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Article: Therapeutic hypothermia in adult cardiac arrest because of drowning.
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ABSTRACT: Therapeutic hypothermia in adult victims who suffer cardiac arrest following drowning has been applied in only a small number of cases. In the last 4 years, we have employed therapeutic hypothermia to decrease hypoxia-induced brain injury in these patients. The purpose of the present study was to report the results of the treatment of these patients. This study investigated the utilisation of therapeutic hypothermia on consecutive patients with cardiac arrest because of drowning between 2005 and 2008. The study was conducted retrospectively, collecting data by reviewing medical records. Hypothermia, with a target temperature of 32-34°C, was induced for 24 h. Neurological outcomes were classified using the cerebral performance categories (CPCs). The primary outcome was neurological function at discharge. Twenty patients were treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Four patients (20%) exhibited a favourable neurological outcome (CPC 1-2). Two patients (10%) remained in a vegetative state at discharge (CPC 4), and 14 patients (70%) died (CPC 5). The most common complications during therapeutic hypothermia were pancreatitis and rhabdomyolysis. A longer duration of advanced cardiac life support (P = 0.035), an absence of motor response to pain after 3 days (P = 0.003), an abnormal brain imaging (P = 0.005) and a lack of cortical response to somatosensory evoked potential (P = 0.008) were related to an unfavourable outcome (CPC 3-5). The present study did not demonstrate an advantage of therapeutic hypothermia in adult cardiac arrest after drowning compared with previous studies treated with conventional therapy. Further prospective studies are needed to evaluate the effects of therapeutic hypothermia.Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 10/2011; 56(1):116-23. · 2.19 Impact Factor -
Article: Modulation of skin collagen metabolism in aged and photoaged human skin in vivo.
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ABSTRACT: To the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted to date to directly compare the collagen metabolism of photoaged and naturally aged human skin. In this study, we compared collagen synthesis, matrix metalloproteinase-1 levels, and gelatinase activity of sun-exposed and sun-protected skin of both young and old subjects. Using northern blot analysis, immunohistochemical stain, and Western blot analysis, we demonstrated that the levels of procollagen type I mRNA and protein in photoaged and naturally aged human skin in vivo are significantly lower than those of young skin. Furthermore, we demonstrated, by northern blot analysis, that the procollagen alpha1(I) mRNA expression of photoaged skin is much greater than that of sun-protected skin in the same individual. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemical stain were used to show that the expression of type I procollagen mRNA and protein in the fibroblasts of photoaged skin is greater than for naturally aged skin. In addition, it was found, by Western blot analysis using protein extracted from the dermal tissues, that the level of procollagen type I protein in photoaged skin is lower than that of naturally aged skin. The level of matrix metalloproteinase-1 protein and the activity of matrix metalloproteinase-2 were higher in the dermis of photoaged skin than in naturally aged skin. Our results suggest that the natural aging process decreases collagen synthesis and increases the expression of matrix metalloproteinases, whereas photoaging results in an increase of collagen synthesis and greater matrix metalloproteinase expression in human skin in vivo. Thus, the balance between collagen synthesis and degradation leading to collagen deficiency is different in photoaged and naturally aged skin.Journal of Investigative Dermatology 12/2001; 117(5):1218-24. · 6.31 Impact Factor -
Article: Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis treated with naproxen.
British Journal of Dermatology 10/2001; 145(3):514-5. · 3.67 Impact Factor -
Article: Cutaneous photodamage in Koreans: influence of sex, sun exposure, smoking, and skin color.
