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Infectious diseases
Adverse drug reactions following treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: a linked national tuberculosis surveillance with claims database
Yu-Seon Jung, Sun-Young Jung, Jae-Eun Lee, Kyungeun Lee, Jae Chol Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(6):979-988. Published online October 22, 2024
Background/Aims: Few real-world studies explored factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment-related adverse drug reactions (ADRs). This study evaluate ADRs that lead to the discontinuation of LTBI treatment and identify the associated factors, including age groups and dru..
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Pulmonology
Sex differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease characteristics: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2018
Moon Seong Baek, Haegwang Shin, Kang-Mo Gu, Hae In Jung, Won Young Kim, Jae-Woo Jung, Jong-Wook Shin, Sun-Young Jung, Jae-Yeol Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(1):137-147. Published online December 14, 2023
Background/Aims: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is less prevalent in females than males, but it affects mortality in females. There may be sex differences in the clinical characteristics of COPD.
Methods: We analyzed the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey dataset f..
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Acute exacerbation of COPD increases the risk of hip fractures: a nested case-control study from the Korea National Health Insurance Service
Kang-Mo Gu, Sang-Won Yoon, Sun-Young Jung, Moon Seong Baek, Won Young Kim, Jae-Woo Jung, Jae-Chol Choi, Jong-Wook Shin, Jae-Yeol Kim, Byoung-Whui Choi, In-Won Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(3):631-638. Published online February 8, 2022
Background/Aims: Hip fracture and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AE-COPD) could increase mortality in patients with COPD. There are no data on the relationship between AE-COPD and hip fracture, which may significantly affect the prognosis of patients with COPD. Therefor..
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Rheumatology
Treatment patterns of knee osteoarthritis patients in Korea
Ha-Rim Park, Soo-Kyung Cho, Seul Gi Im, Sun-Young Jung, Dalho Kim, Eun Jin Jang, Yoon-Kyoung Sung
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(5):1145-1153. Published online March 21, 2018
Background/Aims: To evaluate the treatment patterns of knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients in South Korea.
Methods: Using the Korean nationwide claims database, all knee OA patients in Korea during 2014 were identified by the knee OA diagnostic code (M17) or any OA diagnostic code (M15 to M19) in com..
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