• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.370-378
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• 2015

본 연구는 노인식 개발에 앞서 노인들의 구강 및 전신 건강 상태에 기반을 둔 노인식 개발 요구도를 조사하고 그 상관관계를 통해 노인들에게 필요한 제품 개발을 위한 기본 자료를 제시하고자 수행하였다. 설문 분석 결과 본인의 전신건강에 관한 평가로는 보통이다(35.2%), 건강하다(30.7%), 건강하지 않다(19.9%), 매우 건강하지 않다(8.5%), 매우 건강하다(5.7%) 순으로 응답하였으며, 구강건강에 관해서는 보통이다(31%), 건강하지 않다(28.2%), 대체로 건강하다(17.8%), 매우 건강하지 않다(17.8%), 매우 건강하다(5.2%)의 순으로 대답하여 구강건강과 전신건강 간에 유의적 상관관계(P<0.01)를 보였다. 노인들이 좋아하는 맛은 담백한 맛(51.5%), 짭짤한 맛(25.7%), 달콤한 맛(12.0%), 새콤한 맛(6.6%)의 순으로 조사되었으며, 죽이나 국 종류 개발 시 원하는 국물 맛으로는 남성은 멸치 국물과 된장 국물, 여성은 멸치 국물, 된장 국물, 소고기 국물의 순으로 응답하였다. 반찬류로 남성은 생선류, 고기류, 나물류의 순으로, 여성은 나물류, 생선류, 김치류의 순으로 요구하였다. 남녀 고령자 모두가 개발을 원하는 간식 품목은 빵 떡류와 음료류였으며 대체로 자신의 저작능력을 고려하여 식품을 선택하는 것으로 조사되었다. 노인들은 본인들의 질병상태와 관련하여 증상 완화 및 회복을 위한 질병맞춤형 식이의 개발을 원하는 것으로 조사되었으며, 식품 구입 시 가장 중요하게 고려하는 요인은 영양균형이었고 고령자용 식품의 적정구입가는 3,000원 미만으로 생각하고 있었다. 본 연구 결과를 바탕으로 고령자용 식품을 개발할 때 고령자들의 저작능력을 고려하여 물성을 다양화한 생선류와 나물류의 개발이 필요하며, 또한 고혈압과 당뇨를 앓고 있는 고령자의 비율이 높은 것을 고려하여 물성이 조절된 저염 및 항당뇨식의 개발도 함께 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.4429-4434
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• 2015

Background: Public awareness/knowledge on oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC), potentially malignant disorders (PMODs) and their risk factors is crucial for prevention and early detection of OPC and PMODs. Yet, there are no published data available on the awareness and knowledge of OPC and PMODs among people living in Far North Queensland, Australia. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as a cross sectional survey. A self-administered questionnaire was designed and consisted of relevant questions to ascertain socio-demographic information, awareness and knowledge of OPC, PMODs and risk factors and questions on participant's exposure to risk factors and dietary history were also included. Survey was carried out at the Dental Clinic of the James Cook University School of Dentistry (JCU Dental), Cairns, Australia. Subjects above the age of 20 years (n=366) were randomly selected during the period from 31st July to 6th September 2013 and questionnaire was distributed to complete while they are waiting for treatment. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS version 21 and the chi -squared test was employed to compare groups. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The study revealed that 52.3% of the respondents were aware of the existence of OPC but only 19.0% were aware of PMODs. Of those who were aware of oral cancer, 92% agreed or strongly agreed that smoking is a strong risk factor for OPC. Similarly a relatively high proportion of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed that tobacco chewing (84%), tobacco chewing with areca nut (68%), chewing areca nut alone (51%) and exposure to actinic radiation (71%) as risk factors. However, the results for alcohol intake, age, and HPV infection were found to be relatively poor with proportions 33%, 34%, and 23% respectively. Conclusions: This study revealed an alarming lack of awareness and knowledge of OPC and PMODs.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권8호
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• pp.350-353
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• 2011

A 47-day-old male infant presented with fever, poor oral intake, irritability, and right-sided bluish buccal swelling. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the neck showed a round mass lesion of about $2.0{\times}1.5cm$ that suggested abscess formation in the right masticator space. Ultrasound-guided extraoral aspiration of the abscess at the right masseter muscle was successful. Staphylococcus aureus was identified in the culture from the aspirated pus and blood. Appropriate antibiotics were given and the patient recovered. The patient underwent follow-up ultrasonography that showed an improved state of the previously observed right masseter muscle swelling at about 1 month after hospital discharge. A masticator space abscess usually originates from an odontogenic infection in adults. We report a case of masticator space abscess in a 47-day-old infant in whom septicemia without odontogenic infection was suspected.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.43-46
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• 2013

Gastrocolic fistula is a fistulous communication between the stomach and the colon. It is a passage between the gastric epithelium and the colonic epithelium. This uncommon complication is caused by benign and malignant diseases of the stomach or the colon. Its clinical manifestations include weight loss, diarrhea and fecal vomiting; occasionally, anemia, poor oral intake, fatigue and dizziness; and very rarely, gastrointestinal bleeding. In this paper, an unusual case of gastrocolic fistula accompanied by hematochezia, which was revealed to have been caused by colon cancer invasion, is described.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권5호
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• pp.448-451
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• 2012

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) has emerged as a severe infection in patients with immunocompromised hosts. However, recently, several IPA cases, without an apparent predisposition to immunodeficiency, has been reported. A 72-year-old woman was admitted for evaluation of general weakness and poor oral intake. She reported no medical history, except for intraarticular injection of a corticosteroid for joint pain for the duration of two months. A chest radiography revealed multiple cavitary nodules in both lungs. Examination of specimens, obtained by percutaneous needle biopsy, led to a diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Brain magnetic resonance imagining revealed numerous peripheral thin enhancing cystic nodules in both cerebral hemispheres. We initiated intravenous administration of amphotercin B. However, the patient died after nine days. Here, we report an invasive aspergillosis case, which involves the lungs and brain after a short period of steroid injection.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제60권10호
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• pp.333-336
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• 2017

