• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.152-156
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• 1999

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a rare syndrome which causes postural headache associated with low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure, without preceding events such as lumbar puncture, back trauma, operative procedure or illness. The headche is usually accompanied by nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, neck stiffness, vertigo, photophobia and in rare cases diplopia, transient visual obscuration. Brain MRI may show subdural effusion, downward displacement of brain and diffuse and continuous meningeal enhancement when enhanced by gadolinium. Low opening pressure was shown through lumbar puncture. The value of protein and cell count of CSF may be slightly elevated. This syndrome usually resolves itself spontaneously or with strict bed rest. When the headache is persistent or incapacitating, more aggressive treatment may be necessary. We treated two cases of SIH in which epidural blood patch produced immediate and complete relief of the symptoms.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2004

Purpose : The aim of this study was to investigate correlation between retention of fluid and PWV/ABI. Methods : The sample consists of 35 women who took plethynography(VS-1000;Fukuda Co.Ltd, Japan) at Oriental medicine exhibition held in COEX mall from August. 26. 2004 to August. 29. 2004. They were asked the intensity of the symptoms like dizziness or headache, nausea or bowel trouble, coldness in knee, and palpitation(1:none, 2:a little, 3:mild, 4:moderate, 5:severe). Women who answered 1,2 were classified as control group, and women who answered 3,4,5 were experimental group. Result : There was stastically significant correlation between dizziness and ABI Conclusion : It is believed that ABI may be the favorable alternative to the diagnosis of dizziness or headache.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.79-83
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• 2000

Background: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a syndrome characterized by postural headache without trauma, spinal anesthesia or other medical history. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Methods: The spontaneous intracranial hypotension patients treated with epidural blood patch were analyzed on the symptoms, radiologic images and methods of epidural blood patch retrospectively by the medical records. Results: Patients had postural headache (15 patients) including nausea/vomiting (10 patients), tinnitus (2 patients), neck stiffness (13 patients), vertigo (3 patients) and occular pain (1 patient). Brain CT and MRI showed diffuse enhancement of the pachymeninges (9 patients) and radionuclide cisternography demonstrated direct evidence of leakage (11 patients). With epidural blood patch, the symptoms were promptly relieved in 11 patients. Conclusions: We concluded that epidural blood patch is a good treatment of method in spontaneous intracranial hypotension patients.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.125-132
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• 1983

It was attempted in the present study to determind the effect of Korean ginseng on acute viral(B type) hepatitis by double blind test clinically and the results were as follows. 1. The double blind test of 4 week period showed no statistical significance of the effect of ginseng on the disease. 2. The double blind test of 2 week period, however, showed a significant effect in such clinical symptoms as appetite, stomach ache, headache, chillness dizziness, nausea and vomitting, stool habit change and jaundice. Improvement of the blood serum level of transaminases, bilirubin. alkaline phosphatase and cholesterol Chillness feeding period was observed.

• 셀메드
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.64.1-64.5
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• 2024

Objective: A case study on improvement of Meniere's Disease through Ortho-Cellular Nutrition Therapy (OCNT). Methods: A Korean female in her 40s was incapable of daily living activities due to severe Ménière's Disease symptoms. OCNT was applied and the degree of symptoms was tracked. Results: Symptoms of Ménière's disease including headache and dizziness were improved after administering OCNT over approximately 4 months. Conclusion: Administering OCNT may help alleviate symptoms of patients suffering difficulty in daily life due to Ménière's Disease.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2004

본 논문은 국내에서 소방관이 사용하고 있는 공기호흡기용 압축공기를 분석하였으며, 공기호흡기를 착용하는 진압대원 및 구조대원을 대상으로 공기호흡기 사용실태에 대한 설문을 받아 분석함으로서 문제점을 파악하고, 국내 및 선진 외국의 압축공기에 기준을 비교ㆍ검토하였다. 설문조사 결과 전체 응답자의 약 75% 이상이 공기호흡기를 착용 후 간단한 이상증상이 있었으며, 이상증상을 호소한 사람들은 '페스꺼움' 과 '두통'을 가장 많이 호소하였다. 한편, 관리적인 측면에서는 콤프레서 필터의 유지ㆍ관리가 잘 안되고 있었다. 현재 국내에서 소방대원이 사용하고 있는 공기호흡기 호흡용 압축공기는 공업용 공기와 별다를 바없이 사용되고 있었으나, 유럽, 캐나다 및 미국과 같은 선진국의 경우 소방관이 착용하는 공기호흡기 호흡용 압축공기의 조성에 대한 별도의 규정이 있다. 국내에서 사용 중인 압축공기를 공기분석기를 이용하여 성분분석을 행한 결과 모든 시료에 있어서 수분의 함량은 국제적인 기준에 못미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.64-67
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• 2016

