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Child ; Child, Orphaned* ; Humans

In this study the action of pancuronium given directly into the lateral ventricle on the mean blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory frequency and skeletal muscular contractility of the rabbit were investigated. Pancuronium, which a dose of 10ug/kg and 30kg/kg were given into the lateral ventricle of rabbit. 1) Intraventricular injection of 10ug/kg of pancuronium increased pulse rate, respiratory frequency and muscle contraction and the differences were not statiscally significant. 2) Intraventricular injection of 30ug/kg of pancuronium produced a gradual increase of respiratory frequency which began at 5 minutes after drug injection and continued over a half hour. The difference between control and experimental value was statistically significant (p<0.005) while pulse rate and muscular contractility were increased but not significant. 3) Mean blood pressure was not changed after intraventricular injection of the pancuronium.
Blood Pressure ; Heart Rate ; Injections, Intraventricular ; Lateral Ventricles* ; Muscle Contraction ; Pancuronium*

PURPOSE: This descriptive study was to investigate the quality of life in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from June 1 to October 13, 2007. METHOD: The survey was conducted in 6 different university hospitals which located in Seoul and Jellanamdo province using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-BMT Scale (FACT-BMT) version 4. We collected a total of 155 questionnaires and analyzed 149 among them. RESULTS: The average score of quality of life was 2.53 out of 5. Physical well being score was highest among sub-domains, followed by emotional well-being, additional concerns, social/family well-being, and functional well-being. Study subjects worried that their conditions would get worse. However study subjects didn't regret having been received HSCT. Age, duration from HSCT, age at diagnosis, income, readmission, HSCT type, educational background, marital status, and the level of activities of daily living were related to quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study indicates that the HSCT survivor's quality of life issue is still important and have to be investigated repeatedly in the future. That is necessary for generalizing QOL outcomes for clinical use. We also suggest to develop interventions to improve QOL.
Activities of Daily Living ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Marital Status ; Quality of Life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Transplants

BACKGROUND: Without available medical policy, up until now discharges against medical advice have occurred in th field of medicine in Korea. Seoul district court had convicted two physicians of crime because they had allowed a patient to discharge against medical advice, referred to as the Boramae incident in May of 1998. This shocked people in medical field as well as people and appeared in almost all newspapers and created a debate especially to physicians. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the differences of opinion of this incident between physicians and common people. METHODS: Ninety-nine physicians and ninety-nine common people were questioned from September 1 to September 30, 1998 about sociodemographic characteristics and opinion of this event. RESULTS: The mean age of the physician group, the non-physician group was 38.12+/-11.2, 38.5+/-11.1, respectively. Each group consisted of 87.9 percent, men and 12.1 percent, women. There were no differences between physicians and common people in experiences of discharges against medical advice in their families, decisions on Boramae-like incidents that could occur in the near future, and causes of discharges against medical advice. The physician group had more awareness rate of this incident than the non-physician group, and insisted more on the needs of methods to prevent recurrence. In opinion of the judgement, 5.1 percent of non-physician group agreed to conviction of Seoul district court. 22.2 percent of the non-physician group was of the opinion that this incident will affect patient care positively, about patient wifes decision, 21.2 precent of non-physician group considered that she made an imprudent decision. CONCLUSION: There were significant, differences between physicians and common people in the awareness of this incident, opinion on th judgement, needs of methods to prevent recurrence, the influence of this incident on patient care in the future, opinion of patient wifes decision, exceptional experiences of discharges against medical advice in a family, decisions on Boramae-like incidents that can occur in the near future, and causes of discharges against medical advice.
Crime ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Periodicals ; Patient Care ; Recurrence ; Seoul ; Shock ; Spouses

