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Depression* ; Immune System* ; Psychoneuroimmunology* ; Schizophrenia*

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Benzodiazepines* ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid* ; Receptors, GABA-A*

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Humans ; Outpatients* ; Silicon Dioxide*

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relative surgical risk and problems in hip hemiarthroplasty for treatment of an unstable intertrochanteric fracture in elderly patients over 80 years old. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between April 2005 and May 2010, 58 patients whose age was over 80 years were available for inclusion in this study. They were divided into two groups: group 1 included 30 patients with femoral neck fracture and group 2 included 28 patients with intertrochanteric fracture. No significant differences in average age, concomitant disease, and walking ability before development of fracture were noted between the two groups. The following factors, including interval from development of fracture to operation, operation time, amount of blood loss, start time of walking after operation, duration of hospital stay, complications, revision rate, and walking ability were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: Operation time was an average of 85.2 minutes in group 1 and 97.5 minutes in group 2(P=0.03). The amount of bleeding was an average of 483 cc in group 1 and 695 cc in group 2(P=0.006). Similar results for walking start and recovery of walking ability after operation were observed in the two groups. No significant differences were observed in duration of hospital stay, complications, and revision rate. While 25 patients in group 1(83.3%) showed restoration of walking ability after operation to the same level of walking before injury, 19 patients in group 2(67.8%) showed restoration of walking ability postoperatively. CONCLUSION: Even though patients in group 2 showed a longer operation time and a higher amount of blood loss, compared with those in group 1, patients in group 2 had similar surgical risk and complications, compared with those in group 1. Therefore, primary hip hemiarthropalsty could be a good treatment option for intertrochanteric fracture in elderly.
Aged ; Femoral Neck Fractures ; Femur Neck ; Hemiarthroplasty ; Hemorrhage ; Hip ; Hip Fractures ; Humans ; Length of Stay ; Walking

Uterine prolapse with pregnancy is rare condition. The overall incidence is 1/10000- 15000 deliveries. The complications from uterine prolapse range from minor cervical ulceration and infection to fetal death or uterine rupture. The fetal mortality was as high as 22% mainly due to prematurity, respiratory infection. The management of this condition is focused on preventing late occurrence of prolapse during pregnancy and continued reduction. We present a case of uterine prolapse in pregnancy with a brief review of the literature.
Fetal Death ; Fetal Mortality ; Incidence ; Pregnancy* ; Prolapse ; Ulcer ; Uterine Prolapse* ; Uterine Rupture

The composition of triglycerides of the axillary sebaceous glands in 10 patient, with osmidrosis and 10 patients with hyperhidrosis was analyzed by high pressure liquid chromatography. Sebaceous glands were isolated and dissected by Kellum's method, and lipids were extracted by Folchs method. Individual triglycerides were separated by high pressure liquid chromatography and fatty acid composition of triglycerides was analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography. A number of individual triglycerides were identified: Fraction 1 consisted of dimyristoarachidonin, dilinoleioarachidonin, and myristol inoleioarachidonin, fraction 2 was trilinolein, fraction 3 was dilinoleioolein, fraction 4 was dilinoleiopalmitin, fraction 5 consisted of dioleiolinolein, dipalmitolinoleiri, and palmitooleilinolein. In osmidrosis patients, cornpositions of fraction 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 were 5, 4%. 18.5% 29.5% 32.0% 14.1% of total triglycerides, respectively. In hyperhidrosis patients, cornpositions of fraction 1, 2, '3, 4, and 5 were,5, 9%, 20. 6%, 30. 9% 32. 1%, 14. 5% of total triglycericles, resectively. There were no differences in composition of triglycerides of sekaceous glands between osmidrosis patients and hyperhidrosis patients and hyperhi.frosis patients.
Chromatography, Gas ; Chromatography, Liquid ; Humans ; Hyperhidrosis ; Sebaceous Glands* ; Soil* ; Triglycerides*

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Dimenhydrinate is known to act on the vestibular system, causing vestiular suppression. But the effects related with therapeutic dosage on eye tracking tests and vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) are not clear yet. We performed this study to evaluate the effects of dimenhyrinate on eye tracking tests and VOR. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty five healthy subjects, comprising of 12 men and 13 women between the ages of 15 and 69 (mean age=39) participated in this study. The assessment included saccade test, smooth pursuit test, optokinetic nystagmus test for eye tracking test and sinusoidal harmonic acceleration test for VOR test. Each test was performed before, and 2 hours and 4 hours after the oral intake of dimenhydrinate (therapeutic dosage: 50 mg). The subjects were kept alert by performing a calculation task and communicating with the investigator during tests. RESULTS: Analysis of results showed that latency was prolonged after 2 hours but was returned to initiae value after 4 hours. Gain was not changed in the saccade test as well as in the smooth pursuit test. Mean slow phase eye velocity (SPEV) decreased after 4 hours in optokinetic nystagmus test. Gain and phase lead decreased only at 0.01 Hz in sinusoidal harmonic acceleration test. CONCLUSION: Dimenhydrinate had minimal effects on eye tracking tests and VOR when the patient's alertness was kept during test.
Acceleration ; Dimenhydrinate* ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Nystagmus, Optokinetic ; Pursuit, Smooth ; Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular ; Research Personnel ; Saccades