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Risk Factors for the Prescription of Ineffective Antiviral Candidates for COVID-19 During the Early Pandemic Period in Korea
CONCLUSION: Ineffective antiviral agents were prescribed to a substantial number of patients during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea. Treatment with these ineffective drugs tended to be prolonged in severely ill patients and in primary and public hospitals.PMID:37698205 | PMC:PMC10497349 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e280
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - September 12, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Eunyoung Lee Seungyeon Kim Sun Young Lee Joo Jeong Jihwan Bang Juhwan Oh Sang Do Shin Nam Joong Kim Pyoeng Gyun Choe Myoung-Don Oh Source Type: research

COVID-19 Vaccination Status Among Korean Pediatric Population With Comorbidities
J Korean Med Sci. 2023 Aug 14;38(32):e248. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e248.ABSTRACTThe pediatric population with comorbidities is a high-risk group for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of January 2023, the COVID-19 vaccination rate for at least two doses among Korean children 5-11 years is low at 1.1%. We summarized the COVID-19 vaccination status for the pediatric population (5-17 years) with comorbidities through July 2022 using the National Health Insurance Service database. Pediatric patients with comorbidities had higher vaccination rates than the general pediatric population (2.4% vs. 1.1% in 5-11-year-o...
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - August 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Areum Shin Dong Wook Kim Young-Eun Kim Doo Ri Kim Jaehun Jung Yae-Jean Kim Source Type: research

Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: Analysis of National Health Insurance System Data in the Republic of Korea
CONCLUSION: Although most patients with COVID-19 had mild to moderate illness, more than a quarter were prescribed antibiotics. Judicious use of antibiotics is necessary for patients with COVID-19, considering the severity of disease and risk of bacterial co-infection.PMID:37365725 | PMC:PMC10293658 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e189
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - June 27, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Yunsang Choi Minsun Kang Dong Hoon Shin Jongtak Jung Seong Jin Choi Nak-Hyun Kim Song Mi Moon Kyoung-Ho Song Eu Suk Kim Jaehun Jung Hong Bin Kim Source Type: research

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