Publications by authors named "Jin Won Mo"
Self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement is widely used for relieving symptoms in malignant gastric outlet obstruction (MGOO). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of multiple gastroduodenal stent placement using the stent-in-stent technique and to identify factors predictive of stent patency.We retrospectively analyzed data from 170 patients with GOO receiving SEMS using the stent-in-stent technique between July 2006 and July 2018.
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- Between May and July 2015, 26 cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were reported in two hospitals in Daejeon, South Korea, involving one initial case and 25 secondary cases.
- The median incubation period for the virus was 6.1 days, with variations between the two hospitals, and the overall attack rate was 3.7%, particularly higher among inpatients (12.3%) and caregivers (22.5%).
- The case-fatality rate was alarmingly high at 44%, and although cohort quarantine may have reduced wider community spread, further transmission occurred within the quarantined groups, indicating caregivers potentially played a role in spreading the infection.
Background/aims: Antibiotic usage and increasingly aging populations have led to increased incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in worldwide. Recent studies in Korea have also reported increasing CDI incidence; however, there have been no reports on the long-term outcomes of CDI. We therefore investigated the long-term clinical outcomes of patients with CDI, including delayed recurrence, associated risk factors and mortality.
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