1.A Study on the Frequency of the Atopic Disease in the Parients with Allergic Rhinitis and their Families.
Jin Wou KIM ; Kang Woo LEE ; Chung Won KIM ; Won HOUH ; Hoon KIM ; Byung Do SUH
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1981;19(3):279-284
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the prevalence rate of tbe concomitant; atopic diseases in the patients with allergic rhinitis and, concurrently, the incidence of the atopic diseases in the families of the patients. A total of 40 patients who were referred to the department of dermatology, Kang Nam St. Marys Hospital, for the confirmative examinations of allergic srhiniti were taken for this study. The results were as follows, 1. The prevalence rate of concomitant atopic dermatitis in the sample patients was 22.5% and that of concomitant bronchial asthma was 12. 5% The prevalence rate of concomitancy with both diseases was 2.5% and that of concomitancy with atopic dermatitis and/or bronchial asthma was 37.5%. 2. The frequency of the associated manifestations, in descending order, was allergic conjunctivitis (30%), urticaria or angioedema (25%), insect sting (22.5%), oral symptoms (5%), migrane or headache (5%), immediate drug reactions (2.5%) and gastrointestinal symptoms (2.5%).
Angioedema
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Asthma
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Conjunctivitis, Allergic
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Dermatitis, Atopic
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Dermatology
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Headache
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Humans
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Incidence
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Insect Bites and Stings
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Prevalence
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Rhinitis*
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Urticaria
2.Oculodentodigital dysplasia : 1 case.
Dong Il SUN ; Sa Yong CHAE ; Jun Myong KANG ; Byung Do SUH
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1993;36(5):1071-1074
No abstract available.
3.The Magnetic Resonance Images and Clinical Features of the Asymptomatic Pineal Cysts.
Kang Taek LIM ; Se Hyuck PARK ; Dong Ik SHIN ; Byung Moon CHO ; Sae Moon OH ; Do Yun HWANG
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(1):113-117
No abstract available.
4.The Effect of Anesthesia with Propofol-N2O on Neonate and Maternal Awareness during Cesarean Section.
Keon Ho DO ; Joung Ho KIM ; Byung Soon PARK ; Hoon Soo KANG
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1998;34(4):814-820
BACKGROUND: In anesthesia for cesarean section, there is an increased incidence of maternal awareness because a light plane of general anesthesia is chosen for fetal safety and rapid recovery. Propofol may be the choice if smooth induction and rapid maternal recovery are desired. Authors tried to know that propofol has properties which suggest that it might be useful alternative to thiopental and enflurane. METHODS: Forty patients in ASA class I or II scheduled for cesarean section were allocated randomly to either propofol (n=20) (P) or thiopental-enflurane (n=20) (T-E) group. Anesthesia was induced with propofol 2 mg/kg IV and maintained by continuous infusion of propofol 8 mg/kg/hr in P group and was induced with thiopental 4 mg/kg IV and maintained by inhalation of 1 vol% enflurane in T-E group. All patients received vecuronium 0.1 mg/kg and 50% N2O-O2. Blood pressure, heart rate, Apgar score, umbilical arterial blood gas analysis and the incidence of maternal awareness using the isolated forearm technique (IFT) were evaluated. RESULTS: Diastolic pressure was decreased in P group than T-E group at 10 min after delivery. Heart rate was increased in P group than T-E group at immediate after extubation (p<0.05). For apgar score, umbilical artery gas analysis and maternal awareness there were not significant differences between two groups. CONCLUSIONS: In comparison with thiopental-enflurane, propofol infusion (8 mg/kg/hr) coupled with N2O was proved to be clinically satisfactory anesthesia for cesarean section with no adverse effects on both mother and neonate.
Anesthesia*
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Anesthesia, General
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Apgar Score
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Blood Gas Analysis
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Blood Pressure
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Cesarean Section*
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Enflurane
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Female
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Forearm
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Heart Rate
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Humans
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Incidence
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Infant, Newborn*
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Inhalation
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Mothers
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Pregnancy
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Propofol
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Thiopental
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Umbilical Arteries
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Vecuronium Bromide
5.Frontoparietal Cortical Thinning in Respiratory-Type Panic Disorder: A Preliminary Report.
