Therapeutic plasma exchange is used in almost every condition in which there is a plasma factor thought possibly to the etiology or pathogenesis of a disease or one of its manifestations. In order to evaluate plasma exchange using fresh frozen plasma as replacement solution, eighty four therapeutic plasma exchanges were carried out in eighteen patients. In standardized procedures, 1.5 times the calculated plasma volume was replaced with a Hartman's solution and fresh frozen plasma. Anticoagulation was achieved using a whole venous blood to 2.5% trisodium citrate in the ratio of 10 to 1. Total calcium, phosphorus, glucose, urea nitrogen, creatinine, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, amylase, creatine kinase, IgG, C3, total white and red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and differential count were not significantly affected by the procedure. In contrast, serum cholesterol, total protein, albumin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, ionized calcium, IgM, C4 and platelet were significantly decreased by the plasma exchange. All these measurements had returned to the first pre-exchange level within 24 hours, while the C4 and platelet count took between 24 and 72 hours, and the IgM level, between 72 hours and 1 week. These data indicated that in an isovolemic plasma exchange there was a transient but rapidly reversible effect on all the components studied, with C4 and platelet count, returning more slowly to pre-exchange level than the others, and IgM levels responding the slowest. In summary, plasma exchanges using fresh frozen plasma as replacement solution were assumed to be not significantly affected the function of various organs.
Alanine Transaminase ; Alkaline Phosphatase ; Amylases ; Aspartate Aminotransferases ; Bilirubin ; Blood Platelets ; Calcium ; Cholesterol ; Citric Acid ; Creatine Kinase ; Creatinine ; Erythrocyte Count ; Glucose ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Plasma Exchange* ; Plasma Volume ; Plasma* ; Platelet Count ; Urea

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Chromosome Aberrations*

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Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory* ; Pharmacokinetics* ; Renal Dialysis*

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Phenylketonurias*

The objective of this study was to explore the psychosocial factors such as life events, coping styles and family relationships in middle-aged depressed women. This study was designed to compare how different variables relate to depression in two different test groups: a depressed patient group and a normal group. The Beck Depression Inventory(BDI), The Ways of Coping Checklist, Interpersonal Support Evaluation List(ISEL), Family Environment Scale were administered to 116 depressed patients and 113 normal persons between the ages of 35 and 64. The results were as follows 1) The highest stress was marital stress(n=42, 36.2%) in patient group and family stress(n=44, 38.9%) in normal group, respectively. 2) There were significant differences between patient group and normal group in BDI scores (t=15.94, p<.0001), lift events(t=4.73, p<.0001), active coping(t=6.29, p<.0001), social support(t=7.20, p<.0001), and family relationship(t=5.75, p<.0001) except for passive coping(t=0.93, p=.35). 3) In depressed patient group, BDI scores had a significantly positive correlation with the scores of the life event(r=.24, p<.01) and negative correlation with active coping(r= -.22, p<01), social support(r=-.35, p<.001) and family relationships(r=-.30, p<.001). 4) In depressed patient group, multiple regression analysis showed that social support(12.3%, beta=-.281, T=-3.162, P=.002), lift events(5.1%, beta=.279, T=3.195, F=.002), and active coping(3.5%, beta=-.204, T=-2.225, F=.028) had predictability on the BDI scores and the total predictability was 20.9%. 5) Stress experienced in family relationships were highest in life events and there was a lack of consistency(in the BDI scores ol the coping styles). Social support was the most important factor and there were no significant differences between the two groups in family relationships.
Checklist ; Depression ; Family Relations* ; Female ; Humans ; Psychology

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Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations* ; Radiosurgery*

Fibromatosis is generally a benign tumor that arises from the musculoaponeurotic tissues of the body, rarely occurring in the head and neck region. This can be treated with a good prognosis, but sometimes recurs as a local invasion. Preoperative core needle biopsy and MR images are necessary to diagnose preoperatively and outline the tumor extent. The mainstay of treatment is complete surgical excision. Nonetheless, an excision is often difficult because of the complex anatomy or proximity of the tumor to vital structures in the head and neck region. We report a rare case of desmoid-type fibromatosis that occurred in the neck, closely attached to the transverse process of the cervical vertebra. The present article covers an extensive analysis of the case with a review of the related literature.
Biopsy, Large-Core Needle ; Cervical Vertebrae ; Female ; Fibroma* ; Fibromatosis, Aggressive ; Head ; Neck ; Prognosis ; Spine*

