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A Comparative Study of Eastern and Western Nursing for Pyrexia Patient (발열환자의 동.서 간호 비교고찰)

  • Kung, Hyun-Sook;Kim, Won-Ock;Lee, Jung-Min
    • Journal of East-West Nursing Research
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.40-49
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    • 1997
  • This study was done for understanding the desirable direction of eastern and western nursing by comparing the nursing practice for the Pyrexia patient occuring most commonly. Body temperature usually maintains around $37^{\circ}C$ owing to the thermoregulatory center but pyrexia is caused by exogenous pyrogen like infection, cancer or disturbances in body's homeostatic heat balance. Pyrexia is defined that body temperature rise above $37.2^{\circ}C$. It has chill phase, course of the fever, termination accompanied various symptoms. Oriental medicine explains that pyrexia comes from Yang's(陽) abundance and Yin's(陰) lack. Pyrexia mainly happens when body constitution is in bad condition by Six Dirty's(六陰) affection to Wi Area (偉分). It also occurs because of unbalance between Qi (氣) and Yin(陰) caused by the lack in Seven Emotions, labor, food. The Sanghanron(傷寒論), explains that pyrexia is categorized exogenous fever like Poong Han(風寒), Poong Yul(風熱), Sup Yul(濕熱) and endogenous fever due to the Qi and blood deficiency. Explained above, even though pyrexia has different meaning in oriental medicine and western medicine, but this study have compared the oriental and western medicine assuming that pyrexia is rise of body temperature. From this point of view, oriental and western nursing shows the similarity in the field of 1) use of antipyretic to control the body temperature 2) rest and comfort 3) watering 4) nutrition and case study was executed in nursing practice. From the above study, western nursing has superiority in decreasing the patient's risen body temperature using antipyretic and ice bag. But in case of empty heat, oriental nursing which recommends the patient's body keep warm and prevent the use of ice bag as the first step and helps patient's sweating by drinking of hot water was comparatively effective. In conclusion, it is desirable that oriental nursing emphasizing the supportive nursing and western nursing should be harmonized according to the status of pyrexia patient and it is needed to study the nursing method appropriate in our culture.

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Study on Soyinin symptons and signs at DongYeuSuSebowon (동의수세보원중 소음인 병증에 대한 고찰)

  • Ko, Heung
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.312-319
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    • 2006
  • Lee je-ma emphasis human constitution and write DongYeuSuSebowon(東醫壽世保元). He describe Sasang constitution diseases with Treatise on Febrile Diseases(傷寒論). Exogenous febrile disease(傷寒) is a pyrexia disease. Therefor this paper is focus on the pyrexia at Soyinin(少陰人) among DongYeuSuSebowon. Soyinin(少陰人) is consider that body water loss is more important than fever in pyrexia disease. And body water loss is happens easily at exothermic reaction (sweating, diarrhea) and sequela of Purgative Prescription(瀉下法), Inducing Diaphoresis(發汗法), Diuresis(利小便法).

A Clinical Report of Repeated High Fever Treated with Dalwonum

  • Park, Bong-Ky;Son, Chang-Gue
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.134-138
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    • 2008
  • High fever is a common symptom which is considered an important problem, especially in case of undefined causes. Even though most patients generally have been treated by western medicinal treatments, Oriental medicine has developed some prescriptions having therapeutic efficacy of anti-pyrexia. The present study reports a clinical case of prolonged high fever treated by herbal drug, Dalwonum. There was no specific cause shown by blood test, urinalysis or radiologic test to explain the periodic fever over $40^{\circ}C$, but body temperature slowly started normalize after administration of Dalwonum. This study informed us about the potent usefulness of Dalwonum as an anti-pyrexia herbal drug for patients having fever unresponsive to conventional therapies.

