1.The significance of clinical findings on hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
Seon Tae KIM ; Dong Ho KIM ; Dong Jin KIM ; Hong Kwan KIM ; Hun Jung IM
Korean Journal of Perinatology 1993;4(3):371-381
No abstract available.
Pregnancy*
2.The clinical and statistical study of obstetrical cases (1981-1990).
Won Ki OH ; Seon Tae KIM ; Dong Ho KIM ; Hun Jung IM
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993;36(7):1400-1406
No abstract available.
Statistics as Topic*
3.Distribution of Antideoxyribonuclease B Levels and Results of Throat Cultures in School Children in Seoul.
Seon Ju KIM ; Hyang Im LEE ; Yun Jung KIM ; Kuk Young MAING
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology 1997;17(4):636-642
BACKGROUND: Antistreptolysin O (ASO) has been widely used to diagnose Streptococcus Pyogenes infections and their sequelae, rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis. Butt in some cases there is no elevation of ASO that it is necessary to add one or more tests detecting immune response to S. pyogenes.. The authors analyzed the distribution of antideoxyibonuclease (ADNase) B and antistreptolysin O (ASO) among the children of an elementary school in Seoul and calculated their upper limit of normal (ULN) value. METHODS: ADNase B concentrations were determined by nephelometry (Behring Nephelometer 100 Analyzer, Germany) on 236 sera of healthy elementary school children in Seoul. Throat cultures were taken at the same time to compare ADNase B lovels between S. pyogenes carriers and non-carriers. RESULTS: The distribution of ADNase B concentrations among school children ranged from 77 (detection limit) to 1616 IU/ml and the ULN was estimated to be 362 IU/mL. The carriers of S. pyogenes clad significantly higher ADNase B levels (mean 392 IU/ml) than carriers of non-group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (BHS, 236 IU/ml) oY non-carriers of BHS (234 IU/ml). The relationship between ADNase B (Y) and ASO (X) levels was Y=0.4X+173 (r2=0.209). CONCLUSIONS: The distribution of ADNase B levels showed no close correlation with that of ASO, and ADNase B test was considered to have additive value to ASO test for detecting S. pyogenes infection.
Antistreptolysin
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Child*
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Glomerulonephritis
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Humans
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Nephelometry and Turbidimetry
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Pharynx*
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Rheumatic Fever
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Seoul*
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Streptococcus pyogenes
4.A Case of Sepsis due to Vibrio damsela.
Hyang Im LEE ; Seon Ju KIM ; Kook Young MAENG ; Soo Jin KIM
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology 1997;17(4):618-622
Vibrio damsela is a halophilic bacterium that has been reported to cause skin ulcers and death in damselfish (Chromis punctipinnis) as well as wound and soft-tissue infections in human. Most of the previously reported cases in humans haute involved wound infections associated with exposure to seawater or handling fish. We experienced a case of primary septicemia due to V. damsela after eating raw fists in a healthy 66-year-old woman who had neither wounds nor history of exposure to sea- water. She presented fever and diarrhea followed by rapidly pregressive bullae and painful edema on left band and forearm. The patient was Improved by intensive surgical debrldement of necrotic tissue and antibiotic therapy.
Aged
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Diarrhea
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Eating
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Edema
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Female
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Fever
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Forearm
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Humans
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Seawater
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Sepsis*
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Skin Ulcer
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Vibrio*
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Wound Infection
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Wounds and Injuries
5.Distraction Techniques for Children Undergoing Procedures: A Critical Review of Korean Intervention Research.
Child Health Nursing Research 2014;20(4):340-349
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to provide a critical assessment of evidence-based Korean pediatric research that can inform clinical practicability of, and future research on distraction interventions for pediatric procedural pain management. METHODS: A critical review of evidence-based Korean pediatric research was conducted. Databases were searched to identify research that included an evaluation of a distraction intervention as an intervention for pediatric procedural pain management. The search yielded 68 studies. RESULTS: From these studies, 14 were included for this review and all were recently published (2003-2014). Quasi experimental designs were most frequently used (n=12) and for 71.4% the focus was preschoolers. Audiovisual techniques were the most common form of distraction. In most studies clinical utility of the distraction intervention was not examined. Fairly consistent reductions in behavioral measures of pain in association with the distraction intervention were found but less consistent results were found for physiological measures. CONCLUSION: Lack of methodological rigor limits the evidence for distraction interventions to reduce pain and fear experienced by children during painful procedures. Further research to analyze the cost and time-effectiveness and to identify consumer and provider satisfaction with distraction interventions is needed to determine whether distraction interventions are clinically relevant.
