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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency* ; Hypoproteinemia* ; Iron*

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Child* ; Humans ; Typhoid Fever*

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Dilatation* ; Esophageal Perforation*

A 14 years old female patient with chronic myelocytic leukemia was presented. Characteristic blood features of peripheral blood smear and bone marrow findings, clinical symptoms and signs, Philadelphia chromosome are confirmative for the diagnosis of the disease. Pertinent literatures and references were also reviewed briefly.
Adolescent ; Bone Marrow ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive ; Leukemia, Myeloid* ; Philadelphia Chromosome*

PURPOSE: This report presents our experience of the renal transplatation of a long term dysfunctional contracted bladder and its outcome. METHODS: Between March 1996 and May 2006, 425 cases of renal transplantation were performed in our medical center. We found 14 chronic renal failure patients having dysfunctional contracted bladder (DFCB) that was diagnosed through the preoperative voiding cystourethrogram. DFCB was defined as the maximal urinary bladder volume less than 100 mL. No surgical or medical preparation was done before and after renal transplantation. In 8 out of 14 cases, extravesical ureteroneocytostomy (EVUC) was conducted and the Lich's EVUC was done for the other 6 cases. Double J ureteral stent was not employed in any cases. RESULTS: The mean age of the recipients was 41.4 years. The mean capacity of these bladder was 72.1 mL (range 20 to 100 mL). Of the 14 cases, thirteen had living donor related transplantation and one received cadaveric kidney. Postoperative complication was occurred in one case, which was bleeding. There was no evidance of urinary tract complication. All patient excluding of one patient who had the episodesof chronic rejection were stable throughout the entire follow up period. CONCLUSION: DFCB in renal translpantation had no adverse effect on successful outcome in transplant operation deposite no preoperative preparation, especially cadaveric donor transplatation, it may, however, need a delicate surgical skills to perform EVUC.
Cadaver ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Kidney ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Living Donors ; Postoperative Complications ; Stents ; Tissue Donors ; Ureter ; Urinary Bladder* ; Urinary Tract

PURPOSE: Although varicella outbreakes have frequently occured, the epidemiology of varicella in Korea has not well been delineated. Furthermore without enough investigation with regard to safety and efficacy of varicella vaccine in Korean population, the vaccine has begun to be used in healthy children. Therefore the authors analized the clinical features of patients diagnosed of varicella to aid in understanding the epidemiology of varicella in Korea, and also compared the difference depending on varicella vaccination status. METHODS: The study population consisted of 1154 otherwise healthy patients diagnosed of varicella by six private pediatricians (5 in Seoul and 1 in Incheon) from March 1994 to February 1996. The information pertaining to clinical features of varicella was obtained through questionnaires answered by pediatricians. RESULTS: 1) Among the total 1154 patients, sex ratio was 1.2:1 with male predominance. The average age was 4.1+/-2.5 years old with the range of 1 month to 15 years of age. One thousand and thirty patients (89.2%) were younger than 6 years old and 126 patients (10.9%) were younger than 1 year old. 2) Occurrence of varicella was reported every month during the study period and peak in June, July, and November to January. 3) Two hundreds and eight-four patients (24.6%) had a history of previous varicella vaccination. 4) Four hundreds and fifty-five patients (53.3%) had a history of exposure to patients with varicella and the mean incubation period was 13.7+/-4.1 days with no difference according to varicella vaccination status. 5) Prodromal symptoms were reported from 615 patients (53.3%) with temperature elevation being most frequent. Except for temperature elevation, occurrence of all other prodromal symptoms was not different between unvaccinated and vaccinated patients. 6) Duration of new rash development was 3.9+/-1.3 days with the range of 1 to 9 days and longer in unvaccinated patients (4.1+/-1.2 days) compared to vaccinated patients (3.1+/-1.1 days). Atypical rash was observed in 144 patients (12.5%) and more frequently among unvaccinated patients. 7) Sixty-eight patients suffered from complications which were skin infection (49), conjunctivitis (20), neurologic complication (1), and pneumonia (1), with no difference between unvaccinated and vaccinated patients. CONCLUSIONS: The current study is reporting, for the first time, the epidemiologic features of varicella in Korea. Bedsides, the result of the study, illustrating that 1/4 of the patients reported to have varicella were vaccinated with varicella vaccine, indicates the necessity of the investigation for the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in Korean population.
Chickenpox Vaccine ; Chickenpox* ; Child ; Conjunctivitis ; Epidemiology* ; Exanthema ; Humans ; Korea* ; Male ; Pneumonia ; Prodromal Symptoms ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Seoul ; Sex Ratio ; Skin ; Vaccination