1.One Case of Tetanus after Taking Acupuncture .
In Cheol HWANG ; Rae Jun JUNG ; Sul Hui CHEE ; Hee Cheol KANG
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2008;29(12):948-951
Tetanus is a neurologic disease which features the muscle spasm as the hallmark. It is an infectious disease with high mortality rate triggered by tetanospasmin produced by Clostridium tetani. This report concerns incidence of tetanus consequent to oriental medical care such as acupuncture and moxibustion. Although the tetanus occurrence has shown a remarkable decline since nationwide vaccinations in some of the developed countries, including Korea, it still remains to be an important issue, to be dealt within Korea, as the majority of the patients are old aged and Korean population is rapidly becoming an aging society. Furthermore, since more elders are coming to rely on Oriental medicine in Korea, the Korean elders are at a higher risk than elsewhere. The lack of medical experiences, including those in oriental medical field, has been hindering early diagnosis of Tetanus. This study aims to encourage rapid and accurate decisions in diagnosis and treatment through reviewing symptoms particularly specific to tetanus, and also to arouse attention to the riskiness of invasive procedures involving skin puncture.
Acupuncture
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Aged
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Aging
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Clostridium tetani
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Communicable Diseases
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Developed Countries
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Early Diagnosis
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Humans
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Incidence
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Korea
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Medicine, East Asian Traditional
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Metalloendopeptidases
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Moxibustion
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Punctures
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Skin
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Spasm
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Tetanus
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Tetanus Toxin
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Vaccination
2.Antimicrobial Susceptibilities and Serotypes of Group B Streptococci Isolated from Pregnant Women.
Young UH ; In Ho JANG ; Gyu Yel HWANG ; Kap Jun YOON ; Jang Yeon KWON ; Myeong Cheol KIM
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology 1997;17(2):260-268
BACKGROUND: Recent data suggest that the colonization rate of group B streptococci(GBS) in pregnant women and the incidence of neonatal infections by GBS is increasing trend in Korea, but the antimicrobial susceptibilities and serotypes in pregnant women have not been reported in Korea. So, we studied to define the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and frequency of serotypes of GBS in pregnant women. METHODS: The susceptibility and serotyping of 60 GBS isolates from 27 pregnant women and four isolates from their two neonates were tested by an agar dilution method and agglutination test, respectively. The typing sera used in this study were Ia, Ib, II, III, IV, and V. RESULTS: Minimal inhibitory concentration range of 60 GBS from pregnant women were penicillin G 0.015-0.12 microgram/ml, vancomycin 0.5-2 microgram/ml, clindamycin 0.015-4.0 microgram/ml, chloramphenicol 2-4 microgram/ml, erythromycin 0.015-2 microgram/ml, tetracycline 0.5-256 microgram/ml, cephalothin 0.12-0.25 microgram/ml, ceftriaxone 0.03-0.12 microgram/ml, respectively. The resistance rate of GBS were 6.7% to clindamycin, 0% to erythromycin, and 98.3% to tetracycline. Most of GBS serotypes from pregnant women in decreasing order were Ib(48.3%), Ia(24.1%), III(20.7%). CONCLUSION: All GBS strains isolated from pregnant women are highly susceptible to commonly used antimicrobial agents with the exception of tetracycline. The low prevalence of severe neonatal GBS infections in Korea is not due to the absence of serotype III, but probably due to a low genital carriage rate of GBS by pregnant women.
Agar
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Agglutination Tests
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Ceftriaxone
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Cephalothin
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Chloramphenicol
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Clindamycin
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Colon
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Erythromycin
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Female
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Humans
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Incidence
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Infant, Newborn
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Korea
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Penicillin G
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Pregnant Women*
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Prevalence
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Serotyping
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Tetracycline
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Vancomycin
3.The Prognostic Factors of Pneumonia with Septic Shock in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department.
Jong Won KIM ; Jin Joo KIM ; Hyuk Jun YANG ; Yong Su LIM ; Jin Seong CHO ; In Cheol HWANG ; Sang Hyun HAN
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2015;30(4):258-264
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the most common cause of death among patients with infectious disease in Korea. However, studies of pneumonia with septic shock in patients presenting to the emergency department are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic factors associated with pneumonia with septic shock in patients presenting to the emergency department. METHODS: From January 2008 to September 2014, patients with pneumonia with septic shock admitted through the emergency department were retrospectively examined. RESULTS: Of the 561,845 patients who visited the emergency department, 398 were admitted for pneumonia with septic shock. The 28-day mortality rate in these patients was 36.4%. The independent prognostic factors were old age (>70 yrs) (odds ratio [OR], 2.42; 95%, confidence interval [CI], 1.35-4.32), Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score (OR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.01-1.08), leukopenia (OR, 3.63; 95% CI, 1.48-8.94), prolonged PT-INR (OR, 2.53; 95% CI, 1.41-4.54), and hypoxemia (OR, 2.88; 95% CI, 1.30-6.38). CONCLUSIONS: A poor prognosis of patients with pneumonia is associated with old age (>70 yrs), increased APACHE II score, leukopenia, prolonged PT-INR, and hypoxemia.
