Nam-Soo Kim

A short-term exercise program can play an important role in decreasing BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference, LDL-C and in improving physical fitness. Future investigations are now necessary to clarify the effectiveness of exercise on various parameters.

We provided the sex-, age- and height-specific auscultatory BP values using the KNHANES big data. These may be useful in diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in Korean children and adolescents.

Abstract Aim This study aims to evaluate the extrinsic effects of conditional factors affecting quantitative parameters and to establish the optimization of indocyanine green (ICG) angiography using in vitro experiments and a prospective observational study. Method In vitro experiments were performed to evaluate the correlation between conditional factors such as camera distance, surrounding lighting, fluorescence emission sources and ICG doses. The fluorescence intensity was measured from the I

These data suggest that epicardial fat thickness measured by echocardiography is a practical and accurate parameter for predicting visceral obesity.

The camptodactyly-arthropathy-coxa vara-pericarditis syndrome (CACP) is characterized by congenital or early-onset camptodactyly, childhood-onset noninflammatory arthropathy associated with synovial hyperplasia. Some patients have progressive coxa vara deformity and/or noninflammatory pericardial effusion. CACP is inherited as an autosomal recessive mode and the disease gene is assigned to a 1.9-cM interval on human chromosome 1q25-31. We describe a 10-yr-old boy who has typical features of CACP

In Korean adolescents, BMI had an independent positive correlation with SBP and DBP, possibly because of its effects on SV, CO, and TVR. WHR and %BF are believed to indirectly affect SBP and DBP through changes in BMI.

School bullying has become a major social problem in Korea after the emergence of media reports on children who committed suicide after being victimized by bullies. In this article, we review the characteristics of bullying, and investigate the role of the pediatrician in the prevention of and intervention against bullying and school violence. Bullying can take on many forms such as physical threat, verbal humiliation, malicious rumors, and social ostracism. The prevalence of bullying in various

Purpose:Since the infant formula milk has been produced in Korea, it has faced a low rate of breast milk feeding, though breast milk feeding is a little increasing. Therefore, the Korean Pediatric Society launched its website for breast-feeding consultation to provide information to the general public and enhance the health of growing infants. The consultation results were analyzed to identify the problems that mothers encounter during breast-feeding. Methods:From August 1, 2004 to July 31, 200

OBJECTIVE: Obesity in adolescence is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. The patterns of obesity and body composition differ between boys and girls. It is uncertain how body composition correlates with the cardiovascular system and whether such correlations differ by sex in adolescents. METHODS: Body composition (fat-free mass (FFM), adipose mass, waist circumference (WC)) and cardiovascular parameters and functions were studied in 676 healthy Korean adolescents aged 12-16 years. Part

Purpose : Since the infant formula milk has been produced in Korea, it has faced a low rate of breast milk feeding, though breast milk feeding is a little increasing. Therefore, the Korean Pediatric Society launched its website for breast-feeding consultation to provide information to the general public and enhance the health of growing infants. The consultation results were analyzed to identify the problems that mothers encounter during breast-feeding. Methods : From August 1, 2004 to July 31,

목 적:대사증후군이란 기저 요인으로 비만과 인슐린 저항성이 있는 상태에서 고지혈증, 고혈압, 혈당상승 등 위험인자들이 유발되고, 여기서 동맥경화가 발생하게 되어 심혈관질환으로 진행하게 되는 상태를 말한다. 본 연구 목적은 비만 청소년에서 대사증후군의 빈도를 구하고, 비만이 심기능에 미치는 영향을 알아 보고자 본 연구를 실시하였다. 방 법:서울 시내에 소재하는 1개의 중학교 684명(남자 402명, 여자 282명)의 청소년을 대상으로 혈압, 허리둘레, 생체전기저항법에 의한 체성분분석을 실시하였고, 1998년도 소아과학회에서 측정한 체질량지수를 기준으로 85 백분위수 이상인 과체중과 비만 청소년에서 공복시 혈액 검사(혈당, 중성지방, LDL-콜레스테롤, HDL-콜레스테롤, AST, ALT, hs-CRP)를 측정하였다. 심초음파를 이용하여 심장관련 지표들을 측정하였고, VP-1000 기계를 사용하여 맥파 속도와 발목 상완 지수를 측정하였다. 결 과:대사증후군의 빈도는 과체중군과 비만

A male infant, aged 2 month, with Kawasaki disease had a myocardial infarction despite intravenous infusions of gamma globulin and aspirin at high dosage. He developed progressively a thin walled, dilated aneurysm of the apex of the left ventricle which became lined with thrombus despite treatment with warfarin. Another boy, aged 6 years, was noted on the 10th day of the evolution of Kawasaki disease to have developed a giant aneurysm of the main stem of the left coronary artery. Despite infusio

The multi-environment probability density function model has been applied to simulate a turbulent premixed flame in a swirl combustor. To realistically account for the unsteady flow motion inside the combustor, the formulations are derived for the large eddy simulation. The Flamelet generated manifolds is utilized to simplify a multi-dimensional composition space with reasonable accuracy. The sub grid scale mixing is modeled by the interaction by exchange with the mean mixing model. To validate

BACKGROUND: The estimation of ADA activity in pleural fluid has been proved useful tool in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions. However, there is controversy about its usefulness when estimated in bronchial washing fluid in the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. This study aims at evaluating the usefulness of measuring ADA activity in bronchial washing fluid of tuberculous patients as biochemical marker in the early diagnosis of the disease. METHODS: We examined the difference of A