• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.84-88
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• 2018

A 33-year-old woman visited the emergency department presenting with fever and dyspnea. She was pregnant with gestational age of 31 weeks and 6 days. She had dysuria for 7 days, and fever and dyspnea for 1 day. The vital signs were as follows: blood pressure 110/70 mmHg, heart rate 118 beats/minute, respiratory rate 28/minute, body temperature $38.7^{\circ}C$, and oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry 84% during inhalation of 5 liters of oxygen by nasal prongs. Crackles were heard over both lung fields. There were no signs of uterine contractions. Chest X-ray and chest computed tomography scan showed multiple consolidations and air bronchograms in both lungs. According to urinalysis, there was pyuria and microscopic hematuria. She was diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia and urinary tract infection (UTI) that progressed to severe sepsis and acute respiratory failure. We found extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in the blood culture and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the sputum culture. The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit with administration of antibiotics and supplementation of high-flow oxygen. On hospital day 2, hypoxemia was aggravated. She underwent endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. After 3 hours, fetal distress was suspected. Under 100% fraction of inspired oxygen, her oxygen partial pressure was 87 mmHg in the arterial blood. She developed acute kidney injury and thrombocytopenia. We diagnosed her with multi-organ failure due to severe sepsis. After an emergent cesarean section, pneumonia, UTI, and other organ failures gradually recovered. The patient and baby were discharged soon thereafter.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.263-270
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• 1996

1986년 7월부터 1994년 12월까지 22명의 복잡심장기 형이 동반된 완전방실중격 결손증 환자 가 완전교 정 수술을 받았다. 연령 분포는6개월에서 11세까지로 평균연령은49.6$\pm$35.8개월이었으며 남녀 분포 는 남자가 7명, 여자가 15명이었다. 동반된 복잡심장기형은 팔로사징이 11명으로 가장 많았으며, 양대혈 관우심실기시증이 6명, 완전대 혈관전위가 4명, 수정 대 혈관전위가 1명이었다. 또한 다운 증후군은 팔로 사징 이 동반된 5예와 양대 혈관우심실기시증이 동반된 1예를 포함하여 6예 (27.3%)에서 있었다. 완전방 실중격 결손증의 Rastelli type은 대 부분이 Rastelli type C에 속하였다(type A ,3, typeB;2, type C: 17). 수술 방법은 전례에 있어 완전교정수술을 시 행하였고, 완전교정수술전 단락 수술을 시 행했던 경우가 6 예 있었다 22명의 환자 중 7명의 환자가 수술과 관련된 원 인으로 사망(31.8%)하였으며, 교정수술 후 기도내 흡 인에 의 한 폐렴 으로 1명의 환자가 수술 61일 후 사망하였다. 사망 원인으로는 수술후 심 폐 기 weaning failure, 저심 박출증 및 이로 인한 급성 신부전, 그리고 좌측 방실 판막의 중등도 이상의 폐쇄부전증과 우 핌 퓽\ulcorner綏括\ulcorner협착으로 재수술을 시행 받은 환자에서의 저심박출증 및 지속적 인 폐동맥고혈압, 심부전, 패혈증 등이 있었다. 완전교정술 후 재수술은 4명의 환자에서 시행 (18.2%)하였늘데 좌측방실판막의 폐 쇄부전증과 우심실유출로의 협착이 주된 이유였다. 외래추적관찰 기간은 평균 66.0 $\pm$ 26.7개월 (16.3개월~8.9년)이 었으며, 추적관찰 기간 중 실시한 심에코검사에서 좌측방실판막 폐쇄부전의 정도 및 우심유 출로의 헙착이 증가하여 좌측방실판막륜성형술과 우심유출로확장술을 받은 환자가 1명 있었다. 전반적으로 14명의 환자에서 양호한 경과(New York Heart Association functional class I~II)를 보이고 있다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.468-479
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• 2023

