The Resilience is described as the personal capacity which brings psychosocial comeback. The role of nursing is to do its best to rehabilitate patients and to explore the individual in order to promote patients psychosocial change. However, as the current nursing is heavily physical nursing oriented, the identity of the nursing would be lost. Therefore this researcher reviewed if the concept of resilience can be applied to the nursing after examining the concept of resilience by Documents and Fieldwork. The methodology of this research is Hybrid Model developed by Schwartz-Bracott and Kim for the concept development and analysis. The process and procedure consist of The Theoretical Phase, The Fieldwork Phase and The Final Analytical Phase in accordance with the Hybrid Model. The followings the summary of the Research. 1. The Concept of Resilience Finally Analyzed by Documents and Fieldwork. (1) The Redefinition of Resilience. The resilience is the latent psychological capacity which minimize the negative emotion and promote the adaptation under adversity. Resilience appears as cognitive, emotional and behavioral response in the course of changing from negative response to positive response through the interaction of the individual and the environments in a given time. Resilience changes and decreases according to time and situation and it can be nurtured. Resilience is the higher concept including hardiness, sense of coherence and self-strength which maintain the health under stress. (2) The Attribute of Resilience. The attribute of resilience was divided into psychological and social dimension. In psychological attributes, there are admission of reality of situation, denial of negative emotion, desire to live, responsibility, confidence, courage, hope, pursuit of positive meaning, identification and pursuit of goal, self-esteem, reception, spontaneity, planning, positiveness, will power, flexibility and creativity. In social attributes, there are a sense of belonging, perception of social support and active social relations. (3) The Process of Resilience. There are 4 resilience phases which were the process minimizing the possibility of the negative chain reactions under adversity, the process minimizing the negative emotion, under adversity, the process gaining the desire to live and the process exposing the active social relations. 2. The Application Possibility of Resilience Concept to Nursing. The resilience concept is the psychosoical capacity with which an individual manages adversity. As many nursing scientists have developed nursing theory based on this capacity and the identification of nursing has been established in this field, resilience is not the new conception in nursing. However, since resilience appears in the attributes related with the resilience process concretely, it would help a lot when nurses execute psychosocial nursing.
Creativity ; Denial (Psychology) ; Fertilization ; Hope ; Humans ; Nursing ; Nursing Theory ; Pliability ; Sense of Coherence

A 29-year-old male patient was admitted due to subacute onset of right chest pain. He had no history of trauma, chest surgery or other medical disease. Chest roentgenogram showed an expansile, radiolucent lesion on the posterior segment of right seventh rib. Computed tomogram of the chest also showed lytic expansile mass with septation. He took an en-bloc resection of the involved rib. Pathologically there were multiple cystic spaces, filled with blood and collagenofibrous tissue proliferation and locally areas of new bone formation and giant cells of osteoclastic type, which was compatible with aneurysmal bone cyst. We report a case of aneurysmal bone cyst of the rib with a brief review of literature.
Adult ; Aneurysm ; Bone Cysts ; Chest Pain ; Giant Cells ; Humans ; Male ; Osteoclasts ; Osteogenesis ; Ribs* ; Thorax

We report a case of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) of the pancreas. The tumor was diagnosed in a 72 yearold female after radical subtotal gastrectomy (Billroth I) due to early gastric cancer six months before. The initial serum AFP levels were increased to 2,254.1 IU/ml and preoperative imaging studies showed a mass with approximately 2.5 cm in diameter near the neck of the pancreas. A pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed. The pathologic examination revealed an ill-defined lobulating tumor confined to the pancreas (T1 stage). Immunohistochemical study showed that the tumor cells expressed AFP. The Adenosine triphosphate-based chemotherapy response assay (ATP-CRA) suggested that cisplatin would be more desirable than gemcitabine in AFP-producing ACC of the pancreas as an adjuvant chemotherapy. However, the adjuvant chemotherapy was not performed due to the early pathological stage. The patient died from carcinomatosis and pneumonia. Even if the tumor was on a relatively early stage, an adjuvant treatment should be considered ACC.
Acinar Cells* ; Adenosine ; alpha-Fetoproteins ; Carcinoma ; Carcinoma, Acinar Cell* ; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant ; Cisplatin ; Drug Therapy ; Female ; Gastrectomy* ; Humans ; Neck ; Pancreas ; Pancreatectomy ; Pancreaticoduodenectomy* ; Pneumonia ; Stomach Neoplasms*

