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Child* ; Humans ; Occult Blood*

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Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

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Animal ; Arteries/pathology ; Arteriosclerosis/pathology* ; Diet, Atherogenic ; Disease Models, Animal ; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. ; Swine

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Tetany*

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Emergencies* ; Emergency Service, Hospital* ; Humans ; Statistics as Topic*

The objective of this study was to examine the correlation between personal exposure of toluene at workplace and the concentration of hippuric acid in urine of male solvent workers. The study groups are 60 toluene exposed workers who worked at video tape factory and printing factory. The results are as follows: 1. The coefficient of correlation between toluene concentration of personal exposure and concentration of urinary hippuric acid was 0.649 (regression equation Y=0.015X+0.936, Y=urinary hippuric acid concentration, X=Toluene concentration of personal exposure). 2. Urinary hippuric acid concentration of workers with TLV 100 ppm of toluene was calculated 2.44 g/L by the regression equation (Y=0.015X+0.936).
Humans ; Male* ; Toluene*

One year field study of 400 lead workers on the effect of maintenance free respirator(MFR) to alleviate the lead burden revealed that MFR protection program with biological monitoring with simple measurement of zinc protoporphyrin in whole blood could be applied as an interim method to prevent lead workers from lead burden even in fairly bad working condition until fundamental environmental control will be taken in korea.
Absorption* ; Environmental Monitoring ; Korea* ; Ventilators, Mechanical* ; Zinc

Pheochromocytoma of the bladder is a rare tumor that often occurs with the symptoms complexes of micturitional attacks such as headache, palpitation and hypertension due to increased catecholamine secretion. Hereine we report a case of pheochromocytoma of the bladder the symptom of which was massive bleeding only without hormone related ones.
Headache ; Hemorrhage ; Hypertension ; Pheochromocytoma* ; Urinary Bladder*

PURPOSE: As patients who take immediate breast reconstructions with TRAM flap have increased, concomitant or delayed other elective intra-abdominal operations in these patients also have increased. There are few reports of concomitant or delayed intra-abdominal operation in TRAM flap patients. We report our experiences and outcomes of these operations which is safe and feasible. METHODS: We reviewed the charts and postoperative follow-up results of 11 patients among 471 consecutive patients who took immediate breast reconstruction with TRAM flap from December of 2002 to September of 2006. Four patients took concomitant intra-abdominal operation and 7 patients took delayed intra-abdominal operation between 1 to 52 months after TRAM flap RESULTS: There were no significant postoperative abdominal and systemic complications. One patient who took concomitant intra-abdominal operation presented partial skin necrosis of abdomen, but recovered completely with conservative treatments. Two patients took transfusion in peri-operative periods. CONCLUSION: Concomitant or delayed intra-abdominal operation in immediate breast reconstruction with TRAM flap could be performed safely and feasibly when it is necessary. Furthermore, it could be helpful to patients and surgeons.
Abdomen ; Breast ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Mammaplasty ; Necrosis ; Skin

The retraction of the upper eyelid is associated with thyroid dysfunction, facial palsy, trauma, and overcorrection of ptosis and also occurs iatrogenically after eyelid or orbital surgery. In this condition, corneal exposure leads to discomfort, epiphora, and corneal irritation. Moreover increased showing of sclera above corneal limbus is considered one of cosmetic defect. Treatment modalities may be either medical or surgical. The medical treatments consists of control of thyroid dysfunction, steroid, sympatholytics. Many authors described surgical correction; recession of levator palpebral muscle or M ller muscle and graft matrix. The difficulties in surgical treatment consist of unpredictability of levator-M ller muscle manipulation, and healing of grafted material. Two patients have been operated with using of septal cartilage-mucosa composite graft. nasal septal cartilage-mucosa composite graft is autologous, firm, thin and harvested easily. The result was satisfactory functionally and aesthetically.
Eyelids* ; Facial Paralysis ; Humans ; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases ; Limbus Corneae ; Orbit ; Sclera ; Sympatholytics ; Thyroid Gland ; Transplants*