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A Prospective, Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the Synthetic Bone Graft Material DBM Gel with rhBMP-2 versus DBM Gel Used during the TLIF Procedure in Patients with Lumbar Disc Disease

  • Hyun, Seung-Jae;Yoon, Seung Hwan;Kim, Joo Han;Oh, Jae Keun;Lee, Chang-Hyun;Shin, Jun Jae;Kang, Jiin;Ha, Yoon
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.64 no.4
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    • pp.562-574
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    • 2021
  • Objective : This study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of demineralized bone matrix (DBM) gel versus DBM gel with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) used in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). Methods : This study was designed as a prospective, multi-center, double-blind method, randomized study. All randomized subjects underwent TLIF with DBM gel with rhBMP-2 group (40 patients) as an experimental group or DBM gel group (36 patients) as a control group. Post-operative observations were performed at 12, 24, and 48 weeks. The spinal fusion rate on computed tomography scans and X-rays films, Visual analog scale pain scores, Oswestry disability index and SF-36 quality of life (QOL) scores were used for the efficacy evaluation. The incidence rate of adverse device effects (ADEs) and serious adverse device effects (SADEs) were used for safety evaluation. Results : The spinal fusion rate at 12 weeks for the DBM gel with rhBMP-2 group was higher with 73.68% compared to 58.82% for the DBM gel group. The 24 and 48 weeks were 72.22% and 82.86% for the DBM gel with rhBMP-2 group and 78.79% and 78.13%, respectively, for the DBM gel group. However, there were no significant differences between two groups in the spinal fusion rate at 12, 24, and 48 weeks post-treatment (p=0.1817, p=0.5272, p=0.6247). There was no significant difference between the two groups in the incidence rate of ADEs (p=0.3836). For ADEs in the experimental group, 'Pyrexia' (5.00%) was the most common ADE, followed by 'Hypesthesia', 'Paresthesia', 'Transient peripheral paralysis', 'Spondylitis' and 'Insomnia' (2.50%, respectively). ADEs reported in control group included 'Pyrexia', 'Chest discomfort', 'Pain', 'Osteoarthritis', 'Nephropathy toxic', 'Neurogenic bladder', 'Liver function analyses' and 'Urticaria' (2.86%, respectively). There was no significant difference between the two groups in the incidence rate of SADEs (p=0.6594). For SADE in the experimental group, ''Pyrexia' and 'Spondylitis' were 2.50%. SADE reported in the control group included 'Chest discomfort', 'Osteoarthritis' and 'Neurogenic bladder'. All SADEs described above were resolved after medical treatment. Conclusion : This study demonstrated that the spinal fusion rates of DBM gel group and DBM gel with rhBMP-2 group were not significantly different. But, this study provides knowledge regarding the earlier postoperative effect of rhBMP-2 containing DBM gel and also supports the idea that the longer term follow-up results are essential to confirm the safety and effectiveness.

Pharmacological Studies on Butanol Fraction of Puerariae Radix (갈근 Butanol Fraction의 약리 작용에 관한 연구)

  • 허인회;이상준
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.263-270
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    • 1983
  • Effective BuOH fraction was extracted from Puerariae radix (Pueraria thunbergiana), and several pharmacological activities were examined. From several pharmacological examinations, it was found that BuOH fraction has an antipyretic activity against typhoid vaccine pyrexia in rabbit, a papaverine-like antispasmodic activity on isolated ileum and jejunum of rat, an analgesic effects on mice treated by 0.7% HAc, and an anti-inflammatory activity of carrageenin edema in rat. It was found that BuOH fraction has detoxication effects on acute and subacute toxic rat induced by alcohol in consequence of biochemical tests of serum. Therefore it was considered that BuOH fraction has preventive and therapeutic effects in alcohol intoxication.

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A Case of Diphtheria Involving Nasal Cavity, Fauces and Laryngotrachea (비강 구협 후두 및 기관에 발생한 디프테리아 1례)

  • 이계실;차인숙;김정중
    • Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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    • 1983.05a
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    • pp.12.1-12
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    • 1983
  • Diphtheria is now very rare condition because of generalized preventive immunization. Authors recently experienced a case of diphtheria involving nasal cavity, fauces and laryngotrachea in a 16-year-old female with 4 days history of throat pain, malaise and moderate pyrexia with chill. This is the report of the case with review of the literature.

