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Glucose* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn*

We have presented an analysis of cases of liver abscess from the record of the Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei medical College, during the 10 year 8 months period from Jan. 1969 through Sept. 1979. The incidence of admission in pediatric was 0.05025%. There was male preponderance. The most frequently encountered symptoms and sings were fever and chill, anorexia, hepatomegale, pain and tenderness on right upper quadrant of abdomen. The pathogenetic mechanisms were lodgement in the liver of hematogenously dissemination, ascending infection of cholangitis, trauma. Cryptogenic liver abscess was seen in two cases. There were 5 cases of pyogenic liver abscess and 3 cases of amebic liver abscess. Undetermined etiology was noted in 2 cases. Roentgenography including scan is the most helpful diagnostic tool available. Only one patient with post-traumatic liver abscess was expired.
Abdomen ; Anorexia ; Cholangitis ; Fever ; Humans ; Incidence ; Liver Abscess* ; Liver Abscess, Amebic ; Liver Abscess, Pyogenic ; Liver* ; Male ; Pediatrics ; Radiography

Serum levels of T3, T4, TSH, 24-h RAIU and Thyroid antibodies were examined in 13 cases of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis who were diagnosed at the pediatric department of Yonsei University hospital during the period from 1978 to 1980. The results were as follows: 1. The age distribution was dispersed between 8 and 15 years of age and all the cases were female. 2. Common symptoms were Goiter, Poor Weight gain, fatigness, cold intolerance, lethargy, constipation and cold sweating. But in 5 cases(38%), there were no subjective symptoms. 3. The patients were classifed by their thyroid function state, as 1 case of hyperthroid group, 10 cases of euthyroid group, and 2 cases of hypothyroid group. 4. In the Euthyroid patients, Serum T3 concentration was 115-230ng/100ml)mean 167.4ng/100ml), T4 concentration 4.8-18.6microgram/100ml(mean 7.3 microgram/100ml) T3/T4 ratio 0.020-0.028(mean 0.024) and TSH was 37-60microU/ml(mean 49.5microU/ml). In the hyperthyroid patient, serum T3 concentration was 310ng/100ml. T4 concentration 14.9microgram/100ml, T3/T4 ratio 0.020 and TSH was 1.35microU/ml. 5. In 24-h RAIU, Euthyroid patients were in 2 cases of decreased state(15%), 2 cases of normal range (15~45%), and 6 cases of increased state(45%). All Hypothyroid patients were in normal range and hyperthyroid patient was in increased state. 6. Thyroglobulin antibody was positive in all the patients except 2 cases and microsomal antibody was positive in all the cases. 7.1 year of follow up study was performed in 4 cases of euthyroid patients, 1 case of hyperthroid patient, and 2 cases of hypothroid patients. There was no euthyroid patient who became hypothyroid state in the follow up study.
Age Distribution ; Antibodies ; Constipation ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Goiter ; Hashimoto Disease ; Humans ; Lethargy ; Reference Values ; Sweat ; Sweating ; Thyroglobulin ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroiditis* ; Weight Gain

BACKGROUND: The pilots with cardiovascular events have a possibility for a risk of suffering from sudden incapacitation which is closely related to flying safety. The coagulation factors such as fibrinogen, factor VII, and factor VIII are possibly related to cardiovascular events. Several studies for general population have shown that an increase of those coagulation factors with age, a correlation of Factor VII and fibrinogen with BMI, and of fibrinogen with smoking. However, this study is to find out whether pilots' age, body weight, body mass index (BMI) and smoking are related to the baseline measurement of coagulation factor VII, factor VIII and fibrinogen. METHOD: Samples were taken from 21 pilots from Asiana Airlines: 11 smokers and 10 non-smokers. In order to measure the relationship between age, body weight, BMI, and the coagulation factors, Pearson correlation was used in this analysis. Independent two sampled t-test was used to analyze the correlation between smoking and the coagulation factors. RESULTS: Mean age, mean height, mean body weight and mean BMI of pilots were examined: 38 years, 171.81 cm, 70.67 Kg and 23.94 Kg/m(2). Mean fibrinogen, mean factor VII, and mean factor VIII were also obtained: 236.0 mg/dl, 92.93%, and 60.16%. The coagulation factor VII, factor VIII and fibrinogen were not significant related to age, body weight, BMI, smoking of pilots. CONCLUSION: This study has no correlation between age, body weight, BMI, smoking and the coagulation factors because the age of this study does not have pilots with over 60 years old and healthy behaviors (e.g., exercise, smoking, drinking, etc.) of most pilots are relatively well.
Blood Coagulation Factors* ; Body Height* ; Body Mass Index ; Body Weight* ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Diptera ; Drinking ; Factor VII* ; Factor VIII ; Fibrinogen* ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Smoke* ; Smoking*

Impairment in spinal inhibition caused by quantitative alteration of GABAergic elements following peripheral nerve injury has been postulated to mediate neuropathic pain. In the present study, we tested whether neuropathic pain could be induced or reversed by pharmacologically modulating spinal GABAergic activity, and whether quantitative alteration of spinal GABAergic elements after peripheral nerve injury was related to the impairment of GABAergic inhibition or neuropathic pain. To these aims, we first analyzed the pain behaviors following the spinal administration of GABA antagonists (1 microgram bicuculline/rat and 5 microgram phaclofen/rat), agonists (1 microgram muscimol/rat and 0.5 microgram baclofen/rat) or GABA transporter (GAT) inhibitors (20 microgram NNC-711/rat and 1 microgram SNAP-5114/rat) into naive or neuropathic animals. Then, using Western blotting, PCR or immunohistochemistry, we compared the quantities of spinal GABA, its synthesizing enzymes (GAD65, 67) and its receptors (GABAA and GABAB) and transporters (GAT-1, and -3) between two groups of rats with different severity of neuropathic pain following partial injury of tail-innervating nerves; the allodynic and non-allodynic groups. Intrathecal administration of GABA antagonists markedly lowered tail-withdrawal threshold in naive animals, and GABA agonists or GAT inhibitors significantly attenuated neuropathic pain in nerve-injured animals. However, any quantitative changes in spinal GABAergic elements were not observed in both the allodynic and non-allodynic groups. These results suggest that although the impairment in spinal GABAergic inhibition may play a role in mediation of neuropathic pain, it is not accomplished by the quantitative change in spinal elements for GABAergic inhibition and therefore these elements are not related to the generation of neuropathic pain following peripheral nerve injury.
Animals ; Blotting, Western ; GABA Agonists ; GABA Antagonists ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid ; Immunohistochemistry ; Negotiating ; Neuralgia ; Peptides ; Peripheral Nerve Injuries ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Rats