey. Mothers agreeing with the following suggestions were relatively fewer: feeding minced meat from 6~7 months (61%), No mixed cereal powder as complementary food (61%), feeding egg white after 12 months (63%), no adding salt or sugar to the complementary food (64%), bottle weaning before 15~18 months (66%) and considering formula better than soy milk (68%). CONCLUSION: Complementary feeding practices of multicultural families showed many points of improvement compared with the 2009 Korean survey. Pediatricians should make more of an effort to consult with families of multicultural infants about nutrition and complementary feeding. Also, the government and the pediatrics academy need to institute policies to support the nutrition of multicultural infants.
Aged
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Bottle Feeding
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Edible Grain
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Egg White
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Friends
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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Mass Media
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Meat
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Mothers
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Pediatrics
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Soy Milk
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Weaning