• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2008

연구배경: COPD 환자에서 혈청 C-반응단백은 증가하는 것으로 알려져 있으며 이러한 변화는 급성 악화 시 보다 두드러진다. 폐동맥 고혈압은 COPD의 흔한 합병증 중 하나이며, C-반응단백은 전신적 심혈관계 질환 발생 위험과 밀접한 관련이 있다고 알려져 왔다. 하지만, COPD에서 이차적으로 발생하는 폐동맥 고혈압에 대한 C-반응단백의 영향에 대해서는 연구가 미비한 상태이다. 방법: 본 연구는 AECOPD에 대해 입원 치료를 시작한 72명의 환자를 대상으로 전향적으로 연구하였다. 환자들은 AECOPD에 대한 즉각적인 치료를 받았고 입원 2일 또는 3일째 실내 환기 하에서 혈청 C-반응단백, 동맥혈 산소 분압, 폐동맥 고혈압에 대한 이환 여부 등에 대한 검사를 시행 받았다. 결과: 폐동맥 고혈압에 이환된 환자는 47명으로 전체 환자 중 65.3%에 달하였다. COPD의 중증도가 심할수록 폐동맥 고혈압의 이환율과 C-반응단백 평균치가 증가하였고, C-반응단백 평균치가 증가할수록 평균 우심실 수축압 역시 증가하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 폐동맥 고혈압 환자군과 비환자군에서 C-반응단백은 각각 $37.6{\pm}7.4mg/L$ 와 $19.9{\pm}6.6mg/L$ 통계적으로 의미 있게 폐동맥고혈압 환자군에서 높았지만, 동맥혈 산소분압은 양 군간 의미 있는 차이를 보이지 않았다($77.8{\pm}3.6mmHg$ vs. $87.2{\pm}6.0mmHg$). 결론: 본 연구는 COPD의 급성 악화 시 증가된 C-반응 단백은 폐동맥 고혈압의 이환 여부와 밀접한 관련이 있는 것을 보여 주고 있으며, 이는 COPD의 예후에 심혈관계 질환의 이환 여부가 중요하다는 점을 감안할 때 C-반응단백의 COPD에 대한 독립적 예후인자로서의 가능성을 시사해 준다.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.85-95
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• 1996

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS) in childhood is unique and different n-om that in adulthood in several aspects, including pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnostic criteria, complications, management, and prognosis. Characteristic features of childhood OSAS in comparison with the adult form are the variety of severe complications such as developmental delay, more prominent behavioral and cognitive impairments, vivid cardiovascular symptoms, and increased death risk, warranting a special attention to the possible diagnosis of OSAS in children who snore. However, the childhood OSAS is often neglected and unrecognized. We, therefore, report a case of very severe OSAS in a 5-year-old boy who was sucessfully treated with continuous positive airway pressure(CPAP) treatment. Interestingly, the patient was comor-bid with the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Prior to the initial visit to us, adenotonsillectomy had been done at the age of 4 with no significant improvement of apneic symptoms and heavy snoring. On the initial diagnostic procedures, marked degree of snoring was audible even in the daytime wake state and the patient was observed to be very hyperactive. Increased pulmonary vascularity with borderline cardiomegaly was noted on chest X-ray. The baseline polysomnography revealed that the patient was very sleep-apneic and snored very heavily, with the respiratory disturbance index(RDI) of 46.9 per hour of sleep, the mean SaO2 of 78.8%, and the lowest SaO2 of 40.0%(the lowest detectable oxygen level by the applied oxymeter). The second night polysomnography was done for CPAP titration and the optimal pressure turned out to be $8.0\;cmH_2O$. The applied CPAP treatment was well tolerated by the patient and was found to be very effective in alleviating heavy snoring and severe repetitive sleep apneas. After 18 months of the CPAP treatment, the patient was followed up with nocturnal polysomnography(baseline and CPAP nights) and clinical examination. Sleep apneas were still present without CPAP on the baseline night. However, the severity of OSAS was significantly decreased(RDI of 15.7, mean SaO2 of 96.2%, and the lowest SaO2 of 83.0%), compared to the initial polysomnographic findings before initiation of long-term CPAP treatment. Wechsler intelligence tests done before and after the CPAP treatment were compared with each other and surprising improvement of intelligence(total 9 points, performance 16 points) was noted. Clinically he was found to be markedly improved in his attention deficit hyperactive behavior after CPAP treatment, but with minimal change of TOVA(test of variables of attention) scores except conversion of reaction time score into normal range. On the chest X-ray taken after 18 months of CPAP application, the initial cardiopulmonary abnormalities were not found at all. We found that the CPAP treatment in a young child is very effective, safe, and well-tolerated and also improves the co-morbid attention deficit hyperactive symptoms. Overall, the growth and development of the child has been facilitated with the long-term use of CPAP. Cardiovascular complications induced by OSAS have been also normalized with CPAP treatment. We suggest that early diagnosis and active treatment intervention of OSAS in children are crucial in preventing and ameliorating possible serious complications caused by repetitive sleep apneas and consequent hypoxic damage during sleep.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.210-218
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics and nursing activities of severe trauma patients regarding damaged body parts in Busan Regional Emergency Medical Center. Methods: A survey using a 'trauma patient information questionnaire and a list of nurse activities' was conducted with 133 patients over 15 points ISS on EMR from June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012. The collected data were analyzed by the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program. Results: Almost all of the subjects were men, and the mean age was 48.8. The amount of road traffic accidents was 60.4%, and the mean RTS and ISS were 6.08, and 23.14 points. Nursing activities in common were airway management, assessment of LOC & GCS, and EKG monitoring. Most of head and neck trauma patients were cared for manasing using intracranial pressure: each patience had the following assessed: pupil size and light reflex, they were checked the leak of CSF, kept $30^{\circ}$ head elevation, and administered medications. Some of chest trauma patients were treated for chest tube and central venous catheter insertion. Partial abdominal trauma patients were administered analgesic and cared for using arterial pressure measurement. Part of the limbs and pelvis trauma patients were given a blood transfusion. Conclusion: Based on the results, the characteristics and nursing activities were specific according to the specific damaged body parts.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2005

Background and Objectives : The most important two factors of the voice production are the respiratory function which is the power source of voice and the glottic closure that transform the air flow into sound signals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between trained singers and untrained controls under varying intensity at a constant vocal pitch by simulataneous using the airway interruption method and electroglottography(EGG). Materials and Methods : Under two different intensity condition at a constant vocal pitch(/G/), 20(Male 10, Female 10) trained singers were studied. Mean flow rate(MFR), subglottic pressure(Psub) and intensity were measured with aerodynamic test using the Phonatory function analyzer. Closed quotients(CQ), jitter and shimmer were also investigated by electroglottography using Lx speech studio. These data were compared with that of normal controls. Results : MFR and Psub were increased on high intensity condition in all subject groups but there was no statistically significance. Statistically significant increasing of CQ. were observed in male trained singers on high intensity condition (untrained male : 51.31${\pm}$3.70%, trained male :55.52${\pm}$6.07%, p=.039). Shimmer percent, one of the phonatory stability parameters, was also decreased statistically in all subject groups(p<.001). Conclusion : The trained singers' phonation was more efficient than untrained singers. The result means that the trained singers can increase the loudness with little changing of mean flow rate, subglottic pressure but more increasing of glottic closed quotients.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권12호
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• pp.1310-1316
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• 2005

Mechanical ventilation in children has some differences compared to in neonates or in adults. The indication of mechanical ventilation can be classified into two groups, hypercapnic respiratory failure and hypoxemic respiratory failure. The strategies of mechanical ventilation should be different in these two groups. In hypercapnic respiratory failure, volume target ventilation with constant flow is favorable and pressure target ventilation with constant pressure is preferred in hypoxemic respiratory failure. For oxygenation, fraction of inspired oxygen($FiO_2$) and mean airway pressure(MAP) can be adjusted. MAP is more important than FiO2. Positive end expiratory pressure(PEEP) is the most potent determinant of MAP. The optimal relationship of $FiO_2$ and PEEP is PEEP≒$FiO_2{\times}20$. For ventilation, minute volume of ventilation(MV) product of tidal volume(TV) and ventilation frequency is the most important factor. TV has an maximum value up to 15 mL/kg to avoid the volutrauma, so ventilation frequency is more important. The time constant(TC) in children is usually 0.15-0.2. Adequate inspiratory time is 3TC, and expiratory time should be more than 5TC. In some severe respiratory failure, to get 8TC for one cycle is impossible because of higher frequency. In such case, permissive hypercapnia can be considered. The strategy of mechanical ventilation should be adjusted gradually even in the same patient according to the status of the patient. Mechanical ventilators and ventilation modes are progressing with advances in engineering. But the most important thing in mechanical ventilation is profound understanding about the basic pulmonary mechanics and classic ventilation modes.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.332-345
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• 2023

Objectives: We examined the association of hearing with cardio-metabolic diseases, dyslipidemia, hypertension and diabetes mellitus according to the personal and occupational characteristics of workers exposed to noise. Methods: The subjects of the study were 237,028 workers who underwent 2, 3, and 4 kHz airway pure tone audiometry in 2015 and who underwent clinical tests to diagnose cardiovascular-metabolic diseases. Cardiovascular-metabolic diseases were defined using reference values for respective items including blood pressure (systolic/diastolic), fasting blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides. The airway pure tone hearing threshold of 2, 3, and 4 kHz, the average threshold of 2-3-4 kHz, and the hearing loss by the average threshold of the primary examination were distinguished. Results: Workers with cardiovascular-metabolic disease had significantly higher average hearing thresholds and higher rates of hearing loss. Logistic regression analysis, which adjusted for demographic variables of gender and age and occupational variables such as workplace size, industry, and type of work, and cardiovascular-metabolic disease as independent variables, showed that the odds ratio of hypertension to hearing loss in the mid-frequency was 1.239 (95% confidence interval: 1.118-1.374). For hypertension was 1.159 (1.107-1.214) and for diabetes it was 1.166 (1.104-1.230) for hearing loss in the high-frequency. Hearing loss measured by mean hearing was 1.178 (1.105-1.256) for hypertension and 1.181 (1.097-1.271) for diabetes. Conclusions: Cardiovascular-metabolic diseases in noise-exposed workers are associated with an increased risk of hearing loss and should be accompanied by bio-monitoring of cardiovascular-metabolic diseases in addition to auditory surveillance.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2000

목 적: 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증은 일반인구의 $2{\sim}5%$ 정도에서 발견될 정도로 흔한 질환이며, 특히 심혈관계 질환이 병발되는 경우가 많아 치료의 중요성이 점차 증가되고 있는 질환이다. 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증과 심혈관계 질환간의 관계는 명확하지 않으나 자율신경계가 매개 작용을 할 것으로 추정되고 있다. 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증에서의 교감신경계 활성도가 증가되어 있다는 연구들이 이를 뒷받침 해준다. 또한, 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증의 치료 방법인 지속적 상기도 양압술이 자율신경계를 변화시키는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나, 현재까지 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 환자에서 지속적 상기도 양압술 치료 전후에 자율신경계의 변화를 측정한 연구는 많지 않으며, 결과도 일정하지 않다. 본 논문에서는 스펙트럼 분석 방법을 사용하여 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증의 환자의 심전도를 분석함으로써 지속적 상기도 양압술 전후의 자율신경계 변화를 고찰하였다. 방 법: 임상적으로 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증이 의심되어 수면 다원검사실에 의뢰된 환자들 중 병력청취, 이학적 / 신경학적검사와 야간 수면다원검사 시행결과 수면무호흡증으로 진단 된 17명을 연구대상으로 하였다. 기본 측정일과 지속적 상기도 양압술 시행일 모두 디지털 수면다원검사기로 기록을 저장하였으며, 양압술 시행일에는 무호흡 해소를 위한 처방압력을 결정하기 위한 목적으로 수면다원기록 시행 전 시간에 걸쳐 양압술을 시행하였다. 수면다원기록 판독은 국제판독기준에 따랐다. 그후 기본 측정일과 양압술 시행일 각각의 2단계 수면, 렘수면에서 잡음이 없는 300개의 연속된 심박동 기록을 선택하였다. 이를 대상으로 한 스펙트럼 분석에서 VLF(very low frequency) power, LF(low frequency) power, HF(high frequency) power, LHR(LF/HF ratio) 값을 산출하였다. 그리고, 심박동 변량(R-R variance)과 심박동 평균값도 산출하였다. 기본 측정일과 양압술 시행일 모두에서 수면다원기록과 동시에 혈중산소포화도($SaO_2$)도 측정하여 비교하였다. 제 변인의 값은 Wilcoxon signed ranks test로 통계 처리하였다. 결 과: 모든 대상군에서 양압술 시행으로 무호흡이 해소되었다. 양압술 시행일의 2단계 수면에서 기본 측정일의 2단계 수면에 비해 VLF power(p<0.05), LF power(p<0.01) 그리고 R-R variance(p<0.05)가 감소하였다. 렘수면의 LF power도 감소하였다(p<0.05). 최저 혈중산소포화도(p<0.01)와 평균 혈중산소포화도(p<0.01)의 증가도 관찰되었다. HF power, LHR, 심박동 변량 그리고 심박동 평균값의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 결 론: 본 연구에서는 처방압력 결정을 위한 양압술 시도 중에도 교감신경계 활성도가 즉각적으로 감소하는 것을 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증에서 관찰할 수 있었다. 부교감신경계의 활성도 변화는 유의하게 나타나지 않았으며, 이는 수면무호흡증에서 나타나는 혈동력학적인 변화가 교감신경계의 활성도의 증가와 관련이 있을 가능성을 시사해준다. 지속적 상기도 양압술을 처음 사용하는 날부터 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증 환자에서 즉각적이고 효율적으로 교감신경계 활성도가 감소하는 결과를 고려할 때, 임상적으로는 지속적 상기도 양얍술을 장기간 적용시 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증의 치료 뿐 만 아니라, 폐쇄성 수면무호흡증에서 병발하는 심혈관계 질환을 예방하고 치료에 도움을 줄 가능성도 시사된다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.869-872
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is on the prediction of the acoustic performance of the lined rectangular plenum chamber which can be used in the HVAC systems. The lined plenum chamber is modeled as a piston driven rectangular tube without mean flow and the acoustic pressure in the lined chamber is obtained by superposing the three dimensional pressure due to each of uniformly and harmonically fluctuating pistons. The arbitrary locations of inlet/outlet ports as well as the acoustic higher order modes generated at the area discontinuities of the port chamber interfaces are taken into consideration. The four-pole parameters can be derived by imposing the proper boundary conditions on each inlet and outlet ports. The lining material on the internal wall is assumed to be a bulk-reacting model. A single weak variation statement which satisfies the fluctuating rigid piston condition and the pressure and displacement continuity condition at the interface between the lining material and the airway was developed. The set of cosine functions were used as the admissible function when applying the Rayleigh-Ritz method. Computed results are compared with those predicted by using the locally-reacting lining material and experimental results, respectively. There are a good agreement shown between the results by the Rayleigh-Ritz method and the experiment results. The derived transfer matrices can be easily combined with other four-pole parameters of different types of mufflers for the calculation of the whole system performance.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.253.1-262
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• 1997

