• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제81권4호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2018

Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a standard procedure to evaluate suspicious lymph node involvement of lung cancer because computed tomography (CT) and $^{18}F$-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT) have limitations in their sensitivity and specificity. There are a number of benign causes of false positive lymph node such as anthracosis or anthracofibrosis, pneumoconiosis, old or active tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease, and other infectious conditions including pneumonia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate possible causes of false positive lymph node detected in chest CT or PET-CT. Methods: Two hundred forty-seven patients who were initially diagnosed with lung cancer between May 2009 and December 2012, and underwent EBUS-TBNA to confirm suspicious lymph node involvement by chest CT or PET-CT were analyzed for the study. Results: Of 247 cases, EBUS-TBNA confirmed malignancy in at least one lymph node in 189. The remaining 58 patients whose EBUS-TBNA results were negative were analyzed. Age ${\geq}65$, squamous cell carcinoma as the histologic type, and pneumoconiosis were related with false-positive lymph node involvement on imaging studies such as chest CT and PET-CT. Conclusion: These findings suggest that lung cancer staging should be done more carefully when a patient has clinically benign lymph node characteristics including older age, squamous cell carcinoma, and benign lung conditions.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.50-66
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• 1998

This study was conducted to estimate crystalline silica contents in airborne respirable dust from various manufacturing industries and to compare analytical performance of two methods of quantifying crystalline silica, X-ray diffraction(XRD) and Fourie transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). For this study, various manufacturing industries with a history of having pneumoconiosis cases and also known to generate dusts containing crystalline silica were investigated. These industries include: foundry, brick, potteries, concrete, and abrasive material, etc. Both personal and area respirable dust samples were collected using 10 mm, Dorr-Oliver nylon cyclone equipped with 37mm, $5{\mu}m$ pore size, polyvinylchloride (PVC) filters as collection media. In addition, total dust samples were collected side-by-side to the respirable samples. All samples were weighed before and after sampling and were pretreated according to the NIOSH sampling and analytical methods 0500, 7500, and 7602 for dust collection and quartz analysis. In addition, bulk samples were collected and analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for minerals. In this article, only the results obtained from foundry are reported. The results from various other industries will be published in future articles. The respirable dust concentrations from personal samples by cyclone were $0.46-1.06mg/m^3$ and those from area samples were $0.34-0.73mg/m^3$. Dust concentrations of personal samples were significantly higher than those of area samples. The highest dust concentration was obtained from the personal samples of the finishing operation. Total dust concentration ranged $1.24-3.40mg/m^3$. The mean quartz contents estimated by FTIR and XRD in the personal respirable dust samples were 5.12% and 4.41%, respectively, without significant difference between them. For quartz analyses, the two techniques were highly correlated with $r^2$ ranged 0.803-0.920. But the results by FTIR were mostly higher than those by XRD. In addition, cristobalite was not detected by FTIR. Significant correlations between contents of crystalline silica and such minerals as $Al_2O_3$, CaO, $TiO_2$, and $K_2O$ suggest possible interferences from these minerals.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.381-387
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• 1999

목적: 직업성 질병은 원인 규명과 함께 병의 진행정도를 정확히 평가하는 것이 중요하여 ILO에서 흉부 X-선 소견을 기준으로 국제표준화를 시행하여 왔으나 사진의 질에 영향을 받을 수 있고, 초기 병변을 발견하기에는 어려움이 많다. 본 연구자들은 Ga-67의 섭취정도를 규폐증의 진행 정도를 나타내는 지표로 이용하기 위하여 폐기능검사 및 흉부 X-선 소견에 의한 임상적 병기 분류와의 상관관계를 보고자하였다. 대상 및 방법: 25명의 규폐증 환자를 대상으로 Ga-67 신티그라피를 분석하였으며 10명의 정상인을 대조군으로 하였다. 검사방법은 Ga-67 citrate, 5 mCi를 정맥 주사한 후 48시간 후 전신 스캔 및 흉부, 복부 스캔 영상을 얻어 후면상에서 간과 폐병변의 최대 섭취 부위의 관심영역을 설정하여 픽셀당 방사능 섭취 정도의 비를 구하여 임상적 병기 분류와의 상관관계를 비교 분석하였다. 결과: L/L Ratio 값은 정상군 0형(n=10): $0.3948{\pm}.0692$0, 1형(n=10): $0.5763{\pm}$0.1837, 2형(n= 11): $0.6849{\pm}0.1459$, 3형(n=4): $0.9913{\pm}0.0712$였으며 흉부 X-선의 분류형과 서로 유의한 상관관계를 보였다(r=0.618, p<0.05). 그러나 L/L Ratio 값과 폐기능검사 지표와는 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 결론: 저자들의 연구에 따르면 규폐증의 진행과정을 평가하여 환자의 병기를 결정하는 데 Ga-67 신티그라피의 정량적인 분석이 도움을 주었다. 그러나 폐기능과는 상관관계가 없어 폐기능을 평가하는 지표가 되지 못하였다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.109-119
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• 1989

1988년 9월부터 1989년 4월 까지 문경병원에서 탄광부 진폐증으로 진단받고 입원 중인 환자 75명과 정상대조군 100명을 대상으로 영남대학병원 임상병리과에서 실시하고 있는 $ACEcolor^{(R)}$ 법에 의한 혈중 ACE치를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 정상대조군의 혈중 ACE치(평균${\pm}$표준편차)는 남녀 각각 $13.6{\pm}3.3U/L$. $13.2{\pm}4.3U/L$이었으며, 성별 및 연령별 차이는 없었으며, 정상대조군 전체의 결과는 $13.4{\pm}3.9U/L$로 나타나 참고범위는 4.6-21.8U/L로 나타났다. 2. 용수법으로 시행한 $ACEcolor^{(R)}$ 법의 일내변이는 5.6% 이하, 일간변이는 6.5% 이하로 나타나 비교적 안정된 분석치를 나타냈다. 3. 탄광부 진폐증 환자군의 혈중 ACE치 (평균${\pm}$표준편차)는 $20.3{\pm}5.7U/L$로서 정상 대조군보다 유의한 상승을 나타냈다(P<0.01). 혈중 ACE치의 분석은 탄광부 진폐증 환자의 경과 관찰이나 진단방법의 일환으로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료되는 바, 향후 이 방면의 추적 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.306-313
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• 2007

The welding fume has been implicated as a causal agent in respiratory disease such as pneumoconiosis. The molecular mechanism by which welding fume induces toxicity in the lung is still unknown, but studies have focused on histological structure and indirect approach measuring the pulmonary damage markers. In the present study, gene expression profiles were analyzed in the lung of rats exposed by manual metal-arc stainless-steel (MMA-SS) welding fume for 30 days using Affymetrix GeneChip$^{(R)}$. Totally, 379 genes were identified as being either up- or down-regulated over 2-fold changes (P<0.01) in the lung of low- or high-dose group and were analyzed by using hierarchical clustering. We focused on genes involved in immune/inflammation responses were differentially regulated during lung injury induced by welding fume exposure. The information of these deregulated genes may contribute in elucidation of the inflammation mechanism during lung injury such as lung fibrosis.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.476-479
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• 2004

철폐증은 철분진을 장기간 흡입하여 발생하는 질환으로, 진단은 환자의 용접등의 철분진에 대한 노출력과 흉부 방사선 소견과 함께 폐내 철분진의 축적을 확인한다. 저자들은 기관지 폐포 세척술 및 경피적 폐생검술을 시행하여 철폐증을 진단한 1예를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권2호
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• pp.223-227
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• 2012

Pulmonary siderosis, or Welder's lung disease is an occupational lung disease caused by iron-inhalation. Diagnosis of pulmonary siderosis is based on occupational history of the patient, radiologic findings, and pathologic findings of iron-laden macrophages within lung tissue or broncho-alveolar lavage fluid. We observed a case of a 43 years-old welder diagnosed with pulmonary siderosis via thoracoscopic lung biopsy. Sputum culture along with pathology also identified a non-tuberculotic mycobacterial infection with a sputum culture and the pathologic findings. The patient was treated with anti-tubercular medication and cessation of iron-exposure. And his condition improved within a few months.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.152-162
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• 1988

Benzene and toluene, which are widely used aromatic hydrocarbons in workplace, are recently proved to cause health hazards due to their toxic effects. This study investigated the influence of toluene on the urinary excretion of benzene metabolite by administering short term exposure limit(STEL) of these compounds(i.e., 13.8mg/kg of benzene and 108.8 mg/kg of toluene) intraperitoneally into Sprague-Dawley rats. After administration, urinary phenol concentration of rat was measured by gas chromatography for every three hours. Data were analyzed by non-parametric statistical methods using Kruskal-Wallis multi-sample test and Mann-Whitney U test. The following results were obtained : 1. Administration of STEL-benzene increased urinary phenol concentration in lats. 2. Urinary phenol concentration was increased logarithmically according to the dosage of benzene. 3. Excretion of phenol in urine was decreased when benzene and toluene were administered simultaneously compared with administering benzene alone. In summary, these results reveal that administration of STEL of toluene has antagonistic effect of urinary excretion of benzene metabolite in rats.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.153-165
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• 1997

This study investigated the current industrial hygiene status of China, a socialistic country, to explore the future direction of industrial hygiene of in Korea. In China, the industrial hygiene is called as labor hygiene, which includes industrial health and industrial hygiene. The main goal of labor hygiene is to protect the health of laborers, promote the productivity and ensure the development of industry and agriculture. Started since the foundation of People's Republic of China in 1949, the labor hygiene developed with the occupational disease science which belongs to clinical medicine, has grown today as an independent science. The labor hygiene has made a rapid progress, especially for the last 20 years. The scope of industrial hygiene was expanded from the prevention and treatment of silicosis to pneumoconiosis and o.ther occupational poisoning caused toxic substances. In addition, not only the prevention of industrial toxication but also the prevention of hazards of phisical causes were included in the scope of industrial hygiene. Based on activation of health centers, the organization for the prevention & treatment of occupational diseases was established at the city, county and state. The industrial hygiene monitoring is being carried out through clear division and partition system.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2004

Respiratory effects in full time welders include bronchitis, airway irritation, lung function changes, and lung fibrosis. Welder's pneumoconiosis has been generally determined to be benign and not associated with respiratory symptoms based on the absence of pulmonary function abnormalities in welders with marked radiographic abnormalities. Accordingly, to investigate pulmonary function changes during 60 days induced by welding-fume exposure, male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to manual metal arc-stainless steel (MMA-SS) welding fumes with concentrations of 64.8$\pm$0.9 mg/$m^3$ (low dose) and 107.8 $\pm$ 2.6 mg/$m^3$ (high dose) total suspended particulates for 2 hr/day, 5 days/week in an inhalation chamber for 60 days. Pulmonary function was measured every week with whole body plethysmograph compensated (WBP Comp, SFT38116, Buxco Electronics, Sharon, CT). The rats exposed to the high dose of welding fumes exhibited statistically significant (p<0.05~0.01) body weight decrease as compared to the control whereas cell number increase of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) (total cell, macrophage, polymorphonuclear cell and lymphocyte) during the 60 days exposure period. And only tidal volume was significantly decreased in dosedependantly during 60 days of MMA-SS welding fume exposure. This pulmonary function change with inflammatory cell recruitment confirms the lung injury caused by the MMA-SS welding fume exposure.