1.Retreatment strategy of Hellcobacter pylori infection after initial treatment failure.
Korean Journal of Medicine 2003;65(3):272-276
No abstract available.
Retreatment*
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Treatment Failure*
3.Efficacy of Rifaximin Compared with Ciprofloxacin for the Treatment of Acute Infectious Diarrhea: A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Study.
Kyoung Sup HONG ; You Sun KIM ; Dong Soo HAN ; Chang Hwan CHOI ; Byung Ik JANG ; Young Sook PARK ; Kang Moon LEE ; Soo Teik LEE ; Hyun Soo KIM ; Joo Sung KIM
Gut and Liver 2010;4(3):357-362
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Ciprofloxacin has been widely prescribed for acute infectious diarrhea. However, the resistance to this drug is increasing. Rifaximin is a novel but poorly absorbed rifamycin derivative. This study evaluated and compared the efficacies of rifaximin and ciprofloxacin for the treatment of acute infectious diarrhea. METHODS: We performed a randomized controlled multicenter study in Korea. Patients with acute diarrhea were enrolled and randomized to receive rifaximin or ciprofloxacin for 3 days. The primary efficacy endpoint was the time to last unformed stool (TLUS). Secondary endpoints were enteric wellness (reduction of at least 50% in the number of unformed stools during 24-hour postenrollment intervals), general wellness (subjective feeling of improvement), and proportion of patients with treatment failure. RESULTS: Intent-to-treat analysis (n=143) showed no significant difference between the rifaximin and ciprofloxacin groups in the mean TLUS (36.1 hours vs 43.6 hours, p=0.163), enteric wellness (49% vs 57%, p=0.428), general wellness (67% vs 78%, p=0.189), or treatment failure rate (9% vs 12%, p=0.841). The adverse events did not differ significantly between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that rifaximin is as safe and effective as ciprofloxacin in the treatment of acute infectious diarrhea.
Ciprofloxacin
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Diarrhea
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Humans
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Korea
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Rifamycins
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Treatment Failure
4.A case of successful treatment by artificial pneumothorax in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis with treatment failure.
Myung Seon RHEE ; Kyung Ho KIM ; Dong Il CHO ; Nam Soo RHU ; Jae Won KIM
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1993;40(6):723-729
No abstract available.
Pneumothorax, Artificial*
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Treatment Failure*
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*
5.Three Cases of Trilateral Retinoblastoma.
Korean Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 2000;7(1):141-145
Retinoblastoma is the most common ocular malignancy in childhood. The association of bilateral retinoblastoma with ectopic midline intracranial tumor, trilateral retinoblastoma syndrome, is rare, but the prognosis is very poor with even with various combination treatments of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy including neuraxis. The cause of treatment failure was tumor dissemination along the neuraxis in approximately 50% of the cases. We experienced three cases of trilateral retinoblastoma, and two of them are alive so far with multi-modal treatment.
Drug Therapy
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Prognosis
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Radiotherapy
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Retinoblastoma*
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Treatment Failure
6.Treatment of Psoriasis by Modified Ingram Regimen.
Kyu Han KIM ; Jai Il YOUN ; Yoo Shin LEE
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1986;24(3):345-353
Our study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of anthralin-UVB therapy for psoriasis by simplifying the conventional Ingram regimen, 34 patients(21 admitted, and 13 OPD patients) were included in our study and the resulti can be summarized as follows. 1. There were no cases of treatment failure. 16 patients(76. 2%) out of the 2l admitted patients and 7 patients(53.8%) out of the 13 OPD patients showed clearing. 2. In the case of the admitted patients, the mean numbers of therapy(days) of the improved patients reaching grade 4 were 12. 0(18. 1 days) in the trunk lesions and 15. 5 (22. 0 days) in the extremity lesions' and those of the cleared patients reaching grade 4 were 11. 2(16. 0 days) in the trunk lesions, and 13. 4(lg. 5 days) in the extremity lesions, but the difference was not significant statistically(pp o.ps). The difference between the therapeutic effects of the admitted and the OPD patients was significant statistically(p<0. 05). 3. There were some notable side effects such as staining, pruritus, and erythema, but there were no cases of therapy termination.
