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Effects of Fluid Therapy Education Program for Aged Stroke Patients (노인 뇌졸중환자의 수분섭취교육 프로그램의 적용 효과)

  • Lim, Jee Sun;Jo, Hyun Sook
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.277-285
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: This study was to verify the effects of a fluid therapy education program for aged stroke patients for preventing dehydration, pyuria and bacteriuria. Methods: The study employed a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design in quasi experimental basis. Subjects were 38 stroke patients (20 in the experimental group and 18 in the control group) older than 65, hospitalized in a senior care center in S city, Korea. Results: The amount of daily average fluid intake, normal ratio of blood urea nitrogen-creatinine ratio, serum $Na^+$ and urine white blood cells were increased significantly in the experimental group. Normal ratio of bacteriuria increased in the experimental group, but not significantly. Conclusion: The education program is considered to be an effective nursing intervention tool for preventing dehydration and urinary tract infections which related to the secondary wellness of aged stroke patients. However, longer term study is necessary for better quality of nursing and developing more specific education programs for aged stroke patients usually hospitalized for a long period of time.

A Development of Portable Early Detector of Intravenous Infiltration based on Optical Sensor (광센서 기반 휴대형 침윤 조기 감지기 개발)

  • Lee, Sungjin;Shin, Bum Joo;Jeong, IhnSook
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.705-711
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    • 2018
  • Intravenous(IV) therapy being in use for many patients may cause serious side effects such as infiltration, extravasation. To minimize such side effects, it is important to detect symptoms appearing when fluid escapes from blood vessel to tissue as soon as possible. This paper describes a device which has been developed to detect IV infiltration early using optical sensor. The device detects IV infiltration as measuring intensity of lights reflected from that lights after emitting lights in IV therapy site. The lights are consisted of 4 different waves which provide different reflection ratio depending the fluid used in IV therapy. The experimental results show that the device can be used to detect IV infiltration early.

The literatual study on the therapy for clearing away heat with apoplexy therapy (중풍(中風)의 치료(治療)에 있어 청열법(淸熱法)에 대(對)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察))

  • Kang, Hwa-Jeong;Moon, Byung-Soon
    • Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.26-39
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    • 1996
  • The literatual study on the therapy for clearing away heat with apoplexy therapy, the result were obstained as follows. 1. In apoplexy therapy, therapy for clearing away heat is used excessive heart - fire by overacting of the five emotions, liver fire, deficiency of kidney - fluid, wind - heat. 2. The fire of aetiology of apoplexy is used therapy for clearing away eat, in aspect of viscera and bowels, divied into heart - fire, liver - fire, deficiency fie of kidney yin, wetness - phlegm of spleen heat. The treatment is clear away heart - fire, clear away liver - fire, clear away spleen - heat and sthenic water. 3. Symptom of excessiveness symptom - complex is used therapy for clearing away heat that are fever, flushed face, halitosis, heart burn, easy anger, apoplestic stroke, unconsciouness, trismus, paralysis, constipation, red tongue with yellow coat, taut - smooth pulse or full - rapid pulse and symptom of insufficiency symptom - complex that are dizziness, tinitus, blurring of vision, deficiency sleeping, dreaminess, lassitude of the loins and legs, hemiplegia, red tongue with white coat or thin - yellow coat taut - thready - rapid pulse. 4. Therapy for norish vital essence - clearing away heat is availed in excessive fire caused by deficiency of yin of the liver and kidney, therapy for break through phlegm - clearing away heat in stagnant heat therapy for waking up a patient from unconsciousness - clearing away heat in yang type sthenia - syndrom of coma of apoplexy involving viscera and bowels. 5. Commonly used recipes of therapy for clearing away heat are Yang gyolksan(凉膈散), Bang pongtongseongsan(防風通聖散), Sotongseongsan(小通聖散), Jibodan(至寶丹), Supungsungisan(搜風順氣散), Woowhangchengshimwhan(牛黃淸心丸), Chengungsekgong(川芎石膏湯), Samwhatang(三化湯) etc in excessiveness symptom- complex, and are Yukmijiwhangweon(六味地黃元), Jiwhangtang(地黃湯), Palmiji whangtang(八味地黃湯), Samultanggagam(四物湯加減) etc in insufficiency symptom - complex.

