• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.318-321
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• 2009

Tension pneumocephalus may follow a cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) leak communicating with extensive extradural air. However, it rarely occurs after diagnostic lumbar puncture, and its treatment and pathophysiology are uncertain. Tension pneumocephalus can develop even after diagnostic lumbar puncture in a special condition. This extremely rare condition and underlying pathophysiology will be presented and discussed. The authors report the case of a 44-year-old man with a basal skull fracture accompanied by pneumothorax necessitating chest tube suction drainage, who underwent an uneventful lumbar tapping that was complicated by postprocedural tension pneumocephalus resulting in an altered mental status. The patient was managed by burr hole trephination and saline infusion following chest tube disengagement. He recovered well with no neurologic deficits after the operation, and a follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated that the pneumocephalus had completely resolved. Tension pneumocephalus is a rare but serious complication of lumbar puncture in patients with basal skull fractures accompanied by pneumothorax, which requires continuous chest tube drainage. Thus, when there is a need for lumbar tapping in these patients, it should be performed after the negative pressure is disengaged.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.156-158
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• 1995

Total spinal anesthesia is a well documented serious life threatening complication which results from an attempted spinal or epidural analgesia. We had an accidental total spinal anesthesia associated with a cranial nerve paralysis and an eventual unconsciousness during epidural analgesia. A 45-year-old female with an uterine myoma was scheduled for a total abdominal hysterectomy under the epidural analgesia. A lumbar tapping for the epidural analgesia was performed in a sitting position at a level between $L_{3-4}$, using a 18 gauge Tuohy needle. Using the "Loss of Resistance" technique to identify the epidural space, the first attempt failed; however, the second attempt with the same level and the technique was successful. The epidural space was identified erroneously. However, fluid was dripping very slowly through the needle, which we thought was the fluid from the normal saline which was injected from the outside to identify the space. Then 20 ml of 2% lidocaine was administered into the epidural space. Shortly after the spinal injection of lidocaine, many signs of total spinal anesthesia could be clearly observed, accompanied by the following progressing signs of intracrainal nerve paralysis: phrenic nerve, vagus nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve and trigeminal nerve in that order. Then female was intubated and her respiration was controlled without delay. The scheduled operation was carried out uneventfully for 2 hours and 20 minutes. The patient recovered gradually in th4e reverse order four hours from that time.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.249-252
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• 2001

Total spinal anesthesia is a serious life threatening complication of spinal and epidural anesthesia. We report an accidental total spinal anesthesia developed during a thoracic epidural block in a practitioner's pain clinic. A 69-year-old female with post-herpetic neuralgia was treated by a thoracic epidural block. A thoracic tapping for the epidural block was performed in the right lateral position at a level between $T_{5-6}$, using a 23 gauge Tuohy needle. After the epidural space was identified, a mixed solution of 10 ml of 0.3% lidocaine and 20 mg of triamcinolone was injected into the epidural space. After removal of the syringe, fluid was dripping through the needle. The patient subsequently complained of dyspnea and dizziness, and she became unconscious. She was intubated immediately and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed because there was no pulse palpable. The patient recovered an hour after transfer to a general hospital and was discharged without any further complication 19 days later.

• 대한기관윤리심의기구협의회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.5-21
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• 2019

Purpose: Institutional review board (IRB) classifies risks of clinical trials into less than minimal risk, minor increase over minimal risk, and more than minimal risk. Based on classification and evaluation for risk, IRB decides whether permitting consent exemption or asking additional protection for clinical research subject or not. The purpose of this study is to analyze how IRB members evaluate minimal risk by sending questionnaire survey with 12 predetermined scenarios. Methods: IRB members and researchers (pediatrician, gastroenterologist, neurologist, and neurosurgeon) in 11 different hospitals were asked to answer survey questions via email or online. We analyzed the differences of answers among several subgroups in each predetermined scenarios. Result: Responders were 212 personnel(110 researchers and 102 IRB members) from 11 centers. There were significant differences between IRB members and researchers in response such as blood sampling, skin prick test, one time catheterization in a girl, spinal tapping in child, non-enhance MRI in child, non-enhance MRI with chrolal hydrate in a child, spinal tapping without anesthesia in adult, bioequivalence test, gastric endoscopy, and non-enhance CT. significant differences between medical IRB members and non-medical members were also revealed in one time catheterization in a girl, spinal tapping in a child, non-enhance MRI in a child, bioequivalence test. Depending on researchers' department, they responded differently in several questionnaires as well. Conclusions: We have found that IRB members and researchers evaluate the risks differently. Researchers compared to IRB members, medical IRB members compared to non-medical members answered less than minimal risk in many cases. In assessing and evaluating the risks associated with the study, medical IRB members answered predetermined scenarios as less dangerous compared to non-medical IRB members. Difference among researchers where also revealed significantly. Researchers answered predetermined scenarios as less dangerous compare to other department researchers, especially in predetermined scenarios containing procedures they are familiar with.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.168-174
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• 1996

