OBJECTIVES: Delirium is a disorder defined as a sudden disturbance in thinking, speaking, acting and sleep pattern due to altered level of consciousness and cognitive function. The objective of this study is to analyze characteristics and therapeutic methods of the delirious patients during the recent 5 years, and provide basic data for further studies and investigation regarding delirium in the occurrence and treatment. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 475 patients who were consulted for delirium in Kyunghee University Medical Center from January 2007 to December 2011. RESULTS: During the 5 years, among the 475 patients who were diagnosed as delirium, men were more common(61.7%). The most commonly consulted reason and cause were sleep disturbance(80.8%) and post-operational delirium(30.9%), respectively. The medication prescription percentage was 76.6% and was significantly increased year after year. Ratio of using antipsychotics were 76.4% among prescribed medication and the most frequently prescribed antipsychotic drug was quetiapine(46.8%). Other specialists commonly misdiagnosed delirium when the patient was previously diagnosed as dementia(6.8%). CONCLUSIONS: In our study, post-operational delirium was the most commonly referred reason and the percentage of medication prescription tended to increase. Patients with history of dementia were more easily misdiagnosed as diseases other than delirium. Our study suggests that we should evaluate symptoms, causes, reasons of consultation, management tendency of delirium. We should also closely observe changes in sleep patterns and establish the prevention strategies for post-operational delirium and therapeutic bases for pharmacotherapy.
Academic Medical Centers ; Antipsychotic Agents ; Consciousness Disorders ; Delirium ; Dementia ; Humans ; Male ; Medical Records ; Prescriptions ; Retrospective Studies ; Specialization ; Thinking

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Primary Myelofibrosis*

The decrease of bone density after fracture is a well-known phenomenon. Several studies of the changes of bone density after fracture demonstrated bone density decreased not only at the fracture site, b ut also along the whole fractured bone. Being treated with locked intramedullary (IM) nailing, 15 patients with the long bone fractures of lower limbs were examined by Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT) or Dual-Energy X-ray Bone Densitometer (Lunar DPX-L) a few days after nail removal. In the cases of QCT (5 patients of the tibia shaft fracture), cortical bone density, cortical thickness and geometrical shape (i.e. external antero-posterior and medio-lateral diameters) of the fracture site were compared to those of the contralateral side. On the other hand, in the case of Lunar' (5 patients of the tibia shaft fracture & 5 patients of the femur shaft fracture), only cortical bone density was compared to that of the contralateral side. The results of this study were as follows: 1. When treated by the locked intramedullary nailing of the long bone fractures, the bone density of the tibia & femur shaft fractures measured from the fracture site, proximal and distal sites to mid-fracture decreased. 2. There was a difference in the bone density of the uninjured long bone diaphysis of the tibia & femur shaft fractures. That is, in the case of the tibia shaft fracture, the bone density of the ipsilateral femur diaphysis measured by QCT increased 2 %, and increased 7 % when measured by Lunar. But, in the case of the femur shaft fracture, the bone density of the ipsilateral tibia diaphysis measured by Lunar decreased 4%. 3. In the case of the tibia shaft fracture, the cortical thickness in the fracture site measured by QCT increased 72 %, and external antero-posterior and medio-lateral diameters increased 7 % and 63 %. It seemed to be the formation of peripheral callus due to medullary reaming preceding intramedullary nail insertion. Therefore, this clinical study demonstrated that the mechanical property of the long bone fractures was restored and restricted weight bearing hardly needs to recommended when the nail was removed after the fracture union. 4. The bone densities of the tibia shaft fratures measured by QCT were not different with those measured by Lunar.
Bone Density* ; Bony Callus ; Diaphyses ; Femur ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary* ; Fractures, Bone* ; Hand ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Tibia ; Weight-Bearing

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Depression*

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Dialysis* ; Peritonitis* ; Salmonella*

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Dialysis* ; Peritonitis* ; Salmonella*

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Humans ; Male*

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Aspirin* ; Coronary Aneurysm ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome*

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Rectum*

Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) is the treatment of choice for mitral stenosis. Only a few reported cases have been reported in PMBV patients worldwide. In this study, a case of a 34 year-old female with infective endocarditis a year after PMBV is presented. The patient presented with fever, and peripheral vascular symptoms. Transthoracic echocardiography showed vegetation on the anterior mitral leaflets and Staphylococcus Viridans was isolated from blood cultures. The patient was successfully treated with Amoxicillin + Clavulate and Gentamicin. Further studies on the correlation between PMBV and infective endocarditis are needed.
Amoxicillin ; Balloon Valvuloplasty* ; Echocardiography ; Endocarditis* ; Female ; Fever ; Gentamicins ; Humans ; Mitral Valve Stenosis ; Staphylococcus