Publications by authors named "Doh-Eui Kim"

(1) Background: The clinical significance of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep-dependent obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) remains controversial because various criteria have been used to describe it. This study determined the clinical significance of REM-OSA in Koreans using data from patients with sufficient total sleep time (TST) and REM sleep duration. (2) Methods: We investigated 1824 patients with OSA who were diagnosed by polysomnography (PSG).

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Stroke patients undergo extensive changes in muscle mass which lead to stroke-related sarcopenia. Stroke-related sarcopenia has a significant impact on the functional outcome of stroke survivors. So, it is important to measure muscle mass in stroke patients.

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Injury of lower cranial nerves (CNs) by skull base fracture after head trauma can occur sometimes. However, selectively different CN damage on either side is extremely rare. A 53-year-old man had difficulty of swallowing, phonation, and articulation after falling off his bicycle.

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Flank pain is a common reason for visits to the emergency room. The most common reason warranting hospital visits are urology-related problems. However, there are many other causes, such as musculoskeletal lesions, that difficult to achieve a correct diagnosis.

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Background: There is growing evidence of increased cardiovascular risk including hypertension in patients with periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS). In a multiethnic cohort study, the association between prevalent hypertension and PLMS varied according to ethnicity. We evaluated whether PLMS are associated with hypertension in Koreans.

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Abnormal nocturnal behavior can have many causes, including primary sleep disorder, nocturnal seizures, and underlying medical or neurological disorders. A 79-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes was admitted for evaluation of abnormal nocturnal behavior. Every night at around 04:30 she was observed displaying abnormal behavior including leg shaking, fumbling with bedclothes, crawling around the room with her eyes closed, and non-responsiveness to verbal communication.

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Purpose: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices can estimate apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) using respiratory event detection algorithms. In 2012, rules for manually scoring respiratory events during sleep were updated to version 2.0.

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Objective: To investigate the sleep state of mild stroke patients and relationship between sleep disturbance and functional status.

Methods: A total of 80 acute stroke patients were enrolled in this study. The criteria for inclusion in the study was as following: 1) first stroke, 2) cognitive function preserved enough to perform the test (Mini Mental State Examination ≥24), 3) good functional levels (Modified Rankin Scale ≤3), 4) upper extremity motor function preserved enough to perform occupational tests (hand strength test, Purdue pegboard test, 9-hole peg test, and Medical Research Council score ≥3), and 5) less than 2 weeks between the stroke and the assessment.

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Purpose: A new leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 gene (LGI1) mutation inducing an amino acid sequence substitution was found in a Korean family with autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (ADLTE). We report the clinical features and characteristics of this newly identified LGI1 mutation.

Methods: Clinical data were collected from a large ADLTE family.

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Background: Although cigarette smoking has been established as an important risk factor for stroke, the effect on the atherosclerotic stenosis, which are based on observational studies, have been controversial. We set out to examine the differences in the risk factors between smokers and nonsmokers and to investigate the association of cigarette smoking with cerebral arterial stenosis.

Methods: A total of 989 consecutive patients with acute noncardioembolic ischemic stroke were prospectively enrolled from June 2004 to January 2010.

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Background: Demonstrating the precise anatomical area of the internal border zone (IB) by brain imaging has been unclear, and it is not well known which relevant arteries are associated with IB infarction.

Methods: Patients with IB infarctions were selected from 748 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke. The IB infarctions were identified by coronal diffusion-weighted imaging, excluding lesions over the upper pole of the lateral ventricle.

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