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Choi SW, Im JJ, Yoon SE, Kim SH, Cho JH, Jeong SJ, Park KA, Moon YS. Lower socioeconomic status associated with higher tuberculosis rate in South Korea. BMC Pulm Med 2023; 23:418. [PMID: 37907868 PMCID: PMC10619321 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-023-02713-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is an infectious disease influenced by social factors rather than a simple infectious disease. In this study, we investigated the relationship between tuberculosis rates and socioeconomic status. METHODS This study was conducted using data of the 49,483 participants of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) VI-VIII (2013-2021). The relationships between tuberculosis rates and the quartiles of monthly household income and education level were examined using a multivariate logistic regression analysis. RESULTS The KNHANES data revealed that the prevalence of tuberculosis as substantially related to monthly household income (odds ratio [OR], 6.0; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1-32.0 for lowest vs. highest incomes) and education level (OR, 3.8; 95% CI, 1.2-12.0 for 10-12 years vs. ≥13 years; OR, 4.1; 95% CI, 1.2-14.8 for ≤ 6 years vs. ≥13 years). Furthermore, current tuberculosis treatment was significantly related to monthly household income and education level. CONCLUSION There were substantial correlations between tuberculosis rates and socioeconomic status in South Korea.
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- Seong-Woo Choi
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chosun University, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chosun University, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chosun University, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chosun University, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chosun University, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chosun University, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chosun University, 309, Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61452, Republic of Korea
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Kim SJ, Han MA, Jung JH, Hwang EC, Kim HR, Yoon SE, Kim SH, Kim P, Kim SY. Prevalence and methodological quality of systematic reviews in Korean medical journals. Epidemiol Health 2023; 45:e2023017. [PMID: 36758961 DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2023017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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This study aimed to assess and evaluate the prevalence and methodological quality of systematic reviews (SRs) published in major Korean medical journals (KMJs). The top 15 journals with the highest Korean Medical Citation Index, published between 2018 to 2021, were selected. We assessed the methodological quality of SRs using A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR 2). In total, 126 SRs were included, with an average of 32 SRs being reported annually. The overall prevalence of SRs in KMJs was 2.8%, with an increase from 2.6% in 2018 to 3.4% in 2021. Overall, the methodological quality of SRs was low (9.5% low, 90.5% critically low). More than 80% of the studies adhered to critical domain items such as a comprehensive literature search and risk of bias assessment, but for items such as protocol registration and listing excluded studies and the justification for exclusion, the adherence rate was less than 15%. While the number of SRs in KMJs steadily increased, the overall confidence in the methodological quality was low to critically low. Therefore, in order to provide the best evidence for decision-making in clinical and public health areas, editors, reviewers, and authors need to pay more attention to improving the quality of SRs.
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- Seong Jung Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.,Center of Evidence Based Medicine, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea
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- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.,Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
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Gu S, Jung ME, Yoon JY, Yoon SE, Lee JJ, Lee K, Choi G, Kim NS, Jeon MK. Novel Indazole-based MKK7-TIPRL Interaction Inhibitors as TRAIL Sensitizers. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.11561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sujin Gu
- Therapeutics and Biotechnology Division; Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
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- Therapeutics and Biotechnology Division; Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
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- Genome Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology; Daejeon 305-333 Republic of Korea
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- Therapeutics and Biotechnology Division; Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
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- Genome Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology; Daejeon 305-333 Republic of Korea
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- Therapeutics and Biotechnology Division; Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology; Korea University of Science and Technology; Daejeon 34113 Republic of Korea
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- Therapeutics and Biotechnology Division; Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology; Korea University of Science and Technology; Daejeon 34113 Republic of Korea
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- Genome Research Center; Korea Research Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology; Daejeon 305-333 Republic of Korea
- Department of Functional Genomics; Korea University of Science and Technology; Daejeon 34113 Republic of Korea
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- Therapeutics and Biotechnology Division; Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology; Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
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Yoon SE, Byun JH, Kim KA, Kim HJ, Lee SS, Jang SJ, Jang YJ, Lee MG. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with intratumoral cystic lesions on MRI: correlation with histopathological findings. Br J Radiol 2009; 83:318-26. [PMID: 19620175 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/69770140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate intratumoral cystic lesions of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) depicted on MRI, and to correlate these cystic lesions with their histopathological findings. This study included 12 patients (7 males and 5 females; mean age, 59 years) with intratumoral cystic lesions of PDAC detected on a retrospective MRI review. We reviewed the histopathological findings of the cystic lesions within PDACs and analysed the MRI findings, focusing on the appearance of the intratumoral cystic lesions, i.e. the size, number, margin and intratumoral location, and on the ancillary findings of PDAC, i.e. peripancreatic infiltration, upstream pancreatic duct dilatation and distal parenchymal atrophy. Intratumoral cystic lesions were classified as neoplastic mucin cysts (n = 7, 58%) or cystic necrosis (n = 5, 42%) according to the histopathological findings; they ranged in greatest dimension from 0.5 cm to 3.4 cm (mean, 1.7 cm). Seven patients had only one cystic lesion each, while the remaining five had multiple cystic lesions. Most of the neoplastic mucin cysts had smooth margins (n = 6, 86%) and eccentric locations (n = 6), whereas most cystic necroses had irregular margins (n = 4, 80%) and centric locations (n = 4). The most common ancillary findings of PDAC were peripancreatic infiltration, distal pancreatic atrophy and upstream pancreatic duct dilatation (92%, 75% and 58%, respectively). The intratumoral cystic lesions of PDACs on MRI were classified as either neoplastic mucin cysts with smooth margins and eccentric locations or cystic necroses with irregular margins and centric locations.
