Jong Min Kim

Through a catheter placed in a superficial vein on the finger, we observed a pulsatile venous pressure. To delineate the relationship between the pulsatile venous pressure and the pulse volume amplitude (PVA) recorded by photoelectric plethysmography (PEPG), both tracings were simultaneously recorded. When the PVA changed acutely or gradually, the venous pulse pressure and mean venous pressure simultaneously followed the same trend. We also found that mean PVO2 (135 mm Hg) was greater when the P

Wrist arteries of 100 patients were percutaneously cannulated with 20-gauge cannulas; pulse-wave recordings and changes in arterial-pressure wave configuration were then used to determine whether a cannulated artery was patent of occluded. At the time of decannulation, 23 of the 100 arteries were thrombosed. Of the three cannula types used in the study, the tapered Medicut was most frequently related to occlusion. Age of patient, trauma to the artery, and duration of the cannulation were not rel

Patients with an elevated BMI tended to have lower PSA values, larger PVs, and a higher IPSS. We suggest that weight loss could be helpful for BPH symptom relief as well as for detection of coexisting prostate cancer in BPH patients.

We believe that our study could contribute greatly to the initiation of islet xenotransplantation clinical trials.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the bone regeneration of hydroxyapatite (HA)/alumina bilayered scaffold with a 3 mm passage-like medullary canal in a beagle tibia model. A porous HA/alumina scaffold was fabricated using a polymeric template-coating technique. HA/alumina scaffold dimensions were 10 mm in outer diameter, 20 mm in length, and with either a 3 mm passage or no passage. A 20 mm segmental defect was induced using an oscillating saw through the diaphysis of the beagle tibia. The d

BVP may have potential benefits for treating patients with CRPS.

Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens of 17 cases of squamous cell carcinoma of Marjolin's ulcer (SCC-MU), 6 cases of common SCC (SCC), and 5 cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) were stained with three monoclonal antikeratin antibodies (CAM 5.2, MAK-6, and MA-903), a monoclonal antivimentin antibody (V9), and a polyclonal anticarcinoembryonic antigen antiserum (A115). Neoplastic cells of SCC-MU, SCC, and BCC showed consistently negative staining for CAM 5.2. A wide range of reactivi

Streptozotocin was effective for inducing DM in rhesus monkeys, but various adverse effects such as pancreatitis, liver toxicity or death were observed. Therefore, careful and suitable medical managements should be implemented to eliminate the risks of mortality and severe adverse effects.

Islet transplantation is efficacious to prevent severe hypoglycemia and glycemic liability of selected patients of type 1 diabetes. However, since calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) causes β-cell and nephrotoxicity, alternative drug(s) with similar potency and safety profile to CNI will be highly desirable. Here we tested whether JAK3 inhibitor, tofacitinib could be used instead of tacrolimus in CIT07 immunosuppression regimen in cynomolgus nonhuman primate (NHP) model. Five independent streptozotocin

In a double-blind trial in 20 human volunteers, the duration of intradermal anesthesia with a mixture of bupivacaine, 0.5 mg, and chloroprocaine, 3 mg, was compared with the duration of intradermal anesthesia obtained with either bupivacaine, 0.5 mg, or chloroprocaine, 3 mg, alone. The duration of intradermal anesthesia produced by the bupivacaine mixed with chloroprocaine, 36 +/- 16 (mean +/- 1 SD) minutes, was significantly less than the duration of the same amount of bupivacaine alone, 139 +/

The levels of serum cortisol significantly increased under conscious condition, whereas these levels remained constant under propofol anesthesia. In propofol group, the levels of serum insulin and C-peptide significantly increased compared with those in conscious group. Accordingly, glucose disposal capacity was significantly improved, and the time to return to basal glucose levels was shortened in propofol group. This study showed that propofol significantly increased insulin and C-peptide, and

During recovery from spinal and epidural block, the progressive reduction of digital blood flow is regarded as evidence of sympathetic recovery of the extremity. This was demostrated by the decreasing amplitude of a digital pulse-wave (photoelectric plethysmographic) recording. As the level of analgesia regressed to T8-11 following spinal or epidural block, the toe pulse-wave amplitudes began to decrease. In the presence of good motor and sensory block in the lower extremity with low spinal or e