Journal of Korean medical science
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · May 2022
Outcomes of Late-Preterm and Term Infants Born to SARS-CoV-2-Positive Mothers.
With the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea, the number of pregnant women infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is rapidly increasing. A shortage of negative-pressure isolation rooms for newborns makes hospital assignment more difficult for late-pregnant women with COVID-19. Among 34 infants born to SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers, 5 (14.7%) presented with respiratory distress and 1 (2.9%) presented with feeding intolerance that required specialized care. ⋯ Overall outcomes of 34 infants were favorable, and no infant tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Most infants born to SARS-CoV-2-positive mothers did not need to be quarantined in a negative-pressure isolation room, and 17 (50%) mother-infant dyads were eligible for rooming-in. If negative-pressure isolation rooms are selectively used for newborns requiring aerosol-generating procedures or newborns in respiratory distress, resource availability for lower-risk cases may improve.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · May 2022
Accuracy of Cloud-Based Speech Recognition Open Application Programming Interface for Medical Terms of Korean.
There are limited data on the accuracy of cloud-based speech recognition (SR) open application programming interfaces (APIs) for medical terminology. This study aimed to evaluate the medical term recognition accuracy of current available cloud-based SR open APIs in Korean. ⋯ Among three current cloud-based SR open APIs, Naver Clova SR which manufactured by Korean company showed highest accuracy of medical terms in Korean, compared to Google Speech-to-Text and Amazon Transcribe. Although limitations are existing in the recognition of medical terminology, there is a lot of rooms for improvement of this promising technology by combining strengths of each SR engines.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · May 2022
COX-2 Inhibitor Use as an Early Treatment Option for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients in Korea: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
To investigate the use of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors as an initial drug treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients. ⋯ In Korea, COX-2 inhibitors have rapidly increased as an initial treatment for knee OA patients, but it has not appeared to reduce the use of non-selective NSAIDs and analgesics.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · May 2022
Analysis of Retracted Publications in The Biomedical Literature from Turkey.
Retraction is a process for correcting the literature and provides a barrier to the dissemination of publications that include major faults or false-misleading data. The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of retracted articles in the biomedical field sourced from Turkey. ⋯ The retracted article counts showed a rising trend over the years. The leading causes of retraction for articles from Turkey were plagiarism, duplication, and error. It was found that the articles continued to be cited after the retraction. Researchers in Turkey should be educated on retraction, particularly plagiarism and duplication. Strategies should be developed to prevent articles from being cited after retraction.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · May 2022
Comparison of the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Disorders and Comorbidities in Korea and the United States: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Comparison of the prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders (CMDs) and comorbidities in Korea and the United States (US) can be an important indicator for forecasting future risk of cardiovascular events in Korea. This study aimed to estimate and compare the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, obesity, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Korea and the US. ⋯ The prevalence of dyslipidemia in Korea exceeded that of the US after 2010, which was associated with increasing burden of cardiovascular events. The present study suggests that further preventive strategies are needed to mitigate the prevalence of CMDs in Korea.