• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.374-385
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• 2000

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Korea leek on plasm lipids and platelet aggregation in hypercholesterolemic rats fed different dietary fat. Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with hyperlipidemic diet for 4 weeks in order to induce hyperlipidemia, followed by the feeding of experimental diets for additonal 4 weeks. We used three kinds of lipid(perilla oil, corn oil and lard). Korean leek of experimental diets was prepared by drying and milling. Powdered Cellulose and powdered Korean leek were added to experimental diets at the level of 5% (w/w). Serum concentrations of total lipid, total triglyceride, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol decreased in the order of perilla oil, corn oil and lard. Korean leek significantly decreased total lipid, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, platelet count, prothrombin time, and platelet aggregation in rats fed a lard diet. The present observation indicates that Korean leek might be helpful for the prevention and threapy of hyperlipidemia and platelet aggregation.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.305-311
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• 2017

Objectives: TNM staging, especially for lymph node metastasis, is the scoring system most widely used among prognostic factors for cancer survival. Several biomarkers have been studied as serologic markers, but their specificity is low and clinical applications are difficult. This study aimed to establish a scoring system for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) using platelet (PLT) and mean platelet volume (MPV) levels measured postoperatively and to evaluate their significance as prognostic factors. Materials and Methods: We studied 40 patients admitted to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Dankook University Hospital who were diagnosed with primary OSCC histopathologically between May 2006 and May 2012. Clinical pathological information obtained from the medical records of each patient included age, sex, height, weight, tumor location, degree of differentiation, tumor diameter, lymph node metastasis, TNM stage, and other test values including white blood cell, MPV, PLT, C-reactive protein (CRP), and albumin obtained through a test conducted within 7 days before surgery. Count of platelet (COP)-MPV Score: Patients with both PLT and MPV values below the cut-off values were defined as score 0 (group A). Patients with at least one of the two higher than the cut-off value were defined as score 1 (group B). Results: Univariate analyses showed N-metastasis, COP-MPV (A vs B), PLT, platelet-lymphocyte ratio, and CRP were statistically significant prognostic factors. A multivariate Cox proportional hazards model showed N-metastasis (hazard ratio [HR] 6.227, P=0.016) and COP-MPV (A vs B) (HR 18.992, P=0.013) were independent prognostic factors with a significant effect on survival. Conclusion: COP-MPV score is a simple and cost-effective test method and is considered a more effective prognostic factor than other considered factors in predicting the prognosis of OSCC patients.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2004

Bone marrow transplantation(BMT) is widely used as curative means of various malignant and nonmalignant hematologic disorders, and early and accurate determination of engraftment is very important for critical management decisions. Reticulocyte counts performed by automated flow cytometric methods is a good indicator of erythropoietic activity and its evaluation has been proposed as an early predictor of bone marrow regeneration. Some reports highlighted the usefulness of the percentage of highly fluorescent reticulocytes and the sum of highly and medium fluorescent reticulocytes(immature reticulocyte fraction, IRF). In Asan Medical Center, the criteria for engraftment following BMT or PBSCT was defined as the first day of a 3-day trend of absolute neutrophil count(ANC)${\geq}500/uL$ and platelet count${\geq}30{\times}10^3/uL$. In 1999, Grotto et al proposed an indidator of bone marrow recovery as the first day on which the IRF was twice the minimum value after bone marrow transplantation. To compare the both criterias, we got consecutive datas of immature reticulocyte fraction, absolute neutrophil count(ANC), WBC count, platelet count and reticulocyte count by XE-2100 automated hematology analyzer(Sysmex Co. Japan) from 33 patients daily after BMT. When compared to standard neutrophil engraftment(10-30 days, $16.2{\pm}4.6days$), IRF engraftment (5-21 days, $11.0{\pm}3.9days$) occured significantly earlier in 87.9% of patients(P<0.05). The mean engraftment day for WBC count(11-29 days, $16.4{\pm}4.3days$) was similar to ANC, but platelet count and reticulocyte count revealed more delayed data (10-49 days, $19.1{\pm}7.4days$ vs 17-64 days, $31.4{\pm}14.1days$). In conclusion, our results confirm that an increase in the immature reticulocyte population is the earliest sign of the hematopoietic recovery after BMT and that automated reticulocyte quantification including immature fraction may be integrated into clinical protocols to evaluate bone marrow reconstitution.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.399-405
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• 2018

