• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.521-532
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• 2005

The prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD) continues to rise in industrialized countries related to Western lifestyle, including dietary habits, especially imbalance of intake of dietary fatty acids. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dietary fatty acids and the assess the blood fatty acid composition and immune parameters in AD patients. AD (n = 50) patients and gender ${\cdot}$ age matched healthy controls (HC) were studied in case-control clinical trail. Current fatty acids intake status was determined by 3-day food record method. Blood sample were collected from 30 subjects in each group and blood fatty acid composition and immune parameters were analysed. AD patients consumed less PUFA and their n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio was higher than that of HC. Both the ratios of PUFA and MUFA were positively correlated with SCORAD in AD patients (p < 0.05). In the AD patients, there were abnormalities in the fatty acid composition of the RBC and WBC, SFA being significantly high and most n-3 PUFA being significantly low. Moreover, both the ratios of EPA and DHA in WBC were negatively correlated with dietary n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio in AD patients (p < 0.05). Serum total IgE and IL-4 levels of AD patients increased significantly compared with the levels of HC (p < 0.01). Ratios of monocyte and eosinophil in WBC of AD patients increased significantly compared with the levels of HC including total WBC count (p < 0.01), and ratios of Iymphocyte and basophil in WBC of AD patients decreased significantly compared with the levels of HC (p < 0.05). Moreover, the ratios of eosinophil in WBC were positively correlated with dietary P/M ratio (p < 0.05), and the ratios of monocyte in WBC were positively correlated with n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio (p < 0.05) in AD patients. This results indicated that AD patients had significantly high intake of dietary n-6/n-3 PUFA compared with HC. Imbalance of intake of dietary fatty acids affected fatty acid compositions in the RBC and WBC, and these lead to immune imbalance and grow worse of AD.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2002

The Allium tuberosum is a perennial herb. From the ancient times, it has been used for food or medical purpose. Allium tuberosum is widely distributed in Korea, China, Japan and other countries. As herbal medicine, the Allium tuberosum has medical effects on lumbago, sthenia, diuresis, nocturia, hematemesis, anemia, haemorrhoid, hiccups, diarrhea, eczema, sunstroke, pollution and so on. Recently, the Allium tuberosum has been studied on its components, anti-microorganism action, anti-fungal action, anti-arteriosclerosis action, anti-cancer action. However, there has not been any study on hematological effect of allium tuberosum extract on the blood in large dogs whereas the effects of excess garlic and onion on the blood of cattle, horses, dogs, cats and sheep has been reported by many researchers. Thus, this study was performed to observe the hematological effect of excessive Allium tuberosum extract administrated in large dogs. 1. The Red Blood Cell(R3C) count was significantly decreased(p<0.05), Packed Cell Volume (PCV) count were significantly decreased(P<0.05), and Reticulocyte count was significantly increased(p<0.05) 2. The White Blood Cell(WBC) count was significantly increased(p<0.05).3. The Hemoglobin concentration was significantly decreased(p<0.05) and Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) was increased. and Mean Corpuscular Volume(MCV) was significantly increased.(p<0.05). 4. The Reduced glutathione(GSH) and Met-Hemoglobin were significantly increased (p<0.05).

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2014

Objectives: The study aimed to determine changes in laboratory data for cancer patients receiving Korean medicine (KM) care, with a focus on patients' functional status, cancer-coagulation factors and cancer immunity. Methods: We conducted an observational study of various cancer patients in all stages admitted to the East-West Cancer Center (EWCC), Dunsan Korean Hospital of Daejeon University, from Mar. 2011 to Aug. 2011. All patients were under the center's multi-modality Korean-medicine-based inpatient cancer care program. The hospitalization stay at EWCC ranged from 9 to 34 days. A total of 80 patients were followed in their routine hematologic laboratory screenings performed before and after hospitalization. Patients were divided into three groups depending on the status of their treatment: prevention of recurrence and metastasis group, KM treatment only group, and combination of conventional and KM treatment group. The lab reports included natural killer cell count (CD16 + CD56), fibrinogen, white blood cell (WBC), lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophil, red blood cell (RBC), hemoglobin, platelet, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status. Results: With a Focus on patients' functional status, cancer-coagulation factors and cancer immunity, emphasis was placed on the NK cell count, fibrinogen count, and ECOG scores. Data generally revealed decreased fibrinogen count, fluctuating NK cell count and decreased ECOG, meaning improved performance status in all groups. The KM treatment only group showed the largest decrease in mean fibrinogen count and the largest increase in mean NK cell count. However, the group's ECOG score showed the smallest decrease, which may be due to the concentration of late-cancer-stage patients in that particular group. Conclusions: Multi-modality KM inpatient care may have positive effect on lowering the cancer coagulation factor fibrinogen, but its correlation with the change in the NK cell count is not clear.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.142-149
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• 2009

