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Young Whan Kim

Researcher at Seoul National University Hospital

Publications -  279
Citations -  5386

Young Whan Kim is an academic researcher from Seoul National University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lung cancer & Tuberculosis. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 276 publications receiving 4717 citations. Previous affiliations of Young Whan Kim include Seoul National University & New Generation University College.

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Impact of Extensive Drug Resistance on Treatment Outcomes in Non-HIV-Infected Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

TL;DR: The presence of extensive drug resistance, the presence of comorbidity, and hypoalbuminemia were independent poor prognostic factors in non-HIV-infected patients with MDR-TB.
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Genetic susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Koreans: combined analysis of polymorphic genotypes for microsomal epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1

TL;DR: No differences were observed in the frequency of polymorphic genotypes in exons 3 and 4 of mEPHX, GST M1, and GST T1 genes between patients with COPD and healthy smokers.
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Palliative chemotherapy for pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma.

TL;DR: Advanced pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma showed poor response to chemotherapy regimens that provide active treatment for NSCLC, and novel treatment approaches are required for pulmonary pleomorph carcinoma.
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Clinical significance of a solitary ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesion of the lung detected by chest CT

TL;DR: A female sex and a spiculated mGGO border were found to be related with malignancy, suggesting that pulmonary infiltrate with eosinophilia (PIE) might have been responsible, and short-term follow-up by chest HRCT be conducted for m GGO lesions in the presence of high eos inophilia--regardless of lesion size.