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Severe sepsis and septic shock are common and life-threatening medical conditions characterized by an overwhelming infection and the body's inflammatory response to that infection. Early and appropriate management of sepsis...
Trauma is the leading cause of mortality and disability for Koreans under age 44. In Korea, 35.2% of trauma deaths are preventable. Currently, a trauma care system is just beginning...
Currently, the number of reports of propofol abuse in the general population and among physicians has increased, arousing public concerns about drug abuse. It is especially easy for physicians to...
Despite its proven efficacy in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), the Cox-Maze III procedure has not been widely accepted owing to its complexity and technical difficulty. New ablation technologies...
Drug abuse by healthcare providers is a serious public problem affecting not only the providers themselves but also their families, colleagues, and patients. It is not a new problem, but...
This paper aims to examine the factors that affect the amount of official development assistance (ODA) a developing country receives for healthcare by the Korean government. We empirically tested to...
Although every pregnant woman and her physician hope for an easy pregnancy free of complications, complications can occur to a greater or lesser extent, some of which are still considered...
The number of healthcare professionals (HCPs) abusing propofol has been steadily growing, while recreational use of propofol among the general public has become a social concern. Propofol was once believed...
All drugs of abuse, like neural rewarding behaviors such as sex and eating, increase extra-cellular dopamine (DA) levels in the nucleus accumbens (NA), which is a part of the common...