• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.42-49
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• 2007

Infections in oral and maxillofacial region are relativley common and self-limiting, but in some cases, infections spread to adjacent hard and soft tissue and to cause any complication, even threaten life. So we made retrospective study of patients with interfascial infection who had been hospitalized and been treated by surgical treatment in Dankook university about 10 years. We reviewed the charts of patient with interfascial infection from 1995 to 2005. The result were as follows: 1. In gender & age distribution, male(54.2%) & fouth decade were most frequently. 2. The most common cause of infection was dental caries(55.2%) and the most of involving teeth was lower posterior teeth(44.1%). 3. Submandibular space is most frequently involving space and most infection involved mainly one space. 4. The patients with systemic disease were 38.2%. Diabetic mellitus was 87.2% of systemic diease. The admission period was 19.5 days in systemic disease. 5. The most microorganism in culture was Streptococcus Viridans(36.2%) in all patient. Klebsiella Pneumoniae was found most in Diabetic Mellitus. 6. The patient were mainly treated I&D on admission day. Of them 5(1.1%) patients were received tracheostomy. 7. Serum albumin, CRP and body weight are associated with Nutritional Risk Index(NRI). High risk patient group according to NRI classification showed higher rate of complications & mortality. 8. The patients with complication were 28(6.7%) persons. 4(0.9%) patients were expired. Nutritional Risk Index was helpful to predict the prognosis. When interfascial infection starts to spread, we must pay attention to airway management. Fluid therapy with nutritional may support to healing of wound.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.547-551
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• 2011

Purpose: Pierre Robin sequence is a congenital malformation in which micrognathia causes glossoptosis and airway obstruction. If conservative treatment fails, surgical procedures such as tongue-lip adhesion can be performed. However, this procedure remains a subject of debate, with favorable results being countered by reports of complications. To overcome the above limitations, we revised the traditional method of tongue-lip adhesion using an alveolar protector. Methods: Between 1992 and 2011, a total of eight patients were identified with Pierre Robin sequence and were treated with tongue-lip adhesion. Two of these eight tongue-lip adhesion procedures were performed with an alveolar protector. The operative technique for tongue-lip adhesion was similar to that described in other published reports. The alveolar protector was inserted between the ventral surface of the tip of the tongue and the lower labial sulcus. Results: Tongue-lip adhesion failed in two patients because of wound dehiscence. The primary surgical success rate was 66.7%. In the two tongue-lip adhesion procedures performed with the alveolar protector, we observed no postoperative complications. Conclusion: Resistance to traction of the tongue can be encountered with nonunionized symphysis menti, causing loosening of the traction suture through the symphysis menti. This can lead to backward positioning of tongue, resulting in dehiscence of tongue lip adhesion. The alveolar protector is a good adjunct to tongue-lip adhesion because this method avoids postoperative loosening of the traction suture and wound dehiscence. It is a simple and effective auxiliary method that yields functional improvement.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.216-223
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• 2021

Preoperative patient analysis for oral cancer involves multiple considerations that are based on multiple factors; these include TNM stages, histopathologic findings, and adjacent anatomical structures. Once the decision is made to excise the lesion, the margin of dissection and its extent should be considered along with the best form of reconstruction and airway management. Treatment methods include surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Although the combined method of treatment is controversial, surgical resection is considered predominantly, and immediate reconstruction after surgical resection follows. The choice of treatment is dictated by the anticipated functional and esthetic results of treatment and also by the availability of a surgeon with the required expertise. Segmental mandibulectomy with primary reconstruction has been shown to have advantages in both functional and esthetic results. A 52-year-old male patient with basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth, and the anterior portion of the mandible was treated with surgical procedures that included segmental mandibulectomy with both supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) at Levels I-III and mandible reconstruction with a left fibula free flap. A 55-year-old male patient with clear cell odontogenic carcinoma of the oral cavity underwent segmental mandibulectomy with both SOHND at Levels I-III and mandible reconstruction with a left fibula free flap. The purpose of this study was to review the anatomic and functional results of patients after immediate reconstruction with a fibula free flap following resection of carcinoma in the anterior portion of the mandible and floor of the mouth.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제85권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2022

