1.The measurements of ventricular size of brain CT in mood disorder.
Seung Hoon KANG ; Chul NA ; Kil Hong LEE
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 1993;32(3):334-342
No abstract available.
Brain*
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Mood Disorders*
2.High-level amidoglycoside resistance in enterococcus.
Mee Na KIM ; Chik Hyun PAI ; Jae Hoon SONG
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology 1992;12(3):355-367
No abstract available.
Enterococcus*
3.High-level amidoglycoside resistance in enterococcus.
Mee Na KIM ; Chik Hyun PAI ; Jae Hoon SONG
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology 1992;12(3):355-367
No abstract available.
Enterococcus*
4.Chronic-Binge Ethanol Drinking Exacerbates Liver Damage through Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress.
Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 2011;35(1):22-26
Chronic binge alcohol drinking is a major cause of liver disease including steatosis, chronic hepatitis, and liver cirrhosis. The purpose of this study is to examine the change of oxidative/nitrosative stress in the chronic-binge ethanol model. Using wildtype (WT) mice, we show that chronic binge alcohol drinking develops steatosis and apoptotic cells. Furthermore, the activities of anti-oxidant and mitochondrial enzymes including catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were decreased in chronic binge alcohol-treated mice. Protein nitration was also increased in a chronic-binge group compared to pair-fed control counterpart. These findings suggest that chronic binge alcohol drinking plays a critical role in hepatic injury through oxidative/nitrosative stress.
Alcohol Drinking
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Animals
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Catalase
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Drinking
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Ethanol
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Glutathione Peroxidase
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Hepatitis, Chronic
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Liver
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Liver Cirrhosis
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Liver Diseases
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Mice
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Oxidative Stress
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Superoxide Dismutase
5.Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility of nosocomial and community-acquired pathogens.
Mee Na KIM ; Jae Shim JUNG ; Bong Chul KIM ; Jae Hoon SONG ; Jik Hyun BAE
Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases 1993;25(4):333-342
No abstract available.
6.Measurement of Hemothorax Amount in Patients with Non-penetrating Chest Trauma by Supine Chest AP Radiograph.
Heon HAN ; Joo Hymn YANG ; Myung Hoon NA ; Hee Jong BAIK
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1994;31(4):645-650
PURPOSE: To evaluate the predictability of amount of hemothorax in the patients with blunt chest trauma, supine chest AP radiographs of 66 patients were reviewed and statistically analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 66 patients, rib fractures were present in 53 patients, hemothorax in 46 patients, pneumothorax in 25 patients, and pulmonary contusions in 18 patients. Width and length of hemothorax were measured on supine chest AP radiograph, and were correlated with known drained amount of hemothorax. The presence and number of rib fracture, pulmonary contusion, subcutaneous emphysema, fracture of scapula and clavicle, and total opacification of hemithorax were also correlated with the drained amount of hemothorax. RESULTS: In multiple logistic regression analysis, width of hemothorax had the highest correlation with drained amount of hemothorax(regression coefficient 0.718, p value 0.00005). The presence and number of rib fracture, scapular fracture, subcutaneous emphysema were also correlated with drained amount of hemothorax. But length of hemothorax, pulmonary contusion, clavicular fracture, total opacification of hemithorax were not correlated with drained amount of hemothorax. CONCLUSION: Measured width of hemothorax in supine chest AP radiograph is the most reliable predictor for estimation of the amount of hemothorax, and may also be used as an indication for the application of closed thoracostomy in the treatment of hemothorax.
Clavicle
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Contusions
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Hemothorax*
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Humans
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Logistic Models
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Pneumothorax
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Rib Fractures
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Scapula
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Subcutaneous Emphysema
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Thoracostomy
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Thorax*
7.Infective Endocarditis in the Elderly Patients.
