• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.229-235
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 최근 국내에서 발병하는 개 디스템퍼(CD)의 역학적 조사를 위하여 2002년 2월부터 2002년 10월까지 강원도, 경기도와 서울특별시의 10개 동물병원 수의사에 의하여 CD에 감염된 것으로 잠정진단된 315마리의 개를 대상으로 하였다. 개체의 신상자료와 임상증상을 조사하였으며 CD를 확진하기 위하여 혈액의 단핵구나 결막 상피세포에서 CDV의 NP gene을 RT-PCR로 증폭하였다. CD로 의심되는 총 315마리 중 162마리가 CD 양성으로 진단 되었으며 성별과 종에 따른 발병율에는 차이가 없었다. 나이별 분포는 백신을 접종해야 하는 기간인 6-18주에 가장 높은 분포를 보였으며 1세 이상에서도 소수 발병하였다. CD환축은 호흡기 증상, 위장관 증상, 눈의 증상 등 다양한 증상이 나타나 임상증상에 근거하여 CD를 진단하기에 어려움이 있었다. CD 양성의 개 중 84.6%가 백신을 한번도 맞지 않았거나 예방접종을 제대로 실시되지 않은 상태였으며 CDV에 대한 혈청 중화 항체가는 96.9%의 개가 방어수준 이하인 1:16 이하를 나타내었다. CD 양성 162 마리와 CD음성으로 진단 된 153마리의 혈청 중화 항체가 사이에는 통계적인 유의차가 인정되었으며 (P<0.05), CD 양성 개 중에 생존 한 개들은 폐사한 개들보다 중화 항체가 높은 경향을 보였다. 눈의 증상과 신경증상을 보인 개체들은 다른 개체들에 비해 생존율이 유의하게 낮은 것으로 나타났다 (P<0.05). 본 연구의 결과 현재 국내에서 발병하고 있는 개 디스템퍼는 예방접종의 실패에 따라 개들의 항체 수준이 전반적으로 낮은 것에 기인하는 것으로 판단되므로 예방접종에 대한 전반적인 검토가 필요하며 예방을 위하여 감염에 취약한 시기에는 감염원에 접촉을 최소화하는 것이 중요할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1165-1171
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• 1998

배경 : 인공판막치환술을 받은 환자에서 인공판막의 기능부전이나 합병증으로 재치환술의 빈도가 증가하고있는 추세이다. 본 논문은 인공심장판막에 대한 재치환술시 위험인자를 분석하여 향후 수술성적을 향상시키는데 도움을 얻고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1985년 1월부터 1996년 7월까지 계명대학교 흉부외과학교실에서 인공심장판막질환에 대한 재치환술을 받은 124예에 대하여 술전 임상적 소견 및 수술성적을 중심으로 분석하였다. 이중 3예는 2차로 재치환술은 받은 경우였다. 심장판막재치환술의 원인으로 조직판막자체의 구조적 실패가 96례(77.4%)로 가장 많았고 판막혈전증 16례(12.9%), 심내막염 7례(5.6%), 판막주위누출 5례(4.1%)가 있었다. 결과: 심장판막재치환술의 병원사망률은 8.9%였고, 술후 사망원인으로는 저심박출증이 가장 많았다(70.6%). 생존군과 사망군의 비교에서는 NYHA functional class, 혈중 크레아티닌 수치, LVSD, 체외순환시간이 사망군에서 유의하게 높았다(p < 0.05). 재치환술후 병원사망의 술전 위험인자들로는 LVSD, NYHA functional class IV, 혈중 크레아티닌 수치 등이었으며( p < 0.05), 연령이나 성별, 흉부 엑스선상 심흉곽의 비 등은 위험인자가 되지 못하였다. 결론: 술전의 임상적 소견중 LVSD, NYHA functional class, 혈중 크레아티닌 수치 등이 재치환술후의 예후를 추측할 수 있는 술전 인자라는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그리하여 심장판막재치환술은 심장 및 신기능이 악화되기 이전에 가능한한 조기에 시행하는 것이 바람직하리라 생각된다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.232-240
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• 2015

