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Estradiol* ; Female ; Humans ; Plasma* ; Progesterone*

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Succinylcholine chloride is the most commonly used muscle relaxant. Its rapid onset of action and relatively brief duration are unique Despite its wide use, certain pharmacologic aspects of auccinylcholine chloride are not as widely appreciated as they should be. There is marked variation in the responses of patients to clinically used doses. Large doses demonstrate that recovery from succinylcholine chloride is slower than is generally appreciated in man. The dose related neuromuscular blocking effect of succinylcholine chloride in cats was investigated using a cat common peroneal nerve anterior tibial muscle preparation. All experimental cats tracheas were intubated through a tracheostomy under general anesthesia with Nembutal 40 mg/kg intravenously. Respiration was controlled by a Harvard animal respirator. The body temperature was kept at 35~37 degrees C by a thermoblanket. The degree of neuromuscular block following intravenous succinylcholine chloride, 0.5 mg/kg and 1 mg/kg, were measured by single twitch response. The common peroneal nerve was stimulated supramaximally by a single stimulus with square waves, 0. 2 msec duration and at a frequency of 0.1 Hz. The ratio of the twitch height was calculated. The results were as follows: 1) The time of neuromuscular blokade to 100% depression was 30.7 sec and to l00% spontaneous recovery was 1,260 sec (21 min.) in the succinylcholine chloride 0.5 mg/kg intravenous group. The recovery index was 258. 5 sec (4. 3 min.). 2) The time of neuromuscular blockade to 100% depression was 30 sec and to 100% spontaneous recovery was 2,004 sec (33. 4 min.) in the succinylcholine chloride I mg/kg intravenous group. No significant time difference was observed in neuromuscular depression in both groups but spontaneous recovery time was markedly prolonged to 744 sec (59% prolongation). The recovery index was also prolonged to 474 sec (83% prolongation).
Anesthesia, General ; Animals ; Body Temperature ; Cats* ; Depression ; Humans ; Muscle, Skeletal ; Neuromuscular Blockade* ; Pentobarbital ; Peroneal Nerve ; Respiration ; Succinylcholine* ; Trachea ; Tracheostomy ; Ventilators, Mechanical

The infantile polycystic kidney disease is rare fetal urinary tract anomaly. It is inherited with an autosomal recessive pattern and recurrence rate is 25%. The gene locus is on chromosome 6p. The pathogenesis of infantile polycystic kidney is the primary defect of the collecting ducts. The ultrasonographic finding of infantile polycystic kidney is oligohydramnios, bilaterally symmetrical enlarged kidneys with maintenance of their reinform shape. The differential diagnosis with adult polycystic kidney disease is important. The massive enlargement of the kidneys is rarely seen in adult polycystic kidney disease and the examination of the parents and other members of the family is helpful to confirm the adult polycystic kidney disease. If there is severe renal involvements, stillbirth or neonatal death secondary to pulmonary hypoplasia would be developed. If it were diagnosed before viability, termination of pregnancy is recommended. In a fetus at risk, diagnosed after viability, pregnancy termination is also recommended since this condition is uniformly fatal. We present a case of infantile polycystic kidney.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Fetus ; Humans ; Kidney ; Oligohydramnios ; Parents ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases* ; Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant ; Pregnancy ; Recurrence ; Stillbirth ; Urinary Tract

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Disabled Persons* ; Female ; Humans ; Menarche*

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Anesthesia, Spinal* ; Arthroplasty*

