Humans ; Maxillary Sinus ; Prognosis ; Survival Rate ; Transplantation, Heterologous ; Transplantation, Homologous ; Transplants

Airway Obstruction ; Arteries ; Cellulose, Oxidized ; Hemorrhage ; Hemostasis ; Humans ; Male ; Mandible ; Postoperative Hemorrhage

No abstract available.
Cystitis* ; Eosinophils* ; Urinary Bladder Calculi* ; Urinary Bladder*

Glycogen storage disease(GSD) type lis due to defect of glycose-6-phosphatase at the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum in liver. Clinical presentations of GSD 1 are massive hepatomegaly without splenomegaly, failure to thrive, bleeding tendency, hypoglycemia, fasting ketosis and hyperlipidemia. The appearance of patient is short and fat with particularly fat cheeks. Mental development is usually normal. It was diagnosed by liver biopsy and cofirmend as GSD type lby enzyme analysis. We have experienced a case of GSD type land reported with brief review of literatures
Biopsy ; Cheek ; Endoplasmic Reticulum ; Failure to Thrive ; Glycogen Storage Disease* ; Glycogen* ; Hemorrhage ; Hepatomegaly ; Humans ; Hyperlipidemias ; Hypoglycemia ; Ketosis ; Liver ; Membranes ; Splenomegaly

We have experienced a case of idiopathic erythrocytosis developed in a patient with end stage renal disease who had switched to CAPD from hemodialysis. Hemoglobin levels gradually increased from 8 to 19.0 mg/dl, resulting in various symptoms from hyperviscosity during the first 2 months after the initiation of CAPD. There were no other possible causes of secondary erythrocytosis, such as hypoxia, erythropoietin -producing tumor or acquired cyst. Serum level of IGF-1 was above the normal range in contrast with low serum levels in CAPD patients with anemia. Increased IGF-1 levels may possibly influence on the development of erythrocytosis in this case.
Anemia ; Anoxia ; Erythropoietin ; Humans ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory* ; Polycythemia* ; Reference Values ; Renal Dialysis

PURPOSE: Effective chest compressions may improve the return of spontaneous circulation and positive neurologic outcomes in cardiac arrest victims. Out of concern for rescuer fatigue, guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) recommend that the individual applying chest compressions should be switched every 2 minutes, but there is little evidence to support this recommendation. In this study, we investigated whether or not changing the individual who is applying chest compressions every 2 minutes during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is appropriate or not. METHODS: We recruited health personnel working at one university hospital on a volunteer basis. On a randomly assigned day, we compared the effectiveness of the use of multiple rescuers following the 2 minute guideline, versus single rescuer (rescuer-limited) in performance of CPR. The resulting data was collected by use of CPR recording technology, and chest compression quality variables including compression rate, compression depth, proportion of adequate compression depth, and proportion of incomplete recoil were recorded. RESULTS: There were statistically significant improvements in the rescuer-limited trial outcome including average compression depth (p=0.013), proportion of adequate compression depth (p=0.027), and difference in reported fatigue (0.007). CONCLUSION: In this study, we found that a rescuer-limited method is more effective than the multiple rescuer method in terms of subjective fatigue and chest compression quality metrics.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ; Fatigue ; Health Personnel ; Heart Arrest ; Humans ; Thorax

Dental Implants ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gingivitis ; Humans ; Male ; Membranes ; Prognosis ; Prosthodontics ; Retrospective Studies ; Sinusitis ; Survival Rate ; Tooth ; Transplants

Animals ; Dental Implants ; Dogs ; Durapatite ; Femur ; Humans ; Intention ; Mentors ; Osseointegration ; Osteogenesis ; Reference Values

Lay public's concerns around health and health information are increasing. In response, governments and government agencies are establishing websites to address such concerns and improve health literacy by providing better access to validated health information. Since 2011, the Korean government has constructed the National Health Information Portal (NHIP) website run in collaboration with the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMS). This study therefore aimed to 1) examine consumer use of NHIP, with respect to the usage patterns, evaluation on health information provided, and perceived effectiveness of the site; and 2) identify factors that may impact perceived effectiveness of the site. An online survey was conducted with 164 NHIP users, recruited through a popup window on the main screen of the portal website from October to November 2015. The significant predicting factors supported by the data include the relevance of health information on the site, the usefulness of information in making health decisions, and the effective visualization of information. These factors can inform future efforts to design more effective health information websites, possibly based on metadata systems, to further advance the lay public's information seeking and health literacy.
Cooperative Behavior ; Government Agencies ; Health Literacy ; Internet

BACKGROUND: The incidence of unanticipated hospital admissions (UHA) for patients undergoing day surgery for cataract is not being reported in Korea. We investigate the incidence and causes of UHA, and the incidence of intraoperative adverse events for patients undergoing cataract surgery. METHODS: Electric medical charts of patients who underwent cataract surgery under monitored anesthesia care (MAC) in day surgery units from Nov 2011 to Jul 2012 were being reviewed. RESULTS: 1,374 cataract surgeries were performed in 942 patients. UHA was shown in six (0.4%) patients, who underwent cataract surgery only under MAC. Posterior capsular ruptures (three cases) and intraocular lens dislocation (one case) involved surgery-related UHAs, while severe postoperative nausea and vomiting (one case) led to anesthesia-related UHAs. Acute cerebral infarction (one case) was one cause of UHA. The incidences of intraoperative hypotension (mean arterial pressure [MBP] < 80% of initial MBP) and hypertension (MBP > 120% of initial MBP) were 24.4% and 7.7% respectively. Of patients with hypertension, about 3% required treatments. Bradycardia (heart rate < 60 beats/min) and tachycardia (heart rate > 100 beats/min) were observed in 29.7% and 4.1% respectively. But, no cases required treatments. The incidences of oxygen desaturation (oxygen saturation with pulse oximetry < 90%) and respiratory depression (respiration rate < 10 frequencies/min) were 0.3% and 1.8% respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The incidences of UHA and intraoperative adverse events were low for patients undergoing cataract surgery under MAC in our day surgery unit. A large-scaled multicenter study is necessary to find risk factors of UHA.
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures* ; Anesthesia* ; Arterial Pressure ; Bradycardia ; Cataract* ; Cerebral Infarction ; Dislocations ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Hypotension ; Incidence ; Korea ; Lenses, Intraocular ; Oximetry ; Oxygen ; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting ; Respiratory Insufficiency ; Risk Factors ; Rupture ; Tachycardia