1.Two Cases of Neonatal Adrenal Hemorrhage.
Kyeong Hye JEONG ; Sung Suk JEON ; Ok Sung JEONG ; Son Sang SEO ; Jung Mee KWEON
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1995;38(10):1411-1416
No abstract available.
Hemorrhage*
2.Deep neck infection : Comparision of computed tomography scan and surgical findings.
Sang Ok KIM ; Young Hong CHO ; Sung Hee YUN ; Young Kwang SON
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1993;36(3):421-424
No abstract available.
Neck*
3.Linac Based Radiosurgery for Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations.
Sung Yeal LEE ; Eun Ik SON ; Ok Bae KIM ; Tae Jin CHOI ; Dong Won KIM ; Man Bin YIM ; In Hong KIM
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(8):1030-1036
No abstract available.
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations*
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Radiosurgery*
4.Platelet counts and size in normal pregnancy and pregnancy with preeclamsia or IUGR.
Hye Kyung KIM ; Eui Sik JUNG ; Hye Sung PARK ; Ok Kyung SON ; Chang Suh PARK ; Chang Yong PARK ; In Suh PARK
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993;36(7):3055-3061
No abstract available.
Blood Platelets*
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Fetal Growth Retardation*
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Platelet Count*
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Pregnancy*
5.Experiences on Transfer of Critically Ill Patients from Intensive Care Units to General Wards: Focus Group Interview on Nurses' View.
Youn Jung SON ; Yeon Ok SUH ; Sung Kyung HONG
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing 2009;16(1):92-102
PURPOSE: Relocation stress is a common phenomenon in patients discharged from an intensive care unit(ICU) to a ward. Therefore, nurses need to be aware of the problems that can arise during the transfer process. The aim of this study was to identify nurses' experiences in transferring critically ill patients from the ICU to a ward. METHOD: Focus group interviews were done with 13 nurses from wards and ICU, which participated in receiving and sending of ICU patients. The debriefing notes and field notes were analyzed using the consistent comparative data analysis method. RESULT: Seven major categories were identified in the analysis of the data. These were 'mixed feeling about transfer', 'lack of transfer readiness', 'increase in family burden', 'uncertainty with unfamiliar environment', 'difficulty in decision making', 'difference of perception of the relationships between patients and health care providers', 'need for continuity of nursing care'. CONCLUSION: Transferring out of the critical care area should be presented to the patient and family as a positive step in the recovery process. However, a more universal method of passing information from nurse to nurse is needed to assist in a smooth transition.
Collodion
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Critical Care
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Critical Illness
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Delivery of Health Care
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Focus Groups
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Humans
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Critical Care
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Intensive Care Units
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Statistics as Topic
6.Clinical Characteristics Associated with Blood Culture Contamination in Neonates.
Min Young JUNG ; Ok Sung SON ; Yoo Rha HONG ; Chi Eun OH
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine 2015;22(3):147-153
PURPOSE: This study was aimed to investigate the contamination rates of blood culture in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to examine the clinical characteristics related to the contamination. METHODS: Eight hundred thirty cases of blood culture performed from March 2013 to February 2014 were analyzed. We evaluated the contamination rates of blood culture by blood sampling sites and compared the clinical characteristics such as real name system and body weights of the contaminated cases and those of non-contaminated ones. The clinical characteristics were retrospectively reviewed by medical records. RESULTS: The overall contamination rate was 3.6% (30/830). The contamination rates by blood sampling sites were as follows: peripheral vein 15.6% (10/64), peripheral artery 2.6% (20/759), and umbilical arterial catheter 0% (0/7). There was no difference in the contamination rates between cases with and without real name system (P =0.484). However, there were significant differences in the contamination rates by the physicians who performed the culture (P =0.038) and body weight (<1,000 g vs. > or =1,000 g) at the time of blood culture (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that neonates with a body weight less than 1,000 g have more risks of the contamination of blood culture. Furthermore, there is a necessity to provide blood culture performers with active feedbacks and individualized education plans that can help diminish blood culture contamination rates. Prospective studies in a systematic manner that can be applied in actual clinical settings are needed in order to figure out factors that can diminish the contamination rates of blood culture in NICU.
Arteries
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Body Weight
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Catheters
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Education
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn*
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Intensive Care, Neonatal
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Medical Records
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Prospective Studies
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Retrospective Studies
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Veins
7.Value of serum 1,5-anhydroglucitol measurements in childhood obesity in the continuum of diabetes.
