• 대한수의학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.231-237
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• 1989

Morphological features of the vomeronasal organ of both Korean native cattle and Korean native goat were studied by gross, microscopic and histochemical examinations. Anatomical characteristics of the vomeronasl organ were similar in both Korean native cattle and Korean native goats. The vomeronasal organ is a tubular structure situated bilaterally at the base of the nasal septum, and enclosed by hyaline cartilage. Its lumen is semilunar to crescent in transverse sections. It join with the incisive duct through narrow duct. The lumen of the vomeronasal organ is lined with sensory and respiratory epithelia. The distribution pattern of vomeronasal mucosal epithelia varied by the position. In the anterior portion joining with nasal cavity, the lumen is lined with only respiratory epitheliu. In the middle portion, sensory epithelium appeared on the medial side, and respiratory epithelium on the lateral side. In the posterior, it is lined with sensory epithelium on the ventral side and lined with respiratory epithelium on the dorsal side. The vomeronasal gland composed of mucous and serous acini are distributed in the lamina propria under the respiratory epithelium, where venous sinuses are also well developed.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
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• pp.59-61
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• 2007

This paper proposes optimized actuator to obtain a improved position control ability and respiratory performance with reduced weight. Respiratory organ uses actuator and controls patient's respiratory air volume. Therefore, actuator decides respiratory performance. Redesign actuator using surface response method. Actuator that is reestablished through 3D-simulations searches whether have suitable characteristic to respiratory organ.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.508-516
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• 2019

Objectives: The present study was performed to obtain acute toxicity information on glyoxal in male rats after intratracheal instillation. Methods: In order to calculate the LD₅₀ of glyoxal using Probit analysis with SAS, the test article was one intratracheal instillation to male Sprague-Dawley rats at dose levels of 0, 225, 451 or 902 mg/kg. During the test period, mortality, clinical signs, and body and organ weights were examined. At the end of the 14-day observation period, all animals were sacrificed and complete gross postmortem and histopathological examinations were performed. Results: Four animals of the 902 mg/kg group died within one week after the administration of glyoxal. All treatment group in a dose dependent manner, decreased body weight was found during the study period. The absolute and relative lung weight, and histopathological changes (bronchiolar-alveolar hyperplasia, chronic inflammation) of lung exhibited an increased in glyoxal treated groups in a dose dependent manner. However, there were no changes on the organ weights and histopathological changes of any other organ except lung. Conclusions: The results obtained in the present study suggest that the LD₅₀ in male Sprague-Dawley rats after a single intratracheal instillation of glyoxal was considered to be 866.9 mg/kg and the lung was found to be the target organ for glyoxal.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.676-683
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• 2007

A non-invasive respiratory gated radiotherapy system like those based on external anatomic motion gives better comfortableness to patients than invasive system on treatment. However, higher correlation between the external and internal anatomic motion is required to increase the effectiveness of non-invasive respiratory gated radiotherapy. Both of invasive and non-invasive methods need to track the internal anatomy with the higher precision and rapid response. Especially, the non-invasive method has more difficulty to track the target position successively because of using only image processing. So we developed the system to track the motion for a non-invasive respiratory gated system to accurately find the dynamic position of internal structures such as the diaphragm and tumor. The respiratory organ motion tracking apparatus consists of an image capture board, a fluoroscopy system and a processing computer. After the image board grabs the motion of internal anatomy through the fluoroscopy system, the computer acquires the organ motion tracking data by image processing without any additional physical markers. The patients breathe freely without any forced breath control and coaching, when this experiment was performed. The developed pattern-recognition software could extract the target motion signal in real-time from the acquired fluoroscopic images. The range of mean deviations between the real and acquired target positions was measured for some sample structures in an anatomical model phantom. The mean and max deviation between the real and acquired positions were less than 1mm and 2mm respectively with the standardized movement using a moving stage and an anatomical model phantom. Under the real human body, the mean and maximum distance of the peak to trough was measured 23.5mm and 55.1mm respectively for 13 patients' diaphragm motion. The acquired respiration profile showed that human expiration period was longer than the inspiration period. The above results could be applied to respiratory-gated radiotherapy.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.888-895
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• 1998

Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world. Plasmodium falciparum, accounting for nearly all malaria mortality, kills an estimated 1 to 2 million persons yearly and has several features that make it deadlist of malarias. While cerebral malaria is the most common presentation of severe disease, acute lung injury associated with malaria is uncommon but serious and fatal complication. We report two cases of severe malaria with ARDS and multi-organ failure. All two patients traveled to foreign countries, Kenya, Papua New Guinea where choroquine-resistant malaria is distributed. The first case, which developed cerebral malaria, hypoglycemia, multi-organ failure, and ARDS, treated with quinine and mechanical ventilator, but expired due to oxygenation failure. Autopsy showed acute necrotizing infiltration, diffuse eosinophilic fibrinoid deposits along the alveolar space, and alveolar macrophage with malaria pigment The second case also developed multi-organ failure, followed by ARDS, and was treated with quinine, exchange transfusion, plasmapheresis, and mechanical ventilator. He recovered with residual restrictive lung change after treatment.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제79권3호
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• pp.158-164
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• 2016

Background: One to three percent of cases of acute tuberculosis (TB) require monitoring in the intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of this study is to establish and determine the mortality rate and discuss the causes of high mortality in these cases, and to evaluate the clinical and laboratory findings of TB patients admitted to the pulmonary ICU. Methods: The data of patients admitted to the ICU of Yedikule Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital due to active TB were retrospectively evaluated. Demographic characteristics, medical history, and clinical and laboratory findings were evaluated. Results: Thirty-five TB patients (27 males) with a median age of 47 years were included, of whom 20 died within 30 days (57%). The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores were significantly higher, and albumin and $PaO_2/FIO_2$ levels were significantly lower, and shock, multiple organ failure, the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and drug resistance were more common in the patients who died. The mortality risk was 7.58 times higher in the patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. The SOFA score alone was a significant risk factor affecting survival. Conclusion: The survival rate is low in cases of tuberculosis treated in an ICU. The predictors of mortality include the requirement of invasive mechanical ventilation and multiple organ failure. Another factor specific to TB patients is the presence of drug resistance, which should be taken seriously in countries where there is a high incidence of the disease. Finding new variables that can be established with new prospective studies may help to decrease the high mortality rate.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제86권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2023

Everyone is aware that air and environmental pollutants are harmful to health. Among them, indoor air quality directly affects physical health, such as respiratory rather than outdoor air. However, studies that have examined the correlation between environmental and health information have been conducted with public data targeting large cohorts, and studies with real-time data analysis are insufficient. Therefore, this research explores the research with an indoor air quality monitoring (AQM) system based on developing environmental detection sensors and the internet of things to collect, monitor, and analyze environmental and health data from various data sources in real-time. It explores the usage of wearable devices for health monitoring systems. In addition, the availability of big data and artificial intelligence analysis and prediction has increased, investigating algorithmic studies for accurate prediction of hazardous environments and health impacts. Regarding health effects, techniques to prevent respiratory and related diseases were reviewed.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 1983

An experimental study was carried out to determine the degree of contamination of cyanide and metals in each stork's (Ciconia c. boyciana) organ. The samples used for this experiment were gullet, respiratory tract, stomach content, rectum, lung, liver, heart, pancreas, gall, kidney, and muscles. Those samples were isolated by Conway microdiffusion method and determined by UV spectrophotometry for the cyanide, on the other hand, the samples for metals were dissolved by mercury digestion apparatus and analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The results are as follows: 1) The quantities of cyanide accumulated in each organ were from 0.05 to 2.57 ppm and concentration of those in tissues was in order of 2.57 ppm in stomach content, 2.13 ppm in lung, 1.58 ppm in kidney, 1.22 ppm in gall, 0.52 ppm in pancreas, 0.32 ppm in heart, 0.25 ppm in rectum, 0.20 ppm in gullet, 0.19 ppm in liver, 0.07 ppm in muscles and 0.05 ppm in respiratory tract. 2) The calcium content is in a range of 10.89-105.74 ppm, iron is 2.47-557.70 ppm, zinc is 2.37-23.62 ppm, cupper is < 0.1- 1.76 ppm and cadmium, nickel, cobalt and lead is beyond 0.5 ppm, respectively.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2019

