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The Enhancement of Immunological Activity by Mild Hypothermia

  • Hasegawa Takeo;Gu Yeunhwa;Miyata Katuyuki;Maeda Kayoko;Fukuyama Atsushi;Ando Satoshi;Amano Morikazu;Suzuki Tomoaki;Murabayashi Kousuke;Ida Kazushi;Yukiko Ohno;Kitaoka Hitomi;Kureki Michihiro
    • Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.205-209
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    • 2004
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Total Correction of Mixed Type Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return 1 Case (혼합형 총폐정맥환류이상 수술치험 1례)

  • 편승환;서정욱
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.213-218
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    • 1996
  • Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is very rare congenital heart disease. 25-year old male was admitted our hospital with dyspnea, headache and syncope as chief complaint. He was confirmed as mixed type TAPVR by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. In this case, mixed type TAPVR was consisted with supracardiac type connection of left pulmonary vein and cardiac type of right pulmonary vein. Supracardiac type of left pulmonary common channel was anastomosed to the left auricular appendage during total cardiopulmonary bypass with fibrillating heart. Cardiac type of right pulmonary vein was operated during moderate hypothermia and aortic cross clamping. Coronary sinus septum was incised into ASD and closed with Gore-Tex patch so that right pulmonary blood flow directed to the left atrium. The patient's post-operative course was uneventful.

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Thermo-Visual Evaluations of Acute Abdomen Pain in Children

  • Aleck Ovechkin;Kyeong-Seop Kim;Jeong-Whan Lee;Sang-Min Lee
    • KIEE International Transaction on Systems and Control
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    • v.2D no.2
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2002
  • About two thirds of patients admitted to hospitals world-wide suffer from acute abdomen pains of varying degrees of severity. Acute abdomen pain due to appendicitis or pancreatitis usually requires urgent surgical treatment, whereas pain due to heart ischemia or enteroviral infection requires only drug treatment. In general, making an immediate decision about whether or not acute abdomen pain requires urgent surgery is very difficult. This decision becomes even more difficult when the patient is a young child who can't properly describe the abdominal pain. In this case, thermo-visual inspection can alternatively be used to decide whether urgent surgical treatment is necessary to cure the abdominal pain.

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Operation of Coronary A-V Fistula - Report of a Case - (관상동정맥루의 외과적 수술 -1례 보고-)

  • 이성광
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.716-720
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    • 1988
  • Since Krause first described coronary arteriovenous fistula in 1865, there have been nearly 300 additional patients with this malformation reported in the literature. Increasing numbers of patients with this anomaly are being recognized each year resulting from the widespread use of cardiac catheterization and selective coronary arteriography in the evaluation of a variety of cardiac problems. A 9 month old male was admitted with the chief complaint of cardiac murmur and frequent URI and diagnosed as coronary A-V fistula at the distal portion of left anterior descending coronary artery to the apex of the right ventricle by cardiac catheterization and aortography. On the operative field, the left anterior descending coronary was markedly dilated about 1.5 cm in diameter from the aorta to the apex of the heart. The fistula opening was closed with 5-0 Prolene continuously under cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate hypothermia[28*C]. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged without problem.

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Neuropharmacological Activity of Humulus lupulus Extracts

  • Lee, Kang-Mee;Jung, Jun-Sub;Song, Dong-Keun;Kim, Yung-Hi
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.231-234
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    • 1993
  • Neuropharmacological profile of Humulus lupulus (hop) extract was studied in mice. At doses above 100 mg/kg(i.p.), it decreased spontaneous locomotor activity and raised the nociceptive threshold in the hot-plate test. At doses above 250 mg/kg (i.p.), it increased pentobarbital-induced sleeping time and produced muscle relaxant effect. At the dose of 500 mg/kg, anticonvulsive effect against pentylenetetrazole-induced convulsion and hypothermic effect was observed.

