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Observer Variation*

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Hemochromatosis* ; Humans ; Renal Dialysis*

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Female ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Ectopic*

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Hepatitis B Vaccines* ; Hepatitis B* ; Hepatitis* ; Hot Temperature* ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability*

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Hepatitis B Vaccines* ; Hepatitis B* ; Hepatitis* ; Hot Temperature* ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability*

The incidence of myocardial ischemia and silent myocardial infarction are higer in diabetic than in nondiabetic patients. We had a case of a disbetic, myocardial ischemic female patient, 54years old, who had cardiac arrest during an emergency surgery. The patient was admitted via emergency room with the diagnosis of rupture of basilar artery aneurysm. During the dissection for the exposure of the artery. The aneurysm ruptured. causing massive hemorrhage. At this time, cardiac arrest was revealed at the monitoring EKG, cardiopulmonary resuscitation with DC shock were performed to reverse venticular fibriliation but the EKG monitor showed T wave inversion and sinus tachycardia in several leads. And the blood pressure was hardly audible with systolic of about 50mmHg. So nitroglycerin 0.05mg, intravenous bolus injection was given twice and the systolic went up to 110mmHg with a diastolic of 80mmHg. So the operation proceeded and finished. The patient was sent to the ICU. On the third postoperative day, the patient again had cardiac arrest but this time could not be resuscitated. We experienced the dramatic effect of nitroglycerin on this ischemic patient during cardio pulmonary resuscitation and we would like to share this experience with our colleagues.
Aneurysm ; Arteries ; Blood Pressure ; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation* ; Diagnosis ; Electrocardiography ; Emergencies ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Female ; Heart Arrest ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Incidence ; Intracranial Aneurysm ; Myocardial Infarction ; Myocardial Ischemia ; Nitroglycerin* ; Rupture ; Shock ; Tachycardia, Sinus

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Anaphylaxis* ; Histamine Release* ; Histamine* ; Mast Cells*

To investigate the effect of endothelin on intracellular free calcium ([Ca(2+)]i) mobilization and the existence of the endothelin receptor in cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells(BCEC), endothelin-1(ET-1) -induced [Ca(2+)]i increase was measuredby using calcium sensitive indicator, fura-2/AM, and the studies on its desensitizaton and receptor antagonists were also performed. ET-1 increased [Ca(2+)]i in a concentration-dependent manner(10(-9)M-10(-5)M) and ET-1 -unduced [Ca(2+)]i transient increase was significantly ingibited (~50%) by the pretreatment with EGTA for 1 min. Similarly, neomycin also attenuated ET-1 -unduced [Ca(2+)]i transient increase in a concentration-dependent mannet. Desensitizatin study with successive treatment of ET-1 and ET-3, and the experiments of antagonists(BQ-610 for the ET(A) receptor and BQ-788 for the ET(B) receptor) showed the presence of ET(B) receptor in BCEC. In addition, ET-1(10(-6)M) accumulated inositol trisphosphate about two folds (310+/-6.8 cpm) comparing to control(154+/-11.6 cpm) and this accumulation was significantly inhibited by the treatment with neomycin (187+/-28 cpm). These results suggest that endothelin-induced calcium mobilization is receptor-mediated response and TE(B) receptor exists in BCEC.
Calcium* ; Egtazic Acid ; Endothelins ; Endothelium, Corneal* ; Inositol ; Neomycin ; Receptors, Endothelin

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Congenital Abnormalities* ; Ilizarov Technique* ; Upper Extremity*

PURPOSE: This study was done to determine the usefulness of serum pepsinogen (PG) levels as a screening method for gastric cancer, and to assess the relationships between serum PG and clinicopathologic factors of gastric adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Serum PG concentrations were measured in 94 subjects who were classified into (a) a control group (50 subjects) without abnormal endoscopic finding on a health checkup, or (b) a gastric cancer group (44 subjects) who had surgery at Daegu Catholic University Hospital between Nov. 2008 and May 2009. Receiver operator characteristic curves were utilized to select the most suitable test. Using different cutoff points, sensitivity and specificity were calculated. We compared preoperative serum PG levels with several clinicopathologic findings for patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. RESULTS: The Serum PG I:II ratio was the most useful as a screening test. The sensitivity and specificity of PG screening for gastric cancer were, respectively, 81.8% and 82%. The cut off point correlated with the type of intestinal cancer (Lauren classification; P=0.003), tumor stage (P=0.001), and gastric adenocarcinoma with peritumoral chronic atrophic gastritis (P=0.036). CONCLUSION: Serum PG levels were found to be a potentially useful screening test and to correlate with clinicopathologic factors in gastric cancer patients. But, in order to use serum PG found in a health checkup for gastric cancer as a clinical application a large scale study is recommended.
Adenocarcinoma ; Gastritis, Atrophic ; Humans ; Intestinal Neoplasms ; Mass Screening ; Pepsinogen A ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Stomach Neoplasms