8세 남아가 호흡곤란과 기면증을 보이며 응급실에 내원하였다. 극도의 호흡부전을 보이고 있었고 고유량의 산소 공급을 함에도 불구하고 88-90%로 밖에 유지되지 않았고 단순 흉부 방사선 검사에서 전 폐야에 불투과도가 증가하였고 중등도의 흉수를 보였다. 마이코플라스마 폐렴 진단 하에 정맥 macrolide 를 포함한 항생제 치료를 시작하였으나 2병일 째 간, 신장에 다기관 부전 및 급성 호흡부전 증상을 보였다. 정맥-정맥 체외순환막성산소화기를 삽입하였고 지속적 신대체요법도 병행하였다. 18병일 째 성공적으로 체외순환막성산소화기에서 이탈하였고 저산소성 뇌 손상 없이 성공적으로 치료되었기에 본 사례를 보고한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.1252-1264
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• 1998

연구배경 : 급성호흡곤란층후군은 기계호흡을 포함한 집중 치료에도 불구하고 일반적으로 사망율이 50%에 이르는 중증 급성폐손상으로 사망률 개선을 위해 지난 10여년간 여러 'sepsis trial'들이 시도되어 왔으며, 기계 호흡관리 전략의 변화로 의미 있는 사망율의 개선을 보이고 있다. 사망에 관련한 인자들로는 패혈증, 장기 손상, 고령, APACHE II 점수등이 있다. 내과계 중환자실에서 기계호흡 치료로 관리된 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자를 대상으로 이러한 인자들이 예후에 미치는 영향을 보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 급성호흡곤란증후군의 진단은 1994 년 ATS-ESICM에서 발표된 진단범주에 근거하였다. 천안 순천향병원에서 1995년 3월부터 1998년 10월까지 호흡기계 중환자실에서 기계호흡 치료로 관리된 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자 40예를 대상으로 후향적 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 보았다. 결 과 : 급성호흡곤란증후군 발생원인으로는 각각 패혈증 50%(20/40), 폐렴 30%(12/40), 흡인성 폐렴은 20%(8/40) 이였다. 원인에 따른 사망률은 각각 패혈증이 50%(20/40), 폐렴 67%(8/12), 흡인성폐렴38%(3/8)이였다. 전체 사망율은 60%(24/40)였으며, 28일-사망군에서 사망원인으로 각각 패혈중이 43%(9/21), 다발성장기부전이 29%(6/21), 호흡부전이 19%(4/21)이였다. 28일-생존군(19)과 28일-사망군(21)간에 연령, 성별차이는 없었으며, 급성호흡곤란증후군 발생당시 APACHE II 점수는 각각 $22.82{\pm}3.25$ 및 $24.94{\pm}4.67$, 저산소 점수는 각각 $124.11{\pm}49.10$ 및 $110.33{\pm}55.74$, 장기손상수는 각각 $2.00{\pm}0.94$ 및 $2.12{\pm}0.93$개로 양군간에 차이는 없었다. 발생당시 70세 이상, APACHE II 점수가 26 이상, 저산소점수가 150 미만이였던 예는 양군간에 유의한 차이가 있었다 (p<0.05). 생존군에서 발생 당시 및 3일째에 비해 7일째에 APACHE II 점수, 장기손상수, 저산소점수가 유의하게 호전되었고 (p<0.05), 사망군과 유의한 차이를 보였다 (p<0.05). 사망군에서는 7 일간의 관찰기간동안 장기손상수 및 저산소정수의 변화는 없었으며, 특히 APACHE II 점수는 발생당시에 비해 유의하게 증가하였다(P<0.05). 1995년부터 1998년까지 사망율을 비교한 결과 68%에서 40% 이하로 감소하였으며, 연도별로 연령, APACHE II 점수, 저산소 점수 및 장기손상수는 차이가 없었다. 전년도 및 후년도군 각각에서 첫주에 적용된 평균 호기말양압은 2.8mmHg 및 9.2mmHg였으며(p=0.0001), 일환량은 475.8ml 및 371.8ml로 차이가 있었다(p=0.0013). 결 론 : 급성호흡곤란증후군에서 발생당시 APACHE II 점수 및 저산소점수 정도와 함께 치료경과에 따른 APACHE II 점수, 저산소점수 및 장기손상수 등의 호전여부가 예후에 중요한 것으로 사료되며, 근년에 관찰된 급성호흡곤란증후군의 유의한 사망률 개선에 적어도 호기말양압의 유의한 증가가 영향을 준 것으로 사료되었다.