• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.110-114
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• 2007

목적: 전투 경찰에게서 과도한 신체 활동 후 발생한 횡문근 융해증의 임상 양상 및 치료에 대해 알아 보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2004년 6월 1 일부터 2005년 5월 23일까지 운동이나 훈련 후 발생한 근육통 및 근육종창을 주소로 본원을 방문한 전투 경찰 중에서 횡문근 융해증이 의심되어 입원한 13명의 환자를 대상으로 혈액검사(CPK, CK-MB, AST BUN/Cr, Electrolyte) 및 임상 경과를 관찰하였다. 이 들은 모두 남자였고, 평균 연령은 20세 ($19\sim21$세) 였다. 발병 원인으로는 팔굽혀펴기 후 발생한 것이 7례, 축구 경기 후 발생한 것이 5례, 시위 진압 후 발생한 것이 1례였다. 이 학적 소견상 다양한 신체 부위에 종창 및 압통을 호소하였는데 전완부에 발생한 경우가 4례, 상완부가 3례, 견갑부가 1례, 하지가 5례였다. 횡문근 융해증의 진단기준은 내원 당시 임상증상과 함께 혈중 CPK가 1,000 IU/L이상인 경우로 하였고 약물 복용력이나 내과적 질환이 있는 경우는 대상에서 제외하였다. 모든 환자에서 99mTc-MDP 20mCi를 정맥주사 후 4시간에 bone scan을 시행하였다. 치료는 침상 안정가료 및 수액요법을 시행하였고 동통을 심하게 호소하는 환자에게는 부목고정을 실시 하였다. 결과: 전체 입원환자 13명의 평균 재원 기간은 20일 (14일$\sim$42일)이었고 내원 당시 급성신부전을 보인 1례를 제외하고는 수액 요법 및 휴식을 시행한지 평균 8일 (2일$\sim$11일) 후 혈액학적으로 CPK가 1000이 하로 감소되었으며 임상적으로도 뚜렷한 회복을 보였다. 급성신부전을 보인 1례에서는 혈액투석 및 수액요법을 시행 한 후 회복되었다. 결론: 심한 운동이나 훈련 후 부종 및 근육통을 호소하는 환자에서 운동 유발 횡문근 융해증을 의심하여 조기에 혈액검사 및 수액 치료를 시행하는 것이 중요하다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권10호
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• pp.1019-1023
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• 2003

목 적 : 가와사끼병 환아에서 면역글로불린을 조기 투여하였을 때 치료 실패의 빈도와 관상 동맥의 합병증이 증가하는 지를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2001년 1월부터 2002년 6월 사이에 이화의대 목동병원 소아과에서 가와사끼병으로 치료받은 환아 87명의 입원 및 외래 기록을 후향적으로 조사하였다. 면역글로불린을 발열 4일 이전에 투여받은 환아를 조기투여군(34명), 발열 5일 이후에 투여 받은 환아를 대조군(53명)으로 하였다. 두 군간의 임상양상, 혈액 검사, 발열기간, 치료 및 관상 동맥 합병증을 비교 조사하였다. 결 과 : 1) 두 군간의 인구학적 특징의 차이는 없었다(P>0.05). 2) 총 발열기간은 조기 투여군과 대조군이 각각 $4.8{\pm}2.5$일과 $7.4{\pm}3.0$일로 조기 투여군에서 유의하게 짧았다(P<0.05). 면역글로불린 투여 후 발열 기간과 입원기간은 두 군에서 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(P>0.05). 3) 혈색소, 백혈구수, 혈소판수, 혈침속도, CRP, AST, ALT, 알부민은 두 군간에 유의한 차이가 없었다(P>0.05). 4) 면역글로불린 재투여 빈도는 조기 투여군과 대조군에서 각각 11.8%와 5.7%로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(P>0.05). 5) 관상 동맥 합병증은 조기 투여군에서 11.7%와 대조군에서 18.9%로 유의한 차이가 없었다(P>0.05). 6) 가와사끼병의 재발은 각각 3%와 2%로 두 군간에 유의한 차이가 없었다(P>0.05). 결 론 : 가와사끼병에서 면역글로불린 조기투여는 총 발열기간을 감소시키고, 면역글로불린 치료 실패율과 관상 동맥류 발생을 증가시키지 않았다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2009