Child*
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Humans
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Pain Management
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Research Design
6.Knowledge, Anxiety, and Compliance with Preventive Behavior of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Liver Transplant Patients.
Ji Seon YUN ; Jeong Hye KIM ; Sae Rom IM
The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation 2017;31(3):117-125
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to investigate the knowledge, anxiety and compliance with preventive behavior of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in liver transplant patients. METHODS: The participants in the study were 100 liver transplant patients at an outpatient clinic. The data were collected from May 20, 2016, to June 20, 2016. RESULTS: The knowledge score was 6.37±1.73 (range; 1~10) and the correct answer rate was 63.7%. The state anxiety score was 41.35±10.08 (range; 20~68) and the trait anxiety score was 39.60±8.85 (range; 22~59). The compliance with preventive behavior score was 35.70±5.23 (range; 21~45). Anxiety differed significantly according to education level (P=0.040) and occupation status (P=0.047). Compliance with preventive behavior differed significantly according to period after surgery (P=0.035). Compliance with preventive behavior and state anxiety (P=0.007) and trait anxiety (P<0.001) were negatively related. The factor that had the greatest effect on compliance with preventive behavior was trait anxiety (P=0.003). CONCLUSIONS: The epidemic of the MERS has already been completed and none of the subjects of this study has been infected with the MERS; however, patients with liver transplantation always have a risk of various opportunistic infections. If new infectious diseases such as MERS occur in the future, increased anxiety may decrease the practice of prevention. Therefore, anxiety experienced by liver transplant patients should be managed.
Ambulatory Care Facilities
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Anxiety*
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Communicable Diseases
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Compliance*
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Coronavirus Infections*
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Education
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Humans
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Liver Transplantation
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Liver*
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Middle East*
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Occupations
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Opportunistic Infections
7.Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis vs. pulmonary involvement of collagen vascular disease:HRCT findings.
Myung Kwan LIM ; Jung Gi IM ; Joong Mo AHN ; Ji Hye KIM ; Seon Kyu LEE
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1993;29(6):1208-1213
Both idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and pulmonary involvement of collagen vascular disease(CVD) are well known cause of diffuse interstitial lung disease which lead to fibrosis and honeycombing. We analyzed HRCT findings of 33 patients with IPF and 14 patients with CVD in terms of predominant pattern, site of involvement, mediastinal lymph node enlargement, pleural change and pulmonary volume loss. Criteria of mediastinal lymph node enlargement and pleural thickening were 15mm in long diameter and 3mm, respectively. Volume loss of the lung was measured by using hilar height ratio (apex to hilum/hilum to diaphragmatic dome). Mean age was 61 years for IPF and 46 years for CVD and male: female ratio was 27:6, 4:10, respectively. Predominant HRCT pattern was honeycombing for IPF (63%), and ground-glass opacity for CVD (66%) (p=0.001). Predominantly, subpleural involvement was seen in 90% for IPF and 74% for CVD. Mediastinal lymph node enlargement was seen in 47% of the patient with IPF and 14% with CVD (p=0.004). pleural thickening was seen in 97% of the patients with IPF and 42% with CVD (P=0.002), Pleural effusion was seen in 10% of the patients with IPF and 36% with CVD (P=0.009). Hilar height ratio of more than 1.5 was seen in 84% of the patients with IPF and 29% with CVD. In conclusion, our study shows that patients with IPF are prone to have more progressed stage of pulmonary fibrosis than the patients with CVD on HRCT.
Collagen*
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Female
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Fibrosis
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Humans
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis*
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Lung
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial
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Lymph Nodes
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Male
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Pleural Effusion
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Pulmonary Fibrosis
8.Effects of the BeHaS Exercise Program on Hand strength, Depression and Life Satisfaction in Institutionalized Elders with CVA.
