• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.145-148
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• 2010

Background: Laryngeal papillomatosis, which is cased by human papillomavirus, is the most common benign neoplasm of the larynx. However, the prognosis of this disease remains really unpredictable. The aim of this paper is to determine whether any clinical features at the time of diagnosis could predict its course. Material and Method: Eighty-six patients treated at our institution during the last 20 years were analyzed retrospectively. All patients had microsurgery under general anesthesia. All patients' follow-up period was more than 1 year. We divided the patients into 1) Juvenile versus adult group based on their age 20, 2) single surgical method with laser versus dual surgical method with laser and microdebrider group, and 3) single subsite versus multiple subsites group. And we compared the therapeutic outcome. Results: The recurrence rate was 100% (15 patients) in the JP group and 56% (40 patients) in the AP group. Juvenile versus adult group was the only independent prognostic factor by univariate, and multivariate analysis. Microdebrider resection technique and multiple subsites were not associated with treatment result. Time period from the first surgery to recurrence detection was different statistically only for the age group. The number of surgery in the JP group ranged from 1 to 31 (mean 8.8). In the AP group the number of surgery ranged from 1 to 25 (mean 3.7). It was statistically different. Conclusion: Prognosis for the laryngeal papillomatosis remains unpredictable. Only patients' age was the only independent prognostic factor.

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.179-204
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• 2007

Objectives & Methods : The purpose of this study is to observe the effects of Angelicae Radix Pharmacopuncture(AR-P) at Joksamni(ST36) on collagen II induced arthritis in DBA/1J mice. The authors evaluated arthritis index, arthritis incidence and joint edema, and measured body weight, spleen size and stenosis rate, serum cytokine level, serum antibody level, immune cell populations In spleen, lymph node, and knee joint, and performed histological analysis of CIA mouse joint. Results : In the AR-P group, arthritis index, arthritis incidence and joint edema were decreased, and the enlargement, malformation and stenosis of spleen and the malformation of joint appeared milder than the control group. In AR-P group, the levels of $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6, $TNF-{\alpha}$, $IFN-{\gamma}$ in serum were significantly decreased. And the level of anti-collagen II in serum was maintained lower in AR-P group than in the control group. In AR-P group, the level of $IFN-{\gamma}$ and IL-10, and $IFN-{\gamma}/IL-4$ ratio were significantly decreased, and the ratios of $CD3e^+$ cells to $CD45^+$ cells, $CD4^+$ cells to $CD8^+$ cells in spleen were similarly maintained as those of the normal group. In the AR-P group, the populations of $CD4^+/CD25^+$ cells in spleen and lymph nodes, $CD45R^+/CD69^+$ cells in lymph nodes, $CD3^+/CD69^+$ cells and $CD11b^+/Gr-1^+$ cells in knee joint were decreased. In the histological analysis, the cartilage destruction, synovial cell proliferation and the collagen fiber destruction were decreased in the AR-P group Conclusions : The results suggest that AR-P at right ST36 has a therapeutic effect on collagen-induced arthritis in mice.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.506-510
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• 2004

목적: Tc-99m MIBI 을 이용하여 류마티스관절염의 치료에 대한 약제반응을 알 수 있는지를 조사하였다. 대상 및 방법: Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs(DMARDs) 병합요법으로 치료를 시행하고 3개월 후에 추적관찰이 가능하였던 24명의 류마티스 관절염환자 환자들(여자 15명, 남자 9명, 평균연령: $49{\pm}12$)을 대상으로 하여, 치료 전 적혈구침강속도와 C-반응성단백질의 수치를 조사하고, Tc-99m MIBI 스캔을 얻어서, 치료전후 압통과 부종으로 임상증상의 호전정도를 조사하여 서로 비교하였다. Tc-99m MIBI스캔에서 병적관절의 활막 대 배후 방사능비 (J/B ratio)와 함께 Tc-99m MIBI의 저류율(%R)을 구하였다. 결과: Tc-99m MIBI의 3분, 10분, 180분의 활막 대 배후 방사능비는 혈구침강속도와 C-반응성단백질의 수치와 양의 상관관계를 보여 주었다. 관절의 압통과 부종의 정도를 점수화하여 평가된 임상증상의 호전정도와 3분과 180분사이와 10분과 180분사이의 저류율 각각의 상관계수가 -0.72와 -0.76으로 유의한 음의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 결론: Tc-99m MIBI가 류마티스 관절염의 약제 치료효과평가 및 관절염의 정도를 예측할 수 있는 영상방법의 가능성을 보여 주었지만, 이의 확립을 위해서는 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.160-168
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• 2014