Objectives: Herniated Intervertebral Disk(HIVD) of L-spine is one of the most common diseases that cause back pain and radiating pain. The aim of this study is to find out if the acupuncture therapy combined with Soyeom Pharmacopuncture therapy can improve the symptoms of the patients suffering from the disease more effectively than the acupuncture only therapy. Methods: We separated 30 patients into two groups. Group A was treated with the acupuncture only therapy, and Group B was treated with Soyeom Pharmacopuncture therapy in addition to the acupuncture therapy. We have observed patients for 7 days. We checked the Visual Analog Scale(VAS) for 4 times and did Straight Leg Raising Test(SLRT) twice. Results: 1. For 7 days from the admission day, the VAS score has been decreased significantly in both Group A and Group B. 2. For 7 days from the admission day, the VAS score of Group B has been appeared signifi cantly lower than that of Group A, so that we can know that patients in Group B has more rapidly improved than patients in Group A 3. From the admission day to the 3rd hospital day, the improvement index of VAS scroe of Group B has appeared significantly higher than that of Group A, but after 5th hospital day, there was no significance between the improvement index of VAS score of Group A and that of Group B. 4. For 7 days from the admission day, the SLRT(degree) has been improved significantly in both Group A and B, but there was no significance between the SLRT(degree) of Group A and that of Group B. Conclusion: We can use Soyeom Pharmacopuncture therapy with acupuncture therapy to make the patients suffering from back pain and radiating pain improve more rapidly.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.667-672
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• 2014

While imported falciparum malaria has been increasingly reported in recent years in Korea, clinicians have difficulties in making a clinical diagnosis as well as in having accessibility to effective anti-malarial agents. Here we describe an unusual case of imported falciparum malaria with severe hemolytic anemia lasting over 2 weeks, clinically mimicking a coinfection with babesiosis. A 48-year old Korean man was diagnosed with severe falciparum malaria in France after traveling to the Republic of Benin, West Africa. He received a 1-day course of intravenous artesunate and a 7-day course of Malarone (atovaquone/proguanil) with supportive hemodialysis. Coming back to Korea 5 days after discharge, he was readmitted due to recurrent fever, and further treated with Malarone for 3 days. Both the peripheral blood smears and PCR test were positive for Plasmodium falciparum. However, he had prolonged severe hemolytic anemia (Hb 5.6 g/dl). Therefore, 10 days after the hospitalization, Babesia was considered to be potentially coinfected. A 7-day course of Malarone and azithromycin was empirically started. He became afebrile within 3 days of this babesiosis treatment, and hemolytic anemia profiles began to improve at the completion of the treatment. He has remained stable since his discharge. Unexpectedly, the PCR assays failed to detect DNA of Babesia spp. from blood. In addition, during the retrospective review of the case, the artesunate-induced delayed hemolytic anemia was considered as an alternative cause of the unexplained hemolytic anemia.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.77-80
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• 2007

Purpose: Purpura fulminans is a rare but rapidly progressive, serious, often life-threatening disorder in childhood, which is complicated with septic shock or disseminated intravascular coagulopathy during acute infection. It occurs first as acute-onset petechial rash, and spreads rapidly into full thickness skin and soft tissue necrosis. In the past, it had high mortality rate, up to 80%, but recently, survival rate has increased due to early diagnosis, and rapid advancement of critical care and antibiotics. From our experiences of PF management, we would like to review the pathophysiology and suggest the surgical treatment guideline about meningococcal induced purpura fulminans. Methods: Two cases of purpura fulminans over the last 3 years were reviewed retrospectively about reconstructive management. After they were treated resuscitative management initially by the critical intensive care, reconstructive surgery was performed by plastic surgeon as soon as the patients were vitally and mentally stable. Results: There were 6 procedures in case 1, and 3 procedures in case 2. The mean delayed period from admission with sepsis to the first surgical debridement was 24 days and 42 days, respectively. Total hospitalization period was 103 days and 69 days, respectively. All of them were treated with debridement and split thickness skin graft, but delayed debridement was superior to early one in the point of preserving much more tissues. Conclusion: From our experience, we suggest that conservative therapy to the wounds appears to be the best tool in the initial vitally unstable period in order to preserve as much tissues and functions as possible if no active inflammation and compartment syndrome are detective.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.21-25
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• 2003

