No abstract available.
Burns* ; Humans

The purpose of this study was to assess the iron nutritional status of college women residing in the Kyungin area. The anthropometric parameters, nutrient intake, and biochemical status of iron were measured for 102 college women. The mean height and weight were 160.3 cm and 52.4 kg, respectively. The proportion of subjects whose BMI was less than 20 was 41.3%. The proportion of subjects assessed as overweight(25 or =25%) assessed by the fat percent(FP) was 53.9%. The mean daily intake of iron was 13.90mg(77.1% of RDA), composed of 0.97mg of heme iron and 12.93mg of nonheme iron. the iron intake computed with the chemical analysis of food was 12.44mg(69.0% of RDA). When the sources of iron were grouped as rice(including bread), noodle, soup, side dish, and snack, noodle provided, 3.95mg of iron regarded as the highest amount. Subjects were taking 6.72mg(51.4% of RDA) of iron per day from main dishes(rice, bread and noddle). The fifty percent of the subjects showed iron depletion(serum ferritin<20ng/ml) and 33.4% showed suppressed erythropoiesis with iron deficiency(serum ferritin<10ng/ml). The anemic subjects assessed with transferrin saturation(<155) represented 33.3% of the test population, whereas 11.8% of the subjects possessed less than 12g/dl of hemoglobin. Subjects not satisfed with their body shape were having significantly lower amount of energy intake(p<0.05) than the subjects satisfied with their body shape. College women having mothers who graduated from university had a significantly decreased amount of energy, carbohydrates, fat and vitamin C(p<0.05). The mean RBC and serum iron of the subjects who were on a diet more than one mouth were lower than those of the subjects who were not on a diet(p<0.05).
Bread ; Carbohydrates ; Diet ; Erythropoiesis ; Female* ; Heme ; Humans ; Iron* ; Mothers ; Mouth ; Nutritional Status* ; Overweight ; Prevalence ; Snacks ; Transferrin ; Vitamins

No abstract available.
Cervix Uteri* ; Female

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is the second or third most common primary cardiac tumor. Although histologically benign, it can cause serious symptoms depending on its location of occurrence, size, and motility. Herein, we report CPF in the left ventricular trabeculation as a potential cause of cerebral infarction.

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is the second or third most common primary cardiac tumor. Although histologically benign, it can cause serious symptoms depending on its location of occurrence, size, and motility. Herein, we report CPF in the left ventricular trabeculation as a potential cause of cerebral infarction.

Although medical insurance claims data provide an increasingly accessible and widely used source of data for health care research, there are few studies about their sensitivity. This study was conducted to investigate the sensitivity of diagnosed cancers in medical insurance claims data. Every case of Kwangju Cancer Registry registered during 1998-1999 was checked for its status in medical insurance claims. The sensitivity of medical insurance claims was expressed as the proportion of cases who were reported as having cancer among cancer registry cases. The sensitivities of Kwangju and nationwide medical insurance claims data for overall cancer were 87.2% and 92.8%, respectively. For cancer sites, the sensitivity of medical insurance claims data was the highest for breast, followed by thyroid, lymphoma and colorectum, and the lowest for pancreas and kidney. Medical insurance claims data would provide reasonably high sensitivity for the detection of cancer, especially if nationwide medical insurance claims are included. Further studies should examine false positive cases to measure other dimensions of accuracy, such as specificity and predictive value.
Breast ; Gwangju ; Health Services Research ; Insurance* ; Kidney ; Lymphoma ; Pancreas ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Thyroid Gland

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; Dental Clinics ; HIV ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Sensitivity and Specificity

Intravenous lidocaine has been used for attenuating cardiovascular responses to endotracheal intubation. To determine the optimal time of administration of lidocaine for attenuating hemodynamic changes induced by intubation, 100 patients were allocated randomly to a control group (without lidocaine) or four treated groups (with lidocaine). Lidocaine 1.5 mg/kg was administered intravenously at 60 (Group 2), 90 (Group 3), 120 (Group 4) and 180 seconds (Group 5) before intubation. Arterial pressure (systolic, mean and diastolic), heart rate and rate-pressure product (RPP) were measured before induction, after lidocaine injection, immediatly before intubation, immediately and 5 minutes after intubation. After intubation, arterial pressure, heart rate and RPP increased significantly in every study groups. In group 2 and 3, however, such changes were attenuated significantly, Postintubation elevation of systolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure and RPP were effectively prevented in group 2 and 3. Lidocaine effect on diastolic pressure was observed only in group 3. Changes of heart rate were not affected with lidocaine adminiistration. In Group 4 and Group 5, this effect was not observed. In diastolic pressure, suppressive effect of lidocaine in increasing of blood pressure and RPP was observed in Group 3 significantly, but not in Group 2, Group 3 and Group 5. Changes of heart rate show that in all groups injected lidocaine (Group 2,3,4,5) significantly suppressive effect was not observed as compared with control group. These results suggest that intravenous lidocaine (1.5 mg/kg), 60-90 second prior to intubation attenuate hemodynamic responses induced by intubation.
Arterial Pressure ; Blood Pressure ; Heart Rate ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Intubation ; Intubation, Intratracheal* ; Lidocaine*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the individual and working environment-related factors affecting hypertension among middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers in South Korea. METHODS: This was a secondary data analysis of data from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA). The study sample included 1,319 middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers who were diagnosed without hypertension and older than 45 years at Wave 1 of the KLoSA. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis using SPSS 20.0. RESULTS: About 20% of the middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers were diagnosed with hypertension within about 8 years from the baseline. the significant predictors of hypertension among the participants were age, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, frequency of health examinations, working hours per week, the presence of regular day off, and the type of job. CONCLUSION: Middle-aged and elderly self-employed workers are vulnerable to work-related health problems. In order to prevent hypertension among self-employed workers, it is necessary to improve the work environment-related factors as well as individual life styles.
Aged* ; Aging* ; Body Mass Index ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Korea ; Life Style ; Longitudinal Studies* ; Middle Aged ; Statistics as Topic ; Surveys and Questionnaires*

Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, produces an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, but the precise mechanism of the cardiovascular stimulating affects of ketamine is not understood clearly. Clonidine, an antihypertensive agent, is an alpha-2 agonist that appears to act primarily on the CNS, where it apparently produces a decrease in the sympathetic outflow from the brain. Prazosin is antihypertensive agent that appears to evert its vasodilator action through the blockade of postsynaptic alpha-1 receptors. In order to investigate the effects of clonidine and prazosin on the heart rate and blood pressure increased by ketamine, ketamine was administered intravenously following administration of clonidine or prazosin in conscious patients. The results were as follows : 1) Intravenous ketamine (2 mg/kg) produced significant increases in heart rate and blood pressure by as much as 25%. 2) Intravenous clonidine (1.25 ug/kg) produced a decrease in the heart rate by 5 beats per minute and decreased blood pressure significantly. 3) In the clonidine pretreated group (1.25 ug/kg, lV), intravenous ketamine (2 mg/kg/kg, lV) produced significant increases in the heart rate and blood pressure without attenuation with clonidine 4) In the prasosin pretreated group (2 mg/kg~70 kg, PO), ketamine (2 mg/kg, lV) produced increases the in heart rate and blood pressure without attenuation with prasosin. From the above results, it was inferred that the action site of the cardiovascular stimulating effect of ketamine isn't a postsynaptic alpha-1 receptor and is different from the action site of clonidine.
Blood Pressure* ; Brain ; Clonidine* ; Heart Rate* ; Heart* ; Humans ; Ketamine* ; Prazosin*