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Humans ; Kidney Transplantation*

Colloid oncotic pressure (COP) plays a major role in regulating fluid exchange at the capillary membrane, and the magnitude of COP is determined by the concentration of large plasma proteins in the colloidal state. COP is also a determinant in the morbidity and mortality of critically ill patients. To assess the role of COP in these patients, clinical data including COP, age, sex, PaO2, PaCO2, AaDO2, mean arterial pressure, length of stay in ICU, duration of mechanical ventilation and whether surgical or non-surgical treatment, were collected and analyzed from those who were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Severance Hospital from March to July, 1986, The resvlts are as follows : 1) The mean values of COP, PaO2, Pacoa and AaDO2 are 15.07+/-2.89, 108.46+/-51.59 and 36.14+/-7.27 and 123.89+/-127.27 mmHg. 2) COP was the highest contributing factor to a survival prognosis followed by AaDO2, age, PaCO2 and surgery. 3) The level of COP was correlated with survival rates, and for a 50% survival rate, the level of COP was 13.5 torr. The above results suggest that COP is a contributing factor to the survival of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
Arterial Pressure ; Blood Proteins ; Capillaries ; Colloids* ; Critical Illness ; Humans ; Intensive Care Units ; Length of Stay ; Membranes ; Mortality ; Prognosis ; Respiration, Artificial ; Survival Rate*

Colloid oncotic pressure (COP) plays a major role in regulating fluid exchange at the capillary membrane, and the magnitude of COP is determined by the concentration of large plasma proteins in the colloidal state. COP is also a determinant in the morbidity and mortality of critically ill patients. To assess the role of COP in these patients, clinical data including COP, age, sex, PaO2, PaCO2, AaDO2, mean arterial pressure, length of stay in ICU, duration of mechanical ventilation and whether surgical or non-surgical treatment, were collected and analyzed from those who were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Severance Hospital from March to July, 1986, The resvlts are as follows : 1) The mean values of COP, PaO2, Pacoa and AaDO2 are 15.07+/-2.89, 108.46+/-51.59 and 36.14+/-7.27 and 123.89+/-127.27 mmHg. 2) COP was the highest contributing factor to a survival prognosis followed by AaDO2, age, PaCO2 and surgery. 3) The level of COP was correlated with survival rates, and for a 50% survival rate, the level of COP was 13.5 torr. The above results suggest that COP is a contributing factor to the survival of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
Arterial Pressure ; Blood Proteins ; Capillaries ; Colloids* ; Critical Illness ; Humans ; Intensive Care Units ; Length of Stay ; Membranes ; Mortality ; Prognosis ; Respiration, Artificial ; Survival Rate*

To provide the information about overall test reliability and test improvement, we analyzed the first fundamental medical sciences examination at the Kon-Kuk University College of Medicine on August 23, 1997. The results are as follows: 1. The number of the items in the test is 230. The range of the scores is from 32.5 to 61.3(average percentage score: 50.0+/-6.1). Among the 39 students, three(7.7%) passed the examination with percentage scores of higher than 60. 2. The correlation coefficients between the fundamental medical sciences examination and academic records are 0.4682(the first semester in 1st grade), 0.5933(the second semester in 1st grade), and 0.6538(the first semester of 2nd grade), respectively. 3. Among the 230 items, 47(20.4%) are too difficult or too easy. Therefore these items are recommended to be discarded. 4. Among the 230 items, 115(50%) have lower discriminative indices(lower than 0.14) and 55(23.9%) have higher discriminative indices(higher than 0.23). 5. Among the 230 items, overall acceptable items are 101; the range of difficulty is 0.15~0.84 and discriminative indices are higher than 0.15. Good acceptance is shows in pharmacology and microbiology.
Humans ; Pharmacology