• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.746-752
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• 2007

목 적 : 미숙아에서 발생하는 뇌실주변부 백질연화증, 뇌실내 출혈, 기관지폐 이형성증, 미숙아 망막증, 괴사성 장염 등의 합병증이 활성 산소에 의한 세포 및 조직 손상과 연관성이 있다는 보고들이 있어 왔다. 이에 저자들은, 활성 산소와 세포 내 분자들이 반응할 때 생성되는 활성 산화물의 농도를 측정하여, 미숙아와 정상 만삭아의 혈중 활성 산화물의 농도를 비교하고, 활성 산화물의 농도와 미숙아 합병증과의 연관성을 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2005년 7월부터 2006년 4월 사이에 포천중문의대 분당차병원 신생아 집중치료실에 입원한 36주 이하의 미숙아 39명과 37주 이상의 정상 만삭아 24명을 대상으로 하였다. 정상 만삭아군에서 출생일 혈청 total hydroperoxide(TH) 농도를 측정하였고, 미숙아군에서는 출생일과 생후 7일 째 혈청 TH 농도를 측정하였다. 만삭아군과 미숙아군의 출생일 혈청 TH 농도를 비교하였고, 미숙아군의 분만력 상의 특징, 혈액검사 소견, 뇌 초음파 및 뇌 자기 공명영상 소견, 임상경과 및 예후를 후향적으로 조사하여, 미숙아 합병증이 발생한 군과 합병증이 없었던 군으로 나누어 출생일과 생후 7일째 혈청 TH 농도를 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 미숙아군과 만삭아군의 출생일 TH 농도를 비교한 결과, 미숙아군은 평균 $186{\pm}42U.carr/L$, 만삭아군은 $157{\pm}36U.carr/L$로 미숙아군에서 유의하게 높았다. 미숙아군에서, 합병증이 발생한 군과 발생하지 않은 대조군의 출생일과 생후 7일 혈청 TH 농도를 비교한 결과, 출생일에는 합병증군 $211{\pm}37U.carr/L$, 비합병증군 $168{\pm}36U.carr/L$로 합병증군에서 유의하게 높았으나, 생후 7일에는 합병증군 $205{\pm}64U.carr/L$, 비합병증군 $188{\pm}32U.carr/L$로 합병증군이 다소 높았으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 보이지 않았다. 그러나 합병증이 발생하지 않은 미숙아군과 정상 만삭아군의 출생일 혈청 TH 농도에는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다. 합병증 발생의 위험 인자인 재태주령, 5분 Apgar 점수, 동맥혈 가스검사의 pH, 출생일 TH 농도를 분석한 결과, 재태주령(Odds ratio 0.586, 95% CI 0.370-0.927, P=0.022)과 TH 농도 (Odds ratio 1.046, 95% CI 1.010-1.085, P=0.013)가 독립적으로 합병증 발생에 유의한 영향을 미치는 위험 인자였다. 결 론 : 합병증이 발생한 미숙아는 합병증이 발생하지 않은 미숙아나 만삭아에 비해 출생일 혈청 TH의 농도가 높으며, 미숙아의 출생일 혈청 TH 농도는 미숙아 합병증 발생에 독립적으로 영향을 미치는 인자이다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2020

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the health effects of air conditioning use during the 2018 heat wave in Korea, included the highest temperature ever recorded in the nation. Methods: The participants in this study were 1000 adults aged 19 years and older recruited from across Korea. The participants were asked about their experience of symptoms of various diseases, disruptions of their daily lives, and use of air conditioning during the heat wave. The associations between air conditioning use during the heat wave and health outcomes were analyzed using the chisquare test and multiple logistic regression models. Results: Among participants who lacked air conditioning in the main space where they spent time outside the home, 33.9%, 8.1%, 43.5%, and 19.4% experienced symptoms of heat-related, cardiovascular, nervous system diseases, and air-conditioningitis, respectively. In comparison, participants who did have air conditioning outside the home experienced the same symptoms at proportions of 21.0%, 1.9%, 26.8%, and 34.2%, respectively (p=0.027, 0.007, 0.007, and 0.023, respectively). Among participants who had no air conditioner at home, 10.0% were absent from school or work due to the heat wave. In contrast, among participants who had an air conditioner at home, only 3.7% were absent as a result of the heat wave (p=0.007). Conclusions: When air conditioning was not used at home or in the main space where participants spent time outside the home during the 2018 heat wave, adverse health effects were more prevalent, but the risk of air-conditioningitis was reduced.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.157-167
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• 2009

소아의 종양성질환은 출생 첫해에 가장 많고, 2-3세경에 두 번째로 많이 나타난다. 소아에서는 급성 백혈병, 임파선암, 뇌종양, 연조직 종양 그리고 신장 종양이 일반적이다. 조기진단과 의학의 발달로 치료결과가 향상되고 치료후 생존율 또한 높아지는 추세이나, 항암화학요법, 방사선 및 조혈모세포 이식 등의 치료과정에 동반되는 전신 및 국소적합병증 또한 심각한 문제로 나타난다. 구강조직은 항암치료의 독성에 특히 예민하고 구강내 병소가 나타나는 경우가 많다. 소아치과의사는 종양성질환으로 다양한 항암치료를 받는 어린이의 치료 전후에 삶의 질에 영향을 줄 수 있는 치과적 문제를 진단하고 예방 및 관리에 매우 중요한 역할을 담당한다. 따라서 소아치과의사를 포함한 치과종사자는 환자의 병력, 치료과정, 건강상태에 따른 합병증을 예방 또는 처치하기 위한 개별적 구강관리지침을 제공하는 것이 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 소아에서 종양성질환을 치료중인환자, 특히 항암화학요법, 방사선 요법 및 조혈모세포이식환자에 대한 치료전후의 구강관리에 대하여 알아본다.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.15-39
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• 2001

The study, using the input-output analysis of 402 industrial sectors by Bank of Korea(BOK) and the resulting outcomes of price model, aims to evaluate the spillover effects the international fluctuations in crude oil prices have on the commodities prices and consequently, analyse the management and profitability of the offshore fisheries in Korea. At present, the fisher men are provided with tax-free oils for their fishing operations as specified under the Special Tax Treatment Control Law. However, the exhaustion of marine resources and new international fisheries agreements, which resulted in the loss of fishing grounds, made the stable catch even more unpredictable and the hike in the price of the international crude oil would have adverse effects on the fishing industry. The study revealed that the increasing rise in the price of crude oil would exert sweeping spillover effects on other industry sectors in general and accordingly, lead to a poorer performance by fisheries. The price spillover coefficients for the diesel oil was 0.6026, which would translate into the 42.6% increase in the prices of oil when the increase ratio of 73.3% for the base crude oil was applied based on the calculation methods employed in the study. This in turn increased the ratio of diesel oil required in the offshore fisheries from 23.3% to 16.6%, diminishing the ratio of current net profits to minus 2.0% from 4.2% otherwise. By fishing type, the Pair Trawl suffered current net profits loss most by ratio of minus 9.4% and other fisheries such as Coastal Stow Nets, Coastal Angling, Danish Sein also suffered ratio of 7% and more in the loss of current net profits. With the deteriorating fishing performance, coupled with the increasing international crude oil prices, it is urgently required that the authorities concerned deliberate in depth on such schemes as follows in efforts to secure stable fishing production. First, provision of large-scale storage facilities for oil is needed to timely adapt to the fluctuations in international crude oil prices. Secondly, in line with the stabilization of tax-free oil prices, duty levied on oils for fishing and tax collected from the refineries need to be tax-exempt. Thirdly, the beneficiaries from the provision of tax-free oil should be broadened, not limited to special fishing operation only. Fourth, investment in stabilization of the oil prices should be encouraged, possibly through funding from the formation of fisheries development funds underway.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2010

Radiofrequency ablation (RA) is being used to manage atrial fibrillation (AF) with patients failed at the $1^{st}$-line anti-arrhythmic medications. Patients undergoing this procedure are at increased risk of thromboembolism after ablation, and anticoagulation management surrounding the ablation remains controversial. Although no conclusive recommendations can be made, published guidelines and data support therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin. The purpose of this study was to analyze effectiveness of current therapy and to find factors fluctuate International Normalized Ratio (INR) values in patients undergone RA followed by anticoagulation service (ACS). Retrospective review was conducted utilizing database in a hospital. Among 110 patients under warfarin around ablation between January 2006 to September 2007, 54 patients were selected and allocated into 2 groups: Group A included 47 who discontinued warfarin after ablation, while 7 in B continued the medication. Information on demographics, amount and length of warfarin dosing, INR values and measuring frequencies, and the causing factors on INR fluctuation were abstracted. Differences were analyzed using chi-squared test, Fisher's Exact test, and unpaired Student t-test. Mean amount of warfarin before and after surgery was 4.0 mg, 4.1 mg in Group A and was 5.1 mg, 4.6 mg in Group B, respectively. Average duration of warfarin doing before ablation was 73.7 days in Group A, 129.9 days in B with no significant difference (p = 0.312). The duration time of warfarin on groups after ablation lasted several months. The number of checking INRs was 4.1 and 7.6, respectively. Inter-individual variability of INR fluctuations were $2.1{\pm}0.6$ in Group A and $2.2{\pm}0.7$ in B which were not significantly different (p = 0.062). 164 cases of decreased INR were: 'omission in taking medication, stressfulness and headache, 'increased intake of high vitamin K foods', 'lifestyle change of increased physical activities', and 'increase of food-intakes'. To the contrary, 36 cases of increased INR were: 'reduce of food-intake', 'use of non-prescription drugs', 'reduction in physical activities', and 'excessive restriction on food-intake', consecutively. In conclusion, the study validated therapeutic outcomes of RA patients who we treated with standard guideline and demonstrated 9 factors of INR fluctuations in the patient. A well-trained, pharmacist-monitored anticoagulation service could reduce the risk of adverse effects and prevent complications in patients with AF around RA operation.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권3호
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• pp.397-405
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• 2020

Objective : We retrospectively evaluated the efficacy of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKS) for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in patients who previously underwent radiotherapy, and analyzed the treatment outcomes over 14 years. Methods : Ten patients with recurrent NPC who had previously received radiotherapy underwent stereotactic radiosurgery using a Gamma Knife^® (Elekta Inc, Atlanta, GA, USA) between 2005 and 2018. The median target volume was 8.2 ㎤ (range, 1.7-17.8), and the median radiation dose to the target was 18 Gy (range, 12-30). The median follow-up period was 18 months (range, 6-76 months). Overall and local failure-free survival rates were determined using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results : The NPCs recurred at the primary cancer site in seven patients (70%), as distant brain metastasis in two (20%), and as an extension into brain in one (10%). The recurrent tumors in seven of the 10 patients (70%) were found on the routine follow-up imaging studies. Two patients presented with headache and one with facial pain. Local failure after GKS occurred in five patients (50%) : two of whom died eight and 6 months after GKS, respectively. No adverse radiation effects were noted after GKS. The 1- and 3-year overall survival rates after GKS were 90% and 77%, respectively. The local failure-free survival rates at 6 months, 1 year, and 3 years after GKS were 80%, 48%, and 32%, respectively. The median interval from GKS to local failure was 8 months (range, 6-12). Univariate analysis revealed that using co-registration with positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was associated with a lower local failure rate of recurrent NPC (p=0.027). Conclusion : GKS is an acceptable salvage treatment option for patients with recurrent NPC who previously received radiation therapy. PET-CT and MRI co-registration for dose planning can help achieve local control of recurrent NPC.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.535-542
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• 2010

Objectives: Exposure assessment is a major challenge faced by studies that evaluate the association between pesticide exposure and adverse health outcomes. The objective of this study was to investigate the reliability of information that farmers self-report regarding their pesticide use. Methods: Twenty five items based upon existing questionnaires were designed to focus on pesticide exposure. In 2009, a selfadministrated survey was conducted on two occasions four weeks apart among 205 farmers residing in Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces. For a reliability measure, we calculated the percentage agreement, the kappa statistics and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) between the two reports according to the characteristics of the subjects. Results: Agreement for ever-never use of any pesticide was 96.4% (kappa 0.61). For both 'years used' and 'age at the first use' of overall pesticides, high agreement was obtained (ICC: 0.88 and, 0.78, respectively), whereas those of 'days used' and 'hours used' were relatively low (ICC: 0.42 and, 0.66, respectively). The kappa value for the use of personal protective equipment ranged from 0.46 to 0.59, and hygiene activities came out at 0.19 to 0.37. The agreement for individual pesticide use ranged widely and there was relatively low agreement due to the low response rates. The reliability scores did not significantly vary according to gender, age, the education level, the types of crop or the years of farming. Conclusions: Our results support that carefully designed, self-reported information on ever-never pesticide use among farmers is reliable. However, the reliability of data on individual pesticide exposure may be unstable due to low response rates and needs to be refined.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.330-336
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• 2015

