PURPOSE: Acute septic arthritis in infancy and childhood is uncommon. Delay of diagnosis and inappropriate treatment of septic arthritis results in permanent physical sequelae. We studied the initial treatment, clinical manifestations, involved sites, and etiologic organisms of septic arthritis. METHODS: We reviewed 74 patients who were diagnosed septic arthritis in Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine from July 1986 to Sep. 1995. RESULTS: 1) Seventy-four children in the treatment group comprised of 48 males and 26 females. The age distribution is : 21 cases of neonates (28%), 19 cases of infants (26%), and 34 cases of children under 15 years. 2) The frequently involved sites were : 34 cases of hip joint (45%), 28 cases of knee joint (37%), 8 cases of shoulder joint (10%), 4 cases of elbow joint (5%), and 2 cases of ankle joint (3%). In two cases, two joints were involved simultaneously. 3) On imaging studies, 37.8% (28/74) of all cases had abnormal X-ray findings initially. Bone scan were done in 43 cases (58.1%). Half of these cases (22/43) had abnormal, increased uptake in involved joint during the third hospital day through seventh. 4) There were some predisposing factors. : respiratory tract infection (63.5%), trauma (6.8%), sepsis (8.1%), congenital hip dislocation (1/74). However, there were no specific problems in 15 cases. 5) Major complaints of patients were : limitation of motion, fever, local swelling, pain, tenderness, erythema, irritability, and heating sensation, etc. 6) Sixty-three cases had bacterial growth, either from blood or wound. Wounds cultures were positive in 23 cases. : S. aureus (13/23), Streptococcus (6/23). The combination of incision & drainage, irrigation, intravenous antibiotics and traction were therapeutic modalities. Antibiotics used were cephalosporins and vancomycin. CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent the permanent sequelae of septic arthritis. In cases presenting with limitation of motion, fever, or pain with or without abnormal radiologic findings, septic arthritis should be ruled out.
Age Distribution ; Ankle Joint ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Arthritis, Infectious* ; Causality ; Cephalosporins ; Child* ; Diagnosis ; Drainage ; Early Diagnosis ; Elbow Joint ; Erythema ; Female ; Fever ; Heating ; Hip Dislocation, Congenital ; Hip Joint ; Hot Temperature ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Male ; Orthopedics ; Pediatrics ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; Sensation ; Sepsis ; Shoulder Joint ; Streptococcus ; Traction ; Vancomycin ; Wounds and Injuries

PURPOSE: Acute septic arthritis in infancy and childhood is uncommon. Delay of diagnosis and inappropriate treatment of septic arthritis results in permanent physical sequelae. We studied the initial treatment, clinical manifestations, involved sites, and etiologic organisms of septic arthritis. METHODS: We reviewed 74 patients who were diagnosed septic arthritis in Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine from July 1986 to Sep. 1995. RESULTS: 1) Seventy-four children in the treatment group comprised of 48 males and 26 females. The age distribution is : 21 cases of neonates (28%), 19 cases of infants (26%), and 34 cases of children under 15 years. 2) The frequently involved sites were : 34 cases of hip joint (45%), 28 cases of knee joint (37%), 8 cases of shoulder joint (10%), 4 cases of elbow joint (5%), and 2 cases of ankle joint (3%). In two cases, two joints were involved simultaneously. 3) On imaging studies, 37.8% (28/74) of all cases had abnormal X-ray findings initially. Bone scan were done in 43 cases (58.1%). Half of these cases (22/43) had abnormal, increased uptake in involved joint during the third hospital day through seventh. 4) There were some predisposing factors. : respiratory tract infection (63.5%), trauma (6.8%), sepsis (8.1%), congenital hip dislocation (1/74). However, there were no specific problems in 15 cases. 5) Major complaints of patients were : limitation of motion, fever, local swelling, pain, tenderness, erythema, irritability, and heating sensation, etc. 6) Sixty-three cases had bacterial growth, either from blood or wound. Wounds cultures were positive in 23 cases. : S. aureus (13/23), Streptococcus (6/23). The combination of incision & drainage, irrigation, intravenous antibiotics and traction were therapeutic modalities. Antibiotics used were cephalosporins and vancomycin. CONCLUSIONS: Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent the permanent sequelae of septic arthritis. In cases presenting with limitation of motion, fever, or pain with or without abnormal radiologic findings, septic arthritis should be ruled out.
Age Distribution ; Ankle Joint ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Arthritis, Infectious* ; Causality ; Cephalosporins ; Child* ; Diagnosis ; Drainage ; Early Diagnosis ; Elbow Joint ; Erythema ; Female ; Fever ; Heating ; Hip Dislocation, Congenital ; Hip Joint ; Hot Temperature ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Male ; Orthopedics ; Pediatrics ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; Sensation ; Sepsis ; Shoulder Joint ; Streptococcus ; Traction ; Vancomycin ; Wounds and Injuries

The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of turnover to a long-term care hospital nurse. Methods: Data were collected using in-depth interviews and analyzed using a Giorgi’s phenomenological approach. The participants were ten nurses who worked on the wards of a long-term care hospital in Busan metropolitan. Results: The results were summarized into five themes and seventeen core meanings. The five themes were ‘A choice based on one's convenience’, ‘Feeling overwhelmed by tasks beyond the scope of nursing duties’, ‘Thinking about turnover from time to time’, ‘An environment where personal growth as a nurse cannot be expected’ and ‘Becoming a nurse for long-term care’. Conclusion: To ensure patient safety and prevent nurse turnover in long-term care hospitals, it is necessary to improve the nursing environment, establish clear job manuals, and create a reasonable salary system.

Acetaminophen or paracetamol (N-acetyl-para-aminophenol [APAP]) is a safe and effective antipyretic and analgesic drug and is a representative nonprescription drug. However, APAP is one of the most common nonprescription drugs used for intentional overdose or suicide, thereby resulting in hundreds of deaths annually in the United States. Moreover, the misuse of nonprescription drugs is a cause of increasing concern in Korea with the revision of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law in 2012. Generally, the mortality rate of APAP overdose is extremely low due to the well-established treatment guidelines and availability of antidotes. However, it should not be overlooked because of the high number of either accidental or intentional APAP overdose cases recorded every day. To achieve a good prognosis, individuals with APAP overdose must be immediately identified and brought to the hospital. Herein, we report an autopsy case of an individual with APAP overdose who died due to acute liver injury.

OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to compare the shear bond strength between orthodontic metal brackets and glazed zirconia using different types of primer before applying resin cement and to determine which primer was more effective. METHODS: Zirconia blocks were milled and embedded in acrylic resin and randomly assigned to one of four groups: nonglazed zirconia with sandblasting and zirconia primer (NZ); glazed zirconia with sandblasting, etching, and zirconia primer (GZ); glazed zirconia with sandblasting, etching, and porcelain primer (GP); and glazed zirconia with sandblasting, etching, zirconia primer, and porcelain primer (GZP). A stainless steel metal bracket was bonded to each target surface with resin cement, and all specimens underwent thermal cycling. The shear bond strength of the specimens was measured by a universal testing machine. A scanning electron microscope, three-dimensional optical surface-profiler, and stereoscopic microscope were used to image the zirconia surfaces. The data were analyzed with one-way analyses of variance and the Fisher exact test. RESULTS: Group GZ showed significantly lower shear bond strength than did the other groups. No statistically significant differences were found among groups NZ, GP, and GZP. All specimens in group GZ showed adhesive failure between the zirconia and resin cement. In groups NZ and GP, bonding failed at the interface between the resin cement and bracket base or showed complex adhesive and cohesive failure. CONCLUSIONS: Porcelain primer is the more appropriate choice for bonding a metal bracket to the surface of a full-contour glazed zirconia crown with resin cement.
Adhesives ; Crowns ; Dental Porcelain* ; Resin Cements ; Stainless Steel

BACKGROUND: This study was performed to analyze cytologic diagnosis of noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) and its impact on the risk of malignancy (ROM) in the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC). METHODS: Five thousand five hundred and forty-nine cases of thyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) diagnosed between 2012 and 2014 were included in this study. Diagnostic categories based on TBSRTC were compared with final surgical diagnoses, and the ROM in each category was calculated both when NIFTP was included in malignant lesions and when excluded from malignant lesions. RESULTS: Of the 5,549 thyroid FNAC cases, 1,891 cases underwent surgical resection. In final diagnosis, 1,700 cases were revealed as papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and 25 cases were reclassified as NIFTP. The cytologic diagnoses of NIFTP were non-diagnostic in one, benign in five, atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) in 14, follicular neoplasm in two, and suspicious for malignancy in three cases. Collectively, NIFTP/encapsulated follicular variant of PTC (EFVPTC) were more frequently classified as benign, AUS, or follicular neoplasm and less frequently categorized as malignant compared to conventional PTCs. Exclusion of NIFTP from malignant diagnoses resulted in a slight decrease in malignancy rates in non-diagnostic, benign, AUS, follicular neoplasm, and suspicious for malignancy categories without any statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: The decrease in the ROM was not significant when NIFTP was excluded from malignant lesions. In thyroid FNACs, NIFTP/EFVPTCs were mostly classified into indeterminate categories. Therefore, it might be feasible to separate NIFTP/EFVPTC from conventional PTC on FNAC to guide clinicians to conservative management for patients with NIFTP/EFVPTC.
Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Thyroid Gland ; Thyroid Neoplasms

Mammary carcinoma arising in microglandular adenosis (MGA) is extremely rare, and MGA is regarded as a non-obligate precursor of triple-negative breast cancer. We report five cases of carcinoma arising in MGA of the breast. All cases showed a spectrum of proliferative lesions ranging from MGA to atypical MGA, ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive carcinoma. Immunohistochemically, all cases were triple-negative and expression of S-100 protein gradually decreased as the lesions progressed from MGA to atypical MGA and carcinoma. Three cases showed acinic cell differentiation with reactivity to α1-antitrypsin, and one case was metaplastic carcinoma. During clinical follow-up, one patient developed local recurrence. Carcinoma arising in MGA is a rare but distinct subset of triple-negative breast cancer with characteristic histologic and immunohistochemical findings.
Acinar Cells ; Breast ; Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating ; Fibrocystic Breast Disease* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Recurrence ; S100 Proteins ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the adaptive iterative dose reduction (AIDR) three-dimensional (3D) algorithm in CT on noise reduction and the image quality compared to the filtered back projection (FBP) algorithm and to compare the effectiveness of AIDR 3D on noise reduction according to the body habitus using phantoms with different sizes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three different-sized phantoms with diameters of 24 cm, 30 cm, and 40 cm were built up using the American College of Radiology CT accreditation phantom and layers of pork belly fat. Each phantom was scanned eight times using different mAs. Images were reconstructed using the FBP and three different strengths of the AIDR 3D. The image noise, the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the phantom were assessed. Two radiologists assessed the image quality of the 4 image sets in consensus. The effectiveness of AIDR 3D on noise reduction compared with FBP were also compared according to the phantom sizes. RESULTS: Adaptive iterative dose reduction 3D significantly reduced the image noise compared with FBP and enhanced the SNR and CNR (p < 0.05) with improved image quality (p < 0.05). When a stronger reconstruction algorithm was used, greater increase of SNR and CNR as well as noise reduction was achieved (p < 0.05). The noise reduction effect of AIDR 3D was significantly greater in the 40-cm phantom than in the 24-cm or 30-cm phantoms (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The AIDR 3D algorithm is effective to reduce the image noise as well as to improve the image-quality parameters compared by FBP algorithm, and its effectiveness may increase as the phantom size increases.
*Algorithms ; Animals ; Body Size ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/*methods ; *Phantoms, Imaging/standards ; Radiation Dosage ; Signal-To-Noise Ratio ; Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal/*radiography ; Swine ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods

PURPOSE: The management of benign intraductal papilloma (IDP) without atypia diagnosed on core needle biopsy (CNB) remains controversial. This study was performed to evaluate the rate of upgrading to malignancy or high-risk lesions after excision and to identify factors associated with upgrading using a large series of benign IDP cases without atypia. METHODS: We included patients who were diagnosed as having benign IDP without atypia on CNB and underwent surgical or vacuum-assisted excision between 2010 and 2015. We analyzed the clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic features of IDPs that were upgraded to malignancy or high-risk lesions after excision. RESULTS: A total of 511 benign IDPs without atypia diagnosed via CNB were identified, of which 398 cases were treated with excision. After reviewing these cases, four cases of high-risk lesions in adjacent tissue on CNB, two cases which were revealed as papilloma with atypia, and nine cases of malignancy in the same breast were excluded. In the remaining 383 cases, the rate of upgrading to malignancy and high-risk lesions after excision was 0.8% and 4.4%, respectively. The presence of concurrent contralateral breast cancer, the presence of symptoms, and multifocality were factors significantly associated with upgrading to malignancy on subsequent excision. Surgical excision rather than vacuum-assisted excision was significantly associated with upgrading to high-risk lesions or malignancy. CONCLUSION: The rate of upgrading to malignancy for benign IDP without atypia was very low, suggesting that close clinical and radiologic observation may be sufficient for patients with benign IDP without atypia on CNB under proper settings.
Biopsy, Large-Core Needle* ; Breast ; Breast Neoplasms ; Humans ; Papilloma ; Papilloma, Intraductal*

PURPOSE: Although microinvasive carcinoma is distinct from ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the clinical significance of microinvasion in DCIS remains elusive. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinicopathological features and clinical outcomes of microinvasive carcinoma compared with pure DCIS. METHODS: We assessed 613 cases of DCIS and microinvasive carcinoma that were consecutively resected from 2003 to 2014 and analyzed clinicopathological variables, expression of standard biomarkers such as the estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), p53, and Ki-67, and tumor recurrence. RESULTS: Among the 613 cases, 136 (22.2%) were classified as microinvasive carcinoma. Microinvasive carcinoma was significantly associated with DCIS with a large extent, high nuclear grade, necrosis, and comedotype architectural pattern. ER and PR expressions were dominantly observed in pure DCIS, whereas positive HER2 status, p53 overexpression, and high Ki-67 proliferation indices were more frequently observed in microinvasive carcinoma. Lymph node metastasis was found in only four cases of microinvasive carcinoma with multifocal microinvasion. In the multivariate analysis, DCIS with a large extent, comedo-type architectural pattern, and negative ER status were found to be independent predictors of microinvasion. During follow-up, 12 patients had ipsilateral breast recurrence, and no differences in recurrence rates were observed between patients with DCIS and those with microinvasive carcinoma. The triple-negative subtype was the only factor that was associated with tumor recurrence. CONCLUSION: Microinvasive carcinomas are distinct from DCIS in terms of clinicopathological features and biomarker expressions but are similar to DCIS in terms of clinical outcomes. Our results suggest that microinvasive carcinoma can be treated and followed up as pure DCIS.
Biomarkers ; Breast ; Breast Neoplasms ; Carcinoma, Ductal* ; Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating* ; Estrogens ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lymph Nodes ; Multivariate Analysis ; Necrosis ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor ; Receptors, Progesterone ; Recurrence ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms