Statistical observation was made on 968 out-patients and 74 in-patients in the Department of Urology Han Ill Hospital, during the period from April 1, 1968 to Mar. 31, 1969.
Humans ; Outpatients ; Urology*

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Classification* ; Dementia*

In this study noise source in a ward at four general hospitals in Seoul area has investigated and analysed. The degree of reaction against noise by 171 randomly has also been examined. The results of the study have shown that the source of noise is the speakers of wired broadcasting or from visiting guests in two hospitals located in residential area. The patients at the two other hospitals located at commercial site have been suffered more from traffic noise, However, because of their separated living at hospital from their ordinary houselife, sixty on percent of the inpatients have wished a music sound of around 60 dB (A). After having considered the results of the investigation and wishes of the inpatients, following suggestions have been made: 1. Reduce the number of guests or their length of stay. 2. Wired bodadcasting system should be substitued by sireless one, or if it's unavoidable, it should be used in office rooms only. 3. Since the stops and starts of vehicles induce much noise, Seoul City Government be requested to prepare an appropriate administrative measure for the vehicles around hospital area and ti should prevent the establishment of new hospitals along high way site. 4. By using earphone, inpatients can choose a wireless channel according to each individual's taste. This through the masking effect, would cover up the noise source. 5. Rooms along the streets should be utilized as offices, otherwise double windows should be set up for inpatient's wards.
Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Length of Stay ; Local Government ; Masks ; Music ; Noise* ; Seoul

INTRODECTION: In order to improve medical education through the introduction of a concept of comprehensive health care of a community, an area surrounding the University Campus was chosen for the Community Health Service Project. It has been on operation for last 4 years with its major emphasis on family planning services, and maternal and child health care. The major objectives of this survey at the area are to obtain: 1) The demographic data, 2) The health need and trend of medical care. 3) The attitude and practice in maternity care to be used for further improvement of the planning and the services of the project. Population and Survey Method: Out of three Dongs of the Community Health Service Area, only two Dongs namely Changchun and Yonhee were selected for the survey. Total number of households and population in the area studied was 3.683 and 21,857 respectively. An interview was performed with questionnaire schedule which was recorded by interviewers. This includes the degree of utilization of health services provided by the Community Health Service Program such as family planning, prenatal care during their last pregnancy, delivery history and complications of the delivery as well as the incidence of illnesses in general. Prior to the interview, all interviewers were trained for interviewing technique for two days. The survey was carried out during the period from October December 1967. RESUTLS: 1) Demographic Data : 41.3% of the population studied were children under age 15 and only 3.5% were over 60 years of age. Crude birth rate and crude death rate of this area studied during the period of November 1966-October 1967 were 20.5 and 7.7 respectively. Infant mortality rate during the same period was 35.9. 50.4% of the 2,832 households fell into the category of middle class, 39.8% to the lower class and 9.5% to the upper class in economic condition. 19.8% of 2,832 householders had no formal education, 22.7% primary school, and 57.5% middle or higher school education. 2) Health Status and Utilization of the Community Health Service: Those who suffered from many illnesses during the month of October, 1967 were 690(4.6% of 14,891 persons). Classification of these patients into the type of disease shown respiratory diseases 27.4%, gastrointestinal diseases 18.1%, tuberculosis 10.9%, skin and genitourethral diseases 4.5% and gynecologic patients 4.5%. Only 55.9% of the patients received medical care at hospital or doctor's clinic. But among TB and gynecologic patients, 70.7% and 72.4% were treated at medical facilities. 10.6% of 2,832 householders interviewed has ever utilized the Community Health Service Program provided by the Yonsei Medical School. Classifying these clients into the type of service, 35.9% utilized the wellbaby clinic, 31.0% the family planning clinic, 14.7% the home delivery care, and the rest utilized other services such as the premarital guidance clinic and the sanitary inspection service. 3) Maternity Care: 23.6% of 2,151 deliveries were done at medical facilities such as hospital, private clinic, while 76.4% were done at home. Acceptance rate of prenatal care was 32.6% as whole, but 49.6 of 774 women who had the prenatal care service had their deliveries at medical facility. 45.1% of total deliveries were attended by medical and or paramedical personnel. 75.8% of the deliveries of those received prenatal care were attended by medical and or paramedical personnel while only 27.8% of the deliveries of those who did not have prenatal care attended by medical and or paramedical personnel. 49.8% of deliveries of the upper class, 29.8% of the middle class and 9.9% of the lower class were attended by medical and or paramedical personnel. 6.2, 3.3% and 24.8% of mothers reported about their experience of edema, coma and fever during the period of trimester of pregnancy and puerperium. 4) Family Planning: The rate of practice of family planning was 27.9%. 31.7% of them were by IUD, 20.9% by oral pill, 15.2% by sterilization and the rest by traditional methods. Those women who had 3 to 4 children had highest(30.2%). Practice rate among the various methods of family planning, oral pill was the most popular method to whom had 2 or less children. In relation between the practicing rate of family planning and living standard, the upper, middle and lower class practiced 37.5, 29.4 and 19.9% respectively.
Allied Health Personnel ; Appointments and Schedules ; Birth Rate ; Child ; Child Health ; Classification ; Coma ; Community Health Services* ; Comprehensive Health Care ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Edema ; Education ; Education, Medical ; Family Characteristics ; Family Planning Services ; Female ; Fever ; Gastrointestinal Diseases ; Health Services ; Health Surveys* ; Hospitals, Private ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Infant Mortality ; Mortality ; Mothers ; Postpartum Period ; Pregnancy ; Prenatal Care ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Schools, Medical ; Seoul* ; Skin ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Sterilization ; Tuberculosis

