• 감성과학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2004

중추신경계는 일단 손상이 되면 손상된 세포의 재생, 손상된 수초의 회복, 신경계의 정상적인 연결 등의 제한성 때문에 그 회복이 매우 힘들다. 이러한 중추신경계의 중요한 손상으로는 다발성 경화증, 뇌졸중, 척수손상, 외상, 축삭의 탈수초화 등이 있다. 이전 연구들은 많은 발생빈도를 보이고 있는 척수손상에서 실질적인 척수의 기능적인 회복을 위해 손상된 척수신경의 재생과 축삭의 재수초화가 중요한 요인이라고 전하고 있다. 최근에는 이러한 척수손상에 대한 치료적 접근으로서 세포이식 기술이 하나의 해결책을 열어주고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 척수손상의 특성을 살펴보고, 척수손상에 의한 기능장애에 대해 세포이식이 기능의 회복을 증진시킬 수 있다는 증거를 논의하고자 한다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1995

외상성 척추신경손상후에 병리조직학적 변화가 서서히 일어나며, 손상부위가 안정화되는데 걸리는 시간이 길어서 2차 손상과정이 최초의 기계적 손상을 악화시킴이 오래전부터 잘 알려져 있다. 이러한 2차 손상과정의 개입은 척추신경손상을 약리학적으로 조절하는 시도에 대한 논리적 배경을 제공하고 있다. 흥분성 아미노산은 척수의 정상기능뿐아니라 허혈성 및 외상성 손상에 의한 세포사망에 관여함이 알려져 있어 외상성 척수손상의 2차 손상과정에 이 흥분성 아미노산 수용체가 관여할 것임이 시사되고 있다. Dextrorphan은 화학적으로 우선성 morphinan계통의 약물로 흥분성 아미노산 수용체의 하나인 NMDA 수용체의 선택적 길항제이고 임상적으로 사용가능성이 조사되고 있는 약물이다. 본 연구는 dextrorphan의 처리가 쥐의 척수신경손상후에 나타나는 후지운동기능의 회복과정 및 조직학적 변화에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 관찰하여 척수손상 후 일어나는 2차 손상과정에 NMDA 수용체의 개입여부를 확인하고자 하였다. 후지운동기능 회복은 open field test(21 point scale)를 사용하였으며 조직학적 손상의 크기는 손상 8주후에 정량적 조직병리학 방법을 사용하였다. 성숙 자성 Long-Evans 쥐 (무게 $250{\sim}300gm$)를 pentobarbital sodium 마취 (복강내, 40 mg/kg)하에서 9번째 및 10번째 흉추부위의 추궁절재술을 시행하여 10g 무게의 막대를 25mm의 높이에서 노출된 경막에 떨어뜨려 척추손상을 유발하였다. 대조군 (n=15)은 생리식염수를 약물투여군 (각 n=10)은 dextrophan 15 mg/kg, 30mg/kg을 척수손상유발 15분전에 복강내로 투여하였다. Dextrorphan 처리는 척수손상에 의한 동맥압 변동 및 동맥혈액 가스치 (pH, $Pco_2,\;Po_2$)에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 척수손상 2일부터 open field test를 시작하여 일주일에 두번씩 술후 8주간 시행하였다. 첫 $2{\sim}3$일 후에는 후지운동을 전혀 관찰할 수 없었으며 그후 2주일까지 약간 빠른 회복을 보여 후지관절의 운동을 보이고 몸무게를 지탱하였으며 $4{\sim}5$주에는 일부 동물에서는 비정상적인 걸음을 보였다. 그 이후에는 더 이상의 후지운동기능의 회복은 볼 수 없었다. Dextrorphan 투여는 이러한 후지운동회복기능 뿐 아니라 조직손상의 크기에도 전혀 영향이 없었다. 이상의 결과는 NMDA 수용체는 외상성 척추손상 후 일어나는 2차 손상과정에 관여하지 않음을 시사하고 있다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.248-254
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• 2022

Purpose: To analyze the data of trauma patients with undetected injuries at the time of initial resuscitation during the primary and secondary surveys. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 807 patients who were hospitalized at the National Trauma Center, Seoul, Korea from June 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021. Results: In trauma patients with an Injury Severity Score ≥16 accounted for 27.5% in the non-missed injury group (non-MIG), but this rate was considerably higher at 71.2% in MIG. The mean hospitalization longer in MIG (50.90±39.56) than in non-MIG (24.74±26.11). The proportion of patients with missed injuries detected through tertiary trauma survey (TTS) was 28 patients (23.5%) within 24 hours, 90 patients (75.6%) after 24 hours to before discharge. The majority of missed injuries were fractures (82.4%) and ligament tears (8.4%), which required consultation with the orthopedic department. The final diagnoses of missed injuries were confirmed by computed tomography (44.5%), magnetic resonance imaging (19.3%), X-ray (19.3%), bone scan (11.8%), and physical examination (5.0%). Conclusions: TTS is considered a useful process for detecting missed injuries that were not identified at the time of initial resuscitation in the primary and secondary surveys. In the future, to detect missed injuries quickly, it is necessary to develop a suitable TTS program for each trauma center. In addition, further research is needed to verify the effectiveness of the protocolized TTS and survey chart to improve the effectiveness of TTS.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2008

