Elderly kidney transplant recipients have favorable outcomes but increased infection-related mortality

임정훈,Lee Ga Young,Jeon Yena,Jung Hee-Yeon,Choi Ji Young,CHO, JANG-HEE,Park Sun Hee,김용림,Kim Hyung-Kee,Huh Seung,유은상,Won Dong Il,Kim Chan-Duck 대한신장학회 2022 Kidney Research and Clinical Practice Vol.41 No.3

Background: The number of elderly patients with end-stage kidney disease has been increasing, but the outcomes of kidney transplants (KT) remain poorly understood in elderly patients. Therefore, we evaluated the clinical outcomes of elderly KT recipients and analyzed the impact of elderly donors. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent KT between 2000 and 2019. KT recipients were divided into four groups according to a combination of recipient and donor age (≥60 or <60 years); elderly recipients: old-to-old (n = 46) and young-to-old (n = 83); young recipients: old-to-young (n = 98) and young-to-young (n = 796). We compared the risks of mortality, graft failure, and acute rejection between groups using Cox regression analysis. Results: The incidence of delayed graft function, graft failure, and acute rejection was not different among groups. Annual mean tacrolimus trough level was not lower in elderly recipients than young recipients during 10-year follow-up. Mortality was significantly higher in elderly recipients (p = 0.001), particularly infection-related mortality (p < 0.001). In multivariable Cox regression analysis, old-toold and young-to-old groups had increased risk of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 2.89; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14– 7.32; p = 0.03; aHR, 3.06; 95% CI, 1.51–6.20; p = 0.002). However, graft failure and acute rejection risks were not increased in elderly recipients. Conclusion: In elderly recipients, graft survival and acute rejection-free survival were not inferior to those of young recipients. However, mortality, especially risk of infection-related death, was increased in elderly recipients. Thus, low immunosuppression intensity might help decrease mortality in elderly recipients.

성인병에 대한 한방치료법(증치의학과 사상의학)에 관한 연구 : 고혈압에 대한 한방치료법(중치의학과 사상의학)에 관한 연구

박동일,김영균,안창범,이인선,김종원,권정남,장경전,이인선,이성근,장용우,신영민 동의대학교 한의학연구소 1999 동의한의연구 Vol.3 No.-

We had a result of the treatment as below when is devided Korean medicine Tx.. Western medical Tx., Cooperative Tx.. 1) At the improvement of BP control, an average in Korean medicine Tx. (from 170㎜Hg/100㎜Hg to 150㎜Hg/90㎜Hg), an average in Western medical Tr. (from 170㎜Hg/100㎜Hg to 130㎜Hg/80㎜Hg), an average in Cooperative Tx.(from 180㎜Hg/110㎜Hg to 130㎜Hg/90㎜Hg), generally all pars had improvements of BP control. But it is not significant of each case. 2) At the improvement of symptoms by the apologetics, Cooperative Tx. is profitable in cases of 'GanHwa',' DamEum', 'EumYangYangHer', 'EumHer'. Korean medicine Tx. is superior in case of 'GiChe'. 3) At the improvement of symptoms by a questionnaire, Korean medical Tx., Western medical Tx., Cooperative Tx. groups had improvements, but each practice group didn't have specific significance. Only it was somewhat profitable to Korean medical Tx. in the 210㎜Hg/110㎜Hg, Western medical Tx. in the 180㎜Hg/110㎜Hg, Cooperative Tx, in the 170㎜Hg/90㎜ Hg. 4) There are the apparent improvements in patients whose BP are over 200㎜Hg of Korean medical Tx. group, whose BP are over 190㎜Hg of Western medical Tx. group and whose BP are over 170㎜Mg of Cooperative Tx. group. There are the improvement of diastolic BP in 110㎜Mg(Korean medical Tx., Western medical Tx.) and 90㎜Hg(Cooperative Tx.). 5) At the improvement of Pulse pressure, generally Pulse pressure are decreased. There are similar improvements in all of Korean medical Tx., Western medical Tx., and Cooperative Tx.. 6) At the Symptomatic approvement according to ages, Korean medical Tx., Cooperative Tx. are somewhat good for his twentieth, and Western medical Tx. is somewhat good for his forties. 7) the correlation of Obesity-grade and BP, as Obesity-grade is higher as BP is higher, but there are no similarity in the improvement. 8) At the EAV improvements, as examination into correlation with the point of 1~3th, we could get results as below. There are high improvements of DRHTM, DRALM, DLLYM, DLLIM in Cooperative Tx. There are high improvements of DRPASI, DLLARI in the Korean medical Tx. group. There are high improvements of DRFADM in Western medical Tx. group.

