The effect of Minizide(R) (prazosine 1mg and polythiazide 0.5mg) was studied in 34 hypertensive patients (female 16 cases, male 18 cases) at the Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, In-Je Medical College between July, 1979 and August 1980 for 14 months. The patients didn't take the any drugs for one week before the clinical trial with Minizide(R), and thereafter they took minizide 1 tablet 3 times daily for 2 weeks. The blood pressure was checked before and after the trial in the supine and standing position. The results were as followings: 1) The systolic blood pressure before the treatment with Minizide in the supine position was 196+/-24mmHg and in the standing position 188+/-22mmHg. The systolic blood pressure after the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 148+/-16mmHg and in the standing position 139+/-9mmHg. 2) The diastolic blood pressure before the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 118+/-11mmHg, and in the standing position 113+/-10mmHg. The diastolic blood pressure after the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 87+/-6mmHg and in the standing position 84+/-5mmHg. 3) There was no significant orthostatic hypotension after the 34 patients. 4) There was no changes of laboratory findings after the treatment. 5) 3 of 34 hypertensive patients after the treatment complained of headache, 3 palpitation, 2 edema, 2 drowsiness, and 1 fatigability and 1 patient complained of weakness.
Blood Pressure ; Edema ; Headache ; Humans ; Hypotension, Orthostatic ; Internal Medicine ; Male ; Polythiazide ; Sleep Stages ; Supine Position

5 alpha-reductase deficiency resulting in male pseudohermaphroditism is a rare disease characterized by clitoral-like phallus, bifid scrotum, urogenital sinus, testis cited in labioscrotal folds. Evaluation of plasma T/DHT ratios in infancy, particularly after hCG stimulation of the testes and elevated urinary tetrahydrocortisol (THF) to 5 alpha-tetrahydrocortisol(5 alpha-THF) ratios provide a valuable dianostic test for 5 alpha-reductase deficiency. We report one case of 5 alpha-reductase deficiency who were presented with ambiguous genitalia and elevated T/DHT ratio before and after hCG stimulation.
46, XY Disorders of Sex Development ; Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase* ; Disorders of Sex Development ; Plasma ; Rare Diseases ; Scrotum ; Testis ; Tetrahydrocortisol

A 42-year-old woman presented with ichthyosiform eruptions on her trunk and buttock which developed 20 days prior to consulatation. She had taken the cholesterol-lowering drug(lovastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitor) for 4 months. After stopping the drug, the skin lesions gradually improved and after two months most of the lesions had disappeared. After 3 months of follow up the skin lesions could not be seen any more. Acquired ichthyosis in our patient could be an untoward effect of HMG CoA reductase inhibitor by disturbing the skin lipid metabolism.
Adult ; Buttocks ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases ; Ichthyosis* ; Lipid Metabolism ; Lovastatin ; Oxidoreductases ; Skin

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Nesidioblastosis, also known as persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy(PHHI) or familial hyperinsulinsm, is the most common cause of recurrent severe hypoglycemia in infancy. It is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by irregular insulin secretion leading to inappropriately raised plasma insulin concentration compared to blood glucose levels. Recently, mutations in the sulfonylurea receptor(SUR) have been described in association with PHHI. The mainstay of medical treatment is glucose infusion and diazoxide or long acting somatostatin. If medical treatment fails in preventing hypoglycemia, near total pancreatectomy is recommended. We report one case of nesidioblastosis cured by near total pancreatectomy with brief review of literatures.
Blood Glucose ; Congenital Hyperinsulinism* ; Diazoxide ; Glucose ; Humans ; Hypoglycemia ; Infant, Newborn* ; Insulin ; Nesidioblastosis* ; Pancreatectomy ; Plasma ; Somatostatin

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Animals ; Heart* ; Rats* ; Wisconsin*