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Prevalence of Babesia spp. in dogs of Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, South Korea

  • Oh, Seung-Tae;Woo, Ho-Choon
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.377-380
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    • 2009
  • Dogs with canine babesiosis may present with wide variation in the severity of clinical signs, ranging from a hyperacute, shock-associated, hemolytic crisis to an inapparent, subclinical infection. Dogs typically present with the acute form of babesiosis, which is characterized by general findings such as pyrexia, weakness, mucous membrane pallor, depression, hemorrhagic anemia. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of babesia spp. infection in dogs of Seogwipo-si. A survey of canine babesia spp. infections among 173 dogs in Seogwipo-si was performed from July 2008 to August 2008. Blood samples were collected from dogs raised outdoors through cephalic or jugular vein and Babesia spp. was diagnosed by examination of blood smear stained with Giemsa stain. Of 173 dogs, 9 dogs (5.2%) were infected with the babesia spp. This result was a little lower than the prevalence of Babesia spp. in dogs of other areas.

Occurance of Acute Viral Enteritis in Dogs in Korea (개의 바이러스성(性) 장염(腸炎)의 국내발생례(國內發生例) 보고(報告))

  • Han, Hong-Ryul;Hwang, Eui-Kyung;Yoo, Gyu-Yeon;Rhee, Young-Ok
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.167-170
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    • 1982
  • An acute enteric diseases accompanied with vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, pyrexia, dehydration and high mortality has occured in dogs throughout the country since June, 1981 in Korea. According to epidemiological and clinico-pathological studies on the total of 44 dogs admitted to the animal clinic in the college, the cases were tentatively diagnosed as a viral enteritis and the possibility of canine parvovirus as the etiological agent for the cases was discussed.

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In Vivo Antipyretic, Analgesic, and Anti-inflammatory Activities of the Brown Alga Ecklonia cava Extracts in Mice

  • Kang, Ji-Young;Choi, Jae-Suk;Park, Nam-Gyu;Ahn, Dong-Hyun;Hong, Yong-Ki
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.73-76
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    • 2012
  • Dichloromethane, ethanol, and boiling water extracts of the brown alga Ecklonia cava were examined in vivo for their antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory activities in mice. These activities were evaluated by yeast-induced pyrexia, tail-flick test, and phorbol myristate acetate-induced inflammation (edema, erythema, and blood flow). Ethanol extract of E. cava (0.4 mg/ear) inhibited the inflammatory symptoms of mouse ear edema, erythema, and blood flow by 82.6%, 69.0%, and 65.4%, respectively. This extract also demonstrated potent analgesic activity. No acute toxicity was observed after p.o. administration of each extract (5 g/kg bw). These in vivo data are in agreement with the claims of the health care industry and indigenous medicine that E. cava is an effective remedy for inflammation-related symptoms.

Benorylate Interaction with Ethoxybenzamide and Lorazepam (Benorylate와 Ethoxybenzamide 밍 Lorazepam 과의 상호작용)

  • 허인회;이명환
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 1979
  • Benorylate and ethoxybenzamide have been used alone or in combination as an analgesic, antipyretic and antiinflammatory agent. We investigated the significance of the differences of analgesic activities between single and concurrent administration of benorylate and ethoxybenzamide and lorazepam in mice and also antipyretic activity between single and concurrent administration of benorylate and ethoxybenzamide in rats. 1). Concurrent administration of each half dose of benorylate and ethoxybenamide showed much inhibiting effect on the acetic acid-induced writhing syndrome of mice than the above drug alone, and the some increased analgesic response by hot plate method. 2). The synergistic and analgesic effect of combined administration of benorylate and lorazepam was found to be significant. 3). Antipyretic effect of half-dose combined administration of benorylate and ethoxybenzamide on the rat pyrexia induced by yeast(s.c.) and T.T.G. (i.v.) was shown to be similar to the effect of each drug.

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