This study was performed to assess the effect of one year's of meal service for home-staying urban elderly with low incole on their nutritional status. One hundred and eighty three subjects, who had already completed the first nutritional survey, were assigned to two group : meal served(served) and non-meal served(non-served). A meal containing approximately on half of the RDA for energy, protein, calcium and iron was served as lunch everyday to served group. After on year of meal service, follow-up-nutritional survey was done and changes of parameters were analyzed with paired t-test. Served female showed signficantly increased intake of riboflavin and calcium, while non-served female showed significantly decreased intake of calcium. Serum total protein, serum albumin and serum cholesterol were significantly increased in female regardless of meal service. Served remale was observed with significantly elevated LDL-cholesterol, whereas non-served female showed singnificantly lowered HDL-cholesterol. Significantly decreased serum iron, serum transferrin saturaion and significantly increased TIBC were observed for female regardless of meal service. But the proportion of anemic elderly according to Hb or serum iron was decreased more in served group. Female showed significantly increased serum zinc and copper regardless of meal service, whereas only served male showed significantly increased serum copper.
Aged* ; Calcium ; Cholesterol ; Copper ; Female ; Humans ; Iron ; Lunch ; Male ; Meals* ; Nutrition Surveys ; Nutritional Status ; Riboflavin ; Serum Albumin ; Transferrin ; Zinc

The purpose of this study was to figure out the characteristics of dietary habits and lifestyles related to the development of insulin resistance syndrome(IRS). The participants in this study were 595 adults with one or more abnormal data from a health examination and 215 normal adults. When IRS was defined as a condition in which the subjects have 2 or more abnormalities among obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and hyperglycemia, the prevalence rate was 37.8%. We classified the 595 adults by the number of components of IRS components they had, the higher age and obesity index they had. Total cholesterol and glucose levels in the blood were also positively related to the number of IRS components. IRS subjects tended to practice less habitual drinking and more exercise and weight control. Coffee consumption and dining out frequency were also lower in the IRS group. An analysis of food habits by odds ratio indicated that total food score was better in the IRS group. However, it appeared that food habits such as \"frequent snacking\" and \"never rejecting offered foods\" need to be improved in IRS subjects. Other undesirable food habits were related to the consumption of eggs, dairy products, fried foods, garlic and onion. Dietary intake of Ca, Fe, riboflavin, Vit A, and energy were less than 75% of the Korean recommended allowance for more than half of the subjects. Nutrient intake was lower, Ca/P ratio from food intake was worse in the IRS group. Our results indicated that nutrition counseling for IRS need to be focused on balanced food intake to supply sufficient amount of each nutrient.
Adult ; Cholesterol ; Coffee ; Counseling ; Daegu* ; Dairy Products ; Drinking ; Eating ; Eggs ; Food Habits ; Garlic ; Glucose ; Humans ; Hyperglycemia ; Hyperlipidemias ; Hypertension ; Insulin Resistance* ; Insulin* ; Life Style* ; Obesity ; Odds Ratio ; Onions ; Ovum ; Prevalence ; Riboflavin

Signet ring cell carcinoma is a variant of adenocarcinoma and has been rarely reported in the lung as a primary site. Recently, we experienced two cases of primary signet ring cell carcinoma in the lung without any other extrapulmonary lesion. Sputum cytology was performed and the tumor cells which have eccentrically located nuclei and abundnat mucinous cytoplasm were dispersed in diffuse sheets. On resected specimen, the signet ring cells occupied about 50~80% of all tumor cell nests. HIstochemical staining revealed that the mucin produced by tumor cells was mostly carboxylated acid mucins. Ultrastructurally, the tumor cells contained variable sized membrane-bound mucin granules with weak central osmiophilic density and showed numerous surface microvilli, which represented that tumor cells arose from bronchial epithelial cells. In general, this tumor has diffusely infiltrative nature and the prognosis is fatal due to widespread metastasis before clinical discovery.
Adenocarcinoma ; Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell* ; Cytoplasm ; Epithelial Cells ; Lung* ; Microvilli ; Mucins ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Prognosis ; Sputum