Ho Kyoung YOON ; June KANG ; Do Young KWON ; Byung Joo HAM
Psychiatry Investigation 2016;13(1):146-151
OBJECTIVE: Many evidences raise the possibility that the panic disorder (PD) patients with respiratory subtype (RS) may have characteristic structural abnormalities. We aimed to explore the structural differences between PD patients with and without the respiratory symptoms. METHODS: Patients with PD were recruited from the Department of Psychiatry at Korea University Anam Hospital. Respiratory subtype (RS) was diagnosed when at least 4 out of 5 of the following respiratory symptoms were present during the panic attack: fear of dying, chest pain/discomfort, shortness of breath, paresthesias, and a choking sensation. We acquired high-resolution MRI scans and used FreeSurfer to obtain a measure of cortical thickness for each patient. RESULTS: Cluster based analysis revealed significantly decreased cortical thickness in the left hemisphere in the caudal-middle-frontal, superior frontal, and posterior parietal areas in the RS group. No significant difference was observed in any of the limbic areas. CONCLUSION: Respiratory symptoms of panic disorder were associated with a reduction in cortical thickness in the left frontal and parietal areas. This finding leads to the assumption that the frontoparietal network is the crucial component in a larger cortical network underlying the perception of dyspnea in RS.
Airway Obstruction
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Dyspnea
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Humans
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Korea
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Panic Disorder*
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Panic*
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Paresthesia
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Rabeprazole
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Sensation
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Thorax
6.A Modified Iris Repair Technique and Capsular Tension Ring Insertion in a Patient with Coloboma with Cataracts.
Joon Hyun KIM ; Min Ho KANG ; Sung Min KANG ; Byung Joo SONG
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 2006;20(4):246-249
PURPOSE: We describe our successful experience using a capsular tension ring (CTR) and iris repair during cataract surgery in a patient with bilateral coloboma. METHODS: A 67-year-old woman had no history of trauma, but had zonular deficiency and inferonasal iris defects in both eyes. An extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens (IOL) scleral fixation was performed in the left eye. A CTR was implanted in the right eye through a sclerocorneal incision. After the IOL was placed centrally in the capsular bag, two paracenteses were made at the limbus (5 o'clock and 7 o'clock). A long, straight needle was passed through the 7 o'clock paracentesis site into a angled, blunt tipped 27 gauge needle inserted from the 5 o'clock paracentesis. The two needles were pulled out at 5 o'clock. After inserting the long needle into the blunt tipped needle at 7 o'clock, both were passed back through the 7 o'clock paracentesis site. The needles were pulled out again at the 5 o'clock paracentesis site tied. Equal tension was used to tie both sides. RESULTS: Visual acuity improved to 20/20 in the right eye. CONCLUSIONS: Both capsular tension ring implantation and iris repair was successfully performed at the time of cataract surgery in a coloboma patient, which resulted in improvements in visual function and cosmesis.
Prosthesis Implantation/*methods
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*Prostheses and Implants
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Lens Implantation, Intraocular
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Iris/*surgery
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Humans
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Follow-Up Studies
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Female
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Coloboma/complications/*surgery
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Cataract Extraction
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Cataract/*complications
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Aged
7.Role of Ras/ERK-dependent pathway in the erythroid differentiation of K562 cells.
Chi Dug KANG ; In Rok DO ; Kwang Woon KIM ; Byung Kwon AHN ; Sun Hee KIM ; Byung Seon CHUNG ; Byung Hak JHUN ; Mi Ae YOO
Experimental & Molecular Medicine 1999;31(2):76-82
The chronic myelogenous leukemic K562 cell line carrying Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase is considered as pluripotent hematopoietic progenitor cells expressing markers for erythroid, granulocytic, monocytic, and megakaryocytic lineages. Here we investigated the signaling modulations required for induction of erythroid differentiation of K562 cells. When the K562 cells were treated with herbimycin A (an inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinase), ras antisense oligonucleotide, and PD98059 (a specific inhibitor of MEK), inhibition of ERK/MAPK activity and cell growth, and induction of erythroid differentiation were observed. The ras mutant, pZIPRas61leu-transfected cells, K562-Ras61leu, have shown a markedly decreased cell proliferation rate with approximately 2-fold doubling time, compared with the parental K562 cells, and about 60% of these cells have shown the phenotype of erythroid differentiation. In addition, herbimycin A inhibited the growth rate and increased the erythroid differentiation, but did not affect the elevated activity of ERK/MAPK in the K562-Ras61leu cells. On the other hand, effects of PD98059 on the growth and differentiation of K562-Ras61leu cells were biphasic. At low concentration of PD98059, which inhibited the elevated activity of ERK/MAPK to the level of parental cells, the growth rate increased and the erythroid differentiation decreased slightly, and at high concentration of PD98059, which inhibited the elevated activity of ERK/MAPK below that of the parental cells, the growth rate turned down and the erythroid differentiation was restored to the untreated control level. Taken together, these results suggest that an appropriate activity of ERK/MAPK is required to maintain the rapid growth and transformed phenotype of K562 cells.