Ha Yeong YOO ; Byung Ok KWAK ; Jae Sung SON ; Kyo Sun KIM ; Sochung CHUNG
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 2015;20(4):192-197
PURPOSE: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity are currently increasing. Accordingly, the concept of "preventing diabetes" in high-risk groups has become more important in diabetic care, but the use of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as a measure has limitations in this field. The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG) in assessing prediabetes status in obese children. METHODS: The medical records of 74 subjects aged 6-19 years (of which 27 were overweight/obese and 47 had diabetes) who had 1,5-AG data were reviewed retrospectively. We compared 1,5-AG with HbA1c using the Pearson correlation test to assess the clinical utility of 1,5-AG. RESULTS: 1,5-AG levels were higher (31.1+/-10.1 microg/mL vs. 7.4+/-7.3 microg/mL) and HbA1c levels were lower (5.5%+/-0.3% vs. 8.9%+/-2.7%) in the overweight/obese group than in the diabetics group. The range of 1,5-AG levels in obese children was wide (16.8-59.3 microg/mL), and did not have significance with HbA1c. A negative correlation between 1,5-AG and HbA1c was significant in the entire subject (r=-0.822, P<0.001), and also in the HbA1c range of 5.5% to 8% (r=-0.736, P<0.001). CONCLUSION: 1,5-AG is a valuable index in the HbA1c range of 5.5%-8% and it might be considered an early glycemic control index in insulin-resistant obese children with an HbA1c level above 5.5%. Moreover, the 1,5-AG level assessment should be presented as a supplementary tool for better compliance, as well as being an improvement in diabetes management for the short-term glucose control in relatively well-controlled diabetes patients with an HbA1c level below 8%.
Child
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Compliance
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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Glucose
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Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated
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Humans
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Medical Records
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Obesity
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Pediatric Obesity*
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Prediabetic State
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Prevalence
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Retrospective Studies
8.Preterm Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome.
Min Young JUNG ; Ok Sung SON ; Jung Hyun LEE ; Yoo Rha HONG
Neonatal Medicine 2015;22(4):223-227
Preterm ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (POHS) is characterized by swelling of the vulva and hypogastrium, elevated estradiol and gonadotropin levels, and multiple ovarian follicular cysts in premature baby girls. We report a case of POHS with a review of the literature. The patient presented with swelling of the clitoral hood, and the labia majora and minora. We confirmed multiple ovarian cysts, as well as elevated estradiol and lutenizing hormone levels by performing pelvic ultrasound and laboratory tests. The symptoms resolved gradually and spontaneously.
Edema
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Estradiol
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Female
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Follicular Cyst
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Gonadotropins
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Humans
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Infant
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Ovarian Cysts
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Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome*
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Ultrasonography
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Vulva
9.A Case of Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Sigmoid Colon.
Keung Whan KIM ; Jeong Yeol KIM ; Mee Jeong SON ; Yong Hwan WON ; Ok Jae LEE ; Young Chai KIM
Korean Journal of Medicine 1997;52(2):243-246
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the colon is very rare and its incidence is 0.025% to 0.05% among all colon cancers. We report a case of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the sigmoid colon in a 65year-old man. He had bowel habit change and hematochezia for 3 months. Colonoscopy with biopsy and left inguinal lymph node biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma. We confirmed the diagnosis of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the sigmoid colon with lymph node metastasis by diagnostic criteria. The patient was discharged against advice and expired.
Biopsy
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell*
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Colon
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Colon, Sigmoid*
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Colonic Neoplasms
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Colonoscopy
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Diagnosis
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Incidence
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Lymph Nodes
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Neoplasm Metastasis
10.Influenza A Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit During the 2011-2012 Influenza Season in Korea.
Ok Sung SON ; Chi Eun OH ; Seom Gim KONG ; Yu Jin JUNG ; Yoo Rha HONG
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine 2016;23(2):87-93
PURPOSE: An outbreak of influenza virus is uncommon in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The clinical presentation of influenza virus infection in neonates is diverse. This study was aimed to report an outbreak of influenza A in a NICU and to investigate the clinical characteristics of influenza virus infection in neonates especially preterm infants during the 2011-2012 influenza season in Korea. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 29 patients who were evaluated by respiratory virus multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) at NICU of Kosin University Gospel Hospital during the 2011-2012 seasonal influenza outbreak in Korea. RESULTS: Eleven patients (37.9%) were influenza A virus RT-PCR positive during the survey periods. They were all preterm infants and three of them had no symptoms. Eight patients had symptoms and it was fever (18%, 2/11), respiratory difficulty (72.7%, 8/11) without symptoms of upper respiratory infection, and gastrointestinal symptoms (27.3%, 3/11). The median duration of symptom was 5 days. There were differences of duration of admission at the test of respiratory RT-PCR, Clinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB) score, use of mechanical ventilation, and use of dexamethasone before infection between influenza A virus RT-PCR positive and negative group. All 11 patients with influenza A were discharged without any complications. CONCLUSIONS: The symptoms of influenza A virus infection in the preterm infants is nonspecific. Influenza A virus should be considered as a possible cause of infection in NICU during the influenza season in the community.
Dexamethasone
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Fever
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Premature
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Influenza A virus
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Influenza, Human*
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Intensive Care Units
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Intensive Care, Neonatal*
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Korea*
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Medical Records
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Orthomyxoviridae
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Respiration, Artificial
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Seasons*