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Brucella abortus* ; Brucella* ; Immunity, Humoral* ; Jeju-do* ; Recombinant Proteins*

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the utility of cementless extensively porous coated femoral stem in the patients older than 70 years, who had received a bipolar hemiarthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From June 1996 to June 2001, this study reviewed the clinical and radiographic results of 31 femoral neck fracture patients (31 hips, 9 men and 22 women), who underwent a bipolar hemiarthroplasty using a cementless extensively porous coated femoral stem, were 70 years or older and were followed up more than 2 years. The mean age at surgery was 79.3 (70-84). The mean follow up period was 31.2 months (range, 24 to 52). The clinical and radiological results were evaluated by the Harris Hip Score (HHS) and the serial X-ray findings, respectively. RESULTS: Clinically, the mean HHS at the last follow up was 84.1 (69-92). Radiographically, there was no evidence of subsidence, pedestal and osteolysis of the femoral stem. A radiolucent line was observed in 11 cases, but there was no evidence of progression. Therefore, all femoral stems were confirmed to be stable. Stress shielding was observed in 22 cases, mild in 20 cases and moderate in 2 cases. CONCLUSION: Bipolar hemiarthroplasty using a cementless extensively porous coated femoral stem inpatients 70 years or older showed good clinical and radiological results. Therefore it is a useful prosthesis for bipolar hemiarthroplasty in patients 70 years or older.
Femoral Neck Fractures* ; Femur Neck* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemiarthroplasty* ; Hip* ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Male ; Osteolysis ; Prostheses and Implants

Crushing injury is a common in work place and require early judgment and assessment. However during shipping, it is impossible that patient is rapidly taken care in hospital. But in this case, crushed handed patient during shipping was early assessment and sutured by telemedicine. A healthy 28-year-old man had crushed hand during working. But this patient was on the sea, so could not use medical facilities. Using e-mailing and telephone by satellite, report-ed to the doctor that patient status. In order to doctor 's pre-scription, patient hand was sutured and prescribed medicines. So patient preserved good hand function and rapidly recovered. In the future, telemedicine will be useful and economic medical field in isolated areas to medical facilities or shipping.
Adult ; Electronic Mail ; Hand* ; Humans ; Judgment ; Ships ; Telemedicine* ; Telephone ; Workplace

Peroneal tendon dislocation in association with calcaneal fracture is not common and difficult to diagnose and is often overlooked. It can result in peroneal tendon tear and tenosynovitis which in turn lead to ankle pain and dysfunction. Early detection with through physical examination and CT scan is important to reduce the subsequent tendon dysfunction. We experienced 6 cases of peroneal tendon dislocation associated with calcaneal fracture, and treated 3 of them at the time of fracture operation and treated the other 3 after calcaneal fracture surgery due to sustained pain. We report the results with a review of the literature.
Animals ; Ankle ; Dislocations ; Physical Examination ; Tendons ; Tenosynovitis

PURPOSE: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can cause rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (AKI). However, until recently, studies regarding CO-induced rhabdomyolysis were rarely reported. This study was conducted in order to determine the risk factors for prediction of development of CO-induced rhabdomyolysis. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 70 CO poisoned patients who presented to an emergency department from January 2010 to December 2012. CO poisoning related parameters, patient demographics, and laboratory data were analyzed. RESULTS: Rhabdomyolysis and AKI were observed in 11 patients (15.7%) and six (8.6%) patients, respectively. Time of exposure to CO, age, Glasgow coma scale, and leukocyte count differed significantly between patients who developed rhabdomyolysis and patients who did not. Exposure time to CO was the only risk factor for predicting development of rhabdomyolysis (odds ratio, 1.365; 95% confidence interval, 1.014-1.836; p=0.040). CONCLUSION: The frequency of rhabdomyolysis in CO poisoning was 15.7% and fluid therapy was very effective in treatment of CO-induced rhabdomyolysis and prevention of AKI progression. An exposure time to CO of over 5 hours was a factor with high potential for predicting development of CO-induced rhabdomyolysis. Along with patients' symptoms and signs, this factor should be considered in assessment of patients with CO poisoning.
Acute Kidney Injury ; Carbon Monoxide ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning* ; Demography ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Fluid Therapy ; Glasgow Coma Scale ; Humans ; Leukocyte Count ; Medical Records ; Poisoning ; Retrospective Studies ; Rhabdomyolysis* ; Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: We examined global gene expression profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), and tested whether the identified genes with the altered expression might be associated with susceptibility to UC. METHODS: PBMCs from 8 UC and 8 normal healthy (NH) volunteers were collected, and total RNAs were subjected to the human 8.0K cDNA chip for the microarray analysis. Real time-PCR (RT-PCR) was performed to verify the results of microarray. One hundred forty UC patients and 300 NH controls were recruited for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis. RESULTS: Twenty-five immune function-related genes with over 2-fold expression were identified. Of these genes, two chemokines, namely, CXCL1 and CCL20, were selected because of their potential importance in the evocation of host innate and adaptive immunity. Four SNPs were identified in the promoter and coding regions of CXCL1, while there was no significant difference between all patients with UC and controls in their polymorphisms, except minor association at g.57A< G (rs2071425, p=0.02). On the other hand, among three novel and one known SNPs identified in the promoter region of CCL20, g.-1,706 G< A (p=0.000000055), g.-1,458 G< A (p=0.0048), and g.-962C< A (p=0.0006) were found to be significantly associated with the susceptibility of UC. CONCLUSION: Altered gene expression in mononuclear cells may contribute to IBD pathogenesis. Although the findings need to be confirmed in other populations with larger numbers of patients, the current results demonstrated that polymorphisms in the promoter region of CCL20 are positively associated with the development of UC.
Adaptive Immunity ; Chemokines ; Clinical Coding ; Colitis, Ulcerative* ; Crohn Disease ; DNA, Complementary ; Gene Expression ; Hand ; Humans ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ; Microarray Analysis ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Promoter Regions, Genetic* ; RNA ; Transcriptome ; Ulcer* ; Volunteers

