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A Study on Enhancement for the Medical Response System of the Korea Coast Guard in order to Improve Stability on Duty
The purpose of this study is to improve the stability of the KCG Injured officer on duty. Therefore, it is necessary to reveal the actual conditions and problems of the field Emergency Medical Response System for KCG Injured officer, and to suggest ways to improve the Medical Response System such as cooperation and training with related organizations, rehabilitation program for injured officer.
In this study, we classify the marital characteristics of the KCG Injured officer by carrying out dangerous duties in the barren oceans to confirm the importance of the Medical Response System for injured persons, in order to understand the actual condition, we analyzed the actual condition of KCG, and analyzed the problems by analyzing the effect of post - traumatic stress disorder on KCG.
In Korea, Medical Response System in the Pre-hospital stage are investigated in Korea, and there is a high frequency and risk of being injured officer on duty such as KCG. Emergency Medical Response System of the injured officer of the military, those of neighboring Japan Coast Guard, which has high geographical and cultural similarity with us and performs their duties, was investigated and compared.
The analysis of the KCG Injured officer medical response survey, the comparison of the Emergency Medical Response System of similar organizations, and the analysis of related research data, suggests the improvement direction of the Medical Response System in terms of structure side.
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Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease that often leads to destruction of alveolar bone. Multiple species of bacteria in subgingival plaque are associated with bone destruction in periodontitis. In this kind of bone destruction, the osteoclast is known to play a key role. To determine the mediators which are involved in osteoclastogenesis by periodontopathogens, we studied the effect of three periodontopathogens, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Treponema socranskii on osteoclastogenesis in coculture system of mouse calvaria derived osteoblastic cells and bone marrow cells. The expression of interleukin (IL)-1b, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a, receptor activator of NF-kB ligand (RANKL) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in mouse calvaria cells was determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or immunoassay. Sonicates of three bacteria induced osteoclast formation in coculture systems and the mRNA expression of IL-1b, TNF-a, and RANKL in osteoblastic cells. The production of PGE2 was increased by three bacteria sonicates. Addition of osteoprotegerin (OPG), which is an inhibitor of RANKL, in the cocultures resulted in the complete suppression of the induction of the osteoclast formation. Anti-IL-1b antibody (Ab), anti-TNF-a Ab and indomethacin, which is an inhibitor of PGE2, partially inhibited the induction of the osteoclast formation by each bacteria. In addition, indomethacin, anti-IL-1b Ab, or anti-TNF-a Ab decreased RANKL expression of osteoblastic cells treated with bacterial sonicates of P. gingivalis, T. denticola, and T. socranskii. These findings suggest that increased RANKL expression of osteoblastic cells may play an important role in the osteoclast formation induced by P. gingivalis, T. denticola, and T. socranskii and that PGE2, IL-1b, and TNF-a are mediators for the induction of RANKL expression by these bacteria.ope
Current Analysis of Acintobacter baumannii Infection among Pediatric Patients in a Single-centered Study
Purpose : Acinetobacter baumannii is an aerobic, gram negative coccobacillus. Due to its pathogenicity and ability to
accumulate diverse mechanisms of resistance, the importance of this organism is increasing. Many reports have targeted
adults, and studies of pediatric patients are limited. This study aims to investigate the current status of A. baumannii infection
in children.
Methods : From January 2001 to December 2008, 505 patients hospitalized with A. baumannii infection were enrolled.
Admission records for underlying disease, duration of hospitalization, previous antibiotic use, location of admission, presence
of ventilator care, and resistance to antibiotics were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed.
Results : Hemato-oncological disease and neurological disease were 30.6% and 24.3% of all cases; therefore, these were
the most common underlying diseases of patients with A. baumannii infection. Prevalence of A. baumannii infection was
78.1% in patients with previous antibiotic use, which was higher than that of the group not using previous antibiotic. And
prevalence of multi-drug resistant and pan-drug resistant A. baumannii infection was 76.4% and 38.3% in patients with
ICU care, 76.8% and 38.9% with ventilator care, and these were higher than the others. Rate of resistance to all groups
of antibiotics showed a gradual increase to over 50% in 2008. Multi-drug resistant A. baumannii was 63.5% and pan-drug
resistant A. baumannii was 48.2% of all cases.