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the use of the respiratory rate oxygenation (ROX) index, ROX-heart rate (ROX-HR) index, and saturation of percutaneous oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen ratio (SF ratio) to predict weaning from high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in patients with respiratory distress in a pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: A total of 107 children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit were enrolled in the study between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2021. Data on clinical and personal information, ROX index, ROX-HR index, and SF ratio were collected from nursing records. The data were analyzed using an independent t-test, χ² test, Mann-Whitney U test, and area under the curve (AUC). Results: Seventy-five (70.1%) patients were successfully weaned from HFNC, while 32 (29.9%) failed. Considering specificity and sensitivity, the optimal cut off points for predicting treatment success and failure of HFNC oxygen therapy were 6.88 and 10.16 (ROX index), 5.23 and 8.61 (ROX-HR index), and 198.75 and 353.15 (SF ratio), respectively. The measurement of time showed that the most significant AUC was 1 hour before HFNC interruption. Conclusion: The ROX index, ROX-HR index, and SF ratio appear to be promising tools for the early prediction of treatment success or failure in patients initiated on HFNC for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Nurses caring for critically ill pediatric patients should closely observe and periodically check their breathing patterns. It is important to continuously monitor three indexes to ensure that ventilation assistance therapy is started at the right time.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.200-206
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• 1995

Myocarditis refers to inflammation, necrosis, or myocytolysis that may be due to many infectious, connective tissue and many other causes affecting the myocardium or involvement of the endocardium or pericardium. The most common manifestation is congestive heart failure, although arrhythmias and sudden death may be the first sign of myocarditis. Viral myocarditis is typically a sporadic but occasionally epidemic illness, noted as an acute potentially fulminant disease of 1-to 4-wk-old infants, as an acute but more benign myopericarditis of toddlers and young children. The most common casuative agent in viral myocarditis is Coxsackievirus and the outcome of the biopsy-proven chronic dilated cardiomyopathy associated with Coxsackievirus is poor without therapy. Myocarditis may be confirmed by percutaneous endomyocardial biopsy and the viral myocarditis may be diagnosed by the serological viral study with the clinical manifestations. He was admitted for the management of tachyarrhythmias occurred suddenly without prodromal symptoms and signs and diagnosed as viral pancarditis by serological Coxsackievirus study, echocardiogram, chest x-ray, EKG and other clinical manifestations.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.497-509
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• 1988

Current therapy of aortic dissections remains unstandardized because of the relative rarity of these catastrophic events and conflicting reported results of various therapeutic strategies. Hence, we reviewed our current results and planned to purify our method of interpretation of results and so, to standardize therapeutic managements. This study comprised unselected, consecutive 27 patients with aortic dissections who were operated at Seoul National University Hospital from Jan 1983 to March 1988. The results from analysis of their preoperative, operative and postoperative finding were as follows: 1] 7 patients had acute type A, 14 had chronic type A, 4 had acute type B, and 2 had chronic type B. 2] The causes of dissections were unclear, but 8 patients had Marfan`s syndromes, 2 had previous operative histories on cardiovascular systems and 2 had congenital heart diseases. 3] Multiple preoperative variables were found to correlate significantly with operative mortality and complications. The prevalences of such preoperative major complicating factors were significantly more frequent in acute than chronic [P < 0.05] and type A than type B [P < 0.01]. 4] Operations were performed according to the type of the dissections and whether it was acute or chronic. Usually dacron tube graft replacements were performed[25/26]. Intraluminal sutureless graft replacement was performed in 11 patients. Of the 14 patients with combined aortic regurgitation, concomitant aortic valve resuspension in 4, seperative aortic valve replacement in 1, and aortic valve replacement with coronary reimplantation were performed in 9 patients. 2 patients had concomitant arch vessel managements. 5] Over-all operative mortality rate was 33% and 54% for acute type A, 25% for acute type B, 29% for chronic type A, 0% for chronic type B respectively. The main causes of operative mortality were cardiovascular complications [mainly CPB-weaning failure] in acute cases and hemorrhagic complications in chronic cases.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.325-335
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• 2024

Background and Objectives: The number of sensitized heart failure patients on waiting lists for heart transplantation (HTx) is increasing. Using the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry (KOTRY), a nationwide multicenter database, we investigated the prevalence and clinical impact of calculated panel-reactive antibody (cPRA) in patients undergoing HTx. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 813 patients who underwent HTx between 2014 and 2021. Patients were grouped according to peak PRA level as group A: patients with cPRA ≤10% (n= 492); group B: patients with cPRA >10%, <50% (n=160); group C patients with cPRA ≥50% (n=161). Post-HTx outcomes were freedom from antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), acute cellular rejection, coronary allograft vasculopathy, and all-cause mortality. Results: The median follow-up duration was 44 (19-72) months. Female sex, re-transplantation, and pre-HTx renal replacement therapy were independently associated with an increased risk of sensitization (cPRA ≥50%). Group C patients were more likely to have longer hospital stays and to use anti-thymocyte globulin as an induction agent compared to groups A and B. Significantly more patients in group C had positive flow cytometric crossmatch and had a higher incidence of preformed donor-specific antibody (DSA) compared to groups A and B. During follow-up, group C had a significantly higher rate of AMR, but the overall survival rate was comparable to that of groups A and B. In a subgroup analysis of group C, post-transplant survival was comparable despite higher preformed DSA in a desensitized group compared to the non-desensitized group. Conclusions: Patients with cPRA ≥50% had significantly higher incidence of preformed DSA and lower freedom from AMR, but post-HTx survival rates were similar to those with cPRA <50%. Our findings suggest that sensitized patients can attain comparable post-transplant survival to non-sensitized patients when treated with optimal desensitization treatment and therapeutic intervention.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.216-231
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• 2003

Objectives: To develop a model that predicts a death probability of acute myocardial infarction(AMI) patient, and to evaluate a performance of hospital services using the developed model. Methods: Medical records of 861 AMI patients in 7 general hospitals during 1996 and 1997 were reviewed by two trained nurses. Variables studied were risk factors which were measured in terms of severity measures. A risk model was developed by using the logistic regression, and its performance was evaluated using cross-validation and bootstrap techniques. The statistical prediction capability of the model was assessed by using c-statistic, $R^2$ as well as Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic. The model performance was also evaluated using severity-adjusted mortalities of hospitals. Results: Variables included in the model building are age, sex, ejection fraction, systolic BP, congestive heart failure at admission, cardiac arrest, EKG ischemia, arrhythmia, left anterior descending artery occlusion, verbal response within 48 hours after admission, acute neurological change within 48 hours after admission, and 3 interaction terms. The c statistics and $R^2$ were 0.887 and 0.2676. The Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic was 6.3355 (p-value=0.6067). Among 7 hospitals evaluated by the model, two hospitals showed significantly higher mortality rates, while other two hospitals had significantly lower mortality rates, than the average mortality rate of all hospitals. The remaining hospitals did not show any significant difference. Conclusion: The comparison of the qualities of hospital service using risk-adjusted mortality rates indicated significant difference among them. We therefore conclude that risk-adjusted mortality rate of AMI patients can be used as an indicator for evaluating hospital performance in Korea.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.573-579
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• 2002

배경: 본 연구에서는 영아기에 변형 블라록-타우시히 단락술을 시행 받은 환자들을 대상으로 술후 경과, 개통율, 사망률과 사망원인 및 이에 영향하는 위험인자 들을 분석해봄으로써 그 유용성을 검증하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1990년 11월부터 2002년 6월까지 서울대학교 어린이병원 흉부외과에서, 폐동맥성형술을 함께한 경우까지만 포함한 블라록-타우시히 단락술을 시행받은 환자들을 대상으로 후향적으로 병록지 분석을 하였다. 수술 당시 평균 연령은 43.0$\pm$36.6 일이었고 남.녀 성비는 남: 여, 60 : 40 이었다. 진단은 54례가 활로씨사징증이었으며, 그 외 단심증, 각종 대혈관전위증, 양대혈관우심실기시증 등의 복잡심기형이었다. 결과: 환자의 술 후 산소포화도의 변화 양상은 수술 직후에서 약 24시간까지는 다소 불안정한 상태로 유지되다가 48시간정도 이후부터 안정되기 시작하여, 술 후 2~7일 사이에 서서히 회복되는 것이 관찰되었다 수술 사망은 8례로 수술 도중 발생한 저산소증관리의 실패(2), 수술 직후 발생한 단락 폐쇄(2), 심기능부전과 심낭삼출 등으로 인한 저심박출증(2), 패혈증(2)등이었다. 완전교정술을 기다리다가 사망한 3례의 만기 사망환자의 사망 원인은 심도자술 시행 시 발생한 급성 호흡정지(1), 심한 저산소성 심부전(1), 부정맥(1) 등으로 술 후 131~324 일 사이에 발생하였다. 단락술 후 사망에 관여하는 인자로 수술년도, 단락크기, 연령, 심기형의 복잡성정도 등을 살펴보았으나 모두 사망의 유의인자가 아니었다. 수술 사망을 제외한 92명에 대한 다음 단계 수술까지의 단락 개통유무를 기준으로 살펴본 6개월의 개통률은 97% 였으며, 전체 연구 기간을 대상으로 한 개통률은 96%였다. 결론: 저자 등은 본 연구를 통하여 신생아 및 조기 영아기 환자에 시행한 변형 블라록-타우시히단락술이 적어도 술 후 1, 2년 동안의 완전 교정술까지의 고식 목적으로 또는 폐동맥 준비과정으로 그 유용성이 있음을 입증하였다. 그러나 양호한 성적을 위해서는 안정적인 술기의 확보, 단락술 후의 혈역학의 변화에 대한 이해를 바탕으로 한 술 후 관리, 정중 흉골절개를 통해 얻을 수 있는 보다 정교한 수술 등이 필수적이라는 사실도 지적되어야 한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.377-382
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• 2012

