Food and Meal Preference of Workers in the Chonnam Yeosu Industrial Area / 대한지역사회영양학회지

This study was conducted to investigate food and meal preference of workers (435 male and 212 female) in the Chonnam Yeosu industrial area. The results of the survey were analyzed by principal components analysis. The results were obtained as follows: 19.3% of the subjects were twenties, 28.3% were thirties, 28.8% were forties and 23.7% were fifties. Females liked rice rolled in dried laver, rice cakes, janchi-noodle and breads, on the other hand males liked thick beef soup, loach soup, an eel stew and soju. The young liked instant noodles, fried chicken, sweet and sour pork, pork cutlet, pizza, hamburger, ham, sausage and fruit beverage, on the other hand the old liked a fish pot stew, loach soup, eel stew, fish boiled in soy with spices, panfried fish, sea slug, ascidian, bunder, green laver and boiled burdock-lotus root in soy. Females who are young liked hamburger and sweet and sour pork whereas males who are young liked instant noodles, pork cutlet, ham, sausage and fruit beverage. Aged females liked fish boiled in soy with spices, panfried fish, bunder, green laver, boiled burdock-lotus root in soy whereas aged males liked a fish pot stew, loach soup, eel stew, sea mussel and oysters. Boiled rice was located within the middle irrespective of age and sex, but noodles, wheat flour meal, fast foods and fruits were situated at the young female side. Aged males liked soup and pot stew. Young males liked meats and eggs whereas fish and shellfish and kimch were located at the aged people side. Aged females liked sea weeds and most people disliked vegetables but females liked some vegetables irrespective of age. Processed foods, salted foods, and alcohol were generally disliked foods by subjects but males liked those foods. Soybean curd was liked more males than females, and teas, except coffee, was liked by males.

The Statistical Analysis on the Legal Autopsy Cases in Gwang-ju and Chonnam Area of Korea in 2007 and 2008 / 대한법의학회지

The overall data associated with the causes and the manners of death of individuals are necessary to make policies for the public health or judicial system in the society. To obtain basic data of the causes and the manners of death, the 206 autopsy cases performed at the Department of Forensic Medicine of Chonnam National University Medical School in 2007 and 2008 were statistically analyzed according to the cause of death and the manner of death. The results are as follows ; 1. The total number of forensic-legal autopsy was 206 (139 males and 67 females). The number of the 5th decade (58 cases) and the 6th decade (54 cases) occupied over 50 percent (54.4%) of total cases. 2. Unnatural deaths were 127 cases (61.7%), and natural deaths were 79 cases (38.3%). Of 127 cases of unnatural deaths, suicides were 33 cases (26.0%), homicides were 46 cases (36.2%), accidental deaths were 37 cases (29.1%), and undetermined deaths were 11 cases (8.7%). 3. Among 79 natural deaths, deaths of cardiac origin were 46 cases (58.2%) and it was a leading cause of death in natural deaths. Deaths due to disease of vascular system were 10 cases (12.7%), deaths due to respiratory system were 8 cases (10.1%), deaths due to digestive system were 6 cases (7.6%), and other causes were 10 cases (12.4%). 4. Child deaths under the age of 10 were 8 cases (3.9%). Three cases were homicide, 3 cases were accident, and 2 cases were natural deaths.

A Study on the Dietary Habit in Residents of Rural District Muan of Chonnam / 대한지역사회영양학회지

This study was to investigate dietary habit for residents in the rural area of Chonnam, Muan. The subjects were composed of 61.2% male and 38.3% female (510 adults). In regularity of meal time, 56.3% of the subjects had meals regularly. The older people were significantly higher than the younger people at regular intervals of meal times (p < 0.0001). The majority of the subjects had appropriate meal amounts. 73.5% of the subjects had balanced diets. Unbalanced diet was higher in younger people than in older people. The highest frequency to dining out was once a month and the lower age was significantly higher than older age (p < 0.001). When dining-out, the most important criteria for selecting a meal was the taste of food. 62.4% of the subjects ate meat and greasy animal food more than once a week. The younger in age and higher in educational levels have increased meat intake frequency. In the eating methods of animal fat, 37.5% of the subjects were high by eating generally untouched. The older in age, lower in education level have more increased animal fat intake frequency. 60.7% of the subjects took snacks. The kinds of snacks were fruits, coffee, alcoholic drinks, candies and confectioneries, drinkables and tea, milk and dairy products, in order. Consequently, nutrition education is for them with special emphasis on regularity of meal times, unbalanced diets, dining-out and snacks to the younger people, whereas it is the necessary eating methods of animal fat and snacks to the older people.

A Clinical Study of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis over the Last Five-year Period in the Gwangju-Chonnam Area / 대한피부과학회지

BACKGROUND: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe mucocutaneous reactions which are most frequently caused by drugs. The incidence of SJS and TEN is known to be relatively low, however the outcomes may be fatal. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the clinical feature and outcome of 32 patients diagnosed with SJS and TEN. METHODS: Thirty two patients (17 males, 15 females, mean age 50.8 years) with SJS and TEN, diagnosed at the Department of Dermatology, Chonnam National University Hospital from January 2001 to December 2005, were retrospectively evaluated. RESULTS: Thirty two patients were clinically classified with SJS (n=15, 46.9%), overlap SJS/TEN (n=3, 9.4%) and TEN (n=14, 43.7%). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were most commonly suspected as the causative drug in this series. All patients had involvement of the mucosa, except two. More than two sites were affected in 68.8 percent of cases. Nineteen patients (59.4%) showed abnormal liver function and three patients (9.4%) showed abnormal renal function. Five patients (15.6%) showed leukocytopenia and twenty four patients showed increased lactate dehydrogenase activity. Complications, mainly in the TEN group, included pneumonia, toxic hepatitis, wound infection, septicemia and multiorgan failure. Two patients died from septicemia and multiorgan failure. CONCLUSION: The mortality from SJS and TEN has been quoted as being about 5% and 30%, respectively. However, the mortality in our study was relatively low (SJS 0%, TEN 14.3%). Early intensive treatment is important for reducing the mortality rate in SJS/TEN.