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- S E Yoon
- Departments of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine,Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap2-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea
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Yoon SE, Lee YH, Yoon KH, Choi CS, Kim HC, Chae KM. Spontaneous pancreatic pseudocyst-portal vein fistula presenting with pancreatic ascites: strength of MR cholangiopancreatography. Br J Radiol 2007; 81:e13-6. [PMID: 18079345 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/77979574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Pancreatic pseudocyst-portal vein fistulae are a very rare complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. Another late complication of chronic pancreatitis is pancreatic ascites. We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a spontaneous pseudocyst-portal vein fistula presenting with pancreatic ascites diagnosed by various imaging modalities, in order to emphasize the strength and efficacy of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
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- S E Yoon
- Department of Radiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Sinyongdong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-711, Korea.
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Yoon SE, Lee YH, Yoon KH, Kim EA, Choi SS, Juhng SK, Yun KJ, Park WC. Complicated giant diverticulum of the transverse colon accompanied by right inguinal hernia of the greater omentum. Br J Radiol 2007; 80:e201-4. [PMID: 17928488 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/23274345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Giant colonic diverticulum is a very rare entity in colonic diverticular disease and is characterized by a high rate of complications such as perforation, abscess formation and even carcinoma. We report a case of a complicated giant diverticulum of the transverse colon accompanied by a right inguinal hernia of the greater omentum in a 52-year-old man, as demonstrated on CT.
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- S E Yoon
- Department of Radiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2 Sinyong-dong, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-711, Korea
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Jeon SJ, Yoon SE, Lee YH, Yoon KH, Kim EA, Juhng SK. Acute pancreatitis secondary to duodenojejunal intussusception in Peutz-Jegher syndrome. Clin Radiol 2007; 62:88-91. [PMID: 17145271 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2006] [Revised: 08/12/2006] [Accepted: 08/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- S J Jeon
- Department of Radiology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Jeonbuk, Korea
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Sclerosing lipogranuloma is a rare, benign disease which is a peculiar granulomatous reaction of fatty tissue. This disease affects multiple organs and the majority of cases are secondary to exogenous foreign bodies. The authors report a case of primary sclerosing lipogranuloma of the rectum mimicking a submucosal rectal tumour.
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- H-K Lim
- Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap2-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea
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Sohn JH, Byun JH, Park SH, Yoon SE, Kim KW, Hong HS, Han JK, Ryu JS, Won HJ, Kim AY, Shin YM, Kim PN, Ha HK, Lee MG. Abdominal cavernous Iymphangiomas: CT findings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 30:689-93. [PMID: 16245018 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-0326-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Two adult patients with histopathologically proved cavernous lymphangiomas and one adult patient with lymphangiomas of strongly presumed cavernous type by cytologic and computed tomographic findings are reported. On computed tomograms, multiple, aggregated, small, and tiny cysts without a solid portion, along the lymphatic channels are characteristic computed tomographic findings for cavernous lymphangiomas.
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- J-H Sohn
- Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea
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Yoon SE, Ha HK, Lee YS, Kim PN, Lee MG, Yu E, Auh YH. Upper gastrointestinal series and CT findings of primary gastric plasmacytoma: report of two cases. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1999; 173:1266-8. [PMID: 10541102 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- S E Yoon
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Songpa-Ku, Seoul
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