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Osteoma, Osteoid* ; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate*

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the combined effects of Prism Adaptation (PA) plus functional electrical stimulation (FES) on stroke patients with unilateral neglect, and suggest a new intervention method for acute-phase stroke patients. METHODS: There were 30 patients included in this study from April to October 2016 that had unilateral neglect whilst hospitalized following a stroke (diagnosed by a professional). The participants, who were patients receiving occupational therapy, understood the purpose of the study and agreed to participate. The patients were randomly divided into 3 groups: PA plus FES group (Group A), PA group (Group B), and FES group (Group C). Treatments lasted for 50 minutes per day, 5 times per week, for 3 weeks in total. Reevaluation was conducted after 3 weeks of intervention. RESULTS: All 3 groups showed unilateral neglect reduction after the intervention, but PA plus FES (complex intervention method) was more effective than PA or FES alone [effect size: Motor-free Visual Perception Test (0.80), Albert test (0.98), CBS (0.92)]. CONCLUSION: The results of this study support further studies to examine complex intervention for the treatment of unilateral neglect.
Electric Stimulation ; Humans ; Methods ; Occupational Therapy ; Stroke ; Visual Perception

Purpose: This study assessed the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity among children and adolescents from immigrant families living in Korea. Methods: A total of 436 subjects (age: <18 years) from immigrant families were examined. The 2017 Korean National Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents were used to assess the malnutrition and obesity status of the subjects. Subjects with a height-for-age of <3rd percentile, weight-for-age of <5th percentile, body mass index (BMI)-for-age of <5th percentile, and BMI-for-age of ≥95th percentile were defined as stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese, respectively. Results: The overall prevalence of stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese subjects was 5.5%, 9.0%, 8.8%, and 18.6%, respectively. Comparison of first- and second-generation immigrants revealed that the prevalence of malnutrition was higher in first-generation immigrants than in second-generation immigrants. Moreover, the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for <5 years was not significantly different from that in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for ≥5 years. In addition, comparisons by family origin showed that children from Central Asian families had a higher prevalence of malnutrition than other children. Conclusion Children and adolescents from immigrant families still suffer from malnutrition after resettling in Korea. Therefore, nutritional programs should be provided to improve their malnutrition status.

Purpose: This study assessed the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity among children and adolescents from immigrant families living in Korea. Methods: A total of 436 subjects (age: <18 years) from immigrant families were examined. The 2017 Korean National Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents were used to assess the malnutrition and obesity status of the subjects. Subjects with a height-for-age of <3rd percentile, weight-for-age of <5th percentile, body mass index (BMI)-for-age of <5th percentile, and BMI-for-age of ≥95th percentile were defined as stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese, respectively. Results: The overall prevalence of stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese subjects was 5.5%, 9.0%, 8.8%, and 18.6%, respectively. Comparison of first- and second-generation immigrants revealed that the prevalence of malnutrition was higher in first-generation immigrants than in second-generation immigrants. Moreover, the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for <5 years was not significantly different from that in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for ≥5 years. In addition, comparisons by family origin showed that children from Central Asian families had a higher prevalence of malnutrition than other children. Conclusion Children and adolescents from immigrant families still suffer from malnutrition after resettling in Korea. Therefore, nutritional programs should be provided to improve their malnutrition status.

Purpose: This study assessed the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity among children and adolescents from immigrant families living in Korea. Methods: A total of 436 subjects (age: <18 years) from immigrant families were examined. The 2017 Korean National Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents were used to assess the malnutrition and obesity status of the subjects. Subjects with a height-for-age of <3rd percentile, weight-for-age of <5th percentile, body mass index (BMI)-for-age of <5th percentile, and BMI-for-age of ≥95th percentile were defined as stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese, respectively. Results: The overall prevalence of stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese subjects was 5.5%, 9.0%, 8.8%, and 18.6%, respectively. Comparison of first- and second-generation immigrants revealed that the prevalence of malnutrition was higher in first-generation immigrants than in second-generation immigrants. Moreover, the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for <5 years was not significantly different from that in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for ≥5 years. In addition, comparisons by family origin showed that children from Central Asian families had a higher prevalence of malnutrition than other children. Conclusion Children and adolescents from immigrant families still suffer from malnutrition after resettling in Korea. Therefore, nutritional programs should be provided to improve their malnutrition status.

Purpose: This study assessed the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity among children and adolescents from immigrant families living in Korea. Methods: A total of 436 subjects (age: <18 years) from immigrant families were examined. The 2017 Korean National Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents were used to assess the malnutrition and obesity status of the subjects. Subjects with a height-for-age of <3rd percentile, weight-for-age of <5th percentile, body mass index (BMI)-for-age of <5th percentile, and BMI-for-age of ≥95th percentile were defined as stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese, respectively. Results: The overall prevalence of stunted, underweight, wasted, and obese subjects was 5.5%, 9.0%, 8.8%, and 18.6%, respectively. Comparison of first- and second-generation immigrants revealed that the prevalence of malnutrition was higher in first-generation immigrants than in second-generation immigrants. Moreover, the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for <5 years was not significantly different from that in first-generation immigrants living in Korea for ≥5 years. In addition, comparisons by family origin showed that children from Central Asian families had a higher prevalence of malnutrition than other children. Conclusion Children and adolescents from immigrant families still suffer from malnutrition after resettling in Korea. Therefore, nutritional programs should be provided to improve their malnutrition status.

An 83-year-old woman was scheduled for a second transurethral resection of a bladder tumor. The preoperative electrocardiogram evaluation revealed atrial fibrillation with a slow ventricular response (ventricular rate: 59 /min). After intravenous injection of 1% lidocaine 40 mg and propofol 60 mg, the ventricular rate increased to 113 beats/min and then fell rapidly to 27 beats/min. Blood pressure was 70/40 mmHg. Later an atrial fibrillation rhythm, with a ventricular rate of 100-130 beats/min, was observed together with a sinus pause and sinus rhythm with a ventricular rate of 40-50 beats/min. An external pacemaker was applied and set at 60 mA, 40 counts. After the patient regained consciousness, she presented an alert mental state and had no chest symptoms. She was discharged 2 weeks later without complications after insertion of a permanent pacemaker.
Aged, 80 and over ; Atrial Fibrillation* ; Blood Pressure ; Consciousness ; Electrocardiography ; Female ; Humans ; Injections, Intravenous ; Lidocaine ; Propofol ; Sick Sinus Syndrome ; Thorax ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

To determine whether the site of gas sampling affects end-tidal gas measurements in adult patients during anesthesia, end-tidal pCO2(PetCO2) was measuredcontinuously from the distal and proximal ends of the endotracheal tube(SHERIDAN) in 33 adults ventilated with Drager anesthesia ventilator. These data were compared with simultaneous arterial PCO2 (PaCO2) measurements. The study was commenced after each patients was ventilated no less than 15 minutes at the desired ventilator settings. Gas was continuously aspirated at 230 ml/min. for measurement of the PetCO2 using SARA Cap.A.G,Capnometer'sampled from the distal and proximal ends of the endotracheal tube for 3-minutes of each sampling port, alternativiely measured at 5 minutes interval. And each measurement was repeated twice and calculated mean values. The results were as follows: The mean PetCO2 sampling from the distal end was 31.6+/-2.4 mmHg. and the proximal end was 31.0+/-2.3mmHg. The difference between two results was statistically not significant(p> 0.05). The correlation coefficients of PetCO2 vslues for the distal end and the proximal end samplings to the PaCO2 values were r =0.48 and r=0.45 respectively, and statistically significant(p< 0.05) We concluded that the measured PetCO2 sampled from the distal end of the ETCO cuffed endotracheal tube' does not show any statistically significance to the proximal one. However, distally sampled PetCO2 measurements were more approximate PaCO2 measurements than proximally sampled one.
Adult* ; Anesthesia ; Humans ; Ventilators, Mechanical

OBJECTIVES: We investigated the effects of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) on cognitive functions in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). We also studied correlations between sleep variables related with SAS and parameters of cognitive function tests. METHODS: Twenty two RBD patients with SAS and 20 RBD patients without SAS participated in the study. The diagnoses of RBD and SAS were confirmed on polysomnography. All the participants performed neuropsychological tests by the Korean version of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD-K) Assessment Packet. RESULTS: There were no differences between two groups in age and sex, education, body mass index, and results of the Beck depression inventory (BDI) and the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS). No difference was found in any of parameters of the CERAD-K between two groups. The cognitive functions were not correlated with BDI, ESS, or variables related with SAS. CONCLUSION: SAS had no influence on cognitive functions of RBD patients. The result could be explained by negligible effects of SAS on cognitive functions among aged population and no difference in daytime sleepiness between the RBD patients with and without SAS.
Aged ; Alzheimer Disease ; Body Mass Index ; Depression ; Humans ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Phenothiazines ; Polysomnography ; REM Sleep Behavior Disorder ; Sleep Apnea Syndromes ; Sleep, REM

This is the first case of glyphosate induced severe tubulointerstitial nephritis requiring hemodialysis without cardiovascular collapse. A 67-year-old man presented to the hospital 30 minutes after ingesting 90 mL of glyphosate herbicide. On arrival, his serum creatinine was 0.8 mg/dL and other laboratory findings including liver, cardiac, and muscle enzymes were all normal. Two days after admission, although his vital signs were stable, his creatinine abruptly increased to 8.2 mg/dL and oliguria developed. As a result, we started hemodialysis treatment and two weeks after initiation of hemodialysis, his renal function started to improve slowly. After discontinuation of hemodialysis, his renal function gradually recovered and serum creatinine level decreased to 1.6 mg/dL three weeks after admission.
Aged ; Creatinine ; Glycine ; Humans ; Liver ; Muscles ; Nephritis, Interstitial ; Oliguria ; Renal Dialysis ; Vital Signs