• 대한화상학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.30-33
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• 2019

Purpose: Wound healing and scar management of donor site after skin graft should not be overlooked. Patients continue to complain of dryness, itching sensation. Such discomfort can cause irritation to the patients and lead to delayed healing or secondary infection. Thus, the author predicted Eucalyptus Oil, which acts on Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 8 would be effective in regulating scar by reducing itching sensation in donor site when combining conventional silicone materials. Methods: The study was performed on 30 patients who underwent split thickness skin graft with lateral thigh as donor site between January 2017 and August 2018. First, primary evaluation of fully epithelized donor site scar three weeks after surgery was conducted. Control group (n=15) applied silicone gel (Kelo-cote, USA) solely two times a day. study group (n=15) applied Eucalyptus oil, combined with silicone gel. After 3 months of follow up, donor scar was evaluated using Vancouver scar scale and VAS scores of subjective patient reports regarding pain and itching sensation. Results: It was confirmed that both groups showed stable scar improvement comparing scar quality for 3 months. After 3 months, scar quality in study group showed superiority in pigmentation, pliability and pruritus compared to control group. Conclusion: Application of Eucalyptus Oil combined with conventional silicone gel is favorable to scar management and may give additional benefit of alleviating pruritis symptoms.

• 대한구강악안면임플란트학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.236-241
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• 2018

This case report is to report an extraordinary case of the spontaneous discharge of a dental implant. A 45-year-old woman was referred to our department complaining of symptoms of acute Maxillary sinusitis. She underwent a computed tomography scan that revealed a dental implant dislocated in the maxillary sinus. A preoperative medical treatment [Amoxicillin - Clavulanate (375 mg) and Streptokinase-Streptodornase (12500IU)] three times a day for two weeks was administered in order to prepare her for surgery. Unexpectedly, she reported that she had discharged the implant from mouth in the early morning. Mucociliary clearance in combination with a local osteolytic inflammatory process and mucolytics therapy are the likely causes of this unusual discharge.

• Clinical Pain
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.49-52
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• 2021

Bertolotti's syndrome (BS) refers to chronic low back pain (LBP) associated with lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV). Many studies suggest that the anomalous articulation alters biomechanics, resulting in discomfort on the ipsilateral side. Herein, we present an unusual case of BS presenting pain on the non-articulated side. A 46-year-old man visited our clinic with history of chronic LBP, refractory to treatment of analgesics, modalities and manual therapies. Electrodiagnostic studies showed no evidence of lumbosacral radiculopathy. Radiographies noted unilateral pseudoarticulation of L5~S1 vertebrae, on the contralateral side of his pain. The pain improved dramatically after sacroiliac joint block and facet joint block with iliolumbar ligament infiltration on the non-articulated side. Clinicians should be cautious that the unaffected joint in BS may serve an important role in altered lumbopelvic biomechanism, since it might eventually lead to intractable chronic LBP when overlooked.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2023

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the status and risk factors for the carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms carriage in home health nursing patients. Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 122 participants who received home health nursing and analyzed the data obtained from chart review and diagnostic tests for multidrug-resistant organisms carriage from January 2019 to January 2021. Results: Multivariate analysis revealed that surgical procedures in the preceding year, injectable antibiotic use in the preceding month, pressure ulcer, and indwelling nasal tubes were significantly associated with multi-drug resistant infection. Conclusions: Infection-control strategies need to be developed and customized for use in the home health-nursing service for patients who are carriers of multidrug-resistant organisms.

• 대한병원협회지
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• 제24권3호통권222호
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• pp.39-49
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• 1995

• 헬스앤미션
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• 통권1호
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• pp.46-50
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• 2004

• 헬스앤미션
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• 통권39호
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• pp.2-8
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• 2015

• 임상이비인후과
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.204-211
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• 2018

