No abstract available.
Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Interleukins* ; Sepsis* ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha*

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Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal*

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is a rare disease characterized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia and non-malignant lymphohistiocytic infiltration with hemophagocytosis in reticulendothelial organs. We experienced three cases of FHL in identical male twins and their younger brother who presented with fever and severe hepatosplenomegaly. Cytopenia, elevated serum transaminase and low serum albumin levels, hypertriglyceridemia were common laboratory findings of them. One of them showed markedly decreased phytohemagglutinin induced lymphocyte proliferation and reversed CD4/CD8 ratio (0.52) in flowcytometric lymphocyte subset analysis. Aspirate of bone marrow revealed typical features consistent with FHL in two of them. In spite of recent therapeutic approaches, none of them survived.
Bone Marrow ; Fever ; Humans ; Hypertriglyceridemia ; Lymphocyte Subsets ; Lymphocytes ; Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic* ; Male ; Rare Diseases ; Serum Albumin ; Siblings

OBJECTIVE: To compare dysphagia between infratentorial stroke patients and supratentorial stroke patients. METHODS: Subjects of this study were patients with post-stroke dysphagia (PSD) who were admitted to our medical institution between May 2014 and June 2017. We evaluated a total of 64 patients with PSD. A videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) was performed to determine dysphagia severity. We measured the following parameters: pharyngeal transit time (PTT), post-swallow pharyngeal remnant, Penetration Aspiration Scale (PAS) scores, and Functional Dysphagia Scale (FDS). We analyzed patient's results from VFSS performed at admission. All VFSS images were recorded using a camcorder running at 30 frames per second. An AutoCAD 2D screen was used to measure post-swallow pharyngeal remnant. RESULTS: In this study, PTT and FDS were similar (p>0.05) between infratentorial stroke patients and supratentorial stroke patients. However, there were significant differences in pharyngeal remnant and PAS scores between the two groups (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively). CONCLUSION: Both pharyngeal remnant and PAS score registered higher levels from VFSS test for infratentorial stroke patients than those for supratentorial stroke patients. This suggests greater chances of problems occurring with swallowing, the major functions of pons. Thus, clinicians should pay particular attention to active dysphagia evaluation and treatment in PSD of infratentorial stroke patients.
Deglutition ; Deglutition Disorders ; Fluoroscopy ; Humans ; Pons ; Running ; Stroke

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No abstract available.
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms* ; Thymidine Kinase* ; Thymidine*

No abstract available.
Gastric Emptying*

Real-time ultrasonogram was performed in 31 Pt. with CHPS, who was admitted at the pediatric department of Wonkwang University hospital from January 1991 to June 1993. Those who had positive results of pyloric volume for diagnosis of CHPS and were confirmed by surgery. The results were at follows: 1) The average ultrasonographic measurements of pyloric muscle thickness, pyloric diameter, pyloric length were 4.9+/-1.09mm, 14.42+/-2.69mm, 19.17+/-2.37mm, and pyloric volume was 3.26+/-1.39ml. 2) The diagnostic reliabilities with the ultrasonographic measurements of muscle thickness (>4mm), pyloric diameter (>12mm) and pyloric length (>15mm) by Stunden's criteria in 31 cases were compared, which were not significant difference among them. 3) In ultrasonographic measurements of 31 cases for diagnosis of CHPS, positive results with 3 parameters were 80.6% and with 2 parameters and double tract signs were 87.1%. So. we conclude pyloric volume greater than 1.4ml was the most reliable parameter, which was satisfied 100% with diagnosis of CHPS.
Diagnosis* ; Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic* ; Ultrasonography

No abstract available.
Meconium*