Yonsei medical journal
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Yonsei medical journal · Sep 2013
Standardized approaches to syncope evaluation for reducing hospital admissions and costs in overcrowded emergency departments.
The evaluation of syncope is often disorganized and ineffective. The objective of this study was to examine whether implementation of a standardized emergency department (ED) protocol improves the quality of syncope evaluation. ⋯ Standardized approaches to syncope evaluation reduced hospital admissions, medical costs and length of stay in the overcrowded emergency department of a tertiary teaching hospital in South Korea.
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Yonsei medical journal · Sep 2013
Growth inhibition of hepatocellular carcinoma Huh7 cells by Lactobacillus casei extract.
Lactobacillus casei (L. casei) is known to exert anti-proliferation effects on many types of cancer cells. However, the effect of L. casei on liver cancer has not been reported. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to determine the anti-cancer effect of L. casei extract on Huh7 cells. ⋯ L. casei extract exerts a potent anti-tumor effect on the viability of liver cancer cells, although not on cancer stem-like cells.