산업자재용 폴리에스터 섬유의 강도 향상에 관한 연구

박영신,남영식,정상영,최재호,장기혁,박원호,Park, Young-Shin,Nam, Young-Sik,Jung, Sang-Young,Choi, Jae-Ho,Jang, Ki-Hyuk,Park, Won-Ho 한국섬유공학회 2012 한국섬유공학회지 Vol.49 No.1

In this work, effects of total draw ratio change on the mechanical properties of polyester fibers were studied. The process parameter was a total draw ratio and the draw ratios that were used ranged from 6.6 to 7.0. Tensile properties are determined from the tensile tester, and crystallite parameters from the density measurement and X-ray diffraction were discussed with the different total draw ratios. The tenacity, young's modulus and crystallinity were increased to 10.6 g/d, 123.2 g/d and 42.1%, respectively, with increase in the total draw ratio. The relations between total draw ratio and mechanical properties of high tenacity polyester fiber were discussed.

우리나라 노인여성의 골다공증성 척추골절로 인한 경제적 부담 추계

강혜영,강대룡,장영화,박성은,최원정,문성환,양규현,Kang, Hye-Young,Kang, Dae-Ryong,Jang, Young-Hwa,Park, Sung-Eun,Choi, Won-Jung,Moon, Seong-Hwan,Yang, Kyu-Hyun 대한예방의학회 2008 예방의학회지 Vol.41 No.5

Objectives : To estimate the economic burden of osteoporotic vertebral fracture (VF) from a societal perspective. Methods : From 2002 to 2004, we identified all National Health Insurance claims records for women ${\geq}50$ years old with a diagnosis of VF. The first 6-months was defined as a "clearance period," such that patients were considered as incident cases if their first claim of fracture was recorded after June 30, 2002. We only included patients with ${\geq}$ one claim of a diagnosis of, or prescription for, osteoporosis over 3 years. For each patient, we cumulated the claims amount for the first visit and for the follow-up treatments for 1 year. The hospital charge data from 4 hospitals were investigated to measure the proportion of the non-covered services. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 106 patients from the 4 study sites to measure the out-of-pocket spending outside of hospitals. Results : During 2.5 years, 131,453 VF patients were identified. The patients had an average of 3.38 visits, 0.40 admissions and 6.36 inpatient days. The per capita cost was 1,909,690 Won: 71.5% for direct medical costs, 20.6% for direct non-medical costs and 7.9% for indirect costs. The per capita cost increased with increasing age: 1,848,078 Won for those aged 50-64, 2,084,846 Won for 65-74, 2,129,530 Won for 75-84and 2,121,492 Won for those above 84. Conclusions : Exploring the economic burden of osteoporotic VF is expected to motivate to adopt effective treatment options for osteoporosis in order to prevent the incidence of fracture and the consequent costs.

아메바성 대장염과 연관된 Henoch-Scho¨nlein Purpura 1예

장재현,원경준,이준,변유미,이재광,김영훈,박찬국,김만우 朝鮮大學校 附設 醫學硏究所 2006 The Medical Journal of Chosun University Vol.31 No.3

Henoch-SchonIein purpura is a common form of vasculitis primarily involving the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, the joints, the kidneys, and the nervous system. The etiological investigations are essential, because triggering factors are found in approximately half the patients such as viral, bacterial and parasitic infections, drugs, toxins, systemic diseases and cancer. But it's the correlation between Henoch-SchonIein purpura and Entamoeba histolytica has been rarely reported. We report a 29-years-old woman with Henoch-SchoIein purpura complicated by the lower gastrointestinal bleeding caused by the amoebic colitis. She complained of cramping abdominal pain, lower extremity purpura and hematochezia. Cysts and trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica were detected in her stool. Skin biopsy demonstrated the leukocytoclastic vasculitis. She was administered metronidazole 1,500㎎ a day for the treatment of amebic colitis. Her hematochezia was improved, but the abdominal pain and purpura were not. The subsequent corticosteroid therapy improved her symptoms.

난소 절제 백서에서 17β-Estradiol 투여가 골조직에 미치는 영향

장원석,김종렬,박봉수,성일용 대한악안면성형재건외과학회 2002 Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Vol.24 No.4

This study was focused on the changes of mineral density and histopathologic features of osseous tissue when ovariectomized rats were administered with 17β-Estradiol. Forty-eight rats, 11 weeks of age, were divided into four groups, which are a normal control group, an ovariectomized control group, an experimental group 1 which was given 17β-estradiol immediately after the ovariectomy and an experimental group 2 which was given 17β-Estradiol 3 weeks after the ovariectomy. They were sacrificed at different time intervals (1, 3, 4 and 8 weeks) for histopathologic observation, histo-morphometric analysis and immunohistochemistry with fibronectin and CD34 antibody. Most rats showed the increase in bone density, which was the least in the ovariectomized control group. In histopathologic features of both the mandible and the tibia, the osteoclasts in bone marrow increased in the ovariectomized control group of more than 3 weeks. In histomorphometric analysis, the osteoclasts increased in both the mandible and the tibia in length of time. In comparison of the increase of osteoclast between four groups, it decreased as following order: the ovariectomized control group, the expermiental group 2 the experimental group 1, the normal control group. Especially the experimental group 1 and experimental group 2 at 4 weeks showed remarkable changes both in the mandible and in the tibia in comparison with the ovariectomized control group. In immunohistochemical anaylsis with fibronectin, the more week-ovariectomized control groups of both the mandible and the tibia showed weaker fibronectin expression in osteoblast and bone marrow. Among the experimental group 1 and 2, 4-week group showed the strongest expression. In immunohistochemical analysis with CD34, the mandible showed generally weak expression but 8-week experimental group 1 and 2 showed relatively moderate expression in osteoblast and bone marrow. In case of the same groups of tibia, 4-week group show the strongest expression. With all these results, it is assumed that 17β-Estradiol has more effect on the development and differentiation of osteoclasts than those of osteoblasts and contributes to the initial bone formation most efficiently by inhibiting osteoclastic action and stimulating osteoblasts.

ECG 압축 알고리즘에 관한 연구

장원석,윤영로 연세대학교 보건과학연구소 1997 보건과학논집 Vol.7 No.-

보의 전단 내력에 관한 실험적 연구

장원영,고봉수,은희창,서일교 제주대학교 공과대학 첨단기술연구소 2001 尖端技術硏究所論文集 Vol.12 No.2

The objective of this study is to describe the shear behavior of reinforced concrete beams. Twenty-four specimens were tested with the variables of concrete strength, the strength and spacing of shear bars, and support conditions. The specimens without the shear reinforcement bars showed the shear failure with the abrupt deterioration of shear capacity. The ones with the shear bars exhibited the enhanced capacity with the yielding of longitudinal bars or crushing of compressive concrete. It was observed that the specimens had an flexural effect. Also, the specimens with the continued support condition showed more flexural and shear capacity than the ones with the simple supports, and it was shown that the results satisfied the ACI code.

3차원 적층패키지의 Cu-Cu 접합부의 정량적 접합강도 평가 및 향상에 관한 연구

장은정,김재원,Kim, Bioh,Thorsten Matthias,현승민,이학주,박영배 한국공작기계학회 2009 한국공작기계학회 춘계학술대회논문집 Vol.2009 No.-

The quantitative interfacial adhesion energy of Cu-Cu direct thermo-compression specimen with bonding temperature and wet pre-treatment was measured by using 4 point bending test for 3-D IC integration. The evaluated interfacial adhesion energy was 2.79±0.82, 3.46±0.87, 4.93±0.2 J/㎡ bonding temperature 300, 350, 400℃ and 0.29, 1.28, 1.64, 1.17 and 0.43 J/㎡ acetic acid pre-treatment at 35℃ for 0, 1, 5, 10, and 15 min. From the result, 5 min treated Cu to Cu thermo-compression bonding has the highest interfacial adhesion energy at 350℃.

한랭노출과 고혈압의 연관성

장태원,김윤규,윤동영,이창희,홍영습,신해림,정갑열,김준연 大韓産業醫學會 2001 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.13 No.4

Objectives : This study was carried out to suggest preventive methods for hypertension in cold-exposed workers. Methods : In 11 refs·iteration industries, 68 workers working in refrigerated areas more than one time per day were selected as the exposed group, and 68 workers not exposed to cold were selected as the control group. We interviewed the subjects with a questionnaire covering occupational history, and conducted clinical and laboratory tests including measurements of blood pressure and core temperature. Results : The systolic blood pressure in the exposed group(130.0±13.3 mmHg) was significantly higher than that recorded In the control group(118.3±12.1 mmHg), as was the diastolic blood pressure in the exposed group(82.7±8.5 mmHg) versus the control group(77.4±8.7 mmHg). The core temperature in the exposed group(36.1±0.7℃) was significantly lower than that experienced in the control group (36.4±0.5℃). In logistic regression analysis, age, cold exposure severity and milk intake were significant variables, with odds ratios of 5.204(95 % CI 1.440∼18.812), 2.674(95 % CI 1.080∼6.618), and 0.364(95 % Cl 0.141∼0.942) , respectively. Conclusions : Our study suggests that cold-exposed workers have higher a higher risk of hypertension, and that their core temperature is lower. Risk factors affecting hyper-tension of cold-exposed workers include age, cold exposure severity and milk intake. For the prevention of hypertension, cold-exposed workers should minimize cold-exposure time as much as possible.