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, but right ventricular myxoma causing outflow obstruction is relatively rare. A 15 years old girl developed dyspnea on exertion and intermittent syncope caused by a right ventricular mass obstructing the right ventricle outflow tract. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed 3.6 x 3.0 cm sized pedunculated subpumonic mass originating from the right ventricular anterior free wall. The patient underwent an emergency operation, consisting of the removal of the mass by wide excision of the tumor base and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) patching of the right ventricular anterior free wall defect. Pathological findings of the mass were compatible with myxoma, and the patient was discharged uneventfully 7 days after the operation.
Adolescent ; Dyspnea ; Echocardiography ; Emergencies ; Female ; Heart ; Heart Neoplasms ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans ; Myxoma* ; Polytetrafluoroethylene ; Syncope ; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, but right ventricular myxoma causing outflow obstruction is relatively rare. A 15 years old girl developed dyspnea on exertion and intermittent syncope caused by a right ventricular mass obstructing the right ventricle outflow tract. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed 3.6 x 3.0 cm sized pedunculated subpumonic mass originating from the right ventricular anterior free wall. The patient underwent an emergency operation, consisting of the removal of the mass by wide excision of the tumor base and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) patching of the right ventricular anterior free wall defect. Pathological findings of the mass were compatible with myxoma, and the patient was discharged uneventfully 7 days after the operation.
Adolescent ; Dyspnea ; Echocardiography ; Emergencies ; Female ; Heart ; Heart Neoplasms ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans ; Myxoma* ; Polytetrafluoroethylene ; Syncope ; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction

Pneumothorax was recognized as a potential hazard of mechanical ventilation after tracheal intubation. Excessive pressure the trachea during general anesthesia could produce lung rupture and pneumothorax. The incidence of pneumothorax has increased as a result of increased application of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Emphysematous bleb rupture afterlaryngospasm, bronchospasm, or cough may be causes of pneumothorax. Tension pneumothorax during anesthesia is often difficult to diagnosis, but it needs prompt dignose and treatment. We experienced 3 cases of tension pneumothorax during and after general anesthesia.
Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, General* ; Blister ; Bronchial Spasm ; Cough ; Diagnosis ; Incidence ; Intubation ; Lung ; Pneumothorax ; Respiration, Artificial ; Rupture ; Trachea

Chyle is the digestive product absorbed from intestinal lymphatics which the component have high concentration of triglyceride and protein. The various pathological circumstances which give rise to intrathoracic effusion of chyle are well documented and so the etiology is clearly defined in most instances. However, the occurrence of chylothorax in early infancy, in the absence of other demonstrable diseases and without apparent birth trauma, suggests the existence of congenital malformation of the thoracic ducts. We lately experienced a 20 day old new born who was proved to have congenital chylothorax by clinical history and laboratory findings. So we report the clinical findings and laboratory findings with the review of the literatures on congenital chylothorax.
Chyle ; Chylothorax* ; Parturition ; Thoracic Duct ; Triglycerides

Two distinct hantaviruses have been isolated from Apodemus agrarius in 1976 and Rattus norvegicus in 1980 in Korea. Since our serosurveys conducted in 1994, a genetically distinct hantavirus from Apodemus peninsulae has been investigated. To isolate hantavirus from A. peninsulae captured in Korea, the lung homogenate of seropositive A. peninsulae inoculted Vero E6 cells. Viral antigen was detected in a progressively higher percentage of cells with subsequent passage after 80 days postinoculation. The new isolate from seropositive Apodemus peninsulae was designated Suchong virus after Suchong valley located in northeastern region of South Korea. Comparing with hantaan virus 76-118 strain, Suchong virus-1, 2, 3 and 4 showed the similarity of 71.0~91.8% at nucleotide and 90.9~94.8% at amino acid sequences in 231 nucleotides region of M segment, and the similarity of 75.1~81.0% at nucleotide and 97.5~100% at amino acid sequences in 237 nucleotides of S segment.
Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Hantaan virus ; Hantavirus* ; Korea ; Lung ; Murinae* ; Nucleotides ; Population Characteristics* ; Rats