Osteoma is the most common benign tumor of the cranium, and the frontal sinus is its most frequent location in the cranium. A 39-year-old woman presented with left exophthalmos was found to have orbital and intracranial extension of a giant osteoma involving anterior cranial fossa. The etiology, presenting features, diagnosis and treatment of this tumor are reviewed.
Adult ; Cranial Fossa, Anterior* ; Diagnosis ; Exophthalmos ; Female ; Frontal Sinus ; Humans ; Orbit ; Osteoma* ; Skull

BACKGROUND: Epinephrine used in surgery to provide hemostasis may elicit ventricular arrhythmias. A desirable anesthetic would not sensitize the myocardium to exogenously administered epinephrine. So the effect of sevoflurane, which was introduced to clinical anesthesia recently, on cardiac arrhythmias induced by the infusion of epinephrine was compared with those of halothane which was already known to epinephrine-induced arrhythmia in the 14 mongrel dogs. METHODS: The authors compared the arrhythmogenicity (three or more premature ventricular contractions, PVCs)of intravenously administered epinephrine in 14 mongrel dogs who were randomly assigned to receive sevoflurane (1.7 vol%) or halothane (0.75 vol%) anesthesia equipotently. The arrhythmogenic doses of epinephrine determined in this comparative study were expressed by both infusion rates of epinephrine during sevoflurane and halothane anesthesia. RESULTS: The mean values of the arrythmogenic infusion rates of epinephrine were 27.1 7.6 g/kg for sevoflurane and 2.7 0.8 g/kg for halothane. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that the arrythmogenic doses of epinephrine during sevoflurane were significantly higher than those during halothane anesthesia.
Anesthesia* ; Animals ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Dogs* ; Epinephrine* ; Halothane* ; Hemostasis ; Myocardium ; Ventricular Premature Complexes

Erythema multiforme can be induced by various causes, including infections like virus or fungus, drugs like sulfonamides and penicillins, internal malignences, connective tissue diseases, pregnancy, menstruation, and exoessive sun exposure ramoxone, one of the paraquat dichloride compounds, is the most commonly used weed-kiIler in Korea. It is sometimes used in suicides due to its fatal toxicity, and even weak transutaneous absorption can lead to death. Herein we report a case of erythema multiform in a 46-year-old man induced by accidental contact with the Gramoxone
Absorption ; Connective Tissue Diseases ; Erythema Multiforme* ; Erythema* ; Female ; Fungi ; Humans ; Korea ; Menstruation ; Middle Aged ; Paraquat ; Penicillins ; Pregnancy ; Solar System ; Suicide ; Sulfonamides

BACKGROUND: Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) is a safe and effective method for post-operative pain control. But opioids used in IV-PCA result in some side effects such as respiratory depression, nausea, vomiting, itching and urinary retention. Nalbuphine, an agonist-antagonist, has a considerable analgesic effect without serious complications. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of post-operative pain relief in PCA-administered nalbuphine-ketorolac and morphine-fentanyl-ketorolac. METHODS: Patients scheduled for total abdominal hysterectomy were randomly assigned in a double-blind manner into one of two groups. Group 1 (n=24) and Group 2 (n=28) received nalbuphine-ketorolac or morphine-fentanyl-ketorolac, respectively. All patients received same background infusion rate (2 ml/hr), PCA dose (0.5 ml) and lockout interval (15 min) just after peritoneum closure. And post-operative pain scores were recorded with numerical rating scale (NRS) at 1, 2, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hr after operation. RESULTS: The pain control effect in group 1 was more effective than in group 2. The patients' satisfaction was more superior in group 1. And the number of using PCA button was more frequent in group 2. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that intravenous nalbuphine is an excellent alternative to morphine and fentanyl for postopertive pain control.
Analgesia* ; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled ; Analgesics, Opioid ; Fentanyl ; Humans ; Hysterectomy ; Morphine ; Nalbuphine ; Nausea ; Pain, Postoperative ; Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis ; Peritoneum ; Pruritus ; Respiratory Insufficiency ; Urinary Retention ; Vomiting