This study was conducted to compare the date on knowledge, attitude and motivation toward blood donation between donors and non-donors. The study population included 622 donors and 322 non-donors who visited the mobile blood donation car of Taegu Red Cross Blood Center and participated the group appointed blood donation campaign managed by the center from March 1 to March 31, 1989. The donors and non-donors were questioned above mentioned items with a formulated questionnaire. Among the general characteristics of the subjects in the study, male predominance (84.1% in donors and 73.6% in non-donors) in young age group (16-24 years) was the outstanding feature. As a medium of information about blood donation, “television” was playing a dominant role (donors; 75.2%, non-donors; 78.9%), while “magazine” played more important roles among donors. Of the donors, 70.6% and of the non-donors, 58.1 replied that they had ever been induced to donate blood (p<0.01). Major inducers were friend and personnel of mobile blood donation vehicle. On the measuring of knowledge level, the average rates of correct answer was higher in donors (62.6%) than in non-donors (54.1%) (p<0.01). Higher the education level was presented, higher the knowledge level (p<0.05). There have been noticeable difference between donors and non-donors in blood replying the questionnaire set to measure their attitude toward blood donation, especially in the items such as “impression toward blood”, “selection of transfusion blood source” and “view on the situation of blood shortage.” The major motivation toward blood donation of the groups were “possible future need” and “altruism or humanitarian interest”. The major reasons for not donation blood in both groups were “fear of the needle” and “dread to visit to mobile car or center”.
Blood Donors* ; Daegu ; Education ; Friends ; Humans ; Male ; Motivation* ; Red Cross ; Tissue Donors

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) an lateral epicondylitis of the elbow. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-four patients with refractory lateral epicondylitis were treated with shock waves. The patients were evaluated by assessing of pain using visual analog scale (VAS) and a simple elbow test (SET). Overall clinical outcomes were evaluated using Roles and Maudsley scores at 12 months after ESWT. RESULTS: Significant symptom improvement were observed in 20 (83%) patients at the 12 months follow up according to the Roles and Maudesley scores. Average SET and VAS scores were also significantly improved after ESWT (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that shock waves therapy could be considered as an effective and noninvasive treatment modality for refractory lateral epicondylitis of the elbow.
Elbow ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Shock ; Tennis Elbow* ; Tennis* ; Visual Analog Scale

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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Humans ; Hypogonadism* ; Male*

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Adenocarcinoma* ; Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Humans

Middle turbinate headache syndrome is rare, and the true incidence of headache from this cause is unknown. Pneumatization or hypertrophy of the middle turbinate can result in its contact with the septum or the lateral nasal wall and may give rise to headache in the periorbital region. It may occur in the absence of inflammatory sinus disease. Clinical history, nasal endoscopic examination, and coronal CT -scan should point to the diagnosis. Treatment is achieved by relieving the contact point by medical or surgical means. The authors experienced a case of middle turbinate headache syndrome, therefore we report this case with a review of literature.
Diagnosis ; Headache Disorders* ; Headache* ; Hypertrophy ; Incidence ; Turbinates*

Ectopic breast tissue and male breast cancer are both very rare diseases with only a few reports in the literature. Here, we present the first case of ectopic male breast cancer in the perineum. The patient was a 70-year-old man with a palpable mass in the perineum. A wide local excision and inguinal lymph node dissection revealed invasive breast carcinoma of no special type involving the skin and subcutis, and inguinal lymph node metastases. Immunohistochemical staining showed that the tumor cells were strongly positive for estrogen and progesterone receptors and negative for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. Moreover, no p53 overexpression was observed. Herein, the clinical and pathologic features, as well as a review of ectopic male breast cancer are discussed.
Aged ; Breast ; Breast Neoplasms ; Breast Neoplasms, Male* ; Estrogens ; Humans ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes ; Male ; Male* ; Mammary Glands, Human ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Perineum* ; Rare Diseases ; Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor ; Receptors, Progesterone ; Skin