Anoxia
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APACHE
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Cause of Death
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Communicable Diseases
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Emergencies*
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Emergency Service, Hospital*
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Humans
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Korea
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Leukopenia
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Mortality
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Pneumonia*
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Prognosis
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Retrospective Studies
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Shock, Septic*
4.Moderate to Severe Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Related to Short-term Mortality of Patients with Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Kyoung Jeen MIN ; Jin Joo KIM ; In Cheol HWANG ; Jae Hyuk WOO ; Yong Su LIM ; Hyuk Jun YANG ; Keun LEE
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2016;31(4):342-350
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and mortality and neurologic outcomes with post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS: Patients with PCAS after OHCA admitted to the intensive care unit between January 2014 and December 2015 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: total of 104 patients were enrolled in this study. The mean age was 54.4 ± 15.3 years, and 75 of the patients were male (72.1%). Arrest with a cardiac origin was found in 55 (52.9%). LVEF < 45%, 45-55%, and > 55% was measured in 39 (37.5%), 18 (17.3%), and 47 (45.2%) of patients, respectively. In multivariate analysis, severe LV dysfunction (LVEF < 45%) was significantly related to 7-day mortality (odds ratio 3.02, 95% Confidence Interval 1.01-9.0, p-value 0.047). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, moderate to severe LVEF within 48 hours after return of spontaneous circulation was significantly related to 7-day short-term mortality in patients with PCAS after OHCA. Clinicians should actively treat myocardial dysfunction, and further studies are needed.
Echocardiography
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Humans
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Intensive Care Units
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Male
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Mortality*
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Multivariate Analysis
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Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest*
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Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis
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Retrospective Studies
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Stroke Volume*
5.Prior Use of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methyl-Glutaryl-Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor, Simvastatin Fails to Improve Outcome after Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
Cheol Su JWA ; Hyeong Joong YI ; Suck Jun OH ; Se Jin HWANG
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2011;50(5):403-408
OBJECTIVE: Contrary to some clinical belief, there were quite a few studies regarding animal models of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in vivo suggesting that prior use of statins may improve outcome after ICH. This study reports the effect of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitor, simvastatin given before experimental ICH. METHODS: Fifty-one rats were subjected to collagenase-induced ICH, subdivided in 3 groups according to simvastatin treatment modality, and behavioral tests were done. Hematoma volume, brain water content and hemispheric atrophy were analyzed. Immunohistochemical staining for microglia (OX-42) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) was performed and caspase-3 activity was also measured. RESULTS: Pre-simvastatin therapy decreased inflammatory reaction and perihematomal cell death, but resulted in no significant reduction of brain edema and no eNOS expression in the perihematomal region. Finally, prior use of simvastatin showed less significant improvement of neurological outcome after experimental ICH when compared to post-simvastatin therapy. CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that statins therapy after ICH improves neurological outcome, but prior use of statins before ICH might provide only histological improvement, providing no significant impact on neurological outcome against ICH.
Animals
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Atrophy
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Brain
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Brain Edema
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Caspase 3
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Cell Death
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Cerebral Hemorrhage
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Hematoma
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Inflammation
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Microglia
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Models, Animal
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Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
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Oxidoreductases
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Rats
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Simvastatin
6.Panner's Disease Occurred in a Five-year-old Child: A Preliminary Case Report.
Doo Hyun KIM ; Tae Gyun KIM ; Youn Moo HEO ; Cheol Mog HWANG ; June Bum JUN ; Jin Woong YI
Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow 2016;19(3):176-178
Panner's disease, osteonecrosis of the capitellum of the elbow, was first reported by Panner in 1927. The disease occurs mainly in boys between 6 and 15 years old and shows unilateral distribution. Pain, stiffness, localized tenderness over the lateral condyle of the elbow, and decreased range of motion are the typical clinical symptoms. Conservative treatment is generally recommended for patients in the early stage of this disease. A few cases of Panner's disease have been reported and few are related to long-term follow-up results. To the best of our knowledge, all reported cases were over six years. Therefore, we report on a five-year-old boy diagnosed as Panner's disease that showed resorption and regeneration of the humeral capitellum with no limitation of motion over three years. The current study was exempted from review by the institutional review board because it was a single retrospective case report. Informed consent was obtained from the patient's guardian.
Child*
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Elbow
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Ethics Committees, Research
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Informed Consent
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Male
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Osteochondrosis
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Osteonecrosis
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Range of Motion, Articular
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Regeneration
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Retrospective Studies
7.Erratum: Moderate to Severe Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Related to Short-term Mortality of Patients with Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Kyoung Jeen MIN ; Jin Joo KIM ; In Cheol HWANG ; Jae Hyuk WOO ; Yong Su LIM ; Hyuk Jun YANG ; Keun LEE
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2017;32(1):88-88
The author's affiliation should be corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience that may have caused.
8.Osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow derived stem cells in gelatin-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite.
