A case of adult-onset Still's disease complicated with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.

abstract：:Situs inversus totalis is a rare anomaly in which the abdominal and thoracic cavity structures are opposite their usual positions. A 41-yr-old woman, who had an ulcerating cancer on the rectum, was found as a case of situs inversus totalis. We present an overview of the operative technique for the first documented lap...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Huh JW,Kim HR,Cho SH,Kim CY,Kim HJ,Joo JK,Kim YJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study aimed to evaluate the satisfaction of patients who participated in the decision-making process for selecting an anesthesia method for surgery; the patients' preferred role (active, collaborative or passive) in the decision-making; and the patients' preferred choice of anesthetic method. The stud...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hwang SM,Lee JJ,Jang JS,Gim GH,Kim MC,Lim SY

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placenta increta is an uncommon and life-threatening complication of pregnancy characterized by complete or partial absence of the decidua basalis. Placenta increta usually presents with vaginal bleeding during difficult placental removal in the third-trimester. Although placenta increta may complicate first and early...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Son G,Kwon J,Cho H,Kim S,Yoon B,Nam E,Kim J,Kim Y,Kim J,Cho N,Kim S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal stents have been used to palliate patients with dysphagia caused by esophageal cancer. Early rigid plastic prostheses have been associated with a high risk of complications. However, with the development of self-expanding stents, it has developed into a widely accepted method for treating malignant esophage...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim KY,Tsauo J,Song HY,Kim PH,Park JH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-level gentamicin resistance (HLGR) in enterococci has increased since the 1980s, but the clinical significance of the resistance and its impact on outcome have not been established. One hundred and thirty-six patients with bacteremia caused by enterococci with HLGR (HLGR group) were compared with 79 patients with...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang HC,Lee S,Song KH,Jeon JH,Park WB,Park SW,Kim HB,Kim NJ,Kim EC,Oh MD,Choe KW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the prophylaxis and preemptive strategies using potent antiviral agents, cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains a major infectious cause of morbidity and mortality in allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) recipients. Delayed immune reconstitution after SCT, such as cord blood and T-cell depleted SCT with the use o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee S,Kim SH,Choi SM,Lee DG,Kim SY,Lee JW,Min WS,Shin WS,Kim CC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma ghrelin has been reported to be elevated in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and modulated by insulin. It was hypothesized that insulin might have a more pronounced effect on reducing plasma ghrelin in PWS patients, which would influence appetite. This study investigated the degree of ghrelin suppression using a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Paik KH,Lee MK,Jin DK,Kang HW,Lee KH,Kim AH,Kim C,Lee JE,Oh YJ,Kim S,Han SJ,Kwon EK,Choe YH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The renal function of individuals is one of the reasons for the variations in therapeutic response to various drugs. Patients with renal impairment are often exposed to drug toxicity, even with drugs that are usually eliminated by hepatic metabolism. Previous study has reported an increased plasma concentrat...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim AH,Yoon S,Lee Y,Lee J,Bae E,Lee H,Kim DK,Lee S,Yu KS,Jang IJ,Cho JY

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate (HR) change during sleepy driving has never been investigated. Healthy volunteers who planned to drive a long distance were recruited and monitored with a 24-hour Holter. Six healthy volunteers were enrolled. Their mean driving time was 297.7 ± 111 minutes. Mean duration of sleepy time while driving was 27 ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jo SH,Kim JM,Kim DK

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the correlations between BMI, fasting glucose, insulin, testosterone level, insulin resistance, and prostate size in non-diabetic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients with normal testosterone levels. Data from 212 non-diabetic BPH patients with normal testosterone levels, who underwent transurethra...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim WT,Yun SJ,Choi YD,Kim GY,Moon SK,Choi YH,Kim IY,Kim WJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a feasible treatment option for high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). While patients may achieve undetectable prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after RARP, the risk of disease progression is relatively high. We investigated metastasis-free survival, cancer-speci...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim DK,Koo KC,Lee KS,Hah YS,Rha KH,Hong SJ,Chung BH

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Social distancing has been adopted as one of basic protective measures against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). During 2019-2020 season, influenza epidemic period was exceptionally short and epidemic peak was low in comparison with previous seasons in Korea. Influenza epidemic pattern was bimodal in 2016-2017 and ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Noh JY,Seong H,Yoon JG,Song JY,Cheong HJ,Kim WJ

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transportation costs can be a barrier to healthcare services, especially for low-income, disabled, elderly, and geographically isolated populations. This study aimed to estimate the transportation costs of healthcare service utilization and related influencing factors in Korea in 2016. METHODS:Transportatio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang SY,Seon JY,Oh IH

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) requiring hemodialysis present with hypertriglyceridemia (HTG). But the exact cause of HTG in CRF is still unknown. Genetic variation of the apo AI-CIII-AIV gene cluster was reported to be associated with primary HTG, atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. This stud...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi GR,Suh SP,Song JW,Kee SJ,Shin JH,Ryang DW

