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Pregnancy*

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Humans ; Rehabilitation* ; Rural Population* ; Stroke*

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Humans ; Spinal Cord*

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Twins, Conjoined*

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Leydig Cell Tumor*

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Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Neuroblastoma*

PURPOSE: Amniotic membrane has been used as an effective graft intraabdominally to prevent postoperative adhesion formation. We evaluated whether amniotic membrane would be effective in preventing adhesion after strabismus surgery in the rabbits. METHODS: After bilateral recessions of superior rectus(SR) were performed on 10 rabbits, iatrogenic bleeding was induced by scratching the surface of SR with a blade. For the experimental group, the SR was enveloped with folded, epithelial side-out, human amniotic membrane in the right eyes of all rabbits, while the left SR was left in each rabbit to act as a control. At two weeks postoperatively, both eyes were enucleated after being sacrificed. Masson's trichrome staining was performed and the degree of fibrous proliferation and inflammation were evaluated and scored grade 0 to 3. RESULTS: The degree of fibrosis was observed to be lower in the experimental group than in the control group (1.67:2.33). However, there was no statistical significance(p>0.05). Also, there was no statistical significance in the degree of inflammation between experimental and control groups(p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The amniotic membrane showed no significant effect of prevention of adhesion after strabismus surgery in the rabbit model.
Amnion* ; Fibrosis ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Rabbits* ; Strabismus* ; Transplants

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Diffusion* ; Teicoplanin*

PURPOSE: Bisphosphonates are widely used for the management steroid-induced osteoporosis (SIO) in children. With the increasing use of bisphosphonates, there have been reports of abnormal radiological findings in the growing skeleton. Therefore, their use in pediatric patients remains controversial. The present study was conducted to evaluate the long-term follow-up radiographic features, particularly metaphyseal sclerotic lines, in children who receive pamidronate therapy for nephropathy. METHODS: Twenty-four children with nephropathy treated with oral calcium and pamidronate (mean duration, 9 months; dose, 100 mg daily), were evaluated retrospectively. All patients had SIO secondary to chronic glucocorticoid therapy for treating nephropathy. Long bone radiographic imaging was performed before treatment with pamidronate, and at follow-up, several years later. Physeal growth rates were estimated by measuring the distance that the sclerotic lines moved on the radiographs during the corresponding time intervals. RESULTS: The mean follow-up period was 138 months. Long bone radiographs showed well-defined sclerotic lines at the metaphyseal ends, progressively moving from the physeal plate to the diaphysis, in all patients. The mean rate of movement of the sclerotic line was 6.21 mm per year. In 12 patients, the lines disappeared. The mean rate of growth in height was 7.33 cm per year. CONCLUSIONS: Results of long-term follow-up suggest that the metaphyseal sclerotic lines associated with pamidronate treatment tend to disappear without affecting overall skeletal growth. Bisphosphonate treatment for SIO in children with nephropathy seems to be safe, although further studies in larger number of patients are needed.
Calcium ; Child* ; Diaphyses ; Diphosphonates ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Humans ; Osteoporosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Skeleton

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of stroke patient care education on the knowledge and practice of caregivers of stroke patients. METHOD: Data was collected from December 15, 2004 to March 30, 2005. The research design was a non-equivalent control group non-synchronized design. The subjects were forty primary caregivers of stroke patients who were hospitalized in a neurology unit of a university hospital. Forty caregivers, twenty in the experimental group and twenty in the control group were assigned. The experimental group participated 2 times in an education class given by the researcher. Data analysis included -test, and t-test using the SPSS program. RESULT: Knowledge(t=5..87, p=o.oo) and practice(t=5.53, p=0.00) of the experimental group were significantly different from the control group. CONCLUSION: The stroke patient care education developed in this studyshows a significant promotion of knowledge and practice of caregivers. Thus this program can be recommanded as an intervention model for stroke patients and caregivers.
Adult ; Caregivers/*education ; Family ; Female ; *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Models, Nursing ; Patient Education as Topic ; Program Evaluation ; Stroke/*therapy