Standardized Ultrasound Evaluation for Active Surveillance of Low-Risk Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Adults: 2024 Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology Consensus Statement.

Active surveillance (AS) has been widely adopted as an alternative to immediate surgery owing to the indolent nature and favorable outcomes of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). AS is generally recommended for tumors measuring ≤1 cm without aggressive cytological subtypes, risk of gross extrathyroidal extension (ETE), lymph node metastasis (LNM), or distant metastasis. AS requires careful patient selection based on various patient and tumor characteristics, and ultrasound (US) findings.

Multidisciplinary Design-Based Multimodal Virtual Reality Simulation in Nursing Education: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the necessity for innovative educational methods in nursing. Our study takes a unique approach using a multidisciplinary simulation design, which offers a systematic and comprehensive strategy for developing virtual reality (VR) simulations in nursing education.

Objective: The aim of this study is to develop VR simulation content for a pediatric nursing module based on a multidisciplinary simulation design and to evaluate its feasibility for nursing education.

Revisiting elemental geochemistry in surface sediments of the Ulleung Basin, East/Japan Sea: Signals from ocean dumping materials.

A total of 222 surface sediments were collected in the Ulleung Basin, southwestern East/Japan Sea, from the coast to the basin and analyzed for grain size, total organic carbon, biogenic silica and major and trace elements. The metal concentrations of the surface sediments were highly spatially variable, and their distributions were grouped into four types by factor analysis: waste dumping materials (Cr, Cu, Zn, Sn, Sb, and Pb); detrital materials (Al, Fe, and Cs); suboxic diagenetic materials (Mn, Mo, Co, and Ni); and anoxic diagenetic materials (Cd and U). From core samples collected near the dumping site, approximately the top 10 cm was well mixed in the Pb profiles and highly enriched in the above metals related to dumping materials.

Understanding Rewarding and Challenging Nursing Experiences During the Pandemic in Five Countries: Toward Strengthening the Workforce.

Introduction: Nurses are now more likely to leave their current role in direct patient care than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. Country culture and the organization of health care systems drive nurses' decisions to leave or stay in the profession.

Methods: In a fall 2020 survey of nurse professional quality of life, a content analysis of responses to the open-ended question, " was performed.

Factors associated with healthcare utilization for infant falls in South Korea: a cross-sectional online survey.

Purpose: Falls are a common cause of unintentional injuries in infants. This study was conducted to examine the patterns of healthcare utilization following infant falls in South Korea.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study utilized an online survey designed to gather information regarding the general characteristics of parents and infants, fall-related variables, and healthcare use.

Factors Associated with Handwashing Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of the Community Health Survey in Korea.

Introduction: Handwashing is the most effective preventive behavior for coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infection. However, research has shown the lower handwashing behaviors among Korean adults.

Objectives: This study aims to analyze factors associated with handwashing as a preventive behavior for COVID-19 infection based on the health belief model (HBM) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) behavioral theories.

Factors Associated with the HPV Vaccination among Korean Americans and Koreans: A Systematic Review.

Koreans and Korean Americans (KAs) have limited HPV knowledge and awareness. KAs share a culture with Koreans, and this culture has affected their behavior around HPV. This systematic review aimed to synthesize the factors associated with HPV vaccination among Koreans and KAs.

The Research Trends of Pharmacopuncture Therapy on Cervical Pain Caused by Traffic Accidents.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to comprehensively review Korean domestic studies and investigate the research trends of pharmacopuncture therapy on cervical pain caused by traffic accidents.

Methods: Domestic studies between February 1999 and May 2020 from four Korean databases were searched with combinations of keywords 'cervical pain', 'traffic accident', 'whiplash injury', and 'pharmacopuncture'.

Results: 17 studies were selected for review, including 7 randomized controlled trials, 5 retrospective observational studies, 3 case reports, and 2 non-randomized controlled trials.

Association of Weight Control Behaviors with Body Mass Index in Korean Adolescents: A Quantile Regression Approach.

Purpose: Adolescents are interested in weight control but likely practice unhealthy weight control behaviors. This study aimed to examine weight control behaviors associated with body mass index (BMI) in Korean adolescents.

Design And Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study of 16- to 19-year-old adolescents (97 girls and 90 boys), analyses were conducted of physical activity, sedentary behaviors, dietary behaviors, and self-efficacy for physical activity and diet.

Angiopoietin-2: a promising indicator for the occurrence of severe preeclampsia.

Background: The known connection between placental hypoxia and the development of preeclampsia suggests that angiogenic factors in the placenta would be changed and affect the maternal and/or umbilical cord plasma levels in patients with preeclampsia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the difference and correlation of placental mRNA expression and maternal/umbilical cord plasma concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), angiopoietin-1, and angiopoietin-2 between women with severe preeclampsia and normal pregnancies.

Methods: Sixteen patients with severe preeclampsia and 29 normotensive pregnant women were studied.

Characteristics of metastasis in the breast from extramammary malignancies.

Background And Objective: Breast metastasis from extramammary neoplasm is rare. We present the cases of metastasis to the breast after review of results in one institute and we want to show the difference of previous report.

Methods: The surgical and pathology databases of Samsung Medical Center from November 1994 to March 2009 were investigated to identify all patients with a diagnosis of metastasis to the breast.