No abstract available.
Carbon Disulfide* ; Carbon* ; Humans ; Poisoning*

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mortality of patients over eighty years old with femoral neck fractures that have been treated with bipolar endoprostheses. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively studied 37 patients out of a total of 83, who suffered from hip fractures and were treated with surgery from 2000 through December 2004. We attempted to distinguish the differences between the 8 patients who died (Group A) and the 29 patients who lived (Group B). The variables that we analyzed, were: age, sex, operative time, the time period from admission to surgery, the time period from admission to discharge, the ASA score, and any medical comorbidities. Results: In Group A, 2 patients died within 1 month, 2 died between 1 and 6 months, 1 died between 6 and 12 months, and 3 died after 1 year. There were statistical differences between Group A and Group B with respect to two variables: the time period from admission to, and medical comorbidities. Conclusion: There were significant correlations with an increase in the mortality rate among patients with lung disease, female patients in general, and delays in surgery. Therefore, particular care should be paid to patients with these variables.
Comorbidity ; Female ; Femoral Neck Fractures ; Hip Fractures ; Hip* ; Humans ; Lung Diseases ; Mortality* ; Operative Time ; Retrospective Studies

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Lung Neoplasms* ; Lung*

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Korea* ; Moyamoya Disease*

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Nevus, Pigmented* ; Vitiligo*

No abstract available.
Adenoma* ; Ear*

A 6-month-old female infant presented initially with a bulging of anterior fontanelle. A CT scanning of the brain was normal. On lumbar puncture, intrathecal pressure was increased to 60 cmH2O an d the results of cerebrospinal fluid analysis were normal. An MRI scan of lumbosacral spine revealed a tethered cord syndrome with an intradural lipoma. The patient underwent neurosurgical intervention. At 3 years of age, her ambulation and other developmental skills were normal without urinary or fecal incontinence. To our knowledge, intracranial hypertension without hydrocephalus has not been reported in patients with spinal lipomas. Our case, however, shows that a spinal lipoma which is not associated with intracranial lesions including hydrocephalus can be presented initially with a sign of intracranial hypertension. Therefore, this reports that spinal lipoma could be considered as a cause of intracranial hypertension in patients without intracranial lesions.
Brain ; Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Cranial Fontanelles ; Fecal Incontinence ; Female ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus* ; Infant* ; Intracranial Hypertension* ; Lipoma* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neural Tube Defects ; Spinal Puncture ; Spine ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Walking

Central 30-2 threshold tests were performed in 124 eyes of 62 normal subjects with Humphrey Field Analyzer. The average value of foveal threshold, mean deviation(MD), pattern standard deviation(PSD), shor-term fluctuation(SF) and corrected pattern standard deviation(CPSD) were 34.3+/-2.6dB, -1.96+/-1.31dB, 2.25+/-0.88dB, 1.38+/-0.52dB and 1.41+/-1.10dB, respectively. The frequency of abnormal value on automated perimetry(p<5%) was 25.5% in foveal threshold and 19.1% in MD, which was higher than fundamental data of perimetry. As the age increased, foveal threshold decreased (r=-0.729), PSD and CPSD increased (r=0.422) and 0.385, respectively) ; these are statistically significant correlations(p<0.05). This study has the limitation that test was performed on single session and had small study group. Therefore, further study is needed with comparative analysis following repeated test and larger group of visual field examination.
Visual Field Tests ; Visual Fields*

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to develop an education program for safe drug use in the rural elderly and to measure the effect of the program. METHOD: This study utilized a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study consisted of 40 older persons who were more than 65 years old and lived in G and C meon, Y gun, Gyeongsang-bukdo and visited the public health subcenter. Twenty were assigned to the experimental group and 20 to the control group. The education was provided for one and a half hours, once a week for 3 weeks. Data was collected before, right after, and one month after the program. RESULT: The first hypothesis was supported(F=79.24, p=0.000) showing that the knowledge scores of the drug use of the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group at post education and one month after education. The second hypothesis was supported(F=23.84, p=0.000) showing that the drug misuse and abuse prevention behavior scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group at post education and one month after the education. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the education for safe drug use is effective in promoting knowledge and behavior for safe drug use of the rural elderly.
Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; *Patient Education as Topic ; Program Evaluation ; Rural Population ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Substance-Related Disorders/*prevention & control

Diffuse leiomyomatosis of the esophagus is a rare condition and usually extends from the mid-esophagus to the proximal third of the stomach. Macroscopically, there is a marked diffuse thickening of the esophageal wall, with or without nodularity, predominantly affecting the circular muscle coat. Microscopically, the disorder is characterized by the loss of the normal orientation of the smooth muscle fibers of all three layers. We report a case in a 37-year-old woman which was incidentally discovered at exploratory thoracotomy.
Female ; Humans