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A Development of Electronic Blood Pressure Depressor Using Ear Acupuncture of Chinese Medicine (한방이침법을 이용한 전자혈압강하기 개발)

  • Kim, J.H.;Kim, S.T.;Lee, K.S.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2002.07d
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    • pp.2712-2714
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    • 2002
  • Recently, the high blood pressure is appeared the most frequent disease of a man's the whole sickness. But, to treat this disease is uncertain and produces an adverse reaction of a medicine therapy. Also, a patients are burden high price for doctor's treatment. Therefore, we studied effectively and financially to execute the treatment of the high blood pressure using the Chinese Medicine Theorem that recently arousing a great interest of the people. The main theories of this paper are Blood Vessel Theory and Acupuncture. The composed circuits are low-frequency generating circuit, charging-discharging circuit. The former will substitute a needle that use in the acupuncture therapy method and the latter will charge and discharge the bioelectric action potential of a patient in Ear Acupuncture Point. Also, all circuits will be controlled a micro-computer circuit.

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A Study on the Factors Influencing Medication Compliance At Community Pharmacies - Based on The 3rd (2005) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data - (외래약국 복약이행도에 영향을 미치는 요인 연구 - 제3기(2005년) 국민건강영양조사자료를 근거로 -)

  • Kwon, Jin-Won;Park, Eun-Ja;Sohn, Hyun-Soon
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.55 no.6
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    • pp.500-509
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    • 2011
  • This study was to identify factors influencing drug compliance based on the subjects' interview regarding community pharmacy utilization for 2 weeks, in 2005 KNHANES. Good compliance was regarded as important factors in improving the effectiveness and minimizing adverse drug reaction, resulting in reducing the medical costs. 83% of total 11,208 pharmacy visits in 7,066 subjects showed good compliance. Good satisfaction for pharmacist's medication counseling (OR=2.23, 95% CI 1.92-2.58), higher out-of-pocket money (OR=1.32, 95% CI 1.14-1.54), and users of prescription drugs than non-prescription (OR=2.21, 95% CI 1.91-2.57) drugs were significant factors for better compliance. Disease of nervous system and mental and behavioral disorders showed lower drug compliance.

Drug allergy in children: what should we know?

  • Park, Ji Soo;Suh, Dong In
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • v.63 no.6
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    • pp.203-210
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    • 2020
  • The drug allergy "label" may have a lifetime of consequences for a child. Many children with alleged drug allergies are proven to be tolerant to the culprit medication when challenged. The field of drug hypersensitivity is a recently evolving field of research, but studies on its epidemiology and diagnostic tools are lacking in children. Clinical history is significant in the diagnosis and classification of drug hypersensitivity in children. Diagnostic tools have been evaluated in a limited number of children; therefore, the guidelines are mainly in line with those for adults. Here, we review the clinical characteristics, main drugs, risk factors, and diagnosis of drug hypersensitivity to aid in its accurate diagnosis in children.

An Electrical Characteristics Analysis of Electronic Blood Pressure Depressor (전자혈압강하기의 전기적 특성 분석)

  • Lee, K.S.;Suh, J.H.;Lee, J.W.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2006
  • Recently, the seriousness of high blood pressure was appeared as the most frequent disease of a the whole sickness in the world. However, the treatment of this disease is uncertain and produces an adverse reaction of a medicine therapy. Also, the patients are burdened with a fee for medical treatment. Therefore, in this paper, we studied effectively and financially to execute the treatment of high blood pressure using the Chinese medicine theorem that is recently arousing the great interest of the people. The main theories in this paper are blood vessel theory and acupuncture, respectively. Especially, the composed circuit systems are classified the blood pressure depressor part and the meridian points discrimination part, respectively. The blood pressure depressor part is composed generally of low-frequency generation circuit, charging-discharging circuit, and micro-computer circuit. Finally, this research have the advantage of discrimination parts such as regular voltage generating circuit, stimulus circuit, amplifying circuit, and alarm circuit.

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Skin-Related Toxicity of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Thyroid Cancer (갑상선암에서 표적치료항암제의 피부 관련 부작용)

  • Lim, Dong-Jun
    • International journal of thyroidology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.82-87
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    • 2018
  • Skin-related toxicity is one of the most important adverse events from multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor (MTKI) to treat radioiodine refractory thyroid cancer. As hand foot skin reaction can limit quality of life and therapeutic effectiveness, it is essential to cope with a variety of severity of skin-related toxicity induced by MTKI. Herein, we will discuss two representative cases of skin-related toxicities which were managed by discontinuation/reduction of therapeutic doses of MTKI and were treated by proper medication in thyroid cancer patients with distant metastasis.

