1.Retreatment strategy of Hellcobacter pylori infection after initial treatment failure.
Korean Journal of Medicine 2003;65(3):272-276
No abstract available.
Retreatment*
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Treatment Failure*
4.Three Cases of Trilateral Retinoblastoma.
Korean Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 2000;7(1):141-145
Retinoblastoma is the most common ocular malignancy in childhood. The association of bilateral retinoblastoma with ectopic midline intracranial tumor, trilateral retinoblastoma syndrome, is rare, but the prognosis is very poor with even with various combination treatments of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy including neuraxis. The cause of treatment failure was tumor dissemination along the neuraxis in approximately 50% of the cases. We experienced three cases of trilateral retinoblastoma, and two of them are alive so far with multi-modal treatment.
Drug Therapy
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Prognosis
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Radiotherapy
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Retinoblastoma*
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Treatment Failure
5.A case of successful treatment by artificial pneumothorax in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis with treatment failure.
Myung Seon RHEE ; Kyung Ho KIM ; Dong Il CHO ; Nam Soo RHU ; Jae Won KIM
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1993;40(6):723-729
No abstract available.
Pneumothorax, Artificial*
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Treatment Failure*
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*
6.Efficacy of Rifaximin Compared with Ciprofloxacin for the Treatment of Acute Infectious Diarrhea: A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Study.
Kyoung Sup HONG ; You Sun KIM ; Dong Soo HAN ; Chang Hwan CHOI ; Byung Ik JANG ; Young Sook PARK ; Kang Moon LEE ; Soo Teik LEE ; Hyun Soo KIM ; Joo Sung KIM
Gut and Liver 2010;4(3):357-362
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Ciprofloxacin has been widely prescribed for acute infectious diarrhea. However, the resistance to this drug is increasing. Rifaximin is a novel but poorly absorbed rifamycin derivative. This study evaluated and compared the efficacies of rifaximin and ciprofloxacin for the treatment of acute infectious diarrhea. METHODS: We performed a randomized controlled multicenter study in Korea. Patients with acute diarrhea were enrolled and randomized to receive rifaximin or ciprofloxacin for 3 days. The primary efficacy endpoint was the time to last unformed stool (TLUS). Secondary endpoints were enteric wellness (reduction of at least 50% in the number of unformed stools during 24-hour postenrollment intervals), general wellness (subjective feeling of improvement), and proportion of patients with treatment failure. RESULTS: Intent-to-treat analysis (n=143) showed no significant difference between the rifaximin and ciprofloxacin groups in the mean TLUS (36.1 hours vs 43.6 hours, p=0.163), enteric wellness (49% vs 57%, p=0.428), general wellness (67% vs 78%, p=0.189), or treatment failure rate (9% vs 12%, p=0.841). The adverse events did not differ significantly between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that rifaximin is as safe and effective as ciprofloxacin in the treatment of acute infectious diarrhea.
Ciprofloxacin
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Diarrhea
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Humans
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Korea
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Rifamycins
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Treatment Failure
7.Treatment of Psoriasis by Modified Ingram Regimen.
Kyu Han KIM ; Jai Il YOUN ; Yoo Shin LEE
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1986;24(3):345-353
Our study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of anthralin-UVB therapy for psoriasis by simplifying the conventional Ingram regimen, 34 patients(21 admitted, and 13 OPD patients) were included in our study and the resulti can be summarized as follows. 1. There were no cases of treatment failure. 16 patients(76. 2%) out of the 2l admitted patients and 7 patients(53.8%) out of the 13 OPD patients showed clearing. 2. In the case of the admitted patients, the mean numbers of therapy(days) of the improved patients reaching grade 4 were 12. 0(18. 1 days) in the trunk lesions and 15. 5 (22. 0 days) in the extremity lesions' and those of the cleared patients reaching grade 4 were 11. 2(16. 0 days) in the trunk lesions, and 13. 4(lg. 5 days) in the extremity lesions, but the difference was not significant statistically(pp o.ps). The difference between the therapeutic effects of the admitted and the OPD patients was significant statistically(p<0. 05). 3. There were some notable side effects such as staining, pruritus, and erythema, but there were no cases of therapy termination.
Erythema
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Extremities
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Humans
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Pruritus
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Psoriasis*
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Treatment Failure
8.Right atrial myxoma: An unusual cause of clinical right heart failure
Moncy Jacob OOMMEN ; Nassar LUQMAN ; Ghazala KAFEEL ; Terence Kah CHIN ; Chee Fui CHONG
Brunei International Medical Journal 2012;8(1):52-55
Myxomas are the most common type of primary cardiac tumour with 86% occurring in the left atrium. Right atrial myxomas is far less common. Patients usually present with progressive dyspnoea, fever,
weight loss, right-sided heart failure, or pulmonary embolisation. We report the case of a 55-year-old man who presented with progressive dyspnoea and signs of right heart failure secondary to a large
right atrial myxoma, which was diagnosed with a bedside transthoracic echocardiogram. This was successfully removed surgically.
Atrial Myxoma
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Dyspnea
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Heart Failure
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Treatment Outcome
9.Causes and Solutions of Endovascular Treatment Failure.
Journal of Stroke 2017;19(2):131-142
In a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 5 randomized controlled trials, endovascular treatment (EVT) mainly using a stent retriever achieved successful recanalization in 71.1% of patients suffering from acute stroke due to anterior circulation large artery occlusion (LAO). However, EVT still failed in 28.9% of LAO cases in those 5 successful trials. Stent retriever failure may occur due to anatomical challenges (e.g., a tortuous arterial tree from the aortic arch to a target occlusion site), a large quantity of clots, tandem occlusion, clot characteristics (fresh versus organized clots), different pathomechanisms (embolic versus non-embolic occlusion), etc. Given that recanalization success is the most important factor in the neurological outcome of acute stroke patients, it is important to seek solutions for such difficult cases. In this review, the basic technique of EVT is briefly summarized and then various difficult cases with diverse conditions are discussed along with suggested solutions.
Aorta, Thoracic
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Arteries
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Humans
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Stents
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Stroke
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Treatment Failure*
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Trees
10.A Case of Successful Endoscopic Therapy in Iatrogenic Perforation of the Colon during Colonoscopy.
Jai Gyu LEE ; Jin Woong CHO ; Paul KIM ; Ji Eun LEE ; Jin Gyu LEE ; Sung Min LIM ; In Seok SEO ; Yang Ho KIM ; Yong Ung LEE
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2004;29(4):213-216
Colonoscopy is a safe and standard procedure for diagnosis and therapy of colonic disorders. Iatrogenic colonic perforation during diagnostic colonoscopy, a rare abdominal emergency, has an 0.3~0.8% incidence rate. The choice of treatment for this complication remains controversial. Prompt operative intervention is preferred to minimize morbidity and mortality. However, operative intervention is invasive and needs a long-term recovery period. Conservative treatment is less invasive but can lead to more extensive surgery in case of treatment failure. Very important point on the treatment of iatrogenic perforation of the colon during diagnostic colonoscopy is to avoid the leaking of intestinal contents into the intraperitoneal cavity. We report here a case in which an iatrogenic perforation of the colon during diagnostic colonoscopy was successfully treated by endoscopic clip therapy.
Colon*
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Colonoscopy*
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Diagnosis
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Emergencies
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Gastrointestinal Contents
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Incidence
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Mortality
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Treatment Failure