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Pregnancy*

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Twins, Conjoined*

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate factors related to middle-aged women's health beliefs and their intention to practice health behaviors for preventing and improving hypertension. METHODS: The participants were 319 middle-aged(40-59 years) women who lived G city. Data was collected from January to February, 2005. Personal interviews were performed. The data was analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's multiple comparison test and hierarchial multiple regression analysis. RESULTS: Perceived susceptibility of health belief was high in those who had higher educational level, disease history and health education experience, significantly(p<0.05). Perceived seriousness was high in those who had higher educational level, middle economic status and health education experience, significantly(p<0.05). Perceived benefits was high in those who had higher educational level and perceived barriers was low in those who had disease history and hypertension, significantly(p<0.05). The subject's intention to practice health behaviors was significantly high in those who were younger, who had higher educational level and menopausal status(p<0.05). In hierarchial multiple regression analysis, the subject's intention was related to perceived seriousness, perceived benefit and educational level, significantly(p<0.05). CONCLUSION: It is necessary to develope the education programs which can increase the subject's health belief and intention to practice health behaviors towards hypertension in middle-aged women.
Education ; Female ; Health Behavior* ; Health Education ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Intention* ; Women's Health*

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Diffusion* ; Teicoplanin*

A 36-year-old man, who had undergone thoracoscopic anterior spinal fusion using the plate system and posterior screw fusion three months previously, presented to our hospital with left flank pain and fever. Computed tomography indicated the presence of a psoas muscle abscess. However, after two days of percutaneous catheter drainage, a mycotic abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm was detected via computed tomography. We performed in situ revascularization using a prosthetic graft with omental wrapping. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was identified on blood and pus culture, and systemic vancomycin was administered for one month. Although the abscess recurred, it was successfully treated with percutaneous catheter drainage and systemic vancomycin administration for three months, without the need for instrumentation removal. The patient remained asymptomatic throughout two years of follow-up.
Abscess ; Adult ; Aneurysm, False* ; Aneurysm, Infected ; Catheters ; Drainage ; Fever ; Flank Pain ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ; Psoas Abscess* ; Psoas Muscles ; Spinal Fusion* ; Suppuration ; Transplants ; Vancomycin

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Child* ; Humans

The symptoms and signs of acute pulmonary arteries thrombosis are nonspecific. So clinical suspicion is the most important in the diagnosis. Treatment of pulmonary thromboembolism include anticoagulant, thrombolytic agent, or surgical intervention. We experienced a case of recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism without coagulation defect and any risk factor except old age and obese. Initially we treated with heparin, but clinical symptoms were aggravated. After we changed to urokinase (total 330 million IU/2 days), the pulmonary arteries obstruction were resolved and clinical symptoms were improved without any complications. So we report this clinical experience with review of articles.
Diagnosis ; Heparin ; Pulmonary Artery ; Pulmonary Embolism* ; Risk Factors ; Thrombosis ; Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator*

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare complication of pulmonary metastatic disease, most often following chemotherapy for osteogenic sarcomas, primary lung cancer or malignant germ cell tumors. Intensive chemotherapy may theoretically increase the risk of pneumothorax in patients with manifest or occult lung metastases by inducing rapid lysis of the tumor tissue and by interfering with repair processes. We present a case of patient with spontaneous pneumothorax after the introduction of chemotherapy for metastatic choriocarcinoma and review the literature and discuss the possible pathophysiologic mechanisms.
Choriocarcinoma* ; Drug Therapy* ; Female ; Humans ; Lung ; Lung Neoplasms ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal ; Osteosarcoma ; Pneumothorax* ; Pregnancy

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of three screening questionnaires in identifying Korean patients at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a sleep clinic setting in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from 592 adult patients with suspected OSA who visited a sleep center. All patients completed the Sleep Apnea of Sleep Disorder Questionnaire (SA-SDQ), the Berlin questionnaire, and the STOP-Bang questionnaire. Estimated OSA risk was compared to a diagnosis of OSA. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were calculated for each questionnaire. RESULTS: The prevalence of OSA was 83.6% using an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) > or =5/h and 58.4% for an AHI > or =15/h. The STOP-Bang questionnaire had a high sensitivity (97% for AHI > or =5/h, 98% for AHI > or =15/h), but the specificity was low (19% and 11%, respectively). In contrast, the sensitivity of the SA-SDQ was not high enough (68% for AHI > or =5/h, 74% for AHI > or =15/h) to be useful in a clinical setting, whereas the specificity was relatively good (66% and 61%, respectively). The sensitivity and specificity values of the Berlin questionnaire fell between those of the STOP-Bang questionnaire and the SA-SDQ. CONCLUSION: The STOP-Bang questionnaire may be useful for screening OSA in a sleep clinic setting, but its specificity is lower than the acceptable level for this purpose. A new screening questionnaire with a high sensitivity and acceptable specificity is therefore needed in a sleep clinic setting.
Adult ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group/*statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mass Screening/*methods ; Middle Aged ; Polysomnography/methods ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prevalence ; *Questionnaires ; ROC Curve ; Reproducibility of Results ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Severity of Illness Index ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/*diagnosis/ethnology

BACKGROUND: Preoperative elevated serum creatinine values are associated with increased risk for both morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). We investigated the postoperative changes of renal function and proper management in the patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Among 74 consecutive patients who underwent isolated on-pump CABG, 17 patients with increased serum creatinine level (creatinine > or = 1.5 mg/dL) within preoperative one week were included in the study. Seven patients showed preoperative serum creatinine level of 2.0 mg/dL or higher, and 3 of them had been undergoing hemodialysis. Preoperative hemodialysis was performed in the 3 patients due to end-stage renal failure (ESRD) the day before the operation. We started peritoneal dialysis immediately after the cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with ESRD or postoperative acute renal failure if it was necessary to remove intravascular volume and lower serum creatinine level. RESULT: In most of the patients with CABG, postoperative serum creatinine level increased and recovered to the preoperative level at the discharge. In 2 of the 4 patients with serum creatinine level of 2.0 mg/dL or higher and 3 patients with ESRD, intravascular volume, serum creatinine level and serum electrolyte were controlled with peritoneal dialysis. CONCLUSION: Postoperative serum creatinine level increased transiently in most of CABG patients, and intravascular volume and serum creatinine level were controlled by peritoneal dialysis only in the patients with acute renal failure postoperatively and those depending on hemodialysis.
Acute Kidney Injury ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass ; Coronary Artery Bypass ; Creatinine* ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Mortality ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Renal Dialysis ; Renal Insufficiency