No abstract available.
Kidney Calculi*

The role of the Orthodontist in cleft lip and cleft palate therapy is primarily ill correction of malocclusion which is required by practically every child who has these defects. He can contribute to the assessment of dento-facial growth and development. We may gain the possible limited correction of delayed malocclusion due to cleft lip and palate. The authors have attempted delayed orthodontic treatment of a cleft lip and palate of 12.9 years old girl, who had a cleft lip and palate of surgical closure at 2,3 and 4 years old.
Child ; Child, Preschool ; Cleft Lip* ; Cleft Palate ; Female ; Growth and Development ; Humans ; Malocclusion ; Palate*

The giant intra-articular osteochondroma of the knee is very rare and is probably result of synovial metaplasia of the fibrous capsule or of the adjacent connencive tissue of a joint, and of the fragment of articular cartilage. The gross findings and histology are consistent with the osteochondroma. The authors experienced a case of giant intra-articular osteochondroma of the right knee in a 19 years old man who had history of knee injury when he was 16 years old. The mass was excised and the symptome was relieved.
Cartilage, Articular ; Joints ; Knee Injuries ; Knee ; Metaplasia ; Osteochondroma

NO abstract available.
Glomerulonephritis, IGA* ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin A* ; Lymphocytes* ; RNA, Messenger* ; Transforming Growth Factor beta

We report a case of ciliated hepatic foregut cyst which was incidentally found in a 64 year-old man. The cyst, 6 cm in diameter, was unilocular, solitary and was located in the medial segment of left lobe, just below the Glisson's capsule. Microscopically, the cyst wall consisted of 4 layers; pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium, subepithelial loose connective tissue, smooth muscle bundles and an outermost fibrous capsule. Although cartilage or subepithelial sero-mucous glands were absent, the morphologic features of the cyst correspond with those of an incomplete form of brochogenic cyst.
Cysts

No abstract available.
Echocardiography* ; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color ; Ligation*

No abstract available.
Densitometry*

OBJECTIVE: Atypical antipsychotic (AAP) treatment is associated with weight gain and metabolic disturbances such as dyslipidemia and dysglycemia. The metabolic disturbances are usually considered to develop secondary to weight gain. We performed the comparison of metabolic disturbances of three AAP group with different risk of metabolic side effect after adjusting for body mass to investigate whether any metabolic disturbances develop independently from body mass index (BMI). METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 174 subjects with schizophrenia who were on 1) monotherapy with clozapine (CL), olanzapine (OL), or quetiapine (QT) (n=61), 2) monotherapy with risperidone (RSP) (n=89), or 3) monotherapy with aripiprizole (ARP), or ziprasidone (ZPS) (n=24) more than 1 year. Association between the prevalence of metabolic disturbances and groups were analysed using logistic regression after adjusting confounding variables including BMI. Analysese of covariance were used to compare the AAP groups in terms of the levels of metabolic parameters. RESULTS: There were significant differences among groups in terms of the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia (p=0.015), low HDL-cholesterol (p=0.017), and hyperglycemia (p=0.022) after adjusting for BMI. Triglyceride level (p=0.014) and the ratio of triglyceride to HDL-cholesterol (p=0.004) were significantly different among groups after adjusting for BMI. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, metabolic disturbances are significantly different in AAP groups even after adjusting BMI. AAPs may have direct effect on metabolic parameters. Blood lipid and glucose levels should be monitored regularly regardless of whether patients tend to gain weight.
Antipsychotic Agents* ; Body Mass Index ; Clozapine ; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Dyslipidemias ; Glucose ; Humans ; Hyperglycemia ; Hypertriglyceridemia ; Logistic Models ; Prevalence ; Risperidone ; Schizophrenia* ; Triglycerides ; Weight Gain ; Quetiapine Fumarate

Clozapine use is associated with various adverse events, some of which have received little attention, including eosinophilia, pleural effusion, and hepatitis. Because of the fatality of jaundice with hepatitis, it is necessary to understand the course and management of clozapine-induced eosinophilia and hepatitis. We report on a case in which the eosinophil count began to increase shortly after clozapine use, and pleural effusion and fever then developed at the time eosinophilia was at its peak level. Jaundice with hepatitis consecutively developed when all the above symptoms subsided. The liver function recovered rapidly after clozapine was discontinued. We recommend that patients who develop rapid eosinophilia at the beginning of clozapine treatment should be monitored with LFTs, chest X-rays, and urine analysis tests.
Clozapine ; Eosinophilia ; Eosinophils ; Fever ; Hepatitis ; Humans ; Jaundice ; Liver ; Pleural Effusion ; Thorax

This research has been done in order to improve quality of nursing and medical service. In order to improve those qualities the study has been done to know inpatient perception of kindness and meaning of kindness which patients receive from nurse and also what effect inpatient have when they experience kindness from nurse. The subjects were 454 people who admitted in K Hospital. Time period was from October to December 1995. This survey has been done by personal interview with a written questionnaire. Analysis of data has been done by X2-test and percentage. The results of the research may be summarized as follows. 1. The inpatients perception of kindness on nurse were explanation(26.8%), tolerance(16.3%), warm-heartedness(12.8%), interest(9.5%), ability(8.4%), confidence(6.4%), respect(4.0%), support(2.65%). 2. In order to find out general meaning of kindness, study classified by age, sex, education, job, experience of hospitalization, inpatient ward. As a result of X2-test, no special meaning of kindness was presented in inpatient perception of kindness. 3. Contents kindness which inpatient experienced were, warm-heartedness(23%), understanding(18.1%), interest(17.8%), ability(12.8%), tolerance(5.7%), confidence(2.6%). 4. Over half of subjects(59.1%) answered stability to effect on kindness of Nurse. Next are self-confidence(7.9%), respect(5.3%), confidence(4.6%), warm-heartedness(3.5%), understanding(2.6%). According to above results inpatient feels that meaning of kindness were explanation, tolerance, warm-heartedness. This meaning has no distinctive difference other than consistent meaning. Likewise, inpatient experience about contents of kindness is similar to meaning of kindness. As a result of this research, which show that kindness of nurse gives patient stability, respect and confidence, we would kindness is important for recovery of inpatient. Therefore, this research outcome could be able to help to improve quality of nursing and medical service.
Education ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Inpatients* ; Nursing ; Surveys and Questionnaires