Background: In asthma, consistent control of chronic airway inflammation is crucial, and the use of asthma-controller medication has been emphasized. Our purpose in this study is to compare the incidence of acute exacerbation and healthcare costs related to the use of asthma-controller medication. Methods: By using data collected by the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, we compared one-year clinical outcomes and medical costs from July 2014 to June 2015 (follow-up period) between two groups of patients with asthma who received different prescriptions for recommended asthma-controller medication (inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene receptor antagonists) at least once from July 2013 to June 2014 (assessment period). Results: There were 51,757 patients who satisfied our inclusion criteria. Among them, 13,702 patients (26.5%) were prescribed a recommended asthma-controller medication during the assessment period. In patients using a recommended asthma-controller medication, the frequency of acute exacerbations decreased in the follow-up period, from 2.7% to 1.1%. The total medical costs of the controller group decreased during the follow-up period compared to the assessment period, from $3,772,692 to $1,985,475. Only 50.9% of patients in the controller group used healthcare services in the follow-up period, and the use of asthma-controller medication decreased in the follow-up period. Conclusion: Overall, patients using a recommended asthma-controller medication showed decreased acute exacerbation and reduced total healthcare cost by half.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.427-435
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• 2022

Background: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between pharyngeal morphology and the success or failure of blind nasotracheal intubation using standard lateral cephalometric radiography and to analyze the measurement items affecting the difficulty of blind nasotracheal intubation. Methods: Assuming a line perpendicular to the Frankfort horizontal (FH) plane, the reference point (O) was selected 1 cm above the posterior-most end of the hard palate. A line passing through the reference point and parallel to the FH plane is defined as the X-axis, and a line passing through the reference point and perpendicular to the X-axis is defined as the Y-axis. The shortest length between the tip of the uvula and posterior pharyngeal wall (AW), shortest length between the base of the tongue and posterior pharyngeal wall (BW), and width of the glottis (CW) were measured. The midpoints of the lines representing each width are defined as points A, B, and C, and the X and Y coordinates of each point are obtained (AX, BX, CX, AY, BY, and CY). For each measurement, a t-test was performed to compare the tracheal intubation success and failure groups. A binomial logistic regression analysis was performed using clinically relevant items. Results: The items significantly affecting the success rate of blind nasotracheal intubation included the difference in X coordinates at points A and C (Odds ratio, 0.714; P-value, 0.024) and the ∠ABC (Odds ratio, 1.178; P-value, 0.016). Conclusion: Using binomial logistic regression analysis, we observed statistically significant differences in AX-CX and ∠ABC between the success group and the failure group.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.4-8
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• 2022

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as the triad of obesity (body mass index, [BMI] ≥ 30 kg/m²), daytime hypercapnia (PaCO2 ≥ 45 mm Hg), and sleep breathing disorder, after excluding other causes for hypoventilation. As the obese population increases worldwide, the prevalence of OHS is also on the rise. Patients with OHS have poor quality of life, high risk of frequent hospitalization and increased cardiopulmonary mortality. However, most patients with OHS remain undiagnosed and untreated. The diagnosis typically occurs during the 5th and 6th decades of life and frequently first diagnosed in emergency rooms as a result of acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. Due to the high mortality rate in patients with OHS who do not receive treatment or have developed respiratory failure, early recognition and effective treatment is essential for improving outcomes. Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy including continuous PAP (CPAP) or noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is the primary management option for OHS. Changes in lifestyle, rehabilitation program, weight loss and bariatric surgery should be also considered.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권11호
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• pp.1073-1079
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• 2003