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Transplants*

PURPOSE: Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is the most common urogenital disease in middle aged men, and it shows various symptoms and a high recurrent rate. Uro-Vaxom(R) is effective for the treatment of urinary tract infection via the activation of the urothelial immune system. The main objectives of this study were to investigate the recurrence of CPPS and to find out if Uro-Vaxom(R) is helpful to suppress the recurrence of this condition. MATERIALS AND METHODS: After completing treatment for CPPS (NIH-IIIa 45, NIH-IIIb 85), 130 patients were given a 12 week course of Uro-Vaxom(R) 60mg once a day before breakfast. Sixty patients were also included in the study as a control group after they completed the treatment for CPPS (NIH-IIIa 22, NIH-IIIb 38). All of patients were reevaluated 12 weeks and 24 weeks later with the NIH-CPSI criteria and the EPS findings. RESULTS: The overall recurrent rate for NIH-IIIa disease was 22.7%, and it was 26.3% for the patients with NIH-IIIb disease in the control group, and it was 6.7% for the patients with NIH-IIIa disease and 7.1% for the patients with NIH-IIIb disease in the Uro-Vaxom(R) group (p<0.05). The classification of the recurrent CPPS was 46.7% NIH-IIIa and 53.3% NIH- IIIb in the control group, and 11.1% NIH-IIIa and 88.9% NIH-IIIb in the Uro-Vaxom(R) group. The possible predisposing factors related to the recurrence of CPPS were excessive alcoholic drinking (29.2%), overwork (25.0%) and stress (16.7%). In the non-recurrent patients, there was no change of the NIH-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index and the EPS findings for all patients during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: There was about a 30% recurrence rate of CPPS within 6 months after treatment, and Uro-Vaxom(R) may play a significant role to suppress the recurrence of CPPS.
Alcoholics ; Breakfast ; Causality ; Classification ; Drinking ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Immune System ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pelvic Pain* ; Prostatitis ; Recurrence* ; Urinary Tract Infections

OBJECTIVES: To determine if hysterectomy with or without ovarian preservation is asso-ciated with obesity in premenopausal women. METHODS: 581 women for routine check up from Jan. 1985 to Dec. 1995 in the depart-m ent of Gynecology at Korea Veterans Hospital were included. The obesity was evaluated by BMI(body mass index) scores. 80% of hysterectomy were confirmed from the hospital records. The age, weight, height, blood pressure, menstr- ual history, history of DM and hypertension, social history of alcohol and smoking and other cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides were checked. The 248 women with natural postmenopausal status before hysterectomy, taking hormonal replacement therapy after hysterectomy and having performed hysterectomy due to malign- ancy were excluded. RESULTS: All women performed hysterectomy were in premenopausal status in this study. Therefore, the final numbers of subjects included in the analysis was 333. Hysterectomy wit- hout ovarian preservation were performed in 58 cases and hysterectomy with ovarian pres- ervation were in 57 cases. The 218 premenopausal cases which did not performed hystere- ctomy were considered control group. BMI scores were higher in cases without ovarian pres- ervation than with ovarian preservation. And BMI score was associated with the postoper- ative duration in hysterectomy with ovarian preservation. CONCLUSIONS: We suggest that hysterectomy without ovarian preservation in premeno- paussal women were associated with increased obesity, especially BMI scores.
Blood Pressure ; Cholesterol ; Female ; Gynecology ; Hospital Records ; Hospitals, Veterans ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Hysterectomy* ; Korea ; Obesity* ; Risk Factors ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Triglycerides

PURPOSE: Chronic prostatitis displays various pathophysiologies due to various causes, and is a life time affliction, but the diagnosis and treatment are still unclear. Therefore, it is important to find if some elements influence the incidence and progress of the disease; attempts were made to recognize the risk factors for chronic prostatitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 184 chronic prostatitis patients were selected, and divided, after treatment, into the improvement (IG; n=147) and non-improvement groups (NIG; n=37). 40 healthy men were chosen as the control group (CG) for a comparative analysis. Subjects were investigated for their professional stati and form of work, driving, motorcycle or bicycle utilization, drinking, smoking, sex and their style of diet. RESULTS: The ratio of sedentary desk workers in the NIG (73.0%) was higher than in the other groups. The ratio of those that drove for more than 1 hour was much high in the NIG by 54.1%. The ratio of the people who ejaculated more than once a week, either through sexual intercourse or masturbation, was lower in the NIG by 56.5%, but that of people who ejaculated every day was higher in the NIG (13.5%). People drinking more than once a week was greater in the NIG (67.6%), and those who drank more than 1 bottle of Korean wine, Soju, were showed an expressively higher ratio in the NIG (72.0%). In relation to dietary behavior, the NIG showed a high ratio (73.0%) for a preference for salty food only. CONCLUSIONS: Factors that may influence the prognosis of chronic prostatitis are thought to be the form of profession, number ejaculations, frequency and amount of drinking, an a habit of eating salty food. Therefore, these factors should be considered together when looking for a cure for chronic prostatitis.
Coitus ; Diagnosis ; Diet ; Drinking ; Eating ; Ejaculation ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Masturbation ; Motorcycles ; Prognosis ; Prostatitis* ; Risk Factors* ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Wine