Lung cancer screening in high-risk subjects using low-dose CT can reduce mortality by 20%. Current evidence suggests that the development of a risk prediction model for lung cancer is one of the major advances in lung cancer screening. Herein, we review the technical requirements for evaluating different risk prediction models. Moreover, we describe the major lung cancer risk prediction models reported, and the results of lung cancer screening using these models.

Necrotizing pneumonia causes necrosis of pulmonary parenchyma and may lead to pulmonary gangrene. Prior to theantibiotic era, extensive pulmonary involvement was potentially fatal, but the incidence of necrotizing pneumoniais now less common. On contrast-enhanced CT scans, consolidation with contrast enhancement containing necroticfoci with low attenuation and cavities is characteristic. Radiologic findings do not differ according to thecausative organism and in most of cases, specific diagnosis may be impossible. Clinical findings and certaincharacteristic radiologic findings may be helpful for narrowing the differential diagnosis. We illustrate theclinical and radiologic characteristics of necrotizing pneumonia according to causative bacterial organisms.
Diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Gangrene ; Incidence ; Necrosis ; Pneumonia* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

BACKGROUND: Food restriction has been reported to ameliorate diabetes and obesity. In this study, we examined the effects of the food restriction on phenotypes of TALLYHO/JngJ (TH) mouse, a recently developed diabetic model animal. METHODS: 3 week-old TH mice were divided into 2 groups (n = 20 each for food-restricted (THR) and free-fed (THF)) and THR mice were fed the same amount of food as normal control mice (C57BL/6, n = 20). Body weight was weekly monitored till 14 weeks of age. The half of animals were sacrificed at 8 weeks of age, and liver, kidney, and fat weight were measured. The histopathology of liver and brown fat tissues and mRNA expression of leptin in adipose tissue were analyzed. The oral glucose tolerance test and insulin resistance test was done at 14 weeks of age. The plasma concentrations of glucose, free fatty acid, triglyceride, cholesterol and leptin were analyzed. RESULTS: The THR mice had lower body weights than the THF mice, similar to C57BL/6 mice, with reduced fat deposition in liver and brown fat tissue. The plasma levels of glucose, triglyceride and free fatty acid were decreased in the THR group. The THR mice, however, carried more fat than normal mice, with increased plasma leptin concentration and leptin mRNA expression in fats and no alteration in plasma cholesterol levels. Furthermore, the THR mice revealed glucose intolerance with impaired after-meal insulin secretion and slight insulin resistance CONCLUSION: The food restriction apparently ameliorated the obesity and diabetic phenotypes of TH mice. However, plasma concentration of cholesterol were not improved in THR mice with increased adiposity index and glucose intolerance, suggesting the genetically prone tendency of obesity and diabetes development in TH mice possibly with an impairment in cholesterol metabolism.
Adipose Tissue ; Adipose Tissue, Brown ; Adiposity ; Animals ; Body Weight ; Cholesterol ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Fats ; Glucose ; Glucose Intolerance ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Insulin ; Insulin Resistance ; Kidney ; Leptin ; Liver ; Mice ; Obesity ; Phenotype ; Plasma ; RNA, Messenger

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Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic ; Fever* ; Ulcer ; Wegener Granulomatosis

