Publications by authors named "So Yeon Joyce Kong"
Objective: This study aims to assess the acceptability of a novel technology, MAchine Learning Application (MALA), among the mothers of newborns who required resuscitation.
Setting: This study took place at Bharatpur Hospital, which is the second-largest public referral hospital with 13 000 deliveries per year in Nepal.
Design: This is a cross-sectional survey.
Background: Despite years of public cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training efforts, the training rate and survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have increased modestly in China. Access is imperative to increase the public CPR training rate, which is determined by both demand- (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest exerts a large disease burden, which may be mitigated by bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation. We aimed to estimate the global prevalence and distribution of bystander training among laypersons, which are poorly understood, and to identify their determinants.
Methods: We searched electronic databases for cross-sectional studies reporting the prevalence of bystander training from representative population samples.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare heart rate patterns of vigorous newborns during the first 180 seconds after birth based on whether they received early cord clamping (ECC) or delayed cord clamping (DCC).* -
- The research included 610 vaginally-born babies and found that the heart rate was more stable with DCC (median HR around 170 bpm) compared to a significant increase with ECC (from 169 to 184 bpm), along with a higher incidence of bradycardia in ECC cases.* -
- The findings suggest that DCC is preferable, as it is associated with less heart instability and a lower risk of bradycardia compared to ECC.*
Objective: Inadequate adherence to resuscitation for non-crying infants will have poor outcome and thus rationalise a need for real-time guidance and quality improvement technology. This study assessed the usability, feasibility and acceptability of a novel technology of real-time visual guidance, with sound and video recording during resuscitation.
Setting: A public hospital in Nepal.
Learning From a Massive Open Online COVID-19 Vaccination Training Experience: Survey Study.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
December 2021
Background: To prepare key stakeholders for the global COVID-19 vaccination rollout, the World Health Organization and partners developed online vaccination training packages. The online course was launched in December 2020 on the OpenWHO learning platform. This paper presents the findings of an evaluation of this course.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To estimate the efficacy of fractionated carbon dioxide (CO2) laser therapy for vulvar lichen sclerosus.
Methods: We conducted a prospective, double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled, trial conducted in a clinic specializing in vulvar disorders. The study participants were 40 women with active vulvar lichen sclerosus confirmed with biopsy who were abstaining from topical and systemic treatments for at least 4 weeks before enrollment.
Introduction: A new dispatcher-assisted basic life support training program, called "Home Education and Resuscitation Outcome Study (HEROS)" was developed with a goal to provide high-quality dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, with a focus on untrained home bystanders. This study aimed to determine whether the HEROS program is associated with improved quality in CPR performance during training and willingness to provide bystander CPR compared with other basic life support programs without dispatcher-assisted CPR (non-HEROS).
Methods: This clustered randomized trial was conducted in 3 district health centers in Seoul.
Aims: This study aims to test the association between the place-provider-matrix (PPM) of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Methods: Adult patients with OHCA with a cardiac etiology from 2012 to 2017 in Korea were analyzed, excluding patients who had unknown information on place, type of bystander, or outcome. The PPM was categorized into six groups by two types of places (public versus home) and three types of providers (trained responder (TR), family bystander, and layperson bystander).
Objectives: There is growing evidence that optimal post-resuscitation treatment is a significant factor for overall survival and neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, there is also growing evidence of disparities in treatments in vulnerable populations such as elderly individuals or patients with underlying diseases, including cancer.
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of cancer status on post-resuscitation therapies among OHCA patients.
In effort to address the shortage of emergency medical care in Cameroon, the Yaoundé Emergency Center (CURY) was established in June, 2015 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. To evaluate its impact on the communities of Yaoundé, we assessed the changes in utilizations of emergency medical care since the establishment of the CURY. In 2014 the first survey was conducted on randomly selected 619 households (3,201 individuals) living in six health districts of Yaoundé.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: Delirium is a frequent occurrence in older intensive care unit (ICU) patients, but the importance of the duration of delirium in contributing to adverse long-term outcomes is unclear.
Objectives: To examine the association of the number of days of ICU delirium with mortality in an older patient population.
Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study in a 14-bed ICU in an urban acute care hospital.