Effect on lipid profile and clinical outcomes of obeticholic acid for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Obeticholic acid (OCA) is the second-line therapy for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), as well as an attractive candidate as a treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). This meta-analysis aims to assess the impact of OCA on lipid profiles and clinical outcomes in patients with PBC and MASH. A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from five major databases were conducted.

Differences in Perspectives of Medical Device Adverse Events: Observational Results in Training Program Using Virtual Cases.

Background: Medical device adverse event reporting is an essential activity for mitigating device-related risks. Reporting of adverse events can be done by anyone like healthcare workers, patients, and others. However, for an individual to determine the reporting, he or she should recognize the current situation as an adverse event.

Classification of Iris Colors and Patterns in Koreans.

Objectives: The iris is the part of the eye that is colored, and it is an important feature in making an artificial eye. To address the lack of information about the brown Korean irises, we classified the colors and patterns of the irises of 100 Korean eyes.

Methods: The iris colors were extracted from 100 different digital photographs of each eye using K-mean clustering image analysis.

Trends in Research on the Security of Medical Information in Korea: Focused on Information Privacy Security in Hospitals.

Objectives: Information technology involves a risk of privacy violation in providing easy access to confidential information,such as personal information and medical information through the Internet. In this study, we investigated medical information security to gain a better understanding of trends in research related to medical information security.

Methods: We researched papers published on '의료정보' and 'medical information' in various Korean journals during a 10-year period from 2005 to 2015.

Maternal and neonatal outcomes in Korean women with type 2 diabetes.

Background/aims: The purpose of this study was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes in Korean women with type 2 diabetes and nondiabetic controls.

Methods: We performed a retrospective survey of 200 pregnancies in women with type 2 diabetes (n = 100) and nondiabetic controls (n = 100) who delivered from 2003 to 2010 at Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Korea. We compared maternal characteristics as well as maternal and neonatal outcomes between groups matched by age, pre-pregnancy weight, body mass index, parity, and gestational age at delivery.

Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Korean Women with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate maternal and neonatal outcomes in Korean women with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Methods: We performed a retrospective survey of 163 pregnancies in women with type 1 diabetes (n=13) and type 2 diabetes (n=150) treated from 2003 to 2010 at Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Korea. We compared maternal characteristics as well as maternal and neonatal outcomes between groups.

Superinfection exclusion reveals heteroimmunity between Pseudomonas aeruginosa temperate phages.

Temperate siphophages (MP29, MP42, and MP48) were isolated from the culture supernatant of clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. The complete nucleotide sequences and annotation of the phage genomes revealed the overall synteny to the known temperate P. aeruginosa phages such as MP22, D3112, and DMS3.

[Factors affecting consumer's [corrected] usage of health information on the Internet].

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to identify a gap between consumer characteristics and utilization of health information on the Internet.

Methods: A telephone survey of nationally representative samples was conducted using structured questionnaires, and 1,000 of the 1,189 responses obtained were included in our analysis. The following variables were included in the analysis as potential predictors of health information use on the Internet: predisposing factors such as gender, age, and education status; enabling factors such as region and monthly household income; consumer need for health information; and attitude to health.