Gastroenterology
Perception of fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with ulcerative colitis in Korea: a KASID multicenter study
Jebyung Park, Sung Noh Hong, Hong Sub Lee, Jongbeom Shin, Eun Hye Oh, Kwangwoo Nam, Gyeol Seong, Hyun Gun Kim, Jin-Oh Kim, Seong Ran Jeon; The Small Intestine Research Group and the Microbiome Research Group of the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID)
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(5):783-792. Published online August 30, 2024
Background/Aims: Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a promising therapy for inducing and maintaining remission in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). However, FMT has not been approved for UC treatment in Korea. Our study aimed to investigate patient perceptions of FMT under the national m..
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Pulmonology
Timing of corticosteroids in non-severe non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients: open-label, two-center, randomized controlled study (TICS-COV19 study)
Emad R. Issak, Mariam M. Amin
Korean J Intern Med. 2023;38(2):207-217. Published online January 17, 2023
Background/Aims: Corticosteroids (CSs) are frequently used in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, their utility remains controversial in mild to moderate cases. The timing of CSs initiation during the disease course remains unaddressed. The study aims to evaluate the impact of early CSs in..
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Allergy
The burden of symptomatic patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria: a real-world study in Korea
Young-Min Ye, Young-Il Koh, Jeong-Hee Choi, Mi-Ae Kim, Jung-Won Park, Tae-Bum Kim, Young-Hee Nam, Yoon-Seok Chang, Hae-Sim Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(5):1050-1060. Published online September 1, 2022
Background/Aims: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) poses a considerable burden both on the quality of life (QoL) of individual patients and on healthcare systems. Real‑world data evaluating the disease burden of CSU are limited in this country. This study evaluated the disease burden and healthc..
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Pulmonology
HL301 in the treatment of acute bronchitis: a phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled, multicenter study
Sang Won Yoon, Myung Jae Park, Chin Kook Rhee, Joo Hun Park, Sang Yeub Lee, Do Jin Kim, Dong Gyu Kim, Jae Yeol Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(1):133-141. Published online April 9, 2019
Background/Aims: There is insufficient quality data to recommend the use of herbs for the treatment of acute bronchitis. Small number of randomized trials of plant extracts for this purpose were determined to be low quality and there are concerns for the safety. HL301 is a combined product of seven ..
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Rheumatology
Impact of sleep quality on clinical features of primary Sjögren's syndrome
Sang Wan Chung, Jaehyung Hur, You-Jung Ha, Eun Ha Kang, Joon Young Hyon, Hyo-Jung Lee, Yeong Wook Song, Yun Jong Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(5):1154-1164. Published online February 20, 2018
Background/Aims: This study aimed to investigate the inf luence of poor sleep quality on clinical features of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS).
Methods: Sleep quality was cross-sectionally assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and demographic, clinical, and laboratory data we..
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Validation and reliability of a Behcet’s Syndrome Activity Scale in Korea
Hyo Jin Choi, Mi Ryoung Seo, Hee Jung Ryu, Han Joo Baek
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(1):170-175. Published online December 28, 2015
Background/Aims: We prepared a cross-cultural adaptation of the Behcet’s Syndrome Activity Scale (BSAS) and evaluated its reliability and validity in Korea.
Methods: Fifty patients with Behcet’s disease (BD) who attended the Rheumatology Clinic of Gachon University Gil Medical Center were include..
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Gastroenterology
A comparison of the BISAP score and serum procalcitonin for predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis
Byung Geun Kim, Myung Hwan Noh, Choong Heon Ryu, Hwa Seong Nam, Su Mi Woo, Seung Hee Ryu, Jin Seok Jang, Jong Hun Lee, Seok Ryeol Choi, Byeong Ho Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2013;28(3):322-329. Published online May 1, 2013
Background/AimsThe bedside index of severity in acute pancreatitis (BISAP) is a new, convenient, prognostic multifactorial scoring system. As more data are needed before clinical application, we compared BISAP, the serum procalcitonin (PCT), and other multifactorial scoring sy..
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Outcome of Pandemic H1N1 Pneumonia: Clinical and Radiological Findings for Severity Assessment
Woo Hyun Cho, Yun Seong Kim, Doo Soo Jeon, Ji Eun Kim, Kun Il Kim, Hee Yun Seol, Ki Uk Kim, Hye Kyung Park, Min Ki Lee, Soon Kew Park, Yeon Joo Jeong
Korean J Intern Med. 2011;26(2):160-167. Published online June 1, 2011
Background/AimsPandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection presents with variable severity. However, little is known about clinical predictors of disease severity. We studied the clinical predictors of severe pandemic H1N1 pneumonia and their correlation with radiological find..
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