Diet compliance is very important issue in patients with coronary artery disease(CAD). Diet compliance needs dietetic knowledge of patients and their families basically and families support. Therefore we studied about the dietetic knowledge level and educational needs of CAD patients and their families. For this study, we developed the study tool from the literature review. This tool consists of two main categories, one is about general dietary guidelines and specific food information, and the other is about educational needs of CAD patients & their families. The data were collected from 47 CAD patients and their families from June, 30 to to Semptember, 30, 1998. And they were analyzed using frequency, percentile, paired t-test, and ANOVA by SAS/ WIN. The results of this study were as follows : The results of the analysis of dietetic knowledge were as follows. In the general dietary guidelines, CAD patients knowledge level was lower than families in the importance of diet. And both patients and families had low knowledge level in the nutrition balance, protein intake, and relationship between fiber and cholesterol. In the specific food information, CAD patients knowledge level was low in protein-contained food, cholesterol -contained food, cooking method. The results of the relationship between the knowledge level and the demographic characteristics were as follows. In patients, there were significant statistical differences in the knowledge level of general dietary guidelines according to age and educational level, and the knowledge level of food information according to sex. In families, there were significant statistical differences in the knowledge level of general dietary guidelines according to age and educational level, and the knowledge level of food information according to sex and age. The results of the analysis of educational needs were as follows. Television was most common dietetic knowledge source. The highest educational needs were about recommended/restricted food and daily menu in both CAD patients and their families In th diet compliance, low-cholesterol diet was most difficult in both CAD patients and their farnilies. In conclusion, CAD patients and their families had high educational needs but insufficient concrete knowledge in such as recommended/restricted food, daily menu and cooking method. Nurses must be aware that it is necessary to establish an concrete dietetic educational program for CAD patients and their families.
Cholesterol ; Compliance ; Cooking ; Coronary Artery Disease* ; Coronary Vessels* ; Diet ; Humans ; Nutrition Policy ; Television

PURPOSE: We performed dynamic MR imaging using GdDTPA to find characteristic enhancement pattern of hepatic hemangioma distinguishing from hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS AND MATERIALS: 28 hepatic hemangiomas and 10 hepatocellular carcinomas were evaluated. Serial dynamic scans after Gd-DTPA(0.1mmol/kg) intravenous injection were obtained by using 0.5T machine and analyzed contrast-to-noise ratio(CNR) of the lesion and enhancement pattern on each scan. RESULTS: Hepatic hemangiomas had positive CNR from 1-2 minute images, and revealed typical "fill-in phenomenon" on early phase with prolonged enhancement in 26 cases(92.8%), and early homogeneous enhancement with isointensity on delayed phase in 2 cases(7.2%) of small hemangiome~ Hepatocellular carcinomas revealed inhomogeneous enhancement with hypointensity on delayed phase in 10 cases(100%) and 3 cases (30%) of capsular enhancement. CONCLUSION: Hepatic hemangioma can be easily distinguished from hepatocellular carcinoma by using Gd DTPA enhanced dynamic MR imaging according to its typical enhancement pattern of "fill-in phenomenon" and prolonged enhancement.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Diagnosis, Differential* ; Gadolinium DTPA ; Hemangioma* ; Injections, Intravenous ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging*

A variety of disease states are marked by prolonged and profound eosinophilia associated with localized or widespread eosinophilic infiltrates. Cardiac involvement maybe a major cause of morbidity and mortality of this disease. We report a case of acute peri-myocarditis with eosinophilia, which was confirmed as eosinophilic myocardilic myocarditis by endomyocardial biopsy.
Biopsy ; Eosinophilia ; Eosinophils* ; Mortality ; Myocarditis*

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Sturge-Weber Syndrome*

PURPOSE: Instead of a chaotic non circadian environmental approach, continuing regular day-night rhythm in neonatal nurseries may benefit the development of preterm infants. The purpose of this study was to define the effects of cycled lighting on circadian rhythms of premature infants. METHODS: The experimental group included 15 preterm infants, and the control group, 15 premature infants in the NICU of a general hospital in Seoul. All infants were between 32 and 37 weeks' postconceptional age. The experimental group infants were provided with cycled lighting before discharge. The incubator or bassinet cover of the experimental group was off between 7 AM and 7 PM, and was covered between 7 PM and 7 AM. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the NNNS score (p=.039), and some significant differences in the sleep-activity pattern between the experimental group and the control group, but distinct differences in sleep-activity patterns between the two groups could not be defined. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that cycled lighting can be helpful in the neurobehavioral development of preterm infants. By modifying the NICU environment to provide a more developmentally supportive milieu, nursing professionals can better meet the infants' physiologic and neurobehavioral needs.
Circadian Rhythm ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Incubators ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Light ; Lighting ; Nurseries ; Child Health

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Lichens*

This study was carried out to investigate the Korean traditional foods cognition and preference classified by age in Busan. The survey was conducted from January 2 to March 31, 2008, by questionnaires and data analyzed by SPSS program. The results are summarized as follows: Thirty-four point nine percent of the subjects were interested the Korean traditional foods. Over 40's were more interested in the foods than under 30's. Most of the subjects (65.5%) were proud of the Korean traditional foods and the most proud food was kimchi in all of the subjects. The improvement for Korean traditional foods was indicated as cooking method. There was a significant positive correlation between preference of bab, juk, guksu, gug, jeon-juk-sun, gui-jjim, jigae, jorim, bokeum, kimchi, namul, eumcheong and cognition degree of the Korean traditional foods. Therefore, the understanding of the requirements and preference of the subjects according to age and sex is needed to develop our traditional food.
Cognition ; Cooking ; Surveys and Questionnaires

The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of chest physiotherapy on the amount of tracheal secretion and PaO2. After changing position of the neurosurgical patients who had tracheostomy cannula, experimental treatments were applied as bellows, manual chest percussion on group I, chest percussion and manual chest vibration on group II, chest percussion and mechanical chest vibration on group III were done. After these trials, we have analyzed the efficacy of each procedures comparing the group differences in the quantity of tracheal secretion and PaO2. Target samples were sixty patients aged between 20 to 60 who have tracheostomy state and decreased consciousness status that were admitted in NICU of a university hospital from June 1 to August 31, 1999. They assigned randomly into three experimental groups. To compare the effect of each interventions, tracheal secretion quantity was measured and PaO2 was analyzed via arterial blood gas analyzer. The data were analyzed by ANCOVA of 5% significance level using SPSS P/C program. The results were as bellows. 1) The first hypothesis " There is a difference in the quantity of the secretion among Group I, Group II and Group III" was accepted.(F=29.27, p=0.00) 2) The second hypothesis "There is a difference in PaO2 among Group I, Group II and Group III" was rejected.(F=1.71,p=0.19) From this study results, positional change and manual chest vibration including chest percussion were the most effective treatment to get maximum amount of tracheal secretion and it was confirmed that mechanical chest vibration also made much better effect than sole chest percussion method. Therefore, we concluded that the mechanical or manual chest vibration with chest percussion is more effective respiratory care method than the sole chest percussion.
Catheters ; Consciousness ; Humans ; Percussion ; Thorax* ; Tracheostomy ; Vibration

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Ectromelia*