Dermatomyositis is characterized by progressive, symmetric, proximal muscle weakness and a nonsuppurative inflammatory myopathy of unknown etiology involving predominantly skeletal muscles. It is also characterized by typical skin lesions. Interstitial lung disease has a poor prognosis when it is associated with dermatomyositis. Organizing pneumonia is a disease in which granulation tissue fills the lumina of terminal and respiratory bronchioles and extends into the distal airspaces. The cryptogenic nature of the process is appreciated in that organizing pneumonia patterns of injury can be seen in secondary forms of the disease (secondary organizing pneumonia). Organizing pneumonia has been reported to occur in 5~10% in dermatomyositis-polymyositis patients. Anti-histidyl tRNA synthetase antibody (anti-Jo-1) is a predictive disease marker that is reported to occur in up to 70% of patients. We describe a 49-year-old male dermatomyositis patient who presented with organizing pneumonia and was found to have negative anti-Jo-1 antibody.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.400-408
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• 2023

Objective : Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyl transferase 2 (NMNAT2) is a crucial factor for the survival of neuron. The role of NMNAT2 in damage following traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains unknown. This study was designed to investigate the role of NMNAT2 in TBI-induced neuronal degeneration and neurological deficits in rats. Methods : The TBI model was established in Sprague-Dawley rats by a weight-dropping method. Real-time polymerase chain reaction, western blot, immunofluorescence, Fluoro-Jade C staining, and neurological score analyses were carried out. Results : NMNAT2 mRNA and protein levels were increased in the injured-side cortex at 6 hours and peaked 12 hours after TBI. Knocking down NMNAT2 with an injection of small interfering RNA in lateral ventricle significantly exacerbated neuronal degeneration and neurological deficits after TBI, which were accompanied by increased expression of BCL-2-associated X protein (Bax). Conclusion : NMNAT2 expression is increased and NMNAT2 exhibits neuroprotective activity in the early stages after TBI, and Bax signaling pathway may be involved in the process. Thus, NMNAT2 is likely to be an important target to prevent secondary damage following TBI.

• 의료법학
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.47-73
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• 2017

진단서는 의사등이 진찰결과에 관한 판단을 표시하여 작성하는 문서로서 민 형사소송 등에서 증거로 쓰인다. 특히 상해의 증명에서 그 기능이 현저하다. 법은 허위진단서작성을 형사처벌하는 등으로 그 증명기능을 보호하기 위하여 힘쓰고 있다. 그러나 몇 가지 이유에서 진단서가 진실과 부합하지 아니하는 경우가 생긴다. 첫째, 의사등의 제1차적 관심은 환자의 효과적인 진단과 치료인데, 그에 필요한 정보수집 및 판단의 방법이 법정 등에서 진실을 찾는 것과 다를 수 있다. 둘째, 의사등은 종종 환자의 진술 등에서도 판단에 필요한 정보를 얻는데, 환자와의 치료적 대화 관계 등의 유지를 위하여 그 진술 등의 신빙성을 의심하는 것이 부적절한 경우가 있을 수 있다. 이는 결국 의사등이 증명이 아닌 다른 목적으로 수집한 정보로부터 내린 판단을 증명에 전용(轉用)하여 생긴 문제이고, 비용이 낮은 진단서 제도를 버릴 수 없는 한 불가피한 한계에 해당한다. 진단서에 의한 증명에 표현증명의 효력을 부여하여야 하는 경우와 그 증명력을 자유심증주의에 터 잡아 개별적으로 심사하여야 하는 경우를 나누어 후자에 대하여는 전면적인 증명력 심사를 가하고, 진단서 서식 자체를 개선하여 법원이나 수사기관 등이 위 둘 중 어느 경우에 해당하는지를 가리는 데 필요한 정보가 이미 진단서 자체에 드러나게 하는 개선이 필요하다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.217-221
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• 1991

The fibromatosis is a rare tumorous with local invasion, but is not metastasized distantly. This term should not be applied to nonspecific reactive fibrous proliferations that are part of an inflammatory process of are secondary to injury of hemorrhage and have no tendency toward growth or recurrence. It arises principally from the connnective tissue of muscle and overlying fascia or aponeurosis(musculaponeurotic fibromatosis), and chiefly affects the muscle of shoulder, pelvic girdle, and extremity. The term 'aggressive fibromatosis' is also employed to describe this disease, but it is impossible to predict the clinical course in the individual case. The fibromatosis arising in the mediastinum is very rare, and the report about it is nearly absent. The plain radiography shows merely mass with soft tissue density. The CT demonstrates a poorly defined homogenous or heterogenous mass, isodense with skeletal muscle on precontrast-images, and slightly hyperdense to muscle on postcontrast-scan. Accurate delineation between the tumor & surrounding tissue is vague or frequently impossible. The authors experienced one case of the mediastinal fibromatosis recently and report the case with review of concerned literature.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.46.1-46.18
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• 2020

Background: High concentrations of particulate matter less than 2.5 ㎛ in diameter (PM2.5) in poultry houses is an important cause of respiratory disease in animals and humans. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that can induce severe respiratory disease in animals under stress or with abnormal immune functions. When excessively high concentrations of PM2.5 in poultry houses damage the respiratory system and impair host immunity, secondary infections with P. aeruginosa can occur and produce a more intense inflammatory response, resulting in more severe lung injury. Objectives: In this study, we focused on the synergistic induction of inflammatory injury in the respiratory system and the related molecular mechanisms induced by PM2.5 and P. aeruginosa in poultry houses. Methods: High-throughput 16S rDNA sequence analysis was used for characterizing the bacterial diversity and relative abundance of the PM2.5 samples, and the effects of PM2.5 and P. aeruginosa stimulation on inflammation were detected by in vitro and in vivo. Results: Sequencing results indicated that the PM2.5 in poultry houses contained a high abundance of potentially pathogenic genera, such as Pseudomonas (2.94%). The lung tissues of mice had more significant pathological damage when co-stimulated by PM2.5 and P. aeruginosa, and it can increase the expression levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-α through nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway in vivo and in vitro. Conclusions: The results confirmed that poultry house PM2.5 in combination with P. aeruginosa could aggravate the inflammatory response and cause more severe respiratory system injuries through a process closely related to the activation of the NF-κB pathway.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2014

Background: For Neer type IIB fracture of distal clavicle with coracoclavicular ligament injury, various surgical treatments have been used in literatures. However, there was no consensus on the optimal treatment. The aim of this study is to report the clinical and radiological results of open reduction and internal fixation of unstable distal clavicle fracture and suture augmentation of disrupted coracoclavicular ligament. Methods: A prospective study was performed in 23 patients with Neer type IIB distal clavicle fracture in Seoul Medical Center, Eulji Hospital, and National Medical Center. Firstly, suture anchors are inserted in the base of coracoid process and preliminary reduction was achieved by tie-off of three suture limbs around the clavicle. Then, the final fixation was completed with anatomical locking plate. Bony union and the distance between coracoclavicular ligaments were evaluated. Clinical results and complications including stiffness and secondary procedures were evaluated. Results: Bony union was achieved in all cases except one (22 of 23). At mean 14.9 months, no significant difference in the mean coracoclavicular distance was observed compared to uninjured shoulder ($8.2{\pm}7.9mm$ versus $7.3{\pm}3.4mm$, p=0.14). Pain visual analogue scale, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, Constant score, and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand score were 0.5, 83.4, 78.5, and 6.2, respectively. Revision surgery was performed in one case of nonunion. Four patients who complained of skin irritation underwent implant removal. Conclusions: In cases of an unstable distal clavicle fracture with coracoclavicular ligament disruption, satisfactory clinical results were obtained by locking plate fixation and coracoclavicular ligament suture augmentation concurrently.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.665-671
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• 2019

The estimated on-site accident rate in Forestry is relatively high. According to statistics of the accident, in the recent 5 years, from 2014 to 2018, forestry accidents have resulted in 98% of injuries and 87% of fatalities. Especially, there are significant geographical constraints to access to the scene in case of an accident. Even though the capacity of first aid capacity is notably emphasized its importance to minimize the scale of damages, the relevant employees have been educated only basic first aid, which is not considered circumstances or geographic limitations, by Occupation Safety and Health Acts. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to derive a direction for a forest emergency service system to increase forestry workers' survival and prevent secondary injury through securing 'Golden Time.' This study conducts analyzing relevant laws and regulations in domestic and international settings as well as looking at several concerned accident cases. The outcome of analysis presents an issue regarding the implementation of onsite first aid in forestry and existing risk factors depending on the working process. Finally, we suggest two ways to improve the forest emergency service that are 1) an appropriate curriculum and kit for forest first aid; and 2) a system for emergency transfer through sharing information between National Fire Agency (NFA) and emergency medical service center, and emergency and rescue mission using helicopter from NFA and Korea Forest Service.