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Oral Health*

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Oral Health

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Oral Health

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Compliance ; Ethics, Research

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Aging ; Oral Health

PURPOSE: This study was undertaken to compare the growth promoting effect between patients with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency(IGHD) and those with organic growth hormone deficiency(OGHD). METHODS: Seventeen children with GH deficiency were divided into two groups: 7 IGHD and 10 OGHD including craniopharyngioma(5), sella germinoma(1), prolactinoma(1), Langerhans cell histiocytosis(1) and postirradiation(1). Diagnosis of GHD was made on the basis of two growth hormone provocative tests, serum IGF-1 & IGFBP 3 level, and bone age. Both groups were treated with recombinant human growth hormone(0.6-0.8IU/Kg/week) for 2 years and auxological parameters (height velocity, height SDS CA(standard deviation score for chronologic age)) were analyzed during 2 years of treatment by using KIGS 4.0 software program. RESULTS :The mean pretreatment height velocity in both groups did not differ statistically(2.6+/-.8cm/yr in IGHD vs 2.5+/-.9cm/yr in OGHD: p>0.05). However, height velocity after 2 years of growth hormone treatment was significantly greater in IGHD group than in OGHD group(9.0+/-.3cm/yr in IGHD vs 7.2+/-.8cm/yr in OGHD: P<0.05). The height SDS for CA has improved remakably during 2 years of growth hormone treatment; -3.46 SDS before treatment to -1.53 SDS in IGHD group, -2.3 SDS to -0.5 SDS in OGHD group. CONCLUSION: Growth hormone replacement therapy has remakably improved height velocity and height SDS for CA in both groups during the 2 years of the treatment. However, the height velocity in OGHD group was significantly less than in IGHD, indicating that additional factors such as malnutrition, associated multiple hormone deficiencies, spinal irradiation and sexual precocity might significantly hamper the growth promoting effect in OGHD group during growth hormone treatment.
Child* ; Diagnosis ; Growth Hormone* ; Humans ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins ; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I ; Malnutrition

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Jaw*

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Jaw*

BACKGROUND: An intensive and ongoing surveillance program is effective for preventing the hospital infections. but it is time-consuming to detect all cases of hospital infections. So, labratory-based surveillance was performed with the aid of personal computer. The software 'MICRO' that coded and used privately was written in FoxPro 2.0 code. METHODS: All results of the microbiologic culture were stocked in the software and hospital infections were detected by review d an positive microbiology reports and daily ward rounds with examination of patient progress notes. If there was any suggestion or evidence of outbreak of hospital infections the data were analyzed by the 'MICRO' and reported to hospital infections control committee. RESULTS: We detected the outbreak of nosoccmial pneumonia due to a putative single species of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the neurosurgical ward at May, 1996. The suggestive outbreak of wound infections in the 7th ward at April, 1966 was denied by the 'MICRO'. The possible outbreak of 10th ward at May, 1996 was detected. CONCLUSIONS: We describe a surveillance method that identifies excessive rates of positive culture on patient location culture site, and organism indentification using the 'MICRO'. We were able to monitor patient-to-patient cross-infections and possible breakdowns in proper technique, and expect suggestive outbreak of infections early. These results demonstrate that computer analysis of positive culture rates by 'MICRO' is a sensitive and time-efficient method for detecting potentially preventable hospital infections.
Cross Infection* ; Humans ; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; Microcomputers* ; Pneumonia ; Wound Infection

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