Sang Hoon NA ; Cheol Ho KIM ; Myung Don OH ; Young Seok CHO
Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society 2003;7(1):37-46
BACKGROUND: Improved diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for infective for infective endocarditis such as proposed diagnostic criteria, Duke criteria and echocardiography resulted to increased life-spans of patients. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of medical records including medical history, laboratory data such as echocardiographic data and blood culture, and clinical outcomes was done for 106 patients with clinical diagnosis of infective endocarditis at Seoul National University Hospital from January 1990 to May 2000. Then we analysed differences of clinical features between elderly patients aged > or =60-years and the adult patients aged <60-years with infective endocarditis. RESULTS: The elderly patients >or=60-year are cases of 14%(15/106) and the mean ages are 67+/-8 years in elderly patient, 38+/-12 years in the adults patients respectively. Valvular heart disease was the most common predisposing heart disease with 9 cases(40%) followed by prosthetic valve endocarditis 2 cases (13%) in elderly patients, and there was no significant difference of frequencies with adult patients (valvular heart diseases, 33%; prosthetic valvular heart diseases, 25%). Although culture positive rates were not different with two groups: 47%(7/15) in elderly patients and 45%(41/91) in adult patients, the most common pathogen was staphylococcal species in elderly patients(27%, 4/15) but streptococcus species, in the adult patients(25%, 26/106, p<0.05). The frequencies of embolic complication were not different between two groups(20%, 3/15 vs 22%, 20/91: Elderly vs adult, respectively), but congestive heart failure was more developed in elderly patients, 33%(5/15) than in adult patients, 10%(9/91, p<0.05). Surgical intervention was more required in the elderly(47%, 7/15) than in adult patients(22%, 20/91, p<0.05). Out of 106 patients, 11 died and the overall mortality was 10.4%(11/106). In-hospital death was more common in the elderly than in adult patients: 4 cases(27%) vs 8%(7/91), p<0.05. Determinants of in-hospital death were patients with 60 years of age and older, Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, and the presence of congestive heart failure(p<0.05) in univariate analysis. CONCLUSION: Infective endocarditis in elderly patients(age> or =60) had more poor outcomes than adult patients(age<60) such as the development of congestive heart failure, the need of surgical intervention, and the high mortality rate.
Adult
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Aged*
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Diagnosis
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Echocardiography
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Endocarditis*
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Estrogens, Conjugated (USP)
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Heart
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Heart Diseases
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Heart Failure
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Heart Valve Diseases
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Humans
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Medical Records
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Mortality
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Retrospective Studies
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Seoul
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Streptococcus
8.Clinical charateristics of pregnancy-induced hypertensive mothers and their neonates.
Soo Jeong RYU ; Jin Sook KIM ; Kyong Hoon CHOI ; Myong Jin KIM ; Mi Na LEE
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1991;34(7):929-933
No abstract available.
Humans
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Infant, Newborn*
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Mothers*
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Thrombocytopenia
9.Solitary Cutaneous Myxoma.
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 2006;71(1):82-84
A solitary cutaneous myxoma, referred to as superficial angiomyxomas, is relatively uncommon benign myxoid soft tissue tumors. The lesion usually present on the head, neck, and trunk of adults as a slowly growing asymptomatic nodule. Herein, we describe a case of a pedunculated solitary cutaneous myxoma arising on the vertex of a 48-year-old man, but with no evidence of Carney syndrome. Histologically, the tumor was composed of vascular, mucinous matrix with a network of fine collagen and reticulin fibers, containing stellate and spindle-shaped fibroblasts. There was no evidence of malignancy
Adult
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Carney Complex
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Collagen
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Fibroblasts
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Head
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Mucins
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Myxoma*
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Neck
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Reticulin
10.A Case of Mesodiverticular Band Causing Small Intestinal Obstruction.
Hyun Jung NA ; Gyeong Hoon LEE
Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2004;7(2):278-283
Meckel's diverticulum is found in about 3% of the population, often incidentally during laparotomy or at autopsy. Over 50% of patients who develop symptoms from this anomaly are younger than 2 years of age. The most common symptom of this lesion is intestinal obstruction. Rarely Meckel's diverticulum is complicated by a mesodiverticular band, which is believed to be a remnant of a vitelline artery. We report a 11-year-old girl with small bowel obstruction because of an intestinal hernia beneath the mesodiverticular band. The causative factor was a stenotic area in the terminal ileum caused by a ringlike lipovascular mesenteric band encroaching externally on the lumen. Although the incidence of mesodiverticular bands complicating Meckel's diverticulum is quite low, the rapid clinical course and the associated high mortality rate make this an important disease.
Arteries
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Autopsy
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Child
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Female
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Hernia
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Humans
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Ileum
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Incidence
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Intestinal Obstruction*
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Laparotomy
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Meckel Diverticulum
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Mortality
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Vitellins