BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate and analyze the brain magnetic resonance imaging (B-MRI) findings of patients with a favorable neurological outcome following cerebral performance category (CPC) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) at single university hospital emergency center. METHODS: Patients with return of spontaneous circulation (> 24 h) after OHCA who were older than 16 years of age and who had been admitted to the emergency intensive care unit (EICU) for over a 57-month period between July 2007 and March 2012 and survived with a favorable neurological outcome were enrolled. B-MRI was taken after recovery of their mental status. RESULTS: Fifty-two patients among the 305 admitted patients had a good CPC, and 33 patients' B-MRI were analyzed (CPC 1: 26 patients, CPC 2: 7 patients). Among these, 18 (54.5%) patients had a normal finding on B-MRI. On the other hand, ischemia/infarction/microangiopathy compatible with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) were found on various brain areas including subcortical white matter (7/13), cerebral cortex, central semiovlae, basal ganglia, putamen, periventricular white matter, and cerebellum. CONCLUSIONS: Survivors with a favorable neurological outcome from OHCA showed HIE on B-MRI, especially all of the patients with a CPC 2. More detail neurologic category including brain imaging would be needed to categorize patients with favorable outcome after OHCA.
Basal Ganglia ; Brain* ; Cerebellum ; Cerebral Cortex ; Emergencies ; Hand ; Humans ; Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain ; Intensive Care Units ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Neuroimaging ; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* ; Putamen ; Retrospective Studies ; Survivors

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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 ; Humans ; Intensive Care Units ; Male ; Mortality* ; Multivariate Analysis ; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* ; Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis ; Retrospective Studies ; Stroke Volume*

BACKGROUND: We studied the incidence of trauma caused by alcohol related accidents, and the effects that has on the occurrence, the extent, and the outcome to the patient. METHODS: In our study we studied trauma patients excluding pediatric patients(15 years old and under) who came to the Emergency department of Korea University Medical School Anam Hospital from the 1st of january 1996 to 30th of June 1996, looked into their medical records, and studied the records in a retrospective manner. The trauma patients were divided into two groups, a) alcohol-related and b) alcohol-non-related. The two groups were then subdivided according to their sex, age, the time they came in, the anatomical part of the trauma, the mechanism of their injury, the extent of the injury, the length of their hospital stay, the length of their ED stay and were seperately compared and analysed. Statistically, ANOVA and logistic regression analysis using SAS were used in the study and then was assessed in Chi-square analysis methods. RESULTS: The total of the trauma patients, added up to 832 people, 577: male and 255: female. Among this sum, 16 trauma patients were alcohol related(male:127 & female 36). 115 people were in the age group of 21-40. Compared to the non-alcohol related trauma group, the alcohol-related group had more facial & scalp injuries and tended to come in the hours between 0-6 AM. The cause of the injuries were mossy by fast-fighting and suicide, compared to mostly accidental-slipping injuries in the non alcohol-related group. There were no difference in the degree of the injury(ISS) and the length of hospital stay between the two groups, whereas the length of the stay at the ED was longer alcohol-related trauma patients. CONCLUSION: Alcohol related trauma patients were mostly in their 20s and 30s, came to the hospital at a late time it the reason for their visit were mossy because of fist fighting. In the Emergency department, because prompt and correct diagnosis is quite difficult to make in this group, their ED stay tended to be longer. We can conclude that measuring the blood alcohol level of these patients, continuing the psychological therapy and educating people is needed.
Diagnosis ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Length of Stay ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Medical Records ; Retrospective Studies ; Scalp ; Schools, Medical ; Suicide

Cervical spondylolytic spondylolisthesis is a rare congenital anomaly. It is often misunderstood as a result of trauma. However, most of them are congenital deformities.The vast majority of patients with radiographically proven cervical spondylolysis can be treated confidently with conservative measures. Cervical spondylolytic spondylolisthesis that cause symptoms requiring surgery is very rare. Surgical intervention should be reserved for those who fail non-operative management or exhibit neurologic compromise referable to an unstable spondylolytic defect. We report a case of cervical radiculopathy in a 45-year-old female patient who had been diagnosed with spondylolytic spondylolisthesis at the sixth verterba and treated with surgery.