Androstadienes/pharmacology
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Ca(2+)-Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase
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Cell Differentiation/drug effects
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Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
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Erythroid Progenitor Cells/physiology*
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Erythroid Progenitor Cells/cytology
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Erythropoiesis*
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Flavones/pharmacology
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Human
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K562 Cells
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Leukemia, Myeloid/pathology
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Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
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Quinones/pharmacology
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ras Proteins/metabolism*
8.A Case of the Thrombi in Left Atrial Appendage Confirmed by Transesophageal Echocardiography(TEE) in A Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction Accompanied by Cerebral Infarction.
Byung Soo KIM ; Hyun Kuk DHO ; Do Young KANG ; Joo Yl LEE ; Moo Hyun KIM ; Young Tae KIM ; Jong Seong KIM
Korean Circulation Journal 1993;23(5):761-766
Contrary to ventricular mural thrombi, left atrial appendage thrombi are extremely rare in cerebral infarction correlated with acute myocardial infarction but they can be easily detected by transesophageal echocardiography(TEE). We expierienced a case of cerebral infarction which was suspected to be caused from the thrombi in left atrial appendage in a patient with acute myocardial infarction. The cerebral infarction was developed 2 days after myocardial infarction had been occurred and any source of the thrombi could not be detected except in left atrial appendage. The diagnosis was established by TEE and also aided by transthoracic echocardiography, brain computed tomography.
Atrial Appendage*
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Brain
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Cerebral Infarction*
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Diagnosis
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Echocardiography
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Humans
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Myocardial Infarction*
9.Primary Oriental Torsion.
Do Sang LEE ; Byung Du KANG ; Moo Hyung SONG ; Wook KIM ; Il Young PARK
Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology 1997;13(3):523-528
Primary omental torsion is a rare condition and its etiology and pathogenesis remain unknown. It is very difficult even for general surgeon to differentiate this from other acute abdominal diseases, and so the most common preoperative diagnosis is acute appendicitis and the treatment of choice is resection of the affected organ. The authors experienced 7 cases of primary omental torsion at Holy Family Hospital since 1990 and review them retrospectively with other literatures. We conclude that omental torsion must be tried to find if there is serosanguious fluid or undescended omentum without pathology in peritoneal cavity during the emergency operation.
Appendicitis
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Diagnosis
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Emergencies
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Humans
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Omentum
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Pathology
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Peritoneal Cavity
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Retrospective Studies
10.Postoperative Deposition of Calcium on the Surface of a Hydrophilic Acrylic IOL in Diabetic Patients.
Myung Sook HA ; Byung Do KANG ; Na Hae MYUNG ; Moo Hwan CHANG
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2002;43(2):375-380
PURPOSE: Through a study of 3 diabetic patients who experienced decreased visual acuity due to deposit on the surface of hydrophilic acrylic IOLs which were inserted after cataract extraction, the authors attempted to examine pathological and histochemical characteristics of such undesirable deposit on the IOL surface and also evaluate whether a correlation exists between that and diabetes mellitus. METHODS: A 42 year old male patient with bilateral proliferative diabetic retinopathy who has had diabetes for 10 years, a 43 year old male with identical clinical history, and a 46 year old male with bilateral proliferative diabetic retinopathy and clinically significant macular edema who has had diabetes for 13 years were selected for the study. Cataract was extracted by phacoemulsification and after hydrophilic acrylic IOL was inserted into the bag, deposit appeared on IOL surface which caused decreased visual acuity. IOL exchange was conducted thereafter, and by studying the pathological and histochemical characteristics of deposit found on the surface of the retrieved IOL, and by examining the deposit's fine details with electron microscope, the authors attempted to identify the causative material and also evaluate whether diabetes plays a significant role in giving rise to such undesirable deposit. RESULTS: All three IOL that have been retrieved from the patients were covered with multiple deposits which took on a structure with fine circular granules, and all these deposits tested positive when 1% alizarin red staining and von Kossa staining (designed to identify calcium in a given material) were conducted. Electron microscopic study of the deposit also showed needlelike calcium crystals.
Adult
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Calcium*
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Cataract
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Cataract Extraction
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetic Retinopathy
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Humans
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Macular Edema
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Phacoemulsification
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Visual Acuity