Polycan originating from Aureobasidium pullulans is mostly composed of β-1, 3/1, 6 glucans and possesses an anti-osteoporotic effect. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to examine the efficacy and safety of the polycan on bone biochemical markers in healthy perimenopausal women. Sixty subjects were randomly allocated to 2 groups-group 1 received 400 mg of polycan and group 2 received placebo-these were administered once daily for 28 days. Fasting blood and urine samples were collected at baseline and 4 weeks after treatment. The primary outcome was change in osteocalcin (OSC) and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BALP). Changes in calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), C-telopeptide of collagen cross-links (CTx), N-telopeptide of collagen cross-links (NTx), and deoxypyridinoline (DPYR) were the secondary outcomes. A safety assessment was performed using adverse event (AE) and laboratory data. After 4 weeks of polycan treatment, OSC, DPYR, and BALP levels changed (P < 0.05) significantly from baseline in both groups. However, no significant differences were observed in any markers between the 2 groups, except for P (P < 0.05). Interestingly, group 2 showed a significant increase in CTx (65.2%, P < 0.05), while CTx in group 1 slightly increased (17.2%). Both groups showed no significant differences in AE. Although 4 weeks of polycan treatment did not have a statistically significant effect on bone metabolism biomarkers, increases in CTx were modestly inhibited by polycan. Further studies in a large population and longer treatment periods are needed to confirm the effect of polycan on bone turnover.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.503-512
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• 2017

임신 중 임부가 경험하는 스트레스는 출생하는 신생아에게 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 알려져 있다. 임신부의 심리사회적 안녕이 중요함에도 불구하고, 국내에서 임부의 스트레스를 측정하는 도구는 매우 부족한 상태이다. 본 연구는 1984년에 개발되어 사용되고 있는 26문항의 안황란의 임부스트레스 측정 도구의 신뢰도와 타당도를 확인하기 위해 수행하였다. 산전교육에 참석하는 200명의 임신부를 대상으로 임부스트레스, 우울과 일반적 특성에 대한 질문으로 구성된 설문지를 사용하여 2013년 3월과 5월에 자료수집을 하였다. 주요인 성분분석과 확인적 요인분석으로 구성타당도를 검증하였고, 우울점수와의 상관관계분석으로 동시타당도를 검증하였다. 원도구의 탐색적 요인분석 결과, 6개 문항이 제외되고, 5개 요인(신체적 불편감, 태아, 양육, 배우자 관계, 가사일)이 추출되었고, 57.25%의 설명력을 보였다. 도구의 모형 적합도 지수는 수용할만하였으며, Cronbach's alpha는 .89였다. 우울점수와 상관관계는 유의하게 나타났다(r=.48, p <.001). 본 연구에서 시대적 변화를 반영하여 제시한 20문항의 임부스트레스 도구는 산전 진찰과 간호사정에서 임부의 스트레스 정도를 측정하는데 유용하게 사용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권23호
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• pp.10217-10223
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• 2015

Hyperactivated ${\alpha}2$-6-sialylation on N-glycans due to overexpression of the Golgi enzyme ${\beta}$-galactoside: ${\alpha}2$-6-sialyltransferase (ST6Gal-I) often correlates with cancer progression, metastasis, and poor prognosis. This study was aimed to determine the association between ST6Gal-I expression and the risk of recurrence and survival of patients with localized clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) following surgery. We retrospectively enrolled 391 patients (265 in training cohort and 126 in validation cohort) with localized ccRCC underwent nephrectomy at a single center. Tissue microarrays were constructed for immunostaining of ST6Gal-I. Prognostic value and clinical outcomes were evaluated. High ST6Gal-I expression was associated with Fuhrman grade (p<0.001 and p=0.016, respectively) and the University of California Los-Angeles Integrated Staging System (UISS) score (p=0.004 and p=0.017, respectively) in both cohorts. Patients with high ST6Gal-I expression had significantly worse overall survival (OS) (p<0.001 and p<0.001, respectively) and recurrence free survival (RFS) (p<0.001 and p=0.002, respectively) than those with low expression in both cohorts. On multivariate analysis, ST6Gal-I expression remained associated with OS and RFS even after adjusting for the UISS score. Stratified analysis suggested that the association is more pronounced among patients with low and intermediate-risk disease defined by the UISS score. High ST6Gal-I expression is a potential independent adverse predictor of survival and recurrence in ccRCC patients, and the prognostic value is most prominent in those with low and intermediate-risk disease defined by the UISS score.