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Child ; Child Abuse* ; Child* ; Humans

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Chylothorax*

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Primary Myelofibrosis*

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Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Mothers* ; Thrombocytopenia

Objectives of this study were to investigate the acceptability of liver sausages, one of the most favorite product of meats, and to examine the applicability of pork liver in manufacturing sausages. Sausages containing different proportions of pork liver were manufactured with various processes and were tested and analysed by means of sensory evaluation. Based on th basic recipe for manufacturing sausages, fifteen recipies were proposed with different combinations of ingredients, followed by evaluations on their physicochemical and nutritional properties. Sausages manufactured with different methods (sliceable, spreadable, smoked spreadable) and different proportions of liver were also evaluated. The Findings from these experiments are summarized as follows: 1. As the percentage of the liver was incresed, outer color of experimental sausages were significantly decreased. 2. The hardness, gumminess, chewiness were significantly decreased as the amount of liver increased. 3. Sausages containing 30% pork liver had best acceptability after swallowing. 4. The flavor and taste of liver in experimental sausages were significantly increased by adding liver. In summary, sausages containing 30% pork liver had best acceptability for consumption in terms of the indices measured in this study.
Deglutition ; Hardness ; Liver* ; Meat ; Smoke

Optic nerve gliomas manifest either as a solitary form or a component of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis. The reported incidence of coexistence with neurofibromatosis varies from 12% to 70%. Usually there are no significant cytological differences between the gliomas that accomapny the disease and those that are deemed to be solitary manifestations. The only possible difference between them is the apparently more common association, with the former, of extensive arachnoid hyperplasia and of a more florid local gliomatous infiltration into the leptomeninges, altogether resulting in perineural thickening. Our cases were 8 and 6 years old girls, respectively, presented with slowly progressive proptosis for 4 years and visual disturbance for 2.5 months. There were multiple cafe au lait spots on their trunks, and case 2 showed Lisch nodules in the iris. MRI of brain revealed unilateral optic nerve thickening with involvement of chiasm or multiple intracranial lesions. Resection of optic nerve tumor was performed. Microscopically, variable degree of tumorous change was seen. Most typically enlarged area was composed of intraneural and perineural portions surrounded by a layer of intact dura. Intraneural tumor revealed proliferation of elongated, spindle-shaped pilocytic astrocytes in intertrabecular spaces and distention of the pial septa with fibrovascular thickening. Another segment had areas with reactive gliosis. Perineural tissue was considerably thickened and, associated with proliferation of meningothelial cells and fibroblasts intermingled with astrocytes and Rosenthal fibers. There were increase of the optic nerve diameter and distention of the overlying dura. Foci of arachnoid cell hyperplasia were noted in both cases, although differed in degree. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells expressed glial fibrillary acidic protein in intraneural and perineural portions particularly in case 2.
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Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy ; Consent Forms/*statistics & numerical data ; Endometrial Neoplasms/*chemically induced ; Female ; Humans ; Patient Education as Topic/*statistics & numerical data ; Tamoxifen/*adverse effects/*therapeutic use

A 59-year-old woman underwent explorative laparotomy under general anesthesia for mechanical ileus. The patient had rectal cancer with multiple metastasis, and was receiving 1.5-2 mg of intravenous morphine per hour due to severe abdominal pain. After about 3 hours of general anesthesia, the patient was extubated and transferred to postanesthesia care unit. The patient was supplied with 6 L/min of oxygen by facial mask. In 30 minutes, the patient showed no response to verbal order and pain stimulus with sluggish eye reflex, although pulse-oximeter showed 98-99%. After emergent intubation, arterial blood gas was sampled, and the result showed severe acidosis with hypercapnia. The patient was transferred to intensive care unit, and after 1 hour of mechanical ventilation the patient became conscious then fully recovered without further complication.
Abdominal Pain ; Acidosis ; Anesthesia, General ; Carbon Dioxide ; Coma ; Eye ; Female ; Humans ; Hypercapnia ; Ileus ; Intensive Care Units ; Intubation ; Laparotomy ; Masks ; Middle Aged ; Morphine ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Oxygen ; Rectal Neoplasms ; Reflex ; Respiration, Artificial

OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to identify the role of serotonin and cortisol in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia by measuring quantitative change of serum cortisol levels after risperidone(5HT2 antagonist) administration. METHOD: Subjects included 10 male and 7 female patients who met DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia(n=17). Blood samples(4ml/sample) were taken at the baseline, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 14th, 28th and 42nd days, twice, at 8:00 AM and at 10:00 AM in the morning after an overnight fast. The daily medication was administered after the first blood sampling at 8:00 AM. After baseline sampling, the same dose of risperidone was administered to each patient until the end of the 3rd day. The dose of risperidone was then decided by clinical evaluation. Serum cortisol concentrations were measured by standard double-antibody radioimmunoassay. RESULT: 1) Administration of risperidone significantly decreased serum cortisol levels(p<0.05). 2) There were significant reductions in positive symtom scores(21.7+/-3.8, vs 14.3+/-4.1) and negative symptom scores(20.5+/-5.2, vs 15.2+/-3.2), general symptom scores(44.3+/-5.4, vs 32.9+/-4.2) of PANSS after risperidone administration(p<0.05). 3) There were no significant differences in baseline serum cortisol levels and the reductions of serum cortisol levels after administration of risperidone between males and females. 4) There were no significant differences in baseline serum cortisol levels and the reductions of serum cortisol levels after administration of risperidone between positive symptom subgroup and negative symptom subgroup. CONCLUSION: These results suggest risperidone decreases serum cortisol levels in s chizophrenic patients and the reduction of cortisol by risperidone administration might be important factor in the treatment of schzophrenics, in contrast with typical antipsychotics.
Antipsychotic Agents ; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ; Female ; Humans ; Hydrocortisone* ; Male ; Radioimmunoassay ; Risperidone* ; Schizophrenia ; Serotonin

To examine the effect of obesity on volume perception according to size and color of rice bowl, we divided female college students into a normal weight group (<30% fat mass, n=100) and obese group (> or =30% fat mass, n=83) and then measured perceived volume of rice bowls of various sizes (general size; 350 ml vs. small size; 188 ml) and color (yellow, white, blue, and black) containing the same amount of cooked white rice (210 g). Normal weight group perceived that the general rice bowl contained significantly more cooked white rice compared to the small rice bowl. In contrast, the obese group perceived that the general rice bowl contained significantly less cooked white rice than the small rice bowl. The estimated variance in perceived volume of both bowls was significantly bigger in the obese group compared to the normal group. There were no differences in perceived volume among any of the subjects (both normal and obese groups) according to rice bowl color. However, the estimated variance in perceived volume in the obese group was significantly larger than that in the normal group for all of the rice bowls. In conclusion, rice bowl size and color might affect volume perception, and volume perception in obese people may be different from that of normal weight people.
Female ; Humans ; Obesity