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Original Article
Effect of SynagisⓇ (palivizumab) prophylaxis on readmission due to respiratory syncytial virus in very low birth weight infants
Soo Kyoung Park, Yu Jin Jung, Hye Soo Yoo, So Yoon Ahn, Hyun Joo Seo, Seo Heui Choi, Myo Jing Kim, Ga Won Jeon, Soo Hyun Koo, Kyung-Hoon Lee, Yun Sil Chang, Won Soon Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(3):358-363.   Published online March 15, 2010
Purpose : The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of SynagisⓇ (palivizumab) in reducing the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) readmission rate in very low birth weight infants (VLBWI ) and the subgroup that showed the most effective vaccination. Methods : We enrolled 350 VLBWI who had been discharged alive from the neonatal intensive care unit of Samsung Medical...
Case Report
A case of pulmonary vascular air embolism in a very-low-birth-weight infant with massive hydrops
Myo Jing Kim, Hee Joon Yu, Cha Gon Lee, Soo Kyoung Park, Yun Sil Chang, Won Soon Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(12):1392-1395.   Published online December 15, 2009
Pulmonary vascular air embolism is a rare and, universally, almost a fatal complication of positive pressure ventilation in newborn infants. Here, we report a case of this unusual complication in a very-low-birth-weight infant who showed the clinical and radiological features of this complication along with pulmonary hypoplasia and massive hydrops. The possible pathogenesis has been discussed and a brief review...
Original Article
Clinical course and prognosis of hemodynamically significant congenital heart defects in very low birth weight infants
Hye Soo Yoo, Ji Eun Kim, Soo Kyoung Park, Hyun Ju Seo, Yoo Jin Jeong, Seo Heui Chio, Soo In Jeong, Sung Hoon Kim, Ji Hyuk Yang, June Huh, Yun Sil Chang, Tae Gook Jun, I Seok Kang, Won Soon Park, Pyo Won Park, Heung Jae Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(4):481-487.   Published online April 15, 2009
Purpose : This study investigated the clinical course and prognostic factor of very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) with hemodynamically significant congenital heart defects (CHDs). Methods : Medical records of 1,098 VLBWI with birth weight <1,500 g who had been admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of Samsung Medical Center from October 1994 to December 2007 were reviewed retrospectively. The...
Gastrointestinal surgery in very low birth weight infants : Clinical characteristics
Ji Eun Kim, Hye Soo Yoo, Hea Eun Kim, Soo Kyoung Park, Yoo Jin Jeong, Seo Heui Choi,, Hyun Joo Seo, Yun Sil Chang, Jeong Meen Seo, Won Soon Park, Suk Koo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(3):295-302.   Published online March 15, 2009
Purpose : To report our experience of gastrointestinal (GI) operations (OP) performed in very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) and to evaluate their clinical characteristics. Methods : Among the 1,117 VLBWI admitted to the SMC neonatal intensive care unit from November 1994 to February 2007, the medical records of 37 infants who underwent GI OP (except inguinal hernia OP) and 1,080...
Clinical Effects of Oseltamivir in Children with Influenza in Busan, in the First Half of 2004
Soo Kyoung Park, So Young Choi, Sung Mi Kim, Gil Heun Kim, Jin Hwa Jung, Im Jung Choi, Kyung Soon Cho
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2005;48(9):976-985.   Published online September 15, 2005
Purpose : Although influenza is one of the most important causes of acute respiratory tract infections in children, effective antiviral therapies are not common and there are only a few clinical studies on treatment of influenza in children. We evaluated the efficacy of oseltamivir in the treatment of naturally aquired influenza in children during the first half of 2004 in...