No abstract available.
Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

No abstract available.
Scalp*

Diffuse interstitial lung disease(DILD) is a large group of heterogeneous diseases that diffusely involve the pulmonary connective tissues, principally subpleural, interlobular and alveolar wall portions. Terminology and classification of these diseases are not uniform, and the cause and the pathogenesis are unknown in many entities. It is generally accepted that the response to therapy is related to the relative degree of cellularity and fibrosis present, therefore a histologic evaluation of the relative extent and severity of these changes is required. We reviewed 52 cases of DILD from January 1990 to May 1995 diagnosed by open lung biopsy to reappraise classification and quantitative assessment of the histopathologic features. Differential histopathologic features between usual interstitial pneumonia(UIP) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia(NIP) were examined with a correlation of HRCT findings and clinical findings. Among 52 cases of DILD, 18 cases(34.6%) were UIP, 6 cases(11.5%) were hypersensitivity pneumonia was NIP was 5 cases(9.6%), interstitial lung diseases associated with the connective tissue diseases were 5 cases(9.6%), inorganic dusts were 4 cases(7.7%), infections were 4 cases(7.7%), durgs were 2 cases(3.8%), acute interstitial pneumonia was 1 case(1.9%), sarcoidosis was 1 case(1.9%) in order of frequency plus 6 other cases(11.5%). UIP was the most frequent DILD in this study which seemed to be a criteria bias of patient selection on open lung biopsy. Quantitative assessment of histopathologic features was useful in the differential diagnosis of DILD and differentiation of UIP from NIP was possible based on histopathologic features and supported by HRCT. UIP disclosed a significantly high score of fibrotic changes, especially in the interstitial fibrosis, smooth muscle proliferation and honeycombing, otherwise NIP appeared relatively high score in inflammatory changes. Correlation between histopathologic scores and the clinical outcome after steroid therapy or no therapy in UIP was not evident.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Biopsy

Dynamic urethral pressure profilometry is a urodynamic study that records the detrusor pressure and eternal sphincter pressure simultaneously during the filling and emptying phase. With this study to the patients who have voiding dysfunction we could differentiate the hyperreflexia from simple frequency and urgency without incontinence, check the detrusor pressure and volume and the point of clean intermittent catheterization schedule. It was also possible to differentiate the voluntary detrusor sphincter dyssynergia from obstruction due to BPH in CVA patients with frequency and residual urine by checking the external sphincter pressure during the emptying phase with dynamic urethral pressure profilometry. In conclusion, dynamic urethral pressure profilometry is a very useful urodynamic study to check the detrusor and external sphincter function simultaneously at one full urodynamic study to check the detrusor and external sphincter function simultaneously at one session within 15 minutes.
Appointments and Schedules ; Ataxia ; Catheters* ; Humans ; Intermittent Urethral Catheterization ; Reflex, Abnormal ; Urodynamics*

No abstract available.
Syphilis, Cutaneous

No abstract available.
Immunoglobulin Light Chains* ; Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone*

PURPOSE: To study the microscopic anatomic relation of capsulopalpebral fascia, orbital septum, and tarsus of the lower eyelid in Korean. METHODS: Foureteen normal Korean lower eyelids from 14 formalin-fixed cadavers (mean age of 66.5 years) were harvested and studied with light microscopy after staining with hematoxylin and eosin. Dimensions of the structures and distances between them was measured by analyzing the digital photographs. RESULTS: There was no fusion of the orbital septum and the capsulopalpebral fascia at the lower border of the tarsal plate in 10 specimens and limited fusion of these tissue in 4 specimens. The average distance from the inferior tarsal border to the first identifiable smooth muscle nuclei of the inferior tarsal muscle was 1.38 mm. The average tarsal plate thickness was 0.98 mm and the average tarsal plate height was 3.96 mm. CONCLUSIONS: The Korean lower lid anatomy differs from that of their non-Asian counter parts. Furthermore, there was a difference in tarsal plate thickness in comparison to Chinese lower lids. There was no consistent fusion between the capsulopalpebral fascia and the orbital septum. No extension of the capsulopalpebral fascia to the skin was observed.
Ankle ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Cadaver ; Eosine Yellowish-(YS) ; Eyelids* ; Fascia ; Hematoxylin ; Humans ; Microscopy ; Muscle, Smooth ; Orbit ; Skin

No abstract available.
Isotretinoin* ; Papilloma*

No abstract available.
Leg*

PURPOSE: This research was designed as a pre-post experimental study with a nonequivalent control group to verify the effects of meridian exercise on health status, depression and self-esteem in institutionalized elderly people. METHOD: The research population included 38 participants, 65 years and over, who were assigned to an experimental group (18) or a control group (20). All of the participants were institutionalized in Seoul. Data collection was done from October, 2000 to May, 2001 and the experimental treatment for this study, meridian exercise, was done for a total 30 minutes per session for 12 sessions over two weeks. The exercise was developed by a professor of Oriental Medicine and the researchers involved in this study. The data were analyzed using the SPSS PC+ program. RESULT: There were no significant differences for general characteristics between the two groups. Physical health status, mental-mood health status, depression and self-esteem were low. Differences in the physical health status of the elderly people was higher in the experimental group (t=16.299, p=0.000). The effects of the meridian exercise on mental-mood health status, depression, and self-esteem were statistically significant (t=10.301, p=0.000; t=15.579, p=0.000; t=14.571, p=0.000). CONCLUSION: According to the results, meridian exercise should be used to improve health status, reduce depression and increase self-esteem, and so promote the quality of life for elderly people who must be institutionalized. A study to measure the physiological index in meridian exercise for elderly people is suggested as a method to set up a Korean nursing intervention to enable elderly people to manage their own health.
Aged* ; Data Collection ; Depression* ; Humans ; Medicine, East Asian Traditional ; Nursing ; Quality of Life ; Seoul