Journal of Korean medical science
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Jul 2018
The Epidemiology of Dupuytren's Disease in Korea: a Nationwide Population-based Study.
To date, there have been few reports on the nationwide population-based epidemiology of Dupuytren's disease (DD). We investigated the prevalence and incidence of DD in Korea using the large dataset provided by the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. This study is the second nationwide epidemiological study of DD after the study in Taiwan. ⋯ The prevalence and incidence of DD in Korea were 100-1,000 times lower than those in western countries; however, it was slightly larger than that in Taiwan.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Jul 2018
The Burden of Acute Pesticide Poisoning and Pesticide Regulation in Korea.
This study aimed to estimate the burden of acute pesticide poisoning and to determine its trend with recently implemented pesticide regulations. ⋯ As this is the first study to quantify the burden of acute pesticide poisoning using DALYs, our results provide comprehensive evidence of the importance of using strict regulations to prevent public health hazards due to acute pesticide poisoning.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Jul 2018
Editorial CommentDupuytren's Disease: the Vikings Disease in Koreans.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Jul 2018
A New Scoring System for the Differential Diagnosis between Tuberculous Meningitis and Viral Meningitis.
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is associated with high mortality and morbidity despite administering anti-tuberculous chemotherapy to the patients. Differential diagnosis between TBM and viral meningitis (VM) is difficult in some clinical situations. ⋯ For differential diagnosis between TBM and VM, we created a new weighted scoring system. This scoring system and decision tree analysis are simple and easy to apply in clinical practice to differentiate TBM from VM.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Jul 2018
Observational StudyTrend in Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) for Injuries in Korea: 2004-2012.
Injury is a major public health problem and accounts for 10% of the global burden of disease. This study intends to present the temporal trend in the injury burden in Korea and to compare the burden size by injury mechanism and age group. ⋯ The leading causes of the injury burden were road injuries, falls, and self-harm. The burden of road injury and self-harm have recently shown a gradual decreasing tendency. On the other hands, that of fall injuries are continually high in the age group over 50 years of age.