No abstract available.
Diagnostic Errors*

No abstract available.
Korea*

No abstract available.
Molecular Biology

No abstract available.
Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Respiration, Artificial*

No abstract available.
Heart Diseases* ; Heart*

We observed 241 cases of type A hepatitis who were admitted to pediatric department of St. Mary`s Hospital, Cathlic Medial College from Jan. 1,1968 to Dec. 31,1977, and the following results were obtained. 1. Annual incidence was the highest in 1975 and lowest in 1969, but wr observedno significant difference. 2. Seasonal incidence was high in Autumn and Winter, and low in Spring and Summer. 3. Age incidence showed high in 7,8,6 and 5 years of ages in order of frequency. the age group of 3-10 years old occupied 76.3% of total cases. Sex incidence revealed male predominance with the ratio about 1.6:1. 4. The common clinical symptoms on admission were anorexia(68.8%), abdominal pain and discomfortness(66.0%), nausea and vomiting(59.8%), dark urine(53.1%) and fever(30.0). 5. The common physical findings on admission were jaundice(75.1%), hepatomegaly(68.8%), abdominal distension(14.5%) and palpable spleen(8.7%). 6. The hematologic findings on admission(total leukocytes, lymphocyte and ESR) were within normal limitis in the most of the cases. 7. Bilirubinuria was observed in about 65% of the tested cases during the first 2 weeks of the illness and urinary urobilinogen was increased during the first and third week of the illness and decreased during the second work of the illness. 8. In the majority of the cases the serum bilirubin reached peak during the second week of illness and ranged 2~15mg. And by the end of the fourth week of the illness, they returned to lese than 2mg% in the 86.5% of the tasted cases. 9. SG0T and SGPT reached peat during the first week of the illness and decreased to less than 100unit by the end of fourth week of the illness in the most of the tested cases. 10. TTT did not return to normal level in the 70.0% of the tested cases by the end of the fourth week of the illness. 11. The electrophoresis of the serum portein revealed slightly decreased alpha1-globulin and increased gamma-globulin level than normal. 12. Anicteric hepatitis was 37 cases(15.3%) of the total cases. 13. Hepatitis B surface antigen was positive in 3 cases(3.8%) of the 79 tested cases. 14. In the most of the cases, prognosis was excellent but 3 cases complicated hepatic coma and expired.
Abdominal Pain ; Alanine Transaminase ; Bilirubin ; Child* ; Electrophoresis ; gamma-Globulins ; Hepatic Encephalopathy ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ; Hepatitis* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Leukocytes ; Lymphocytes ; Male ; Nausea ; Prognosis ; Seasons ; Soil ; Urobilinogen

No abstract available.
Pseudohypoaldosteronism*

No abstract available.
Meningitis, Aseptic*

Breast feeding is one of many factors that have been associated with the development of lower respiratory tract illnesses. To assess the relation between breast feeding and subsequent experience of lower respiratory tract illness, we performed this study, retrospectively, on 366 infants who had been admitted to the pediatric ward, St. Francisco General Hospital, or had been brought to the well baby clinic from November, 1992 to March, 1993. The results were as foolows: 1) Among 366 infants, the number of all first illnesses observed at each interval were 259 cases (70.8%), of which 198 (54.1%) were associated with wheezing illnesses and 61 (16.7%) with non-wheezing lower respiratory illnesses. 2) Duration of breast feeding regardless of-whether other foods were given, was categorized as 3 grups, i. e., none or for less than a month (group), one to 4 months (group B), and 4 or more months (group C). Incidences of wheezing illnesses in the first 4 months of life were lower in group B(10.1%) and group C (8.4%) than group A (27.3%), respectively (p<0.01). Wheezing illnesses beyond 4 months of life and non-wheezing illnesses in all intervals seemed to be unrelated to the duration of breast feeding. 3) Considering a variety of other fisk factors, including sharing a room, parental childhood reapiratory trouble, sex and maternal education, children who received minimal breast feeding (group A) had the greater risk of early wheezing illnesses in the simultaneous exposure to sharing a room than group B and C (p<0.005). Our results suggest that decreased breast feeding is associated with a higher incidence of wheezing illnesses in the first 4 months of life, particularly in combination with other risk factors, such as sharing a room.
Breast Feeding* ; Breast* ; Child ; Education ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Parents ; Respiratory Sounds ; Respiratory System* ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors

Aneurysm of the vein of Galen is a rare midline arteriovenous malformation, usually presenting with cardiac failure in infancy or with hydrocephalus and raised intracranial pressure in older children. We experienced a case of the vein of Galen aneurysm diagnosed with computed tomographic (CT) features and magnetic resonance image (MRI), a new imaging modality. Our case was a 3 day-old male neonate and had a nonspesific symptom of high fever without cardiac failure. A brief review of related literature was made.
Aneurysm* ; Arteriovenous Malformations ; Cerebral Veins* ; Child ; Fever ; Heart Failure ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus ; Infant, Newborn ; Intracranial Pressure ; Male ; Veins*