• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.133-137
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• 2007

시험관아기 시술 후 발생한 복강임신은 난관이나 난소 이외에 생기는 매우 드문 자궁외 임신으로 다른 자궁외 임신에 비해 특이증상이 없기 때문에 진단이 어려울 뿐만 아니라 높은 사망률을 보인다. 복강임신이 생기는 대표적인 부위는 간, 비장, 장간막, 횡격막 등이 보고된 바 있다. 본 저자들은 시험관아기 시술 후 발생한 복강임신 중 자궁천골인대에 발생한 자궁의 임신을 간단한 문헌고찰과 함께 최초로 보고하는 바이다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.308-313
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• 1997

Ceftriaxone, an effective third generation cephalosporin with a wide range of antimicrobial activity, has become widely used by pediatricians for a variety of bacterial infections including meningitis. It has been associated with the development of sludge or stone in the gallbladder of some patients treated with this drug. Ceftriaxone associated biliary sludge has unusual acoustic characteristics and resembles gallstone. The sludge can cause symptoms such as cramping abdominal pain, and disappears after stopping ceftriaxone administration. Because of these seemingly confusing observations, it is important for the clinicians to recognize these findings that ceftriaxone treatment can cause. We report a case of ceftriaxone associated biliary sludge in Korean children. A 6-year-old girl who was treated for meningitis with ceftriaxone (100mg/kg/day) developed cramping upper abdominal pain from 5th hospital day. Physical examination, liver function tests and X-ray revealed no specific abnormal findings. But abdominal ultrasound revealed high amplitude echogenic sludge with prominent post-acoustic shadow in gallbladder and its diameter was 1.5cm. We stopped ceftriaxone administration and tried conservative care. Abdominal cramping pain subsided after 3 days of ceftriaxone removal. Second abdominal ultrasound confirmed the disappearance of sludge at 3 weeks later.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2019

Background: Uncontrolled lumbopelvic movement leads to asymmetric symptoms and causes pain in the lumbar and pelvic regions. So many patients have uncontrolled lumbopelvic movement. Passive support devices are used for unstable lumbopelvic patient. So, we need to understand that influence of passive support on lumbopelvic stability. It is important to examine that using the pelvic belt on abdominal muscle activity, pelvic rotation and pelvic tilt. Objects: This study observed abdominal muscle activity, pelvic rotation and tilt angles were compared during active straight leg raise (ASLR) with and without pelvic compression belt. Methods: Sixteen healthy women were participated in this study. ASRL with and without pelvic compression belt was performed for 5 sec, until their leg touched the target bar that was set 20 cm above the base. Surface electromyography was recorded from rectus abdominis (RA), internal oblique abdominis (IO), and external oblique abdominis (EO) bilaterally. And pelvic rotation and tilt angles were measured by motion capture system. Results: There were significantly less activities of left EO (p=.042), right EO (p=.031), left IO (p=.039), right IO (p=.019), left RA (p=.044), and right RA (p=.042) and a greater right pelvic rotation angle (p=.008) and anterior pelvic tilt angle (p<.001) during ASLR with pelvic compression belt. Conclusion: These results showed that abdominal activity was reduced while the right pelvic rotation angle and anterior pelvic tilt angle were increased during ASLR with a pelvic compression belt. In other words, although pelvic compression belt could support abdominal muscle activity, it would be difficult to control pelvic movement. So pelvic belt would not be useful for controlled ASLR.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.183-192
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• 2006

목 적: HS 자반증 환아에서 선행 질환, 위장관 증상 유무, 그리고 검사 소견의 차이에 따른 임상 경과의 차이가 있는지를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법: 1996년 1월부터 2006년 4월까지 한양대학교병원 소아과에 입원하였던 HS 자반증 환아 중 피부 증상 외 다른 증상 없이 위장관 증상을 호소하는 환아와 위장관 증상을 호소하지 않은 환아 104명을 대상으로 급성 감염 병력, 입원 기간, 치료, 재발 여부를 조사하였고, 말초 혈액 검사, 대변 잠혈 반응 검사, 복부 초음파 검사, 위장관 내시경 검사를 시행하여 그 결과를 비교 관찰하였다. 결 과: HS 자반증 환아 104명 중 위장관 증상이 있는 환아는 66명(63.5%)이었고, 위장관 증상이 없는 환아는 38명(36.5%)이었다. 위장관 증상 유무에 관계없이 6~10세 연령군이 가장 많았고, 위장관 증상이 있는 군에서는 남아가 더 많았으나 위장관 증상이 없는 군에서는 성별 차이가 없었다. 위장관 증상으로는 복통 57명(54.8%), 구토 21명(20.2%), 혈변 5명(4.8%), 설사 3명(2.9%), 오심 3명(2.9%)으로 복통이 가장 많았다. 또한 위장관 증상이 하나인 경우가 46명(44.2%)이었고, 2개 이상을 동반하는 경우가 20명(19.2%)이었다. 위장관 증상이 많은 환아와 위장관 내시경 검사를 시행한 군에서 입원 기간이 길었으며, 스테로이드 치료 시행 예와 질병의 재발이 더 많았고, 대변 잠혈 반응 검사에서 통계학적으로 의의가 있었다(p<0.05). 재발 환자와 재발하지 않은 환자와의 비교에서는 통계학적 의의가 관찰되지 않았다. 87명에서 복부 초음파 검사를 시행하였고, 6명(6.9%)에서 소장벽이 두꺼워진 소견이 관찰되었다. 위장관 내시경 검사상 병변의 양상에 따른 빈도는 급성 출혈성 위염과 급성 출혈성 십이지장염 6명(40.0%), 십이지장 궤양 3명(20.0%), 급성 출혈성 위염과 십이지장 궤양 3명(20.0%), 십이지장염과 출혈성 대장염 2명(13.3%), 출혈성 대장염 1명(6.7%) 순으로 관찰되었고, 급성 출혈성 위염과 급성 출혈성 십이지장염이 동반된 경우가 가장 많았다. 치료는 30명(28.8%)에서 시행되었고, 재발은 6명(5.7%)에서 관찰되었으나 모두 1회였고, 추적 관찰이 되지 않은 3명을 제외하고는 치료한 환아와 치료하지 않은 환아 모두 증상이 호전됨을 알 수 있었다. 결 론: HS 자반증 환아에서 적극적인 위장관 점막병변에 대한 검토가 잘 이루어질 경우 환아의 진단과 치료에 도움이 될 것이라 생각된다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.134-143
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• 2008

Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma (IHHE) is the most common benign vascular hepatic tumor in children. We analyzed the 17-year experience of IHHE. The medical records of 16 patients (M:F=8:8) treated at the Department of Pediatric Surgery and the Department of Pediatrics Seoul National University Children's Hospital between January 1991 and January 2008 were reviewed retrospectively. Mean age at presentation was 87 days (1 day - 551 days). Seventy five percent of patients were diagnosed with imaging study and 25 % with biopsy. Major symptoms were hepatomegaly (N=5), palpable abdominal mass (N=4) and congestive heart failure (N=3). Six patients had no symptoms. Kasabach-Merritt syndrome was combined in one patient. Nine patients (56.3 %) underwent operation and 2 patients (12.5 %) underwent only medical treatment. Clinical observation was tried on 5 patients (31.3 %) without any treatment. Operation was performed on the patient with clinical symptoms or on patients where the differentiation between begin and malignant could not be determined. Patients who had clinical symptoms but tumor was unreresectabile were treated medically. Among the 5 patients who had been observed for their clinical course, 2 patients showed complete regression and the tumors of the remaining 3 patients were regressing. Clinical symptoms, the age at presentation, the size of tumor and ${\alpha}$-FP, all had no significant statistical relationship with the time required for complete tumor regression. There was no relationship between the size change of the tumor and the change of ${\alpha}$-FP level. Only the size of tumor was related with clinical symptoms. One patient died of post-operatvie bleeding. Treatment plan was determined by the extent of the tumor and the presence of clinical symptoms. Observation was enough for the patients without clinical symptoms and complete resection was curative for patients with clinical symptoms. Medical treatment is an alternative for the patient whose tumor is unresectable.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2023