Anesthetic experience in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with severe hypotension associated autonomic dysfunction has not yet been reported. Here in case, we report on the case of treatment with vasopressin to refractory hypotension in FTD patient. A 54-year-old male presented with a ten-year history of FTD with frequent syncope. The patient was scheduled to undergo subtotal gastrectomy for resection of stomach cancer. During the operation, sudden hypotension occurred and it was refractory to fluid and 1 unit of blood resuscitation and did not respond to catecholamine. Transesophageal echocardiography showed normal heart with adequate volume state. After intravenous administration of arginine vasopressin, the patient's vital signs returned to baseline values. Arginine vasopressin might be considered as a valuable alternative for treatment of severe refractory hypotension in autonomic dysfunction patients with FTD.
Administration, Intravenous ; Arginine Vasopressin ; Echocardiography, Transesophageal ; Frontotemporal Dementia* ; Gastrectomy ; Heart ; Humans ; Hypotension ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Resuscitation ; Stomach Neoplasms ; Syncope ; Vasopressins ; Vital Signs

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study is to compare the outcome of the modified transvaginal cerclage (MTVC) in patients who had not undergone a previous TVC with the outcome of patients treated with the transvagianl cerclage (TVC). METHOD: Incompetent cervix patients in the Obstetric/Gynecology department of Hanyang University Hospital post January, 1996 were selected as subjects for this study. 94 patients who received the TVC and 44 patients who received the MTVC using fibrin sealant were compared. The success of the operation was determined in the 34th week of pregnancy, and duration of pregnancy. RESULTS: Clinical characteristics of the TVC group and the MTVC group are showing no significant statistical difference between the two groups. The average gestational age of delivery was 36.0 and 37.0 week and the average weight was 2,797 g and 2,828 g respectively, also showing no significant (p=0.06) statistical difference. However, the duration of pregnancy between surgery and birth was 19.5 and 21.5 weeks showing significant (p=0.013) statistical difference, when the success rates of the treatments of incompetent cervix were observed according to the 34th week standard, TVC showed a 74% (71/96) rate of success and MTVC with fibrin sealant showed a 90.9% (40/44) rate of success, showing a significant statistical difference (Chi(2)=4.503, p<0.05). CONCLUSION:The success rate of MTVC using fibrin sealant showed to be significantly higher than the success rate of TVC. The reason for the difference in success rates is suspected to be because the fibrin sealant injected between the two TVC bands blocked the possibility of infection originating in the vagina. In the future, further research should focus on cultures of vaginal and amniotic fluids.
Pregnancy ; Female ; Humans

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the CT and MR features of aortic arch aneurysms and todetermine the differences between involved segments and morphologic types according to their causes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-nine patients with aortic arch aneurysms who underwent CT scanning(n=24) and/or MR imaging(n=16)were retrospectively evaluated. The aneurysms were analyzed with respect to location of involved segment,morphology, direction and size, and morphologic differences between aneurysms were compared according to causes. RESULTS: The causes of arch aneurysms were atherosclerosis in 25 patients(86%), trauma in three (10%) and infection in one (4%). Arch aneurysms were frequently located at the arch only(n=17,59%), ascending aorta toarch(n=6,21%), arch to descending aorta(n=4,14%), or ascending aorta to descending aorta(n=2,7%). The shape of theaneurysm was fusiform in 15 patients and saccular in 14. Atherosclerotic aneurysms(n=25) were fusiform in 15patients and saccular in ten. Arch aneurysms due to trauma and infection(n=4) were saccular. MRI was more helpfulthan CT scanning involved site, direction, and morphology of the aneurysm. CONCLUSION: Bothe CT scanning and MRIeasily diagnose arch aneurysms, though MRI is a very useful imaging modality for evaluating involved aorticsegments and morphologic types. Aortic arch aneurysms are either fusiform or saccular. Most saccular aneurysmsinvolve the aortic arch, whereas the involvement of fusiform aneurysms is more varied. Atherosclerosis is the mostcommon cause of both fusiform and saccular arch aneurysms.
Aneurysm* ; Aorta ; Aorta, Thoracic* ; Aortic Aneurysm ; Atherosclerosis ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed