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

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

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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

BACKGROUND: The number of patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction is on the increase in Korea due to the westernization of life style. Recent improvement of therapeutic stratigies have shown early mortality benefits in acute myocardial infarction. But we don't have data how many patients died and what's the cause of death in these patients. This study aimed to find out the mortality rate, cause of death and it's relevant prognostic factors of myocardial infarction (MI) patients who admitted alive, and to construct a database which will be used to develop a risk stratification strategy for the implementation of new preventive therapeutic modalities, such as implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). METHODS: Seven hundred and forty two MI patients admitted to our hospital from March, 1999 to August, 2002 were included in this study. The risk factors and survivals were evaluated by medical record searching and telephone survey in these patients. RESULTS: The average age was 64 years-old and 67% was male. During the mean follow up 20.7+/-15.4 months, total 105 cardiac death (14.2%) was occurred and cumulative mortality rate at 1 year and 2 year was 5.69% and 10.80%, respectively. Of the total 129 death, in-hospital death was 68 (cardiac death 48, non-cardiac death 20) and out of hospital death was 60 (cardiac death 57, non-cardiac death 4). When it comes to cause of death, most common cause of cardiac death was malignant arrhythmia. The proportion of malignant arrhythmia in cardiac death was 81.3% and 72% of in-hospital and out of hospital death, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that old age, low LV ejection fraction and no percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treatment were independent risk factors for cardiac mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Myocardial infarction shows still high mortality rate despite the recent development of therapeutic strategy. As post-MI patients with low LVEF or no PCI shows high mortality, the early reperfusion therapy should be encouraged. Additionally, because malignant arrhythmia was one of the most in cause of cardiac death, ICD therapy to prevent sudden cardiac death should be considered in an active manner.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Cause of Death* ; Death ; Death, Sudden, Cardiac ; Defibrillators, Implantable ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Korea ; Life Style ; Male ; Medical Records ; Middle Aged ; Mortality* ; Multivariate Analysis ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ; Reperfusion ; Risk Factors ; Telephone

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