Conclusion : Prevalence of A. baumannii infection and resistance to antibacterial agents of A. baumannii is increasing.
Adequate use of antibiotics and infection control should be emphasized in pediatric patientsope
Risk Factors for Neurologic Complications of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in the Republic of Korea, 2009
In 2009, the first outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) or herpangina (HP) caused by enterovirus 71 occurred in the Republic of Korea. This study inquired into risk factors associated with complications of HFMD or HP. A retrospective medical records review was conducted on HFMD or HP patients for whom etiologic viruses had been verified in 2009. One hundred sixty-eight patients were examined for this investigation. Eighty patients were without complications while 88 were accompanied by complications, and 2 had expired. Enterovirus 71 subgenotype C4a was the most prevalent in number with 67 cases (54.9%). In the univariate analysis, the disease patterns of HFMD rather than HP, fever longer than 4 days, peak body temperature over 39β, vomiting, headache, neurologic signs, serum glucose over 100 mg/dL, and having an enterovirus 71 as a causative virus were significant risk factors of the complications. After multiple logistic analysis, headache (Odds ratio [OR], 10.75; P < 0.001) and neurologic signs (OR, 42.76; P < 0.001) were found to be the most significant factors. Early detection and proper management of patients with aforementioned risk factors would be necessary in order to attain a better clinical outcome.ope
Clinical Features of Brain Abscesses in Neonates and Children : A Single Center Experience from 1997 to 2006
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Identification of Viral Pathogens for Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children at Seoul During Autumn and Winter Seasons of the Year of 2008-2009
Purpose: The Purposes of this study are to identify the circulating etiologic viruses of acute lower respiratory tract infection in children and to understand the relation with clinical diagnosis.
Methods: We obtained a total of 418 nasopharyngeal aspirates from children admitted for their acute lower respiratory tract infections at three tertiary hospitals in Seoul from September 2008 to March 2009. We performed multiplex RT-PCR to identify 14 etiologic viruses and analyzed their emerging patterns and clinical features.
Results: Average age of patients was 16.4 months old and the ratio of male to female was 1.36. Viruses were detected in 56.2% of a total of 418 samples. Respiratory syncytial virus (35%) was the most frequently detected and followed by human rhinovirus (22%), human bocavirus, adenovirus, human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, influenza virus and human coronavirus. Co-infection reached 21.9 % of positive patients.
Conclusion: When we manage the patients with acute lower respiratory infectious diseases, we should remind the role of various viral pathogens, which might be circulating by seasons and by local areasope
Identification of Recombinant Human Rhinovirus A and C in Circulating Strains from Upper and Lower Respiratory Infections
Human rhinoviruses (HRVs), in the Enterovirus genus within the family Picornaviridae, are a highly prevalent cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI). Enteroviruses are genetically highly variable, and recombination between serotypes is known to be a major contribution to their diversity. Recently it was reported that recombination events in HRVs cause the diversity of HRV-C. This study analyzed parts of the viral genes spanning the 5β² non- coding region (NCR) through to the viral protein (VP) encoding sequences of 105 HRV field isolates from 51 outpatient cases of Acute Respiratory Infectious Network (ARINET) and 54 inpatient cases of severe lower respiratory infection (SLRI) surveillance, in order to identify recombination in field samples. When analyzing parts of the 5β²NCR and VP4/VP2 encoding sequences, we found intra- and interspecies recombinants in field strains of HRV-A and -C. Nineteen cases of recombination events (18.1%) were found among 105 field strains. For HRV-A, there were five cases (4.8%) of intraspecies recombination events and three cases (2.8%) of interspecies recombination events. For HRV-C, there were four cases (3.8%) of intraspecies recombination events and seven cases (6.7%) of interspecies recombination events. Recombination events were significantly more frequently observed in the ARINET samples (18 cases) than in the SLRI samples (1 case; P< 0.0001). The recombination breakpoints were located in nucleotides (nt) 472β554, which comprise stem-loop 5 in the internal ribosomal entry site (IRES), based on the HRV-B 35 sequence (accession no. FJ445187). Our findings regarding genomic recombination in circulating HRV-A and -C strains suggest that recombination might play a role in HRV fitness and could be a possible determinant of disease severity caused by various HRV infections in patients with ARI.ope
