Results: 23

Clinical Adaptation According to Anatomical Types of Nasal Septum

Int. j. morphol; 41 (5), 2023
SUMMARY: The purpose of this study was to inform the anatomical types of the nasal septum of which including variations by dissection and to provide guidelines for clinical adaptation. For this purpose dissections were performed on 70 nasal septums of formalin fixed Korean adult cadavers (20 males, 11 fe...

A resposta da Coreia do Sul à pandemia de COVID-19: lições aprendidas e recomendações a gestores

Resumo: Os estudos publicados sobre a resposta da Coreia do Sul à COVID-19 apontam para distintos motivos para seu êxito. Não foram identificadas revisões sobre a Coreia do Sul entre janeiro de 2020 e abril de 2021 ou que analisassem o recrudescimento da pandemia. Visando melhor sistematização sobr...

Effects of open board lecture videos on anatomy

Int. j. morphol; 40 (4), 2022
SUMMARY: COVID-19 has forced anatomists to perform non-face-to-face education using lecture videos. A Korean anatomist has given (white and black) board lectures and distributed lecture videos to the public for many years. This study was to verify the effects of open board lecture videos in the anatomy f...

Barriers to Informed refusal in Korea

Acta bioeth; 27 (2), 2021
Abstract In South Korea, the legal and cultural environment keeps terminally ill patients from making an informed refusal to a treatment the discontinuation of which can cause death. Act on Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment for Patients in Hospice and Palliative Care or at the End of Life allows sev...

Trends in case-fatality rates of COVID-19 in the World, between 2019 - 2020

INTRODUCTION: CoV infections can potentially cause from a simple cold to a severe respiratory syndrome, such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV). The COVID-19 created a new reality for global healthcare modelsOBJETIVE: To evaluate trends in case-fa...

Differences of neuroanatomy education for large and small numbers of students in China and Korea

Int. j. morphol; 38 (4), 2020
In Southern Medical University, China, 1,200 medical students study neuroanatomy every year, whereas in Ajou University, Korea, only 45 medical students study neuroanatomy. The considerable difference of student numbers results in differences in educational situations. The purpose of this study was to in...

La ciencia explica por qué el perfil adoptado por Estados Unidos en la lucha contra el COVID-19 es peor que el de China, Japón, Corea del Sur y Argentina
Science explains why United States does worse than China, Japan, South Korea, and Argentina in fighting COVID-19

Association between nutrients and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged Korean women

ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between nutritional intake and metabolic syndrome in otherwise healthy middle-aged Korean women. Subjects and methods Retrospectively, medical records were reviewed for nutritional intake of 2,182 Korean women who had undergone...

Osteoporosis and hearing loss: findings from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2011

Abstract Introduction: Age-related hearing impairment is the most common sensory dysfunction in older adults. In osteoporosis, the mass of the ossicles will be decreased, affecting the bone density of the cochlea, and interfering with the sound transmission to the cochlea. Age related hearing loss might...

Comparing South Korea and Italy’s healthcare systems and initiatives to combat COVID-19

Italy and South Korea have two distinctly different healthcare systems, causing them to respond to public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic in markedly different ways. Differences exist in medical education for both countries, allowing South Korean medical graduates to have a more holistic educ...