Continuous body temperature monitoring is useful and essential in diverse medical procedures such as infection onset detection, therapeutic hypothermia, circadian rhythm monitoring, sleep disorder assessment, and gynecological research. However, the existing thermometers are too invasive or intrusive to be applied to long-term body temperature monitoring. In our previous study, we invented the bi-medium deep body thermometer which can noninvasively and continuously monitor deep tissue temperature. And the ratio of thermal resistances expressed as K-value should be obtained to estimate body temperature with the thermometer and it can be different under various measurement environments. Although the device was proven to be useful through preliminary simulation test and small group of human study, the experimental environment was restrictive in our previous approach. In this study, a finite element simulation was executed to obtain the K-value and evaluate the accuracy of bi-medium thermometer under various measurement environments. In addition, K-value estimation equation was developed by analyzing the influence of 5 measurement environmental factors (medium length, medium height, tissue depth, blood perfusion rate, and ambient temperature) on K-value. The results revealed that the estimation accuracy of bi-medium deep body thermometer based on computer simulation was very high (RMSE < $0.003^{\circ}C$) in various measurement environments. Also, bi-medium deep body thermometer based on K-value estimation equation showed relatively accurate results (RMSE < $0.3^{\circ}C$) except for one case. Although the K-value estimation technology should be improved for more accurate body temperature estimation, the results of finite element simulation showed that bi-medium deep body thermometer could accurately measure various tissue temperatures under diverse environments.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.305-311
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• 1989

fletcher-Sult 콜포스타트는 방광과 직장의 선량을 줄이기 위해 내부에 차폐물을 포함하고 있다. Cs-137튜브가 내장된 콜포스타트 주변의 물에서 임의점의 선량을 계산한 후 내부 구조에 의한 차폐효과를 구하고, 등선량곡선과 등차폐율 곡선을 그리기 위한 프로그램을 개발하였다. EGA카드를 가진 IBM호환기종 AT 컴퓨터로 MS-Basic V6.0을 이용하여 프로그램을 만들었다. 선량 계간용 알고리듬에 내부구조, 튜브, 콜포스타트의 물질, 형태 및 위치까지 고려되었다. 한 프로그램에 의해 계산된 물에서의 단위 mg. Ra eq당 선량율을 보조기억장치에 저장해 두고, 다른 프로그램에서 필요할 때 불러 쓰도록 하였다. 콜포스타트의 내측 선량이 감소되었으며, 상하의 선량분포가 대칭이 아님을 볼 수 있었다. 선량의 감소는 하부에 비해서 상부에서 더 현저하였으며, 차폐효과도 하부에 비해 상부에서 더 높았으며 내측 거의 전 영역에 차폐효과가 있었다. =1와같은 결과는 콜포스타트 내부에서 튜브가 한쪽으로 이동되어 있고, 튜브내에 선원의 위치가 비대칭인 점과 관련이 있었다. 최대 차폐율은 콜포스타트 상부에서 $49\%$ 하부에서 $44\%$였으며, 등차폐율 곡선은 대체로 선원을 중심으로 하여 방사상이었다. 치료계획에서 방광 및 직장등의 정확한 선량을 구하기 위해서는 콜포스타트 내부구조에 의한 차폐 효과가 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2020

