No abstract available.
Osteoporosis* ; Spondylolisthesis*

449 hospital patients with no pathologic brain CT findings, 30 yrs of age or older, were selected for the study of cerebral atrophy during the 30 months, from January 1980 to June 1983, at dept. of internal medicine, Hanyang Univ. hospital & following results were obtained. 1) Thoses in male group, A gradually progressive increase in the degree of cerebral atrophy score in the 3rd, 4th & late 5th decades was followed by a dramatic increase in the late 6th & 7th decades. 2) Those in female group, A gradually progressive increase in the degree of cerebral atrophy.
Atrophy* ; Brain* ; Female ; Humans ; Internal Medicine ; Male

449 hospital patients with no pathologic brain CT findings, 30 yrs of age or older, were selected for the study of cerebral atrophy during the 30 months, from January 1980 to June 1983, at dept. of internal medicine, Hanyang Univ. hospital & following results were obtained. 1) Thoses in male group, A gradually progressive increase in the degree of cerebral atrophy score in the 3rd, 4th & late 5th decades was followed by a dramatic increase in the late 6th & 7th decades. 2) Those in female group, A gradually progressive increase in the degree of cerebral atrophy.
Atrophy* ; Brain* ; Female ; Humans ; Internal Medicine ; Male

No abstract available.
Pulmonary Embolism*

No abstract available.
Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable* ; Hemorrhage* ; Thrombin*

PURPOSE: The current organ shortage in renal transplantation underscores the importance of optimizing long- term graft survival. Despite the significant improvement in the results of renal transplantation since the introduction of cyclosporine, graft loss after fist year of transplantation remains a significant and unresolved problem. This study showed renal function at 1 month after transplantation as a prognostic factor influencing long-term renal graft survival. METHODS: The results of 683 cases of renal transplantations performed from 1978 to 2001 in our center were analysed. We divided into 3 groups according to the serum creatinine level (group 1: <1.5, group 2: 1.5~2.0, group 3: 2.0<) at first month of transplantation. And risk factors such as donor age (<60 or >60), donor sex, donor type (related, unrelated, cadevaric), recipient age (<60, or >60), recipient sex, HLA matching, acute rejection, delayed graft function were also analysed. RESULTS: The acute rejection rates in each group were 17.1%, 40.6%, 71.7% retrospectively (P=0.000). The frequencies of delayed graft function were 3.9%, 9.0%, 36.2% retrospectively (P=0.000). There was significant difference of graft survival between each group (P=0.000). In addition, graft survival in group with acute rejection showed significant difference according to creatinine level at 1 month. CONCLUSION: We can predict long-term graft survival and early renal function through serum creatinine levels after transplantation. Therefore, serum creatinine level at first month of transplantation was prognostic factor in predicting long-term graft survival.
Creatinine* ; Cyclosporine ; Delayed Graft Function ; Graft Survival ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Tissue Donors ; Transplants*

No abstract available.
Aeromonas hydrophila* ; Aeromonas* ; Animals ; Histamine Release* ; Histamine* ; Mast Cells* ; Rats*

PURPOSE: To investigate the coincidence of visual field loss in cases with different GDx VCC and Stratus OCT results, and to analyze the cause of these differences. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who had visited our hospital for glaucoma evaluation from September 2003 to August 2005 for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive rate, and negative predictive rate of GDx and OCT. In order to analyze the cause of discrepancy between the GDx and OCT results, we divided patients into Group A, consisting of GDx abnormal and OCT normal eyes, and Group B, consisting of GDx normal and OCT abnormal eyes. We compared optic disc tilting, peripapillary atrophy, and cup-disc ratio between the two groups. RESULTS: In cases of differing results between GDx and OCT, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive rate and negative predictive rate were higher in Stratus OCT than in GDx. Peripapillary atrophy did not represent a statistically significant difference between group A and group B (p=0.601), where as the difference in cup-disc ratio between the two groups was statistically significant (p=0.000). CONCLUSIONS: OCT parameters coincided better than GDx with cases having different results on GDx and OCT. In cases with a large cup/disc ratio, there was a tendency to be normal according to GDx and abnormal by OCT.
Atrophy ; Diagnosis* ; Glaucoma* ; Humans ; Medical Records ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Visual Fields

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an error reporting promoting program(ERPP) to systematically reduce the incidence rate of nursing errors in operating room. METHODS: A non-equivalent control group non-synchronized design was used. Twenty-six operating room nurses who were in one university hospital in Busan participated in this study. They were stratified into four groups according to their operating room experience and were allocated to the experimental and control groups using a matching method. Mann-Whitney U Test was used to analyze the differences pre and post incidence rates of nursing errors between the two groups. RESULTS: The incidence rate of nursing errors decreased significantly in the experimental group compared to the pre-test score from 28.4% to 15.7%. The incidence rate by domains, it decreased significantly in the 3 domains-"compliance of aseptic technique", "management of document", "environmental management" in the experimental group while it decreased in the control group which was applied ordinary error-reporting method. CONCLUSION: Error-reporting system can make possible to hold the errors in common and to learn from them. ERPP was effective to reduce the errors of recognition-related nursing activities. For the wake of more effective error-prevention, we will be better to apply effort of risk management along the whole health care system with this program.
Adult ; Double-Blind Method ; Female ; Humans ; *Internet ; Korea ; Medical Errors/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data ; *Operating Room Nursing ; Risk Management/*methods ; *Staff Development ; Statistics, Nonparametric

PURPOSE: This study evaluated the clinical and radiological results of 6.5 mm full threaded cancellous bone screw fixation of calcaneal fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty seven patients diagnosed with Sanders type II or III calcaneal fractures, who underwent open reduction and internal fixation with a 6.5 mm full threaded cancellous bone screw between August 2014 and August 2017, were analyzed. Both the preoperative and postoperative Böhler angle and Gissane angle were measured radiographically. American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) ankle-hindfoot scale on the final follow-up were also assessed. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 52.7 years and the mean follow-up period was 29.5 months. In the Sanders classification, type II and III were 16 and 24 cases, respectively. The Böhler and Gissane angles improved from 21.2° and 122.6° preoperatively to 21.6° and 120.3°, respectively, in the postoperative radiographs. All cases achieved bony union, and the AOFAS ankle-hindfoot scale was 90.7 and 91.3 in Sanders type II and III, respectively, at the final follow-up. CONCLUSION: The treatment of calcaneal fractures using a 6.5 mm full threaded cancellous bone screw can reduce the complications with minimally invasive surgery and achieve firm fixation.
Ankle ; Bone Screws ; Calcaneus ; Classification ; Follow-Up Studies ; Foot ; Humans ; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures