• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.5355-5360
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• 2013

Background: Clarifying the prognostic impact of histological type is an essential issue that may influence the treatment and follow-up planning of newly diagnosed cervical cancer cases. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of histological type on survival and mortality in patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), adenocarcinoma (ADC) and small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SNEC). Materials and Methods: All patients with cervical cancer diagnosed and treated at Chiang Mai University Hospital between January 1995 and October 2011 were eligible. We included all patients with SNEC and a random weighted sample of patients with SCC and ADC. We used competing-risks regression analysis to evaluate the association between histological type and cancer-specific survival and mortality. Results: Of all 2,108 patients, 1,632 (77.4%) had SCC, 346 (16.4%) had ADC and 130 (6.2%) had SNEC. Overall, five-year cancer-specific survival was 60.0%, 54.7%, and 48.4% in patients with SCC, ADC and SNEC, respectively. After adjusting for other clinical and pathological factors, patients with SNEC and ADC had higher risk of cancer-related death compared with SCC patients (hazard ratio [HR] 2.6; 95% CI, 1.9-3.5 and HR 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.5, respectively). Patients with SNEC were younger and had higher risk of cancer-related death in both early and advanced stages compared with SCC patients (HR 4.9; 95% CI, 2.7-9.1 and HR 2.5; 95% CI, 1.7-3.5, respectively). Those with advanced-stage ADC had a greater risk of cancer-related death (HR 1.4; 95% CI, 1.2-1.7) compared with those with advanced-stage SCC, while no significant difference was observed in patients with early stage lesions. Conclusion: Histological type is an important prognostic factor among patients with cervical cancer in Thailand. Though patients with SNEC were younger and more often had a diagnosis of early stage compared with ADC and SCC, SNEC was associated with poorest survival. ADC was associated with poorer survival compared with SCC in advanced stages, while no difference was observed at early stages. Further tailored treatment-strategies and follow-up planning among patients with different histological types should be considered.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.303-307
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• 1995

We experenced 18 patients with surgically treated thymoma from January 1986 to December 1993. There were 13 male and 5 female ranged from 23 to 69 years of age. Among them Myasthenia gravis was present in 8 patients (44%) The predominant cell type was lymphocytic(11 patients), followed by epithelial (3) and mixed (4), and had no value in predicting prognosis. Treatment consisted of complete resection in 15 patients, partial resection in 2 patients and 1 patient was performed biopsy. Only, and then adjuvant radiation therapy was done in 7 patients and 3 patients needed adjuvant chemotherapy. Invasion of the adjacent tissue in thymoma was the most improtant prognostic value. There were 6 non-invasive tumors and 12 invasive tumors. Two patients with invasive thymomas resulted in death and one of 6 patients with non-invasive thymomas died during follow up ranged from 25 day to 60 months. The causes of death were myasthenic crisis in 1 patient, C. N. S. problem in 1 patient and pulmonary & mediastinal metastasis in 1 patient.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2012

피부는 끊임없이 외부환경에 노출되며 가장 주요한 스트레스 요인 중 하나는 자외선방사이다. 자외선 방사로 인하여 피부에 염증, 착색, 광노화 및 피부암을 포함하는 생물학적 영향을 끼치게 된다. 본 연구에서는 해양천연소재 (김, 다시마, 모려, 모자반, 미역, 석결명, 우뭇가사리, 청각, 톳, 파래)로부터 피부보호 항산화제를 조사하기 위해 자외선으로부터 기인된 세포보호 효과를 증명하였으며 세포독성, 산화에 의한 세포사멸, 항노화 효과에 대하여 평가를 실시하였다. 그 결과, 모자반, 한천, 석결명, 청각 에탄올 추출물을 처리한 군이 자외선으로 유도된 세포독성 및 세포사멸을 효과적으로 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 다른 실험에서 자외선에서 인한 세포사멸은 세포내 축적이나 ROS로부터 매개되지만 해양추출물을 처리함으로써 현저하게 감소되었다. 이러한 해양추출물의 보호효과 증가는 Type I collagen과 Type I procollagen에 의해 매개하는 것과 연관되는 것으로 사료된다. 이들의 결과는 해양추출물이 노화예방 및 항산화제로서의 우수한 특성으로 피부손상에 의한 산화적 스트레스에 대응하는 새로운 기능성 소재로서의 가능성을 가지는 것으로 평가된다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.497-501
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• 2006

Acute hemorrhagic enteritis was diagnosed in a seven-month-old male Shitzu dog dying of blood stained diarrhea and vomiting. Clinical findings were anorexia, dullness and sudden death after massive bloody diarrhea. At necropsy, main lesion was the hemorrhage in small intestine, mainly duodenum and jejunum. Microscopically, Gram positive long bacilli were massively detected on the mucose epithelial cells and necrotic debris of small intestine. Coagulative necrosis of epithelial cells and thrombosis of small intestine were also identified. However, there was no lesion of crypt epithelium. Mineral infiltration in both gastric mucosa and renal tubules was detected and proliferation of fibrous tissue was also shown in corticomedullary regions. In bacterial examination, C perfringens was isolated in anaerobic culture and it was confirmed to type A by multiplex PCR. Therefore, the dog was diagnosed as C perfringens type A associated enteritis with uremia.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.174-184
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• 1995

The author conducted a literature review to better characterize the current state of knowledge regardeding the relationship between psychological and behavioral factors and cardiovascular disease. This review focus on several Problems : hypertension, coronary artery disease such as myocardial infarction and angina pectoris, sudden death, arrhythmia, vasomotor(vasodepressor) syncope, and psychogenic cardiac nondisease. We describe model for understanding the relationship of psychological factors to the disease, review the results of relevant research studies and provide recommendation for further research.

