No abstract available.
Acyclovir ; Chickenpox* ; Child* ; Herpesvirus 3, Human* ; Humans

PURPOSE: This study was done to develop and evaluate multilingual education materials to promote health and adaptation to pregnancy for immigrant women in Korea. METHODS: This study had three procedures: First, contents of the education materials were developed according to pregnant women's needs, literature reviews, and group discussion. Details in contents were constructed based on Roy's adaptation model; Second, validity verification and translation of education materials were accomplished; Third, evaluation of the education materials was done through a survey of immigrant women. RESULTS: The education materials were developed in six languages (Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, and Cambodian). The title is "Healthy mother, happy family: eight-step guide to a healthy pregnancy". It was composed of an eight-step guide to healthy pregnancy, self-examination check list, websites for childbirth education and information, and guidelines on education materials in a brochure. In the evaluation, the average response score for the questionnaire items was high (3.23 on a four-point Likert scale). The average score for Cambodian immigrants was the highest of all immigrant women. CONCLUSION: Multilingual education materials developed in this research will help community health nurses to manage pregnancies for immigrant women and will be useful for health education for these women.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Education* ; Emigrants and Immigrants* ; Female ; Health Education ; Humans ; Korea ; Mothers ; Multilingualism ; Nurses, Community Health ; Pamphlets ; Pregnancy* ; Prenatal Education ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Self-Examination

Subungual exostosis are not uncommon, however, they are infrequently mentioned in the dermatologic literature. We report herein a rase of subungual exostosis in the great toe of 16-year-old female student which was confirmed by histopathologic and radiologic findings. Histopathologic examination showed that the mass was ooeered by a dense fibrous tissue which merged into a fibrocartilage cap and bone. Computed tomography showed a well defined, oval shaped, radiopacity of bony density capped by a radiolucency.
Adolescent ; Exostoses* ; Female ; Fibrocartilage ; Humans ; Toes

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of social support and emotional intelligence in the relationship between emotional labor and burnout among clinical nurses. METHODS: The sample for this study consisted of 382 nurses from four hospitals located in Seoul or Gyunggi Province. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson Correlation, Hierarchical Multiple Regression, and Path Analysis. RESULTS: It was found that: (a) emotional labor had a positive effect on burnout, while social support and emotional intelligence had negative effects on burnout; (b) social support and emotional intelligence moderated the relationship between emotional labor and burnout, and (c) social support mediated the relationship between emotional labor and burnout, whereas emotional intelligence did not. CONCLUSION: The results of the study indicate that high levels of support had a buffering effect and mitigated the negative effects of the emotional labor on burnout. Therefore, strategies to enhance social support for nurses are needed and further research needs to be done to refine this study.
Emotional Intelligence

No abstract available.
Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome*

We report a case of plexiform neurofibroma developed under the overlying speckled lentiginous nevus, which occurred in a 20 year-old man. In this patient and his family no other signs of von Recklinghausens disease were found. Discussion is focussed on the fact that both plexiform neurofibroma and speckled lentigmous nevus, which represent a defect in the neural crest, occurred in the same area of the skin.
Humans ; Neural Crest ; Neurofibroma, Plexiform* ; Neurofibromatosis 1 ; Nevus* ; Skin

The Laugier-Hunziker syndrome is a rare syndrome characterized by macular hyperpigmentation of the lips and buccal mucosa associated with melanonychia. Onset is usually in adult life and no consistent systemic associations have been reported. Here we report a 39-year-old wonam with a longitudinal pigmented band on a finger and pigmented macules on the lip. We suggest that this is the first report in Korea and the syndrome is presumably more common than recognized.
Adult ; Fingers ; Humans ; Hyperpigmentation ; Korea ; Lip ; Mouth Mucosa

No abstract available.
Child* ; Humans ; Orbit*

A 26-year old woman had tender erythematous grouped papules and plaque(10 cm in diameter) with underlying deep seated rodules on the right shoulder for 2 years. A biopsy specimen showed vascular tufts composed of endothelial cells in the mid and lower dermis, which was diagnostic of acquired tufted angioma. After 4-months of cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen, most of the lesions had disappeared as well as her subjective symptom.
Adult ; Biopsy ; Cryotherapy* ; Dermis ; Endothelial Cells ; Female ; Hemangioma* ; Humans ; Nitrogen ; Shoulder

Herpes gestationis(HG) characterized by the development of autoantibodies to the basement membrane is a pruritic bullous dermatosis of pregnancy and the postpartum period. HG is diag nosed on the basis of clinical findings, and a direct or indirect immunofluorescent test including an assaying for the denmonstration of IgG autoantibody in the serum. We report a case of herpes gestationis in Korea which showed a typical clinical and histopathologic findings accuring in a 30-year old primiparous patient. We could confirm the diagnosis in this case by in vitro C3 staining, and immunoblot analysis which revealed the presence of antibodies in her sertim against 180kD antigen of epidermal protein.
Adult ; Antibodies ; Autoantibodies ; Basement Membrane ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Korea ; Nose ; Pemphigoid Gestationis* ; Postpartum Period ; Pregnancy ; Skin Diseases