To analyze the changes of range of motion and manifestation frequency of impingement sign according to ages in shoulder impingement syndrome after excluding complete rotator tears by MRI, the authors reviewed 74 patients whose impingement injection tests to the subacromial space were positive in the Dankook university hospital. We used paired student t-test for comparison with the contralateral shoulder. l. Average forward elevation, abduction, external rotation and internal rotation of the shoulders were not significantly different in stage I and II, but significantly different statistically in stage II over 40 years old. 2. Average external rotation at 90degrees abductions of the shoulders was not significantly different statistically in stage I, II and stage II over 40 years old. 3. Frequencies of the painful arc were 83% in stage I, 71% in stage II and 58 % in stage II over 40 years old. Physical examinations of painful arc in 1 case of stage II, 7 cases of stage II over 40 years old were impossible because of limitation of motion. 4. Frequencies of lateral impingement sign were 100% in stage I, 86% in stage II, 100% in stage II over 40 years old. Frequencies of Neer's impingement sign were 75% in stage I, 67% in stage II, 88% in stage II over 40 years old. Frequencies of Hawkins impingement sign were 67% in stage I, 62% in stage II and 82% in stage over 40 years old. Except external rotation at 90degrees abduction, range of motion of the shoulder may be decreased in impingement syndrome over 40 years old. Because of difference of frequencies, more than two impingement signs should be tested for the diagnosis of shoulder impingement syndrome.
Adult ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Physical Examination ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Shoulder Impingement Syndrome* ; Shoulder Joint ; Shoulder*

In the past several years, total hip replacement arthroplasty has become an established procedure in the management of painful arthritic hips in older adults. It is still gaining an increasing popularity as experience has accumulated and indications broadened. The authors reviewed the first 47 total hip replacement arthroplasties in 41 patients performed at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National Univerity Hospital, during the period of 4 years and 8 months, from April 1972 to November 1976. The longest follow-up was 4 years and 8 months and the shortest 1 month, the average being 2 years and 1 month. The youngest age was 17 years and the oldest 71 years, the average being 41 years. There were 26 males and 15 females. The underlying etiology was as follows: primary osteoarthritis 4 hips, avascular necrosis 12 hips, septic hip residua 18 hips (pyogenic 11 hips, tuberculosis 7 hips), rheumatoid arthritis 3 hips, failed previous operation 3 hips (failed endoprosthesis 2 hips, failed total hip replacement 1 hip), secondary osteoarthritis 5 hips (congenital dislocation 4 hips, Legg-Perthes disease 1 hip), and nonunion of femoral neck 2 hips. Following types of prosthesis were used; Sbarbaro 3, Charnley 8 (including custom-made extralong, narrow stem and extra-small stem prostheses), Muller 22, and Trapezoidal-28 14. The results were evaluated by the methods of Harris and d'Aubigne, both preoperatively and postoperatively, In the average, Harris' score improved from 57 to 92 (gains of 35) and the d'Aubigne rating from 10.4 to 16.8 (gains of 6.2) following operations.
Adult ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Arthroplasty ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Dislocations ; Female ; Femur Neck ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hip ; Humans ; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease ; Male ; Necrosis ; Orthopedics ; Osteoarthritis ; Prostheses and Implants ; Seoul ; Tuberculosis

