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A Clinical Study of Dyslogia Patients after Stroke (중풍(中風) 환자(患者) 중(中) 언어장애(言語障碍)에 대한 임상적(臨床的) 고찰(考察))

  • Shin, Woo-Jin;Seo, Soo-Hyun;Hong, Hyun-Woo;Lee, Sung-Do;Kim, Jae-Yun;Kam, Chul-Woo;Park, Dong-Il
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.529-538
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    • 2004
  • This clinical study on 93 cases of Dyslogia after stroke confirmed through brain CT, MRI scan and clinical observation. They were hospitalized in the oriental medical hospital of Dong-Eui University from january to September 2003. The following results were found: I. The ratio between males and females was 1.6:1. Of Dyslogia p who had suffered stroke, most were in their sixties. 2. Categorized by attack site, right hemiplegia patients comprised 15 cases(l6.1%), and left hemiplegia patients, 71 cases(54.8%), so the ratio between Rt. and Lt. was 1:4.7. 3. Categorized by preceeding disease, hypertension was seen 51 cases(54.8%), and diabetes mellitus was seen 21 cases(22.6%). 4. Categorized by repeat attack, it was the first attack for 71 cases(76.3%), and the second attack for 13 cases(l4.0%), and for 9 cases(9.7%) it was the third or nth attack. 5. According to the classification of Zhang Zhongjing, apoplexy involving Bu-organs comprised 42 cases(45.2%), apoplexy involving meridians 39 cases(41.9%), apoplexy involving Jang-organs 11 cases(11.8%), and for apoplexy involving collaaterals there was one case(1.1%). 6. According to the classification of Cheng Zhongling, 43 cases(46.7%) were classed heart meridian, 25 cases(27.2%) were classed Spleen meridian, and 24 cases(26. 1%) were classed Kidney meridian. 7. According to the classification of Sun Simiao, 49 cases(52.7%) were classed Pyungo, two cases(2.2%) were classed Pungeui, ,seven cases(7.5%) were classed Pungbi( I ), and two cases(2.2%) were classed Pungbi( II ).

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Effects of Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy on Thermoregulation in Firefighters

  • McEntire, Serina J.;Reis, Steven E.;Suman, Oscar E.;Hostler, David
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.256-262
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    • 2015
  • Background: Heart attack is the most common cause of line-of-duty death in the fire service. Daily aspirin therapy is a preventative measure used to reduce the morbidity of heart attacks but may decrease the ability to dissipate heat by reducing skin blood flow. Methods: In this double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study, firefighters were randomized to receive 14 days of therapy (81-mg aspirin or placebo) before performing treadmill exercise in thermal-protective clothing in a hot room [$38.8{\pm}2.1^{\circ}C$, $24.9{\pm}9.1%$ relative humidity (RH)]. Three weeks without therapy was provided before crossing to the other arm. Firefighters completed a baseline skin blood-flow assessment via laser Doppler flowmetry; skin was heated to $44^{\circ}C$ to achieve maximal cutaneous vasodilation. Skin blood flow was measured before and after exercise in a hot room, and at 0 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, and 30 minutes of recovery under temperature conditions ($25.3{\pm}1.2^{\circ}C$, $40.3{\pm}13.7%\;RH$). Platelet clotting time was assessed before drug administration, and before and after exercise. Results: Fifteen firefighters completed the study. Aspirin increased clotting time before and after exercise compared with placebo (p = 0.003). There were no differences in absolute skin blood flow between groups (p = 0.35). Following exercise, cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) was $85{\pm}42%$ of maximum in the aspirin and $76{\pm}37%$ in the placebo groups. The percentage of maximal CVC did not differ by treatment before or after recovery. Neither maximal core body temperature nor heart rate responses to exercise differed between trials. Conclusion: There were no differences in skin blood flow during uncompensable heat stress following exercise after aspirin or placebo therapy.

The Effect of LR3 Acupuncture on Blood Pressure and C-fos Expression in Hypertensive Rats Induced by 2K1C (침자(鍼刺)가 혈압(血壓) 및 신경계(神經系) 혈압중추(血壓中樞) c-fos 발현에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Kang Dong-Hwan;Yun Yeo-Chung;Kim Jeong-Sang;Kim Won-Jae;Na Chang-Su
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 2002
  • The frequency of the hypertension is increasing as the life level is improved and an average span of the life is extended since we approached modern stage. The hypertension is also dangerous disease which raises fatal complication for example with the bleeding aproplexy and the ischemic attack. The medicinal treatment about the hypertension is required patients to take continually. The acupuncture have been introduced because a medicine-chemical treatment hasn't good influence on the human body. It recently has been processed that studies acupuncture effect for blood pressure and have been found out that blood pressure go down. The object of this study observe the effect of LR3 acupuncture on hypertension in Renal Hypertension RAT induced by 2K1C. The 2K1C model was based on renin-angiotensin system. We put the silver clip in renal artery to induce renal hypertension. We try to observe that LR3 acupuncture influence on the blood pressure and c-fos expression in CVLM, NTS, RVLM. In results, the blood pressure was decreased during acupuncture than before acupuncture, after acupuncture. The heart rate was also decreased during acupuncture than before acupuncture, after acupuncture. The LR3 acupuncture significantly effects on blood pressure and heart rate (P<0.05). The increased expression of c-fos was shown in CVLM, NTS, but not in RVLM. In conclusion, LR3 was relived the action of control upon the hypertension and related with medulla, particularly CVLM, NTS. It needs to be closely examined pharmacological mechanism and studied combination with other acupoints.

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Characteristics of Early Maladaptive Schemas in Patients with Panic Disorder (공황장애 환자의 초기부적응 심리도식의 특성)

  • Woo, Na Young;Lee, Byung Wook;Lee, Hong Seock;Jung, Myung Hoon;Yi, Jung Seo
    • Anxiety and mood
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.85-91
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    • 2011
  • Objective : This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of the early maladaptive schemas in patients with panic disorder. Methods : Patients (n=35) included people who had met the DSM-IV-TR criteria for panic disorder. The normal control group (n=35) were those people who had no psychiatric disorder and had never experienced panic attack. The early maladaptive schemas and the severity of depression and anxiety were assessed by the Young Schema Questionnaire Short-form (YSQ-SF), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Results : The scores on the STAI-S, STAI-T, and BDI were significantly higher in the patient group. Compared to the control group, the scores of vulnerability to harm and illness, and abandonment/instability schemas were significantly higher in the patient group. In the patient group, defectiveness/shame and subjugation schemas were found to predict BDI, dependent/incompetence, abandonment/instability schemas were found to predict STAI-S, and vulnerability to harm and illness, and abandonment/instability schemas were found to predict STAI-T. In normal controls, failure and insufficient self-control/self-discipline, failure, and emotion inhibition schemas were found to predict BDI, STAI-T, and STAI-S. Conclusions : Vulnerability to harm and illness and abandonment/instability schemas may be characteristic schema in patients with panic disorder.

Unroofed Coronary Sinus Syndrome with Valvular Disease - Report of A Case - (판막질환을 동반한 관상정맥동 천정결손 증후군 - 수술 치험 1례 -)

  • 박성달
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.162-168
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    • 1990
  • Unroofed coronary sinus syndrome is an uncommon anomaly which is caused by incomplete formation of the left atriovenous fold and it is usually associated with persistent left superior vena cava. It may be diagnosed by cardiac catheterization and cineangiography but, if it is not diagnosed, it can bring out significant complications due to right to left shunt, such as brain abscess, cerebral embolism, transient ischemic attack, arterial desaturation and there will reduced patient`s life expectancy. Therefore corrective operation was needed. A case of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome which combines with valvular heart disease was experienced at the department of thoracic & cardiovascular surgery of Kosin medical college. The patient was 49 years old female and she complained dyspnea on exertion for 2 yrs. Cardiac catheterization with cineangiography and both superior venacavogram were performed for diagnosis and she was diagnosed as unroofed coronary sinus syndrome combined with mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. Surgical correction was accomplished by reroofing of coronary sinus with pericardial patch, closure of atrial septal defect and annuloplasty of both atrioventricular valves. Postoperative results were satisfactory and course of recovery was uneventful. We report a case of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome with review.

