Journal of Korean medical science
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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
Deliberate Self-harm among Young People Begins to Increase at the Very Early Age: a Nationwide Study.
Suicide in young people is one of most common cause of death; and deliberate self-harm (DSH) is important indicator of suicide. It is currently unclear how old the rate begins to increase or when it reaches to the same level with adults. The purpose of this study was to find beginning age of DSH and compare their characteristics with adults. ⋯ DSH rate began to rise at age 11, reaching adulthood level at age 16 in Korea.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Jul 2018
Spatial and Temporal Trends of Number of Deaths Attributable to Ambient PM2.5 in the Korea.
We aimed to evaluate the spatial and temporal trends of the health burden attributable to particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2.5) in the metropolitan cities and provinces of the Korea. ⋯ Our findings show that further actions to improve air quality in Korea would substantially improve the health burden due to particulate matter.
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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Jul 2018
The Prognostic Value of CD8+ and CD45RO+ T Cells Infiltration and Beclin1 Expression Levels for Early Postoperative Cholangitis of Biliary Atresia Patients after Kasai Operation.
Postoperative cholangitis is a common but severe complication after Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia (BA). This study aimed to identify its prognostic factors. ⋯ Our findings demonstrated the CD8+ cells, CD45RO+ cells and Beclin1 level possessed the prognostic value for early postoperative cholangitis following Kasai operation, which may be helpful to develop new prevention and treatment strategies for postoperative cholangitis.