목 적 : 1,500 gm 미만의 극소 저출생 체중아에서 호흡부전시 인공 호흡기 치료에만 의존하던 과거와는 달리 신생아 집중치료의 획기적 발전과 의료환경의 개선으로 새로운 관점에서 인공 호흡기 치료의 시도가 요구되고 있다. 저자들은 1998년부터 기관내 삽관율과 인공 호흡기 치료기간, 합병증 등의 연도별 변화가 있는지를 조사하여 향후 인공 호흡기 치료 방향에 기초적 도움을 주고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법: 1998년 1월부터 2001년 12월까지 본원 출생아로서 1,500 gm 미만의 극소 저출생 체중아이며 신생아 집중 치료실에서 입원 치료한 뒤 퇴원한 환아 274명을 대상으로 하였으며, 대상아는 병력지를 기초로 재태 연령과 출생 체중을 분석하였고, 인공 호흡기 치료군에서 분만 방법과 임상 특징, 원인 질환, 인공 호흡기 설정시 초기 조건, 사용 방법, 기간, 합병증 등을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 연도별 재태 주수에 따른 인공 호흡기 치료 빈도의 변화 : 27-29주 미숙아의 경우 최근 4년간 인공 호흡기 치료군은 큰 변화 없이 극소 저출생 체중아의 약 76.1%에 해당되었다. 30-33주 미숙아의 경우는 최근 4년간 인공 호흡기 치료 빈도가 감소하는 추세로 1998년, 1999년에 각각 61.9%, 52.9%에서 인공호흡기 의존도를 나타냈으나 2000년에는 48.6%였고, 2001년에는 37.5%에서만이 인공 호흡기의 의존도를 나타내었다. 또한 전체 환아에서 1998년은 69.7%에서 인공 호흡기 치료를 받았으나, 2001년은 42.5%로 감소하였다 2) 인공 호흡기 치료군에서 임상적 특징 : 평균 재태 연령, 출생 체중은 큰 변화가 없었으며, 4년간 모두 반 수 이상에서 남아이고, 분만 방식으로 제왕 절개술에 의한 분만이 60% 이상이었으며, 최근 증가하는 추세이다. 원인 질환으로 중등도 신생아 호흡 곤란 증후군 단독인 경우가 60% 이상이었고, 신생아 호흡곤란 증후군과 동반된 가사 및 무호흡이 있었다 3) 인공 호흡기 치료군에서 동맥혈 가스 분석, 인공 호흡기 설정 및 호흡 지표의 변화 : $PaO_2$는 42.4-44.8 mmHg였고, 평균 기도압은 5.7-6.0 $cmH_2O$, 산소화 지수(OI)는 9.2-11.6이었으며, 인공 호흡기 치료 24-48시간 경과 후 시행한 동맥혈 가스 검사에서 $PaO_2$는 89.3-92.5 mmHg로 호전되었고, 평균 기도압은 4.4-4.7 $cmH_2O$로 낮아졌으며, 산소화 지수는 2.3-2.6 정도로 호전되었다. 4) 인공 호흡기 치료 평균 기간 : 인공 호흡기 치료 기간은 최근 4년간 뚜렷이 감소하는 추세로 7일 이상 장기간 인공 호흡기 치료를 받은 환아는 1998년에 23.9%에서 2001년에는 6.4%로 감소하였고, 4일에서 6일 동안 치료를 받은 경우는 1998년에 76.1%에서 2001년에 9.7%로 감소하였다. 또한 3일 이하의 단기간 치료를 받은 군은 1999년에 28.1%이던 것이 2001년에는 83.9%로 증가하였다. 연도별 평균 치료 기간도 1998년, 1999년에 각각 6.0일, 5.5일에서 2000년, 2001년에 3.6일, 2.7일로 감소하였다. 5) 인공 호흡기 사용 방법과 주요 합병증 : 1998년에는 HFV와 IMV에 의한 인공 호흡기 치료가 주였고, 2000부터 비강내 CPAP을 활성화 하였으며, 2001년에는 HFV와 IMV, 비강내 CPAP의 병용 사용이 35.4%로 늘어났다. 인공 호흡기 치료를 받은 환아들의 주요 합병증으로는 동맥관 개존이 가장 많았으며, 병기 3이상의 미숙아 망막증, grade III 이상의 뇌실내 출혈, 공기 누출 증후군, 만성 폐질환, 뇌실주위 백질연화증 순으로 나타났다. 결 론 : 1,500 gm 미만의 원내 출생한 극소 저출생 체중아의 경우 중증의 신생아 호흡곤란 증후군이 감소하는 추세에 있으며, 인공 호흡기 의존율과 치료 기간 역시 점차 낮아지는 경향이다. 따라서 비강내 CPAP의 조기 사용으로 기도 삽관을 통한 침습적인 인공 호흡기 치료관리 기회를 줄일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한치과마취과학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2012