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of video feedback training for the parents of autistic spectrum disorder children. METHOD: Ten Autistic spectrum disorder children and their mothers participated in this training. Twenty minutes play times were videotaped including free play time and chosen play time. After one session, watching videotape, the researcher analyzed the relation of the children and their mother and had a feedback training with the mother of child. RESULTS: The child's responses to the mother's start actions had significant differences (p<0.05). The language responses of children increased in the organized environment of chosen play. Language responses increased but negative actions and no responses reduced when mother encouraged child centered play rather than mother engaged in children's play directly. In log sector model, mother's responses according to the play type had meaningless difference (p0.05). But in division analysis mother's responses to child's start action had meaningful difference in pre/post treatment and play type. CONCLUSION: The effects of video feedback training of autistic spectrum disorder children's parents were positive. Through this investigation the interaction and the communication with autistic spectrum disorder children and their parents are influenced positively.
Child ; Humans ; Language Development* ; Mothers ; Parents* ; Videotape Recording

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors influencing the intention to report child abuse of emergency room nurses based on the health belief model. Methods: This was a descriptive study that used a cross-sectional design. A total of 188 emergency room nurses working at general hospitals with more than 300 beds in Seoul participated in the study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis with the SPSS 25.0 program. Results: Correlations and regression analyses showed that the perceived severity (β=.14, p=.024), perceived barrier (β= -.25, p<.001), and self-efficacy (β=.31, p<.001) were factors influencing emergency room nurses’ intention to report child abuse, and the explanatory power of the model was 33.0%. conclusion The results of this study related to the health belief model, being a valid theoretical basis for child abuse reporting intention research, significantly suggest new research directions in the future. In addition, to increase the nurses' intention to report child abuse in the emergency room, the influencing factors identified in this study can be utilized and develop specific interventions using the health belief model.

PURPOSE: To describe the CT and MR imaging features in patients with intracranial dolichoectasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The CT(n=21), MR(n=20) and MRA(n=11) imaging features seen in 28 patients (M:F=12:16 aged beetween 65 and 82 (mean, 65) years with intracranial dolichoectasia were retrospectively reviewed with regard to involved sites, arterial changes(maximum diameter, wall calcification, high signal intensity in the involved artery, as seen on T1-weighted MR images), infarction, hemorrhagic lesion, compression of brain parenchyma or cranial nerves, hydrocephalus and brain atrophy. Involved sites were classified as either type 1 (involvement of only the posterior circulation), type 2 (only the anterior circulation), or type 3 (both). RESULTS: In order of frequency, involved sites were type 1(43%), type 3(36%) and type 2(22%). Dolichoectasia was more frequently seen in the posterior circulation(79%) than in the anterior (57%). Arterial changes as seen on T1-weighted MR images, included dolichoectasia(mean maximum diameter 7.4mm in the distal internal carotid artery, and 6.7mm in the basilar artery), wall calcification(100% in involved arteries) and high signal intensity in involved. Cerebral infarction in the territory of the involved artery was found in all patients, and a moderate degree of infarct was 87%. Hemorrhagic lesions were found in 19 patients(68%); these were either l o b a r ( 53%), petechial(37%), or subarachnoid (16%), and three patients showed intracranial aneurysms, including one case of dissecting aneurysm. In 19 patients(68 %), lesions were compressed lesions by the dolichoectatic arteries, and were found -in order of descending frequency- in the medulla, pons, thalamus, and cerebellopontine angle cistern. Obstructive hydrocephalus was found in two patients (7 %), and 23 (82 % ) showed a moderate degree of brain atrophy. CONCLUSION: In patients with intracranial dolichoectasia, moderate degrees of cerebral infarction and brain atrophy in the territory of involved arteries, as well as hemorrhagic lesions and compression of the brain stem or cranial nerves, were not infrequently seen on CT and MR images. These changes were in addition to the basic arterial change(dolichoectasia, arterial wall calcification and intraluminal high signal intensity) seen on T1-weighted MR images.
Aneurysm, Dissecting ; Arteries ; Atrophy ; Brain ; Brain Stem ; Carotid Artery, Internal ; Cerebellopontine Angle ; Cerebral Infarction ; Cranial Nerves ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus ; Infarction ; Intracranial Aneurysm ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Pons ; Retrospective Studies ; Thalamus

Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is a very rare gynecologic malignacy, occurring during the fifth or sixthdecade of postmenopausal women. The most common histological type is adenocarcinoma; squamous carcinoma, sarcoma,mixed mullerian tumors, and choriocarcinoma, for example, are exceedingly rare. The author reports one case eachof adenocarcinoma and choriocarcinoma of the fallopian tube both were demonstrated by US, CT, and MRI.
Adenocarcinoma ; Carcinoma, Papillary* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Choriocarcinoma ; Fallopian Tubes* ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Pregnancy

