Byungki Kim

Background: The impact of myocardial damage on the prognosis of patients with septic shock is not clearly elucidated because complex hemodynamic changes in sepsis obscure the direct relationship. We evaluated left ventricular (LV) conditions that reflect myocardial damage independently from hemodynamic changes in septic shock and their influence on the prognosis of patients. Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 208 adult patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit and underwent echocar

Purpose: Early recognition and therapeutic intervention are important in patients at high risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS). The lung injury prediction score (LIPS) has been used to predict ARDS development; however, it was developedbased on the previous definition of ARDS. We investigated the predictive role of LIPS in ARDS development according to its Berlindefinition in the Korean population. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study that enrolled adult patients ad

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is increasing in immigrants. We aimed to investigate the current status of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment for North Korean Refugees (NKR) compared to South Koreans Contacts (SKC). Methods: TB close contacts in a closed facility of SKC and NKR who underwent LTBI screening in a settlement support center for NKR were analyzed retrospectively. Results: Among tuberculin skin test (TST) ≥10 mm (n=298) reactors, the males accounted for 72.2% in SKC (n=126)

미국의 오바마 대통령은 2012년 연두에 미 국방예산 삭감과 그로 인한 우선순위의 조정을 요구하는 국방전략지침을 하달하였고, 이에 근거하여 미군은 기존에 추진해오던 과제들의 우선순위를 조정하고, 효율적으로 수행하고자 노력하고 있다. 이번 미국의 신 국방전략지침은 동북아시아의 세력균형에도 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 이번 국방전략지침에서 미국은 중국과의 전략적 경쟁을 공식적으로 표명하고 있고, 중국의 접근거부 및 지역거부를 극복할 수 있는 능력을 특별히 강조하고 있기 때문이다. 중국의 국방예산은 증대되는 데 비하여 미국의 국방예산이 지속적으로 감소될 경우 장기적으로 세력균형에 변화가 발생할 것이다. 따라서 한국은 동북아시아 세력정치를 고려하면서 주변국과의 관계를 발전시킬 필요가 있 다. 동시에 세력정치가 강화될수록 한미동맹이 중요해진다는 점에서 이의 지속적인 강화 및 발전에 노력할 필요가 있고, 북한 핵무기의 위협에 대한 독자적 대응력을 강화하면서 앞으로 대두할 다양한 위협을 예측하여 전략

South Korea, the United States, and the international community should recognize that the diplomatic approach, including the Six-Party Talks, has not been effective in either delaying or rolling back North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. North Korea conducted two nuclear tests and is believed to have several nuclear bombs,deliverable by either missiles or aircraft. South Korea, the primary target of North Korean nuclear development and strategy,should extend its deterrent, offensive, and defensive ca

Background: The number of immigrants with tuberculosis (TB) increases each year in South Korea. Determining the transmission dynamics based on whole genome sequencing (WGS) to cluster the strains has been challenging. Methods: WGS, annotation refinement, and orthology assignment for the GenBank accession number acquisition were performed on two clinical isolates from Chinese immigrants. In addition, the genomes of the two isolates were compared with the genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isol

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze and interpret the basic drivers of Russian foreign policy since 1998, with the emphasis on the Russian power elite’s foreign policy perception by emphasizing the historical factors at work since the 16th century up to the end of the Cold War in 1991. In this paper, the authors argue that the Russian power elite’s perception of the outside world was shaped critically on the one part by the standing experience of the formation of the Russian state of Mu