목 적: 6개월 미만의 열이 있는 영아에서 세균성 감염을 진단하는 데 있어서 C-반응 단백질(CRP), 전백혈구 수치(WBC)와 비교하여 혈청 procalcitonin (PCT)가 진단적 가치가 있는지 알아보고자 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 전향적인 연구방법을 채택해 2008년 7월부터 9월까지 분당차병원 소아청소년과에 발열을 주소로 내원한 6개월 미만의 영아를 대상으로 하였다. 내원 당시 체온, 흉부방사선 검사, 뇨분석검사 및 배양검사와 함께 말초 혈액에서 WBC를 포함한 전혈구 검사, CRP, PCT, 혈액배양검사를 진행하였고, 임상 증상과 이학적 검사에 따라서 대변검사와 복부방사선 검사, 수막염 진단을 위한 뇌척수액 검사도 진행하였다. 결 과: 총 71명의 영아가 연구에 포함되었고 이 중에서 26명(36.6%)이 요로감염을 진단받았으며, 22명(31.0%)이 바이러스성 수막염을 진단받았다. 다른 질환으로는 급성 인두염과 포진성 구협염이 각각 1명씩 진단되었고, 상부 호흡기 감염증 7명, 급성 세기관지염 8명, 급성 위장관염 4명, 균혈증 2명이 진단되었다. 요로감염군과 바이러스성 수막염군을 비교했을때, WBC와 CRP수치는 요로감염군에서 통계적으로 유의하게 더 높은 수치를 보였으나, PCT수치는 두 군 사이에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. ROC 곡선 분석에 의해 산출한 곡선 아래 면적은 WBC 0.792 (95% CI, 0.65-0.896), CRP 0.77 (95% CI, 0.626-0.879), PCT 0.568 (95% CI, 0.417-0.710)로 측정되었으며, 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석에 의해 WBC가 11,920/${\mu}L$보다 큰 경우와 CRP가 1.06g/dL보다 큰 경우는 요로감염을 진단하는 데 있어서 진단적 가치가 있음을 확인하였다. 결 론: 6개월 미만의 발열을 주소로 내원한 영아에서 세균성 감염을 예측하기 위한 인자로서 혈청 PCT수치에 대한 연구가 부족하고 진단적 기준 역시 명확하지 않으므로 단독으로 해석함에 있어서 주의를 기울여야 한다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.539-544
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• 2017

Background We conducted this study to identify factors that may prolong the length of the hospital stay (LHS) in patients with diabetic foot (DF) in a single-institution setting. Methods In this single-center retrospective study, we evaluated a total of 164 patients with DF, and conducted an intergroup comparison of their baseline demographic and clinical characteristics, including sex, age, duration of diabetes, smoking status, body mass index, underlying comorbidities (e.g., hypertension or diabetic nephropathy), wound characteristics, type of surgery, the total medical cost, white blood cell (WBC) count, C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and albumin, protein, glycated hemoglobin, and 7-day mean blood glucose (BG) levels. Results Pearson correlation analysis showed that an LHS of >5 weeks had a significant positive correlation with the severity of the wound (r=0.647), WBC count (r=0.571), CRP levels (r=0.390), DN (r=0.020), and 7-day mean BG levels (r=0.120) (P<0.05). In multiple regression analysis, an LHS of >5 weeks had a significant positive correlation with the severity of the wound (odds ratio [OR]=3.297; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.324-10.483; P=0.020), WBC count (OR=1.423; 95% CI, 0.046.0-356; P=0.000), CRP levels (OR=1.079; 95% CI, 1.015-1.147; P=0.014), albumin levels (OR=0.263; 95% CI, 0.113.3-673; P=0.007), and 7-day mean BG levels (OR=1.018; 95% CI, 1.001-1.035; P=0.020). Conclusions Surgeons should consider the factors associated with a prolonged LHS in the early management of patients with DF. Moreover, this should also be accompanied by a multidisciplinary approach to reducing the LHS.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2022