Purpose: This single-center study aimed to assess the clinical features and surgical approaches and outcomes of complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA). Methods: TGA patients who had undergone surgical correction at the Kyungpook National University Hospital from January 2000 to December 2010, were retrospectively evaluated for patient characteristics, clinical manifestation, preoperative management, intraoperative findings, postoperative progress, and follow-up status. Results: Twenty-eight patients (17 boys and 11 girls, mean age=$10.6{\pm}21.5$ days) were included and were categorized as follows: group I, TGA with intact ventricular septum (n=13); group II, TGA with ventricular septal defect (VSD, n=12); and group III, TGA/VSD with pulmonary stenosis (n=3). Group I underwent the most intensive preoperative management (balloon atrial septostomy and prostaglandin E1 medication). Group II showed the highest incidence of heart failure (P<0.05). Usual and unusual coronary anatomy patterns were observed in 20 (71%) and 8 patients, respectively. Arterial and half-turned truncal switch operations were performed in 25 and 3 patients (Group III), respectively. Postoperative complications included cardiac arrhythmias (8 patients), central nervous system complications (3 patients), acute renal failure (1 patient), infections (3 patients), and cardiac tamponade (1 patient), and no statistically significant difference was observed between the groups. Group II showed the mildest aortic regurgitation on follow-up echocardiograms (P<0.05). One patient underwent reoperation, and 1 died. The overall mortality rate was 4%. Conclusion: Our study showed favorable results in all the groups and no significant difference in postoperative complication, reoperation, and mortality among the groups. However, our results were inadequate to evaluate the risk factors for reoperation and mortality owing to the small number of patients and short follow-up duration.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.58-67
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• 1986

Aggressive revascularization of the ischemic lower extremities in atherosclerotic, occlusive diseases or acute embolic arterial occlusion due to cardiac valvular disease by thromboembolectomy or an arterial bypass operation has been advocated by some authors. We have performed 68 first time vascular operations, including thromboembolectomies on RR patients with ischemic lower extremities, within an 11-year-and-6-month period, from January 1974 to June 1984. We have reviewed and analyzed our vascular operative procedures and post operative results. The patients upon whom thromboembolectomies were performed were 42 males and 13 females ranging from 5 to 72 years of age. The major arterial occlusive sites were common iliac artery in 20 cases, femoral artery in 21 cases, popliteal artery in 8 cases, common iliac artery and femoral artery in 4 cases, and femoral artery and popliteal artery in 3 cases. The underlying causes of arterial occlusive disease were atherosclerosis obliterans in 34 cases; Buerger`s disease in 3 cases; emboli due to cardiac valvular disease in 13 cases; and vascular trauma in 4 cases, including cardiac catheterization in I of those cases. Arterial bypass operations with autogenous or artificial vascular prosthesis were done in 31 cases. Amputations were done on 2 patients carrying out any more vascular operative procedures would have been of no benefit to them. Our bypass operations for ischemic lower extremities were classified as follows: those done between the abdominal aorta and the femoral artery in 17 cases, including those done between the aorta and the bifemoral arteries with a Y graft in four of those cases and long ones done from the axillary to the femoral artery in 4 cases. Five patients died in the hospital following vascular surgery for ischemic lower extremities, the causes of death were not directly related to the vascular reconstructive operative procedures. The leading causes of death were respiratory failure due to metastatic lung carcinoma: renal failure due to complications from atherosclerosis obliterans; sepsis from open, contaminated fractures of the tibia and fibula; and myocardial failures due to open heart surgery in one case and reconstructive surgery of the ascending aorta in another.