No abstract available.
Sarcoma 180* ; Sarcoma*

No abstract available.
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation* ; Fibrinogen*

The purpose of this study was to compare wage treatment and the employment environment of school foodservice employees before and after conversion to indefinite contract status since September 2012 when the Ordinance on the Appointment of Education Officials (indefinite contract) under the Gangwon Provincial Superintendent of Education was applied as well as to examine the effects of wage treatment and the employment environment on job stability. The questionnaire survey was conducted from March 31 to April 10, 2017 for school foodservice employees working at 97 schools in Gangwon province. A total of 477 questionnaires were distributed and 470 questionnaires were used for the analysis. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS Window Ver.18.0. The detailed results of this study were as follows. First, wage treatment (2.29 vs. 3.16), employment environment (3.45 vs. 4.22) and job stability (1.88 vs. 2.35) revealed significantly positive perceptions after conversion to indefinite contract status compared to before conversion. Second, after analyzing leading factors influencing job stability, it was revealed that wage treatment (before: βâ = 0.516, P < 0.05; after: βâ=0.465, P < 0.05) had a positive (+) effect on job stability, whereas employment environment did not affect job stability. In conclusion, in the context that most school foodservice employees are contract employees, this study is significant in that the changes in the employment policies of the national government and education office were confirmed to have effects on school foodservice employees.
Education ; Employment ; Federal Government ; Gangwon-do ; Humans ; Salaries and Fringe Benefits

Although shock in sepsis is usually managed successfully by conventional medical treatment, a subset of cases do not respond and may require salvage therapies such as veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) support as well as an attempt to remove endotoxins. However, there are limited reports of attempts to remove endotoxins in patients with septic shock on VA ECMO support. We recently experienced a case of septic shock with severe myocardial injury whose hemodynamic improvement was unsatisfactory despite extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. Since the cause of sepsis was acute pyelonephritis and blood cultures grew gram-negative bacilli, we additionally applied polymyxin B direct hemoperfusion (PMX-DHP) to the ECMO circuit and were able to successfully taper off vasopressors and wean off ECMO support. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first adult case in which PMX-DHP in addition to ECMO support was successfully utilized in a patient with septic shock. This case indicates that additional PMX-DHP therapy may be beneficial and technically feasible in patients with septic shock with severe myocardial injury refractory to ECMO support.
Adult ; Cardiomyopathies* ; Endotoxins ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; Hemodynamics ; Hemoperfusion* ; Humans ; Membranes* ; Oxygen* ; Polymyxin B* ; Polymyxins* ; Pyelonephritis ; Salvage Therapy ; Sepsis ; Shock ; Shock, Septic*

No abstract available.
Airway Obstruction*

No abstract available.
Autopsy* ; Endocarditis* ; Thromboembolism

No abstract available.
Child* ; Humans ; Nephrotic Syndrome*

Intraocular melanoma is the most common primary occular malignancy in adult above the age of 20. Before treatment of intraocular melanoma, it is essential to do complete work-ps including LFT (LDH, SGPT), chest X-ay, whole body bone scan. Also, liver-pleen and brain scan will be done if clinically indicated. Though, malignant melanoma is radioresistant, however, show rapid tumor shrinkage after irradiation with total tumor dose of 7,000 to 8,000 rads in 7- weeks.
Adult ; Brain ; Humans ; Melanoma* ; Radiotherapy ; Thorax

The malignant small round cell tumor of the thoracopulmonary region was described by Askin in 1979 and called as Askin Tumor. The Askin tumor is a rare, arises from the soft tissues of the chest wall or peripheral lung which is predominantly in younger generation. Clinical and pathologic appearance were very similar to Ewing's sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma but when examined it by electron microscopy, there was some different in morphology. The tumor tended to recur locally and did not seem to disseminated widely but the median survival was only 8 months.
Lung ; Microscopy, Electron ; Rhabdomyosarcoma ; Sarcoma, Ewing ; Thoracic Wall

Malignant lymphoma of the sinus is very rare but potentially radiocurable neoplasm. The disease is tend to be localized to the sinus and spread to adjacent local structure on initial presentation, and change to generalized lymphoma is uncommon. Most of sinus lymphoma is diffuse histiocytic type. Radiotherapy to the primary and neck nodes is the treatment of choice, and a survival rate of 50~70% can be expected.
Lymphoma* ; Maxillary Sinus* ; Neck ; Radiotherapy ; Survival Rate