• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2011년도 추계학술논문집 1부
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• pp.170-173
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• 2011

Therapeutic hypothermia(TH) improves neurological outcomes and reduces mortality among survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Animal and human studies have shown that TH results in improved salvage of the myocardium, reduced infarct size, reduced left ventricular remodeling and better long-term left ventricular function in settings of regional myocardial ischemia. This study is to investigate the effect of TH on post-resuscitation myocardial dysfunction and survival time after cardiac arrest and resuscitation in a rat model of myocardial infarction (MI). Thoracotomies were performed in 10 Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 450-550 g. MI was induced by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Ninety min after LAD ligation, ventricular fibrillation induction and subsequent cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed before defibrillation attempts. Animals were randomized to two groups: a) Acute MI-Normothermia b) Acute MI-Hypothermia ($32^{\circ}C$ for 4 h). Myocardial functions, including cardiac output, left ventricular ejection fraction, and myocardial performance index were measured echocardiographically together with duration of survival. Ejection fraction, cardiac output and myocardial performance index were $54.74{\pm}9.16$, $89.00{\pm}8.89$, $1.30{\pm}0.09$ respectively and significantly better in the TH group than those of the normothermic group at the first 4 h after resuscitation($32.20{\pm}1.85$,$41.60{\pm}8.62$,$1.77{\pm}0.19$)(p=0.00). The survival time of the hypothermic group ($31.8{\pm}14.8$ h) was greater than that of the normothermic group($12.3{\pm}6.5$ h, p<0.05). This study suggested that TH attenuated post resuscitation myocardial dysfunction in acute MI and would be a potential strategy in post resuscitation care.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.3303-3307
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• 2015

본 연구는 74세 여자 환자가 심정지 후 일반인과 119구급대원들에게 시행된 심폐소생술의 합병증인 기복증에 대한 증례를 경험하였기에 이에 대한 임상양상과 병태생리를 조사하기 위해 시도되었다. 평소 건강했던 74세 여자가 식당에서 일하던 중 갑자기 발생한 의식저하로 쓰러졌다. 증상발생 후 즉시 119에 신고를 하였고 현장에서 목격자에 의한 즉각적인 심폐소생술이 시행되었으며, 현장에 도착한 119구급대원에 의한 심폐소생술과 제세동이 시행된 결과 자발순환을 회복하였다. 자발순환 회복 후 환자는 인근 2차병원으로 이송되어 시행한 심전도 검사에서 급성심근경색이 의심되어 추가적인 검사와 치료를 위해 3차병원으로 이송되었다. 이후 시행한 X-ray 검사와 복부전산화 단층촬영 검사결과 위문접합부의 파열과 다량의 기복증을 보여 수술치료를 결정하였으나 수술실에서 다시 심정지가 발생하여 심폐소생술을 시행하였으나 환자는 결국 사망하였다. 따라서 병원 전 현장에서 심폐소생술을 시행 할 때 흉부압박의 정확한 위치 선정이 필요하며 양압 환기에 대한 신중한 고려가 필요하겠다. 또한 심폐소생술 후 발생한 기복증의 치료는 환자의 혈역학적 상태를 충분히 고려해야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2021

노년층뿐만 아니라 청년층에 속하는 성인들 사이에서도 병원 외 심장정지(OHCA)를 겪는 심장질환자의 수가 증가하고 있다. 자동심장충격기(AED)는 병원 외 심장정지 환자의 생존율을 개선하는 데 있어 긴요하다. 심장정지 생존율은 제세동 시간에 대하여 지수적으로 감소(decline exponentially)하는 것으로 밝혀졌으나, 자동심장충격기의 최적 배치에 있어 심장정지 생존율의 이러한 특성을 반영한 국내 연구가 미미한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 자동심장충격기의 최적 입지를 결정하기 위하여 exponential decay coverage 함수를 갖는 최대 gradual coverage 입지 모델에 대하여 고찰하였다. exponential decay coverage 함수는 심장정지 환자의 생존율에 대한 과다추정을 완화한다. 향후 시뮬레이션을 통하여 랜덤한 행인 위치 및 이동을 반영함으로써 행인의 심정지 대응에 있어 창발적인(emergent) 특징을 식별할 수 있는 시설 입지 모델이 개발될 것으로 예측된다.

• Acute and Critical Care
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.246-251
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• 2018

Background: Target temperature management (TTM) improves neurological outcomes for comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We compared the efficacy and safety of a gel pad cooling device (GP) and a water blanket (WB) during TTM. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis in a single hospital, wherein we measured the time to target temperature ($<34^{\circ}C$) after initiation of cooling to evaluate the effectiveness of the cooling method. The temperature farthest from $33^{\circ}C$ was selected every hour during maintenance. Generalized estimation equation analysis was used to compare the absolute temperature differences from $33^{\circ}C$ during the maintenance period. If the selected temperature was not between $32^{\circ}C$ and $34^{\circ}C$, the hour was considered a deviation from the target. We compared the deviation rates during hypothermia maintenance to evaluate the safety of the different methods. Results: A GP was used for 23 patients among of 53 patients, and a WB was used for the remaining. There was no difference in baseline temperature at the start of cooling between the two patient groups (GP, $35.7^{\circ}C$ vs. WB, $35.6^{\circ}C$; P=0.741). The time to target temperature (134.2 minutes vs. 233.4 minutes, P=0.056) was shorter in the GP patient group. Deviation from maintenance temperature (2.0% vs. 23.7%, P<0.001) occurred significantly more frequently in the WB group. The mean absolute temperature difference from $33^{\circ}C$ during the maintenance period was $0.19^{\circ}C$ (95% confidence interval [CI], $0.17^{\circ}C$ to $0.21^{\circ}C$) in the GP group and $0.76^{\circ}C$ (95% CI, $0.71^{\circ}C$ to $0.80^{\circ}C$) in the WB group. GP significantly decreased this difference by $0.59^{\circ}C$ (95% CI, $0.44^{\circ}C$ to $0.75^{\circ}C$; P<0.001). Conclusions: The GP was superior to the WB for strict temperature control during TTM.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.355-360
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• 1979

Mitral and aortic valve replacement with tricuspid annuloplasty was undertaken in 5 patients out of 38 valvular surgery between the period from Jan. 1977 to May 1979 in the Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Korea University Hospital. All were male patients with age ranging from 18 to 42 years, and preoperative evaluation revealed one case in Class IV, and four cases in Class III according to the classification of NYHA. Preoperative diagnosis was confirmed by routine cardiac study including retrograde aorto- and left ventriculography, and there were two cases with MSi+ASi+Ti, two cases with MSi+Ai+Ti, and one case with Mi+Ai+Ti. Double valve replacement was performed under the hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass with total pump time of 247 min. in average ranging from 206 min. to 268 min. During aortic valve replacement, left coronary perfusion was done in the first two cases, and cardiac arrest with cardioplegic solution proposed by Bretschneider was applied in the remained three cases. Starr-Edwards, Bjork-Shiley prosthetic valves and Carpentier-Edwards tissue valve were replaced in the aortic area, and Carpentier-Edwards and Angell-Shiley tissue valves were replaced in the mitral area with each individual combination [three prosthetic and two tissue valves in the aortic, and five tissue valves in the mitral area respectively]. Postoperative recovery was uneventful in all cases except one case with hemopericardium, which was managed with pericardiectomy on the postoperative 10th day in good result. Follow-up after double valve replacement of the all five cases for the period from 6 months to 33 months revealed satisfactory adaptation in social activity and occupation with cardiac function of Class I according to the classification of NYHA In all five cases.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1847-1850
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• 2016

Background: It is reported that the percentage of smudge cells in the blood smear could be a prognostic indicator in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. However, the clinical significance of smudge cells in other hematological malignancies, solid tumors or non-malignant diseases is less clear. Hence, this study was conducted to survey the clinical significance of smudge cells in hematological cancers and other disorders. Materials and Methods: From January to November, 2015, the clinical data of patients who received blood examination with differential counts for clinical purpose and were found to have smudge cells in the peripheral blood film in Far Eastern Memorial Hospital were selected. The percentage of smudge cells and patient outcomes were evaluated for further univariate and survival analyses. Results: A total of 102 patients with smudge cells in their blood smears were included. Smudge cells were frequently presented in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA; n=30), infections (n=23), hematological cancers (n=23) and solid cancers (n=10). There was no relationship between the percentage of smudge cells and the patient mortality in all diseases (OR: 1.08, 95% CI: 0.47-2.48, P=1.000) as well as the OHCA group (OR: 1.91, 95% CI: 0.38-9.60, P=0.694). It was observed that in patients with all cancers with the percentage of smudge cells less than 50% had a lower mortality rate in comparison with those who had the percentage of smudge cells of 50% or more (OR: 22.29, 95% CI: 2.38-208.80, P<0.001). Additionally, it was seemingly that patients with smudge cells of 50% or more had a lower survival rate than those with smudge cells less than 50% in all cancers with follow-up at 2-month intervals, but without statistical significance (P=0.064). Conclusions: Our survey indicated that in all cancers, those who had higher percentage of smudge cells were prone to have poor outcomes when compared with the subjects with lower percentage of smudge cells. This finding was quite different from the results of previous studies in which the race-ethnicity of most study populations was non-Asian; hence, further investigations are required. Besides, there was no apparent association of the percentage of smudge cells with patient outcomes in all diseases, including OHCA.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.190-197
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• 2013

Purpose: Trauma is one of the major cause of death in Korea. This study focused on the survival rate and the neurologic outcome for patients with traumatic cardiac arrest (CA) at one emergency center. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with traumatic CA who were seen at a regional emergency medical center from January 2010 to December 2011. From among major trauma patients at that medical center, adults older than 18 years of age who had CA were included in this study. CA included out-of-hospital CA with arrival at the Emergency Department (ED) within three hours and in-hospital CA. We checked the survival rate and the neurologic outcome. Results: A total of 61 patients were analyzed: 32 patients had return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), 6 patients survived to discharge (survival rate: 9.84%), and 4 were still alive 90 days after discharge. The Cerebral performance category (CPC) scores at 6 months after discharge showed 1 good and 5 poor in neurologic outcomes. Factors such as initial rhythm of CA, part with major injury, Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and pH, were significant for ROSC, survival, and neurologic outcome in patients with traumatic CA. Conclusion: In this study, patients who had traumatic CA showed a 9.84% survival rate and a 1.64% good neurologic outcome. The results are poorer than those for CA caused by disease. Multi-center, prospective studies are needed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.97-101
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• 1983

The steadily increasing number of operations performed on the heart has given rise to occasional complications involving the nervous system, and this has been interested to cardiac surgeons and neurologists. This survey has been carried out on all Gases submitted to open heart surgery at Seoul National University Hospital during 1982 to determine which operative features were associated with the occurrence of neurological damage. 514 subjects were studied and neurological damage was noted in twenty-five patients [4.9%]. Eight of these 25 patients died in the postoperative period, but neurological damage contributed to the fatal outcome in six cases. Remaining seventeen patients were discharged without problems except one Cortical blindness and one hemiplegic patients who were survived without other problems . A number of features were found to be related to the development of neurological damage, which were age, duration of perfusion, nature of operation, cardiac rhythm and presence of the thrombi or calcification and hypothermic arrest. But many unknown etiological factors are remained out of our sight. A significant increase in the incidence of neurological damage was shown in older age group [13.3% in over 40 year of age], and also the duration of the bypass was associated with subsequent neurological injury especially more than 120 minutes [11.6%]. The presence of atrial fibrillation with intracardiac thrombi or calcification was also a contributing factor to developing neurological complication [16.7%]. These factors were regarded to influence the postoperative neurological complications and more effective method for prevention of these neurologic complication should be studied.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.17-27
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• 2014

연구 목적 : 한국에서 일반인의 의한 AED의 사용 사례를 극히 드물다. 병원 전 심정지 상황에서 특히 제세동이 필요한 환자의 소생률을 높이기 위해서는 일반인에 의한 AED 사용이 요구된다. 본 연구의 목적은 AED사용에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하는 것이며, 한일 비교를 통해 사회적 특성이 있는지를 확인하는 것이다. 연구 방법 : 2013년 2월 25일부터 3월 4일까지 설문 조사를 실시했다. 한국에서 517명, 일본에서 520명의 데이터를 회수했다. 설문지를 통해 파악한 사회인구학적 요인과 AED에 관한 지식 요인이 AED사용의도에 영향을 미치는지를 알기 위해 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시했다. 연구 결과 : 한국의 517 명의 응답자 중 220명, 42.6%만이, 그리고 일본의 520명의 응답자 중 387 명, 74.4%가 AED를 사용해 환자를 도우려는 의사를 가지고 있었다. 한국과 일본 모두 성별은 유의한 요인이었다(한국 odd ratio[OR] = 0.419, 일본 OR = 0.582). 양국 모두에서 여성은 남성에 비해 AED를 사용해 환자를 도우려고 하지 않았다. AED에 관한 지식은 양국 모두에서 가장 큰 영향을 끼치는 요인이었다. 국가 간의 차가 있었던 요인은 우선 연령이었다. 연령 요인이 한국에서는 유의하지 않았지만 일본에서는 젊을수록 AED 사용의사가 높았다(OR = 0.968). 또한 일본에서는 심장병력이 유의한 요인(OR=2.099)이었다. 결 론: 본 연구는 AED사용의도에 가장 큰 영향을 끼치는 요인이 AED에 관한 지식임을 밝혔다. 따라서, 병원 전 심정지 상황에서 제세동을 장려하기 위해서는 AED 설치와 함께 사회적 요인을 반영한 교육 프로그램이 필요하다.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.97-111
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• 2022

연구 목적: 병원 밖 심정지(OHCA)에서 자동제세동기(AED)의 사용은 환자의 생존율을 향상시킨다. 싱가포르는 절도를 막고자 공공 AED를 '브레이크 글래스' 기전의 잠금 박스로 보호하고 있는데 지역사회 대응자들은 AED를 회수하기 위해 유리를 깨면서 부상을 당하곤 했다. 최초로 시도한 본 연구는 성공적인 AED 회수에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 밝히고 만연한 부상을 문서화하고자 하였다. 연구 방법: 설문지를 작성, 배포하였다. 참가자는 지난 12개월 동안 OHCA에 대처한 자들이다. 비교 검정은 피셔-프리만-할턴 정확 검정 또는 피어슨 카이제곱 검정을 사용하여 5% 유의 수준에서 시행되었고, 로짓링크함수를 사용하여 다중로지스틱회귀분석을 시행하였다. 연구 결과: 88명의 참가자가 적격했다. 성공적인 AED의 회수는 직업, 연령, 성별 및 시간 영향을 받지 않았다. myResponder 앱의 활성화로 OHCA에 대응했던 참가자들은 성공적으로 AED를 회수할 가능성이 높았다. (AOR 11.111, 95% CI: 2.141-58.824) 결 론: 모바일 myResponder 앱을 활용할 경우 AED회수 성공률이 훨씬 높았다. AED의 성공적 회수는 시간 뿐만 아니라 이용자의 성별, 연령, 직업과 무관했다. 싱가포르에서 지역사회 대응자들은 부상 위험에도 불구하고 심정지에 대응할 적극적 자세가 되어 있다.