• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권8호
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• pp.620-626
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• 1993

Determination of preoperatibe pulmonary function is crucial in avoiding complications from pulmonary resection, especially pneumonectomy. Postoperative morbidity and mortality were correlated with the preoperative results of five widely used tests of pulmonary function in 40 patients who underwent pneumonectomy for bronchiectasis, pulmonary tuberculosis, and carcinoma of the lung. Factors analyzed following operation included 30-day mortality, the incidence of arrhythmia, the frepuency of respiratory complications, and the number of individuals requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation. There were statistically significant differences[p<0.001]in mean values among FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC and MVV. But the difference of the FEF25-75% was not statistically significant.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 1991

Radioaerosol inhalation imaging (RII) has been used in radionuclide pulmonary studies for the past 20 years. The method is well accepted for assessing regional ventilation because of its usefulness, easy fabrication and simple application system. To evaluate its clinical utility in the study of impaired regional ventilation in bronchial asthma, we obtained and analysed RIIs in 31 patients (16 women and 15 men; age ranging 21-76 years) with typical bronchial asthma at the Department of Radiology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University Medical college, from January, 1988 to August, 1989. Scintiscans were obtained with radioaerosol produced by a BARC(Bhabha Atomic Reserch Center, India) nebulizer with 15 mCi of $^{99m}Tc-phytate$. The scanning was peformed in anterior, posterior and lateral projections following 5-minute inhalation of radioaerosol on sitting position. The scans were analyzed and correlated with the results of pulmonary function study and the findings of chest radiography. Fifteen patients had concomitant lung perfusion image with $^{99m}Tc-MAA$. Follow-up scans were obtained in 5 patients after bronchodilator therapy. The patients were divided into (1) attack type (4 patients), (2) resistant type (5 patients), (3) remittent type (10 patients) and (4) bronchitic type (12 patients). Chest radiography showed hyperinflation, altered pulmonary vascularity, thickening of the bronchial wall and accentuation of basal interstitial markings in 26 of the 31 patients. Chest radiographs were norma! in the remaining 5 patients. Regardless of type, the findings of RII were basically the same, and characterized by the deposition of radioaerosol in the central parts or in the main respiratory air ways along with mottled nonsegmental ventilation defects in the periphery. Peripheral parenchymal defects were more extensive than that of expected findings from clinical symptoms, pulmonary function test and chest radiograph. Broomstick sign was present in 17 patients. The abnormality of RII was poorly correlated with perfusion scans. In all 5 patients treated with bronchodilators, follow-up study demonstrated a decrease in the degree of radioaerosol deposition in the central air way with improved ventilation defects. This study indicates that RII is a useful technique for the evaluation of regional ventilation abnormality and the effect of treatment with bronchodilators in patients with bronchial asthma.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.237-243
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• 1990

Pulmonary embolism demands rapid and accurate diagnosis. And ventilation imaging has greatly improved the diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary embolism in addition to perfusion imaging. Agents currently used include xenon-133, krypton-81m and technetium-99m radioaerosols. However radioactive gases are compromised by availability and cost for krypton-81m, radiation dose, gamma energy and non?physiologic behaviour for xenon-133. Radioaerosols of technetium-99m componds are rapidly cleared from the lung after inhalation, and their relative low effeciency (specific radioactivity) and wide distribution of particle sizes make them also suboptimum. A new ventilation agent, Technegas is a suspension of structured graphite ellipsoids with diameter below 20nm, labelled with $^{99m}Tc$ in a carrier gas of Argon. This report describes the authors' clinical experience with Technegas. This is the first reported clinical study of this agent in Korea. A comparison of Technegas and $^{99m}Tc-DTPA$ aerosol was performed in 12 patients with various pulmonary diseases such as COPD, pulmonary tuberculosis and pleural effusion. All patients were studied with $^{99m}Tc-DTPA$ aerosol inhalation and Technegas ventilation. In both studies image quality was assessed (1) semiquantitatively by scoring bronchial and gastric activity, (2) subjectively by direct visual comparison of peripheral lung images and (3) quantitatively by computing the peripheral penetration index(PI) for each lungs. The bronchial activites were seen in 7 out of 12 cases with $^{99m}Tc-DTPA$ aerosol and in 5/12 with Technegas. The gastric activities were seen in 5/12 and 1/12 cases respectively. The average values of PI were 61.26% with $^{99m}Tc-DTPA$ aerosol and 69.20% with Technegas (p>0.05). Using $^{99m}Tc-DTPA$ aerosol, COPD patients showed deposition in the central airways with poor visualization of the peripheral areas of the lungs. In Technegas studies these phenomena were less prominent, and the examination is well tolerated by pateients and requires only a minimum of patient cooperation. With superiority of easy availability and handling, better physical characteristics and favorable Image quality, Technegas is a Promising agent for lung ventilation scanning.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제79권4호
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• pp.234-240
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• 2016

Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) is a recognized risk to patients and healthcare workers in healthcare settings. The literature review suggests that implementation of combination control measures reduces the risk of TB transmission. Guidelines suggest a three-level hierarchy of controls including administrative, environmental, and respiratory protection. Among environmental controls, installation of ventilation systems is a priority because ventilation reduces the number of infectious particles in the air. Natural ventilation is cost-effective but depends on climatic conditions. Supplemented intervention such as air-cleaning methods including high efficiency particulate air filtration and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation should be considered in areas where adequate ventilation is difficult to achieve. Personal protective equipment including particulate respirators provides additional benefit when administrative and environmental controls cannot assure protection.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.260-265
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• 1993

Twelve patients underwent surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection[TAPVC] between Sep. 1989 and May 1993. There were 9 boys and 3 girls whose ages ranged from 10 days to 17 month [median 1.2 month]. Six patients were less than 1 month of age at operation. The anomalous drainage was supracardiac in 6, cardiac in 2, infracardiac in 2, and mixed in 2. There were 3 early death, and its mortality rate was 25%. There were no operative mortality after Sep. 1991. Age at operation, presence of preoperative pulmonary venous obstruction, preoperative assisted ventilation and type of anomaly did not affect early mortality. Late pulmonary venous obstruction was developed in 4 patients between 1 month to 4 month after operation. Among these patients, 2 were died and one was reoperated and well, and the other one was not operated because of patient`s refusal. We conclude that late pulmonary venous obstruction is fatal and its early detection and correction is important for improving late survival.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.634-651
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• 2021

Dynamic X-ray (DXR) is a functional imaging technique that uses sequential images obtained by a flat-panel detector (FPD). This article aims to describe the mechanism of DXR and the analysis methods used as well as review the clinical evidence for its use. DXR analyzes dynamic changes on the basis of X-ray translucency and can be used for analysis of diaphragmatic kinetics, ventilation, and lung perfusion. It offers many advantages such as a high temporal resolution and flexibility in body positioning. Many clinical studies have reported the feasibility of DXR and its characteristic findings in pulmonary diseases. DXR may serve as an alternative to pulmonary function tests in patients requiring contact inhibition, including patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 or other infectious diseases. Thus, DXR has a great potential to play an important role in the clinical setting. Further investigations are needed to utilize DXR more effectively and to establish it as a valuable diagnostic tool.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.229-236
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• 1990

Perfusion and ventilaion imagings of the lung are well established procedure for diagnosing pulmonary embolism, differentiation it from chronic obstructive lung disease, and making an early detection of chronic obstructive lung disease. To evaluate the usefulness of radioaerosol inhalation imaging (RII) in chronic obstructive lung disease, especially pulmonary emphysema, we analyzed RIIs of five normal adult non-smokers, five asymptomatic smokers (age 25-42 years with the mean 36), and 21 patients with pulmonry emphysema (age 59-78 years with the mean 67). Scintigrams were obtained with radioaerosol produced by a BARC nebulizer with 15 mCi of Tc-99m-phytate. Scanning was performed in the anterior, posterior, and lateral projections after five to 10-minute inhalation of the radioaerosol on sitting position. The scans were analyzed and correlated with the results of pulmonary function studies and chest radiographs. Also lung perfusion scan with $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ was performed in 12 patients. In five patients, we performed follow-up scans for the evaluation of the effects of a bronchodilator. Based on the X-ray findings and clinical symptoms, pulmonary emphysema was classified into four types: centrilobular (3 patients), panlobular (4 patients), intermediate (10 patients), and combined (4 patients). RII findings were patternized according to the type, extent, and intensity of the aerosol deposition in the central bronchial and bronchopulmonary system and lung parenchyma. 10 controls, normal five non-smokers and three asymptomatic smokers revealed homogeneous parenchymal deposition in the entire lung fields without central bronchial deposition. The remaining two of asymptomatic smokers revealed mild central airway deposition. The great majority of the patients showed either central (9/21) or combined type (10/21) of bronchopulmonary deposition and the remaining two patients peripheral bronchopulmonary deposition. Parenchymal aerosol deposition in pulmonary emphysema was diffuse (6/21), discrete(6/21), intermediate (3/21), or combined (6/21). In 12 patients studied also with perfusion scans, perfusion defects matched closely with ventilation defects in location and configuration. But the size of the ventilation defects was generally larger than the perfusion defects. In all four patients treated with bronchodilators, the follow-up study demonstrated decrease in abnormal of radioaerosol deposition in the central airway with improvement of ventilation defects. RII was useful technique for the evaluation of regional ventilatory abnormality and the effects of treatment with bronchodilators in pulmonary emphysema.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.1318-1325
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• 1997

