BACKGROUND: Outpatient procedures account for more than half the operations performed in the United States, but the status of outpatient anesthesia in Korea has not been documented yet. The present study was designed to evaluate the current status of outpatient anesthesia in university hospitals in Korea. METHODS: Thirty-nine university hospitals were surveyed by questionnaire in February 1997. Objects were patients underwent outpatient operations under general, intravenous or regional anesthesia except local anesthesia by surgeon from January 1996 to December 1996. RESULTS: One university hospital started outpatient anesthesia in 1980 and now ten of 39 universities (25.6 %) provide the procedures. In 1995 one of 10 university hospitals has opened day- surgery center having 7 operating rooms and the capability of 24 hours overnight stays. The other 9 hospitals use one of in-patient operating rooms for outpatient procedures. The utility rate per year was 3.06 +/- 1.59 % and 11.49 % in 9 university hospitals and day-surgery center respectively during 1996. Outpatients were mainly classified as physical status 1 and 2 by American Society of Anesthesiologists, and 54.0 38.3 % to 70 % of patients were distributed under 15 years of age. Surgical procedures were relatively simple and 10 surgical departments were participated into the field of outpatient anesthesia. Inhalation techniques and intravenous anesthesia were used predominantly. Complications were sore throat, nausea and vomiting, delayed recovery of consciousness, bleeding at the operative site, fever and so on. CONCLUSIONS: I think that outpatient anesthesia in Korea has grown at very slow rate over the last 4 decades and that it is very low utility rate per year compared to United States. So we have to try to get more interests and supports about the outpatient anesthesia setting.
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures ; Anesthesia* ; Anesthesia, Conduction ; Anesthesia, Intravenous ; Anesthesia, Local ; Consciousness ; Fever ; Hemorrhage ; Hospitals, University* ; Humans ; Inhalation ; Korea* ; Nausea ; Operating Rooms ; Outpatients* ; Pharyngitis ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; United States ; Vomiting

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Immunosuppression*

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Anesthesia* ; Ventilators, Mechanical*

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Mesenteric Lymphadenitis* ; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis* ; Yersinia*

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Mesenteric Lymphadenitis* ; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis* ; Yersinia*

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Humans ; Male* ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Nodule*

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Colorectal Neoplasms* ; Humans ; Male*

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Peritoneal Lavage*

Alternaria cassiae Jurair & Khan was recorded on seeds of sickle senna(Cassia tora L.). Seed infection ranged from 25~45% in two samples. Developing roots and shoots turn brown and died in case of severe infection. Detailed descriptions were given on the habit characters of the fungus and on the morphology of conidiophores and condia. This is the first report of A. cassiae on seeds of Cassia.
Alternaria* ; Cassia* ; Fungi ; Korea*

This report is a clinical analysis and comparative study with previous report of bronchial asthma at National Medical Center on bronchial asthma in children who were admitted to the MP dept. of national Medical Center from January 1987 to December 1990. The results of the study were as follows: 1) The out-break ratio of bronchial asthma is 3.7% of hospitalized children which is no change that about 4% since 1980. 2) The children under 6 years of ge was 62.7% which among under 3 years was 33.1%. The rate of under 3 year children is increased as previous study. 3) The out-break of bronchial asthma was most common in September and October and so peak incidence was noted in fall and duration of hospitalization was most 2 week. 4) Familial allergic history was positive in 54.6% and bronchial asthma was most common. The presence of allergic past history was 52.2%) and atopic dermatitis was most common 5) Eosinophilia was found in 80.8% and elevated IgE was also in 61.6% of bronchial asthma. 6) We could get positive results of IgE RAST and skin test: D. pteronyssinus, D. farinae, Houst dust. 7) The most frequent findigs of the chest radiograph were within normal limits. 8) The clinical improvement rate of bronchial asthma is 52.5%.
Asthma* ; Child* ; Child, Hospitalized ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Dust ; Eosinophilia ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin E ; Incidence ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Skin Tests