Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Korean version of the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Knowledge Test (K-PICS-KT): a methodological study

Purpose: This study aimed to develop the Korean version of the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Knowledge Test (K-PICS-KT) through cross-cultural adaptation to ensure cultural and clinical appropriateness for use in Korea and to evaluate its validity and reliability.Methods: The Post...

Short-Term Cognitive and Behavioral Changes After Low-Intensity Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation in Early Alzheimer’s Disease: An IPTW-Adjusted Retrospective Exploratory Comparative Study

Background: Low-intensity ultrasound (LIUS) has been proposed as a non-invasive approach to modulate cerebrospinal fluid movement, glymphatic–lymphatic clearance, and amyloid-beta (Aβ) handling in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, clinical comparisons in amyloid biomarker-confir...

Domain-Specific Cognitive Concordance in Older Married Couples

Importance Spousal similarity in late-life cognition has been reported, but whether concordance differs across cognitive domains remains unclear. Objective To examine whether cognitive concordance among older married couples is domain specific by comparing real couples with demog...

A Diagnosis Buried in the Closet: How Autistic People Learn of Their Autism Diagnoses

Background: Learning that one is autistic can be a pivotal turning point in self-understanding, but autistic people learn of this information under highly variable conditions. How these disclosure conditions shape autistic people’s experiences of learning and making sense of the...

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Patients With Long QT Syndrome: A Korean Multicenter Cohort Study

This multicenter nationwide cohort study comprehensively analyzed the clinical features, genetic architecture, and outcomes of Korean pediatric patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS).Prolonged QT intervals, fetal arrhythmia, and LQT2/3 genotypes compared to LQT1 were independent r...

Preoperative Thrombocytopenia Increases In-Hospital Burden but Not Postoperative Adverse Events After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Background/Objectives: Thrombocytopenia increases bleeding tendency and may complicate perioperative management in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), yet data on both in-hospital burden and post-discharge adverse events are limited. This study evaluated the association between preope...

Evolution of mental health information-seeking behavior: a longitudinal text mining analysis from the pre-pandemic to the COVID-19 endemic era

Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal evolution of healthcare consumers’ information-seeking behavior regarding mental health issues, specifically depression, across the pre-pandemic (2018), peak-pandemic (2022), and post-pandemic endemic (2025) eras. Utilizing a larg...

Subtype‐specific immunophenotypic and cytogenetic patterns complement flow‐cytometric detection of measurable residual disease in B‐lymphoblastic leukemia

Measurable residual disease (MRD) is a key prognostic marker in B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Because immunophenotypic and cytogenetic features vary by genetic subtype and treatment phase, the clinical value of an integrated MRD strategy using multiparametric flow cytometry (...

Cold snare polypectomy versus conventional endoscopic mucosal resection for colorectal polyps 15 mm or smaller: delayed bleeding and resection outcomes in a retrospective cohort

Guidelines recommend cold snare polypectomy (CSP) for colorectal polyps 10 mm or smaller, but data for larger polyps are limited. We compared delayed post-polypectomy bleeding (DPPB) and resection outcomes after CSP versus conventional endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for polyp...

Blood viscosity is associated with smoking status rather than the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from the Korea COPD Subgroup Study (KOCOSS)

Abstract Background The relationship between smoking and blood viscosity is well established. However, the role of blood viscosity in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and its impact on lung function decline remains unclear. Therefore, we aimed to in...

Impact of denosumab therapy on periapical healing following root canal treatment: a 10-year retrospective case-control study

Abstract Introduction Denosumab is a potent RANKL inhibitor used for osteoporosis, yet its impact on root canal treatment (RCT) outcomes remains less understood compared to bisphosphonates. This study evaluated the periapical healing outcomes of RCT in patients receiving denosuma...

Factors affecting the performance of standard precautions focusing on the health belief model in South Korea: a cross-sectional study

PURPOSE: This study aimed to examine the factors affecting the performance of standard precautions among third- and fourth-year nursing students. Focusing on the health belief model, it included individual factors such as knowledge of standard precautions, health beliefs, and sel...