Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) were measured in 46 patients treated with uncomplicated primary hip replacements, 39 total tip replacements and 7 bipolar hip replacements. In uncomplicated primary hip replacements, ESR levels were slightly elevated preoperatively and were variable postoperatively. But CRP was normal before surgery and elevated in postoperative course, but back to normal within three weeks in most cases. Early success of hip arthroplasty is in indicated by normalization of CRP within three weeks, regardless of ESR. Since ESR seems to react somewhat differently from the CRP, both methods are useful in the monitoring of complications after hip arthroplasty.
Arthroplasty* ; Blood Sedimentation* ; C-Reactive Protein* ; Erythrocytes* ; Hip* ; Humans

Androgen acts via the androgen receptor and can play a critical role in the development and growth of the prostate and the pathophysiology of prostatic diseases. Testosterone is the most abundant circulating androgen and is converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a more potent androgen, by steroid 5alpha-reductase. There are two 5alpha-reductase isoenzymes, type 1 and type 2, in humans and animals. Type 2 5alpha-reductase predominates in the prostate. While deficiency of type 2 5alpha-reductase causes male pseudohermaphroditism, increased DHT has been implicated in benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer. The aim of this article is to highlight the significance of 5alpha-reductase in the development and growth of the prostate and pathogenesis of prostatic diseases.
46, XY Disorders of Sex Development ; Animals ; Dihydrotestosterone ; Growth and Development ; Humans ; Isoenzymes ; Prostate ; Prostatic Diseases ; Prostatic Hyperplasia ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; Receptors, Androgen ; Sexual Development ; Testosterone

No abstract available.
Chlamydia* ; Humans ; Infant* ; Pneumonia*

No abstract available.
Diagnosis* ; Female ; Humans ; Polycystic Kidney Diseases*

BACKGROUND: Gender and social relationships are believed to have a strong influence on health care attitudes and behavior. This study was designed to determine the effect of the gender of closely associated persons on t,he health care-seeking behavior of persons of the oppsite sex. METHODS: We developed a 10-item questionnaire that requested information on social and demographic characteristics, health status, and influences on the decision to seek health care, and administered it to 314 consecutive patients seen at two family medicine clinics in Seoul. Data were analyzed by means of one way analysis of variance for continuous variables and the chi-square test for categorical variables. Additionally, data were analyzed by means of a multivariate logistic regression model that calculated odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: Men were 4.6 times more likely to be influenced than women to seek health care by a member of the opposite sex(95% CI, 2.4 to 8.9). CONCLUSIONS: Women make an important influene on the decisions for men to seek health care.
Delivery of Health Care ; Female ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Odds Ratio ; Seoul ; Surveys and Questionnaires

No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* ; Colon* ; Colonic Neoplasms*

The microform cleft lip is the mildest expression of cleft lip and nose deformity, but it has no specific definition, classification, and few methods have been reported for its correction. It is characterized by deformity of the nostril, skin striae of the upper lip, notching of peaked Cupid's bow, deformity of the vermilion, and anomaly of the upper lateral incisior and alveolar ridge on the affected region. Sixty-three microform cleft lip patients were operated on between Dec. 1993 and Sep. 1998 in our department(29 males and 34 females). The age of the patients ranged from 5 months to 30 years(Mean 9 years). We classified and treated the microform cleft lip as follows: Class I: Cleft lip nose with very slight lip deformity Class II: Minimal lip deformity without vermilion notching Class III: Mild lip deformity with slight vermilion notching. The goals in the correction of a microform cleft lip are to obtain an esthetically pleasing upper lip and nose, and to reestablish muscle continuity for improved function. To attain these goals, we used the above classification and satisfactory results were obtained by treating the microform cleft according to the classification.
Alveolar Process ; Classification* ; Cleft Lip* ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Humans ; Lip ; Male ; Microfilming* ; Nose ; Skin

No abstract available.
Hand* ; Humans

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Headache*

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Headache*