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ABSTRACT: Severe wrinkles and pigmentary changes of the exposed skin indicate substantial damage due to UV radiation. Many investigators believe that the principal manifestation of photodamage in Asians is pigmentary change rather than wrinkles. However, to our knowledge, no well-designed study has investigated the characteristics of cutaneous photodamage in Asian skin. To access the severity of wrinkles and dyspigmentation in Koreans exposed to sun and who smoked. We developed new photographic scales for grading wrinkles and dyspigmentation in 407 Koreans to assess the severity of the wrinkles and dyspigmentation. We interviewed subjects to determine cumulative sun exposure and smoking history, and measured the skin color of individual subjects. Our photographic scales provided a reliable evaluation of photodamage severity in Koreans. The pattern of wrinkling in both sexes is similar, but women tended to have more severe wrinkles (prevalence odds ratio, 3.7). However, the pattern of dyspigmentation differed between the sexes. Seborrheic keratosis is the major pigmentary lesion in men, whereas hyperpigmented macules are the prominent features in women. Cigarette smoking is an independent risk factor for wrinkles, but not for dyspigmentation, in Koreans, and causes additive detrimental effects to wrinkles induced by aging and sun exposure. The constitutive skin color did not show any correlation with wrinkles or dyspigmentation. However, facultative pigmentation (sun exposure index) may reflect lifetime sun exposure, and it shows a good correlation with wrinkles in Koreans. Wrinkling is a major feature of photoaging in Koreans, as are pigmentary changes; smoking, sun exposure, and female sex are independent risk factors for wrinkles.Archives of Dermatology 09/2001; 137(8):1043-51. · 3.89 Impact Factor -
Article: Ultraviolet radiation increases tropoelastin mRNA expression in the epidermis of human skin in vivo.
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ABSTRACT: Photoaged skin contains elastotic materials in the upper reticular dermis. This phenomenon is commonly known as solar elastosis. Little is known about the mechanisms leading to the accumulation of elastotic materials in photoaged skin, however. In this study, it was demonstrated that ultraviolet irradiation induced tropoelastin mRNA expression in the keratinocytes of human skin in vivo and also in cultured human keratinocytes by in situ hybridization and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. It was also shown by northern blot analysis (n = 5) that there were increased tropoelastin mRNA levels in the forearm (sun-exposed) skin of elderly persons, compared with upper-inner arm (sun-protected) skin of the same individuals. As demonstrated by in situ hybridization compared to sun-protected skin (upper-inner arm) (n = 5), tropoelastin mRNA expression in photoaged skin was higher in keratinocytes as well as in fibroblasts. Therefore, our results suggest that keratinocytes are another source of tropoelastin production after acute and chronic ultraviolet irradiation in human skin in vivo.Journal of Investigative Dermatology 07/2001; 116(6):915-9. · 6.31 Impact Factor -
Article: Colchicine treatment in a patient with neutrophilic dermatosis associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
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ABSTRACT: Neutrophilic dermatoses (ND) are characterized by epidermal and dermal infiltrates of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), without any infectious or other detectable agents as a cause. We describe a case of ND, which very rapidly improved upon colchicine treatment. The patient was a 67-year-old female with an 8-month history of dusky-red, tender, swollen plaques and nodules with superimposed vesicles and bullae on the buttocks, hands, and ankles associated with rheumatoid arthritis. The diagnosis of ND was made on the basis of the clinical and histopathological features of the skin lesions. She was treated with 0.6 mg of oral colchicine twice daily. Within one week, the erythematous plaques and arthralgia began to recede and disappeared within four weeks. In our case, colchicine seemed to improve the signs and symptoms of ND and appeared to be more effective than the other drugs we had used.The Journal of Dermatology 01/2001; 27(12):782-7. · 1.49 Impact Factor -
Article: Skin is the frequent site for involvement of peripheral T-cell and natural killer cell lymphomas in Korea.
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ABSTRACT: We have studied the clinicopathological features of 19 Korean cases of peripheral T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell lymphomas, not including mycosis fungoides. Primary cutaneous involvement was demonstrated in eight of these 19 cases, and we recognized four clinicopathologic subtypes among these eight patients: nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma, three cases; primary cutaneous CD30 positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma, two cases; subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma, one case; lymphoma with hydroa vacciniforme-like cutaneous lesions, two cases. We did not, however, encounter any cases of HTLV-associated adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia, which is common in Taiwan and Japan. EBV-associated lymphoma is the most prominent type of peripheral T-cell and NK cell neoplasm involving the skin in Korea.The Journal of Dermatology 09/2000; 27(8):500-7. · 1.49 Impact Factor
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
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