Gene expression profiling after ochratoxin A treatment in small intestinal epithelial cells from pigs

  • Jung Woong, Yoon;Sang In, Lee
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.64 no.5
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    • pp.842-853
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    • 2022
  • Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a well-known mycotoxin that causes disease through the ingestion of contaminated food or feed, for example, in the porcine industry. The intestinal epithelium acts as the first barrier against food contamination. We conducted a study on the exposure of the porcine intestinal epithelium to OTA. We used the intestinal porcine epithelial cell line IPEC-J2 as an in vitro model to evaluate the altered molecular mechanisms following OTA exposure. Gene expression profiling revealed that OTA upregulated 782 genes and downregulated 896, totalling 1678 differentially expressed genes. Furthermore, immunofluorescence, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and western blotting confirmed that OTA damages the tight junction protein ZO-1. Moreover, OTA activated the expression of inflammatory genes (IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, NF-kB, TLR4, and TNF-α). In summary, this study confirmed that OTA alters various molecular mechanisms and has several adverse effects on IPEC-J2 cells.

Is it possible to treat COVID-19 pneumonia by low-dose radiation?

  • Jae Min Jeong
    • Journal of Radiopharmaceuticals and Molecular Probes
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 2021
  • Low-dose radiotherapy has been known to have anti-inflammatory activity and been used for treatment of pneumonia together with anti-serum and sulfanilamide. However, it rapidly discontinued after the development of various antibiotics showing outstanding effect. Recently, it was re-considered to treat COVID-19 which has very limited treatment such as remdesivir and dexamethasone. So, several studies of COVID-19 therapy using low-dose radiation were reported very recently. They showed that low-dose radiation of 0.5~1.5 Gy were useful for decreasing the oxygen consumption and hospitalization period of COVID-19 patients without adverse reaction. Radiopharmaceuticals such as [99mTc]Tc-macroaggregated albumin (MAA) also might be used for low-dose radiotherapy. Administration of vitamin D having anti-inflammatory effect would also be helpful for therapy with synergistic effect.

Food allergy (식품알레르기)

  • Jaechun Lee;Cheol-Woo Kim
    • Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.90-94
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    • 2022
  • Food allergy is one of the adverse food reactions, which is developed by immunological reactions. Food allergy is increasing in prevalence among children and adults. In the diagnosis, food challenge is confirmative with history and laboratory tests. Avoidance of culprit food is the only preventive method, especially in patients with severe symptoms. In some food allergies, cross-reactivity among allergens should be considered. Latex-fruit/vegetable syndrome and pollen food allergy syndrome are well-understood phenotypes of food allergy related to cross reaction. Red meat allergy is recently described as one of tick-borne diseases. In a rare phenotype of food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis, factors affecting the absorption of food allergen are important in its pathophysiology.

Long-term Complications of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome on Permanent Teeth : A Case Report

  • Dabin Kim;Myeongkwan Jih;Nanyoung Lee
    • Journal of Korean Dental Science
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.75-83
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    • 2024
  • Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a severe adverse cutaneous drug reaction seen rarely in clinical practice. Although relatively rare, the condition can be fatal. Mainly, it is caused by side effects of certain medications. Previous reports have associated Stevens-Johnson syndrome with abnormal root development, but the other long-term dental complications have rarely been reported. In this case, the patient developed SJS at the age of 5, and abnormal root development of the maxillary and mandibular first molars and mandibular incisors was observed, as well as impaction of the mandibular canine and enamel hypomineralization of multiple teeth. Accordingly, appropriate restorative treatment and orthodontic treatment were performed, and the clinical characteristics of this symptoms and its treatment were discussed in more detail. We aim to highlight the need for dentists to be aware of the potential dental complications of SJS and to enable early diagnosis and management of the condition to avoid undesirable sequelae.

A Case of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism after Taking Tadalafil

  • Lee, Jinwoo;Kwon, Ji Hyun;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Lee, Sang-Min;Yim, Jae-Joon;Yoo, Chuy-Gyu;Kim, Young Whan;Han, Sung Koo;Park, Young Sik
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.73 no.4
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    • pp.231-233
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    • 2012
  • Tadalafil is a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5I), which is widely used to treat erectile dysfunction. Although PDE5Is have excellent safety profiles, and most of the side effects are mild, rare serious adverse events have been reported in association with PDE5Is. Thrombosis is one of those events, and a few previous reports have suggested the association of PDE5Is with thrombosis. We report the case of a 61-year-old male who developed pulmonary embolism combined with pulmonary infarction directly after taking tadalafil. Both the patient and the physician suspected tadalafil as the culprit drug, as the patient was in an otherwise healthy condition. However, after extensive evaluation, we noticed that factor VIII levels were elevated. Prior reports suggesting the association between thrombosis and PDEIs either lack complete information on coagulation factors, or show inconsistencies in their results. Physicians should operate caution prior to accepting the diagnosis of adverse drug reaction.