Purpose: Thoracic aortic injury is a life-threatening injury that has been traditionally treated by using surgical management. Recently, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has been conducted pervasively as a better alternative treatment method. Therefore, this study will focus on analyzing the outcome of TEVAR in patients suffering from a blunt thoracic aortic injury. Methods: Of the blunt thoracic aortic injury patients admitted to Eulji University Hospital, this research focused on the 11 patients who had received TEVAR during the period from January 2008 to April 2014. Results: Seven of the 11 patients were male. At the time of admission, the mean systolic pressure was $105.64{\pm}24.60mm\;Hg$, and the mean heart rate was $103.64{\pm}20.02per$ minute. The median interval from arrival to repair was 7 (4, 47) hours. The mean stay in the ICU was $21.82{\pm}16.37hours$. In three patients, a chimney graft technique was also performed to save the left subclavian artery. In one patient, a debranching of the aortic arch vessels was performed. In two patients, the left subclavian artery was totally covered. In one patient whose proximal aortic neck length was insufficient, the landing zone was extended by using a prophylactic left subclavian artery to left common carotid artery bypass before TEVAR. There were no operative mortalities, but a patient who was covered of left subclavian artery died from ischemic brain injury. Complications such as migration, endovascular leakage, collapse, infection and thrombus did not occur. Conclusion: Our short-term outcomes of TEVAR for blunt thoracic aorta injury was feasible. Left subclavian artery may be sacrificed if the proximal landing zone is short, but several methods to continue the perfusion should be considered.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.277-283
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• 2016

무가온 시설토마토 재배지내에서 토마토녹응애 발생양상은 4월 중하순경 최초로 발생하기 시작하여 6월 중하순경 최대 발생을 나타냈다. 하지만 야간기온이 낮을 경우 번식력이 증가하게 되고 주간기온이 높을 경우에는 분산이 활발해져 고온기인 7월에도 지속적으로 증가하는 것으로 조사되었다. 유기농업자재 11종에 대한 토마토녹응애의 살충독성 실내검정 결과, EOIMa (Matrin 0.6%), EOICo (Clove oil 10%)가 500배에서 각각 92.1%와 95.1%로 90% 이상의 살충효과를 보였다. 특히 EOIMa 1,000배에서는 90.4%로 90%, EOIMa 2,000배에서는 88.2%의 높은 살충효과를 보였다. 포장검정에서도 EOIMa 1,000배와 EOICo 500배는 각각 91.5%와 93.9%의 살충효과를 보여 두 약제 모두 농약을 대체하기에 충분하였고 EOIMa의 경우 2,000배에서도 살충효과가 90%에 가까웠기 때문에 예방적 활용도 가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2018

골화석증은 파골세포의 기능 장애 및 증가된 골 밀도를 보이는 질환으로 그 중 유아기형 골화석증은 심각한 유형이다. 전신의 골경화와 범혈구감소증, 두개 신경 협착, 높은 감염위험성, 두부와 안모의 변형 등 다양한 증상을 유발한다. 대부분의 유아기 골화석증 환자는 발달 지연과 왜소증을 보이며, 조기에 사망에 이를 수 있다. 14개월의 여성 환아가 유전치부위에 초기 우식병소를 주소로 전남대학교 치과병원 소아치과에 내원하였다. 환아는 4세에 재 내원 하였으며 interferon-gamma, erythropoietin 치료를 받고 있었다. 성장 지연, 골격 변형, 좁은 상악궁, 총생, 선천적 영구치 결손, 우식증을 보였다. 소아과 의사와 협진하여 예방적 항생제 투여와 진정요법 후 치과 치료를 진행하였다. 이후 감염이 발생한 다수 유구치를 발치 후 상악에 가철성 연성 의치를 이용하여 구강 재건(rehabilitation)을 시행하였다. 골화석증 환자의 경우, 저하된 면역기능으로 인해 감염에 매우 취약하며, 출혈이나 발치와 연관된 골수염이나 패혈증이 유발될 수 있으므로 소아과 의료진의 협조와 예방적 항생제의 사용에 관한 고려가 간단한 치과시술 시에도 필수적이다. 또한, 당분섭취 제한 및 구강위생관리를 위한 의료진의 적극적인 개입이 필요하다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.212-219
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• 2018

Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze 11 cases of subcutaneous emphysema associated with dental procedures from a single hospital and discuss approaches for accurate diagnosis and treatment of the condition. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 11 patients who were treated for subcutaneous emphysema related to dental procedures between January 2009 and April 2017 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients with subcutaneous emphysema within the facial area or that spread to the neck and beyond, including the facial region, were assigned to two groups and compared in terms of age, sex, and durations of antibiotic use, hospitalization, and follow-up until improvement. The correlation between location of the origin tooth and range of emphysema spread was analyzed. Results: The average durations of antibiotic use during conservative treatment and follow-up until improvement were 8.55 days (standard deviation [SD], 4.46 days) and 1.82 weeks (SD, 1.19 weeks), respectively. There was no intergroup difference in duration of antibiotic use (P=0.329) or followup (P=0.931). Subcutaneous emphysema was more common after dental procedures involving the maxilla or posterior region than after those involving the mandible or anterior region. There was no significant difference in air distribution according to location of the air orifice (maxilla, mandible, or both; P=0.106). Conclusion: Upon adequate conservative treatment accompanied by prophylactic antibiotic treatment considering the risk of infection, patients showed signs of improvement within a few days or weeks. There was no significant difference in treatment period between patients with subcutaneous emphysema localized to the facial region and those with subcutaneous emphysema spreading to the neck or beyond. These findings need to be confirmed by analysis of additional cases.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2009

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly prevalent worldwide. The major challenge for current antiviral treatment is the elevated drug resistance that occurs via rapid viral mutagenesis. In this study, we developed AAV vectors to simultaneously deliver two or three shRNAs targeting different HBV-related genes. These vectors showed markedly better antiviral effects than ones that delivered a single shRNA in vitro. A dual shRNA expression vector (AAV-157i/1694i), which simultaneously expressed two shRNAs targeted the S and X genes of HBV, reduced HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA levels by $87{\pm}4$, $80.3{\pm}2.6$ and $86.2{\pm}7%$ respectively, eight days post-transduction. In a mouse model of prophylactic treatment, HBsAg and HBeAg were reduced to undetectable levels and the serum HBV DNA level was reduced by at least 100 fold. These results indicate that AAV-157i/1694i generates potent anti-HBV effects and that the strategy of constructing multi-shRNA expression vectors may lead to enhanced anti-HBV efficacy and overcome the evading mechanism of the virus and thus the development of drug resistance.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.289-301
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• 2006

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for cardiac surgery triggers the production and release of numerous chemotactic substances and cytokines, ensuing systemic inflammatory response that leads to postoperative major organ dysfunction. Traditionally, corticosteroids (steroid) have been administered to patients undergoing cardiac surgery to ward off these detrimental physiologic alterations. However, the majority of the studies have been performed on adult patients with high-dose steroid. We carried out a randomized, prospective, double-blind study to compare the efficacy of low-dose steroid with that of high-dose steroid and to determine the adequate dose of pretreated-steroid for prophylactic effects in pediatric cardiac surgery. Thirty pediatric patients scheduled for elective cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to two groups; fifteen patients received low-dose methylprednisolone (10mg/kg intravenously, n=15, low-dose group) and the others received high-dose methylprednisolone (30mg/kg intravenously, n=15, high-dose group) 1 hour prior to CPB. Arterial blood samples were taken before CPB (Pre-CPB), 10 minutes after start of CPB (CPB-10), and immediately after CPB-end (CPB-OFF) for measuring total leukocyte counts (T-WBC) and diff-counts, platelet counts, interleukin-6 (IL-6), myeloperoxidase (MPO), total antioxidant (TAO), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), troponin I (TNI), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels. Other parameters such as volumes of urine output, pulmonary index $(PI,\;PaO_2/FiO_2)$, mechanical ventilating period, intensive care unit (ICU)-staying period, postoperative complications (fever, wound problem), postoperative 24 hrs and total volumes in blood loss, and hospitalized days were also assessed. All parameters were compared between two groups. There were no significant differences in T-WBC counts, monocyte fraction, platelet counts, TA levels, NSE levels, creatinine levels, BUN levels, the volumes of total urine output, PI, the incidences of fever and wound problem, postoperative 24hrs- and total-blood loss volumes and ICU-staying period between two groups (P>0.05). At CPB-OFF, neutrophil fraction, MPO level, TNI level, and AST level were higher in the high-dose group than in the low-dose group (P<0.05). IL-6 level at CPB-10 was higher in the high dose-group than in the low-dose group (P<0.05). Furthermore, mechanical ventilating periods and hospitalized days of the high-dose group were significantly longer than those of low-dose group (P<0.05). The high-dose group had significantly low lymphocyte fi-action at CPB-OFF compared with the low-dose group (P<0.001). These findings suggest that pretreatment of high-dose steroid is not superior to that of low-dose steroid regrading its potential benefits in pediatric cardiac surgery. Therefore, the conventional strategy of steroid treatment, high-dose pretreatment, should be modified in the cardiac surgery with CPB. However, further studies must be performed on the larger number of patients in as much as small number of patients in this study.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1129-1134
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• 2016

