No abstract available.
Cefazolin* ; Erythromycin* ; Latency Period (Psychology)* ; Membranes* ; Rupture*

The retraction of anterior teeth could be performed more easier by inducing of skeletal anchorage system rather than by conventional method on orthodontic treatment. But, we wonder how effective the system draws well without anchorage loss and draws anterior teeth aside posteriorly, and if the system can reduce the time, in comparison with the anchorage of posterior teeth. For that reason we have studied on the subject of patients, who were required the maximum anchorage on orthodontic treatment and the cases without crowding. The subjects of the experimental group are 35 areas of 20 people who were inserted miniscrews after Mx or Mn 1st premolar extracted. Also, the subjects of the control group are 81 areas of 45 people who were not inserted miniscrews. Compared the anchorage loss of experimental group with control one, we could get the result that the anchorage loss of experimental group is 1.034+/-0.891mm and control group is 2.790+/-1.882mm(P<0.01). Compared the space closing time of experimental group with control one, we could get the result that the space closing time of experimental group is 369.40+/-110.81days and control group is 406.56+/-231.63days. But the result of comparing space closing time has no significance in statistics. We recognized that the experimental group is more faster than the control group in the canine retraction velocity from the result ; the speed of a experimental group has as much as 0.60+/-0.23mm/30days while the speed of a control group has 0.44+/-0.35mm/30days(P<0.05). So, we could convince that orthodontic miniscrew is used effectively in the cases required the maximum anchorage.
Bicuspid ; Crowding ; Humans ; Tooth*

The effect of Atenolol on the blood pressure were studied in 31 cases of essential hypertension and on the effect of plasma renin activity in 8 cases. There were 8 cases of male with age 49.5(42-70) and 23 cases of female with age 49(35-71) years. 27 cases of 31 cases were untreated hypertensive patients and 4 cases were refractory to hypotensive drugs of diuretics and vasodilators. The Atenolol 50mg once-daily was given to all patients orally for 3 weeks. The blood pressure, heart rate, ECG and symptoms were checked in one week interval. In 8 cases, the plasma renin activity was measured by Dainabot Kit before and after one week medication. The results were as follows: 1. In 27 cases of untreated hypertension, the control blood pressure was 182.9/11.4mmHg in average. The blood pressure decreased in average by 18.3/11mmHg in one week, 23.7/15.9mmHg in two week and 21.5/10.5mmHg in three week. The heart rate also decreased by 7.4/min. in one week, 14.9/min. in two week and 7.8/min. in three week. These data showed considerable reduction of blood pressure and heart rate with 50mg Atenolol once-daily. 2. The basal plasma renin activity after one week medication was reduced by 46% in 8 cases and this data showed considerable reduction regardless control level of basal plasma renin activity. 3. There were considerable blood pressure reduction by adding Atenolol 50mg once-daily to diuretics and vasodilator to which patient's blood pressures were refractory. 4. There was no orthostatic hypotension or serious side effect by Atenolol medication.
Atenolol ; Blood Pressure* ; Diuretics ; Electrocardiography ; Female ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Hypotension, Orthostatic ; Male ; Plasma* ; Renin* ; Vasodilator Agents

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of foot reflexzone massage on state - anxiety and discomfort of ovarian cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. METHOD: A quasi experimental design with a non equivalent control group and non synchronized design was used. The experiment was conducted from October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004. The subjects consisted of 40 patients admitted to C University Hospital. Twenty subjects were assigned to the experimental group and received foot reflexzone massage everyday for 3 days. The other 20 subjects were in the control group and received routine care. Foot reflexzone massage was done on both feet of the subjects for 30 minutes for 3 days using standard protocol. The 'State-Anxiety Inventory' developed by Spielberger was used to measure the degree of state-anxiety. Discomfort was assessed using the 'Symptom Distress Scale' of McCorkle and Young. Data was analyzed by a SAS program using t-test, Wilcoxon signed rank sum test and Wilcoxon rank sum test. RESULTS: State-anxiety and discomfort of subjects receiving foot reflexzone massage were significantly lower than those of the control group. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that foot reflexzone massage could be an effective nursing intervention for relieving state-anxiety and discomfort in ovarian cancer patients.
Anxiety ; Drug Therapy* ; Foot* ; Humans ; Massage* ; Nursing ; Ovarian Neoplasms* ; Research Design