프로칼시토닌(procalcitonin, PCT)은 세균성과 바이러스성의 감염을 구별하기 위한 과학적 근거와 진단상의 중요한 단서를 제공한다. 프로칼시토닌이 높은 환자의 임상적 특성과 예후를 조사하고 임상적 진단을 향상시키고자 한다. 프로칼시토닌이 일반적인 집단에서 패혈증의 유병률과 연관성이 있는지를 결정한다. 이에 본 연구는 1년 동안 프로칼시토닌을 검사한 외래 환자(127명)의 C-반응성단백과 혈구산정검사의 결과를 기반으로 후향적 조사연구이다. 분석에 사용된 데이터는 프로칼시토닌, C-반응 단백 그리고 혈구산정검사이다. PCT의 결과가 높은 군의 CRP와 WBC의 양성율은 정상군보다 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 프로칼시토닌 수준의 특이성과 민감도는 C-반응단백과 백혈구 수준보다 높게 나타났다(P<0.05). 또한. 프로칼시토닌의 결과값을 삼분위한 그룹의 분석에서는 낮은 군과 중간군의 값에 비해 높은 군의 값이 평균보다 높은 것으로 나타났다(P<.001). 상관분석에서는 프로칼시토닌은 C-반응단백, 백혈구(호중구, 림프구 포함)에서 양의 상관성을 보였다(P<.001). 이 연구의 주된 발견은 높은 프로칼시토닌은 C-반응성단백, 백혈구들의 수준에서 높은 연관성을 보이며 진단적 가치를 확인하였다. 따라서 이러한 관련 인자들은 환자의 감염진단과 항생제 치료에 중요한 진단적 및 치료적 영향을 미칠 것으로 사료된다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2005

목 적 : 다양한 감염성 질환에서 CRP, 백혈구 수 및 중성구 분획의 차이를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법: 1996년 1월부터 2001년 12월까지 가톨릭대학교 대전성모병원에 입원한 환아 중 세균성 질환인 세균성 수막염(19명)과 급성 신우신염(55명), 대표적인 바이러스 질환인 홍역(274명), 수두(38명), 마이코플라즈마 질환인 마이코플라즈마 폐렴(160명), 리케치아 질환인 쯔쯔가무시병(39명) 및 감염이 원인으로 여겨지는 가와사끼병(152명)으로 입원한 환아들을 대상으로 의무 기록지를 후향적으로 조사 분석하였다. 결 과 : CRP 값은 세균성 수막염($17.9{\pm}6.4mg/dL$), 가와사끼병($9.1{\pm}5.6mg/dL$), 급성 신우신염($8.1{\pm}3.3mg/dL$) 순으로 높았다. 마이코플라즈마 폐렴과 쯔쯔가무시병(타세균성 질환)이 $3.2{\pm}2.5mg/dL$, 홍역 및 수두의 바이러스성 질환에서는 $1.0{\pm}0.8mg/dL$를 보였다. 백혈구 수 및 중성구 분획에서도 세균성 질환들과 타세균성 질환 및 바이러스성 질환에서 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. 가와사끼병의 경우 세균성 질환과 유사한 결과를 보였다. 세균성 질환 및 가와사끼병에서 CRP 값과 백혈구 수 및 호중구 분획 사이에 상관관계가 있었다(P<0.01). 결 론 : 다양한 감염 질환에서 평균 CRP 값과 백혈구 수 및 중성구 분획은 병원체에 따라 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. 하나의 감염성 질환에서 백혈구 수와 중성구 분획은 연령에 따라 차이를 보였으며, 세균성 질환에서 CRP 값과 호중구 수와는 서로 연관이 있었다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the changes in hematologic indices after plateletpheresis and to identify the preapheresis platelet count and clinical factors (age, gender, height, and weight) that showed some influence on the percentage of platelet decrement, yield and efficiency. Plateletpheresis was performed on 101 healthy donors in Bundang CHA general hospital. The data was analyzed using the SAS program with t-test, ANOVA test and Multiple regression. The mean percentage decrease after plateletpheresis was 2.0% in hemoglobin, 1.8% in hematocrit, and 29.7% in the platelet count, while a WBC count showed an increase of 2.6%. The mean percentage decrease of hemoglobin and hematocrit were 1.7% and 1.4%, in males and 3.6% and 3.7% in females, respectively. Particularly the percentage decrease of platelet count was significantly higher in females (40.0%) than in males (27.2%). The platelet decrementage and yield were significantly higher in females, but the efficiency did not differ significantly between males and females. The yield showed the lowest levels in subjects who were 40 years old or over but the platelet decrement and efficiency did not change according to age. The platelet decrement increased as height and weight increased. Also, the platelet decrement and yield increased as the initial platelet counts increased, but the efficiency did not. From multiple regression analysis, the platelet decrement was associated with gender, weight, and initial platelet count. The yield was related to the initial platelet count, but the efficiency was not related to gender, age, weight, height or initial platelet counts. This study has a limitation of the generality of the study results since this study was conducted only in a single university hospital. Further study would be necessary to find out a subpopulation that is sensitive to the hematologic change after plateletpheresis, and to determine the standard criteria for blood donation based on the subpopulation.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 1987