Background and Objectives : Unilateral maxillary sinus lesions are relatively common but may occur in variety of causes. Therefore, accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment are needed. The aim of this study is to review patients with unilateral maxillary sinus lesion who underwent surgical treatment and to analyze causes and characteristics of unilateral maxillary sinus lesions with literature review. Materials and Methods : A retrospective chart analysis was completed on 318 patients with unilateral maxillary sinus lesions who underwent surgical treatment from January, 2008 through May, 2018. Clinical history and data such as age, sex, symptoms of initial, radiologic and dental finding, operation type were collected from medical record. Results : Patients mean age was 50.7 years with slight male gender dominance. Most common type was sinusitis (42.7%), followed by odontogenic sinusitis (22.3%) and fungal ball (19.5%). In particular, the most common cause of odontogenic sinusitis was post dental surgery such as implant. Middle meatal antrostomy (90.9%) was accounted for a great part of surgery underwent to patients. Patients complained of post nasal discharge (62.9%), nasal obstruction (40.9%) and odor smell(35.2%) most commonly. Periapical lucency (35.8%) was the most common in CT finding followed by implant perforation (17.3%) and oroantral fistula (12.3%) in odontogenic sinusitis. Conclusions : Unilateral maxillary sinus lesions are relatively common, but they are increasing recently with dental procedures such as implant surgery, and serious adverse effects due to malignant tumors or improper treatment may occur, so accurate diagnosis and treatment are needed.

• 대한화상학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.45-48
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• 2019

Allogenic keratinocyte application is widely used for treatment of second degree burns. However, there is no significant body of report on application of allogenic keratinocyte to third degree burns. A geriatric patient visited our burn center showing second to third-degree burn on dorsum of her left hand. Considering the surface area and wound depth, surgery was indicated but her medical condition and age made the surgery high risk for a long operation. Therefore, chemical escharolysis, serial bedside debridement, and cultured allogenic keratinocyte (Kaloderm^®, Tegoscience, Seoul, Korea) application was done. The wound was completely epithelialized after four rounds of Kaloderm^® application. For third-degree burns where definitive surgical reconstruction is precluded due to medical comorbidity of the patient, we investigated the possibility of allogenic keratinocyte treatment which may allow to avoid high-risk anesthesia and surgery.

• Laboratory Medicine Online
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2017

배경: 혈액은행 자동화 검사장비는 혈액은행 검사 결과의 질 향상에 도움이 될 것이다. 최근 자동화 장비 DAYMATE M이 개발되어, 이에 대한 성능을 검증하였다. 방법: 서울성모병원과 인천성모병원에서 수집한 300개의 혈액 검체를 가지고 ABO와 RhD 검사를 실시하였다. 또한, 336개의 검체를 이용해 항체선별검사(AST)를 진행하였고, 골수 이식을 받은 82명의 환자에 대해서도 동일한 검사를 진행하였다. DAYMATE M와 비교하기 위한 수동검사는 DS-SCREEING II (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Switzerland)와 Selectogen (Ortho-Clinical diagnostics Inc., USA)을 사용하였다. 결과: 전체 300개의 혈액 검체는 A형 87개, B형 73개, O형 79개, 그리고 AB형 61개로 이뤄져 있다. DAYMATE M과의 일치율은 혈구형 검사에서는 99.9%, 혈청형 검사에서는 97.0%였다. 혈구형 검사에서 불일치한 검체 1개는 수기법에서는 AB형으로 나왔지만 DAYMATE M에서는 B형으로 나왔고, 혈청형 검사에서 나온 불일치 결과 6개는 모두 A형 검체가 DAYMATE에서 anti-B가 검출되지 않은 경우였다. 336개의 항체선별검사의 일치율은 93.2%였다. 136개의 양성 검체 중 불일치 결과는 6개였다. 골수 이식을 받은 82명의 환자들을 대상으로 한 검사 결과, ABO 검사결과의 일치율은 92.2%였다. 6개의 불일치 결과 중 4개는 DAYMATE M에서만 공여자형으로 판독되었고, 나머지 2개는 수기법에서만 공여자형으로 판독되었다. 결론: 혈액은행 자동화 검사 장비 DAYMATE M은 ABO, RhD 검사, 항체선별검사에서 기존의 수기법과 높은 일치율을 보였고, 조혈모세포이식을 받은 환자를 대상으로 검사할 때에도 좋은 성능을 나타냈다.