가토의 적출폐장보고시험의 모델을 이용하여 폐세척웅액과 폐장보존용액의 온도를 제 1군은 4$^{\circ}C$로 제 2군은 1$0^{\circ}C$로 하여 6시간동안 적출폐장보존후에 재관류시켜 각각의 온도차이에 따른 폐기보존효과를 비교 실험하였으며 각 군은 10례씩으로 하였다. 폐정맥혈액산소분압, 폐포-동맥간 산소분압 차, 폐동 맥압 및 폐혈관저항은제 1군보다제 2군이 재관류동안에 성적이 우수하였으며 기도내압, 폐탄성도및 폐부종의 정도는 두 군간에 통계학적 유의성은 없었다. 결론적으로 가토의 적출폐기 보존온도에 따른 실험에서 1$0^{\circ}C$의 폐수*용액과 폐기보존온도가 4$^{\circ}C$보다 재순환시 폐기능의 회복이 우수하였다.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.32-42
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• 1996

연구배경 : 상기도 저항증후군 (UARS)으로 진단 받은 환자 및 이들의 수면다원검사 소견을 정상인 및 수면 무호흡증(OSA) 환자의 그것과 비교 연구함으로서 UARS의 이해에 도움을 얻고자하였다. 방법 : 임상적인 면담, 신체검사 및 식도내 음압 (Pes)의 측정을 포함하는 수면다원검사를 통하여 UARS로 진단받은 20 명의 환자와 OSA로 진단 받은 30명의 환자를 대상으로 하였고, Williams 등 (10)의 자료를 정상비교치로 이용하였다. 결과 : UARS는 OSA 보다 젊고 비만도가 낮은 환자특성을 보이고 수면다원검사시 OSA의 진단기준이 되는 RDI와 $SaO_2$가 정상에 가까운 특정을 보임을 알 수 있다. 기타 수면지표들은 정상범위에 속하거나 이상소견이 있더라도 OSA 환자의 그것보다는 경미하여 UARS가 OSA보다는 가벼운 상태의 장애임을 시사한다. 그러나 UARS 환자들의 ESS의 점수는 병적인 수준으로 낮 동안의 졸림기로 일상생활에 많은 장애를 받고 있음을 시사한다. 결론 : 본 연구결과는 UARS 환자의 특성 및 이들의 특정 적인 수면다원검사 소견을 보여줬다고 생각하며 지금까지 발표되고있는 UARS에 대한연구결과들을 지지한다. 즉 UARS는 임상적, 실험실적으로 OSA와는 다른특징이 있는 수면관련 호흡장애의 아형이다. 따라서 임상적으로 수면관련 호흡장애가 의심되는 환자의 나이가 젊고 BMI가 정상이고, 일반수면다원검사에서 RDI와 $SaO_2$ 등이 수면관련 호흡장애 진단기준에 미흡하더라도 수면중 코를 고는 등의 상기도 저항(upper airway resistance)을 시사하는 증상이 있고, 뇌파상 이유없이 자주 반복되는 전기 생리적인 각성이 있다면 UARS를 의심하여야한다. UARS 환자들이 호소하는 낮 동안의 졸림기는 OSA 환자들의 그것과 비슷하여 일상생활에 많은 고통을 주고 반복적인 흉곽내 압력의 지나친 상승은 심혈관계에 해로운 영향을 미치는 바 UARS에 대한관심이 필요하다.