The Fontan operation is a heart operation used to treat complex congenital heart defects like tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, pulmonary atresia and single ventricle. A single ventricle is dedicated to pumping oxygenated blood to the systemic circulation and the entire systemic venous return reaches the pulmonary arterial system without the direct influence of a pumping chamber. In the patient with Fontan operation, it is important to achieve adequate pulmonary blood flow and cardiac output in anesthetic management. In this case, a 10-year-old boy (19.6 kg, 114 cm) with cleft palate, cerebral palsy and severe mental retardation, who underwent a Fontan operation when he was 4 years old, was presented for deep sedation. Because he was suffering from eating disorder with cleft palate, the orthodontist and the plastic surgeon planned to insert intraoral orthodontic device before cleft palate repair. But it was impossible to open his mouth for alginate impression procedure. After careful pre-anesthesia evaluation we planned to administer deep sedation with propofol infusion. After Intravenous catheter insertion, we started propofol intravenous infusion with the formula of a loading dose of 1.0 mg/kg followed by an infusion rate of 6.0 mg/kg/hr with syringe pump. His blood pressure was remained around 80/40 mmHg after loss of consciousness, but he could not maintain his airway patent. So we lowered the infusion rate to 3.0 mg/kg/hr, immediately. The oxygen saturation was maintained above 95% with nasal oxygen supply, and blood pressure was maintained around 100-80/60-40 mmHg. After the sedation of 110 minutes with propofol (the infusion rate to 3.0-5.0 mg/kg/hr), he fully regained consciousness, and was discharged without complication after 1 hour observation. In case of post-Fontan patient, intravenous deep sedation with propofol was safe and effective method of behavioral management during dental treatment.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.128-132
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• 2008

Background: Laryngeal contact granuloma is an inflammatory hypertrophic granulation tissue arising at around the vocal process of arytenoid cartilage. Various approaches are currently used for the treatment, but a solid guideline has not been established. Objectives: We aimed to compare the each treatment modality in the hope of suggesting a guideline for the successful management of laryngeal contact granuloma. Method: Eighty-seven treatment cases of 56 patients were analyzed. Cases having recent intubation history were excluded from the study. All patients received vocal hygiene education. Proton pump inhibitors (PPI, N = 33) or H2 receptor antagonists ($H_{2}RA$, N =26) were used as a first-line treatment. Among the non-responders to $H_{2}RA$, 11 cases received PPI as a second-line therapy. Eight cases received botulinum toxin injection and 9 cases had laryngomicrosurgical removal. Results: As an initial therapy, response rate to PPI and $H_{2}RA$ was 60.6% and 38.5% respectively, which was not statistically different (p=0.091). Response rate of PPI as the second-line therapy was 36.3% (p=0.162 when compared to that of first-line PPI therapy). Response rate of Botulinum toxin injection was 75%. All cases of surgical removal recurred in a relatively short period (mean 1.9months). Conclusion: In patients having laryngeal contact granuloma, combined therapy with vocal hygiene education and PPI medication would provide more than 60% of therapeutic response. Botulinum toxin injection is highly effective even in non-responders to antireflux therapy. The only indications of surgery are to resolve diagnostic doubt or to treat acute airway compromise.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.570-577
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• 2017

일개요양병원에 입원한 호스피스 환자에게 제공되고 있는 직종별 호스피스 완화의료 서비스 행위와 빈도를 파악하여 향후 요양병원 호스피스 완화의료 수가 개발의 기초자료를 마련하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 후향적 연구로 요양병원에 사망한 12명의 말기암환자에 대한 의무기록을 자료 로 임종 전 6개월 동안 1개월 간격으로 호스피스 완화의료 서비스 행위를 조사하였다. 직종별 호스피스 완화의료 서비스 행위를 살펴보면 의사는 수혈, 보호자 면담, 투약설명 등, 간호인력은 석션, 산소공급, 환자상태관찰, 투약 간호, 위관영양 등을, 그 외 사회복지사는 개별프로그램적용, 물리치료사는 전기신경자극치료, 영양사는 영양평가와 영양관리, 요양보호사는 식사 및 영양보조, 기저귀교체 등을 수행하는 것으로 나타났다. 조사대상 요양병원을 분석한 결과 요양병원의 호스피스 완화의료 서비스는 미흡한 실정으로 급성기 중환자에게 제공되는 공격적이며 적극적인 서비스가 중심이 되고 있어 편안하고 존엄한 임종 돌봄이 제공되지 못한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 요양병원에서 제공되는 호스피스 완화의료 서비스 질을 향상시켜 노인들이 삶의 마지막 순간을 존엄하고 평화롭게 맞이할 수 있도록 호스피스 완화의료 수가적용 등의 제도적 방안을 마련할 필요가 있다.