Blood temperature monitoring-guided vascular access intervention improved dialysis adequacy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether blood temperature monitoring-guided vascular access intervention could improve dialysis adequacy.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated all patients who received outpatient-based prevalent hemodialysis patients ( = 84) in our artificial kidney room between January 2019 and October 2019. Through blood temperature monitoring, access blood flow was calculated every month and / was calculated every 3 months.

Long-Term Outcome of Kidney Retransplantation in Comparison With First Transplantation: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

Background: Advances in renal transplantation have improved graft survival. However, many patients experience graft failure due to chronic renal allograft nephropathy. Although renal retransplantation is increasingly performed, its outcome is controversial.

A Half-Century 3000 Cases of Kidney Transplant Experiences in a Single Hospital: the Longest Registry in Korea.

Background: This study aims to analyze the entire registry of kidney transplant over the past 50 years and understand the clinical significance.

Methods: From the data on 3012 kidney transplants performed at our center between March 1969 and September 2018, we analyzed retrospectively clinical variables.

Results: Until September 2018, there have been 3012 kidney transplants performed.

Exposure to Hyperchloremia Is Associated with Poor Early Recovery of Kidney Graft Function after Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Propensity Score-Matching Analysis.

The effects of hyperchloremia on kidney grafts have not been investigated in patients undergoing living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). In this study, data from 200 adult patients undergoing elective LDKT between January 2016 and December 2017 were analyzed after propensity score (PS) matching. The patients were allocated to hyperchloremia and non-hyperchloremia groups according to the occurrence of hyperchloremia (i.

Quality of Life and Physical Ability Changes After Hospital-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients With Myocardial Infarction.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on quality of life (QOL) and physical ability in patients with myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods: Patients with MI who were referred to the Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation Center 2 weeks after percutaneous coronary intervention were divided into CR and non-CR groups. The CR group performed supervised exercises 3 times a week for 2 months.

Initial Serum Ammonia as a Predictor of Neurologic Complications in Patients with Acute Glufosinate Poisoning.

Purpose: Glufosinate poisoning can cause neurologic complications that may be difficult to treat due to delayed manifestation. Studies assessing possible predictors of complications are lacking. Although serum ammonia level is a potential predictor of severe neurotoxicity, it has only been assessed via case reports.

Evaluation of cardiac function using transthoracic echocardiography in patients with myocardial injury secondary to methomyl poisoning.

Generally, the mortality rate for cases of carbamate poisoning is low, but fatalities secondary to methomyl poisoning have been reported including a case report of cardiac toxicity following short-term exposure to methomyl. There have been no reports, however, regarding patterns of cardiac toxicity after exposure to methomyl. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence and patterns of myocardial injury using a biochemical marker, troponin I (TnI), and evaluated cardiac function using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).

Delayed onset of acute limb compartment syndrome with neuropathy after venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy.

Acute limb compartment syndrome (ALCS) is defined as compound symptoms resulting from poor oxygenation and decreased nutrition supply to muscles and nerves in a tightly confined compartment. The most common cause of ALCS is tibia fracture, followed by blunt trauma to soft tissue. However, non-traumatic causes are rare.

Recapitulation of previous genome-wide association studies with two distinct pathophysiological entities of gastric cancer in the Korean population.

Gastric cancer (GC) is the most common malignancy. The incidence rates remain remarkably high in East Asians. Although genome-wide association studies in the Han Chinese and Japanese populations have so far yielded susceptibility loci for GC, these findings need to be validated in an independent ethnic group.

First report of human acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by the fish pathogen Lactococcus garvieae.

We report herein the first case of acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae, which is known as a fish pathogen. A 69-year-old fisherman underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to severe inflammation in the gallbladder. The isolate obtained from the gallbladder was identified as L.

Feasibility and effects of newly developed balance control trainer for mobility and balance in chronic stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility and effects of balance training with a newly developed Balance Control Trainer (BCT) that applied the concept of vertical movement for the improvements of mobility and balance in chronic stroke patients.

Method: Forty chronic stroke patients were randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group. The experimental group (n=20) underwent training with a BCT for 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 4 weeks, in addition to concurrent conventional physical therapy.

Genome-wide association study identifies GYS2 as a novel genetic factor for polycystic ovary syndrome through obesity-related condition.

To investigate the role of genetic predisposition in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in relation to obesity, we performed a genome-wide association study of PCOS in Koreans (n=1741). PCOS is a heterogeneous endocrinal disorder of uncertain etiology. Obesity is one of the well-known risk factors for PCOS.

Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids.

Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) and are targets for therapeutic intervention. We screened the genome for common variants associated with plasma lipids in >100,000 individuals of European ancestry. Here we report 95 significantly associated loci (P < 5 x 10(-8)), with 59 showing genome-wide significant association with lipid traits for the first time.

An estimation of the first positive Lyapunov exponent of the EEG in patients with schizophrenia.

We studied the complexity of the electroencephalogram (EEG) in schizophrenic patients by estimating the first Lyapunov exponent (L1), which might serve as an indicator of the specific brain function in schizophrenia. We recorded the EEG from 25 schizophrenic patients (12 male, 13 female; age=25.1+/-7.