• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2012

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular manifestations and clinical course in patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted over a 36 month period on consecutive patients who visited an emergency medical center and were diagnosed with acute carbon monoxide poisoning. A standardized data extraction protocol was performed on the selected patients. Results: A total of 293 patients were selected during the study period. Cardiac manifestations were observed in 35.2% (n=103) of the patients: hypotension in 11 patients (3.8%), ECG abnormalities in 44 patients (15.0%) and cardiac enzyme abnormalities in 103 patients (35.2%). Echo cardiography was performed on 56 patients with cardiac toxicity: 12 patients had abnormal results (5 patients with global hypokinesia and 7 patients with regional wall akinesia). Five patients died within 3 hours after ED admission, and the remaining patients were discharged alive. At 3 months after discharge, none of these patients had died.The SOFA scores in the severe cardiac toxicity group and non-severe cardiac toxicity group at the time of arrival were $2.53{\pm}2.29$ and $2.19{\pm}2.12$, respectively (p=0.860). Conclusion: Cardiovascular manifestations occur after acute CO poisoning at arateof 35.2%. Even those with severe cardiovascular toxicity recovered well within 10 days after admission. Therefore, the importance of cardiac toxicity after acute CO poisoning is not significant in itself in the clinical course, and the short-term prognosis of cardiac toxicity is unlikely to be unfavorable in acute CO poisoning.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.247-250
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• 1988

Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.277-282
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• 1990

A workstation for archiving and communication of medical records is developed for clinical use in hospital. In this system, handwritten diagnostic reports, medical recording papers such as ECG and EEG etc., and ultrasound images are stored in optical disks instead of papers. This system improves medical service owing to speedy diagnosis by fast finding the patient's medical chart, and curtails the cost of archiving medical charts economically. If this system can be combined with already developed MPACS, then integrated medical image di- agnosis will be possible.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.203-209
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• 2004

Virtual Reality(VR) is a new technology which makes humans communicate with computer. It allows the user to see, hear, feel and interact in a three-dimensional virtual world created graphically. In this paper, we introduced VR into psychotherapy area and developed VR system for the exposure therapy of acrophobia. Acrophobia is an abnormal fear of heights. Medications or cognitive-behavior methods have been mainly used as a treatment. Lately the virtual reality technology has been applied to that kind of anxiety disorders. A virtual environment provides patient with stimuli which arouses phobia, and exposing to that environment makes him having ability to over come the fear. In this study, the elevator stimulator that composed with a position sensor, head mount display, and audio system, is suggested. To illustrate the physiological difference between a person who has a feel of phobia and without phobia, heart rate was measured during experiment. And also measured a person's HR after the virtual reality training. In this study, we demonstrated the subjective effectiveness of virtual reality psychotherapy through the clinical experiment.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제50권10호
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• pp.486-493
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• 2001

Acrophobia is an abnormal fear of heights. Medications or cognitive-behavior methods have been mainly used as a treatment. Lately the virtual reality technology has been applied to that kind of anxiety disorders. A virtual environment provides patient with stimuli which arouses phobia, and exposing to that environment makes him having ability to over come the fear. In this study, the elevator stimulator that composed with a position sensor, head mount display, and audio system, is suggested. To illustrate the physiological difference between a person who has a feel of phobia and without phobia, heart rate was measured during experiment. And also measured a person's HR after the virtual reality training and in a real building elevator. In this study, we demonstrated the subjective effectiveness of virtual reality psychotherapy through the clinical experiment.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.70-73
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• 1996

Many researchers had considered biological systems as linear systems. In many cases of biological systems, the phenomena that show the regular and periodic dynamics are considered the normal state. However, some clinical experiments reported, in some cases, the periodic signals represented the abnormal state. We assume that signals from human body system are generated from deterministic, intrinsic mechanisms and can be represented a simple equation that show nonlinear dynamics dependent on control parameters. The objective of our study is to model a nonlinear dynamics correctly from the nonlinear time series using the genetic programming method; to find a simple equation of nonlinear dynamics using collected time series and its nonlinear characteristics. We applied genetic programming to model RR interval of ECG that shows chaotic phenomena. We used 4 statistic measures and 2 fractal measures to estimate fitness of each chromosome, and could obtain good solutions of which chaotic features are similar.

• 정보학연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2006

Medications or conitive-behavior methods have been mainly used as a treatment of alcoholism. lately the virtualy technology has been applied to the kink of alcoholic disorders. A virtual environment makes him having avility to over come the drink. In this study, we were implemented by making panorama images and 3D object modules using 3D MAX, VRML, JAVA. And the BAR stimulator that composed with a position sensor, head mount display, and audio system, is suggested. To illustrate the physiological difference between a person who has a alcoholism and without a liquor bottle, heart rate was measured during experiment, and also measured a person's HR after the virtual reality training. The system measures the Physiological signals such as ECG, Temperature, analyzes those data automatically. The system has two parts, one is physiological data acquisition part which gets the body signal, and the other one is mobile nuit which includes signal processing and transmission functions, And Bluetooth allows two parts to communicate with each other. we demonstrated the subjective effectiveness of virtual reality psychotherapy through the clinical experiment.

