1)The oxygen consumption was studied with albino rate under normal environment after they were given Cytochrome C intravenously (10mg/kg). The consumption was 74.6cc/kg min. with that of control, 75.4cc/kg. min. The difference of the consumptions was not statistically significant. However, under 0.5% CO environment, the oxygen consumption of the Cytochrome C treated rats (62.5cc/kg min) was significantly greater than the control(42.1cc/kg min.) 2) The recovery time of rat acutely poisoned by 1% CO was studied. The recovery time of the Cytochirome C treated group was 37.2 minutes and in control group it was 52.2 minutes. Also significant difference of fatality was noted between the treated group(21.8%) and the untreated group(49.7%). 3) The combined effects of the hyperbaric oxygenation (100% O2 at atmospheric pressures) and the Cytochrome C administration was compared with the effect the simple hyperbaric oxygenation. There was no significant difference of recovery time between the experimental group while the fatality of the experiment group was lower than control group.
Animals ; Cytochromes c ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation* ; Oxygen Consumption ; Poisoning* ; Rats

The study in the fild of medical instrument has been out of the interest by any the life scinetist in Korea. Especially the recent developments in the medical electromics are remarkable one. Authors planned this study to ascertain the possibility of setting up the thermistor thermometer with available accessories of demetic products including some specific foreign assembly parts. By proper use of the thermistor as one of the wheatstone bridge, we could detect the resistance variations due to the environmental temperature variance. The intensive care for the bridge circuit and compensation scheme was required. The calibration procedure adopted here makes it possible to read the current as the temperature. The temperature range was determined by the examination and construction of the graph of the resistance-temperature, the reduction of excessive current and self-heating of the thermistor were made. Renovation in response-velocity was under taken too. This electronic thermometer was designed and assembled by the circuitry developed in accordance with the maximum availability of domestic products with some foreign-made parts. The result of our experiment showed very stable function and proved to be the most promising item in the actual application as long as the thermistor is concerned.
Calibration ; Compensation and Redress ; Critical Care ; Korea ; Thermometers*

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Foreign Bodies* ; Granuloma, Foreign-Body* ; Lipectomy*

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Agenesis of Corpus Callosum*

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Agenesis of Corpus Callosum*

The mineral contents of the cultivation substrates, fruiting bodies of the mushrooms, and the postharvest cultivation substrates were determined in cultivated edible mushrooms Pleurotus eryngii, Flammulina velutipes, and Hypsizigus marmoreus. The major mineral elements both in the cultivation substrates and in the fruiting bodies were K, Mg, Ca, and Na. Potassium was particularly abundant ranging 10~13 g/kg in the cultivation substrates and 26~30 g/kg in the fruiting bodies. On the contrary, the calcium content in the fruiting bodies was very low despite high concentrations in the cultivation substrates, indicating Ca in the cultivation substrates is in a less bio-available form or the mushrooms do not have efficient Ca uptake channels. Among the minor mineral elements determined in this experiment, Cu, Zn, and Ni showed high percentage of transfer from the cultivation substrates to the fruiting bodies. It is noteworthy that the mineral contents in the postharvest cultivation substrates were not changed significantly which implies that the spent cultivation substrates are nutritionally intact in terms of mineral contents and thus can be recycled as mineral sources and animal feeds.
Agaricales ; Animal Feed ; Calcium ; Flammulina ; Fruit ; Pleurotus ; Potassium

The prevalence or azoospermia .in the general population has been estimated to be 2 percent. Azoospermia is found in up to lO to 20 per cent of the men who present to an infertility clinic. The main causes are testicular failure and ductal obstruction. The ejaculatory duct obstruction was reported about 6 percent of the ductal obstruction. We present a case of a young adult azoospermic male patient with bilateral obstruction of the terminal ejaculatory duct who was treated successfully by transurethral incision using Collings cold knife in the area of the ejaculatory ducts.
Azoospermia ; Ejaculatory Ducts* ; Humans ; Infertility* ; Male ; Prevalence ; Young Adult

Primary carcinoma of the female urethra is an uncommon neoplasm that accounts for less than 0.02% of all malignant diseases occurring in women. Especially reported adenocarcinoma is rare now in the literature. We add one case of urethral adenocarcinoma in 61 years old female treated by total urethrectomy with resection of corresponding bladder neck, and suprapubic neourethrelization.
Adenocarcinoma* ; Female* ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Neck ; Urethra ; Urinary Bladder

Ilecocecal unit is anatomically and functionally well suited for augmentation cystoplasty. There is no need to artificially create a cap or tailed path because the cecum can be used without such alteration. Herein, we describe as experience with a 14 years old male patient whose bladder capacity was less then 90 ml due to renal tuberculosis. Previously, patient received right nephrectomy and temporary cystostomy to prevent vesicoureteral reflux. Augmentation ileocecocystoplasty was performed Department of Urology in this hospital on patient with good results : considerable enlargement of bladder capacity without vesicoureteral reflux.
Adolescent ; Cecum ; Cystostomy ; Humans ; Male ; Nephrectomy ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Renal ; Urinary Bladder ; Urology ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is characterized by a defect in arterial oxygenation that's induced by pulmonary vascular dilatation in the setting of liver disease. Some studies have shown the relationship between the presence of the HPS and the severity of liver disease, but there are only rare cases of HPS inpatient with Child-Pugh class A liver cirrhosis. We report here on a case of a 58 years-old male who suffered from progressive dyspnea for the previous few years. He was diagnosed with alcoholic liver cirrhosis 5 years previously. There was no significant abnormality on the chest radiograph and transthoracic echocardiography, but the arterial blood gas analysis revealed severe hypoxemia. Contrast-enhanced transesophageal echocardiograpy with agitated saline demonstrated a delayed appearance of microbubbles in the left cardiac chambers. Thus, he was finally diagnosed with HPS. This case suggests that we should consider HPS when a patient with compensated liver cirrhosis has unexplained dyspnea.
Anoxia ; Blood Gas Analysis ; Dihydroergotamine ; Dilatation ; Dyspnea ; Echocardiography ; Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Liver ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic ; Liver Diseases ; Liver Transplantation ; Male ; Microbubbles ; Oxygen ; Thorax