Effusive-constrictive pericarditis is a very rare disease in infants but has high motality rates when not treated. There were some reports of pericardial constriction associated with intrapericardial abscess that led to pericardiectomy. The patient was admitted due to fever, cyanosis, and abdominal distension. We treated the patient with antibiotics and pericardiostomy but the symtoms did not improved, therefore, pericardiectomy was perfomed immediately. The patient with effusive-constrictive pericarditis was immediately relief on the symptoms and the treatment was successful.
Abscess ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Constriction ; Cyanosis ; Fever ; Humans ; Infant* ; Pericardial Window Techniques ; Pericardiectomy* ; Pericarditis* ; Pericarditis, Constrictive ; Pericardium ; Rare Diseases

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Twins, Conjoined*

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Twins, Conjoined*

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Humans ; Mothers*

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of acupuncture on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) at acupoints suggested by oriental medicine to be related to the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Rest/acupuncture-stimulation Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT using a same-dose subtraction method was performed on 54 normal volunteers (34 males, 20 females, age range from 18 to 62 years) using six paradigms: acupuncture at acupoints GV. 20, GV. 26, LI. 4, ST. 36 and SP. 6. In the control study, needle location was chosen on a non-meridian focus 1 cm posterior to the right fibular head. All images were spatially normalized, and the differences between rest and acupuncture stimulation were statistically analyzed using SPM for Windows . RESULTS: Acupuncture applied at acupoint GV. 20 increased rCBF in both the anterior frontal lobes, the right frontotemporal lobes, and the left anterior temporal lobe and the left cerebellar hemisphere. Acupuncture at GV. 26 increased rCBF in the left prefrontal cortex. Acupuncture at LI. 4 increased rCBF in the left prefrontal and both the inferior frontal lobes, and the left anterior temporal lobe and the left cerebellar hemisphere. Acupuncture at ST. 36 increased rCBF in the left anterior temporal lobe, the right inferior frontal lobes, and the left cerebellum. Acupuncture at SP. 6 increased rCBF in the left inferior frontal and anterior temporal lobes. In the control stimulation, no significant rCBF increase was observed. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrated a correlation between stimulation at each acupoint with increase in rCBF to the corresponding brain areas.
Acupuncture Points* ; Acupuncture* ; Brain* ; Cerebellum ; Female ; Frontal Lobe ; Head ; Healthy Volunteers ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, East Asian Traditional ; Needles ; Prefrontal Cortex ; Temporal Lobe ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

OBJECTIVES: This study is based on the report including the psychological assessment results and therapeutic interventions of the survivors from hijacked Samho Jewerly by Somali pirates on January 15th, 2011. METHODS: We first assessed the emotional, cognitive, and personality functions of 7 crews, took 4-sessions of cognitive behavioral therapeutic intervention, conducted after-treatment assessments, and compared them with the previous results. RESULTS: Some of the crew showed PTSD due to the exposure to the stress triggered by the extreme state of fear, presented reexperience, avoidance of the trauma and chronical arousal state. CONCLUSION: Although this study was investigated with the minority group related to the one single accident, each case revealed the changes of symptoms and course after the trauma. The same traumatic event had different influences as how each individual perceived the experience. Furthermore, each clinical course was individually different either, depending on age, psychological resource, social support, daily life stress, or secondary gain.
Arousal ; Humans ; Minority Groups ; Ships ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ; Stress, Psychological ; Survivors

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Birth Weight* ; Leukocytes* ; Parturition* ; Zinc*

Autologous Transfusion, storage of one's own blood for subsequent infusion if needed, is safe and effective in a variety of scheduled operative procedures. Obstetric involvement in such programs in very limited, however, because of concern over the possibility of inducing premature labor or causing fetal distress by blood volume change or vasovagal reactions. We describe our experience with pregnant women in this program. The incidence of vagovagal reactions of autologous donation was 9.5% (2.21). After entry into this program, 17pastients received a total 37pints, which consist of 19 Autologous and 18 Homologous. Homologous transfusion was avoided in 30% of patients receiving blood. The values of the mean hematocrits before and after hpebotomy were 34.1% and 31.8% respectively. It was stastically significant (p<0.01). We recommended that autologous blood donation by pregnant women in third trimester is safe for mothers or infants and it should be strongly encouraged for patient with placenta previa and repeated cesarean section.
Blood Donors ; Blood Volume ; Cesarean Section ; Female ; Fetal Distress ; Hematocrit ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Mothers ; Obstetric Labor, Premature ; Placenta Previa ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, Third ; Pregnant Women* ; Surgical Procedures, Operative

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Humans ; Langerhans Cells* ; Prognosis*

Year of 1984 is the bicentennial of the birth of Korean Catholic Church. unlike the Churches in most other countries, the Korean Catholic Church was founded by the laity without priest. despite Severe oppression, the Korean Catholic Church sustained its vitality and blossomed out splendid flower of catholicism for the seeds of the blood of many martyrs. By reason of this, the bicentennial(1784-1984) has special meaning for Korean Catholic Church. So, to celebrate the bicentennial and to put into action the love which is basic vocation as christians, the Korean Catholic Church decided to perform free eye operations for the poor blind and assigned 11 Catholic Hospitals including of Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital in Seoul for this project. During the last 2 years and 4 months from 5th of May 1983 to 30th of September, 1985, 1,136 persons (1,350 eyes) underwent operations such as cataract extraction, glaucoma surgery and keratoplasty in these hospitals and the final outcome showed satisfactory result with the good vision improvement.
Cataract Extraction ; Catholicism ; Corneal Transplantation ; Flowers ; Glaucoma ; Humans ; Love ; Occupations ; Parturition ; Seoul