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early feature of diabetic nephropathy is the alteration of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), which may result in microalbuminuria, subsequent macroproteinuria, and eventual chronic renal failure. Although type IV collagen is the main component of thickened GBM in diabetic nephropathy, cellular metabolism of e...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ha TS,Hong EJ,Ahn EM,Ahn HY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the particulate matter under 10 microm (PM10) has deleterious effects on respiratory health. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of PM10 upon normal children's lung function. The subjects were 368 middle school students in two areas of Incheon Metropolitan City. One (Incheon...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JH,Lim DH,Kim JK,Jeong SJ,Son BK

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to investigate the awareness of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among high-risk individuals, including men who have sex with men (MSM) and medical personnel (MP) in Korea through a cross-sectional survey, identify possible obstacles hindering their access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (Pr...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chang HH,Kim SW,Jung H,Lee SA,Park HK,Kim S,Lee JM,Choi JY

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes (HSCTGR) is a recently described tumor, which is regarded as an unusual variant of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. Proof of a metastatic potential was lacking. The patient in the report was a 35-yr-old woman who showed multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules with massive ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chang E,Lee A,Lee E,Shin O,Kang C,Kim JM,Chu YC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently reports on toxocariasis are increasing by serodiagnosis in Korea. A previously healthy 17-yr-old boy complained of headache, fever, dyspnea, and anorexia. He showed symptoms and signs of eosinophilic meningitis with involvement of the lungs and liver. Specific IgG antibody to Toxocara canis larval antigen was...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Noh Y,Hong ST,Yun JY,Park HK,Oh JH,Kim YE,Jeon BS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome and prognostic factors of patients with synchronous brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) were analyzed. A total of 35 patients with NSCLC underwent GKS as an initial treatment for metastatic brain lesions of synchronous onset...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kong DS,Lee JI,Nam DH,Park K,Kim JH,Kim JG,Park JO,Park K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies conducted to evaluate temporal trends of heat-related mortality have not considered the effects of heat waves; although it is known they can affect mortality and act as a modifying factor. After adjusting for long-term trends and seasonality, the effects of temperature on non-accidental deaths in Seoul and Bus...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee WK,Lee HA,Park H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose intravenous steroids are the first-line treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe and active Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). We aimed to investigate the response rate of methylprednisolone (MPD) treatment among Korean patients with active moderate-to-severe GO and to identify predictive factors o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ahn HY,Lee JK

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome (XHIM) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder, caused by mutations of the gene encoding CD40 ligand (CD40L; CD154). We report the clinical manifestations and mutational analysis of the CD40L gene observed in a male patient from a XHIM family. Having hypogammaglobulinemia and elevated I...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jo EK,Kim HS,Lee MY,Iseki M,Lee JH,Song CH,Park JK,Hwang TJ,Kook H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis, a zoonotic disease that is caused by many serovars which are more than 200 in the world, is an emerging worldwide disease. Accurate and rapid diagnostic tests for leptospirosis are a critical step to diagnose the disease. There are some commercial kits available for diagnosis of leptospirosis, but the o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee JW,Park S,Kim SH,Christova I,Jacob P,Vanasco NB,Kang YM,Woo YJ,Kim MS,Kim YJ,Cho MK,Kim YW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unintentional environmental exposure to toxicants is associated with an aggravated health status of the general population. Involuntary smoking (IS) exposure is one of the main routes to involuntary toxicants exposure. However, few studies have attempted to understand the environmental cadmium exposure by IS exposure ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee W,Lee S,Roh J,Won JU,Yoon JH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile neutropenia (FN) is the major toxicity of rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) regimen in the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The prediction of neutropenia and FN is mandatory to continue the planned R-CHOP therapy resulting in successful anti-c...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi YW,Jeong SH,Ahn MS,Lee HW,Kang SY,Choi JH,Jin UR,Park JS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign recurrent hematuria usually indicates a good prognosis. This condition is associated with abnormally thin glomerular basement membranes. Of 680 renal biopsy cases in which lower urinary tract disease had been excluded by careful study, 25 cases from seven children and eighteen adults met the criteria for thin g...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Suh KS,Kim JO,Kang GH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late complications of ureteral stents are frequent, and longer indwelling times are associated with an increased frequency of complications. Although there are reports of various complications of long-term indwelling ureteral stents, a renocolic fistula secondary to a perinephric abscess resulting from an indwelling u...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SW,Kim JH

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated playground equipment related injuries in preschool-aged children. This was a retrospective observational study using Emergency Department based Injury In-depth Surveillance, (2011-2014). We included the preschool-aged children with playground equipment related injuries. We surveyed the m...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bae S,Lee JS,Kim KH,Park J,Shin DW,Kim H,Park JM,Kim H,Jeon W

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that involves many organs, occasionally mimicking malignancy. We herein report a 50-yr-old woman of muscular sarcoidosis of chronic myopathic type, manifested by hypercalcemia and muscle wasting. Besides insignificant hilar lymphadenopathy, her sarcoi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Han EJ,Jang YS,Lee IS,Lee JM,Kang S,Kim HS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00