Objectives : The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in the abdominal cavity between functional dyspepsia patients and healthy people using an algometer combined with an ultrasound device. Methods : A non-randomized, controlled, pilot trial was conducted. Thirty patients in the experimental group and fifteen participants in the control group were recruited. We collected demographical data, and measured abdominal circumference, height of the body cavity, subcutaneous fat thickness, visual analogue scale of dyspepsia symptoms in the experimental group, depth of algometer and pressure of algometer when pressure pain occurred, and the whole ultrasonic image from the beginning of pressurization to the time when pressure pain occurred. The measurements were carried out twice with the duration of 1 week. Generalized linear regression was conducted to adjust baseline characteristics. Results : A total of 45 participants (30 in experimental group, 15 in control group) were recruited and finished the trial. Females were recruited more in the experimental group than in the control group and it was statistically significant. The difference in thickness of abdominal cavity between a second before the pressure pain and at the time when pressure pain occurred was statistically significant on 1st visit, and other measurements were not statistically significant. From the results of the regression analysis, the difference between two groups was statistically significant in the differences in the thickness of stomach and up to abdominal aorta on 1st visit, and the thickness of stomach on 2nd visit, and other measurements were not statistically different. Conclusions : According to the results, there were not statistically significant differences in abdominal examination when pressure pain occurred between dyspepsia patients and healthy people. Further studies are warranted to assess the abdominal examination using devices including algometer and ultrasound devices, regarding the results of the present study.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.132-140
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to determine the success rate of air reduction as the primary treatment of intussusception and whether the success of air reduction could be predicted by plain x-ray. The authors reviewed the medical records of 54 consecutive patients diagnosed with intussusception from Jan 2005 to Dec 2007 at the Department of Surgery, Masan Samsung Hospital. The natures of symptoms and findings of plain abdominal radiography performed in the emergency department (ED) were reviewed. Air reduction failed more frequently (26.3 %) in patients who visited ED more than 24 hours after symptom onset (p=0.009). The mean duration of symptom for operated patients was longer than air reduction group (p=0.01). Also, 3/4 of patients having localized distension of small bowel in the left upper quadrant abdomen had unsuccessful air reduction (p=0.002). In conclusion, the time interval from symptom onset to arrival at ED and localized distension of small bowel in the left upper quadrant abdomen significantly increased the failure rate of air reduction.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.877-884
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to report the clinical effects of Korean medicine on a patient who suffered from Irritable Bowel Syndrome with diarrhea, abdominal pain, and anorexia for few months. The patient was treated with herbal medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion in combination with Western medicine for 7 weeks. The clinical symptoms (diarrhea, abdominal pain, and anorexia) were improved after Korean medicine treatment. Therefore, this case is useful for describing Korean medicine treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and further case reports and studies will be needed in the future.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.263-265
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• 2014

Epiploic appendagitis is an inflammation of the epiploic appendage in which the small sacs projecting from the serosal layer of the colon are positioned longitudinally from the caecum to the rectosigmoid area. Epiploic appendagitis is rare and self-limiting; however, it can cause sudden abdominal pain in children. Epiploic appendagitis does not typically accompany other gastrointestinal diseases. Here, we report on a healthy eight-year-old girl who presented with abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. Based on these symptoms, she was diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis, but epiploic appendagitis in the ascending colon was revealed in contrast computed tomography (CT). The patient was treated successfully with conservative management. CT is beneficial in diagnosis and further assessment of epiploic appendagitis. Pediatricians need to be aware of this self-limiting disease and consider it as a possible alternate diagnosis in cases of acute abdominal pain.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.131-134
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• 2013

Cecal volvulus is uncommon in pediatric patients and there are few reports of cecal volvulus with cerebral palsy. Here, we report the case of a 19-year-old male patient who presented with abdominal distension, a history of cerebral palsy, refractory epilepsy due to lissencephaly, and chronic constipation. An abdominal x-ray and computed tomography without contrast enhancement showed fixed dilated bowel intensity in the right lower abdomen. Despite decompression with gastric and rectal tube insertion, symptoms did not improve. The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy that revealed cecal volvulus. Cecal volvulus usually occurs following intestinal malrotation or previous surgery. In this patient, however, intestinal distension accompanying mental disability and chronic constipation resulted in the development of cecal volvulus. We suggest that cecal and proximal large bowel volvulus should be considered in patients presenting with progressive abdominal distension combined with a history of neuro-developmental delay and constipation.