• 제목/요약/키워드: Missed activation

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Clinical features and risk factors for missed stroke team activation in cases of acute ischemic stroke in the emergency department

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    • 대한응급의학회지
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    • 제29권5호
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    • pp.437-448
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    • 2018
  • Objective: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) requires time-dependent reperfusion therapy, and early recognition of AIS is important to patient outcomes. This study was conducted to identify the clinical features and risk factors of AIS patients that are missed during the early stages of diagnosis. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed AIS patients admitted to a hospital through the emergency department. AIS patients were defined as ischemic stroke patients who visited the emergency department within 6 hours of symptom onset. Patients were classified into two groups: an activation group (A group), in which patients were identified as AIS and the stroke team was activated, and a non-activation group (NA group), for whom the stroke team was not activated. Results: The stroke team was activated for 213 of a total of 262 AIS patients (81.3%), while it was not activated for the remaining 49 (18.7%). The NA group was found to be younger, have lower initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores, lower incidence of previous hypertension, and a greater incidence of cerebellum and cardio-embolic infarcts than the A group. The chief complaints in the A group were traditional stroke symptoms, side weakness (61.0%), and speech disturbance (17.8%), whereas the NA group had non-traditional symptoms, dizziness (32.7%), and decreased levels of consciousness (22.4%). Independent factors associated with missed stroke team activation were nystagmus, nausea/vomiting, dizziness, gait disturbance, and general weakness. Conclusion: A high index of AIS suspicion is required to identify such patients with these findings. Education on focused neurological examinations and the development of clinical decision tools that could differentiate non-stroke and stroke are needed.

Ser360 and Ser364 in the Kinase Domain of Tomato SIMAPKKKα are Critical for Programmed Cell Death Associated with Plant Immunity

  • Hwang, In Sun;Brady, Jen;Martin, Gregory B.;Oh, Chang-Sik
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.163-169
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    • 2017
  • $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$, a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase, is a positive regulator of Pto-mediated effector-triggered immunity, which elicits programmed cell death (PCD) in plants. In this study, we examined whether putative phosphorylation sites in the conserved activation segment of the $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$ kinase domain are critical for eliciting PCD. Three amino acids, $threonine^{353}$, $serine^{360}$ ($Ser^{360}$), or $serine^{364}$ ($Ser^{364}$), in the conserved activation segment of $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$ kinase domain were substituted to alanine (T353A, S360A, or S364A), and these variants were transiently expressed in tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Two alanine substitutions, S360A and S364A, completely abolished $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$ PCD-eliciting activity in both plants, while T353A substitution did not affect its PCD-eliciting activity. $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$ wild type and variant proteins accumulated to similar levels in plant leaves. However, $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$ protein with the largest size was missed when either S360A or S364A substitutions were expressed, whereas proteins with the smaller masses were more accumulated than those of full-length of $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$ and T353A. These results suggest that phosphorylation of $SIMAPKKK{\alpha}$ at $Ser^{360}$ and $Ser^{364}$ is critical for PCD elicitation in plants.

진동감각 자극치료가 뇌졸중 환자의 편측무시에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Vibration Stimulation Therapy on Neglect of Stroke Patients)

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    • 고령자・치매작업치료학회지
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.87-95
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    • 2018
  • 목적 진동자극기는 타 치료도구에 비하여 임상환경에서 손쉽게 구할 수 있으며, 팔 활성화훈련을 수동적으로 할 수 있다는 것이 장점이다. 다음과 같은 장점에도 불구하고 최근 진동감각에 관련한 연구는 활성화 되지 않고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구는 환측 상지의 손에 제공된 진동감각이 뇌졸중 환자의 편측무시 감소에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 것이다. 연구방법 뇌졸중으로 인한 편측무시 증상을 가진 환자를 대상으로 2018년 10월 19일부터 동년 11월 7일가지 약 3주간 실시하였다. 연구 설계는 개별실험 연구방법(single-subject experimental research design) 중 ABA설계를 사용하였으며, 평일 하루에 한 번 총 18회로 (기초선 과정 4회, 중재 과정 6회, 기초선 회귀 과정 3회)를 실시하였다. 대상자 선정을 위하여 MMES-K를 사용하였으며 편측무시 검사도구로는 선 나누기 검사(Line Bisection test; LBT), 알버트 검사(Albert's test), 별 지우기 검사(Star Cancellation Test: SCT)를 사용하였다. 분석을 위해서 기초선과 중재기의 회기 별 측정값은 그래프를 이용하여 시각적으로 분석하였고, 평균값을 사용하였다. 연구결과 세 가지 평가결과 모두 기초선 기간보다 훈련 기간에 놓친 오류의 개수가 감소하였고, 훈련 후에도이 감소는 유지되었다. 선 나누기 검사에서 평균 $4.5{\pm}1$개 누락에서 평균 $2{\pm}1.2$개 누락 그리고 평균 $0.6{\pm}0.5$개 누락으로 오차가 감소하였다. 알버트 검사 결과, 평균 $22.5{\pm}1.9$개 누락에서 평균 $8{\pm}7.3$개 누락 그리고 평균 $0.3{\pm}0.5$개 누락으로 오차가 감소하였다. 별 지우기 검사에서는 평균 $26{\pm}4.6$개 누락에서 평균 $21.8{\pm}1.7$개 누락 그리고 평균 $20{\pm}0$개 누락으로 오차가 감소하였다. 결론 본 연구에서는 진동감각 자극치료가 편측무시 증상 개선에 지속적인 효과가 있다는 결과를 보였다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 추후의 연구에서는 객관성을 높이기 위한 보다 체계적인 연구가 진행되어야 할 것이며 중재효과를 더욱 극대화 시킬 수 있는 다양한 중재법에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.