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Hemato-oncology
Is immunological recovery clinically relevant at 100 days after allogeneic transplantation?
Jin Park, Sung Hee Lim, Se Hyung Kim, Jina Yun, Chan Kyu Kim, Sang Cheol Lee, Jong Ho Won, Dae Sik Hong, Seong Kyu Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(4):957-969. Published online April 21, 2020
Background/Aims: Immune reconstitution following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is affected by multiple variables during the transplantation.
Methods: We assessed the clinical factors contributing to immune function reconstitution at 100 days post-allogeneic HSCT in 114 p..
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A paradigm shift in studies based on rheumatoid arthritis clinical registries
Soo-Kyung Cho, Yoon-Kyoung Sung
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(5):974-981. Published online February 18, 2019
Clinical research is the study of aspects of patient health or illness that are closely related to clinical practice. In the late 20th and early 21th century, outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) improved dramatically due to breakthroughs in new drugs. Patient-reported outcome measur..
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Pulmonology
Outcomes of very elderly (≥ 80 years) critical-ill patients in a medical intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Korea
Seung Hun Lee, Tae Won Lee, Sunmi Ju, Jung-Wan Yoo, Seung Jun Lee, Yu Ji Cho, Yi Yeong Jeong, Jong Deog Lee, Ho Cheol Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):675-681. Published online June 26, 2017
Background/Aims: This study evaluated clinical characteristics and outcomes in very elderly (≥ 80 years of age) critical-ill patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (MICU) in a regional single tertiary hospital.
Methods: We retrospectively evaluated prospectively collected data in the MI..
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Nephrology
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease defined by using CKD-EPI equation and albumin-to-creatinine ratio in the Korean adult population
Eunhee Ji, Yon Su Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(6):1120-1130. Published online March 25, 2016
Background/Aims: An updated chronic kidney disease (CKD) definition and classification were proposed by Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), with adoption of a new equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albuminuria to evaluate kidney structural damage. This study was..
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Cardiology
Temporal trends and in-hospital outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in nonagenarians with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Joon Young Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Yong Woo Choi, Yong Keun Ahn, Shung Chull Chae, Seung Ho Hur, Taek Jong Hong, Young Jo Kim, In Whan Seong, In Ho Chae, Myeong Chan Cho, Jung Han Yoon, Ki Bae Seung, Other Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(6):821-828. Published online October 30, 2015
Background/Aims: Data regarding the outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in nonagenarians are very limited. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the temporal trends and in-hospital outcomes of primary PCI in nonag..
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Prognostic value of hyponatremia in heart failure patients: an analysis of the Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in the Relation with Serum Sodium Level in Asian Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure (COAST) study
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Byung-Su Yoo, Jin Joo Park, Dong-Ju Choi, Seok-Min Kang, Juey-Jen Hwang, Shing-Jong Lin, Ming-Shien Wen, Jian Zhang, Junbo Ge, on behalf of the COAST investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(4):460-470. Published online June 29, 2015
Background/Aims: Hyponatremia is a well-known risk factor for poor outcomes in Western studies of heart failure (HF) patients. We evaluated the predictive value of hyponatremia in hospitalized Asian HF patients.
Methods: The Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in the Relation with Serum Sodium Le..
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Infective endocarditis involving an apparently structurally normal valve: new epidemiological trend?
Jae-Kwan Song
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(4):434-442. Published online June 29, 2015
Infective endocarditis (IE) has been increasingly diagnosed in patients without previously detected predisposing heart disease, but its clinical features have yet to be fully determined. A recent single-center study including echocardiographic images and surgical findings investigated the incidence ..
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