Phenotype and Genotype of Cis-AB Family in Chonnam Area / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: Cis-AB is a rare blood ABO with unusual inheritance on the same chromosome that result from a point mutation. It is relatively common in Korean and Japanese populations. We analyzed serological and molecular genetic characteristics of the family with cis-AB who had visited Chonnam National University Hospital (CNUH) for 10 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The subjects of this study comprised 88 samples derived from cis-AB family of 17 propositi with A2B3 phenotype diagnosed at CNUH between January 1993 and May 2002. Serologic tests for cis-AB were performed in detail on the ABO antigens of 49 samples, polymerase chain reaction - restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method for cis-AB genotyping was additionally performed in peripheral blood DNA samples from 19 cases. RESULTS: The phenotypes of 49 cases were composed of 39 cases of A2B3, 7 of A2B, 2 of A1B3 and 1 of A1. ABO genotype on the blood samples from 19 cis-AB cases showed 11 cases of cis-AB/O with phenotype A2B3, 6 of cis-AB/B with phenotype A2B, 1 of cis-AB/A with phenotype A1B3 and 1 of cis-AB/A with phenotype A1. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrated that the most frequent type of cis-AB cases in Chonnam area was cis-AB/O with phenotype A2B3 and a case of cis-AB/A with unusual A1 phenotype was found.

A Retrospective Analysis on Historical Anesthetic Trends in Chonnam University Hospital: From 1962 to 1996 / 대한마취과학회지

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the historical anesthetic trends for last 35 years at Chonnam National University Hospital (CNUH). METHODS: The anesthetic records of total 101,637 anesthetic cases performed at CNUH from January 1961 to December 1996 were reviewed and analyzed according to age, sex, department, operation site, physical status, preoperative findings, anesthetic methods and agents, duration of operation, etc. RESULTS: Annual anesthetic cases was increased remarkably year by year; annual surgical patients increased 19 times for 35 years. The ratio of male to female was 1.18:1. The percent of geriatric anesthesia was increased year by year. In preoperative physical status from ASA definitions, 83.6 % of total patients was assigned class I and II. The average departmental distributions in descending order were surgery, orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, neurosurgery, urology, ENT, thoracic surgery, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and others. The distributions of operation site in descending order were lower abdomen, neck, upper abdomen, lower extremities, head, chest, spine, upper extremities, and breast. Inhalational anesthesia was the most frequent used methods. Ether was abandoned from 1983, and major volatile anesthetics was halothane from 1981 to 1991. The use of enflurane has steadily increased and isoflurane has also been used with increasing frequency since 1992. CONCLUSIONS: Anesthetic cases are markedly increased year by year, and major volatile anesthetics and neuromuscular blocker were changed from halothane to enflurane and from pancuronium to vecuronium, respectively.

The Status of Central Nervous System Tumors in Chonnam and Chonbuk Provinces

The authors analized statistically 635 cases of pathologically confirmed central nervous system tumors in the Chonnam and Chonbuk provinces from 1987 to 1989. The results were as follows ; 1) Of the 635 cases, 327 cases(51.5%) were male and 308 cases(48.5%) were female. 2) Intracranial tumors were 518 cases(81.6%), spine and intraspinal tumors 94(14.8%), scalp and skull tumors 23(3.6%). 3) Average incidence rate of tumors was 3.5/year/100,000 population, 3.1 for Chonnam province, 4.4 for Chonbuk province. 4) Among the brain tumors, glial tumors were the most common(28.4%), and followed by meningiomas(18%), pituitary tumors(15.2%), metastatic tumors(8.9%), Among the intraspinal tumors, neurinomas and neurofibromas were found most frequently(41.5%), and rests were metastatic tumors(23.4%), meningiomas(9.5%) in order. 5) Sexual predilection of tumors was as follows : male preponderance was noted for oligodendrogliomas(9:1), metastatic tumors(2.3:1), glioblastomas multiforme(GM)(1.8:1) cysticercosis(1.6:1), and female preponderance for meningiomas(1:3.2), pituitary tumors(1:2), paragonimiases(1:1.5). 6) The incidence rate of brain tumors in children below 15 years was 11.8% and that which occured infratentorially was 47.5%. 7) The brain tumors were found mainly in cerebral hemispheres, in which area most of tumors were meningiomas, astrocytomas in order. In sellar, parasellar most of tumors were meningiomas astrocytomas in order. In sellar, parasellar and suprasellar region, the majority of tumors were pituitary tumors and meningiomas. 8) Cysticercosis showed a predilection for the sixth and seventh decades, meningiomas, metastatic tumors, neurinomas for sixth decade, GM and supratentorial astrocytomas for fourth, fifth and sixth decades, oligodendroliomas for fifth decade, infratentorial astrocytomas, medulloblastomas and craniopharyngiomas for first and second decades. 9) In the spinal tumors, the favorable site was thoracic region and majority of them were located intradural extramedullarily and extradurally in similar incidence.