• The Korean Journal of Medicine
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• 제99권4호
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• pp.206-209
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• 2024

Narrow QRS tachycardia is a common clinical condition characterized by a heart rate exceeding 100 beats per minute and a QRS complex duration of less than 120 ms. This article provides an overview of the diagnostic approach to narrow QRS tachycardia, focusing on the differentiation between various supraventricular tachycardias, such as atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT), atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT), atrial tachycardia (AT), and sinus tachycardia. The discussion includes an analysis of the presenting symptoms, electrocardiographic (ECG) findings, and the use of vagal maneuvers and pharmacological agents in diagnosis.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.490-494
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• 2003

목 적 : 부산지역 초등학교 1학년 학생을 대상으로 선천성 심장질환 및 부정맥의 빈도를 파악하고 이들에게 적절한 조기 치료 및 평소 생활 관리를 통하여 심장병으로 야기될 수 있는 실신이나 급사를 막기 위하여 본 연구를 실시하였다. 방 법 : 부산시내에 있는 모든 초등학교 1학년 학생들을 대상으로 설문지를 통한 설문 조사 및 심전도 검사를 실시하였고, 이들 검사에 이상 소견을 보인 학생은 2차 검사로 2차 심전도 검사 및 말초혈액검사, 흉부 X선 촬영 등을 추가로 검사하였다. 2차 검진에서 이상이 발견된 학생은 필요에 따라 3차 검사로 심장 초음파검사, 24시간 활동 중 심전도검사나 운동검사 등을 시행하여 심장 질환을 확진하였다. 결 과 : 총 학생수는 23,802명으로 남학생이 여학생에 비하여 1.19배 많았다. 1차 검진결과 심전도 검사에서 이상을 보인 경우는 605명(2.54%)이었으며 Q파 이상이 0.58%, 완전우각지차단이 0.26%, 동성빈맥이 0.24%의 순으로 높은 빈도를 보였고 그 외 우측편위, 심실조기박동, 불완전 우각지차단 및 WPW 증후군 등이 높은 빈도를 보였다. 또 심음도 검사에서 잡음이 청취된 54명(0.23%)였다. 1차 심점도 검사에서 이상이 있었던 605명 중 424명의 학생이 2차 검진을 받았으며 이 중 202명(47.6%)이 2차 검진에도 이상소견을 보였다. 또 1차 심음도 검사에 이상이 있었던 54명 중 30명이 2차 심음파 검사에도 이상소견을 보였다. 2차 심전도검사에서 볼 수 있었던 주된 이상은 동성빈맥이 18.8%, 심실조기수축 17.8%, 완전우각지차단 17.3%였으며, 그 외 WPW 증후군, T파 이상 등을 볼 수 있었다. 또 2차 심음파검사상 이상이 있었던 30명 중 27명은 수축기잡음, 2명은 이완기잡음, 1명은 수축기 및 이완기잡음이 함께 들렸다. 3차 검진은 2차 심전도검사에서 이상이 발견된 경우와 심음파검사에 이상이 있었던 모든 학생에게 심장 초음파검사를 추천하였다. 심잡음이 들렸던 30명 중 6명은 심장이상이 발견되었고 24명은 무해성 잡음이었다. 또 2차 심전도 검사에도 이상 소견을 보였던 학생 중 필요한 경우에 운동검사 및 24시간 활동 중 심전도를 실시한 경우들도 있었지만 생명을 위협할 수 있는 중한 부정맥인 상실성 빈맥이나 심실빈맥 등은 발견되지 않았다. 결 론 : 평소 건강해 보이는 소아의 경우도 선천성 심장질환이나 부정맥 등이 높은 빈도로 발견되었고, 이들에 대한 적절한 예방 및 치료가 심장질환으로 인한 실신이나 급사 등의 응급 상황의 빈도를 줄일 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.462-468
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• 2007

목 적 : 활로씨 4징 교정 수술을 받은 환자들에서 추적관찰 기간 동안 신호 평준화 심전도, 표준 12 유도 심전도 검사를 반복적으로 시행하고, 신호 평준화 심전도 상의 후전위, 심전도상의 QRS 기간, QT 간격 및 JT 간격, QRS 기간 분산, QT 간격 분산 및 JT 간격 분산을 측정하여 우심실 용적 부하 기간에 따른 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1985년 이후 경북대학교병원에서 활로씨 4징 교정 수술을 받고 1999년과 2005년에 표준 12 유도 심전도와 신호 평준화 심전도를 추적 관찰할 수 있었던 환자 9명을 대상으로 하였다. 대상 환자에서 1999년을 시점 1로, 2005년을 시점 2로 하여 각 시점별로 시행된 12 유도 심전도와 신호 평준화 심전도를 검토하여 표준 12 유도 심전도에서는 QRS 기간, QT 간격 및 JT 간격, QRS 기간 분산, QT 간격 분산 및 JT 간격 분산, SAECG에서는 f-QRS, HFLA, RMS, MV를 측정하였다. 결 과 : 시점 1과 시점 2 사이에서 JT 간격 분산은 통계학적으로 의미 있는 감소가 있었고($101.11{\pm}50.11$ vs $71.11{\pm}22.61ms$, P<0.05), HFLA는 통계학적으로 의미 있는 증가가 있었다($24.67{\pm}13.19$ vs $32.89{\pm}14.21ms$, P<0.05). 그러나 다른 계측치들은 유의한 차이가 없었다. 결 론 : 활로씨 4징 환자의 교정 수술 후 발생할 수 있는 폐동맥 역류증, 우심실 확장, 심실성 부정맥, 급사 등의 후기 부작용을 발견하기 위해 추적 관찰 기간 동안 심전도 및 신호 평준화 심전도를 시행 하였고,일부 계측치에서 유의한 변화를 발견할 수 있었다(JT dispersion, HFLA). 그러나 이러한 계측치의 유의한 변화와 활로씨 4징 환자의 수술 후 예후간의 관계를 규명하기 위해 더 많은 환자에서 더욱 장기적인 추적 관찰이 필요하다.