임상검사실에서의 혈소판 수 계산은 지혈이상의 진단과 치료에 필수적이며, 혈소판 수가 적은 경우 혈소판 수혈이 필요하고 항암치료 후 혈소판 수 경과를 모니터링하는데 매우 중요하다. 정도관리는 환자결과를 내보내기 전에 검사실에서 오류를 줄이고 교정하는 과정이며 분절된 적혈구는 혈소판과 크기가 비슷하여 혈소판 수 계산에 영향을 미친다. 검사실에서 내부정도관리low QC물질이 2SD를 벗어난 것을 경험하였고, 지금까지 용혈과 혈소판 지표들과의 관계에 대해 밝혀진 것이 충분하지 않아 연구를 시작하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 XN CHECK low level QC물질을 이용해 PLT-I, PLT-O, PLT-F 방법간의 혈소판 수치를 비교하였으며, 용혈검체를 만들어 5가지 혈소판지표들에 대해 비교분석 하였다. 그 결과PLT-F방법에서 CV값이 가장 적게 나타났으며, 용혈검체에서 P-LCR 수치가 18.4%에서 31.9%로 증가함을 보였다. 이 연구를 통해 혈소판 수치가 낮은 경우는 PLT-F방법으로 하는 것이 더 정확하며, 검체가 용혈이나 변질이 의심되는 경우 이를 평가할 때 P-LCR을 새로운 지표로 제시하고 있으며, 사람 혈액검체를 이용한 추후 연구가 더 필요할 것이라고 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.2061-2067
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• 2014

Background: It has been demonstrated that neutrophil:lymphocyte (NLR) and platelet:lymphocyte (PLR) ratios are associated with prognosis in cancer patients. The aim of this study was to investigate whether pretreatment white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, platelet, basophil and eosinophil counts, LDH level, NLR and PLR are associated with prognosis in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed files of 50 patients who were managed with a diagnosis of MPM between 2005 and 2010. Demographic and clinical characteristics, treatments, response to treatment and prognostic factors were evaluated, along with relationships between pretreatment blood parameters and prognosis. Results: Overall, 38 men and 12 women were included to the study. Mean age was $61.5{\pm}9.4$ years (range: 39-83 years). There was advanced disease in 86% (n=43) and the histological type was epithelial mesothelioma in the majority (82%). Of the cases, 17 (34%) received radiotherapy, while 42 cases underwent first- and second-line chemotherapy, with cisplatin plus pemetrexed as the most commonly used regimen. In the assessment after therapy, it was found that there was complete response in 4 cases (8%), partial response in 10 cases (20%), stable disease in 17 cases (34%) and progression in 19 cases (38%). Median follow-up was 10 months (range: 10 day-30 months). Median overall survival was found to be 20.7 months while median progression-free survival as 10 months. In univariate and multivariate analyses, it was found that factors significantly affecting overall survival included stage (p=0.030), response to treatment (p=0.026) and monocyte count (p=0.004), while factors affecting disease-free survival included NLR (p=0.018), response to treatment (p=0.001), and PLR score (p=0.003). Conclusions: Overall and disease-free survival was found to be better in cases with a WBC count<8.000, platelet count<300,000, and low NLR and PLR scores in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

• Journal of Interdisciplinary Genomics
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2021

