• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제77권5호
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• pp.219-222
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• 2014

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a very rare condition that is defined as the presence of gas within the subserosal or submucosal layer of the bowel. PI has been described in association with a variety of conditions including gastrointestinal tract disorders, pulmonary diseases, connective tissue disorders, organ transplantation, leukemia, and various immunodeficiency states. We report a rare case of a 74-year-old woman who complained of dyspnea during the management of acute asthma exacerbation and developed PI; but, it improved without any treatment.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.401-420
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• 2014

This study aims to analyze middle school students' systemic thinking to express organic relations between different organ systems about the movement of food and air and teachers' reflective thinking about science teaching through their reflective journals after the lesson of digestion, circulation, respiration and excretion. Firstly, when investigating the moving route of hamburger eaten inside the body, students expressed the names, locations and forms of organs in the digestive system more than those in the circulatory system or the excretory system. When investigating the moving route of a painkiller taken inside the body, students seemed to have more difficulty in expressing the related organ systems than when investigating the moving route of other things, and they mostly drew pictures of organs in the digestive system as done for the moving route of hamburger. However, when investigating the moving route of water drunk inside the body, students mostly described organs in the digestive system but drew more pictures of organs in the excretory system, than when investigating the moving route of other things. When investigating the moving route of air inhaled inside the body, students mostly drew pictures of organs in the respiratory system, but the rate of their drawing pictures of circulatory organs was low. Secondly, this study analyzed one of the teachers' reflective journals, named Mr. Park. According to his journal, students showed different levels of understanding of organ names, depending on their degrees of familiarity with each organ, and in regard to the locations of organs, science teachers mostly aim to achieve learning objectives so much that they often forget to instruct the locations of organs in fact. As for the forms of organs, science teachers mostly spend so much time explaining the functions of organs that they often forget to describe the exact form of each organ.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.241-247
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• 2005

왕종개 Iksookimia longicorpa의 공기호흡에 관한 호흡체계를 조사하기 위해 표피 (epidermis)와 소화관 (intestinal tract)를 관찰하였다. 표피는 작은 점액세포 (mucous cell)와 곤봉세포 (club cell)로 이루어진 두 종류의 선세포 (gland cell)을 가진다. 점액세포는 대부분 acid sulfomucin으로 구성되었으나 곤봉상세포는 점액물질에 대한 어떠한 반응도 보이지 않았다. 기저층에는 작은 림파구를 포함하는 lymphocytes가 존재하며, 다량의 모세혈관이 기저층 바로 아래부분에 존해하고 있다. 장( intestinal tract)은 거의 일직선형태이며, 크게 장(intestine)과 직장(rectum)으로 구성된다. 이러한 장은 점액층 (mucosa), 점막하층 (laminal propria-submucosa), 근육층 (musculary), 장막 (serosa) 층으로 구성되었다. 이러한 장은 짧은 fold와 얇은 벽으로 구성되었으며, 점막층은 acid sulfomucin의 점액을 가지고 있다. 공기호흡하는 어류들의 변형된 공기호흡 기관의 특징들과 비교해 볼 때 왕종개는 하천의 가뭄으로 인해 용존산소가 부족할 경우 장에서는 이루어지지않고 표피에서만 공기를 흡입하는 것으로 생각된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제83권2호
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• pp.132-140
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• 2020

In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a well-known opportunistic infection and its management has been established. However, PCP is an emerging threat to immunocompromised patients without HIV infection, such as those receiving novel immunosuppressive therapeutics for malignancy, organ transplantation, or connective tissue diseases. Clinical manifestations of PCP are quite different between patients with and without HIV infections. In patients without HIV infection, PCP rapidly progresses, is difficult to diagnose correctly, and causes severe respiratory failure with a poor prognosis. High-resolution computed tomography findings are different between PCP patients with HIV infection and those without. These differences in clinical and radiological features are due to severe or dysregulated inflammatory responses that are evoked by a relatively small number of Pneumocystis organisms in patients without HIV infection. In recent years, the usefulness of polymerase chain reaction and serum β-D-glucan assay for rapid and non-invasive diagnosis of PCP has been revealed. Although corticosteroid adjunctive to anti-Pneumocystis agents has been shown to be beneficial in some populations, the optimal dose and duration remain to be determined. Recent investigations revealed that Pneumocystis colonization is prevalent and that asymptomatic carriers are at risk for developing PCP and can serve as the reservoir for the spread of Pneumocystis by airborne transmission. These findings suggest the need for chemoprophylaxis in immunocompromised patients as well as infection control measures, although the indications remain controversial. Because a variety of novel immunosuppressive therapeutics have been emerging in medical practice, further innovations in the diagnosis and treatment of PCP are needed.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제83권4호
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• pp.312-320
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• 2020

Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) involves multiple organ systems and has the highest mortality among connective tissue diseases. Interstitial lung disease is the most common cause of death among SSc patients and requires closer studies and follow-ups. This study aimed to identify lung function changes and predictors of progressive disease in systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Methods: A retrospective study extracted SSc patients from an electronic database January 2002-July 2019. Eligible cases were SSc patients >age 15 diagnosed with SSc-ILD. Factors associated with progressive disease were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: Seventy-eight SSc-ILD cases were enrolled. Sixty-five patients (83.3%) were female, with mean age of 44.7±14.4, and 50 (64.1%) were diffuse type SSc-ILD. Most SSc-ILD patients had crackles (75.6%) and dyspnea on exertion (71.8%), and 19.2% of the SSc-ILD patients had no abnormal respiratory symptoms but had abnormal chest radiographic findings. The most common diagnosis of SSc-ILD patients was non-specific interstitial pneumonia (43.6%). The lung function values of diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) and DLCO per unit alveolar volume declined in progressive SSc-ILD during a 12-month follow-up. Male and no previous aspirin treatment were the two significant predictive factors of progressive SSc-ILD with adjusted odds ratios of 5.72 and 4.99, respectively. Conclusion: This present study showed that short-term lung function had declined during the 12-month follow-up in progressive SSc-ILD. The predictive factors in progressive SSc-ILD were male sex and no previous aspirin treatment. Close follow-up of the pulmonary function tests is necessary for early detection of progressive disease.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 드렁허리 Monopterus albus 후각기관의 형태 및 조직학적 특성을 실체, 광학 및 주사전자현미경하 관찰을 통하여 조사하였다. 후각기관의 외부 형태는 피부와 평행한 폐쇄형 전비공과 후비공을 나타냈다. 내부 구조는 파이프형 비강과 뒤쪽의 위아래의 두 개 비낭으로 구성되었다. 비강의 내벽은 위중층상피층의 감각상피와 중층편평상피층의 비감각상피, 미확인기관으로 이루어졌다. 감각상피는 후감각뉴런, 지지세포, 기저세포, 림프구로 구성되며, 비감각상피는 중층상피세포와 산성의 점액다당류를 보유하는 점액세포를 보유했다. 특히, 감각상피층 내 모세혈관과 풍부한 진피에서의 혈관화는 논, 농수로, 연못, 늪과 같은 진흙 하상의 정체된 수환경에 적응 된 후각기관 내 부가적인 호흡기능의 증거이며 이는 이전에 원구류 이상의 어류 분류군에서 확인되지 않은 새로운 결과로 확인된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제76권4호
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• pp.179-183
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• 2014

Immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related disease is a recently recognized systemic fibroinflammatory condition characterized by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate rich in IgG4-positive plasma cells with elevated circulating levels of IgG4. The disease can either be localized to one or two organs, or present as diffuse multi-organ disease. Furthermore, lesions in different organs can present simultaneously or metachronously. In the pulmonary manefestations, lesions associated with IgG4-related disease have been described in the lung parenchyma, airways and pleura, as well as the mediastinum. We report a case of IgG4-related disease presenting as massive pleural effusion and thrombophlebitis.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.86-89
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• 2002