연구배경 : 일정한 분시 유지하면서도 기도압의 하나인 압력조절용적조정양식(PRVC)의 입상적 유용성에 대한 보고는 없었다. 본 연구는 호흡역학이 불안정한 환자에서 PRVC 양식이 원래의 개발 목적대로 압력 조절 양식에 비해 일호흡량을 일정하게 유지하면서 용적조절양식에 비해 기도압을 낮게 유지하는지를 관찰하였다. 연구방법 : 기계 호흡 중이며 활력징후의 안정을 보이는 환자 중 15분간 관찰 결과 VCV에서 최고 홉기압의 변이계수가 10이상으로 최고 홉기압의 변화가 심하거나, PCV에서 상시 호흡량의 변이계수가 10이상으로 일 호흡량의 변화가 심한 환자 8 명(남 : 녀=6 : 2, $56{\pm}26$세)를 대상으로 하여 일호흡량을 비슷한 유지하도록 VCV, PCV, PRVC 양식을 설정한 후 각 환기양식에서 15분간 일호흡량과 최고 흡기압을 관찰하였다. 결 과 : 1) 평균 일호흡량은 VCV에서 $431{\pm}102ml$, PCV에서 $417{\pm}99ml$, PRVC에서 $414{\pm}97ml$였으며 각 환기양식 간에 차이가 없었다. 2) 상시 호흡량의 변이계수는 VCV에서 $5.2{\pm}3.9%$, PCV에서 $15.2{\pm}7.5%$ PRVC에서 $19.3{\pm}10.0%$로 PCV와 PRVC에서 상시 호흡량의 변화가 심하였다(p<0.01). 3) 평균 최고 홉기압은 VCV에서 $31.0{\pm}6.9cm$ $H_2O$, PCV에서 $26.0{\pm}6.5cm$ $H_2O$, PRVC에서 $27.0{\pm}6.4cm$ $H_2O$로 PCV와 PRVC의 최고 흡기압의 VCV의 경우보다 낮게 유지되었다(p<0.01). 4) 최고 홉기압의 변이계수는 VCV에서 $13.9{\pm}3.7%$, PCV에서 $4.9{\pm}2.6%$, PRVC에서 $12.2{\pm}7.0%$로 VCV와 PRVC에서 최고 홉기압의 변동이 심하였다(p<0.01). 결 론 : PRVC 양식은 호흡역학이 불안정한 환자에서는 VCV에 비해 평균 최고 홉기압은 낮게 유지하였으나 최고 흡기압의 변동이 심하였고, PCV에 비해 상시 호흡량의 변동이 심하여 이중조절환기양식 본래의 목적을 달성하기 어려울 것으로 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2002

배 경 : 부분액체환기 (partial liquid ventilation; PLV) 시 최적의 기계환기의 설정에 대해서는 아직 논란이 많은 상태이다. 이에 정상 폐의 PLV 시 가스교환에 영향을 주는 인자들을 관찰함으로써, PLV 시 최적의 기계환기 설정을 확립하는 데에 이용하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : New Zealand 산 백색 토끼 7 마리를 기계환기를 시행하였다. 기계환기는 압력 조절 양식으로 일회호흡량 ($V_T$) 8 mL/kg, PEEP 4 $cmH_2O$, 흡기대호기비 (I: E ratio) 1:2, 흡입산소분율 ($F_IO_2$) 0.75로 설정하였고, 호흡수(RR)는 $PaCO_2$가 35~45 mmHg 사이에 유지되도록 조절하였다. 이후 30분마다 기계환기기의 설정을 protocol에 따라 변화시키면서 가스환기(gas ventilation; GV)를 시행하였는데 ; (1) 기저 설정 단계, (2) 역비환기 (inverse I: E ratio) 단계로 I:E ratio 2:1, (3) 고 PEEP 단계로 2단계와 같은 평균흡기압 (MIP)을 유지하는 정도의 PEEP 증가, (4) 고 $V_T$ 단계로 $V_T$ 15 mL/kg, (5) 고RR 단계로 4단계와 같은 분당환기량 (MV)을 유지하는 정도로 RR을 증가시켰다. 그 후 perfluorodecalin 18 mL/kg 주입 후 상기 protocol과 동일하게 PLV를 하였다. 각각에서 동맥혈가스검사와 폐역학 및 혈역학적 지표를 측정하였다. 결 과 : (1) GV 시 $PaO_2$는 다섯 단계를 거치는 동안 의미 있는 변화를 보이지 않았다. $PaCO_2$는 고 $V_T$단계와 고 RR 단계에서 의미 있게 감소하였다(p<0.05). GV 시 폐역학 및 혈역학적 지표의 의미 있는 변화는 보이지 않았다. (2) PLV 군의 기저 $PaO_2$는 $312{\pm}113$ mmHg로 GV군의 $504{\pm}81$ mmHg 에 비해 의미 있게 낮았다(p=0.001). PLV 시 역비환기 단계나 고 RR 단계에서는 기저설정 단계와 비교하여 $PaO_2$의 의미 있는 차이가 관찰되지 않았으나, 고 PEEP 단계 ($452{\pm}38$ mmHg)와 고 $V_T$($461{\pm}53$ mmHg) 단계에서는 기저설정 단계보다 유의한 상승이 관찰되었다. (3) $PaCO_2$는 GV군과 PLV군 모두에서 고 $V_T$ 단계와 고 RR 단계에서 기저설정 단계보다 의미 있게 낮았다. PLV군의 기저설정 단계와 고 RR 단계의 $PaCO_2$는 GV 군보다 의미 있게 증가하였다(p<0.05). (4) PLV 시 폐역학 및 혈역학적 지표의 의미 있는 변화는 보이지 않았다 결 론 : 정상 폐에서 PLV 시 최적의 가스교환을 위해서는 적절한 PEEP과 $V_T$이 중용할 것으로 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.523-531
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• 2004

연구배경 : 최근 기계환기 중 기관지내시경술의 필요성이 증가하고 있으나, 시술 중 생리학적 변화나 안전성에 대한 연구가 부족한 상황이다. 이에 연구자들은 PEEP을 시술전과 동일하게 유지하면서 기관지내시경술을 시행하여 생리학적 변화 및 안전성에 대해 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2002년 6월부터 2002년 11월까지 삼성서울병원 내과계 중환자실에서 기계환기를 하면서 기관지내시경술을 시행했던 19명의 환자(남자 10명 여자 9명, 연령 중앙값 61.6세)를 대상으로 하였다. 기관지내시경술을 시행하기 전 100% 산소로 15분간 전산 소요법을 시켰으며 기관지내시경 시술 중 기계환기는 용적조절양식으로, 일회환기량 4 ml/kg, 호흡수 20회/분, 흡기 대 호기비 1:2로 환기하였으며 PEEP은 시술전과 동일하게 유지하였다. 시행 후 30분간 100% 산소를 유지하였다. 결 과 : 기관지내시경술 시행시간의 중앙값은 6분(범위 3-15분)이었다. 기관지내시경술을 시행하면서 호흡성 산증과 저환기, 최고기도압의 상승, 심박수의 증가, auto-PEEP의 발생을 보였다. 이들 변화는 기관지내시경 시술 후에 시술 이전의 상태로 되었다. 압력손상 및 혈압 감소 등의 심각한 합병증은 관찰되지 않았다 결 론 : 심각한 저산소증으로 높은 PEEP을 유지하고 있는 환자에게서 PEEP을 유지한 채로 기관지내시경술을 시행하여도 심각한 합병증은 관찰되지 않았다. 다만, 기관지내시경을 시행하는 동안 호흡성 산증 및 저환기를 보였고, 비록 가역적이지만 이러한 상태에서 환자의 노출을 최소화하기 위해서는 기관지내시경 시행시간을 최소화하여야 한다고 사료된다.