Eun Hui SEO ; Seon Il PARK ; Jong Im KIM
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing 2012;19(4):416-424
PURPOSE: This study was done to identify the effects of the BeHaS exercise program consisting of exercise, education, and cognitive supports on the hand strength, depression and life satisfaction in institutionalized elderly people with CVA. METHOD: A quasi-experimental design with an experimental group (n=18) and a control group (n=18) was used. The elders in the experimental group participated in the program once a week for eight weeks. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square and t-test with SPSS /Win 18.0. RESULTS: Hypothesis 1 was supported as the hand strength of the elders in experimental group significantly increased compared to those in the control group. Hypothesis 2 was also supported as depression scores for elders in the experimental group significantly decreased compared to those in the control group. Hypothesis 3 was supported as life satisfaction scores for elders in the experimental group significantly increased compared to those in the control group. CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that the BeHaS exercise program can play a useful role in improving depression and life satisfaction in institutionalized elderly people with CVA.
Aged
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Depression
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Hand
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Hand Strength
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Humans
9.Primary Pulmonary Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A case report.
Mi Seon KWON ; Kyo Young LEE ; Chang Suk KANG ; Byung Kee KIM ; Sang In SHIM ; Myeong Im AHN ; Chi Hong KIM
Korean Journal of Pathology 1999;33(4):285-287
Primary pulmonary Hodgkin's lymphoma is a rare but distinct entity to be distinguished from nodal Hodgkin's lymphoma and from lymphomas involving lung secondarily. This lymphoma affects women more frequently than men, and typically involves superior portions of the lung. This case is reported to illustrate the clinical, radiographic and anatomic characteristics of the primary pulmonary Hodgkin's lymphoma. A 34-year-old woman presented for the evaluation of hemoptysis. A chest CT revealed a large poorly defined mass in the medial aspect of the right upper lobe, extending to the right mediastinum and trachea. The microscopic examination of the biopsied lesion revealed fibroblastic stroma infiltrated by a mixture of lymphocytes, histiocytes, and eosinophils. The clinical impression was inflammatory pseudotumor, presumably due to slightly favorable response to corticosteroid therapy. Two months later the patient's symptoms worsened despite the steroid therapy and a lobectomy was done. The specimen showed a soft to firm, pale yellow, ill defined mass, 10.0 8.0 cm, involving the visceral pleura. A few satellite nodules around the main mass were noted. The histologic findings were consistent with Hodgkin's lymphoma, nodular sclerosis type.
Adult
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Eosinophils
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Female
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Fibroblasts
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Granuloma, Plasma Cell
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Hemoptysis
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Histiocytes
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Hodgkin Disease*
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Humans
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Lung
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Lymphocytes
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Lymphoma
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Male
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Mediastinum
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Pleura
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Sclerosis
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Trachea
10.MR staging of malignant musculoskeletal tumors: An experimental study on MR and pathologic correlation of rabbit VX-2 carcinoma.
Heung Sik KANG ; Sung Hoon CHUNG ; Cheol Woo KIM ; Seon Moon KIM ; Jung Gi IM ; Man Chung HAN
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1993;29(3):507-515
To evaluate the reliability of MR imaging in tissue characterization and depiction of tumor boundaries, we performed MR-pathologic correlation using parosteally implanted VX-2 carcinoma in 17 rabbit thighs. T1-weighted, T2-weighted and Gd-DTPA enhanced T1-weighted axial images were obtained 10-30 days after tumor implantation. After the animals were killed, frozen and sectioned along the MR imaging planes, and histopathologic examinaton were done. For accurate MR-pathologic correlation, rabbits were fixed on the cardboard plate to minimize position change during the procedures. Tumor boundaries depicted on MR images were larger than those depicted on the specimen. Small tumors were surrounded by capsule-like loose connective tissue. Loose connective tissue became compact with tumor growth. This connective tissue showed high signal intensity on both T2-weighted and Gd-DTPA enhanced T1-weighted images. Muscle atrophy with fatty tissue accumulation around the tumor also contributed to the high signal intensity on MR images. Peritumoral edema and inflammatory reaction were not remarkable. Six of 8 cases with bone marrow fibrosis were detected on MR images. We concluded that peritumoral loose connective tissue and muscle atrophy exaggerated the size of experimentally induced malignant musculoskeletal tumors on MR images.
Adipose Tissue
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Animals
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Connective Tissue
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Edema
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Gadolinium DTPA
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Muscular Atrophy
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Primary Myelofibrosis
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Rabbits
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Thigh