Dermatomyositis (DM) is a connective tissue disorder characterized by inflammatory myopathy and prominent cutaneous features. Although cutaneous vasculitis has been noted frequently in child-onset DM, it rarely occurs in adult-onset DM. The clinical features of adult-onset DM showing cutaneous vasculitis have not been well characterized. A 60-year-old female patient presented with multiple deep cutaneous ulcers in both hands, elbows and foot. She was diagnosed as dermatomyositis 18 months before admission. Angiogram showed no definite arterial obstructive lesion and thrombus in both wrist and elbow, but decreased vascularity was seen in digits of both hands. Cutaneous ulceration was thought to be caused by vasculitis. Cutaneous ulceration was a rare manifestation of adult-onset DM patients, and we report this case with a review of literature.
Adult* ; Connective Tissue ; Dermatomyositis* ; Elbow ; Female ; Foot ; Hand ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Myositis ; Thrombosis ; Ulcer* ; Vasculitis ; Wrist

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) can involve any organ. The majority of reported cases involve IgG4-RD of the biliary tract or pancreas, while only two cases of pericarditis have been reported. A 58-year-old man visited the outpatient clinic of our institution with a seven-day history of progressive dyspnea. Based on his transthoracic echocardiogram and transesophageal echocardiogram, he was diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis. The histopathology of his pericardiectomy revealed the cause of constrictive pericarditis to be IgG4-RD. Prednisolone (40 mg) was initiated after the pericardiectomy. As the patient's symptoms resolved, he was discharged and followed-up on an outpatient basis. This is the first case report of constrictive pericarditis caused by IgG4-RD in Korea.
Ambulatory Care Facilities ; Biliary Tract ; Dyspnea ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulins* ; Inflammation ; Korea ; Middle Aged ; Outpatients ; Pancreas ; Pericardiectomy ; Pericarditis ; Pericarditis, Constrictive* ; Prednisolone

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis is a fairly common abdominal disorder that can be easily confronted in the emergency department(ED) and is one of the most complex and clinically challenging of all abdominal disorders. Currently, there is no gold standard for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. We evaluated the usefulness of the actim Pancreatitis(R) rapid test, which has been recently developed in Europe, as a screening test of acute pancreatitis in our emergency department. METHODS: We prospectively studied the urinary trypsinogen-2 dipstick tests(actim Pancreatitis(R), Medix Biochemica, Kauniainen, Finland) of 200 patients with acute abdominal pain who were treated at our ED. All urine samples were collected from the patients within 12 hours of arrival at ED. We also measured serum amylase assay in the laboratory and compared the sensitivities and the specificities of the two test. Acute pancreatitis was diagnosed by authors according to standardized criteria. Abdominal USG or CT was performed when a patient with a normal serum amylase level had a typical clinical presentation. RESULTS: The actim Pancreatitis(R) rapid test was positive in 22 of the 25 patients with acute pancreatitis(sensitivity, 88.0 percent). The test was also positive in 6 of 175 patients without pancreatitis(specificity, 96.6 percent). The serum amylase assay had a sensitivity of 68.0 percent(with a cutoff value of 300 U per liter for the upper reference limit) and a specificity of 90.9 percent. But there were no statistical differences between the correlation coefficients of the two tests as diagnostic tool CONCLUSION: In patients with acute abdominal pain who are seen in the emergency department, the actim Pancreatitis(R) urinary dipstick test has a high degree of probability as a screening test for acute pancreatitis. Also it can easily and rapidly be use at the bedside.
Abdominal Pain ; Amylases ; Diagnosis ; Emergencies ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Europe ; Humans ; Mass Screening* ; Pancreatitis* ; Prospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity

Cerebral air embolism, the entry of air into the cerebral artery, is an iatrogenic clinical problem in most cases, which may result in seizure, severe neurologic deficits and even death. Although cerebral air embolism may result from almost all procedures that are performed in clinical specialties, occurrence following a gastroscopy is very rare. We report a patient who developed cerebral air embolism following a gastroscopy.
Cerebral Arteries ; Embolism, Air ; Gastroscopy ; Humans ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Seizures