PURPOSE: This study investigated the compliance of the general public to the guidance conveyed by hospital emergency medical information centers. METHODS: This study included the incidences of inquiry on hospitals and clinics to Busan Emergency Medical Information Center by the general public for a 2-week period from January 4-17, 2009. Information obtained included general characteristics, time of hospital arrival and departure, length of hospitalization, hospitals visited, and treatment outcome. RESULTS: A total of 939 incidences of hospital guidance to the general public were examined. The degree of compliance was 71.2%, the ratio of the primary and secondary facility that the participants visited were 88.6% and 93.5% of the participants in this study were discharged from hospitals after their visit. Patients who complied with the information received displayed a shorter period of hospitalization than non-compliant patients. CONCLUSION: Emergency medical information centers may help ease the unnecessary use of emergency rooms by providing information on diseases to the general public and effectively distributing medical resources with guidance to proper hospitals according to the degree of symptoms.
Access to Information ; Compliance ; Emergencies ; Emergency Medical Services ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Incidence ; Information Centers

PURPOSE: This study investigated the compliance of the general public to the guidance conveyed by hospital emergency medical information centers. METHODS: This study included the incidences of inquiry on hospitals and clinics to Busan Emergency Medical Information Center by the general public for a 2-week period from January 4-17, 2009. Information obtained included general characteristics, time of hospital arrival and departure, length of hospitalization, hospitals visited, and treatment outcome. RESULTS: A total of 939 incidences of hospital guidance to the general public were examined. The degree of compliance was 71.2%, the ratio of the primary and secondary facility that the participants visited were 88.6% and 93.5% of the participants in this study were discharged from hospitals after their visit. Patients who complied with the information received displayed a shorter period of hospitalization than non-compliant patients. CONCLUSION: Emergency medical information centers may help ease the unnecessary use of emergency rooms by providing information on diseases to the general public and effectively distributing medical resources with guidance to proper hospitals according to the degree of symptoms.
Access to Information ; Compliance ; Emergencies ; Emergency Medical Services ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Incidence ; Information Centers

Megacolon is an uncommon condition in which the bowel is persistently of increased diameter and it is always associated with long-standing constipation. Two main groups are recognized according to whether or not ganglia are present in the intermuscular plane of the rectal wall. Their complete absence, even along a short segment of rectum, denotes Hirschspurung's disease. If ganglia are present, the dilated bowel may be secondary to some predisposing factor such as a stricture, a congenital anorectal abnormality, a cauda equina lesion etc. In other instances, however, there may be no apparent organic reason as to why the bowel should be so dilated. This latter condition is termed "idiopathic megacolon". We report the case of one female patient with idiopathic megacolon. During medical treatment, she was complicated with a sigmoid volvulus, we performed subtotal colectomy and cecorectal anastomosis and she improved without any complication.
Cauda Equina ; Causality ; Colectomy ; Colon, Sigmoid* ; Constipation ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Female ; Ganglia ; Humans ; Intestinal Volvulus* ; Megacolon* ; Rectum

PURPOSE: We performed this study to determine how the emergency trauma team affects the treatment of patients with multiple severe trauma and to discuss the effect and the direction of the emergency trauma team's management. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of 518 patients who visited our emergency department with severe trauma from August 2006 to July 2008. We divided the severe trauma patients into 2 groups : patients before and after trauma team management (Group 1 and Group 2). Then, we compared demographic characteristics, mechanisms of injury, and treatment outcomes (lengths of stay in the ED, admission ratio, and in-hospital mortality) between the 2 groups. In the same way, patients with multiple severe trauma were divided into 2 groups, that are patients before and after trauma team management (Group 3 and Group 4) and analyzed. RESULTS: There was no significant difference, except mean age, between groups 1 and 2. In group 4 patients, compared to group 3 patients, the lengths of stay in the ED were lower (p value < 0.001), and the admission ratio were higher (p value = 0.017), but there was no significant difference in the in-hospital mortality between the groups 3 and 4. CONCLUSION: When patients with multiple severe trauma visit the ED, the emergency trauma team's management can decrease the lengths of stay in the ED and increase the admission ratio, but does not produce a decrease in the in-hospital mortality rate. Further investigations of emergency trauma team management are needed to improve treatment outcomes for patients with multiple severe trauma.
Emergencies ; Hospital Mortality ; Humans ; Retrospective Studies