Erythema
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Extremities
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Humans
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Pruritus
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Psoriasis*
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Treatment Failure
8.Right atrial myxoma: An unusual cause of clinical right heart failure
Moncy Jacob OOMMEN ; Nassar LUQMAN ; Ghazala KAFEEL ; Terence Kah CHIN ; Chee Fui CHONG
Brunei International Medical Journal 2012;8(1):52-55
Myxomas are the most common type of primary cardiac tumour with 86% occurring in the left atrium. Right atrial myxomas is far less common. Patients usually present with progressive dyspnoea, fever,
weight loss, right-sided heart failure, or pulmonary embolisation. We report the case of a 55-year-old man who presented with progressive dyspnoea and signs of right heart failure secondary to a large
right atrial myxoma, which was diagnosed with a bedside transthoracic echocardiogram. This was successfully removed surgically.
Atrial Myxoma
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Dyspnea
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Heart Failure
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Treatment Outcome
9.Incomplete Clipping Resulting from Scissoring of the Clip Blades during Treatment of a Large Atheromatous Aneurysm.
Jin Seong KIM ; Seung Hwan LEE ; Hak Cheol KO ; Hee Sup SHIN ; Jun Seok KOH
Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery 2016;18(3):281-285
The cerebral aneurysm 'clip scissoring' phenomenon resulting from clip blade twisting is an unpredictable surgical complication. Additionally, incomplete clipping resulting from the presence of an atherosclerotic wall in the neck of the aneurysm can also cause unforeseen problems. Here, the authors present an unusual case of incomplete clipping of a large, atheromatous aneurysm resulting from clip scissoring, which was treated with additional endovascular coiling.
Aneurysm*
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Intracranial Aneurysm
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Neck
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Plaque, Atherosclerotic
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Surgical Instruments
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Treatment Failure
10.Influencing factors for the results of ESWL for lower ureteral stone.
Hyung Lae LEE ; Doo Sun HONG ; Sun Joo LEE ; Joon Woong SOHN ; Chung Hyun LEE ; Sung Goo CHANG ; Jin Il KIM ; Soo Eung CHAI
Korean Journal of Urology 1993;34(2):297-301
We had treated the 331 patients with lower ureter stone with EDAP-LT01 lithotriptor, Surveying 231 patients of them. whose retrospective study (or prospective) was possible, we have analyzed the factors that influenced on the treatment effect. So we got the following results. Most of stone size was ranged from 0.61 to 0.90 cm (38.6%). Stone clearance was achieved in 220 cases at 15 month and treatment failure was 11 cases (4.7%). Of the 220 patients, location of stone was more than 3.1 cm above ischial spine(IS) on KUB in 5 cases. Between 1.1-3.0 cm above it in 35 cases, +/-1. 0 cm of IS were 170 cases, and more than 1.1-3.0 cm below of it in 10 cases. There was no difference in the amount of total storage of shockwave in stone clearance according to location of stones, but high storage of shock wave required on cases of 3.1 cm above IS group. The 220 patients were grouped by in situ lower ureter stone at the time of the first visit to the hospital (158 cases), migration from upper stone (55 cases) and steinstrasse from upper tract stone (7 cases). The amount of shock wave consumption was 216.4, 301.2, 407.7 respectively, so initially lower ureter stone were treated with more effectiveness. Of the 220 cases, there were 184 cases of mild ureteral dilation, 34 cases of moderate ureteral dilation and 2 cases of severe ureteral dilation. The amount of shock wave consumption was 224, 295, 795 respectively. So treatment of these cases also showed significant difference (p=0.021). From these results, we concluded that effectiveness of ESWL against lower ureteral stone was related to the degree of ureteral dilatation, location of stone and situation of the stone migration within the ureter.
Dilatation
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Humans
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Retrospective Studies
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Shock
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Treatment Failure
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Ureter*