Transplantation of a horseshoe kidney found during harvest operation of a cadaveric donor: a case report.

abstract：:As of April 18, 2020, there have been a total of 10,653 confirmed cases and 232 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea. The pathogen spread quickly, and the outbreak caused nationwide anxiety and shock. This study presented the anecdotal records that provided a detailed process of the multidiscipli...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hyun J,You S,Sohn S,Kim SJ,Bae J,Baik M,Cho IH,Choi H,Choi KS,Chung CS,Jeong C,Joo H,Kim E,Kim H,Kim HS,Ko J,Lee JH,Lee SM,Lee SH,Chung US

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The zoonotic disease Q fever is caused by Coxiella burnetii and usually affects high-risk human populations. We conducted a serological survey of dairy cattle farmers in Korea to determine seroreactivity and identify risk factors for C. burnetii infection. Methods:This cross-sectional study included 1,824 o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JH,Chu H,Yoo SJ,Hwang KJ,Lim HS

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trauma mortality review is the first step in assessing the quality of the trauma treatment system and provides an important basis for establishing a regional inclusive trauma system. This study aimed to obtain a reliable measure of the preventable trauma death rate in a single province in Korea. METHODS:Fro...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwon J,Lee JH,Hwang K,Heo Y,Cho HJ,Lee JCJ,Jung K

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of marker chromosomes is important for genetic counseling. However, the origin or composition can rarely be defined with conventional cytogenetic technique alone. In this study, we investigated the incidences and types of marker chromosomes in Korean patients and attempted to establish a cost-effect...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Woo HY,Cho HJ,Kong SY,Kim HJ,Jeon HB,Kim EC,Park H,Kim YJ,Kim SH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for nosocomial infections of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA). A prospective case-control study was performed at a tertiary care hospital in Ankara from January to December 2004. The patients with nosocomial P. aeruginosa infection were included i...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Onguru P,Erbay A,Bodur H,Baran G,Akinci E,Balaban N,Cevik MA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the value of procalcitonin (PCT) levels in pleural effusion to differentiate the etiology of parapneumonic effusion (PPE). Forty-one consecutive PPE patients were enrolled and were divided into bacterial and non-bacterial PPE. Blood and pleural effusion samples were collected for PCT measurement o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ko YC,Wu WP,Hsu CS,Dai MP,Ou CC,Kao CH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although hypertension (HTN) is a well-established major risk factor for renal progression in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), few studies investigating its role in renal deterioration in the general population with normal renal function (NRF) have been published. Here, we analyzed the correlation ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee KP,Kim YS,Yoon SA,Han K,Kim YO

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The role of antidepressants (ADs) in bipolar disorder is long-standing controversial issue in psychiatry. Many clinicians have used ADs as a treatment for bipolar depression, and the selection of therapeutic agents is very diverse and inconsistent. This study aimed to examine recent AD prescription patterns ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoon W,Shon SH,Hong Y,Joo YH,Lee JS

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Since heparin is an anticoagulant commonly used in hemodialysis and the patients on hemodialysis are repeatedly exposed to heparin, heparin may be the cause of the development of heparin-dependent antibodies and thrombotic complications in patients on hemodialysis. The purpose of this study was to determine the preval...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee EY,Hwang KY,Yang JO,Hong SY

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 39-yr-old man with neuro-Behçet's disease (NBD) in remission who developed left-sided ataxia with a sensory deficit about 10 days after tooth extraction. Several years ago, he experienced a similar episode of relapse after tooth extraction. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a newly developed right th...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi SM,Choi YJ,Kim JT,Lee SH,Park MS,Kim BC,Kim MK,Cho KH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-yr-old woman presented with a right pleural effusion. Destruction of 9th through 12th ribs, adjacent vertebral bodies, and transverse processes was noted on plain radiograph and a large low-attenuated, irregular shaped mass lesion with peripheral rim enhancement, destroying vertebral body and transverse process, ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee WS,Kim SH,Kim I,Kim HK,Lee KS,Lee SY,Heo DS,Jang BS,Bang YJ,Kim NK

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to assess psychological distress after a diagnosis for cancer survivors, a population with a high risk for psychological distress. The aim of this study is to assess psychological distress among cancer survivors and to clarify the associated factors. In this cross-sectional analysis, data were obtained...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi KH,Park SM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collision tumor is defined by the presence of two separate masses in one organ, which are pathologically distinct. We described a 70-yr-old patient who complained of abnormal vaginal bleeding with a collision tumor of the uterine corpus. The patient received total hysterectomy, bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy, bila...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang KS,Lee WM,Kim YJ,Cho SH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder (EoGID) is an emerging disease condition in Korean children, but its diagnosis requires invasive endoscopic biopsies. Fecal calprotectin (FCal) is a noninvasive biomarker for intestinal inflammation to differentiate organic gastrointestinal diseases from functional abdo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoo IH,Cho JM,Joo JY,Yang HR

