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Temporary blindness caused by corneal edema after a local anesthetic injection in the eyebrow region: a case report

  • Hong, Jung Hyun;Jo, Yeon Ji;Kang, Taewoo;Park, Heeseung;Kim, Kyoung Eun;Lee, Jae Woo;Bae, Seong Hwan
    • Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.183-186
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    • 2022
  • Plastic surgery around the eyes is usually performed under local anesthesia, using a mixture of lidocaine and epinephrine. Blindness is a rare but devastating complication after the injection of local anesthesia in this region. Most cases reported to date have been caused by occlusion of the ophthalmic artery or central retinal artery. In this case report, however, we present a highly unusual case of blindness caused by corneal edema after a local anesthetic injection. A patient visited the emergency room with a laceration on the eyebrow, and local anesthesia was injected before suturing. Immediately after the injection, severe corneal edema developed, making it impossible to observe the structures in the anterior chamber in detail or check the light reflex and visual acuity of the naked eye. An antibiotic (moxifloxacin hydrochloride) and high-concentration steroid eyedrops were promptly applied. High-concentration steroids were also administered orally. On day 13 post-injury, the visual acuity of the naked eye improved to 1.0, and no recurrence of corneal lesions was observed. Although the cause of corneal edema after the local injection could not be conclusively identified, we hope that this report will help raise clinicians' awareness of this complication and appropriate treatment methods.

Genetic Study of the Subfamily Salmoninae Based upon Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequences (미토콘드리아 DNA control region의 염기분석에 의한 연어아과 어류의 유전학적 연구)

  • Lee, Heui-Jung;Park, Jung-Youn;Kim, Woo-Jin;Min, Kwang-Sik;Kim, Yoon;Yoo, Mi-Ae;Lee, Won-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.163-171
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    • 1999
  • The complete sequences of mtDNA control regions of six salmonines were determined: 1089 bp in lenok (Brachymystax lenok); 999 bp in cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou) and Ishikawa's cherry salmon (O. masou ishikauiae); 1002 bp in chum salmon (O. keta), and 1003 bp in rainbow trout (O. mykiss) and an albino mutant of rainbow trout. The estimated interspecific sequence divergences from PCR/direct sequencing data ranged from 5.42% to 16.49%. The organization of this region is similar to that of other vertebrates. A 81 bp tandemly repeated sequence, associated with length variation was observed in the 3' end of the salmonids control region in this study. In addition, The phylogenetic tree based on the control region sequences supported that cherry salmon was closer to chum salmon than to rainbow trout, while lenok was most distantly related species among six salmonines.

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Regional Health Status and Medicine Expenses by Income Quartile Using the Korea Health Panel (한국의료패널로 본 소득분위에 따른 권역별 건강수준과 의약품 지출 비용)

  • Kim, Yun-Jeong;Hwang, Byung-Deog
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.117-130
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    • 2017
  • Objectives : In this study, 3,107 patients were used to evaluate the impact based on raw data of 2014 and the health status and medical expenses income quintile was collected and data was analyzed. Methods : Analysis method was the average comparison, ANOVA, subjected to a multiple logistic regression analysis, the statistical test was the t-test and the scheffe post verification. Results : Gender(p<.000), age(p<.000), marital status(p<.000) educational status (p<.000), easement(p<.000), medication(p<.000), subjective health status(p<.005) were analyzed. First quintile identified that the highest amount was spent in the Chungcheong region, the 2nd quintile showed that the highest output was in the Gyeongsang region. The 3rd and 4th quintiles indicated that the highest expenditure was in the Seoul metropolitan region. The 5th quintile showed that the Chungcheong was the highest once again and the Jeolla region was the lowest in terms of expediture. Conclusions : Future medical research on income will require the government's Big Data collection to create the primary basis for policy making in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and equity of medicine spending.

Pre-Sliding Friction Control Using the Sliding Mode Controller with Hysteresis Friction Compensator

  • Choi, Jeong Ju;Kim, Jong Shik;Han, Seong Ik
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.1755-1762
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    • 2004
  • Friction phenomenon can be described as two parts, which are the pre-sliding and sliding regions. In the motion of the sliding region, the friction force depends on the velocity of the system and consists of the Coulomb, stick-slip, Streibeck effect and viscous frictions. The friction force in the pre-sliding region, which occurs before the breakaway, depends on the position of the system. In the case of the motion of the friction in the sliding region, the LuGre model describes well the friction phenomenon and is used widely to identify the friction model, but the motion of the friction in the pre-sliding such as hysteresis phenomenon cannot be expressed well. In this paper, a modified friction model for the motion of the friction in the pre-sliding region is suggested which can consider the hysteresis phenomenon as the Preisach model. In order to show the effectiveness of the proposed friction model, the sliding mode controller (SMC) with hysteresis friction compensator is synthesized for a ball-screw servo system.