전복부조사에 대한 X-선의 영향을 체중과 말초혈액 변화를 분석하여 적정 분할회수 및 치료기간설정에 응용하기 위하여 도합 160마리의 백색마우스를 두개의 조사군으로 나누어 제1군은 100cGy과, 제2군은 200cGy으로 나누고 일령이 $30{\pm}3$일로서 체중은 수컷이 $25{\pm}2gm$, 암컷은 $23{\pm}1gm$의 동수를 재료로 하여 방사선조사를 시행한 후, 체중의 변화와 말초혈액 변화를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 체중과 혈색소의 변화는 성별이나 분할조사량에 따른 현저한 차이를 발견할 수 없었다. 백혈구의 감소는 3,000cGy에서 최소치를 나타내었으며 암, 수 모두에서 100cGy군에 비해 200cGy군에서 현저하였다. 감별백혈구의 변화는 조사선량이 증가함에 따라 암, 수 모두에서 임파구의 감소가 급격하였으나 호중구는 이와 반대로 증가함을 보였으며 이런 변화는 일회 조사량이 더 많은 제1군에서 현저하였다. 위의 결과를 종합하여 보면 방사선조사 자체로 인한 체중과 혈색소의 변화는 일회조사량이나 총 조사기간에 따른 차이를 발견할 수 없었으며 일회조사량이 많은 경우에 백혈구의 감소가 더 현저하였으며 이는 주로 임파구의 감소에 기인하며 이와는 반대로 호중구의 비율증가가 나타났다. 실험적으로 분할조사량의 선정에 말초혈액상에 미치는 영향이 큼을 보여주어 실제 치료에서 분할조사량의 올바른 책정이 중요함을 시사하였다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.69-73
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• 2016

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and laboratory features of infants with roseola infantum due to human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) infection and those with urinary tract infection (UTI). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of children who were hospitalized at Cheil General Hospital and Women's Health Care Center, College of Medicine, Dankook University, and diagnosed as having HHV6 infection or UTI. Results: Among the infants admitted between September 2014 and May 2016, 92 (male, 45 and female, 47) were included in the study and divided into a HHV6 infection group (n=50) and a UTI group (n=42). The relative risk of UTI compared with that of HHV6 infection increased with pyuria (P<0.001), increased with leukocytosis (mean white blood cell [WBC] count, $15,048{\pm}5,756/mm^3$ vs $87,916{\pm}54,056/mm^3$; P<0.001), increased with C-reactive protein (CRP) level ($4.89{\pm}4.85 mg/dL$ vs $1.04{\pm}1.76mg/dL$; P<0.001), and younger age ($6.3{\pm}3.2months$ vs $18.3{\pm}12.6months$; P<0.001). The relative risk of HHV6 infection compared with that of UTI increased with fever duration ($4.3{\pm}1.7days$ vs $2.8{\pm}1.7days$; P<0.001) and decreased with platelet (PLT) count ($373{\pm}94{\times}10^3/mm^3$ vs $229{\pm}90{\times}10^3/mm^3$; P<0.001). No significant differences were found between the HHV6 groups according to the presence or absence of pyuria. Conclusion: Pyuria, age, fever duration, WBC count, CRP level, and PLT count were the differentiating factors of HHV6 infection from UTI. However, sterile pyuria can occur in children with HHV6 infection. In the presence of pyuria, CRP level and PLT count were the strong predictors of UTI compared with HHV6.