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Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Neoplasms*

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Otitis Media* ; Otitis*

Early detection of neoplastic disese and metastatic spred is very important. Carcinoma of the breast is knownto readily metastasize to the bone. The use of Tc-99m-phophate as bone imaging agent has been shown to demonstrate early evidence of bone metastasis well before radiographic evidence is visualized and as thus become a very usefultechnique for establishing and monitoring the bony metastatic element of breast cancer. In this study, serial boneimaging studies were performed to monitor the management of 84 breast cancer patients before and after mastectomyand biopsy. We attempted to analyse bone scans of breast cancer and to correlated the scan findings with theclinical stage, status of lymphnodes, distanat metastasis, bone pain, and laboratory datas. The following useful patterns were emerged: 1. Postive bone scan rate was definitely higher in clinical stage III and IV (42, 57%) thatin stage I and II(4, 18%) in initital studies. However, no correlation between positive bone scan rate andclinical stage was found in follow up studies. 2. Positive bone scan rate was high in both groups with locallyadvanced tumor(T3 & T4) and distant metastasis. 3. No correlation between postive bone scan and status oflymphnode involvement was noted. 4. Positive bone scan rate was also very high in patients with bone pain andabnomral laboratory data.
Biopsy ; Breast Neoplasms ; Breast ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Radionuclide Imaging

Abnormal left ventricular diastolic properties have been reported in dilated cardiomyopathy (DC). Characteristics of transmitral flow were analysed in 37 patients with DC and 29 age matched normal subjects by pulsed Doppler echocardiography. Peak flow velocity of early diastole(PFVE, E), atrial systole (PFVA, A), E/A and deceleration rate of early diastolic flow (DEF) were measured from mitral Doppler spectrum. The extent of mitral regurgitation (MR) was determined by mapping method in the left atrium. Significant mitral regurgitation was founded in 27 out of 37 patients. Three distinct transmitral flow velocity patterns were demonstrated. Ten Patients without significant MR(27%, group 1), PFVE(58+/-17 cm/s), PFVA(73+/-17 cm/s) and E/A (0.94+/-0.4) were significant different from normal subjects (73+/-11 cm/s, 61+/-11 cm/s, 1.22+/-0.26, P<0.025, P<0.005, P<0.05, respectively). In contrast 17 patients with significant MR(46%, group 2) showed higher E (89+/-24 cm/s), lower A(52+/-19 cm/s), higher E/A (1.83+/-0.6) and DEF (596+/-149 cm/s2) than group 1 patients. Remained 10 cases (27%, group 3) had higher single peak flow (104+/-25 cm/s) with higher DEF and significant MR. In conclusion, abnormalities of left ventricular filling are detected in dilated cardiomyopathy without MR but not in DC with MR by Doppler echocardiography. The presence of MR, which augments early diastolic filling, may mask abnormal diastolic filling properties of DC.
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* ; Deceleration ; Echocardiography* ; Echocardiography, Doppler ; Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed ; Heart Atria ; Humans ; Masks ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency ; Systole

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Osteoma, Osteoid*

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Pheochromocytoma* ; Radionuclide Imaging*

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Diagnosis* ; Hemangioma*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyze the published articles in the Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing from 2004 through 2006. METHODS: Two hundreds and ten articles were analyzed focusing on research methodology and key words using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The proportion of quantitative research was 88.1%, while the proportion of qualitative research was 5.2%. The majority of the qualitative research design was survey(67.1%). Seventy-four percent of the research had verbal consent and 8% had written consent from the participants. Eight percent of the research provided conceptual framework. The prevailing data collection settings were hospitals(50.5%) and community(37.1%). For the data analysis, 95% used parametric analysis methods; descriptive statistics(26.2%), chi-square test(18.3%), t-test(18%) and ANOVA(17.4%). Key words were categorized into four nursing domain: human, health, nursing, and environment. The most frequently used domain was health. CONCLUSION: The number of the published articles in the Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing has been increased and quality has been improved compared with the articles published before the 2000 year. Varied research methodology and data analysis methods were utilized.
Adult ; Data Collection ; Humans ; Nursing Research ; Qualitative Research ; Research Design ; Statistics as Topic

PURPOSE: This study was to identify the effect of the experience of diabetes education on knowledge, self-care behavior and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C). Further, this study was held to examine about patient's preferred methods of education and re-education frequency. METHODS: 166 type 2 diabetes patients from two hospitals in Incheon participated in this study. Data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test and multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: 72.3% patients needed re-education and the average interval of re-education was 8.53 months. Patients preferred education methods were lectures, practical training, and studying from pamphlet. Depending on the frequency of diabetes education, there were significant differences in the level of diabetes knowledge (F=10.88, p<.001) and self-care behaviors (F=4.59, p=.012), but there was not significant difference with HbA1C (F=1.53, p=.220). As to how much the diabetes education helped managing diabetes, there was a significant difference in the level of self-care behaviors (t=2.01, p=.049), but there were not significant differences in level of knowledge (t=1.10, p=.275) and HbA1C (t=-.33, p=.746). The experience of diabetes education was a significant factor which influenced patient's knowledge (t=3.93, p<.001) and self-care behaviors (t=2.21, p<.001). But HbA1C was not influenced by the experience of diabetes education (t=-1.68, p=.096). CONCLUSION: It is necessary to provide diabetes education with appropriate interval and methods and subjects that reflect the needs of patient through the study results.
Education* ; Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated* ; Humans ; Incheon ; Lectures ; Pamphlets ; Self Care*