The deformed and rigid spine presenting moderate to severe kyphosis and scoliosis results in a restriction of function of the lung best characterized spirographically by a reduction in vital capacity. When the lesion involves the thoracic spine, restriction of function is more marked. Spinal deformities such as kyphosis and scoliosis develop from various causes. Tuberculous spondylitis, a main cause of kyphosis and scoliosis, is increasingly found in Korea. Cardiorespiratory dysfunction caused by spinal deformity poses another problem besides the spinal deformity perse. To perform therapeutic measures such as Harrington instrumentation, with or without preoperative localizer cast and halofemoral traction, as well as anterior interbody fusion, evaluation of pulmonary function and arterial gas analysis preoperatively is helpful to prevent and reduce postoperative cardiorespiratory failure or complications. The authors have reviewed the results of arterial gas analyses and pulmonary function tests on 35 cases of scoliosis and 60 cases of kyphosis done at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, from January 1975 to February 1978. The results were as follows: 1. Average degree of scoliosis in 35 cases was 89; vital capacity 60% of normal, and maximum breathing capacity 72%. Average degree of dorsal spine kyphosis in 38 cases was 93.5; vital capacity 38%, and maximum breathing capacity 73% Average degree of lumbar spine kyphosis of 22 cases was 79; vital capacity 77%, and maximum breathing capacity 84%. 2. Static values for pulmonary function such as vital capacity and dynamic values such as maximum breathing capacity hed a significant negative correlation with the severity of scoliosis and kyphosis. 3. Decrease in vital capacity due to scoliosis and kyphosis correlated positively with decrease in maximum breathing capacity. 4. Arterial oxygen saturation had a significant negative correlation with the severity of scoliosis and kyphosis.
Congenital Abnormalities ; Korea ; Kyphosis ; Lung ; Orthopedics ; Oxygen ; Respiration ; Respiratory Function Tests ; Scoliosis ; Seoul ; Spine ; Spondylitis ; Traction ; Vital Capacity

Total hip arthroplasty was performed on a 32 year old man with hemophilia A. A series of complications were encountered; namely, femoral shaft fracture during arthroplasty, hemolytic anemia, Factor VII inhibition, pseudotumor formation and wound dehiscence and sepsis as a result of shortage of cryoprecipitate supply, and general debilitation and septicemia from fhe use of immunosuppressive agents, finally leading to death 67 days after operation. Initially, 399 bottles of cryoprecipitate (each containing approximately 100 units of Factor VII) were anticipated. In practice, however, a total of 660 bottles and packs had been consumed on the patient when the supply was exhausted. Total hip arthroplasty can be carried out on hemophilia patients, provided that the planning be impeccable and the supply of antihemophilic factor virtually unlimited.
Anemia, Hemolytic ; Arthritis ; Arthroplasty ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Factor VII ; Hemophilia A ; Humans ; Immunosuppressive Agents ; Sepsis ; Wounds and Injuries

For sequential phenotypic changes including enzyme altered hepatocytic foci, hyperplastic nodules, hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas were produced in Sprague-Dawley rats by Solt-Farber method (administration of diethylnitrosamine and acetylaminofluorene (AAF), and partial hepatectomy). The immunohistochemical expressions of glutathione S transferase P (GST-P) and bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) were assessed for selective proliferative activity in the enzyme altered foci and the subsequently developed lesions by double immunohistochemical staining technique. Immunoreactive areas against GSTP gradually increase from early period of carciogenesis. BrdU labeling in such areas remained high during the first week. but decreased thereafter. BrdU labeling index remained low in the GSTP negative area throughout the experimental period. This suggests that cells in the enzyme altered foci keep away from the suppressor effect of AAF in contrast to the normal cells in which their growth are inhibited by AAF. BrdU labeling index remained very low in both hyperplastic nodule and adenoma which were prevalent during the mid-experimental period, but increase markedly in carcinoma. The long period of low BrdU labeling index seems to correspond to the "slowly growing step of persistent nodule" during hepatocarcinogenesis. The differentiation index, a ratio of S phase fraction between GSTP positive and negative areas, was low in adenoma-developing period and high in carcinoma-developing period. C-Ha-ras p21 was not expressed in foci of enzyme altered hepatocyte and hyperplasia, but highly positive in carcinoma. This indicates that the c-Ha-ras may involve the late step of hepatocarcinogenesis.
Rats ; Animals ; Adenoma ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

14 cases of femoral shaft fractures were treated with cast-brace for two years from June, 1974 to June, 1976 at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital. The results were as followings; 1. Of the 14 cases, eleven cases were male and three were female, and they were between 18 to 51 years of ages. 2. The fracture site was accounted that three of 14 cases were at the distal one third of the femur and the other eleven at the mid one third with four cases being comminuted. 3. 7 cases were treated with cast-brace initially, and the other 7 cases were secondarily treated, because of being complicated. 4. The average time of fracture healing was 14 weeks in the cases with cast-brace which is compared with 20 weeks of spica-cast control group in the same period. 5. One of 7 cases treated primarily developed shortening and angulation, which was corrected by open reduction and internal fixation.
Clinical Study ; Female ; Femoral Fractures ; Femur ; Fracture Healing ; Humans ; Male ; Orthopedics ; Seoul