The purpose is to develop a system to reduce the organ movement from the respiration during the 3DCRT or IMRT. This research reports the experience of utilizing personally developed system for mobile tumors. The patients clinical database was structured for 10 mobile tumors and patient setup error measurement and immobilization device effects were investigated. The RMRD system is composed of the respiratory motion reduction device utilized in prone position and abdominal strip device(ASD) utilized in the supine position, and the analysis program, which enables the analysis on patients setup reproducibility. Dose to normal tissue between patients with RMRDs and without RMRDs was analyzed by comparing the normal tissue volume, field margins and dose volume histogram(DVH) using fluoroscopy and CT images. And, reproducibility of patients setup verify by utilization of digital images. When patients breathed freely, average movement of diaphragm was 1.2 cm in prone position in contrast to 1.6 cm in supine position. In prone position, difference in diaphragm movement with and without RMRDs was 0.5 cm and 1.2 cm, respectively, showing that PTV margins could be reduced to as much as 0.7 cm. With RMRDs, volume of the irradiated normal tissue (lung, liver) reduced up to 20 % in DVH analysis. Also by obtaining the digital image, reproducibility of patients setup verify by visualization using the real-time image acquisition, leading to practical utilization of our software. Internal organ motion due to breathing can be reduced using RMRDs, which is simple and easy to use in clinical setting. It can reduce the organ motion-related PTV margin, thereby decrease volume of the irradiated normal tissue.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.319-326
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• 2001

목적 : 폐, 간 등의 상 복부에 위치한 종양의 방사선 조사 체적은 호흡에 의한 종양의 이동을 포함하는 영역으로 조사 체적이 증가된다. 이로 인하여 방사선 독성 및 정상조직 선량이 증가되며, 호흡으로 인한 환자자세의 변화로 인해 종양의 정확한 위치파악이 어렵게 된다. 본 연구에서는 호흡에 따른 장기 움직임 유형을 분석하여 호흡에 의한 장기의 움직임을 최소화 할 수 있는 호흡운동 감소장치를 고안하고 방사선치료 시 호흡운동 감소장치의 유용성을 평가해 보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 간암환자 10명을 대상으로 하여 MeV-Green과 벨트, 스티로폼판 등을 사용하여 호흡운동감소장치(respiratory motion reduction device, RRD)를 제작하였다. 내부장기의 이동정도는 모의치료 시에 관찰된 횡경막의 이동 정도로 평가하였으며 앙와위와 복와위 및 RRD의 사용 시 이동정도를 쏠아보았고, 각각의 경우에서 이동정도를 고려하여 방사선치료계획을 수립하였다. 선량체적 히스토그램(dose-volume histogram, DVH)을 통해서 전체 간 용적 중 처방선량의 $50\%$가 조사되는 정상간 용적을 구하였다. 결과 : 호흡에 따른 횡경막의 평균이동거리는 앙와위 자세에서 $16{\pm}1.9\;mm$ 이었고, 복와위 자세에서는 $12{\pm}1.9mm$임을 알 수 있었다. 복와위 자세에서 본원에서 자체 제작한 RRD를 사용한 경우에는 $5{\pm}1.4\;mm$으로 감소되었고, 벨트 고정장치의 추가 사용 시에는 $3{\pm}0.9\;mm$으로 감소하여 총 9 mm 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 방사선치료계획에 따른 DVH에서 처방선량의 $50\%$가 조사되는 정상간의 용적은 호흡운동감소장치를 사용하지 않은 경우에 앙와위 자세에서 $43.7\%$, 복와위 자세에서 $40\%$ 이었고, 호흡운동 감소장치를 사용한 경우에 복와위 자세에서 $30.7\%$, 여기에 벨트 고정장치를 추가 사용하였을 경우에는 $21\%$로서 전체 간 용적 중 방사선에 조사되는 정상 간 용적은 최대 $22.7\%$ 감소됨을 알 수 있었다. 결론 : 호흡에 따른 내부장기의 움직임을 최소화 할 수 있는 RRD를 사용하여 정상조직에 불필요하게 조사되는 방사선을 감소시킬 수 있었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.83-88
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• 1992

저자들은 우연히 흉부 X선 촬영에서 폐종괴가 발견되었던 63세 여자환자에서 굴곡성 기관지경하 생검으로 확진된 다발성 기관지내 과오종 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.