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Humans

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Fibroma*

Balloon-tipped, flow-directed (Swan-Ganz) catheters are used commonly for monitoring of cardiac function in patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures. We report a case of pulmonary hypertension with hypoxemia which may be caused by incorrect positioning of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) during CABG. Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) of 70/40 mmHg which was nearly high as systemic pressure was measured when we tried to wean patient from cardiopulmonary bypass. But, TEE (transesophageal echocardiography) showed nonspecific finding. PAP decreased soon and maintained about 33/16 mmHg for a few minutes. But, the PAP elevated high to 70/40 mmHg again and the arteral oxygen tension (PaO2) decreased to 61.2 mmHg. When we withdrew the PAC to the depth of 35 cm, the PAP and systolic pressure returned to normal range and PaO2 elevaed to 320 mmHg. End tidal CO2 was elevated from 30 mmHg to 35 mmHg.
Anoxia* ; Arterial Pressure ; Blood Pressure ; Cardiac Surgical Procedures ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass ; Catheters* ; Coronary Artery Bypass* ; Coronary Vessels* ; Humans ; Hypertension, Pulmonary* ; Oxygen ; Pulmonary Artery ; Reference Values

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Follicular bronchiolitis is an uncommon bronchiolar disorder that is characterized by the presence of hyperplastic lymphoid follicles with reactive germinal centers. The condition is associated with connective tissue diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome, and immunodeficiency disorders. A 56-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis was admitted to hospital with a progressively enlarging pulmonary nodule in the left upper lobe. A follow-up contrast tomography scan showed that the nodule had increased in size from 4.2 mm to 6.3 mm over a 3 month period. An open lung biopsy was performed to establish a definite pathologic diagnosis of the pulmonary nodule, which was suspected to be a lung malignancy. The nodule was diagnosed as follicular bronchiolitis based on the histopathology findings. We describe a patient with follicular bronchiolitis that was confirmed by an open lung biopsy, and is believed to have had rheumatoid involvement.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid* ; Biopsy ; Bronchiolitis* ; Connective Tissue Diseases ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Germinal Center ; Humans ; Lung ; Middle Aged ; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

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Antibody Formation* ; Lymphocytes* ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis* ; Mycobacterium*

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis* ; Mycobacterium*

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Cerebrospinal Fluid* ; Diagnosis* ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay* ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis* ; Mycobacterium* ; Tuberculosis, Meningeal*

The incidence of atherosclerosis in Korea seems to be much increased due to diet change after national development. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is not clarified and there are many hypothesis but the most recent and reliable hypothesis is the ratio of HDL-cholesterol per total cholesterol. Under the basis of this hypothesis there have been much trials to administer the agents which has effect on lipid metabolism, so we tried pantethine on 30 patients who visited Han-Yang University Hospital Internal medicine Department, and the result as follows; 1) The mean age of study population was 50.1 years of age, mean body weight was 62kg, and mean height was 160.8cm. male was 17, and female 10. 2) The associated disease of study population was <19 with> cardiovascular disease, in 19, gastrointestinal disease 3, obesity in 1 and others in 4. 3) The undesirable effect of the drug was found on 3 patients; that is, constipation on 1 patient, dizziness on 1 patient, and skin eruption on 1 patient. 4) The mean serum lipids before and after pantethine administration(levels) are as following table. In conclusion, it seems that the effect of the drug which decreases the serum lipids is mild at initial but more increasing as the time goes by and constant, and we experience little side reaction except mild dizziness, constipation and skin eruption.
Atherosclerosis ; Body Weight ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Cholesterol* ; Constipation ; Diet ; Dizziness ; Female ; Gastrointestinal Diseases ; Humans ; Incidence ; Internal Medicine ; Korea ; Lipid Metabolism ; Male ; Obesity ; Skin ; Triglycerides*

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Copper* ; Humans* ; Milk, Human* ; Zinc*