Coxsackievirus A16 (CA16), which primarily causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), is associated with complications, such as encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, myocarditis, pericarditis, and shock. However, no case of pancreatitis associated with CA16 has been reported in children. We report a case of CA16-associated acute pancreatitis in a 3-year-old girl with HFMD. She was admitted because of poor oral intake and high fever for 1 day. Maculopapular rashes on both hands and feet and multiple vesicles on the soft palate were observed on physical examination. She was treated conservatively with intravenous fluids. On the fourth hospital day, she had severe abdominal pain and vomiting. The serum levels of amylase and lipase were remarkably elevated (amylase, 1,902 IU/L; reference range, 28-100 IU/L; lipase, >1,500 IU/L; reference range, 13-60 IU/L), and ultrasonography showed diffuse swelling of the pancreas with a small amount of ascites. The real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction result from a stool sample was positive for CA16. CA16 can cause acute pancreatitis, and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain in children with HFMD.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.475-478
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• 2002

42세 남자환자가 내원 3개월전부터의 호흡곤란, 복부팽만 및 식욕부진으로 내원하였다. 이학적 검사상 심잡음이 청진되어 심초음파를 시행한 결과, 좌심방 혈전을 동반한 승모판협착증 및 삼첨판폐쇄부전이 진단되어 수술전 헤파린 지속 주입을 시작하였다. 내원 11일째 혈소판수치가 감소하여 시행한 항체검사 및 혈소판응괴능 검사에서 음성이 나왔지만 임상적으로 헤파린 기인성 혈소판감소증을 진단하였다. 수술중 심폐우회술시 헤파린 대체약물인 히루딘(hirudin)을 사용하였으며, ACT, aPTT를 측정하며 수술대에서 육안적으로 혈전형성여부를 확인함으로써 성공적으로 수술을 하였다, 수술 중 및 수술 후 헤파린 접촉은 없었으며, 수술 후 과다 출혈 및 전신적 혈전색전증 등의 합병증은 발생하지 않았다.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2019

Purpose: Potocki-Lupski syndrome (PTLS), is a recently identified, rare genomic disorder. The patients are affected by infantile hypotonia, poor growth and developmental delay. Facial dysmorphism may not be obvious in some patients. PTLS is associated with microduplication at chromosome 17p11.2. In the current study, three Korean patients are reported with their clinical and genetic features. Materials and Methods: The clinical findings of each patient were reviewed. Karyotyping and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) analyses were done for genetic diagnoses. Results: All the patients did not have the characteristic dysmorphic features, such as broad forehead, triangular face, asymmetric smile and palpebral fissures. On the other hand, all three patients were affected by variable degree of developmental delay, poor oral intake, failure to thrive, and language development disorders. Chromosome 17p11.2 duplication was identified by conventional karyotyping analysis only in one patient, whereas the other confirmed by MLPA analyses. Conclusion: Delayed development was mostly commonly observed in our patients without distinct dysmorphic facial features. In this respect, genomic screening in patients with developmental delay would identify more cases with PTLS to understand their long-term clinical courses with the development of adequate psychological and rehabilitation education program.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.400-408
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• 2014

Objectives The aim of this study was to report the improvement of delirium and performance status in the small-cell lung cancer patient who had multiple brain metastases and pericardial effusion after Sasang constitutional treatment. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records, medical laboratory and image scans of 71-year-old male patient diagnosed as small-cell lung cancer. Results The small-cell lung cancer with multiple brain metastases patient sometimes talked deliriously even after the whole brain radiation therapy. During the hospitalization period, he showed delirium. We treated him with Gihwangbaekho-tang and Dojeokgangki-tang as a main therapy. After treatment, he didn't show delirium and performance status was improved. Conclusions A small-cell lung cancer with multiple brain metastases patient showed the improvement of symptoms (delirium, poor performance status, constipation and poor oral intake) with the treatment of Gihwangbaekho-tang, Yanggyuksanhwa-tang and Dojeokgangki-tang.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.74-78
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• 2014

Sotos syndrome (SS, OMIM 117550) is characterized by prenatal and postnatal overgrowth with multiple congenital anomalies. However, there have been few cases of growth retardation caused by renal failure from infancy. We report a case of dysplasia of the bilateral kidneys with renal failure and poor postnatal growth. A 2-month-old boy visited the emergency room owing to poor oral intake and abdominal distension. He was born at the gestational age of 38 weeks with a birth weight of 4,180 g. After birth, he had feeding difficulty and abdominal distension. Upon physical examination, his height and weight were in less than the 3rd percentile, while his head circumference was in the 50th percentile on the growth curve. He also showed a broad and protruding forehead and high hairline. Blood laboratory tests showed severe azotemia; emergent hemodialysis was needed. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed bilateral renal dysplasia with multiple cysts and diffuse bladder wall thickening. A posterior urethral valve was suggested based on vesicoureterography and abdominal magnetic resonance findings. Results of a colon study to rule out congenital megacolon did not reveal any specific findings. The conventional karyotype of the patient was 46, XY. Array comparative genomic hybridization study revealed a chromosome 5q35 microdeletion including the NSD1 gene, based on which SS was diagnosed. We describe a case of SS presenting with end stage renal disease due to posterior urethral valve. The typical somatic overgrowth of SS in the postnatal period was not observed due to chronic renal failure that started in the neonatal period.