1.Effects of a Low-carbohydrate, High-fat Diet
Korean Journal of Obesity 2016;25(4):176-183
It appears that a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet is more effective in weight loss than conventional low-fat diets for short-term periods of approximately 6 months. However, for long-term periods of about 1 year or more, the effects of a low-carbohydrate diet are reduced and the difference in weight loss between low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets disappears. A low-carbohydrate diet can lead to low triglycerides and high HDL cholesterol, and may even lead to an increase in LDL cholesterol. The effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on glycemic control are not clear, and there is no effect on blood pressure. A low-carbohydrate diet may lead to cardiovascular disease, and can increase cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.
Blood Pressure
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Cardiovascular Diseases
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Cholesterol, HDL
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Cholesterol, LDL
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Diet
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Diet, Fat-Restricted
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Diet, High-Fat
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Mortality
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Triglycerides
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Weight Loss
2.Conservative Treatment of Genu Recurvatum: A Case Report.
Junghwan SON ; Eunseong SAGONG
Journal of the Korean Knee Society 2009;21(4):292-295
Genu recurvatum has commonly treated by Ilizarov devices, and treatment with an orthosis has rarely been reported. A 54 month old girl visited our hospital because of left knee hyperextension. The overall imbalance of the quadriceps with the hamstring muscles created 25 degrees of hyperextension. So we applied a knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) for treatment. After six months, the plain radiograph show 2 degrees hyperextension and stabilization of the knee. Genu recurvatum can be treated with an orthosis in a patient with imbalanced quadriceps and a hamstring muscle problem.
Humans
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Knee
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Muscles
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Orthotic Devices
3.Correlation between Colon Polyps and Hypercholesterolemia, Obesity in Adults
Korean Journal of Family Practice 2020;10(4):262-265
Background:
Colon cancer is believed to develop from colon polyps. Early detection of colon polyps and identification of risk factors will decrease theprevalence of colon cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine whether age, body mass index (BMI), and dyslipidemia are risk factors for thedevelopment of colon polyps.
Methods:
In this study, we included 2,477 patients who underwent colonoscopic examinations and BMI measurements, including waist circumference,between January 2016 and December 2018 at the health promotion center of Dongsuwon Hospital in Suwon. We analyzed the relationshipsbetween the risk factors and colon polyp formation by using an age-adjusted multiple regression analysis.
Results:
The prevalence of colon polyps was 14.3% (n=353) and was significantly higher in the older age group (P<0.05). No association was foundbetween the risk of colon polyp formation and the levels of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein. However, high-density lipoprotein leveland BMI showed a relationship with the prevalence of colon polyps.
Conclusion
The development of colon polyps was associated with obesity rather than dyslipidemia in the asymptomatic healthy adults in this study.
4.HExDB: Human EXon DataBase for Alternative Splicing Pattern Analysis.
Junghwan PARK ; Minho LEE ; Jong BHAK
Genomics & Informatics 2005;3(3):80-85
HExDB is a database for analyzing exon and splicing pattern information in Homo sapiens. HExDB is useful for specific purposes: 1) to design primers for exon amplification from cDNA and 2) to understand the change of ORFs by alternative splicing. HExDB was constructed by integrating data from AltExtron which is the computationally predicted exon database, Ensemble cDNA annotation, and Affymetrix genome tile published recently. Although it may contain false positive data, HExDB is good starting point due to its sensitivity. At present, there are as many as 2,046,519 exons stored in the HExDB. We found that 16.8% of the exons in the database was constitutive exons and 83.1% were novel gene exons.
Alternative Splicing*
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Animals
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DNA, Complementary
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Ecthyma, Contagious
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Exons*
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Genome
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Humans*
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Open Reading Frames
5.2 Cases of Optic Nerve Decompression of Two Traumatic Optic Neuropathies Using Intranasal Endoscope.
Woongjae NOH ; Junghwan MOON ; Taeyoung JUNG ; Jaehwan KWON
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2010;53(4):232-235
Traumatic optic neuropathy is a complication resulting from facial trauma, with an incidence of 2% to 5%. The most widely accepted treatments include observation, high dose steroid, surgical decompression and combination therapy of steroid and surgical treatment. However, there has been no established mode of treatment and there are still debates about what the best treatment should be for the patients with optic canal fracture. We experienced two cases of traumatic optic neuropathies due to intracanalicular fracture of the optic canal after trauma. Surgical decompression was performed using an endoscope int-ranasally one day after injury as required for minimal invasive surgery. We report the results and progression of these two cases.
Decompression
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Decompression, Surgical
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Endoscopes
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Humans
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Incidence
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Optic Nerve
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Optic Nerve Injuries
6.Delayed Onset Diplopia due to Minimal Orbital Floor Fractures 16 Months Previously.
Woongjae NOH ; Taejung PARK ; Jaehwan KWON ; Junghwan MOON
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2011;54(8):570-572
Ocular symptoms related to orbital fracture occur immediately after the fracture in most cases. However, authors experienced a delayed onset diplopia occurred 16 months after orbital floor fracture. A 19-year-old man, who had right orbital floor fracture 16 months ago, presented with diplopia of upward gaze. At the time of the fracture, no surgery was performed because the fracture was minimal and there were no particular symptoms. Physical examinations revealed a minor ocular motility restriction of upward gaze, but orbital floor showed no definite interval change on computed tomography. Severe adhesion between the orbital fat tissue and orbital floor was noted intraoperatively and the adhesion was dissected. After the operation, the patient showed remarkable improvement in diplopia and restriction of the ocular motility.
