OBJECTIVES: Despite remarkable development of pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia, some patients continuously have had violence problems. The violence of psychotic patients is recently becoming the focus of the attention. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on patients with schizophrenia having violence related history. METHODS: 15 Patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder of crime history were treated with individual CBT for 12 sessions, and assessed with 4 scales (Korean version of Aggression Questionnaire, Korean version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11-Revised, Beck Cognitive Insight Scale and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) to evaluate anger, impulse, insight and clinical symptoms respectively at baseline and post treatment. The comparison group consisted of 15 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder of crime history. They were also assessed with the same scales during the same period. RESULTS: Although impulsivity is not changed significantly after treatment, but there was significant improvement in clinical symptom, insight and aggression, especially self-reflectiveness and anger respectively. CONCLUSION: CBT can be one of the good therapeutic tools for patients with schizophrenia having violence problems in that it reduces aggression and enhances insight of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
Aggression ; Anger ; Case-Control Studies* ; Cognitive Therapy* ; Crime* ; Drug Therapy ; Humans ; Impulsive Behavior ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Schizophrenia* ; Violence ; Weights and Measures

With improvements in diagnostic imaging techniques for the brain, pituitary tumors without neurological signs or symptoms have occasionally been found. To evaluate therapeutic strategy for incidentally found pituitary tumors ("pituitary incidentaloma"), we analyzed the result of magnetic resonance imaging findings and of ophthalmological and endocrinological studies in 3 cases with follow up. Incidentally found functioning tumors were excluded. All of 3 cases is greater than 10mm in tumor size("pituitary macroincidentaloma"). The follow-up period was 49 months, 16 months and 6 months(mean, 25.3 months) in each case. There was no evidence of tumor enlargement, endocrinological problems and visual field defect during follow-up period. Patients with pituitary incidentalomas usually follow a benign course and neurosurgical intervention is not initially required in the management even those greater than 10mm in diameter. Observation over time may be good approach to the patient with a pituitary macroincidentaloma to avoid the unnecessary risk for surgery in a patients with a stable mass.
Brain ; Diagnostic Imaging ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Pituitary Neoplasms ; Visual Fields

PURPOSE: Bridge anticoagulation therapy is mostly utilized in patients with mechanical heart valves (MHV) receiving warfarin therapy during invasive dental procedures because of the risk of excessive bleeding related to highly vascular supporting dental structures. Bridge therapy using low molecular weight heparin may be an attractive option for invasive dental procedures; however, its safety and cost-effectiveness compared with unfractionated heparin (UFH) is uncertain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study investigated the safety and cost-effectiveness of enoxaparin in comparison to UFH for bridge therapy in 165 consecutive patients (57+/-11 years, 35% men) with MHV who underwent invasive dental procedures. RESULTS: This study included 75 patients treated with UFH-based bridge therapy (45%) and 90 patients treated with enoxaparin-based bridge therapy (55%). The bleeding risk of dental procedures and the incidence of clinical adverse outcomes were not significantly different between the UFH group and the enoxaparin group. However, total medical costs were significantly lower in the enoxaparin group than in the UFH group (p<0.001). After multivariate adjustment, old age (> or =65 years) was significantly associated with an increased risk of total bleeding independent of bridging methods (odds ratio, 2.51; 95% confidence interval, 1.15-5.48; p=0.022). Enoxaparin-based bridge therapy (beta=-0.694, p<0.001) and major bleeding (beta=0.296, p=0.045) were significantly associated with the medical costs within 30 days after dental procedures. CONCLUSION: Considering the benefit of enoxaparin in cost-effectiveness, enoxaparin may be more efficient than UFH for bridge therapy in patients with MHV who required invasive dental procedures.
Aged ; Anticoagulants/*therapeutic use ; Dentistry, Operative/*methods ; Enoxaparin/therapeutic use ; Female ; *Heart Valve Prosthesis ; Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight/*therapeutic use ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Coronary involvement of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is rarely identified at premortem. Herein, we report a case of PAN presenting as acute myocardial infarction (MI). A 66-year-old man without previous history of heart disease presented with excruciating substernal chest pain of 3 hours duration. On admission, cardiac enzyme and ECG changes were compatible with acute MI of inferior wall. Emergency coronary angiography showed multiple aneurysmal dilatations of both left and right coronary arteries (RCA) and total occlusion with large thrombi at mid-RCA. After balloon angioplasty and intracoronary urokinase, huge coronary aneurysm was defined at mid-RCA and coronary flow partially improved. The patient was transferred to coronary care unit and continous intravenous heparin infusion was started. On the 7th hospitalization day, the patient was discharged in good condition. Two months later, follow-up coronary angiography showed no significant luminal narrowings in RCA with multiple aneurysmal dilatation, but abdominal angiography revealed multiple aneurysms in right renal and superior mesenteric arteries. These findings were compatible with the diagnosis of PAN. The patient was started on prednisone 60mg once daily and cytoxan 125mg bid. At follow-up 8 month later, there was no recurrence of symptoms.
Aged ; Aneurysm ; Angiography ; Angioplasty, Balloon ; Chest Pain ; Coronary Aneurysm ; Coronary Angiography ; Coronary Care Units ; Coronary Vessels ; Cyclophosphamide ; Diagnosis ; Dilatation ; Electrocardiography ; Emergencies ; Follow-Up Studies ; Heart Diseases ; Heparin ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Mesenteric Artery, Superior ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Phenobarbital ; Polyarteritis Nodosa* ; Prednisone ; Recurrence ; Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator

Blood types are very important because they are associated with blood transfusion, the diagnosis of hematological diseases and the related diseases. Rh system is a major blood group system as ABO system. Major Rh antigen is Rh (D) antigen. Minor Rh antigens are Rh (C), (c), (E), (e) antigen. Most of people have Rh (C), (c), (E), (e) antigen but some people don't have these antigens. The hematologists call this blood type -D-/-D- blood phenotype. -D-/-D- phenotype is blood group that have (D) antigen without (C), (c), (E), (e) Antigen. This blood type is rare throughout the world. Especially, fetal hydops associated with anti-C,-c,-E,-e antibody is very rare. We experienced a case of fetal hydrops associated with anti-C,-c,-E,-e antibodies and report it with a brief of literatures.
Antibodies ; Blood Transfusion ; Diagnosis ; Hematologic Diseases ; Hydrops Fetalis* ; Phenotype*

No abstract available.
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration* ; Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital* ; Lung*

Arterial blood gas analysis has become an integral part of the clinical evaluation of the patient with known or suspected pulmonary disease. However, when the results of the measurements show arterial hypoxemia which is out of proportion to the clinical and X-ray evidence of lung disease, we may consider potential errors in measurement involving the blood gas analyzer or methods of blood sample storage. We experienced spurious hypoxemia in a patient with extreme leukocytosis (220.0 X 10(3)/mm3) secondary to leukemia. The degree of PaO2 decay was blunted by placing the blood on ice.
Anoxia ; Blood Gas Analysis ; Humans ; Ice ; Leukemia ; Leukocytosis* ; Lung Diseases ; Oxygen*

Communication between coronary arteries and cardiac chambers or large vessels is unusual type of congenital malformation. Aneurysmal formation of a coronary arteriovenous fistula is even rare. We report a case of 83-year-old women with giant aneurysm of the coronary arteriovenous fistula from the left anterior descending coronary artery treated by percutaneous deployment of embolization coil.
Aged, 80 and over ; Aneurysm* ; Arteriovenous Fistula* ; Coronary Vessels ; Embolization, Therapeutic ; Female ; Humans

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute, self-limiting, small-vessel vasculitis with an unknown cause that affects children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. Its important acute complication is coronary artery aneurysm. Myocardial infarction caused by thrombus formation inside the aneurysm or by organic obstructive lesion following the regression of aneurysm is the principal cause of death in KD. However, coronary artery aneurysms and stenosis requiring surgery are rare in KD. We report an our experience about anesthetic management of child undergone off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery because of coronary artery aneurysm associated with KD.
Anesthesia ; Aneurysm ; Cause of Death ; Child ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump ; Coronary Disease ; Coronary Vessels ; Humans ; Infarction ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome ; Myocardial Infarction ; Thrombosis ; Transplants ; Vasculitis

Hemorrhagic cystitis is potentially life-threatening sequellae of chemotherapy using oxazaphosphorine alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide). Mesna contains a sulfhydryl group that is believed to bind acrolein within the urinary collecting system and reduce the hemorrhagic cystitis without affecting the chemotherapeutic potential. To date, about thirty cases of hypersensitivity or allergic reactions of the delayed and urticarial type associated with mesna have been reported. We reported two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed facial rash and flushing associated with mesna which imitate malar rash.
Acrolein ; Alkylating Agents ; Cyclophosphamide ; Cystitis ; Drug Therapy ; Exanthema* ; Flushing ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity* ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ; Mesna*