PURPOSE: This study was to analyze the relationship the physical disability, cognitive disorder and body image. METHOD: The research was a descriptive relationship study. A sample is composed of 101 hospitalized stroke patients. Data were collected from November, 2005 to December, 2005. The survey instruments used in the study Sharon and Glen's physical disability scale, Lim's cognitive disorder scale and Osgood's body image scale. The collected data were analyzed frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, ANOVA, Duncan test, Pearsons' correlation coefficients. RESULT: The level of physical disability the score was 2.26, cognitive disorder 1.84 and body image 3.54. and they were relation to significant correlation. The body image showed significant negative correlation with physical disability, cognitive disorder. Physical disability showed significant positive correlation with cognitive disorder(r=.639, p=.000), and significant negative correlation with body image(r=-.420, p=.000). Cognitive disorder showed significant negative correlation with body image(r=-.620, p=.000). There were significant differences of body image by general characteristics as follows: age(p=.000), occupation(p=.004), education(p=.008), disease(p=.007). monthly income(p=.006), burden of medical expenses(p=.001), duration of stroke(p=.008). CONCLUSION: There was a significant correlation between physical disability, cognitive disorder and body image. there will be considered useful nursing intervention effect to physical disability, cognitive disorder and body image of stroke patients.
Body Image* ; Humans ; Nursing ; Stroke*

BACKGROUND: Although the stapled anastomotic technique has achieved efficacy in gastrointestinal surgery, there are only a few experimental results comparing the physical properties of the anastomotic site, pathologic features of the healing process, and physiologic change after the operation. Moreover, there have been no comparative study among various stapled anastomotic techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety of various stapled anastomotic techniques by comparing the physical properties of the anastomotic site, pathologic features of the healing process and physiologic change observed for the classical hand-sewn anastomotic technique with those observed for various stapled anastomotic techniques in the normal porcine colon and rectum. METHODS: Twelve male pigs were grouped into 4 according to the anastomotic techniques; standard Albert-Lembert two-layer hand-sewn anastomosis, stapled end-to-end anastomosis, stapled end-to-side anastomosis, and stapled side-to-side anastomosis. Each anastomotic technique was applied at 3 sites (ascending colon, transverse colon, and rectum). Groups of animals underwent a second surgery on the 4th week postoperatively, and the anastomotic properties were assessed with respect to the first day of defecation, bursting pressure, tensile strength, gross scar formation, microscopic inflammatory cell infiltration, telangiectasia, lymphangiectasia, foreign-body reaction, granulation and fibrosis. RESULTS: No significant difference among the respective anastomotic techniques was found with respect to the first day of defecation, bursting pressure, tensile strength, microscopic inflammatory cell infiltration, telangiectasia, and lymphangiectasia. However, more scar formation, foreign-body reaction, granulation and fibrosis were observed in the hand-sewn anastomosis. There was no significant difference among the groups of various stapled anastomotic techniques. CONCLUSION: According to this animal study, various stapled anastomoses were superior to the standard Albert-Lembert two-layer hand-sewn anastomosis with less scar formation, foreign-body reaction,granulation and fibrosis. In colorectal surgery, various stapled anastomotic techniques can be safely applied in accordance with the respective purpose and the anatomical characteristics.
Animals ; Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast* ; Cicatrix ; Colon* ; Colon, Transverse ; Colorectal Surgery ; Defecation ; Fibrosis ; Foreign-Body Reaction ; Humans ; Lymphatic Vessels ; Male ; Mastectomy ; Mastectomy, Radical ; Mastectomy, Segmental* ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Rectum ; Recurrence ; Retrospective Studies ; Swine ; Telangiectasis ; Tensile Strength

Background/Aims: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with acute respiratory syndrome. The mechanisms underlying the different degrees of pneumonia severity in patients with COVID-19 remain elusive. This study provides evidence that COVID-19 is associated with eosinophil-mediated inflammation. Methods: We performed a retrospective case series of three patients with laboratory and radiologically confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to Chosun University Hospital. Demographic and clinical data on inflammatory cell lung infiltration and cytokine levels in patients with COVID-19 were collected. Results: Cytological analysis of sputum, tracheal aspirates, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples from all three patients revealed massive infiltration of polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs), such as eosinophils and neutrophils. All sputum and BALF specimens contained high levels of eosinophil cationic proteins. The infiltration of PMNs into the lungs, together with elevated levels of natural killer T (NKT) cells in BALF and peripheral blood samples from patients with severe pneumonia in the acute phase was confirmed by flow cytometry. Conclusions These results suggest that the lungs of COVID-19 patients can exhibit eosinophil-mediated inflammation, together with an elevated NKT cell response, which is associated with COVID-19 pneumonia.