1.Clinical Applications of Light Therapy for Sleep Disorders.
Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology 2008;15(1):12-16
Light therapy (also called light treatment or phototherapy) involves scheduled exposure to bright artificial light. Evidence-based treatments for sleep disorders especially for circadian rhythm sleep disorders include light therapy and pharmacotherapy. In clinical practice, many of patients with sleep problems tend to impair circadian rhythmicity. Considering that light is the most potent entraining agent of circadian rhythm, careful use of light therapy can be recommended for patients with several kinds of sleep disorders. I briefly review the possible therapeutic mechanisms and clinical applications of light therapy, focusing on circadian sleep disorders.
Circadian Rhythm
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Humans
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Light
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Phototherapy
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Sleep Wake Disorders
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Sleep Wake Disorders, Circadian Rhythm
2.Congenital Uterine Cyst: A case report.
Korean Journal of Pathology 1996;30(10):954-956
I experienced a case of a congenital intramural cyst of the uterine fundus. On examination by light and electron microscope it was composed of a single layer of thin atrophied lining epithelium without secretory activity and was found to be derived from the paramesonephric duct. This case is presented with a brief review of the literature.
Cysts
3.Growth and Development in Adolescence.
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 2003;46(Suppl 3):S462-S475
No abstract available.
Adolescent*
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Growth and Development*
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Humans
4.Peripheral Nerve Injury of Upper Extremity by Gunshot
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1977;12(2):187-192
No abstract available in English.
Peripheral Nerve Injuries
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Peripheral Nerves
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Upper Extremity
5.Clinical Observation of Acute Suppurative Arthritis of Hip in Children
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1977;12(3):423-428
The authors did clinical analysis of 34 cases of suppurative athritis of hip for period of three years from Jan. 1973 to Jan. 1976 at Dept. of Orthopedics, Catholic Medical Center. Through this study following results were obtained. 1. Most of the patients were under the age of 6 years including twenty-six males and eight females. 2. Lag period to treatment in 10 cases was within 3 days, 14 cases within a week: most of these series were treated within a week. 3. Frequent clinical symptom and signs were pain on hip 34 cases, fever 30 cases, limited motion of hip 24 cases and flexion contracture 8 cases. 4. Causative micro-organism was isolated in the cases of diseased hip: Staphylococcus aureus in. 24 cases, β-hemolytic streptococcus in 8, pneumococcus 1, and Gram positive bacillus 1 cases. 5. The laboratory findings included leucocytosis over 15,000 per mm in 31 cases, increased erythrocyte-sedimentation rate 15mm per hour in 33 cases. All the cases were leucocytosis with increased ESR but. 5 were only increased ESR. 6. In authors experience early incision and drainage with specific antibiotics were a choice of treatment in the acute supprative arthritis of hip 7. Result become progressibly less satisfactory in proportion in the length of time after onset at which treatment is started. a) When sufficient time has elapsed for adhesion to develop the pocket to the head thus can not be drained properly by the active movements. Indeed, it is possible, that may be actually harmful in promoting absorption from such pocket. b) In case of long standing erosion of cartilage with denuded bone areas hinder or prevent efficient active movements. c) In case of long duration, blood stream infection is an ever present danger, as well as a aggrevation of existing organic disease by the infective process.
Absorption
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Arthritis
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Arthritis, Infectious
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Bacillus
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Cartilage
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Child
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Contracture
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Drainage
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Female
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Fever
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Head
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Hip
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Humans
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Male
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Orthopedics
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Rivers
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Streptococcus
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
6.Clinical Study on the Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs.