Diplopia
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Floors and Floorcoverings
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Humans
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Orbit
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Orbital Fractures
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Physical Examination
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Young Adult
7.Solitary Peutz-Jeghers type harmartomatous polyp in duodenum with gastric foveolar epithelium: a case report
Eugene CHOI ; Junghwan LEE ; Youngsoo PARK
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 2023;57(2):128-131
Peutz-Jeghers type hamartomatous polyp is known to be associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, which shows characteristic multiple hamartomatous polyp involvement in the gastrointestinal tract, combined with mucocutaneous symptom, familial history of Peutz- Jeghers syndrome or STK11/LTB1 mutation. However, some cases showing histologic appearance of the polyps discovered in Peutz- Jeghers syndrome while lacking other diagnostic criteria of the syndrome have been reported, and these are called solitary Peutz- Jeghers type polyps. Herein, we report a case of solitary Peutz-Jeghers type polyp covered with heterotopic epithelium. The patient was 47-year-old female without any mucocutaneous symptoms nor familial history of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Microscopic examination revealed Peutz-Jeghers type hamartomatous polyp in duodenum covered with gastric type foveolar epithelium. Considering the definition of hamartomatous polyp, which is, the abnormal overgrowth of the indigenous epithelial component, the histological feature of current case is noteworthy in a point that it shows proliferation of heterotopic component, rather than the indigenous component.
8.Usefulness of Emergency Department-bedside Lung Ultrasound in Emergency (ED-BLUE) Protocol for Patients Complaining of Dyspnea in the Emergency Department.
Jin JUN ; Incheol PARK ; Rubi JEONG ; Junsu KIM ; Younggeun LEE ; Taeyong SHIN ; Youngsik KIM ; Youngrock HA ; Junghwan AN
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2011;22(5):517-522
PURPOSE: The bedside lung ultrasound in emergency (BLUE) protocol is an excellent diagnostic tool for acute respiratory failures requiring admission to the intensive care unit. We incorporated cardiac ultrasound in the BLUE algorithm because cardiac origin is also necessary to examine in an emergency setting. We studied the usefulness of the emergency department (ED)-BLUE protocol for patients complaining of dyspnea in an emergency department. METHODS: At first, we assessed lung sliding, artifacts (Alines and B-lines), alveolar consolidation and pleural effusion on stage I and II evaluation. Then, we checked heart to detect 3Es (Effusion, Equality, and Ejection fractions). We divided all the possible conditions into 10 categories. We compared it with final diagnosis and examined the agreements using kappa statistics. We compared the physician's level of confidence for the first impression. The 10 categories were: 1) normal or inconclusive, 2) pulmonary embolism, 3) airway disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma), 4) pneumothorax, 5) large pleural effusion, 6) alveolar consolidation, 7) acute pulmonary edema due to systolic congestive heart failure, 8) acute respiratory distress syndrome, 9) chronic interstitial lung disease with exacerbation, and 10) pericardial effusion with/without tamponade. RESULTS: This prospective study was performed for 172 patients over 18-years-of-age with dyspnea during a 25-month period. Kappa value between the diagnosis after ED-BLUE and final diagnosis was 0.812(p<0.001). The mean of physician's full term for LOC for the first impression before and after ED-BLUE was 3.09+/-0.83 and 4.36+/-0.70 (paired t-test, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: ED-BLUE protocol could help the emergency physician make an accurate diagnosis in patients with dyspnea in the emergent setting.
Artifacts
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Dyspnea
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Emergencies
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Heart
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Heart Failure
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Humans
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Intensive Care Units
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Lung
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial
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Lung Diseases, Obstructive
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Pericardial Effusion
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Pleural Effusion
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Pneumothorax
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Prospective Studies
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Pulmonary Edema
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
9.Successful rapid drug desensitization to methotrexate in a patient with primary central nervous system lymphoma.
Kyung Mee SONG ; Junghwan LEE ; Ji Hyun PARK ; So Young PARK ; Tae Bum KIM ; Cheolwon SUH
Blood Research 2018;53(1):71-74
No abstract available.
Central Nervous System*
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Humans
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Lymphoma*
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Methotrexate*
10.Prediction of Mortality in Patients with Acute Paraquat Intoxication Using Simplified Acute Physiology Score II.
Young yeol YOU ; Younggi MIN ; Junghwan AHN ; Sang Cheon CHOI ; Yeonho SHIN ; Yoonseok JUNG ; Eunjung PARK
The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2011;26(4):221-225
BACKGROUND: The prognosis of paraquat intoxication patients is poor and this makes the prediction of mortality important in administering aggressive treatment and admission. This article investigates the usefulness of simplified acute physiology score II (SAPS II), as a predictor of the mortality in paraquat intoxication. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 65 patients who were admitted in one hospital between January in 2005 and December in 2010. We calculated their SAPS II, serum paraquat level, and severity index of paraquat poisoning (SIPP) at the time of intensive care unit (ICU) admission. We investigated the relationship between each systems and the mortality. RESULTS: Overall mortality was 73.8%: 48 out of 65 patients died. Non-survived group (n = 48) had a higher SAPS II score (30.44 +/- 15.99) than survived group (n = 17 [15.7 +/- 6.26], p < 0.001). Serum paraquat level and SIPP were significantly higher in non-survived group than in survived group (p < 0.05, in all comparisons). By using the area under receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC), the SAPS II system yielded equal discriminative power (AUC = 0.82) with serum paraquat level (AUC = 0.896) and SIPP (AUC = 0.865). Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test C indicated SAPS II score validated well in paraquat intoxication group (p = 0.33). CONCLUSIONS: Serum paraquat level is the best way for prediction of mortality in patients with acute paraquat intoxication. If checking serum paraquat level is impossible or delayed, SAPS II score can be an alternative tool for evaluating the prognosis in paraquat intoxication.
Humans
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Intensive Care Units
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Paraquat
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Prognosis
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Research Design
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Retrospective Studies
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ROC Curve