更新日期：2020-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The reasons for the viral persistence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are unknown, but are probably related to host immune factors. Several matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) can regulate an inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of MMP-3...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cheong JY,Cho SW,Lee JA,Lee KJ,Wang HJ,Lee JE,Kim JH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the clinical profiles, antibiotic susceptibility, risk factors of multi-drug resistance (MDR) and outcomes of P. aeruginosa bacteremia in children by retrospective methods at a tertiary teaching children's hospital in Seoul, Korea during 2000-2009. A total of 62 episodes were evaluated and...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yang MA,Lee J,Choi EH,Lee HJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of perforator flaps represented a significant advance in microsurgical reconstruction. However, confusion has developed due to the erroneous belief that perforator flaps are different from conventional flaps. The concept of the perforator is not new, but is an idea that evolved from the conventional f...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JT,Kim SW

更新日期：2015-05-01 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

abstract：:Clinical studies can be conducted to gather real world evidence (RWE) not available from randomized controlled trials, providing new information and knowledge. Although the concept of RWE emerged relatively recently, numerous clinical studies are utilizing it. However, many researchers are engaging in trial and error ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HS,Kim JH

更新日期：2019-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:IMR is useful for assessing the microvascular dysfunction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It remains unknown whether index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) reflects the functional outcome in patients with anterior myocardial infarction (AMI) with or without microvascular obstruction (MO).Th...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoo SH,Yoo TK,Lim HS,Kim MY,Koh JH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial membrane protein 3 (EMP3) is a trans-membrane signaling molecule with important roles in the regulation of apoptosis, differentiation and invasion of cancer cells, but the detailed is largely still unknown. We analyzed the mRNA levels and methylation statuses of EMP3 in 63 primary breast carcinomas and asse...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Zhou W,Jiang Z,Li X,Xu F,Liu Y,Wen P,Kong L,Hou M,Yu J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is found to cause a large outbreak started from Wuhan since December 2019 in China and SARS-CoV-2 infections have been reported with epidemiological linkage to China in 25 countries until now. We isolated SARS-CoV-2 from the oropharyngeal sample obtained from the patient with the first l...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park WB,Kwon NJ,Choi SJ,Kang CK,Choe PG,Kim JY,Yun J,Lee GW,Seong MW,Kim NJ,Seo JS,Oh MD

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Medial medullary infarction is usually manifested as hypoglossal palsy, limb weakness, impairment of proprioception, and oculomotor disturbance. We report a case with the unusual presentation of sensory ataxia. A 71 year-old male presented with ataxia and disequilibrium. Bilateral dysmetria, truncal ataxia, Upbeat nys...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Roh JK,Lee YS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is an extremely rare tumor with only scattered cases reported. Although surgical resection has been considered as the best possible option, the prognosis has been nonetheless poor. We report a case of PMME which was treated by surgical resection and additionally follo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SA,Hwang JJ,Choi YH

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although congenital renal tumors are rare, congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is the most common renal tumor in early infancy. It is non-metastatic, well differentiated, amenable to surgical removal, and carries a good prognosis. Polyhydramnios has been detected in most of the published cases of CMN. However, we ex...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim CH,Kim YH,Cho MK,Kim KM,Ha JA,Joo EH,Kim SM,Song TB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotypings have been used as markers for epidemiological surveys of Streptococcus pyogenes infections. Seventy-seven strains of S. pyogenes isolated from the throats of elementary school children in Kangwon Province in Korea in March and April 1992 were serotyped with M and/or opacity factor (OF) antisera. Sixty-eigh...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim SJ,Kim EC,Cha SH,Kaplan EL

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the authors investigated the management of mechanical valve thrombosis (MVT). From January 1981 through March 2006, 2,908 mechanical valve replacements were performed in 2,298 patients at our institution. Twenty (0.87%) patients presented with MVT, 14 (70.0%) were women, and the mean age of the p...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ahn H,Kim KH,Kim KC,Kim CY

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure (BP) control is considered the most important treatment for preventing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and associated cardiovascular complications. However, clinic BP is insufficient to diagnose hypertension (HT) and to monitor overall BP control because it does not correlate well with ambulato...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Oh YK,Chin HJ,Ahn SY,An JN,Lee JP,Lim CS,Oh KH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) developed synchronous bone metastasis with metachronous relapses to the bone and renal fossa. The primary lesion was initially removed surgically, and the metastatic bone lesions and locally recurrent tumours were treated by a high-fractional dose and high-total-dose intensity...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho J,Kim GE,Rha KH,Ahn JB,Lee CG,Suh CO,Seong J,Keum KC,Kim SIe,Lee YH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has evolved to become a standard treatment of choice for end-stage liver diseases. The present study was performed to evaluate the peri-operative medical factors affecting transplantation outcome and to determine if patients with type B viral cirrhosis were acceptable for OLT. A ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi JY,Park YM,Byun BH,Kim TY,Yoon SK,Chung KW,Sun HS,Park DH,Kim BS,Kim DG,Kim IC

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00