PURPOSE: Developing a curriculum(DACUM) is a method of analyzing job focused competency, which is obtained from the data of an expert belonging to a certain career. In this study the DACUM method was used to analyze the jobs of operating room nurses. METHOD: Through the DACUM workshop which was arranged by two DACUM facillitators, a definition of the role of operating room nurses was developed and then duties and tasks of operating room nurses' were identified. For the workshop, a DACUM committee with 10 operating room nurses was organized. Finally, the duties and tasks which were identified were validated by 422 nurses for importance, difficulty, and frequency. RESULTS: Thirteen duties and 105 tasks were identified on the DACUM chart, where importance, difficulty, and frequency of tasks were represented by alphabet letters A, B, and C as higher degree of importance. The determinant coefficient(DC) showed that the most important duty was assisting with operations(DC=6.61), and the least, managing operating materials(DC=4.22). For tasks, the most important ones were assisting in orthostatic surgery(DC=7.60), and assisting in thoracic surgery(DC=7.38), and the least important making gauze ball(DC=2.39), and saving of operation site((DC=3.27). CONCLUSION: The results suggest a need to develop an education program using the DACUM chart as a basis for the development and as a clinical career ladder and for curriculum of operating room nursing.
Career Mobility ; Curriculum ; Job Description ; Operating Room Nursing ; Operating Rooms

BACKGROUND: Hypoxemia during one lung ventilation (OLV) for thoracotomy in patients in the lateral position remains a clinical problem. And thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) during one lung ventilation recently has been combined with general anesthesia in our clinical practice for thoracic surgery. Then the effects of TEA combined with general anesthesia on PaO2 remains controversial. The aim of this study to investigate whether thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) affect PaO2 and pulmonary shunt during one lung anesthesia. METHODS: Fifteen patients undergoing lobectomy with one lung ventilation were examined. Each group was injected normal saline (control group, n = 7) or 1% lidocaine (TEA group, n = 8) 8 ml through thoracic epidural catheter after induction. We compared pulmonary shunt fraction (Qs/Qt) after OLV 30, 60 minutes and after two lung ventilation (TLV). RESULTS: We found the significant increases of intrapulmonary shunt fraction (%) in the TEA group compared to control group at each event, OLV30, 60 and TLV. And significant increase of intrapulmonary shunt was found after one lung ventilation in the both groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that TEA may influence hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) by blockade of sympathetic activity during OLV.
Anesthesia* ; Anesthesia, Epidural* ; Anesthesia, General ; Anoxia ; Catheters ; Humans ; Lidocaine ; Lung* ; One-Lung Ventilation ; Tea ; Thoracic Surgery ; Thoracotomy ; Vasoconstriction ; Ventilation

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a worldwide health-care burden. Prevalence rates vary and the distribution of genotypes depends on geographical location. Here, the recent prevalence of HCV infections and distribution of HCV genotypes among Korean blood donors were studied. METHODS: Between February 2005 and December 2009, a total of 11,064,532 donors were screened for anti-HCV and 11,412,690 donors were screened for HCV RNA. HCV genotyping was conducted for 748 blood donors with HCV RNA by using the line probe assay (VERSANT HCV Genotype 2.0 Assay, Bayer Healthcare, USA) after amplification of the 5'-untranslated and core regions of the genome. RESULTS: The anti-HCV prevalence was 0.16% (17,250/11,064,532). HCV RNA was detected in 959 out of the 11,412,690 donors (8.4/100,000). HCV RNA was more prevalent among women, donors who resided at harbor sites, and first-time donors. In addition, the prevalence of HCV RNA increased with age. The genotypes of 740 out of the 748 tested donors (98.9%) were identified. HCV genotype 1b (47.7%) and 2a/2c (35.0%) were dominant. Genotypes 2 (7.6%), 2b (2.3%), 3a (1.6%), 1a (1.3%), 1 (0.9%), 2v (0.5%), 1v (0.1%), and 3 (0.1%) were also identified. Genotype 4a/4c/4d (0.1%) was detected for the first time in one Korean blood donor. CONCLUSIONS: The distribution of HCV genotypes in Korea has not changed remarkably, with the exception of genotype 4a/4c/4d. A periodic study to monitor the prevalence of HCV infections and the distribution of HCV genotypes is required to identify emerging genotypes in Korea.
5' Untranslated Regions ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Blood Donors ; Female ; Genotype ; Hepacivirus/*genetics/isolation & purification ; Hepatitis C/*epidemiology/virology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; RNA, Viral/analysis ; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Young Adult