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Research on diseases and causes of death of kings during middle Chosun Dynasty based on The Authentic Record of Chosun Dynasty (<조선왕조실록(朝鮮王朝實錄)>에 나타난 조선중기제왕(朝鮮中期帝王)들의 질병(疾病)과 사인연구(死因硏究))

  • Yoon, Han-ryong;Yoon, Chang-ryeol
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.125-151
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    • 2001
  • This paper is the result of the study of diseases, treatments, and causes of death of Yunsan-Gun, King Jungjong, King Injong, and etc that are recorded in The Authentic Record of Chosun Dynasty. Yunsan-Gun died at the age of 31, two months after he was expelled to Kanghwa Island. His rage, regret and emotional disorder injured Wonki therefore, exopathogens easily affected and finally caused death. King Jungjong died of old age. King Injong was born with weak heart and stomach, and attack of sorrow among seven emotions, and failure of harmonious intake of food lead to death.

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The literatual study on the Bogi haehun-tang(補氣解暈湯) (보기해훈탕(補氣解暈湯)에 관(關)한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察))

  • Lee, Jung Hwa;Yoo, Dong Yeol
    • Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.179-191
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    • 2002
  • The literatual study on the Bogi haehun-tang(補氣解暈湯), the results were obtained as follows : 1. Bogihaehun-tang(補氣解暈湯) is reported Fuqingzhu's Gynecology, Qing dynasty at the first and is used when puerperal faintness, a disorder due to deficiency of vital energy and blood and up ward attack of the asthenic yang, or due to lochistisis and blood stasis attacking the heart. 2. Bogihaehun-tang(補氣解暈湯) is composed of Radix Ginseng(人蔘), Radix Astragali, Radix Angelicae sinensis(當歸) Rhizoma Zingiberis praeparatae(乾臺), Spica Schizonepetae(荊芥). 3. Bogihaehun-tang(補氣解暈湯) have an effect on homeostasis by in vigorating the vital energy, a treatment for prolonged bleeding due to deficiency of vital energy(補氣攝血) applicable to the patient suffening from chronic hemorrhagic disease accompanied with the anifestations of the deficiency of vital energy.

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CADICA: Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease Using the Imperialist Competitive Algorithm

  • Mahmoodabadi, Zahra;Abadeh, Mohammad Saniee
    • Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.87-93
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    • 2014
  • Coronary artery disease (CAD) is currently a prevalent disease from which many people suffer. Early detection and treatment could reduce the risk of heart attack. Currently, the golden standard for the diagnosis of CAD is angiography, which is an invasive procedure. In this article, we propose an algorithm that uses data mining techniques, a fuzzy expert system, and the imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA), to make CAD diagnosis by a non-invasive procedure. The ICA is used to adjust the fuzzy membership functions. The proposed method has been evaluated with the Cleveland and Hungarian datasets. The advantage of this method, compared with others, is the interpretability. The accuracy of the proposed method is 94.92% by 11 rules, and the average length of 4. To compare the colonial competitive algorithm with other metaheuristic algorithms, the proposed method has been implemented with the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The results indicate that the colonial competition algorithm is more efficient than the PSO algorithm.

Classification of PVC(Premature Ventricular Contraction) using Radial Basis Function network (Radial Basis Function 네트워크를 이용한 PVC 분류)

  • Lee, J.;Lee, K.J.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1997 no.11
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    • pp.439-442
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    • 1997
  • In our research, we will extract diagnostic parameters by LPC method and wavelet transform. Then, we will design artificial neural network which is based on RBF that can express input features in terms of fuzzy. Because PVC(Premature Ventricular Contraction) has possibility to cause heart attack, the detection of PVC is a very significant problem. To deal with this problem, LPC method which gives different coefficients or different morphologies and wavelet transform which has superior localization nature of time-frequency, are used to extract effective parameters or classification of normal and PVC. Because RBF network can allocate an input feature to the membership degree of each category, total system will be more flexible.

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Primary Aldosteronism and Cerebrovascular Diseases

  • Chen, Zheng-Wei;Hung, Chi-Sheng;Wu, Vin-Cent;Lin, Yen-Hung;TAIPAI study group
    • Endocrinology and Metabolism
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.429-434
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    • 2018
  • As diagnostic techniques have advanced, primary aldosteronism (PA) has emerged as the most common cause of secondary hypertension. The excess of aldosterone caused by PA resulted in not only cardiovascular complications, including coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, and heart failure, but also cerebrovascular complications, such as stroke and transient ischemic attack. Moreover, PA is associated more closely with these conditions than is essential hypertension. In this review, we present up-to-date findings on the association between PA and cerebrovascular diseases.