Purpose : Aseptic meningitis is relatively frequent in children and caused mostly by enterovirus. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of early diagnosis (spinal tapping) on symptom duration of childhood aseptic meningitis. Methods : One hundred fifty-three children who were hospitalized due to aseptic menigitis in the Department of Pediatrics St. Benedict Hospital from July 1996 through October 1996 were included in this study. Patients were divided to two groups according to the duration from first symptom onset to diagnosis. Early diagnosis group is diagnosed within 3 days from first symptom onset. Later diagnosis group is diagnosed after 4 days from first symptom onset. Results : 1) The average age of these patients was 4.3 years old in early diagnosis group and 4.1 years old in later diagnosis group. The sex ratio(male: female) was 2.04:1 in early diagnosis group and 2.5:1 in later diagnosis group. 2) The mean duration of diagnosis of this study was 2.04 day in early diagnosis group and 5.12 day in later diagnosis group. 3) The percentage of symptom and sign of the early diagnosis group were fever(100%), headache(88.4%), vomiting(86.9%), abdominal pain(39%), neck stiffness(36.2%), skin rash(18.8%), diarrhea(16.9%) and that of later diagosis group were fever(100%), headache(83.3), vomiting(80.9%), abdominal pain(47.6%), neck stiffness(41.6%), skin rash(29.7%), diarrhea(16.6%). 4) Initial CSF findings revealed leukocyte $146.8{\pm}386.3/mm^3$ with PMNL 38%, protein 32.47mg/dl, sugar 66.23mg/dl in early diagnosis group and leukocyte $458.1{\pm}663.2/mm^3$, protein 31.22mg/dl, sugar 64.21 mg/dl in later diagnosis group. 5) There was no statistically significant differance in the peripheral blood findings between early diagnosis group and later diagnosis group. 6) The duration of disappearance of symptom after spinal tap were 2.3 days in early diagnosis group and 2.24 days in later diagnosis group. Total symptom duration was 4.34 days in early diagnosis group and 7.36 days in later diagnosis group. Conclusions : Our results demonstrate that early diagnosis(early spinal tap) shortened duration of clinical symptoms.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2009

Objective : In the present study, the authors investigated the clinical and imaging features as well as the therapeutic outcomes of SIH (spontaneous intracranial hypotension) patients. Methods : A retrospective review of 12 SIH patients was carried out. The diagnostic work-up included lumbar tapping and measurement of CSF opening pressure, radioisotope cisternography, brain and spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) myelography. Autologous epidural blood patching was performed in patients who did not respond to conservative therapies, including analgesics, steroids, hydration and rest. Results : Typical postural headache was found in 11 (91%) patients. Nine (75%) patients showed pachymeningeal enhancement on their initial T1-weighted MR images. The CSF opening pressure was less than 60 mm$H_2O$ in 9 of 11 patients. Autologous epidural blood patching was performed in 7 patients, and all of them showed good responses. Conclusion : SIH can present with various clinical presentations and neuroimaging findings. Autologous epidural blood patching is thought to be the treatment of choice for patients with SIH.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권9호
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• pp.858-864
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• 2003

목 적 : 2002년 부산 지역에서 집중 발생한 무균성 뇌막염의 임상 양상 및 원인 바이러스를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2002년 1월부터 12월까지 부산 메리놀병원에 무균성 뇌막염으로 입원하였던 276명의 환아를 대상으로 임상 소견을 조사하였고, 이 중 244명은 뇌척수액, 대변, 인후 도말 검체로 바이러스 배양 검사를 실시하였다. 결 과 1) 성별 분포는 남아 160례, 여아 116례로 남녀비는 1.4 : 1이었다. 2) 연령별 분포는 5개월에서 14세까지였으며, 평균 연령은 $5.7{\pm}6.2$세였고, 1-4세에서 114례(41.3%)로 호발하였다. 3) 환자의 발생 시기는 5-7월에 집중 발생하였다. 4) 임상 증상은 발열, 두통, 구토 순으로 나타났고, 6-7월에는 호흡기계 감염 증상이 동반되었으며, 11-12월에는 10세 이상의 소아에서 발열 없이 두통 및 오심이 특징적으로 나타났다. 5) 말초 혈액 소견상 $10,000/mm^3$ 이상이 34.8%, ESR 20 mm/hr 이상이 56.1%, CRP 양성이 61.0%로 말초 혈액 검사로는 세균성 감염과 감별 진단이 어려웠다. 6) 뇌척수액 검사상 백혈구수는 $86.5{\pm}180.2/mm^3$, 단백질은 평균 $41.7{\pm}32.9mg/dL$, 당은 평균 $56.4{\pm}9.9mg/dL$이었다. 7) 재원 기간은 평균 $4.7{\pm}7.2$일이었고, 이 중 요추 천자를 시행한 군이 시행하지 않은 군에 비해 재원 기간이 훨씬 짧고 증상 소실도 빨랐으며, 항생제 사용 기간도 짧았다. 8) 뇌척수액 바이러스 배양 검사상 echovirus 6이 14례, echovirus 9가 8례, coxsakie virus B3가 4례, echovirus 25가 1례, coxsakie virus B4가 1례, untypable virus가 4례에서 검출 되었다. 결 론 : 2002년도에 부산 지역에서 무균성 뇌막염의 대유행이 있었으며, 원인 바이러스는 echovirus 6, 9, 25, coxsakie virus B3, B4이었다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제49권10호
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• pp.1086-1092
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• 2006

목 적 : RSE는 드물지 않으며 사망률이 높고 신경학적 후유증을 많이 남길 수 있는 중증 질환이다. 본 연구는 소아 난치성 간질 중첩증에서 뇌척수액 백혈구 증가증이 임상적으로 어떤 의미를 가지는지 알아보기 위해 시행하였다. 방 법 : 1999년 1월부터 2006년 1월까지 경북대학교 병원 소아과에 난치성 간질 중첩증을 주소로 입원한 37명의 환아 중에서 뇌척수액 검사를 시행한 25명의 환아를 대상으로 의무기록을 토대로 후향적 조사하였고 뇌척수액 백혈구 증가증이 있는 군과 없는 군을 나누어 비교하고, RSE가 간질의 첫 증상이었던 환아와 이전에 간질로 치료 받고 있던 환아 군을 나누어 비교하였다. 결 과 : 25명의 환아 중 6명에서 뇌척수액 백혈구 증가증이 있었고, 뇌척수액 백혈구 증가증이 없는 군에서 사망률과 필요약물 투여량에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 치료 후 경과는 뇌척수액 백혈구 증가증이 있는 군의 생존자가 더 심한 후유증이 남은 것으로 보이나 중추신경계 감염이 원인인 환아들을 제외하면 두군에서 치료 후 경과에 큰 차이가 없었다. 뇌척수액 백혈구 증가증이 있는 환아 들은 모두 처음 경련이 발생한 환아 들이었다. 결 론 : RSE로 진행한 경련 환아들 중에서 감염의 증거가 있을 경우는 뇌척수액 검사가 빠른 시간 안에 시행되어 중추신경계 감염 등의 원인 질환이 밝혀져야 하겠으나, 감염의 가능성이 적은 경우는 뇌척수액 검사 시기를 신중이 결정하는 것이 바람직하다고 생각된다. 그리고 경한 뇌척수액 백혈구 증가증은 예후에 특정한 영향을 주지 않으므로 감염이 의심되지 않는 경우에는 항생제, 항바이러스제 등의 사용에 신중을 기해야 한다고 생각한다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2009

목 적 : 3개월 미만 영아에서 요로감염(UTI)과 동반된 세균성 뇌수막염 및 방광 요관 역류(VUR)의 유병률을 확인하여 척추 천자 및 배뇨성 방광 요도 조영술(VCUG) 시행의 적용 대상 범위를 줄이고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2001년 1월에서 2008년 6월까지 고열을 주소로 입원한 3개월 미만의 영아를 대상으로 연구하였다. 이 중 UTI, 패혈증, 뇌수막염 및 UTI와 동반된 세균성 뇌수막염의 유병률을 알아보았다. UTI 영아에서 신장초음파, Technetium-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) 신스캔, VCUG검사 결과를 검토하여 신장초음파와 DMSA 신스캔 모두 정상인 경우를 1군, 그렇지 않는 경우를 2군으로 나누어 각각의 VUR의 유병률을 비교하였다. 또한, 1군 중 VUR이 있는 환아들의 임상 경과를 관찰하였다. 결 과: 총 1,962명의 영아 중 UTI는 620명(31.6%), 패혈증은 63명(3.2%), 세균성 뇌수막염은 8명(0.4%) 이었다. UTI환아 중 CSF천자 검사를 시행한 환자는 413명(66.6 %)이었고, 세균성 뇌수막염이 동반된 경우는 없었다. 신장초음파, DMSA신스캔, VCUG를 모두 시행한 환자는 348명(56.1%)이었다. Group 1은 110명(31.6%) 이었고, 이 중 VUR이 있는 경우는 4명(3.6%)이었으며 Group 2는 238명(68.4%)이었고, 이 중 VUR이 있는 경우는 51명(21.4%)이었다. 신장초음파 혹은 DMSA 의 이상 소견과 고도의 VUR사이에는 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. Group 1 중 VUR이 있었던 4명은 추적관찰기간 동안 대체로 양성경과를 밟았다. 결 론 : 고열을 동반한 3개월 미만의 영아들 중 입원 첫날 UTI로 진단된 경우에는 CSF천자 검사를 선택적으로 시행하는 것이 바람직하다고 사료된다. 또한, 침습적인 검사로 널리 알려진 VCUG의 시행에 대한 새로운 임상지침이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.