Satisfaction Survey on Information Technology-Based Glucose Monitoring System Targeting Diabetes Mellitus in Private Local Clinics in Korea.

Background: Private local clinics in Korea have little experience with information technology (IT)-based glucose monitoring (ITGM). Our aim is to examine user satisfaction and the possibility of using ITGM service practically.

Methods: Patients sent their blood glucose levels to physicians in local clinics.

The differences in the incidence of diabetes mellitus and prediabetes according to the type of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors prescribed in Korean patients.

Background: Very few studies conducted in Korea have investigated the relationship between statins and the incidence of diabetes. Therefore, we analyzed the progression from normal blood glucose to prediabetes and then to diabetes mellitus (DM) according to the type, intensity, and dose of statin prescribed.

Methods: Data of patients who were first prescribed statins between 2009 and 2011 were extracted from electronic medical records.

Physician-Directed Diabetes Education without a Medication Change and Associated Patient Outcomes.

Background: When patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are first referred to a hospital from primary health care clinics, physicians have to decide whether to administer an oral hypoglycemic agent (OHA) immediately or postpone a medication change in favor of diabetes education regarding diet or exercise. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of diabetes education alone (without alterations in diabetes medication) on blood glucose levels.

Methods: The study was conducted between January 2009 and December 2013 and included patients with DM.

Comparative Analysis of the Suspected Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Level in Korea.

The primary objective of our study was to evaluate the frequency of suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) among patients treated with different formulations of heparin and investigate the factors that affect the incidence of HIT. This study is an electronic medical record (EMR)-based large-scale retrospective cohort study conducted from 2009 to 2014 in Korea. After hospitalization, patient platelet count was determined before heparin was prescribed, and all platelet count values obtained during hospitalization were extracted.

Development of Clinical Data Mart of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor for Varied Clinical Research.

Background: The increasing use of electronic medical record (EMR) systems for documenting clinical medical data has led to EMR data being increasingly accessed for clinical trials. In this study, a database of patients who were prescribed statins for the first time was developed using EMR data. A clinical data mart (CDM) was developed for cohort study researchers.

Use of Moderate-Intensity Statins for Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level above 190 mg/dL at Baseline in Koreans.

The ACC/AHA 2013 guideline recommends high-intensity statin therapy for a decrease in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level by >50% among patients with baseline values of ≥190 mg/dL (approximately 4.872 mmol/L); however, this value should be modified before applying it to Korean populations. We investigated the statin-specific LDL-C-lowering effects in Korean patients with baseline LDL-C value ≥4.

Social Networking Services-Based Communicative Care for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Korea.

Objectives: Social networking services (SNS)-based online communities are good examples of improving quality of care by incorporating information technology into medicine. Therefore, we created an SNS-based community care webpage for communication among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). We aimed to identify what diabetic patients wanted to know and were interested in by analyzing their posts and classified content in which users were interested.

Estimation of aortic pressure waveforms from 4D phase-contrast MRI.

Several approaches for the non-invasive MRI-based measurement of the aortic pressure waveform over the heart cycle have been proposed in the last years. These methods are normally based on time-resolved, two-dimensional phase-contrast sequences with uni-directionally encoded velocities (2D PC-MRI). In contrast, three-dimensional acquisitions with tridirectional velocity encoding (4D PC-MRI) have been shown to be a suitable data source for detailed investigations of blood flow and spatial blood pressure maps.