• The Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.172-175
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• 2018

Aortic dissection is an uncommon, life-threatening medical emergency that is associated with a high mortality rate, and death from aortic dissection is mainly related to secondary complications, namely cardiac tamponade, severe aortic regurgitation, acute myocardial infarction, and abdominal organ vessel obstruction. Hence, prompt and accurate diagnosis followed by proper treatment is important for patient survival. Herein, we present a rare case of sudden death after aortic dissection with concomitant acute myocardial infarction and cardiac tamponade.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2014

목적: 본 연구는 의료인과 간호학생의 웰다잉 의미와 주관성 유형을 확인하고, 유형별 특성을 분석하기 위해 Q 방법론을 적용한 조사연구이다. 방법: 간호학과 학생 8명, 호스피스전문병원 임상간호사 3명을 대상으로 심층면담과 선행연구고찰을 통해 102개의 Q-모집단을 구성하였으며, 이후 Q-방법론의 전문가인 간호학과 교수 1명과 간호학과 박사과정 중인 2명의 의견 교환 및 재조정을 통하여 총 33개의 Q-표본을 선정하였다. 4년제 간호학과 학생 11명과 경기도 일개 3차 종합병원의 간호사 9명과 의사 2명을 대상으로 총 22명의 P-표본을 대상으로 하였다. P-표본은 선정된 33개의 진술문을 강제 정상분포가 되도록 7점 척도 상에 분류하도록 하였고, 양극단에 분류한 진술문과 관련하여 추가 진술문을 작성하도록 하였다. 수집된 자료는 PC-QUANL Program으로 요인 분석하였다. 결과: 분류된 의료인의 웰다잉 의미 유형은 모두 3가지로 나타났으며 이들 유형에 의해 설명된 전체 변량은 57.97%였다. 제1형은 '현실중시형'으로 부담 없이 아름다운 모습으로 임종하는 것에 의미를 두었다. 제2형은 '관계중시형'으로 죽기 전 자선을 베풀고 주변인들과 화해와 용서의 시간을 갖는 것에 의미를 두고 있었다. 제3형은 '자연순응형'으로 살만큼 살다 가족의 간호를 받으며 임종하는 것에 의미를 두었다. 결론: 웰다잉에 관한 의료인과 간호학생의 주관성은 임종을 맞이하는 환자간호에 영향을 미친다. 따라서 의료인과 간호학생은 삶과 죽음에 대한 깊은 통찰을 가져야 하며, 이를 위해 웰다잉에 대한 주관성 유형별 특징에 맞는 죽음교육이 필요하다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2003

Congenital dilatation of the common bile duct (choledochal cyst) is an uncommon disease. Although the etiology is unknown yet, various theories such as distal obstruction of the common bile duct, congenital weakness of the duct and anomalous union of the pancreaticobiliary duct have been offered to explain the occurrence of choledochal cyst. Thirty - six cases of choledochal cyst over 22 years were analyzed clinically and classified according to Todani's classification and Kimura's anomalous union of pancreaticobiliary duct type. Todani type 1 consisted with 22 cases which were subdivided into 19 cases of type Ia, 1 case of type Ib and 2 of type Ic. Type IVa consisted with 14 cases including one case of Caroli's disease. There were 25 type BP cases and 10 type PB cases and 1 normal pancreatobiliary junction. Serum alkaline phosphatase was increased significantly in almost all cases. Seven patients (19.4%) had associated congenital anomalies such as double gallbladder, left - sided gallbladder, common bile duct web, biliary atresia, accessory hepatic duct, heterotopic pancreas, cleft lip and 2 cases of intestinal malrotation. All patients underwent cyst excision and Roux - en - Y hepaticojejunostomy and cholecystectomy. There was one death due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2018

Cilostazol is a selective inhibitor of type 3 phosphodiesterase (PDE3) and has been widely used as an antiplatelet agent. Cilostazol mediates this activity through effects on the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling cascade. Recently, it has attracted attention as a neuroprotective agent. However, little is known about cilostazol's effect on excitotoxicity induced neuronal cell death. Therefore, this study evaluated the neuroprotective effect of cilostazol treatment against hippocampal neuronal damage in a mouse model of kainic acid (KA)-induced neuronal loss. Cilostazol pretreatment reduced KA-induced seizure scores and hippocampal neuron death. In addition, cilostazol pretreatment increased cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation and decreased neuroinflammation. These observations suggest that cilostazol may have beneficial therapeutic effects on seizure activity and other neurological diseases associated with excitotoxicity.

• 대한한방부인과학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.46-57
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• 2015

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the effects of Trogopterorum Faeces on the apoptostic cell death in breast cancer cells. Methods: In the experiment, the effects of Trogopterorum Faeces on proliferation rates and type of cell death were investigated using MCF-7 cells in vitro. The effects on expression levels of caspase 3 and caspase 9 were also investigated. Results: The effects on expression levels of caspase 3 and caspase 9 were also investigated. In the present results, treatment with Trogopterorum Faeces decreased proliferation rates in a dose dependent manner. $ID_{50}$ (50 % inhibitory dosage) was $177.2{\mu}g/ml$. In addition, treatment with Trogopterorum Faeces increased percentage of apoptotic cells. Finally the expression level of caspase 3 and caspase 9 were elevated by treatment with Trogopterorum Faeces respectively. Conclusions: This study suggests that Trogopterorum Faeces can trigger caspase dependent apoptosis in MCF-7 cells.