Seung-jun Choi

LUMIPULSE G1200 showed well-concordant results with ARCITHECT for hepatitis B serologic tests. However, results near the cutoff values would need to be retested with other immunoassay or molecular methods, when the serological profiles of HBV markers are unusual or are not correlated to the clinical conditions of the patient, due to discrepancies between the immunoassay analyzers.

Single muscle fiber force and knee extensor quality improve with RT and RT+CR; however, CR does not enhance improvements in single muscle fiber contractility or whole muscle in response to RT in older overweight and obese men and women.

Despite the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine-induced responses decline over time; thus, booster vaccines have been approved globally. In addition, interest in natural compounds capable of improving host immunity has increased. This study aimed to examine the effect of Korean Red Ginseng (KRG) on virus-specific antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination. We conducted a 24 week clinical pilot study of 350 healthy subjects who received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and a booste

In this study, we report a case of anti-Gerbich (Ge) alloantibody to a high-prevalence Ge antigen in a donor with Fy(a-b-) phenotype. The alloantibody was detected in an Emirati boy who was admitted to a Korean tertiary hospital for marrow hematopoietic progenitor cell donation. He did not have a history of transfusion. His blood type was A, RhD+, and findings from the antibody screening and identification test showed 2+ reactivity in all panel cells except autologous cells. We concluded that it

BACKGROUND: Leukoreduced blood components are recommended for prevention of non-hemolytic febrile transfusion reactions, HLA alloimmunization, platelet transfusion refractoriness, and transfusion-transmissible diseases. In addition, prestorage leukoreduction may be advantageous to poststorage leukoreduction. The authors investigated the current status of usage of leukoreduced blood components in Korea. METHODS: We surveyed 2,373 medical facilities, where blood components were supplied from Korea

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to develop machine learning (ML) prediction models for identifying bloodstream infection (BSI) and septic shock (SS) in pediatric patients with cancer who presenting febrile neutropenia (FN) at emergency department (ED) visit. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on patients, younger than 18 years of age, who visited a tertiary university-affiliated hospital ED due to FN between January 2004 and August 2022. ML models, based on XGBoost, were dev

Antibodies to high-incidence red blood cell antigens should be considered if panagglutination reactions are noted in all panel cells, and negative reactions to autologous red blood cells are detected on antibody screening and identification tests. In Korea, most of those antibodies are identified through international reference laboratories. To prevent a hemolytic transfusion reaction, antigen-negative red cells should be provided for those patients who have antibodies to red cell antigens. Howe

Background: Accurate blood typing is essential for blood transfusions, and requires the constant evaluation and maintenance of ABO and D blood grouping reagents. In the present study, we developed cryopreserved red blood cell (RBC) panels and evaluated their feasibility as a standard reference material to verify the quality of ABO and D blood grouping reagents in Korea. Methods: RBC units obtained from healthy donors were cryopreserved using a high-glycerol method. A total of 400 sets of RBC pan

ABSTRACT: ABO antigen weakness is rarely observed in ABO typing for transfusion. Hematologic diseases and associated gene mutations have been suggested as potential causes of this phenomenon, yet the precise etiology has not been elucidated. Through ABO typing and genetic analysis data conducted over 7 years, we have reconfirmed the association between ABO antigen weakness and hematologic diseases, especially acute myeloid leukemia (odds ratio [OR], 2.55; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.12-5.83)

A 72-year-old man with general weakness visited the outpatient clinic of the hematology department. The patient had been treated under the diagnosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia for 2 years. His hemoglobin level at the time of the visit was 6.3 g/dL, and a blood transfusion was requested to treat his anemia. The patient's blood type was A, RhD positive. Antibody screening and identification test showed agglutination in all reagent cells with a positive reaction to autologous red blood cells (R

We describe a case of a c.4825G>A (p.Gly1609Arg [Gly846Arg]) missense mutation in the gene encoding von Willebrand factor (vWF) in a Korean patient with von Willebrand disease (vWD) type 2A. The proband is a 37-year-old female who suffers from dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia. On laboratory testing, we found a low (0.01) vWF:RCo/Ag ratio, a decrease in high and intermediate molecular weight multimers from plasma, and abnormalities in the collagen binding capacity of plasma vWF, all of which were ind

Background: The clinical importance of transfusing older RBCs versus newer RBCs remains controversial, with some studies identifying adverse consequences and others have not. We evaluated the age of RBCs transfused in a Korean tertiary hospital and the improvement of the in-hospital inventory period by reducing the level of inventory in the hospital blood bank. Methods: The packed RBCs that were issued from November 14th, 2009 to November 13th, 2010 were analyzed. The inventory level was reduced

Dear Editor, Coagulation factor XI (FXI) is a member of the “contact pathway” and is activated either intrinsically by coagulation factor XII (FXII) or by thrombin, which is produced by an extrinsic pathway and plays an important role in hemostasis [1]. Factor XI deficiency, also known as hemophilia C, is a predominantly autosomal recessive genetic bleeding disorder that was first reported in 1953 [2] and was found to be particularly prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population [3]. The main cli