Hyun Jun JEON ; Young Sup HWANG ; Uk Kyu KIM ; Dae Seok HWANG ; Kwang Ho LEE ; Myung Cheol CHANG
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2009;35(1):7-12
PURPOSE: Gelatin-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite is similar to inorganic nanostructure of bone. To make a scaffold with osteoinductivity, bone marrow derived stem cells from rabbit femur were impinged into the nanocomposite. This vitro study was to test osteogenic differentiation of the stem cells in the nanocomposite, which was made by authors. MATERIAL & METHODS: Gel-HA nanocomposite with 10g of HA, 3 g of Gel has been made by co-precipitation process. Bone marrow was obtained from femur of New Zealand White rabbits and osteogenic differentiation was induced by culturing of the BMSCs in an osteogenic medium. The BMSCs were seeded into the Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffold using a stirring seeding method. The scaffolds with the cells were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), colorimetry assay, biochemical assay with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) diagnostic kit, osteocalcin ELISA kit. RESULTS: Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffolds were fabricated with relatively homogenous microscale pores (20-40 micrometer). The BMSCs were obtained from bone marrow of rabbit femurs and confirmed with flow cytometry, Alizarin red staining. Attachment and proliferation of BMSCs in Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffold could be identified by SEM, ALP activity and osteocalcin content of BMSCs. CONCLUSION: The Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffold with micropores could be fabricated and could support BMSCs seeding, osteogenic differentiation.
Alkaline Phosphatase
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Anthraquinones
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Bone Marrow
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Colorimetry
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Durapatite
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Femur
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Flow Cytometry
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Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
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Nanocomposites
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Nanostructures
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Osteocalcin
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Rabbits
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Seeds
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Stem Cells
9.Osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow derived stem cells in gelatin-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite.
Hyun Jun JEON ; Young Sup HWANG ; Uk Kyu KIM ; Dae Seok HWANG ; Kwang Ho LEE ; Myung Cheol CHANG
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2009;35(1):7-12
PURPOSE: Gelatin-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite is similar to inorganic nanostructure of bone. To make a scaffold with osteoinductivity, bone marrow derived stem cells from rabbit femur were impinged into the nanocomposite. This vitro study was to test osteogenic differentiation of the stem cells in the nanocomposite, which was made by authors. MATERIAL & METHODS: Gel-HA nanocomposite with 10g of HA, 3 g of Gel has been made by co-precipitation process. Bone marrow was obtained from femur of New Zealand White rabbits and osteogenic differentiation was induced by culturing of the BMSCs in an osteogenic medium. The BMSCs were seeded into the Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffold using a stirring seeding method. The scaffolds with the cells were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), colorimetry assay, biochemical assay with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) diagnostic kit, osteocalcin ELISA kit. RESULTS: Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffolds were fabricated with relatively homogenous microscale pores (20-40 micrometer). The BMSCs were obtained from bone marrow of rabbit femurs and confirmed with flow cytometry, Alizarin red staining. Attachment and proliferation of BMSCs in Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffold could be identified by SEM, ALP activity and osteocalcin content of BMSCs. CONCLUSION: The Gel-HA nanocomposite scaffold with micropores could be fabricated and could support BMSCs seeding, osteogenic differentiation.
Alkaline Phosphatase
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Anthraquinones
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Bone Marrow
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Colorimetry
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Durapatite
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Femur
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Flow Cytometry
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Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
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Nanocomposites
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Nanostructures
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Osteocalcin
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Rabbits
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Seeds
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Stem Cells
10.The Attitudes of Infertile Male Patients Toward the Use of Artificial Insemination by Donor: A Korean Regional Survey.
Dae Sung HWANG ; Tae Gyeong JEON ; Hyun Jun PARK ; Nam Cheol PARK
Korean Journal of Urology 2014;55(2):134-139
PURPOSE: Infertile couples interested in nonspouse artificial insemination by donor (AID) not only require a thorough understanding of the medical procedure but also must scrutinize the effects it will have on family relationships, including those on the infant to be born. We conducted a series of surveys in couples with male infertility to collect information necessary for AID counseling. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 384 cases with noncurable male infertility were enrolled in this inquiry survey. The questionnaire consisted of 18 items that assessed demographic characteristics, background information concerning the choice to use AID, subjective experiences, long-term effects, and an overall evaluation. RESULTS: A total of 126 surveys were returned (32.8%). AID was first suggested by the husband in about half of the cases. The major reason for considering the procedure was to form a complete family. Two-thirds of the couples were anxious about the procedure, most often about possible congenital or acquired deformities in the infant. After the birth of the child, most couples were positive about their decision to have used AID. About half of the couples felt that the child was their own and expected not to tell the child about AID. Overall, about 50% of the couples were satisfied with the procedure. CONCLUSIONS: Those who underwent AID experienced various psychological effects, including anxiety about the child to be born. To overcome these problems, sufficient medical information and consultation about the process of selecting the donor and about AID procedures should be provided before the procedure is used.
Anxiety
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Child
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Counseling
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Family Characteristics
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Family Relations
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Humans
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Infant
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Infertility, Male
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Insemination, Artificial*
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Male*
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Parturition
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Questionnaires
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Sperm Banks
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Spouses
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Tissue Donors*