We report on a 64-year-old man with leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) from an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated adenocarcinoma of the lung. He was treated with paclitaxel, cisplatin. After completion of chemotherapy, he complained of headache, nausea, and vomiting. EGFR-mutated tumor cells were identified from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Second-line therapy with gefitinib, methotrexate was started. After receiving gefitinib for 4 weeks, he had no more headaches or vomiting. Eleven months after initiation of gefitinib, he developed headache and nausea. Chest computed tomography showed aggravation of bone metastasis. Third-line therapy was started with gemcitabine and carboplatin. Two weeks later, he experienced disorientation. After a fourth relapse within the central nervous system, the therapy was switched to erlotinib and significant improvement of LM was achieved. This case shows that LM can be diagnosed by detecting EGFR mutation in CSF and EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors are effective for LM from EGFR mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.128-136
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• 2009

Objective: To investigate a clinical worth of combination therapy of Oriental and conventional cancer treatment focusing on reduction of chemotherapy-induced side effects. Methods: 110 patients treated by Oriental treatment after intravenous or oral chemotherapy were reviewed, from January, 2005 to April, 2008 at the East-West Cancer Center of Dunsan Oriental hospital. Symptoms were investigated by National Cancer Institute-Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) Version 2.0. Results: 80% patients of 110 patients had at least one symptom among eight main side effects (neutropenia, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomatitis, constipation, headache). The presence of those was as follows: nausea 63%, anorexia 61 %, neutropenia 45%, vomiting 28%, constipation 21 %, headache 19%, diarrhea 11 %, and stomatitis 10%. Except neutropenia, above symptoms has ameliorated by Oriental treatment in seven treat days. Conclusions: This study first presented the general characteristics of cancer patients treated by Oriental and conventional therapy, and showed a clinical potential of combinational therapy aiming to chemotherapy-induced side effects.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.281-289
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• 2005

Objective : Pheochromocytoma may arise within the adrenal medulla, or in other locations, where symptheic ganglia or chromaffin tissues are known to exist. Approximately 0.1 % of hypertensive patients have Pheochromocytoma, This study is to report the clinical effects of ShiHo-GuiZhiTang on pateints who have suffered from such symptoms of Pheochromocytoma as sweating, hypertention, Indigestion, anxiety neurosis, nausea, headache, and epigastric discomfort. Method : ShiHo-GuiZhiTang was used for a patient who had suffered from symptoms of Pheochromocytoma which was diagnosed as Banpeubanri-jueng of soyang disease in Sanghan-Ron. Result : In treating the patient with symptoms of Pheochromocytoma with ShiHo-GuiZhiTang, results were good. Conclusion : The results of this study suggest that ShiHo-GuiZhiTang is effective for such symptoms of Pheochromocytoma as sweating, hypertention, Indigestion, anxiety neurosis, nausea, headache, and epigastric discomfort.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.95-109
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• 2006

Objectives : There has been a considerable debate about how to best control for placebo effects in clinical trials of acupuncture. Recently several sham needles were developed and validated. This study aimed at summarising the validation studies of these needles and evaluating the outcomes of the randomised controlled trials (RCTs) using them. Methods : Computerised literature searches were performed using 'acupuncture' AND 'placebo OR sham' with a limitation of the results to RCTs in Medline via PubMed and the Cochrane Library. Only formally validated sham needle controlled studies were included. Data were extracted regarding study design, condition, sample size, credibility testing, intervention and outcomes. Methodological quality was assessed using a modified Jadad scale. Results : Three validated sham needles by Streitberger, Park, and Fink, were identified. Acupuncture's effectiveness for various conditions was tested using these needles in 12 RCTs. Real acupuncture was superior to sham acupuncture for rotator cuff tendonitis and hypertension. No significant differences between real acupuncture and sham acupuncture emerged for chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, postoperative nausea and vomiting, menstrually related migraine, acute stroke rehabilitation, chronic/episodic tension-type headache, neutrophil respiratory burst in healthy volunteers, alcohol withdrawal symptoms and chronic poststroke leg spasticity. Conclusions : The new sham devices have been adequately validated and may be useful tools for investigating specific research question. In spite of the sham needle's limits, the results of RCTs using such devices tend to suggest that the clinical effects of acupuncture are largely due to a placebo response.