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Brain* ; Cerebral Palsy* ; Electroencephalography* ; Evoked Potentials*

The estimation of 90% parametric confidence intervals (CIs) of mean AUC and Cmax ratios in bioequivalence (BE) tests are based upon the assumption that formulation effects in log-transformed data are normally distributed. To compare the parametric CIs with those obtained from nonparametric methods we performed repeated estimation of bootstrap-resampled datasets. The AUC and Cmax values from 3 archived datasets were used. BE tests on 1,000 resampled datasets from each archived dataset were performed using SAS (Enterprise Guide Ver.3). Bootstrap nonparametric 90% CIs of formulation effects were then compared with the parametric 90% CIs of the original datasets. The 90% CIs of formulation effects estimated from the 3 archived datasets were slightly different from nonparametric 90% CIs obtained from BE tests on resampled datasets. Histograms and density curves of formulation effects obtained from resampled datasets were similar to those of normal distribution. However, in 2 of 3 resampled log (AUC) datasets, the estimates of formulation effects did not follow the Gaussian distribution. Bias-corrected and accelerated (BCa) CIs, one of the nonparametric CIs of formulation effects, shifted outside the parametric 90% CIs of the archived datasets in these 2 non-normally distributed resampled log (AUC) datasets. Currently, the 80~125% rule based upon the parametric 90% CIs is widely accepted under the assumption of normally distributed formulation effects in log-transformed data. However, nonparametric CIs may be a better choice when data do not follow this assumption.
Area Under Curve ; Confidence Intervals ; Phenothiazines ; Therapeutic Equivalency

BACKGROUND: Although there have been many studies on the risk factors for coronary artery disease, the etiology and risk factor of coronary artery spasm has not yet been determined. The objective of this study was to examine the risk factors for coronary vasospasm through a comparison of patients with angiographically determined vasospastic angina and patients without vasospasm and normal coronary artery. METHODS: Intracoronary injection of acetylcholine in order (20microg, 50microg, 100microg) were administered to all patients (Total 81:34 males, 47 females : mean age 50 years) who had a history of chest pain with normal or near normal coronary arteriographic fingings. After documentation of vasospasm in major epicardial coronary arteries by acetylcholine (Ach)-provocated dcoronary angiography, various risk factors (smoking, hypertension, diabetes, drinking and hyperlipidemia) were compared between patients with vasospasm and patients without vaspasm. RESULTS: 24 patients showed significant luminal narrowing (> or =75%)(Vasospasm group) and 57 patients showed no significant change (Control). Vasospasm group were suffered from typical chest pain in 92% of patients but control complained typical chest pain in 51% of subjects. The sites of vasoconstriction induced by Ach were LAD (11 cases), LCX (4 cases), RCA (11 cases) and vasoconstriction occurred 2 vessels (LAD and LCx) at the same time in two cases. The amount of Ach to provocate vasoconstriction was 20~50microg (90%) and there were no difference between left and right coronary arteries. The ratio of smoker was more frequent in the vasospasm group than control (58.3% vs 30.4%, p=0.046). But total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, high density lipoprotein, triglycerides, apolipoprotein A, apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein (a), diabetes and body mass index, drinking were not statistically significant between two groups. CONCLUSION: Smoking appears to be a major risk factor for vasospastic angina by endotheilal dysfunction without significant coronary artery narrowing. But other fisk for coronary artery disease may not contribute to coronary vasospasm.
Acetylcholine* ; Angiography ; Apolipoproteins ; Body Mass Index ; Chest Pain ; Cholesterol ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Coronary Vasospasm ; Coronary Vessels* ; Drinking ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Lipoprotein(a) ; Lipoproteins ; Male ; Phenobarbital ; Risk Factors* ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Spasm* ; Triglycerides ; Vasoconstriction