Vulva and Vaginal cancers are rare among all gynecological cancers worldwide, including Thailand, and typically affect women in later life. Persistent high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is one of several important causes of cancer development. In this study, we focused on HPV investigation and specific type distribution from Thai women with abnormality lesions and cancers of the vulva and Vaginal. A total of ninety paraffin-embedded samples of vulva and Vaginal abnormalities and cancer cells with histologically confirmed were collected from Thai women, who were diagnosed in 2003-2012 at the National Cancer Institute, Thailand. HPV DNA was detected and genotyped using polymerase chain reaction and enzyme immunoassay with GP5+/bio 6+ consensus specific primers and digoxigenin-labeled specific oligoprobes, respectively. The human ${\beta}$-globin gene was used as an internal control. Overall results represented that HPV frequency was 16/34 (47.1%) and 8/20 (40.0%) samples of vulva with cancer and abnormal cytology lesions, respectively, while, 3/5 (60%) and 16/33 (51.61%) samples of Vaginal cancer and abnormal cytology lesions, respectively, were HPV DNA positive. Single HPV type and multiple HPV type infection could be observed in both type of cancers and abnormal lesion samples in the different histological categorizes. HPV16 was the most frequent type in all cancers and abnormal cytology lesions, whereas HPV 18 was less frequent and could be detected as co-infection with other high risk HPV types. In addition, low risk types such as HPV 6, 11 and 70 could be detected in Vulva cancer and abnormal cytology lesion samples, whereas, all Vaginal cancer samples exhibited only high risk HPV types; HPV 16 and 31. In conclusion, from our results in this study we suggest that women with persistent high risk HPV type infection are at risk of developing vulva and Vaginal cancers and HPV 16 was observed at the highest frequent both of these, similar to the cervical cancer cases. Although the number of samples in this study was limited and might not represent the overall incidence and prevalence in Thai women, but the baseline data are of interest and suggest further study for primary cancer screening and/or developing the efficiency of prophylactic HPV vaccines in Thailand.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6769-6772
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• 2015

Background: High risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the leading cause of cervical cancer (CC) and Pap smear screening has not been successful in preventing CC in Tunisia. HPV vaccination that targets HPV16 and 18 offers a new efficient prevention tool. Identification of HPV types in CC is thus essential to determine the impact of HPV vaccine implementation. The aim of this study is to provide specific data from Tunisia. Materials and Methods: A total of 89 histological confirmed paraffin embedded samples isolated from patients with CC diagnosed between 2001 and 2011 were collected from five medical centres from Northern and Southern Tunisia. HPV DNA was detected using a nested PCR (MY09/MY11-GP5+/GP6+) and genotyping was assessed using a reverse blot line hybridisation assay that enables the detection of 32 HPV types. Results: HPV DNA was detected in all samples. Twelve high risk types were detected; HPV16 and/or 18 were predominant, accounting together for 92.1% of all the CC cases (HPV16: 83.1%). Single infections accounted for 48.8% of the cases and were mostly linked to HPV 16 (32.6%) and less frequently to HPV 18 (2.4%). The other high risk HPV single infections were linked to HPV 35 (4.6%), 45 (4.6%), 58 (2.3%) and 59 (2.3%). Multiple infections with mixing of 2 to 4 genotypes predominately featrued HPV16 and/or 18 with HPV 35 and 45 (96.6 %) and less frequently with HPV 59, 40, 66, 73 and 58. There was no statistically significant variation in the relative distribution of HPV types with age. Conclusions: These results strongly indicate that prophylactic HPV vaccines can have a major impact in preventing CC in Tunisia.