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Increasing rates of obesity are related to increasing incidence of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The need to prevent and treat obesity is an...
Thyroid disease is common in young women, and thus frequently managed in pregnancy, affecting 1% to 2% of pregnant women. Pregnancy may modify the course of thyroid disease, and pregnancy...
The widespread use of echocardiography has contributed to the early recognition of several distinct cardiac diseases in women. During pregnancy, safe monitoring of the disease process, as well as a...
Communication with patients is a very important process in medical care to establish close relation (rapport) for diabetes management. Medical personnel have to communicate differently according to the characteristics, socioeconomic...
PURPOSE: Effects of information on management practices for children suffering from respiratory communicable diseases and their parents were investigated. METHODS: The experimental group consisted of 30 children who were in-patients...
Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are the second leading cause of exudative pleural effusions after parapneumonic effusions. In the vast majority of cases, a MPE signifies incurable disease associated with high...
A gastric polyp is defined as a proliferative or neoplastic lesion from the mucosal membrane. Rates of gastric polyp detection are increasing due to widespread use of gastrointestinal endoscopy in...
Management of patients with dementia differs from the management of cognitively intact patients. Although dementing illnesses are progressive, the course of dementia should be managed consistently through appropriate therapeutic efforts...
OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to investigate the management status of chronic disease at community health centers.
METHODS: The study subjects were 450 employed persons at community health centers in Jeonlanamdo....
Dysphagia after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer is a common problem that affects the nutritional status and quality of life of patients. In particular, although radiation-induced dysphagia associated with...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare healthy life style and chronic disease management between urban and rural older adults.
METHODS: The study employed a comparative and descriptive survey...
The number of immunocompromised patients has increased over the past decades due to HIV infection, solid and stem cell transplantation, intensified chemotherapy and treatment of autoimmune disease. Pneumonia is a...
Despite the generally declining trend in the incidence of peptic ulcers, peptic ulcer bleeding remains a prevalent and clinically significant condition. Additionally, despite the development of therapeutic endoscopy and acid-suppressive...
The ultimate goal of diabetes education is to help patients with diabetes change their health- related behaviors and learn more about their condition. The development of programs resulting in long-term,...
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a clinical hemodynamic syndrome characterized by increased pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance. It can cause right ventricular failure, and even death. Pediatric PH is...
PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine the impact of an empowerment program on the self-management, self-efficacy, and quality of life on patients in stages 2~4 of chronic kidney disease that...
Proper glucose management in hospitalized patients can improve clinical outcomes. In particular, intensive care unit (ICU) patients are known to have significantly higher rates of mortality from changes in blood...