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The potential of mesenchymal stem cells derived from amniotic membrane and amniotic fluid for neuronal regenerative therapy

  • Kim, Eun Young;Lee, Kyung-Bon;Kim, Min Kyu
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2014
  • The mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are derived from the mesoderm, are considered as a readily available source for tissue engineering. They have multipotent differentiation capacity and can be differentiated into various cell types. Many studies have demonstrated that the MSCs identified from amniotic membrane (AM-MSCs) and amniotic fluid (AF-MSCs) are shows advantages for many reasons, including the possibility of noninvasive isolation, multipotency, self-renewal, low immunogenicity, anti-inflammatory and nontumorigenicity properties, and minimal ethical problem. The AF-MSCs and AM-MSCs may be appropriate sources of mesenchymal stem cells for regenerative medicine, as an alternative to embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Recently, regenerative treatments such as tissue engineering and cell transplantation have shown potential in clinical applications for degenerative diseases. Therefore, amnion and MSCs derived from amnion can be applied to cell therapy in neuro-degeneration diseases. In this review, we will describe the potential of AM-MSCs and AF-MSCs, with particular focus on cures for neuronal degenerative diseases.

Proposal and Development of A Cylinder Type Liquid Variable Compensator for Radiation Therapy

  • Ochiai, Makoto;Takahashi, Seiji;Takada, Yuusuke;Hayakawa, Yoshinori
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.222-224
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    • 2002
  • In proton and heavy ion radiotherapy, compensators are required to modify the energy of heavy ion, to compensate the local difference of tumor depth. Conventional compensators have to be created, exchanged, and stored for each patient and for each irradiation directions. A Cylinder Type Liquid Variable Compensator is and is under development. Hexagonal cylinders will be arranged in honeycomb structure. In which air and fluid are divided by hexagonal pistons. The position of each piston will be changed in each cylinder for adjusting the thickness of fluid for variable compensator. The location of each hexagonal piston is determined by each controlling cylinder connected to the hexagonal cylinder by inlet pipes of fluid. Each controlling cylinder includes controlling a piston, which is moved mechanically. Each controlling cylinder is to be moved by a motor driven by a computer.

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Intravenous fluid prescription practices among pediatric residents in Korea

  • Lee, Jiwon M.;Jung, Younghwa;Lee, Se Eun;Lee, Jun Ho;Kim, Kee Hyuck;Koo, Ja Wook;Park, Young Seo;Cheong, Hae Il;Ha, Il-Soo;Choi, Yong;Kang, Hee Gyung
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • v.56 no.7
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    • pp.282-285
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: Recent studies have established the association between hypotonic fluids administration and hospital-acquired hyponatremia in children, and have contended that hypotonic fluids be removed from routine practice. To assess current intravenous fluid prescription practices among Korean pediatric residents and to call for updated clinical practice education Methods: A survey-based analysis was carried out. Pediatric residents at six university hospitals in Korea completed a survey consisting of four questions. Each question supposed a unique scenario in which the respondents were to prescribe either a hypotonic or an isotonic fluid for the patient. Results: Ninety-one responses were collected and analyzed. In three of the four scenarios, a significant majority prescribed the hypotonic fluids (98.9%, 85.7%, and 69.2%, respectively). Notably, 69.2% of the respondents selected the hypotonic fluids for postoperative management. Almost all (96.7%) selected the isotonic fluids for hydration therapy. Conclusion: In the given scenarios, the majority of Korean pediatric residents would prescribe a hypotonic fluid, except for initial hydration. The current state of pediatric fluid management, notably, heightens the risk of hospital-acquired hyponatremia. Updated clinical practice education on intravenous fluid prescription, therefore, is urgently required.