It is very desirable to clarify the situation of fertility, family planning and attitude toward family size of the women residing in the sub-urban slum area because of underprivilege of socio-economiccondition of the residents and negligible health services (especially MCH and family planning) to the people in the area. The study area was selected a slum and primary fixation place of the people immigrated from rural area: Taegu, Dong Ku, Shin Chun Dong, 2 Ka and Taegu, Suh Ku, Ri San Dong, 1 Ka The survey was conducted by family planning workers at Health Center from December 1974 to February 1975. The results were obtained as follows: Thirty-eight percent of residents immigrated from rural area and most of there consist of nuclear family. Average monthly income per family was 38,000 won and 74 percent of them haven't their own houses. Number of pregnancy and live births per womon were 3.8 and 3.0 respectively. The rates of spontaneous and induced abortion to total married women were 9.5% and 36% respectively. Regarding delivery conditions, 86% of deliveries were performed at home and 70% of them were cared by non-professional person or without helpers. Ideal number of children account for 1.58 for sons, 1.08 for. daughters 2.655 for both, but the rate of 2 children regardless sex difference was only 3.4%. The factors influencing to family size were age and educational level of women and economic status of the hosehold. Regarding family planning, the rate of experience of contraception in the past was 48 percent while the rate of present contraception was 24%. Most frequent pregnancy order at the first contraception was 4th and most frequent age group of the women was 35-39 years in the past while the most frequent pregnancy order and the age of women were 3rd and 30-34 years at the first contraception in the present. Average fertility rate per year to total eligible women for 5 years 20.8% indicating somewhat higher than those of oter places. Age specific marital fertility rate showed higher in younger age groups than those of other places, and total fertility rate accounts for 1548.4 showing similar to rural total fertility rate in 1970 and higher than those of other urban areas.
Abortion, Induced ; Birth Rate* ; Child ; Contraception ; Daegu* ; Family Characteristics ; Family Planning Services* ; Female ; Fertility* ; Health Services ; Humans ; Live Birth ; Nuclear Family ; Poverty Areas ; Pregnancy ; Sex Characteristics

Ketogenic diet has been used for more than 80 years as a successful dietary regimen for epilepsy. Recently, dietary modulation by carbohydrate depletion via ketogenic diet has been suggested as an important therapeutic strategy to selectively kill cancer cells and as adjuvant therapy for cancer treatment. However, some researchers insist ketogenic diet to be highly undesirable as ketogenic diet may trigger and/or exacerbate cachexia development and usually result in significant weight loss. This review revisits the meaning of physiological ketosis in the light of this evidence and considers possibility of the use of ketogenic diet for oncology patients. Article search was performed from 1985 through 2017 and finally 10 articles were analyzed. The review focused on the results of human trials for cancer patients and checked the feasibility of using ketogenic diet for cancer patients as adjuvant therapy. The main outcomes showed improvement of body weight changes, anthropometric changes, serum blood profiles, and reduction in novel marker for tumor progression, TKTL1, and increase of ketone body. Lactate concentration was reduced, and no significant changes were reported in the measurements of quality of life. Ketogenic diet may be efficacious in certain cancer subtypes whose outcomes appear to correlate with metabolic status, but the results are not yet supportive and inconsistent. Therefore, it warrants further studies.
Body Weight Changes ; Cachexia ; Diet, High-Fat ; Epilepsy ; Humans ; Ketogenic Diet* ; Ketosis ; Lactic Acid ; Quality of Life ; Weight Loss

PURPOSE: This study was done to examine the relationship between nursing students' hearing levels and accuracy of blood pressure (BP) measurements. METHODS: Participants were 107 students who had finished their fundamental nursing practice and clinical practicum and who used earphones. Data were collected from October 13 to November 30, 2014 and from April 30 to May 19, 2015. Students' hearing thresholds were examined using an audiometer. Students were assigned to take two BP measurements on BP measurement training simulators, but only the second measurement was used for analysis. RESULTS: All nursing students' hearing levels were within normal range, and there was no significant difference found among the settings for diastolic blood pressure. However, there were significant differences between low systolic blood pressure (SBP) (below 120mmHg) and high SBP (over 140mmHg) (z=9.02, p=.011). Measurement error in SBP showed a positive correlation with hearing threshold in the right ear at frequencies of 1000Hz and 500Hz. CONCLUSION: Findings indicate that BP measurement error is correlated with hearing threshold at some frequencies. To reduce measurement error, nursing students should be provided with health education about hearing and to improve training for students, further studies need to examine other factors influencing BP measurement error.
Blood Pressure* ; Ear ; Health Education ; Hearing* ; Humans ; Nursing* ; Preceptorship ; Reference Values ; Students, Nursing

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Child* ; Humans ; Plasma* ; Renal Veins* ; Renin* ; Veins*

PURPOSE: Avellino corneal dystrophy (ACD) is the most common form of inherited corneal disorder in Korea. To report 4 cases of ACD concurrent with floppy eyelid syndrome (FES), which had not been previously reported, and to find an additional mutation. METHODS: Five patient in 2 families who were diagnosed as ACD patient were examined whether they had FES. PCR, cold-SSCP and sequencing analysis were performed for identification of genetic defect. RESULTS: Four of 5 ACD patients showed FES which characterized by easily everted eyelid and conjunctival papillary reaction. In one family, succeeding two generations had this feature. We identified R124H mutation in all 5 ACD patients, however, no additional mutation wsa identified in BIGH3 gene. CONCLUSIONS: One case series suggested that there may be some linkage between the genes responsible for ACD and FES.
Eyelids* ; Family Characteristics ; Humans ; Korea ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational

PURPOSE: Mesenteric and omental cysts are uncommon lesions found all age groups. They elicit interest because of their unclear pathogenesis and confusing terminology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CT findings of 12 case with mesenteric and omental cysts were described and compared with surgical and pathologic findings. RESULTS: In mesenteric and omental cyst, the histologic diagnoses were lymphangioma(7 cases), nonpancreatic pseudocyst(3 cases), mesothelial cyst(2 cases). Lymphangiomas were usually multiloculated with enhancing wall, located in the small bowel mesentery. And these cystic lesions were frequently attached to bowel and required resection of a bowel segment. In three cases of pseudocyst, thick and enhancing wall was shown in unilocular cyst. Two cases of mesothlial cyst were located in greater omenturn, showed very thin wall in unilocuation. CONCLUSION: The CT features of the mesenteric and omental cysts are fairly characteristic. Identification of lymphangioma, which shows a multilocuation and enhancing wall, is important due to frequent bowel resection in operative field.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Lymphangioma ; Mesentery

PURPOSE: We measured serum lycopene concentration and compared it in normal subjects, normal tension glaucoma (NTG), primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) patients. METHODS: We investigated serum lycopene concentration on 226 subjects, which were divided into 3 groups : group 1 with 136 normal subjects, group 2 with 24 NTG patients, group 3 with 66 POAG patients. Serum concentration of lycopene was measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). RESULTS: Mean age was 64.1+/-9.2 years old in group 1, 56.4+/-1.2 years old in group 2, 53.8+/-5.3 years old in group 3. Sex ratio (male:female) was 1:1 in group 1, 1.18:1 in group 2, 0.94:1 in group 3 respectively. Serum lycopene concentration was 6.44+/-0.34 microgram/dl in group 1, 2.55+/-0.44 microgram /dl in group 2, 2.17+/-0.27 microgram /dl in group 3 respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Serum lycopene concentration was significantly lower in NTG, POAG patients than normal subjects (P<.05). Further nutritional survey is necessary for new modality of treatment of glaucoma.
Chromatography, Liquid ; Glaucoma* ; Glaucoma, Open-Angle ; Humans ; Low Tension Glaucoma ; Nutrition Surveys ; Sex Ratio

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Humans ; Pregnancy, Twin* ; Twins*

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Child* ; Heart Defects, Congenital* ; Humans ; Plasma* ; Renal Veins* ; Renin* ; Veins*

Perforation of the interventricular septum complicating acute myocardial infarction is uncommon. The condition was first described anatomically by Latham in 1845 and the first antemortem diagnosis was made by Brunn in 1923. In both cases, bedside catheterization utilizing a flow directed catheter detected a step up of O2 saturation at the ventricular level, compatible with ventricular septal defect, and two dimensional echocardiogram allowed direct visualization and localization of the postmyocardial infarction VSD. Finally cineventriculogram confirmed them.
Catheterization ; Catheters ; Diagnosis ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular ; Infarction* ; Myocardial Infarction