Seoul National University · Medicine
Professor Young Sun Ro's research lab specializes in emergency medicine and neurotrauma, focusing on improving outcomes for traumatic brain injury (TBI) through clinical decision rules, neuroprotective strategies, and preventive interventions. The lab investigates the effectiveness of cranial CT decision rules in real-world settings, explores pharmacological agents like MMP inhibitors for neuroprotection, and evaluates preventive measures such as safety helmets in occupational settings. Research also examines systemic factors influencing survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, emphasizing regional differences in prehospital and emergency care systems.
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For clinically important TBI, the three cranial CT decision rules had much lower sensitivities in this population than the original published studies, while the specificities were comparable to those studies. The sensitivities for neurosurgical intervention, however, were comparable to the original studies. The NEXUS-II rule showed the highest reduction rate for CT scans compared to other rules, but failed to identify all undergoing neurosurgical intervention for their original inclusion cohort.
It appears that the administration of the MMP inhibitor ONO-4817 might be a new approach to the amelioration of PS.
A safety helmet is associated with prevention of intracranial injury resulting from work-related fall and the effect is preserved within 4 m height of fall. Therefore, wearing a safety helmet can be an intervention for protecting fall-related intracranial injury in the workplace.
Survivals after OHCA were increased in Seoul while remained constant in Osaka, which may have been affected by the differences and improvements of patient, community, and EMS system factors.
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