농흉의 치료에서 흉막박피술 또는 괴사조직 절제에 비디오 흉강경을 사용한 수술(VATS)이 유용한 치료로서 제시되고 있지만 아직은 검증이 필요한 단계이나. 농흉의 시기에 관계없이 시행한 농흥의 흉강경적 치료에 대한 우리의 수술방법과 경험을 보고하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 흉강내 감염을 보이는 40명의 환자에서 흉막박피술과 괴사조직 절제에 비디 흉강경을 사용한 수술을 내시경 세이버(endoscopic shaver system)로 시행하였다 수술전후 결과에 대한 후향적 연구를 시행하였고 이 수술방법의 효과를 평가하였다. 결과. 감염된 흉막액의 배출과 흉박피술 비디 흉강경을 사용한 수술은 40명중 35명에서 성공적으로 시행되었다. 전원 되기 전 술전 증상의 평츈 기간은 23$\pm$1.8일 이었고, 수술을 위해 전과되기 전의 평균 입원기간은 13.5$\pm$1.5일이었다. 실혈량은 200dp서 250 mL 이었다. 흉관 배액은 5$\pm$3일간 필요하였고, 수술후 입원은 5$\pm$0.7 일이었다. 수술사망율은 없었다. 결론 : 비디오 흉강경을 이용한 감염된 흉막액을 배농하고 박피술을 시행하는 것은 섬유성 화농성기의 농흉을 치료하는데 있어 효과적인 치료방법 중의 하나이며, 만성기농흉의 기질화된 유착 때문에 가금 개흉술을 통한 박피술이 필요할 때도 있지만, 이러한 유착자체가 비디오 흉강경을 이용한 배농술과 박피술의 절대적 금기는 아닌 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2014

Background: It is known to reduce the mortality when glutamine is supplied to patients during the surgery or in intensive care unit through intravenous nutrition supply. The purpose of this study is to establish the appropriate basis for use of glutamine and guidelines of nutrition supply for critically ill patients in the hospital by examining the clinical effects of administration of glutamine with subjects of elderly critically ill patients receiving intravenous nutrition in one hospital in Korea. Method: Among elderly patients with age of 60 or more hospitalized in Yeuido St. Mary's Hospital from August 2012 to July 2013, those who stayed in the intensive care unit for more than a week and received TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition) for more than 3 days during staying in the intensive care unit were classified to a test group using glutamine and a control group without glutamine. Duration of use of mechanical ventilator, duration of hospitalization, occurrence of infectious disease and death were compared between two groups. We would like to identify the clinical test figures affected by the use of glutamine by examining changes in SCr, Total Protein, Albumin, AST, ALT, TB, DB and GFR at the time of admission and discharge. Results: At the time of admission to intensive care unit, gender, physical measurement information and clinical test figures did not show any significant difference between 72 subjects in a test group and 24 subjects in a control group. Thus, two groups began in the same condition. There were no significant difference in duration of hospitalization, duration of intensive care unit, use of mechanical ventilator, occurrence of infectious disease and death. As the results of statistical analysis of the average changes of clinical test figures at the time of admission and discharge of intensive care unit, SCr and GFR were significantly changed in the test group. GFR was significantly changed in a control group. As the result of analysis of the clinical test figures at the time of discharge with reflection of average changes after clinical test figures were corrected at the time of admission of intensive care unit, TB and GFR were significantly increased in a test group compared with those in a control group. Other clinical test figures were not significantly changed. Conclusion: If glutamine is administered to critically ill patients over age 60 receiving TPN and careful monitoring for total bilirubin is made in the future, it is expected to give the positive effect on renal function andminimize the side effect of arise in total bilirubin.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.5095-5099
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• 2015

Background: The statistical methods to analyze and predict the related dangerous factors of deep fungal infection in lung cancer patients were several, such as logic regression analysis, meta-analysis, multivariate Cox proportional hazards model analysis, retrospective analysis, and so on, but the results are inconsistent. Materials and Methods: A total of 696 patients with lung cancer were enrolled. The factors were compared employing Student's t-test or the Mann-Whitney test or the Chi-square test and variables that were significantly related to the presence of deep fungal infection selected as candidates for input into the final artificial neural network analysis (ANN) model. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and area under curve (AUC) were used to evaluate the performance of the artificial neural network (ANN) model and logistic regression (LR) model. Results: The prevalence of deep fungal infection from lung cancer in this entire study population was 32.04%(223/696), deep fungal infections occur in sputum specimens 44.05%(200/454). The ratio of candida albicans was 86.99% (194/223) in the total fungi. It was demonstrated that older (${\geq}65$ years), use of antibiotics, low serum albumin concentrations (${\leq}37.18g/L$), radiotherapy, surgery, low hemoglobin hyperlipidemia (${\leq}93.67g/L$), long time of hospitalization (${\geq}14$days) were apt to deep fungal infection and the ANN model consisted of the seven factors. The AUC of ANN model($0.829{\pm}0.019$)was higher than that of LR model ($0.756{\pm}0.021$). Conclusions: The artificial neural network model with variables consisting of age, use of antibiotics, serum albumin concentrations, received radiotherapy, received surgery, hemoglobin, time of hospitalization should be useful for predicting the deep fungal infection in lung cancer.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제69권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2010

Background: Data comparing the clinical characteristics and outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP-COPD) and acute exacerbation (AECOPD) are very limited. Methods: Eighty episodes of hospitalization in 65 CAP-COPD patients, and 111 episodes of hospitalization in 82 AE-COPD patients were included in this study. The baseline characteristics, clinical presentations, potential bacterial pathogens and clinical outcomes in these patients were retrospectively reviewed and compared. Results: No significant differences were found between the two groups in parameters related to COPD and co-morbidities, except a higher rate of male among CAP-COPD patients. Clinical presentations by symptoms and laboratory findings on admission were significantly more severe in CAP-COPD patients, who showed higher rates of fever and crepitation, but less wheezing than AE-COPD patients. S. pneumoniae and P. aeruginosae were the most common bacterial pathogens in both groups. With no difference in the overall hospital mortality between both groups, the mean length of hospital stay was significantly longer in the CAP-COPD patients than in AE-COPD patients (15.3 vs. 9.8 days, respectively, p<0.01). Additional analysis on CAP-COPD patients showed that systemic steroid use did not influence the length of hospital stay. Conclusion: Although there was no significant difference in bacterial pathogens and overall hospital mortality between the two groups, CAP-COPD patients had more severe clinical symptoms and laboratory findings at presentation, and longer hospital stay than AE-COPD patients.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.103-116
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• 2016

Objectives : This study was performed to assess the effectiveness of conservative Korean traditional medical treatment on lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in 12 adolescents. Methods : Data were collected from adolescent patients diagnosed with lumbar intervertebral herniation by MRI, hospitalized at Jaseng Korean Medicine Hospital from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015. A total of 12 patients were included in the study. Patients were treated by acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, electroacupuncture, herbal medicine, chuna manual therapy, physical therapy during hospitalization period. To measure treatment outcomes, a verbal numerical rating scale (VNRS), Oswestry disability index (ODI), range of motion (ROM), Straight leg raising test (SLR), and EQ-5D were used. Results : The average age of the participants was $16.05{\pm}1.62$. The average of duration of symptom was $19.25{\pm}26.83(weeks)$ and the average length of hospitalization was $23.8{\pm}16.4(days)$. 2 patients (17 %) suffered from only lumbar pain, while 10 patients (83 %) suffered from lumbar and leg pain. No participant suffered from only leg pain. 8 patients (67 %) were diagnosed with disc herniation in one segment, and 4 patients (33 %) were diagnosed with disc herniation in multiple segments. A total of 17 disc segments (28 %) were herniated. The most herniated lumbar level was L4-5. 3 segments were diagnosed with bulging (17 %), 6 with protrusion (35 %), and 8 with extrusion (47 %). Extrusion was the most frequent herniated type. After treatment, the average VNRS of lumbar pain significantly decreased from $5.58{\pm}1.62$ to $2.91{\pm}1.56$ (p<0.001) and the average VNRS of leg pain significantly decreased from $5.16{\pm}2.51$ to $3.08{\pm}1.8$ (p<0.001). ODI significantly decreased from $48.87{\pm}18.72$ to $28.57{\pm}15.05$ (p<0.05), and EQ-5D significantly increased $0.58{\pm}0.31$ to $0.80{\pm}0.12$ (p<0.05). Range of flexion significantly improved from $61.25{\pm}32.62$ to $68.33{\pm}26.22$ (p<0.05). Conclusion : Conservative Korean Traditional Medical Treatment may be effective in the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in adolescence. However, more case reports and clinical research are needed.