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Edema*

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Diagnosis, Differential* ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*

To revise the medical terms, the Korean medical association(KMA) organized the committee for medical terms(CMT). CMT has worked for translation of medical terms into Korean, more easy to understand, more meaningful, and good to pronounce. Medical terms appearing in the 3rd and 2nd editions of termonology books were evaluated by board members of the committee, who have special interest in medical terms and are expert terminologists. Modern medical terms in foreign language are not easy to understand not only by doctors but also by medical students. Thus regular translation of foreign language terms into Korean terms in necessary. The medical terms, especially in the field of internal medicine, are built up on the backbone of basic sience and basic medical terms. Fortunately, the Association of Korean Anatomy published a terminology book of anatomy in Korean language. It prompted other medical societies to translate medical terms into Korean language. The field of internal medicine has been recently divided into several subspecialilies in Korea such as gastro-intestinology, cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, endocrinology, hemato-oncology, reheumatogy, allergy, and infectious disease. Some subspecial societies have there own terminology books. This raised some problems, because the translation yielded somewhat different meanings even in the same terms in the terminology books. Therefore, CMT organized and conducted concensus meeting to discuss the different points of the same terms. The topics of education by CMT included the way to translate foreign terms, the criteria of beautiful language, and the root of medical terms.
Cardiology ; Communicable Diseases ; Education ; Endocrinology ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Internal Medicine ; Korea ; Nephrology ; Pulmonary Medicine ; Societies, Medical ; Students, Medical

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Aviation* ; Humans* ; Retrospective Studies*

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Asthma is one of the most common allergic diseases in children. As a result of the advances in immunology and the studies of BAL and lung biopsy, the definition of asthma has been changed as a 'chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways'. Therefore pharmacologic therapy of asthma is focused on the control of allergic inflammation. According to its purpose, the asthma medication could be classified into two groups, that is, quick-relief agents and long-term control agents. Quick-relief agents give a prompt relief of acute symptoms (coughing, wheezing, difficulty of breathing, and chest tightness) and prevent exercise-induced bronchospasm. Short-acting inhaled β2-agonist is at present the most effective quick-relief agent. Long-term control agents are taken daily and chronically (for a long period of time) to maintain the control of persistent asthma and to prevent exacerbations, and include inhaled corticosteroid, cromolyn sodium, and others. A stepwise approach is recommended for treating a child with asthma to attain and maintain asthma control. Medications should be carefully chosen according to the severity of asthma and age of children.
Allergy and Immunology ; Asthma* ; Asthma, Exercise-Induced ; Biopsy ; Child ; Cromolyn Sodium ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Lung ; Respiration ; Respiratory Sounds ; Respiratory Therapy ; Thorax

Recently interventional radiologic procedures for vascular occlusive diseases have become an alternative to the surgical method. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty(PTA) is an effective treatment for a short, concentric, segmental, stenotic lesion. The patency rate of PTA depends on the nature of the lesion. The long-term patency rate is high in iliac artery lesions. Percutaneous stent placement is an effective long-term treatment for patients with iliac insufficiency. New stents, such as a drug-coated, radioactive stent, are under investigation to overcome the re-stenosis after PTA or stent insertion. Percutaneously placed endoluminal stent-grafts for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm were developed to avoid major intraabdominal surgery and related morbidity and mortality.
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal ; Humans ; Iliac Artery ; Methods ; Mortality ; Radiology, Interventional* ; Stents ; Vascular Diseases*

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Fathers* ; Friends* ; Humans ; Memory* ; Orthopedics* ; Shoulder*