Inherited platelet function disorders (IPFDs) are a disease group of heterogeneous bleeding disorders associated with congenital defects of platelet functions. Normal platelets essential role for primary hemostasis by adhesion, activation, secretion of granules, aggregation, and procoagulant activity of platelets. The accurate diagnosis of IPFDs is challenging due to unavailability of important testing methods, including light transmission aggregometry and flow cytometry, in several medical centers in Korea. Among several IPFDs, Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is a most representative IPFD and is relatively frequently found compare to the other types of rarer IPFDs. GT is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations of ITGA2B or ITGB3. There are quantitative or qualitative defects of the GPIIb/IIIa complex in platelet, which is the binding receptor for fibrinogen, von Willbrand factor, and fibronectin in GT patients. Therefore, patients with GT have normal platelet count and normal platelet morphology, but they have severely decreased platelet aggregation. Thus, GT patients have a very severe hemorrhagic phenotypes that begins at a very early age and persists throughout life. In this article, the general contents about platelet functions and respective IPFDs, the overall contents of GT, and the current status of genetic diagnosis of GT in Korea will be reviewed.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.367-377
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• 2021

Objectives: Taxi drivers are exposed to various hazards, such as long periods of sedentary work and traffic-related air pollutants. However, studies on the health effects among taxi drivers in South Korea are insufficient. Methods: To assess subclinical hematologic change related to cardiovascular disease among male taxi drivers, we analyzed data from the second Korean National Environmental Health Survey. Fifty-nine taxi drivers and 1,912 controls were included in the analysis. Propensity score matching was performed to adjust for age, body mass index, and urinary cotinine. A total of 295 subjects were matched with 59 taxi drivers. Leukocyte count, platelet count, hematocrit, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol land total IgE of the taxi drivers were compared with the control groups. Results: Taxi drivers showed significantly elevated blood leukocytes and platelets. Serum total IgE was significantly reduced in taxi drivers. However, blood leukocytes, platelets, and serum total IgE were not significantly correlated with work period among taxi drivers. Conclusions: Regarding the change of the blood leukocyte count, platelet count, and serum total IgE, taxi driving has the possibility to be associated with peripheral inflammation, humoral immunity and cardiovascular risk.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제61권5호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2018

Purpose: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory syndrome with many causes, including Kawasaki disease (KD). The purpose of this study was to identify the laboratory tests needed to easily differentiate KD with HLH from incomplete KD alone. Methods: We performed a retrospective study on patients diagnosed with incomplete KD and incomplete KD with HLH (HLH-KD) between January 2012 and March 2015. We compared 8 secondary HLH patients who were first diagnosed with incomplete KD with all 247 incomplete KD diagnosed patients during the study period. The complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, platelet count, and serum total protein, albumin, triglyceride, C-reactive protein, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and ferritin levels were compared. Clinical characteristics and echocardiography findings were also compared between the 2 groups. Results: The total duration of fever was longer in the HLH-KD group than in the KD group. White blood cell and platelet counts were higher in the KD group. Alanine aminotransferase, ferritin, and coronary artery diameter were increased in the HLH-KD group compared with those in the KD group. The median of NT-proBNP was significantly higher in the HLH-KD group than in the KD group at 889.0 (interquartile range [IQR], 384.5-1792.0) pg/mL vs. 233.0 (IQR, 107.0-544.0) pg/mL. Conclusion: The NT-proBNP level may be helpful in distinguishing incomplete KD from KD with HLH. The NT-proBNP level should be determined in KD patients with prolonged fever, in addition to the white blood cell count, platelet count, and ferritin level, to evaluate secondary HLH.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.526-532
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• 1992

The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on platelet count and function was studied in 20 patients who underwent cardiac operation from April 1991 to August 1991 at the Department of thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Keimyung University. Ten patients were perfused with a bubble oxygenator, 10 with a membrane oxygenator. During and after bypass, platelet counts decreased in both groups and significantly reduced in those perfused with a bubble oxygenator. All 20 patients studied for platelet functions had an abnormal postoperative aggregation response to collagen and epinephrine, but no significant difference in both groups. One hour after bypass, bleeding times increased in both groups but did not differ significantly between groups. Postoperative 24 hour blood losses were significantly higher in patients perfused with a membrane oxygenator. Platelet damage and postoperative blood loss are less severe after cardiopulmonary bypass performed with a membrane oxygenator than with a bubble oxygenator.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.952-963
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• 1998

