1.Effects of Nursing Interventions Applied to Surgery Patients: A Meta-analysis.
Nam Cho KIM ; Hae Hiang SONG ; Jae Ock KIM
Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing 1998;10(3):523-534
A meta-analysis of 13 quasi-experimental studies was conducted to determine the effect of various nursing interventions applied to surgery patients. The studies were selected from dissertations done between 1982 to 1996 and had randomized or nonequivalent control groups in a pretest-post test design. The studies were classified according to three criteria : 1) types of surgery 2) types of nursing interventions 3) types of respondent variables. The following analysis was done : 1) Determination of usefulness of nursing interventions for surgery patients. 2) The magnitude of effect for each study was tested for different types of surgery, nursing interventions and outcome variables. 3) For a group of homogenious studies, the weighted mean effect size and standard error were estimated. Some findings are summarized as follows : Nursing interventions on relaxation effect applied to surgery patients have resulted in a significant effect size on pain, anxiety, and BP stabilization. Relaxation and music therapy were more effective on surgery patients than either education, heat therapy, or purposeful touch. It was impossible to identify which type of surgery was more effected by these interventions. On the basis of these findings, the following recommendations were made : 1) Many studies on the same kind of intervention applied to similar surgery patients should be accumulated continuously to identify factors that affect the effect size. 2) The detailed explanation of research process, such as, assignment method to experimental and control groups, starting points, duration and frequency of nursing interventions, and estimation of the outcome variables should be described in orther to be utilized for further research and practice.
Anxiety
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Education
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Hot Temperature
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Humans
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Music Therapy
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Nursing*
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Relaxation
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Surveys and Questionnaires
2.Clinical study of and autonomic nervous system dysfunction in chronic renal failure patients.
Dong Woung KIM ; Chung Gu CHO ; Ju Hung SONG
Korean Journal of Nephrology 1991;10(1):54-61
No abstract available.
Autonomic Nervous System*
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Humans
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Kidney Failure, Chronic*
3.Multiple Thoracic Disc Herniations: A Case Report.
Duck Yun CHO ; Eung Ha KIM ; Kwang Jin SONG
Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery 1997;4(1):170-174
No abstract available.
4.A Case of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis.
Hae Jun SONG ; Jin Ho CHO ; Soo Nam KIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1985;23(2):235-241
A case of cutaneous sarcoidosis in the 66 year-old Korean female patient is presented. She shows typical skin manifestations of plaque type in the absence of other common objective evidence of systemic involvement. Diagnosis was confirmed by charcteristic histological findings and positive Kveim test with the support of other compatible clinical and biochemical findings. She had been followed up for 3 years since the first visiting. Recently chest X-ray, slit lamp examination and skin biopsies were taken again, but failed to reveal any significant interval changes.
Aged
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Biopsy
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Diagnosis
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Female
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Humans
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Kveim Test
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Sarcoidosis*
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Skin
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Skin Manifestations
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Thorax
5.Thrombosed Capillary or Vein Associated with Angiokeratoma.
Jon Ho CHO ; Hae Jun SONG ; Soo Nam KIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1985;23(1):97-99
Thrombosed capillary or vein is a dome-shaped or slightly lobulated moderately firm, blue black nodule arising either abruptly or gradually. There may be a rim of erythema or brownish pigmentation around it. Its clinical features are similar to a malignant melanoma. We report a case of thrombosed capillary or vein associated with angiokeratoma in 44-year old male patient who has a bean sized, dome-shaped, blue-black nodule and multiple hyperkeratotic pinhead sized dark red papules un scrotum.
Adult
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Angiokeratoma*
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Capillaries*
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Erythema
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Humans
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Male
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Melanoma
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Pigmentation
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Scrotum
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United Nations
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Veins*
6.A Cases of Endodermal Sinus Tumor in Sacrococcygeal Region
Key Yong KIM ; Duk Yun CHO ; Kyung Won SONG
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1978;13(2):245-248
A endodermal sinus tumer (Teilum) is a highly malignant germ cell tumor showing a selective overgrowth of yalk sac endoderm intimately associated with the extraembryonic mesoblast. Several cases of the tumor originating from the ovaries have been reported in the literature. We present a case of the tumor with a rare origin from the sacrococcygeal region.
Endoderm
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Endodermal Sinus Tumor
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Female
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Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
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Ovary
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Sacrococcygeal Region
7.Multiple Fatigue Fractures: Report of 3 Cases
Yang Soo KIM ; Sung Soo CHO ; Gyung Song PARK
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1983;18(4):789-793
No abstract available in English.
Fatigue
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Fractures, Stress
8.Validity of Office-Based Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of a Palpable Breast Mass: A prospective study .
Sung Il CHO ; Young Jin SONG ; Hyo Yung YUN ; Sung Jin KIM ; Heon KIM
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 2000;59(4):463-469
PURPOSE: Current evidence indicates that ultrasonography of the breast is an important adjunct to mammography and clinical examination in the diagnosis of palpable breast abnormalities. An assessment of the value of office-based ultrasonography of a palpable breast mass performed by a breast surgeon was the aim of this work. METHODS: A 7.5 MHz linear probe was used to perform office-based ultrasonography in 109 consecutive female patients having a palpable solid breast mass between August 1998 and December 1999. Breast masses diagnosed histologically as fibroadenomas or breast cancer were included in this study. The clinical impression from the physical examination (PE), the result of officed-based ultrasonography done by a surgeon (OUSG), and comprehensive judgement engaging both PE and OUSG (PEUSG) were recorded in each patient's hospital record as benign or malignant at the first visit. The diagnostic values of PE, OUSG, PEUSG, mammography (MMG), and ultrasonography done by a radiologist (USG) were compared. RESULTS: Of 109 masses, a fibroadenoma was diagnosed in 73 patients while a carcinoma was established in 36 patients. The sensitivity, the specificity, the accuracy rate, and the kappa coefficient were 91.7%, 89.0%, 89.9%, and 0.780 for PE; 100%, 90.4%, 93.6%, and 0.862 for OUSG; 97.2%, 97.3%, 97.2%, and 0.938 for PEUSG; 90.4%, 89.4%, 90%, and 0.630 for MMG; and 88.9%, 90.9%, 90% and 0.798 for USG. The diagnostic accuracy of PEUSG was significantly higher than those of PE and MG (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: These data suggest that office-based ultrasonography of the breast performed by a surgeon is a useful adjunct to clinical evaluation of the breast mass and permits timely and cost-effective patient care.
Breast Neoplasms
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Breast*
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Diagnosis*
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Female
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Fibroadenoma
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Hospital Records
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Humans
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Mammography
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Patient Care
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Physical Examination
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Prospective Studies*
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Ultrasonography*
9.Clinical study of Buerger's disease, based on angiogram.
Lee Su KIM ; Young Chul LEE ; Hong Rae CHO ; Song KIM ; Won Jin CHOI
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 1992;43(2):258-265
No abstract available.
Thromboangiitis Obliterans*
10.Glycemic Index and Chronic Diseases.
Hye Ryoung SONG ; Young Gyu CHO ; Kyoung A KIM ; Ok Hyun KIM ; Jae Heon KANG
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2008;29(10):725-735
No abstract available.
Chronic Disease
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Glycemic Index