PURPOSE: This study was performed for investigation of epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and serial value of cardiac troponin level of patients who had myocardial injury due to Carbon monoxide poisoning. METHODS: This study reviewed 98 cases of Carbon monoxide poisoning patients who visited Emergency Department from January 1, 2008 to October 31, 2013. We categorized them by two groups, one with elevation of cardiac troponin level and the other with normal level. We had comparison between two groups data using statistical analysis. RESULTS: Among 98 patients of Carbon monoxide poisoning who were admitted to hospital, 10 patients were excluded. 88 patients who were included to our study, 70 patients with normal value of Troponin, and 18 patients with elevated troponin level. Of all patients, Carbon monoxide inhalation due to suicided trial patients has more higher proportion in elevated troponin level group compared with normal group (40 (57.1%) vs 15 (83.3%), P=0.041). Furthermore, corrected QT interval, length of hospital stay, number of ICU admission, also were showed higher value in elevated troponin level group. CONCLUSION: Carbon monoxide induced myocardial injury is associated with subside trial, prolongation of correted QT interval, length of hospital stay, and number of ICU admission.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ; Carbon Monoxide* ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Epidemiology ; Humans ; Inhalation ; Length of Stay ; Reference Values ; Troponin ; Troponin I

PURPOSE: The insertion site of K-wire for skeletal traction is proximal part of tibia or distal part of femur. However, people prefer proximal tibia over distal femur due to lower risk of infection rate when change to interlocking IM nailing is needed. We evaluated the infection rate of interlocking IM nailing. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fourty-seven patients were included in this study who underwent interlocking IM nailing due to femur shaft fracture. Traction was applied at the distal femur in 19 cases and proximal tibia in 10 cases before interlocking IM nailing. No skeletal traction was applied to the remaining 18 cases. Thirty-eight patients were male and 9 were female. The average age at the time of surgery was 36.7 years old (range, 15~17 years). The average traction period was 9.5 days (range, 3~33 days) and the average followed-up period was 17.2 months. RESULTS: In the distal femoral traction group, 8 cases of superficial pin tract infection developed, but no case of deep infection such as osteomyelitis occurred. In the proximal tibia traction group, 2 cases of superficial pin tract infection developed, but no case of deep infection occurred. In the group that received no skeletal traction before interlocking IM nailing, no case of infection developed. CONCLUSION: In femur shaft fracture, the distal femoral skeletal traction followed by interlocking IM nailing of femur, compared to proximal tibia skeletal traction, did not increase the risk of deep infection such as osteomyelitis.
Female ; Femur* ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary* ; Humans ; Incidence* ; Male ; Osteomyelitis ; Tibia ; Traction*

PURPOSE: To study the results of intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and expansile gas injection for the treatment of submacular hemorrhage in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: Eleven consecutive patients (11 eyes) with submacular hemorrhage in AMD were included in this study. All patients were treated with intravitreal injections of tPA and C3F8 gas. Postoperatively, patients' follow-up period were at least 3 months. Outcome measures included early and final visual acuity, age, disc areas of hemorrhage, duration of symptoms, displacement of blood from the fovea, and final macular status. RESULTS: The maximum diameter of the hematoma ranged from 2 to 10 disc diameters. The mean duration of submacular hemorrhage was 7.5 days. Submacular blood was completely displaced in 7 patients (64%) and partially in four (36%). Best postoperative visual acuity improved in 7 eyes; in 6 eyes (55%), the improvement was two or more lines. Final visual acuity improved in 7 eyes (64%), remained stable in 2 eyes (18%), and worsened in 2 eyes (18%). Choroidal neovascularization positioned at subfovea in 7 eyes (64%) and juxtafovea in 4 eyes (36%). No significant difference was found between postoperative visual recovery and these factors. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that intravitreal tPA and expansile gas injection are safe and of useful for displacing hemorrhages secondary to age-related macular degeneration. Final visual acuity was limited by the underlying choroidal neovascularization of AMD.
Choroidal Neovascularization ; Displacement (Psychology) ; Eye ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hematoma ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Intravitreal Injections ; Macular Degeneration ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) ; Tissue Plasminogen Activator ; Visual Acuity

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