No abstract available.
Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Parenteral Nutrition, Total* ; Sepsis*

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is the most common condition requiring abdominal surgery in early infancy, and is caused by hypertrophied pyloric muscle. The development of successful surgical treatment in the early 1900s by Fredet and Ramstedt made it possible for infants worldwide to survive. Modern pediatric anesthetic techniques have virtually eliminated mortality from surgical management. Atropine sulfate is a cholinergic blocking agent with potent antimuscarinic activity that decreases peristaltic contractions by relaxing smooth muscles. We treated two cases of IHPS with incomplete pyloromyotomy in 3-month-old and 5-month-old male infants by administering atropine sulfate intravenously. They were free from vomiting after 5 days of intravenous atropine sulfate treatment. In these rare cases of persistent vomiting or refractory emesis following incomplete pyloromyotomy, there may be a role for atropine sulfate.
Atropine* ; Constriction, Pathologic* ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Mortality ; Muscle, Smooth ; Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic ; Vomiting*

No abstract available.
Aneurysm*

OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: To determine correlations among ambulatory renin activity, ambulatory blood pressure and microalbumin excretion rate, 66 Korean essential hypertensives were studied after 4 week wash-out period. The ambulatory blood pressure was monitored every 30 minutes and mean BP were calculated automatically. Urinary microalbumin excretion rate(UAER) and ambulatory plasma renin activity(aPRA) collected at mid-day were measured by radioimmunoassays. Subjectives were divided into 2 groups by aPRA value(2ng/ml/hr). RESULT: 14 cases were high renin group and 52 cases low renin group. The mean BP were 148.83/94.69mmHg in low renin group, and 146.57/98.07mmHg in high-renin group without difference. UAER were not different also between both groups. 23.07%(4/14) of non-dippers were included in high renin group and 25.58%(12/52) in low renin group without statistical difference. The aPRA was significantly related to UAER and systolic and diastolic mean blood pressure. Also UAER was related significantly to day mean blood pressures. CONCLUSION: Thus aPRA is thought to be a meaningful indicator to predict hypertensive renal target organ damage as well as blood pressure measured with 24-hr ABPM.
Blood Pressure* ; Hypertension* ; Plasma* ; Radioimmunoassay ; Renin*

No abstract available.
Pulmonary Aspergillosis*

The 8 cases of left ventricular thrombus detected by the 2 D echocardiography or left ventriculography, after acute transmural anterior myocardial infarction were effectively lysed by the thrombolytic agents and heparin therapy. The thrombolytic agents were either urokinase or tissue plasminogen activator. Urokinase was infused intravenously at a dose of 1.0 million unit for three days. And tissue plasminogen activator was infused at a dose of 100mg for a day. In all cases, the thrombi were completely lysed. At follow up, no recurrence of left ventricular thrombus was found. We have experienced 2 cases of peripheral embolization in which, left ventricular thrombi were protruding nonmobile type. The one was the embolic cerebral infarction, the other was transient hoarseness and paresthesia on the left foot, which may be transient ischemic attack. These results show that left ventricular thrombi can be treated by intravenous thrombolytic agents without life-threatening complication. However, for the better establishment of the risk and benefit of therapy further investigation is needed.
Cerebral Infarction ; Echocardiography ; Fibrinolytic Agents ; Follow-Up Studies ; Foot ; Heparin ; Hoarseness ; Ischemic Attack, Transient ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Paresthesia ; Recurrence ; Thrombolytic Therapy* ; Thrombosis* ; Tissue Plasminogen Activator ; Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to examine the psychosocial and obstetric factors associated with postpartum depressive symptoms in Korea. METHODS: At the 1-week and 4-week postpartum visit, 61 postpartum women completed Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Symptom Check List-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). Data related to psychiatric and obstetric characteristics, pregnancy and delivery related events were collected from standard medical records. 42 women without a history of pregnancy or delivery within 6 months were recruited as a control group. The postpartum group were divided into depressive and non-depressive groups according to the EPDS and BDI results of 4-week postpartum. RESULTS: Compared to the normal control group, the mean scores of EPDS and BDI at 1-week postpartum were significantly higher (p<.05 and p<.01, respectively) in the postpartum group. The postpartum group also scored significantly higher in the somatization, psychoticism, and global severity index profiles according to the SCL-90-R results (p<.05). The mean score of BDI at 4-week postpartum was significantly higher (p<.01) in the postpartum group. There were significant correlations (p<.01) between the EPDS and BDI reports at 1- and 4-week postpartum. The rates of having experienced severe emotional stress during pregnancy and of smokers and drinkers before pregnancy were significantly higher (p<.05) in the postpartum depressive group (EPDS > or =10 and BDI > or =10) compared to the postpartum non-depressive group. The rate of having experienced depressive symptoms at 1-week postpartum was also significantly higher in the postpartum group. The depressive symptomatology at 1-week postpartum was identified as a significant risk factor for the depressive symptoms of 4-week postpartum when multiple logistic regression analysis was performed after controlling for age and education level. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that postpartum women in Korea have many psychiatric problems such as depressive mood and somatization which necessitate proper care and assessment during the early postpartum period. Stress management during pregnancy may be helpful as a measure of preventing postpartum depression.
Anxiety ; Depression* ; Depression, Postpartum ; Education ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Logistic Models ; Medical Records ; Postpartum Period* ; Pregnancy ; Psychology ; Risk Factors ; Stress, Psychological

No abstract available.
Captopril* ; Child* ; Humans ; Nephrotic Syndrome*

No abstract available.
Captopril* ; Child* ; Humans ; Nephrotic Syndrome*

No abstract available.
Mitral Valve Insufficiency*