PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was To exam the skin and pressure sore and To evaluate the predictive validity for the new pressure sores risk assessment scale. METHOD: There was finally 211 neurosurgery subject admitted in Chung-Ang Univ. Hospital from Nov, 11, 2002 to Feb, 11, 2003. Data was collected three times per week from 48-72hr after admission until incidence of pressure sores or discharge or die. Inclusion criteria were; (1) no pressure sores at admittance, (2) at least 3 times assessment, (3) adults older than 16yrs, (4) patients consent to participate in study. RESULT: 1. 34 case of 211 developed pressure sores(11.6%). 2. The coccyx area was the most common occurrence site of pressure sores. 3. At the cutoff point 23 of sensitivity 100%, specificity 76.3% was higher in 2003 than specificity 63.8% at the cutoff point 26 of sencitivity 100% in 1991. 4. "Moisture" of subscale for pressure sores risk factor was the strongest predictor. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the New Pressure Sores Risk Assessment Scale still predict the risk of developing pressure sores in neurosurgical subject.
Adult ; Coccyx ; Humans ; Incidence ; Neurosurgery ; Pressure Ulcer* ; Risk Assessment* ; Risk Factors ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Skin

Normal pattern VEP was measured to applicate its value in the comparison with abnormal pattern VEP findings of various ocular disease. Mean P1 latency time in 74 healthy subjects of 20 to 60 years old with uncorrected or corrected visual acuity better than 0.9 was 92.51 +/- 4.35 msec and mean amplitude was 11.58 +/- 3.45 micro V. There was no statistically significant difference between male and female iri latency time and amplitude. The latency time was delayed in the 6 th decades. The amplitude was largest in VEP stimulated with 13.1 X 10.6 min checksize, but the changes of latency in 60 min to 10 min check-size was not statistically signifiant. In the emetropic state, the amplitude was largest and visual acuity was correlated with the amplitude. In miotic eyes, the latency time was delayed and the amplitude was largest in physiologic pupil. The amplitude and latency was similar in the location of recording electorde at 2~4 cm above inion.
Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pupil ; Visual Acuity

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Humans ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases* ; Pneumoconiosis*

PURPOSE: We compared the results of the double Maddox rod test (DMRT), which is commonly performed in clinics as a subjective torsion test for superior oblique muscle palsy, with those of the Bagolini striated lenses test (BSLT) in a least dissociating condition to predict the cyclofusional capacity. METHODS: Twenty-five patients with acquired superior oblique muscle palsy were tested for degree of subjective torsion with DMRT and BSLT in primary position and down-gaze in Daegu Catholic University Hospital from May 2014 to March 2015. DMRT was performed in a dark room and BSLT in a lighted room. RESULTS: Mean extorsional degree in primary position was 3.40 ± 2.58° on DMRT and 1.88 ± 2.92° on BSLT, a significant difference (p = 0.000). In down-gaze, mean extorsional degree was 4.16 ± 2.90° with DMRT and 2.40 ± 2.90° with BSLT (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The subjective torsional measurement with BSLT was significantly smaller than with DMRT, and the cyclofusional capacity in patients with acquired superior oblique palsy was 1.5° in primary position and 1.8° in down-gaze. BSLT is helpful in addition to DMRT and fundus photograph for the evaluation of cyclotropia in patients with superior oblique muscle palsy, and this test may yield clinically important information for predicting the cyclofusional capacity of patients with superior oblique muscle palsy.
Daegu ; Humans ; Paralysis*

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Anus, Imperforate* ; Bronchi* ; Esophageal Atresia*

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Cleidocranial Dysplasia* ; Leukemia*

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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency* ; Iron*

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Leukemia*

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Humans ; Interleukin-2* ; Leukemia*

An analysis of four patients with congenital stationary night blindness showed that all had essentially normal fundi. We studied electro physiologic examinations including electroretinogram(ERG), electrooculogram(EOG) and pattern visual evoked potential(VEP). We classified these patients into two groups, one case as Schubert-Bornschein type and three cases as Riggs type based on the evaluation of scotopic and single bright flash ERG. The oscillatory potentials were absent in one case of Schubert-Bornschein type and reduced in two cases of Riggs type. The hereditary mode of three patients in one family was autosomal dominant.
Diagnosis* ; Humans ; Night Blindness*