연구배경 : 체외 순환으로 인한 지혈 기전의 심각한 손상은 술후 과다 출혈을 일으켜 환자의 생명을 위협하고, 대량 수혈에 따른 부작용과 재수술의 우려마저 증가시킬 수 있다. 특히, 심장 수술동안 섬유소 용해계의 활성화와 혈소판의 숫적, 기능적 변화가 술후 상당 시간동안 출혈의 원인이 된다고 보고하고 있다 대상 및 방법 : 본 연구는 체외 순환 동안 및 그 후에 있어, 체외 순환에 의한 섬유소 용해계의 활성화를 포함한 다양한 혈액학적 변화를 조사하고, 이러한 변화들이 술후 비외과적 출혈의 정도와 어떤 상관성이 있는가를 규명하기위해 체외 순환을 실시할 성인 환자 20명을 대상으로 전향적으로 계획되었다. 혈소판 수, 섬유소원 및 plasminogen 농도, FDP, D-dimer, BT, aPTT, PT와 같은 혈액학적 변수의 측정을 위해 수술동안 또는 술후 시기에 혈액을 연속적으로 채취하였다. 출혈량은 흉부 삽관을 통한 배출량을 술후 3, 6, 12, 24, 48시간의 양과 총혈액량을 각각 측정하였다. 결과 : 연구 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다:혈소판 수는 체외 순환으로 인해 급격히 감소되었다 (p<0.01). 총 체외 순환 시간이 길수록 혈소판 수의 감소률은 더 높았으며 (r=0.55, p=0.01) 술후 7일이 되어서야 비로소 술전치에 근접하였다. 체외 순환동안 FDP와 D-dimer의 농도가 의미있게 증가하였고 (p<0.0001), 섬유소원 및 plasminogen 농도 둘 다 서로간에 상관성을 보이면서 감소하였다 (r=0.57, p<0.01). 술후 2hr-BT, 2hr-PT, 2hr-aPTT 모두 술전치에 비해 유의하게 연장되었다(각각 p<0.05, p<0.0001, p<0.0001). 술후 총 출혈량과 환자의 연령, 대동맥 차단 시간, 체외 순환 시간은 각각 양의 상관관계 (positive correlation)가 있었다. 술전 기준치 혈소판 수와 술후 3시간 출혈량, 체외 순환 종료시의 혈소판 수와 술후 3시간, 6시간 및 총 출혈량 그리고 술후 1일의 혈소판 수와 48시간 출혈량 사이에는 각각 음의 상관관계 (negative correlation)가 있었다. 술후 2hr-aPTT는 술후 6시간 및 48시간대의 출혈량에 상관성이 있었고 (r=0.53, p=0.02) 술후 2hr-PT는 48시간 출혈량과 각각 양의 상관성이 있었으나 (r=0.43, p=0.05). 이 두가지 변수와 총 출혈량 간에는 상관성이 없었고, 술후 2hr-BT와 술후 출혈량 사이에도 유의한 상관성을 발견하지 못하였다. 결론 : 이상의 관찰 결과들은 체외 순환이 섬유소 용해계의 활성화와 혈소판 수의 심한 감소를 포함한 다양한 혈액학적 변화를 유도하고 환자의 연령, 혈소판 수, 대동맥 차단 시간, 체외 순환 시간, 술후 PT 및 aPTT와 같은 다인적 상황들이 술후 출혈에 영향을 미친다는 점들을 시사하고 있다. 본 연구 결과들은 체외 순환에 따른 지혈적 손상에 관한 이해와 술후 출혈을 감소시키기 위한 기초 자료로 활용 가능하리라 사료된다.