Publications by authors named "Soonjoo Wang"
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected healthcare services, potentially leading to inequitable outcomes based on patients' socioeconomic status (SES). This study aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes by examining disparities across SES levels.
Methods: The study analyzed non-traumatic OHCA cases registered in the Korean Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry from 2010 to 2021, encompassing 238,668 patients aged 18 years and older.
The recent Halloween crowd crush incident in Itaewon, Seoul, Korea, highlights a woeful inadequacy in our collective knowledge about crowd disasters. Underscored is a lack of detailed information on the causes of death and the injuries sustained. While traumatic asphyxiation has been widely implicated as the primary cause of death, the wider spectrum of injury patterns and their causative mechanisms remain poorly identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare the efficacy and safety of ketamine alone with those of ketamine-dexmedetomidine combination for sedation during brain CT in paediatric patients with head injuries.
Methods: We retrospectively analysed the data of paediatric patients who underwent sedation for brain CT at the ED. We included patients aged 6 months to 6 years with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I or II.
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for refractory ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has recently been recommended for selected patients with favorable prognostic features. We aimed to identify factors affecting the willingness of emergency physicians to implement extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). We conducted a factorial survey with nine experimental vignettes by combining three different scene time intervals and transportation time intervals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) education requires that learners practice key skills to promote mastery. Our aim in this study was to evaluate differences in post-education performance and class participation during CPR training between face-to- face (FF) and non-face-to-face (NFF) learning formats.
Methods: This was a randomized controlled study of third-year medical students from two university hospital, allocated to either the FF or NFF format for CPR education.
Background: Non-pharmaceutical interventions, including hand hygiene, wearing masks, and cough etiquette, and public health measures such as social distancing, used to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), could reduce the incidence rate of respiratory viral infections such as influenza. We evaluated the effect of COVID-19 on the incidence of influenza in Korea.
Methods: This retrospective study included all patients who visited five urban emergency departments (EDs) during the influenza epidemic seasons of 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20.
Minor complications after mandibular third molar surgery: type, incidence, and possible prevention.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
August 2006
Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to ascertain the incidence of minor complications after mandibular third molar surgery and to predict the risk of skin ecchymosis or mucosa petechiae related to the usage of an absorbable gelatin sponge.
Patients And Methods: One hundred and four patients subjected to surgical extraction of horizontally impacted lower third molars were selected and investigated by means of questionnaires and clinical examinations. The independent sample t test was used for numeric variables.