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Late Reoperation Following Ligation of the Left Main Coronary Artery in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis

  • Yoon, Dong Woog;Lee, Sang On;Park, Pyo Won
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.109-111
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    • 2019
  • We report the case of a female patient who underwent late reoperation following endocarditis surgery. The patient first underwent surgery at 22 years of age for endocarditis with aortic and tricuspid insufficiency. She underwent aortic root replacement with a homograft and tricuspid valve replacement with a tissue valve. Coronary artery bypass using the internal thoracic artery and ligation of the left main coronary artery were performed. Ten years later, failure of the homograft and the tricuspid valve developed. In the second operation, the patient underwent a successful Bentall operation and tricuspid valve replacement with a mechanical valve under deep hypothermia and retrograde cold cardioplegia without drainage.

Development of Auxiliary Heater to Improve Korean Medical Evacuation Helicopter Winter Operational Capability

  • Kim, Se Un;Koo, Jeong Mo;Seo, Jeong Mi;Jeong, Won Chae
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 2020
  • The Korean medical evacuation helicopter was developed based on the Korean Utility Helicopter (hereafter referred to as 'Surion'). It uses an auxiliary power unit and engine for heating during winter operation. The helicopter maintains the internal temperature of the aircraft using its bleed air to satisfy its operational capability. However, due to the air inflow through the gap between the aircraft skin and door, additional heating for operating the portable medical equipment and preventing hypothermia in evacuated patients is required. Accordingly, an electric auxiliary heater was developed for additional heating during winter operation, and environmental, durability, and performance tests were conducted per MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461F. The auxiliary heater was verified per the tailored airworthiness certification criteria.

Design, Synthesis and Biological Activities of Novel Vanilloid Receptor Antagonists

  • Lee, Bo-Young;Suh, Young-Ger;Lee, Yong-Sil;Min, Kyung-Hoon;Kim, Jin-Kwan;Seung, Ho-Sun;Park, Young-Ho
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.244.1-244.1
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    • 2003
  • Advances in understanding of pain and analgesia have been made. Over the past few years, we have designed and synthesized a series of VR agonists, based on the structures of 12-HPETE and capsaicin. the natural VR agonist. But for the development of analgesic drugs, these synthetic VR agonists had problems like burning sensation. hypothermia. etc. So our recent studoes have focused on designs and syntheses of VR antagonists based on the structure of capsaicin(natural VR agonist), and capsazepine(synthetic VR antagonist). (omitted)

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Pharmacology of novel vanilloid receptor antagonists

  • Park, Jin-Kyu;Yi, Jung-Bum;Koh, Hyun-Ju;Jeong, Yeon-Su;Lim, Kyung-Min;Moh, Joo-Hyun;Suh, Young-Ger;Oh, Uh-Taek;Kim, Hee-Doo;Park, Hyeung-Geun;Park, Young-Ho
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.251.1-251.1
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    • 2002
  • Capsaicin and analogues are valuable analgesic agents when administered to mammals. including humans. However. their pungency. hypothermia and the effects on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems through their general activation of primary afferents severely limit their use. So competitive antagonists have been pursued as a novel pharmacological agent for analgesics. rather than agonists. We have identified a new class of potent and selective vanilloid receptor (VR) antagonists. (omitted)

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Thermal Burn Injury from a Forced-Air Warming Device in an Anesthetized Dog with Peripheral Hypoperfusion

  • Lee, Sungin;Lee, Aeri;Lee, Maro;Kim, Wan Hee
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.331-335
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    • 2020
  • A 13-year-old female Poodle presented with gallbladder rupture caused by a mucocele and hypoperfusion. The animal had a thermal burn injury caused by a forced-air warming device used for hypothermia during surgery. This could be attributed to two causes. First, the forced-air warming device was used with direct hosing, without attachment to an air blanket, and the heat was concentrated in a single area. Second, perioperative peripheral hypoperfusion hampered heat dissipation and increased the susceptibility to a burn injury. These findings suggest that an air blanket should be used with a forced-air warming device according to the manufacturer's instructions. Furthermore, patients with peripheral hypoperfusion are at a higher risk of burn injuries and require close monitoring.