PURPOSE: Ginseng has been reported to reduce blood glucose levels in diabetic animals and patients, and it is also reported to slow the aging process by acting as an anti-atherosclerotic agent or as an anti-oxidant. This study was designed to investigate whether ginseng and irbesartan can prevent the development of diabetic nephropathy in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. METHODS: Diabetes was induced in 7 week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats by intravenous injection of 60 mg/kg streptozotocin. Ginseng(1 g/kg/day) or irbesartan (20 mg/kg/day) was given to diabetic rats for 25 weeks. Blood glucose and body weight were checked weekly and urinary albumin excretion was evaluated every 6 weeks. At the end of the experiment, the kidneys were weighed and sliced for microscopic examination. Glomerular size and hyaline deposition were measured on light microscopy(on Masson' trichrome stain and PAS stain) and thickness of glomerular basement membrane(GBM) on electron microscopy. Renal histologic findings of ginseng or irbesartan treated rats were compared with those of normal control and diabetic control groups. RESULTS: The weight gain in diabetic rats was significantly reduced, and the final body weight of diabetic rats was lower than that of normal control rats. There was no significant difference in body weights between the diabetic control, ginseng, and irbesartan treated groups. Mean levels of blood glucose were significantly increased in diabetic rats compared to normal rats, but there was no significant difference in blood glucose among the three groups of diabetic rats. Urinary albumin excretion was increased in the diabetic groups compared to the normal control group, and it was significantly decreased in the irbesartan treated group compared to the diabetic control group at 13th week of treatment. At the end of the experiment, the kindeys of the diabetic rats were examined and showed significantly enlarged than those of the normal rats, and the ratio of kidney weight to body weight was decreased in the ginseng treated group compared to the diabetic control and irbesartan treated group. There was no significant difference in the size of glomerulus, the thickness of GBM, and glomerular hyaline deposition among the three diabetic groups. CONCLUSION: There was no significant hypoglycemic effect of ginseng in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Renal hypertrophy was relatively milder in the ginseng-treated group, but there was no difference in findings of renal histology between the treatment groups.
Aging ; Animals ; Blood Glucose ; Body Weight ; Diabetic Nephropathies* ; Humans ; Hyalin ; Hypertrophy ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; Injections, Intravenous ; Kidney ; Male ; Microscopy, Electron ; Panax* ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Streptozocin ; Weight Gain

This study is to investigate sleep patterns of rheumatoid arthritis patients through a survey research. The subjects for this study were 97 patients registered in Hanyang University Hospital Rheumatoid Arthritis Center, and the period of data collection was from July 15, 1998 to August 30, 1998. The research instruments used in this study were the measures of sleep, pain, and fatigue, and SPSSWIN 8.0 Program was used for data analysis. The research results are as follows ; The patients went to bed between 11 and 12 p.m., but many of them found difficulty in falling asleep within 5 minutes. They woke up quite early at around 4 to 6 o'clock in the morning and remained in bed about 1 hour. Only 39 percent of the subject reported satisfaction with their sleep. Fifty six percent of the subjects took a nap, generally did in the afternoon and 22.7 percent of them napped for half an hour. They suffered sleep disturbance, but their sleep environments were calm and comfortable, and they turn off the light when they went to sleep. As for the quality of sleep, over 50 percent of the subjects reported not being able to sleep deeply, 30 percent of the subjects woke up frequently during sleep, 60 percent experienced frequent arousal after sleep onset. Over 90 subjects slept for 6 to 8 hours. This shows that even though they had rheumatoid arthritis, the patients remained in bed for a sufficient period of time. they also reported waking up or turning frequently during sleep. The sense of fatigue from sleep disturbance scored a relatively high 35.84 points on average against the possible score of 64 points. Behavior for sleep promotion was very active. Sleep disturbance occurred in proportion to the sense of fatigue and pain, and was negatively correlated with quality of sleep. The pain had positive correlations with the illness duration, sleep disturbance and had a negative correlation with the quality of sleep.
Arousal ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Fatigue ; Humans ; Statistics as Topic

The purpose of this study was done to identify the relationship between the level of pain and depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The subjects for this study were 222 patients registered in H University Hospital Rheumatoid Arthritis Center, and the period of data collection was from July 20, 2000 to August 30, 2000. The research instruments used in this study were the Graphic Rating Scale of Pain and the CES-D for depression. The cronbach's alpha of the CES-D scale was .89. Data analysis, was done by the SPSSWIN 10.0 program using descriptive statistics. The results are as follows. 1) The total pain score ranged from 0 to 147 with a mean score for pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of 72.64. 2) The total depression score ranged from 20 to 72 with a mean score of 39.86. 3) There was a significant difference in pain according to sex(F=5.26, p<0.05) and education level(F=3.59, p<0.05). 4) There was a significant difference in depression scores according to sex (F=7.76, p<0.05) and education level (F=3.02, p<0.05). 5) The level of pain had a significant correlation with the level of education level(r=-0.174, p<0.01). The level of depression was significant correlation with the level of pain (r=0.237, p<0.01).
Arthritis, Rheumatoid* ; Data Collection ; Depression* ; Education ; Humans ; Statistics as Topic

No abstract available.
Neurofibromatoses* ; Neurofibromatosis 1*

No abstract available.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid* ; Depression* ; Humans

Mitomycin C (MMC) is an antimetabolite, antibiotic which prevents the proliferation of fibroblast and fibrosis by inhibition of DNA-dependent RNA synthesis. It has been used to increase the success rate of filtering surgery. We performed trabeculectomy and peripheral iridectomy with 0.4 mg/ml MMC application for 3 minutes in poor prognostic glaucoma patient, 26 eyes of 24 patients from February 1992 to December 1994. The postoperative change of intraocular pressure (IOP) and complications were followed up from 3 to 30 months (mean 12.4 months). The preoperative and postoperative mean IOP after 24 months were 32.3 +/- 11.4 mmHg and 12.7 +/- 3.1 mmHg, respectively. The decrease rate of IOP was 60.7% and the success rate was 71.7%. The postoperative complications were 15 eyes including 5 eyes of shallow anterior chamber, 5 eyes of hyphema, 2 eyes of conjunctival wound leakage, one eye of bleb rupture, one eye of choroidal detachment, and one eye of cataract formation.
Anterior Chamber ; Blister ; Cataract ; Choroid ; Fibroblasts ; Fibrosis ; Filtering Surgery ; Glaucoma ; Humans ; Hyphema ; Intraocular Pressure ; Iridectomy ; Mitomycin* ; Postoperative Complications ; RNA ; Rupture ; Trabeculectomy* ; Wounds and Injuries