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The American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (Guides) has provided an useful guideline in interpreting information on permanent impairment based on the in-depth knowledge and experience...
The issues concerning the disability evaluating system in Korea are controversial to say the least. Evaluating systems are so complicated that they continually cause confusion to medical examiners even though...
An impairment is defined as "a loss, loss of use, or derangement of any body part, organ system or organ function". The impairment evaluation should be performed by physicians. To...
Several different tools for the evaluation of the physical impairments or disabilities have been employed in Korea. In some cases, the same impairment has received different evaluations in accordance with...
In the modern era of medical practice, monitored anesthesia care (MAC) or sedation/analgesia in remote locations outside of the operating room has become a necessity, while working in a different...
An impairment evaluation by the independent medical examination is requisite for the preparation of reparation, compensation, and welfare. The reparation is defined: 1) something done or given as amends or...
Several hot issues boiled our healthcare system in these years: off-label drug use, DUR, reuse of single-use devices (SUD), and conflicts in adopting new health technologies. Perhaps, most of conflicts...
Intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and adaptive skills, which begins before the age of 18....
In spite of a refined classification on the functioning or disability accredited by World Health Organization (WHO, 2001), explicit concepts or definitions of health, disablement and its related terminologies of...
Many new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been developed in the last two decades, contributing to the optimal treatment for childhood epilepsy. The goal of the treatment is to achieve seizure-free...
Air-borne pollen is known as one of the major causal agents to respiratory allergic reactions. The daily number of pollen grains was monitored using Burkard volumetric spore traps at eight...