Korean Circulation Journal 1973;3(2):45-56
Evaluation of several antihypertensive regimens involving reserpine, hydrochlorothiazide (Esidrex(R)) and clonidine (Catapres(R)) was conducted on 230 subjects with mild to severe hypertension. Chlordiaxepoxide (Librium(R)) which is a sedative was also administered to observe the effect in patients with mild labile hypertension. The results obtained were as follows; 1. All five regimens of chlordiazepoxide, reserpine, hydrochlorothiazide, hydrochlorothiazide plus reserpine and hydrochlorothiazide plus clonidine produced a significant decrease in average mean arterial pressure (systolic+diastolicc pressure/2) compared to control values (p<0.01). 2. Hydrochlorothiazide plus clonidine was the most effective pressure lowering regimen, resulting in an average fall of 39.3 mmHg in average mean arterial pressure and obtaining excellent result in 28.6% of the cases. 3. The order in the pressure lowering effect was hydrochlorothiazide plus clonidine, hydrochlorothiazide plus reserpine, hydrochlorothiazide, reserpine, and chlordiazide 4. There was no significant difference between hydrochlorothiazide plus clonidine and hydrochlorothiazide plus reserpine (p>0.1). 5. More reduction in diastolic pressure than systolic was observed with hydrochlorothiazide plus clonidine. 6. The results of hydrochlorothiazide alone, hydrochlorothiazide-reserpine and hydrochlorothaizide-clonidine were better than those of chlordiazepoxide and reserpine alone in patients with fundoscopic findings of Keith-Wagener Grade II. 7. There was difference in pressure lowering effect with hydrochlorothiazide plus clonidine between the group with and without albuminuria. 8. Hydrochlorothiazide plus clonidine were extremely effective in patients with severe hypertension, hydrochlorothiazide plus reserpine in patients with moderately severe hypertension, and reserpine and hydrochlorothiazide alone in patients with mild hypertension.
Albuminuria
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Antihypertensive Agents*
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Arterial Pressure
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Blood Pressure
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Chlordiazepoxide
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Clonidine
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Humans
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Hydrochlorothiazide
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Hypertension
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Reserpine
7.Antibiotic loaded Plaster of Paris as a Prevention of Experimental Osteomyelitis in Rats
Chang Ju LEE ; Won Ho CHO ; Sung Kee CHANG ; Ho Guen CHANG ; Jae Hong KIM
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1989;24(5):1479-1485
Plaster of Paris is an effective ancillary treatment in the surgery of infected cavities in bone. It is well tolerated and spontaneously absorbed over the period of weeks to months, being replaced by bone of normal architecture. When the antibiotics incorporated into plaster of Paris, the antibiotics are capable of prolonged local release in bactericidal concentrations. Therefore it is proposed that antibiotics loaded plaster of Paris might be a simple adjuvant technique after good surgical debridement for the treatment of bone infection. The authors carried out an experiment to study the effect of plaster of Paris containing antibiotics for a prevention of experimental osteomyelitis, using 45 rats, which were divided into 3 groups. In the Group 1, a defect was made at the proximal metaphysis of the tibia, inoculated by Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to Cephradine and Tobramycin and then filled with plaster of Paris pellet. In the Group 2, a defect was filled with Cephradine loaded plaster of Paris pellet. In the Group 3, a defect was filled with Tobramycin loaded plaster of Paris pellet. Then we observed the healing process of the bone defect in the point of view of the gross findings, radiologic findings and histologic findings at 4th, 8th and 12th week after operation. The results of this study were as follows:l. In the control Group;all 30 cases were infected. 2. In the Group 2;only 4 of 30 cases were infected. 3. In the Group 3;all 30 cases were not infected. 4. The plaster of Paris filled into the defect was absorbed continuously and stimulated the new bone formation.
Animals
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Calcium Sulfate
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Cephradine
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Debridement
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Osteogenesis
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Osteomyelitis
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Rats
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Tibia
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Tobramycin
8.Histological and Histochemical Study of the Acetabular Articular Cartilage in Avascular Necrosis of Femoral Head
Chang Ju LEE ; Soo Jung CHOI ; Won Ho CHO ; Ho Guen CHANG ; Young Ho LEE
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1995;30(6):1579-1588
We studied the degenerative changes of acetabulum, examining the acetabular articular cartilage at weight bearing dome area from the hips of 25 avascular necrosis of femoral head cases. Histological- histochemical studies demonstrated 4 mild, 19 moderate and 2 severe grade of degenerative arthritic change. This has confirm that even in early stage of avascular necrosis of femoral head, there are degenerative arthritis in acetabular cartilage. This may influence the prognosis of bipolar hemiarthro- plasty in avascular necrosis of femoral head patient.
Acetabulum
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Cartilage
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Cartilage, Articular
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Head
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Hip
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Humans
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Necrosis
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Osteoarthritis
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Prognosis
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Weight-Bearing
9.A Case of Cloverleaf Skull; Kleeblattschael Syndrome.
Chang Hyon YANG ; Kyu Earn KIM ; Chang Ho HONG
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1987;30(4):456-460
No abstract available.
Skull*
10.Photoelastic stress analysis on the supporting tissue of mandibular distal extension removable partial denture with various design of direct retainers.
Chang Ho LEE ; Kwang Nam KIM ; Ik Tae CHANG
The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics 1992;30(2):203-224
No abstract available.
Denture, Partial, Removable*