1.A Pleural Catheter Malposition through Diaphragm to Abdominal Cavity.
Won Jai JUNG ; Sue In CHOI ; Eun Joo LEE ; Sang Yeub LEE ; Kwang Ho IN
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2017;32(4):370-371
No abstract available.
Abdominal Cavity*
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Catheters*
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Diaphragm*
2.Two cases of extramedullary plasmacytoma of head and neck.
Ki Yeub SEUL ; Sang Geun SIN ; Hyung Ju LEE ; Kyung Rak SHON
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1993;36(6):1356-1362
No abstract available.
Head*
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Neck*
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Plasmacytoma*
3.Acute and Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonias.
Korean Journal of Medicine 2013;84(4):502-508
Although eosinophils may rise to 5-25% of the cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid in a variety of conditions, more than 25% eosinophils in BAL fluid strongly suggest one of the eosinophilic pneumonias. Acute eosinophilc pneumonia (AEP) is a sudden and febrile illness that can results in life-threatening respiratory failure, frequently misdiagnosed as severe community-acquired pneumonia. Most patients respond rapidly and completely to glucocorticoids, generally without relapse. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is a protracted disease of usually more than a month before presentation, with mild to moderate hypoxemia. The disorder is highly responsive to glucocorticoid therapy, but recurs frequent when tapering or after stopping glucocorticoid therapy. Some patients have a history of asthma at diagnosis or develop severe asthma at some time in the follow-up. There are significant relationships between asthma and chronic eosinophilc pneumonia.
Anoxia
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Asthma
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage
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Eosinophils
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Follow-Up Studies
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Glucocorticoids
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Humans
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Pneumonia
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Pulmonary Eosinophilia
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Recurrence
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Respiratory Insufficiency
4.Literature Review of COPD 2008.
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2009;67(1):1-7
No abstract available.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
5.Use of Shockwave in Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesion: Breakthrough or Myth?
Korean Circulation Journal 2022;52(4):301-303
no abstract available.
6.Gastro-esophageal Reflux in Asthmatic Patients.
Jung Kyung SUH ; Kwang Ho LN ; So Ra LEE ; Sang Yeub LEE ; Jae Youn CHO ; Jae Jeong SHIM ; Kyung Ho KANG ; Se Hwa YOO
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1997;44(4):836-843
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of Gastro-esophageal reflux(GER) in patients with asthma is estimated to be 50~60% and treatment of GER has been shown to improve asthma symptoms in Western. But GER has been known to be less common in Eastern and GER prevalence rates in asthmatics are not available in Korea. METHOD: We compared the prevalence rate of GER in 42 patients with asthma to that in 20 healthy normal controls and examed the efficacy of new prokinetic drug, cisapride(40mg/day, 8weeks) in patients with GER and asthma. For acid GER to be considered pathological, 24 hour esophageal pH monitoring should reveal values exceeding upper limit of 95 percentile for at least one of 6 parameter of DeMesseter's table. RESULT: The results showed GER was more common in patients with asthma(11/42, 26.2%) than normal controls(3/20, 15%) and asthmatics group showed a significant longer supine time pH<4(%) and total time pH<4(%), and more reflux episodes as compared with normal control group. After 4 asthmatics with GER were treated with cisapride, their asthma symtom scores, FEV1 and composite scores of pH monitoring were improved. CONCLUSION: GER is more common in asthmatics than in normal controls in Korea and prepulsid reduces asthma symptoms in patients with GER and asthma.
Asthma
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Cisapride
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Esophageal pH Monitoring
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Gastroesophageal Reflux*
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Humans
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Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
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Korea
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Prevalence
7.Mycotic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm as an Unusual Complication of Thoracic Actinomycosis.
Hyung Soo KIM ; Yu Whan OH ; Hyung Jun NOH ; Ki Yeol LEE ; Eun Young KANG ; Sang Yeub LEE
Korean Journal of Radiology 2004;5(1):68-71
Although pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare vascular anomaly, they are seen in a wide variety of conditions, such as congenital heart disease, infection, trauma, pulmonary hypertension, cystic medial necrosis and generalized vasculitis. To our knowledge, mycotic aneurysms caused by pulmonary actinomycosis have not been reported in the radiologic literature. Herein, a case of pulmonary actinomycosis complicated by mycotic aneurysm is presented. On CT scans, this case showed focal aneurysmal dilatation of a peripheral pulmonary artery within necrotizing pneumonia of the right lower lobe, which was successfully treated with transcatheter embolization using wire coils.
Actinomycosis/*complications
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Aged
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Aneurysm, Infected/*etiology/*radiography/therapy
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Embolization, Therapeutic
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Human
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Male
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Pneumonia, Bacterial/*complications
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*Pulmonary Artery
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Treatment Outcome
8.Pulmonary graft-versus-host disease after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Sue In CHOI ; Eun Joo LEE ; Dong Oh KANG ; Sang Yeub LEE ; Kwang Ho IN ; Han Kyeom KIM ; Sanghoon PARK
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 2016;31(6):1181-1183
No abstract available.
Graft vs Host Disease*
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells*
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Lung
9.The Effect of Halofantrine in the Treatment of 14 Cases of Chloroquine Resistant Imported Malaria.
Hyun Jang CHO ; Sung Min NOH ; Sang Do LEE ; Cheol Su POO ; Sung Il KIM ; Du Hyeong KIM ; Seung Young KIM ; Byeung Yeub PARK
Korean Journal of Medicine 1997;53(4):506-511
OBJECTIVES: The prevalence of malaria is increasing in recent years and also multidrug resistant malaria is increasing around the world and there is an increasing concern about imported malaria in nonendemic areas. Now many drugs are tried to find out effect on multidrug resistant malaria. We performed this study to investigate the thrapeutic effect of halofantrine in the treatment of chloroquine resistant imported malaria. METHODS: From Feb. 1992 to May 1995, we experienced 35 patients infected with malaria and treated 14 patients among 35 patients with halofantrine. RESULTS: 1) All 14 patients were sailor with a mean age of 39.4 years and infected with malaria. 2) The majority of patients were infected with malaria at Africa. 3) 10 patients were infected with Plasmodium falciparum and the remainder were undetermined. 4) In the 11 cases of chloroquine resistant malaria treated with quinine plus tetracycline combination therapy or Fansidar, 4 cases could not be tolerable due to side effects and resistance to the therapy, we substituted halofantrine for above regimens. 5) In the 10 cases, treated after May 1994, halofantrine was the first choice of treatment because they were the cases of malaria infected in the mid-Africa where the prevalence of chloroquine resistant malaria is high. 6) With halofantrine, all 14 cases were treated with minimal side effects suc4 as nausea, vomiting, anorexia, abdominal pain and fatigue. CONCLUSION: We think halofantrine is a simple and effective regimen against chloroquine resistant malaria and consider this agent as an alternative therapeutic regimen on chloroquine resistant malaria.
Abdominal Pain
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Africa
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Anorexia
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Chloroquine*
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Fatigue
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Humans
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Malaria*
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Military Personnel
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Nausea
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Plasmodium falciparum
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Prevalence
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Quinine
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Tetracycline
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Vomiting
10.Leukotriene C4 synthase promoter polymorphism in aspirin - induced asthma.
Jae Youn CHO ; Sang Yeub LEE ; Seon Ae HAN ; Se Hwa YOO ; Sun Sin KIM ; Hae Sim PARK ; Jung Won PARK ; Chein Soo HONG ; Kwang Ho IN
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1999;19(4):542-547
BACKGROUND: Aspirin/NSAIDs can release cysteinyl-leukotriene (cys-LTs) into airways and precipitate asthmatic symptoms in aspirin - induced asthma(AIA). It has been reported that there is profound overexpression of LTC4 synthase in their bronchial mucosa, compared to aspirin-tolerant asthma. Objective : We observed whether genetic polymorphism of LTC4 synthase may be predisposed to LTC4 synthase overexpression in AIA. Subject and METHOD: Forty - four AIA patients having positive responses on lysin aspirin bron choprovocation tests and 47 non - aspirin induced asthma ( non - AIA ) patients having negative challenges and 32 healthy controls were enrolled. The genotypes of the promoter LTC4 synthase gene ( A,C transversion ) were determined by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism ( RFLP ) method. RESULTS: LTC4 synthase promoter polymorphism ( A444C btransversion) was not significantly different between non - AIA and AIA patients (p>0.05). Conclusion These findings suggest that genetic polymorphism of LTC4 synthase promoter may not be predisposed to LTC, synthase overexpression in AIA.
Aspirin*
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Asthma*
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Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
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Genotype
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Humans
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Leukotriene C4*
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Mucous Membrane
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Polymorphism, Genetic
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length