The Consciousness and Implication of Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing Firms on Corporate Finance in Pusan Region (부산지역 제조기업과 비제조기업의 기업금융에 대한 의식과 함의)

  • Choi, Jin-Bae
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.583-602
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    • 2011
  • Based on the survey, this paper examines entrepreneurs' attitude toward corporate lending in Pusan region. The results show that the relationships of manufacturing firmswith banks are different from those of non-manufacturing firms. These are mainly due to the differences in the operational grounds between them. The non-manufacturing firms have their operational ground in Pusan, thus they have local banks as their mainbanks and depend heavily on mainbanks' credits. However the business network of the local banks is not broad enough to satisfy the manufacturing firms financial service needs. Therefore, the manufacturing firms maintain close relationship with not only regional local banks but also other banks. The results of the study demand the local banks to produce information of the regional firms and to monitor them more widely and tightly. One of the important contributions of this paper is that it has succeeded in making clear the importance of relationship banking of the local banks.

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Activated Phenoloxidase Interacts with A Novel Glycine-rich Protein on the Yeast Two-hybrid System

  • Lee, Sun-Woo;Lee, Hyun-Seong;Kim, Eun-Jun;Yoo, Mi-Ae;Lee, Bok-Luel
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2001
  • One of the innate immune reactions in invertebrates is the pro-phenoloxidase (pro-PO) activation system that is involved in the generation of superoxide, melanin synthesis, and the subsequent sequestration of foreign matter entering the hemocoel of the invertebrates. However, the molecular mechanism of this biological reaction is still obscure. To expand our understanding of the biological roles of the pro-PO activation system in invertebrates, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screening by using three regions of pro-PO as bait and a yeast two-hybrid cDNA library from Tenebrio molitor larvae as prey We isolated a novel partial cDNA clone that encodes a glycine-rich protein that interacted with the active phenoloxidase (termed phenoloxidase interacting protein, POIP). POIP consists of two domains: One is an N-terminal unique domain and the other is a C-terminal glycine-rich domain. The C-terminal glycine-rich domain showed sequential homology with those of insect antifungal proteins. Also, the yeast two-hybrid screen in a reverse orientation (using POIP as bait) yielded PO, suggesting that the PO-POIP interaction is specific. By using a 315 bP PCR fragment of the N-terminal unique region of POIP, we cloned the full-length cDNA of POIP from the Tenebruo cDNA library constructed by using E. coli injected larvae. The interaction analysis between PO, and a truncated fragment lacking the N-terminal unique region of POIP, indicated that the N-terminal unique region is necessary for interaction between PO and POIP. The expression level of the POIP mRNA is increased by bacterial injection into T. molitor larvae. This suggests that POIP might be engaged in the humoral defense reaction.

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Palaeomagnetic Study of Sedimentary and Igneous Rocks in the Yangsan Strike-slip Fault Area, SE Korea (양산단층지역에 분포하는 퇴적암 및 화성암류에 대한 고자기 연구)

  • Kang, Hee-Cheol;Kim, In-Soo;Son, Moon;Jung, Hyun-Jung
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.753-765
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    • 1996
  • It is a well known fact that the remanent magnetization direction of the Tertiary rocks is deflected significantly clockwise (about $50^{\circ}$) in the Tertiary basins of the southeastern part of Korean peninsula. This fact has been interpreted as an evidence of north-south spreading of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and dextral strike-slip motion of the Yangsan fault. As deflection (rotation) of remanent magnetizations is frequently reported from various regions of the world in the vicinities of strike-slip fault, such phenomena are to be expected in the Yangsan fault region also. It was the purpose of this study to clarify whether such premise is right or not. A total of 445 independently oriented core samples were collected from Cretaceous rocks of various lithology (sedimentary rocks, andesites and I-type granites) in the Yangsan fault area. In spite of through AF and thermal demagnetization experiments, no sign of remanent magnetization deflection was found. Instead, palaeomagnetic poles calculated from formation-mean ChRM directions are very similar to those of contemporary (Barremian, and late Cretaceous-Tertiary) sedimentary and plutonic rocks in the other parts of $Ky{\check{o}}ngsang$ basin as well as those of China. Therefore, possibility of tilting of granite plutons and horizontal block rotation of study area is excluded. It is also concluded that the Yangsan fault did not take any significant role in the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of southeast Korea and the East Sea region. The boundary between rotated and unrotated region of remanent magnetization is not the Yangsan fault line, but must lie further east of it.

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