1.Encountering unexpected difficult airway: relationship with the intubation difficulty scale.
Wonuk KOH ; Hajung KIM ; Kyongsun KIM ; Young Jin RO ; Hong Seuk YANG
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2016;69(3):244-249
BACKGROUND: An unexpected difficult intubation can be very challenging and if it is not managed properly, it may expose the encountered patient to significant risks. The intubation difficulty scale (IDS) has been used as a validated method to evaluate a global degree of intubation difficulty. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of unexpected difficult intubation using the IDS. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 951 patients undergoing elective surgery in a single medical center. Patients expected to have a difficult intubation or who had history of difficult intubation were excluded. Each patient was assessed by the IDS scoring system with seven variables. Total prevalence of difficult intubation and the contributing individual factors were further analyzed. RESULTS: For the 951 patients, the difficult intubation cases presenting IDS > 5 was 5.8% of total cases (n = 55). The prevalence of Cormack-Lehane Grade 3 or 4 was 16.2% (n = 154). Most of the difficult intubation cases were managed by simple additional maneuvers and techniques such as stylet application, additional lifting force and laryngeal pressure. CONCLUSIONS: Unexpected difficult airway was present in 5.8% of patients and most was managed effectively. Among the components of IDS, the Cormack-Lehane grade was most sensitive for predicting difficult intubation.
Humans
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Intubation*
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Lifting
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Methods
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Prevalence
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Retrospective Studies
2.A Case of Choriocarcinoma after Evacuation of Partial Mole.
Hyun CHO ; Jejung LEE ; Hajung CHO ; Kyunghee KO ; Hyungbae MOON ; Heunggon KIM
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2004;47(12):2511-2514
Persistent gestational trophoblastic tumor develops in about 15-25% after evacuation of complete mole, and arises in about 4-5% after removal of partial mole. Especially there is reported that choriocarcinoma after evacuation of partial mole is extremely rare, and it is well responded to systemic chemotherapy. We have experienced that a case of choriocarcinoma which was developed after evacuation of partial mole. So we report this case with a brief review of literatures.
Choriocarcinoma*
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Drug Therapy
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Female
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Pregnancy
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Trophoblastic Neoplasms
3.Main outcomes of the sudden cardiac arrest survey 2006 to 2016
Hajung YOON ; Yunhyung KWON ; Juyeon AN ; Sungok HONG ; Young Taek KIM
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine 2019;6(2):183-188
No abstract available.
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
4.Inherited protein S deficiency due to a novel nonsense mutation in the PROS1 gene in the patient with recurrent vascular access thrombosis: A case report.
Eun Jin CHO ; Yong Chul KIM ; Jin Ho HWANG ; Hajung LEE ; Sung Sup PARK ; So Yeon KIM ; Suhnggwon KIM ; Ho Jun CHIN
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice 2012;31(1):72-75
Vascular access thrombosis is one of the major causes of morbidity in patients maintained on chronic hemodialysis. Thrombophilia has been recognized as a risk factor of vascular access thrombosis. The authors report a case of inherited protein S deficiency associated with vascular access thrombotic events. DNA sequence analysis of the PROS1 gene identified a novel heterozygous nonsense mutation in exon 10 by transition of AAG (lysine) to TAG (stop codon) at codon 473 (c.1417A>T, p.K473X). Results from the study suggest that the inherited protein S deficiency due to a PROS1 gene mutation may cause vascular access thrombosis in hemodialysis patients.
Codon
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Codon, Nonsense
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Exons
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Humans
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Protein S
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Protein S Deficiency
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Renal Dialysis
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Risk Factors
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Thrombophilia
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Thrombosis
5.Proliferative Glomerulopathy with Unusual Subendothelial Deposits of Striated Structure in Multiple Myeloma.
Yun Gyoo LEE ; Dong Yeop SHIN ; Hyun Jung LEE ; Se Youn CHOI ; Jae yoon PARK ; Shin young AHN ; Hajung LEE ; Yunjung OH ; Kyung Chul MOON ; Kook Hwan OH ; Inho KIM
Korean Journal of Nephrology 2010;29(6):772-775
A 50-year-old woman was admitted for the evaluation of proteinuria and renal biopsy. On the basis of the serum monoclonal protein, marrow plasma cell dyscrasia and end organ damage (nephrotic range proteinuria), multiple myeloma was diagnosed. A renal biopsy showed a membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis pattern of injury and unusual organized deposits of striated structure in the subendothelial space, which were identified as non-amyloid non-immunoglobulin-derived deposits. These deposits contained regularly stacked straight electron-dense bands, which have not been described in the setting of paraproteinemia and/or plasma cell dyscrasia.
Biopsy
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Bone Marrow
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Female
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Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Multiple Myeloma
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Paraproteinemias
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Proteinuria