Clinical Characteristic of Respiratory Tract Infections in Children during Pandemic Influenza (H1N1 2009) in Korea
BACKGROUND: Since initial emergence on pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) in Mexico on March 2009, the first case of pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) occured on 2 May 2009 in Korea. We describe the clinical characteristics of childhood patients from pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) and other concurrent respiratory pathogens during early phase of the pandemic influenza in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We have retrospectively studied 959 patients under age of 15 years who have visited Department of Emergency Medicine for a diagnostic test of pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) or treatment of flu-like illness between May and September of 2009. The pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) was detected via real-time RT-PCR and other respiratory viruses were detected via multiplex RT-PCR. RESULTS: A total of 959 patients visited Department of Emergency Medicine at Severance Hospital. Of them, 562 were tested; 124 (12.7%) were positive for pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009). Confirmed patients of pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) were relatively older than non-H1N1 patients (7.5 years of age vs 4.6 years, P<0.001). Among histories or symptoms of patients with flu-like illness, contact history (80%) with another patient with pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) was an important clue of the infection in early phase of pandemic. Comparing with hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections due to other causes, lower ESR (32.9+/-23.5 mm/hour vs 11.5+/-9.2 mm/hour), hyperkalemia (4.2+/-0.3 mmol/L vs 5.2+/-3 mmol/L) and hyponatremia (137.2+/-2.5 mmol/L vs 124+/-40.5 mmol/L) were significant laboratory finding and higher cholesterol and GTP were noticed in pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009). Ten confirmed patients with pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) were hospitalized due to pneumonia and all of them were resolved without any complication. CONCLUSIONS: Respiratory tract infections were caused not only by pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009) virus but also various respiratory viruses. Hospitalized patients, confirmed as pandemic influenza (H1N1 2009), showed a good prognosis. Age and contact history were distinct features and could be an important clue to differentiate causes in patients with febrile respiratory symptoms.ope
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is comprised of a heterogeneous group of several disease subtypes that are characterized by the onset of arthritis before the age of 16 years and has symptoms lasting at least 6 weeks. The previous classification of JIA included seven different categories, whereas its current classification was compiled by the International League of the Association for Rheumatology, and replaced the previous terms of "juvenile chronic arthritis" and "juvenile rheumatoid arthritis," which were used in Europe or North America, respectively, with the single nomenclature of JIA. As mentioned above, JIA is defined as arthritis of unknown etiology that manifests itself before the age of 16 years and persists for at least 6 weeks, while excluding other known conditions. The clinical symptoms of JIA can be quite variable. Several symptoms that are characteristic of arthritis are not necessarily diagnostic of JIA and may have multiple etiologies that can be differentiated with careful examination of patient history. The disease may develop over days or sometimes weeks, thereby making the diagnosis difficult at the time of presentation. To make a clinical diagnosis of JIA, the first step is to exclude arthritis with known etiologies. Of note, late treatment due to excessive delay of diagnosis can cause severe damage to joints and other organs and impair skeletal maturation. Therefore, early detection of JIA is critical to ensure prompt treatment and to prevent long-term complications including the likelihood of disability in childhoodope
Serotype Distribution of Pneumococcus Isolated from the Ear Discharge in Children with Otitis Media in 2001-2006
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