1.A study on the medical care expenditure of the uterine cervix carcinoma by clinical stage and treatment modality.
Hyo Ki MIN ; Doo Chae JUNG ; Soo Yong CHOI ; Je Ho LEE ; Jae Kyu LIM
Korean Journal of Epidemiology 1992;14(2):160-174
No abstract available.
Cervix Uteri*
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Female
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Health Expenditures*
2.Operative Treatment of Dorsolumbar Fractures and Fracture Dilocations: Clinical Experiences
Sang Lim KIM ; Keun Woo KIM ; Myung Ho KIM ; Han Suk KO ; Doo Young CHUNG
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1985;20(5):861-869
Since the introduction of Holdsworth's new classification on fracture-dislocations of spine with particular emphasis on the role of posterior ligmaent complex, operative reduction and spinal fusion is considered to be an established procedure in treating unstable injuries of the thoracolumbar spine.By stabilizing unstable fractures,nursing, and rehabilitation become much easier. Among the various methods and devices, Harrington instrumentation and posterior spinal fusion have been used and found to be acceptable in our series. Twenty five consecutive patients with unstable fractures and fracture-dislocations' of thoracolumbar spine were treated by open reduction and spinal fusion with Harrington rod fixation at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kang Nam General Hospital Public Corporation from the period of 1982 to 1985. The following results were obtained from analysis of the cases. l. Among 25 cases, 15 (60%) were due to flexion-rotation violence, 5 pure flexion,3 vertical compression, 1 shear fracture respectively. 2. Among 16 cases with neurologic deficit, 15 cases showed considerabel improvement after surgery. 3. Most of the cases showed satisfactory bony fusion, and average postoperative kyphotic angle was 14.4 after 3 months. 4. Although no particular external fixation was adopted, permitting mobility in bed, postoperative correction was relatively well maintained.
Classification
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Hospitals, General
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Humans
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Neurologic Manifestations
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Orthopedics
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Rehabilitation
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Spinal Fusion
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Spine
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Violence
3.Association between Treatment with Biologic Agents and the Incidence of Herpes Zoster in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 2017;24(5):251-252
No abstract available.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid*
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Biological Factors*
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Herpes Zoster*
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Incidence*
5.Selective Beam Shielding Method of Gamma-Knife Unit Using Various Plugging Patterns.
Geon Ho JANG ; Young Jin LIM ; Dong Oh SHIN ; Doo Ho CHOI ; Seong Eon HONG ; Won LEEM
Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology 1993;11(2):439-448
The B-type gamma knife unit was installed at Kyung-Hee University Hospital in March 1992. The selective beam plugging method can be used to reduce the low percentage isodose profiles of normal sensitive organ and to codify the isodose cuties of treatment volume for better shaping of the target volume. For representing the changes of the law percentage isodose profiles, the variations of dose distribution for several cases were discussed in this paper. The film dosimetry was performed for the evaluation of calculated isodose profiles predicted by KULA dose planning system. The results were verified by RFA-3 automatic densitometry. The clinical application of selective beam shielding method was performed in 17 patients in 100 patients who have undergone gamma knife radiosurgery for a year. The calculated and the measured isodose profiles for the high percentage regions were well consistent with each other. When the target of pituitary tumor is macro-size, the selective beam shielding method is the most applicable method. When the target size, however, is small, the correct selection of the proper helmet size is very important. All patients were exposed almost about 3~12 Gy for brain stem, and 3~11.2 Gy for optic apparatus. It is recommended that the same or other plugging patterns with multiple isocenters should be used for protection of the radiosensitive normal structures with precise treatment of CNS lesions.
Brain Stem
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Densitometry
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Film Dosimetry
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Head Protective Devices
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Humans
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Jurisprudence
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Pituitary Neoplasms
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Radiosurgery
6.A case of gastric strongyloidiasis in a Korean patient.
Jin KIM ; Hyun Soo JOO ; Doo Hong KIM ; Ho LIM ; Yu Ho KANG ; Myung Soo KIM
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2003;41(1):63-67
A 69-year-old Korean man was admitted to emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Laboratory tests revealed eosinophilia, anemia, hypoproteinemia, and hyponatremia. The gastric mucosa showed whitish mottled and slightly elevated lesions on the body angle of antrum. Microscopically, chronic gastritis with incomplete intestinal metaplasia was observed. Many adult worms, larvae, and eggs in cross sections were located in the crypts. Furthermore, the filariform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis with a notched tail were detected through the culture.
Aged
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Albendazole/therapeutic use
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Animals
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Anthelmintics/therapeutic use
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Feces/parasitology
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Female
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Humans
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Intestines/parasitology
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Korea
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Male
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Strongyloides stercoralis/*isolation & purification
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Strongyloidiasis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/parasitology
7.Is an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Still Valid for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus?.
Dong Lim KIM ; Sun Doo KIM ; Suk Kyeong KIM ; Sooyoun PARK ; Kee Ho SONG
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal 2016;40(2):118-128
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the diagnostic rate of diabetes using fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-hour plasma glucose (2h PG) after 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, and we elucidated the pathophysiologic characteristics and risk factors that give rise to diabetes in patients with prediabetes. METHODS: The data of 236 patients who had the OGTT at Konkuk University Hospital were analyzed. Fasting, 30, and 120 minutes blood glucose levels and insulin levels were measured. The diagnostic rate of diabetes was assessed using FPG, 2h PG, and HbA1c levels. The clinical data and insulin resistance and secretion evaluations were compared using indexes according to the fasting glucose level. RESULTS: Among 236 subjects, 97 (41.1%) were diabetics and 102 (43.2%) were prediabetics. The rate of diabetes diagnosis by one of the individual criteria was 56.7%, 53.6%, and 84.5% for FPG, HbA1c, and 2h PG, respectively. When two criteria were used to diagnose diabetes, 72.2% of the diabetic patients were identified by FPG and HbA1c, while 100% were identified by FPG and 2h PG, and 91.7% were identified by 2h PG and HbA1c. The HbA1c cut-off value for 2h PG ≥200 mg/dL was 6.1%, and the FPG cut-off value was 115 mg/dL. In impaired fasting glucose subjects, the HbA1c level, Matsuda index, and insulinogenic index were associated with risk of occurrence of overt diabetes (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that performing additional OGTT for patients with FPG ≥110 mg/dL or HbA1c ≥6.1% is helpful to reclassify their glucose tolerance status and evaluate their potential for progressing to overt diabetes.
Blood Glucose
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Diabetes Mellitus*
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Diagnosis
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Fasting
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Glucose
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Glucose Tolerance Test*
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Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated
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Humans
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Insulin
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Insulin Resistance
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Prediabetic State
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Risk Factors
8.Erratum: Correction of Author’sAffiliation in the Article “Changing Patterns of Medical Visits and Factors Associated With No-show in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis During COVID-19 Pandemic”
Yena KIM ; Eunyoung AHN ; Sunggun LEE ; Doo-Ho LIM ; Aran KIM ; Seung-Geun LEE ; Min Wook SO
Journal of Korean Medical Science 2023;38(15):e149-
10.Extrinsic Compression of the Left Main Coronary Artery by a Huge Aortic Arch Aneurysm Mimicking Acute Coronary Syndrome
Jeoung Sook SHIN ; So Yeon CHOI ; Sang Hyun LIM ; Jun Ho JUNG ; Doo Kyoung KANG ; Seung Jea TAHK
Korean Circulation Journal 2018;48(1):91-93
No abstract available.
Acute Coronary Syndrome
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Aneurysm
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Aorta, Thoracic
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Coronary Vessels