Purpose: The probability of recurrence of cancer after adjuvant or definitive radiotherapy in patients with human papillomavirus-negative (HPV(-)) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) varies for each patient. This study aimed to identify and validate radiation sensitivity signature (RSS) of patients with HPV(-) HNSCC to predict the recurrence of cancer after radiotherapy. Materials and Methods: Clonogenic survival assays were performed to assess radiosensitivity in 14 HNSCC cell lines. We identified genes closely correlated with radiosensitivity and validated them in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort. The validated RSS were analyzed by ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) to identify canonical pathways, upstream regulators, diseases and functions, and gene networks related to radiosensitive genes in HPV(-) HNSCC. Results: The survival fraction of 14 HNSCC cell lines after exposure to 2 Gy of radiation ranged from 48% to 72%. Six genes were positively correlated and 35 genes were negatively correlated with radioresistance, respectively. RSS was validated in the HPV(-) TCGA HNSCC cohort (n = 203), and recurrence-free survival (RFS) rate was found to be significantly lower in the radioresistant group than in the radiosensitive group (p = 0.035). Cell death and survival, cell-to-cell signaling, and cellular movement were significantly enriched in RSS, and RSSs were highly correlated with each other. Conclusion: We derived a HPV(-) HNSCC-specific RSS and validated it in an independent cohort. The outcome of adjuvant or definitive radiotherapy in HPV(-) patients with HNSCC can be predicted by analyzing their RSS, which might help in establishing a personalized therapeutic plan.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.342-349
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• 2002

Vitamin D is one of important factors involved in the regulation of bone metabolism. In osteoporosis, the therapeutic effect of vitamin D on the healing process has still been controversial. To conform the effect of $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ on osteoporosis, the change of serum calcium, serum phosphorus, serum alkaline phosphatase, bone mineral density and bone mineral content of osteoporotic tibia were examined comparatively in normal control group(positive control), CFA control(negative control), CFA+$1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.01 ug/kg group and CFA+$1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.1 ug/kg group after osteoporosis was induced by single injection of complete Freund's adjuvant(CFA) in rats. In change of serum calcium. the significantly increased value was shown on 2nd and 5th week(P< 0.05) after treatment in $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin D$_3$ 0.01 ug/kg group and on 3rd week(P<0.05) after treatment in $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.1 ug/kg group than CFA control. In change of serum phosphorus, the significantly increased value was shown on 2nd week(P<0.05) after treatment in $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.01 ug/kg group and on 3rd and 4th week(P<0.05) after treatment in $1{\alpha}$, ,25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.1 ug/kg group than CFA control. The value of bone mineral density and bone mineral content of tibia was increased in both $1{\alpha}$,25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.01 ug/kg group and $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.1 ug/kg group than CFA control, and the increase rate of that was higher in $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.1 ug/kg group than $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ 0.01 ug/kg group. Considering above findings collectively, it was considered that $1{\alpha}$, 25 dihydroxy-vitamin $D_3$ was effective in preventing the complete Freund's adjuvant-induced osteoporotic decrease of bone mass.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the cause of acute fatal poisoning and the time of death by analyzing the National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS) of South Korea. Methods: The NEDIS data from 2014 to 2018 excluding non-medical visits were used for this study. The patients with acute poisoning were extracted using diagnostic codes. The toxic substances were classified into pharmaceuticals, pesticides, gases, artificial poisonous substances, and natural toxic substances. Patients were classified according to the time of death, place of death, and region. In each case, the most causative substances of poisoning were identified. Results: There were 380,531 patients including poisoning-related diagnoses, of which 4,148 (1.1%) died, and the WHO age-standardized mortality rate was 4.8 per 100,000. Analysis of 2,702 death patients whose primary diagnosis was acute poisoning, the most common cause of poisoning death was pesticides (62%), followed by therapeutic drugs, gas, and artificial toxic substances. Herbicides were the most common pesticides at 64.5%. The proportion of mortality by time, hyperacute (<6 h) 27.9%, acute (6-24 h) 32.6%, subacute (1-7 d) 29.7%, and delayed period (>7 d) were 9.8%. Conclusion: This study suggests that the most common cause of poisoning death was pesticides, and 60% of deaths occurred within 24 hours. The 71% of mortality from pesticides occurred within 6-24 hours, but mortality from gas was mostly within 6 hours. According to the geographic region, the primary cause of poisoning death was varied to pesticides or pharmaceuticals.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.417-422
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• 2019

혈역학적으로 불안정한 골반골 골절 환자의 사망율은 40-60%에 이를 정도로 매우 높다. 하지만 이러한 환자들을 어떻게 치료해야 하는지에 대해서는 아직 논란의 여지가 많다. 저자들은 혈역학적으로 불안정한 골반골 골절 환자에서 빠른 응급 혈관조영술을 통해 효과적으로 지혈을 시행한 증례를 보고하고자 한다. 78세 여자가 넘어져서 발생한 골반 통증을 주소로 응급실을 통해 내원하였다. 내원 후 시행한 단순골반촬영에서 골반골 골절이 관찰되었으며, 혈압은 60/40 mmHg였다. 혈역학적으로 불안정하여 전산화단층촬영을 시행하지 않고 곧바로 혈관조영술을 시행하였으며, 빠른 지혈을 위해 세부적인 출혈 혈관을 선택하지 않고 양측 내장골동맥에 대해 색전술을 시행하였다. 색전술 시행 후 혈압이 안정화되고 나서 전산화단층촬영을 시행하였으며, 이 검사에서 장천공을 의심할 수 있는 다수의 복강내 공기 음영이 관찰되었다. 응급 개복술을 시행하였으며, 수술 소견상 소장에 약 1 cm 크기의 천공이 관찰되어 봉합을 시행하였고, 골반 주변 후복막강에 혈종이 있었으나 더 이상 팽창하지 않고 출혈 소견이 보이지 않아 그대로 두고 수술을 종료하였다. 환자는 중환자실로 입원하여 집중치료 시행하였고, 수술 3일째 일반병실로 전실하였다. 저자들은 이 증례에서 출혈을 동반한 골반골 골절과 소장천공 대해 전산화 단층촬영을 생략하고 빠른 혈관 조영술을 시행하여 효과적으로 치료할 수 있었다.

• 동의신경정신과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.209-220
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• 2019

Objectives: As a general emotion, everyone can temporarily experience depression, but depressive disorder is a disease that excessively affects daily life. Among the various causes of depression, the deficiency of monoamine-based neurotransmitters such as serotonin and epinephrine are considered significant. Thus, antidepressants that target monoamines are used frequently. However, side effects such as nausea, vomiting, insomnia, anxiety, and sexual dysfunction are observed. Thus, it is necessary to develop a new therapeutic agent with fewer side effects. In this study, we investigated the antidepressant effect of JG02, used to treat depression by normalizing the flow of qi (氣) in Korean medicine. Methods: C57BL/6 mice were selected and randomly divided into six groups: normal, control, amitriptyline, and JG02 (50, 125, 250 mg/kg), respectively. Except for normal, depression was induced by applying restraint stress at the same time for six hours daily for 14 consecutive days. Saline, amitriptyline or JG02 samples were orally administered two hours before applying the stress. After that, a forced swimming test and an open field test were performed. Additionally, serum corticosterone, serotonin mRNA, BDNF mRNA, and protein in the hippocampal region were measured and compared. Results: JG02 decreased immobility time rate in the FST and increased the zone transition number and travel distance in the OFT. Also, JG02 inhibited the release of serum corticosterone, and increased serotonin, BDNF gene expression, and BDNF protein in the hippocampus. Conclusions: In this study, JG02 showed significant antidepressant effects on the chronic restraint stress mice model. When further research is performed based on JG02, the development of a new antidepressant is considered highly possible.