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Hemangioma, Cavernous*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to find if any clinical or laboratory factors have significant correlations with blood loss caused by a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The medical records of 218 patients who had undergone a TURP were retrospectively reviewed. For each patient, the preoperative factors evaluated included age, type of presentation (patients who had been treated due to acute urinary retention; retention group, patients who had been treated due to lower urinary tract symptoms; symptomatic group), blood pressure, complete blood count, coagulation screening, prostate size on transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS), urine analysis, urine culture, ECG and drugs. Intraoperative and postoperative factors were also evaluated, including type of anesthesia, operator, operating time, weight of resected prostate tissue, blood transfusion and prostate histology. These factors were analyzed with respect to blood loss during the TURP using student's t, ANOVA and chi-square tests. RESULTS: The mean intraoperative blood loss and resected prostate weight were 415 ml and 15g, respectively. The factors which were found to significantly correlate with blood loss during a TURP were: resected prostate weight (r=0.44, p=0.0001), prostate size on TRUS (r=0.32, p=0.001), operating time (r=0.31, p=0.001), preoperative urine culture (p= 0.020), preoperative antimicrobials taken (p=0.020), and prostate histology (p=0.048). CONCLUSIONS: Of the factors found to correlate with blood loss during the TURP, the only reversible factor was a preoperative urinary tract infection. So, we expect that the prevention of preoperative urinary tract infection and its effective treatment in patients might be helpful in decreasing blood loss during a TURP.
Anesthesia ; Blood Cell Count ; Blood Loss, Surgical ; Blood Pressure ; Blood Transfusion ; Electrocardiography ; Humans ; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms ; Mass Screening ; Medical Records ; Prostate* ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors* ; Transurethral Resection of Prostate ; Ultrasonography ; Urinary Retention ; Urinary Tract Infections

A spontaneous rupture of the kidney due to a metastatic choriocarcinoma, which is associated with a normal pregnancy, is very rare. A 33-year-old female patient presented with sudden colicky right flank pain on the 5th day after a Cesarian Section. An abdominal CT scan showed evidence of a right renal rupture with a perirenal hematoma. Under the impression of a spontaneous rupture of right kidney, an exploratory laparotomy with a radical nephrectomy was performed. The pathologic findings revealed a renal parenchymal rupture due to a metastatic choriocarcinoma.
Adult ; Choriocarcinoma* ; Female ; Flank Pain ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Laparotomy ; Nephrectomy ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy* ; Rupture ; Rupture, Spontaneous* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatocytes on the hepatic lobule mipate from portal zone to centrilobular mea as the DNA synthesis within it. And also, the xenobiotic reactions reveal characteristic differences associated with zone specific metabolism in the liver acinus. In this study, the zonal distribution of ethylnitrosourea (ENU)-induced hepatic precancerous lesion was stereologically investigated. METHODS: Nine B6C3F1 mices were given I.p. injection of ENU (60 ug/pn body weight) when the pups were 15 days old prior to sacrifices at 8 weeks of life. All the 150 consecutive sections, 3 p m in thickness, were stained with hematoxylin and eosin and identified the basophilic precancerous lesions with 80-165 p m diameter in equatorial plane by the Zeiss microprojector. And then the distances from the center of selected foci to terminal hepatic vein or portal vein branches were estimated under the microscopic fields. As a control group, the same estimations were performed from the random points by the appointments of random digit table. RESULTS: Mean distance between ENU-induced 52 hepatocellular foci and the nearest terminal hepytic vein was 181.15+112.39 p m (Mean+ SD), but that of randomly selected 104 points was 291.73+157.98pm (Mean+5D) (Students t-test, p<0.0005). Substantially, 52.7% of ENU-induced 52 hepatocellular foci were within 300 p m from the terminal hepatic vein, but randomly selected 104 points were only 50.9% (Shapiro Wilk W test, w=0.819857, p=0.048038). Mean distance from ENU-induced 52 foci to portal vein was 398.85+149.98pm (Mean+SD), but that from the randomly selected 104 points was 315.87+145.79 pm (Mean+SD)(Students t-test, p<0.0005). CONCLUSION: Stereologically, ENU-induced mice liver cell foci distribute non-randomly to Zone III, centrilobular zone of mouse hepatic acini where promote invasion toward terminal hepatic veins.
Animals ; Appointments and Schedules ; Basophils ; Cholestasis ; DNA ; Eosine Yellowish-(YS) ; Ethylnitrosourea ; Fluconazole ; Hematoxylin ; Hepatic Veins ; Hepatocytes ; Liver ; Metabolism ; Mice* ; Portal Vein ; Veins

BACKGROUND: Nitrous oxide is a safe analgesics which has analgesic and sedative effects without loss of consciousness. The advantage of Nitrous oxide is that it has a rapid onset time and that we can modulate duration of its action. The purpose of this experiment is to obtain the safe and effective concentration of Nitrous oxide in Emergency Department as use of analgesics and sedative drugs. METHODS: Twenty volunteers were investigated according to double blind method. Nitrous oxide was administrated to volunteer subjects at different concentrations ; 33%, 50%, 67% each. Then we evaluated the Pain score, Blood pressure, Heart rate, Respiratory rate, Oxygen saturation and its side effects. RESULTS: Pain Score were 8.4+/-2.1 at 33%, 6.1+/-1.5 at 50%, and 3.65+/-2.2 at 67% of Nitrous oxide. Pain Score is decreased significantly following administration of Nitrous oxide at concentration of 50%, 67%(P<0.05). There was no difference between preadministration group and postadministration group. While no remarkable change in systolic blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation. Respiratory rate showed significant increase when 679o of Nitrous oxide was administrated. There was no side effect in administration of 33% of Nitrous oxide. When 50% of Nitrous oxide was administrated, there were dizziness 5(25%), paresthesia 2(10%), nausea 1(5%), palpitation 1(5%) and hyperethesia 1(5%). At 679o of Nitrous oxide, there were nausea 7(35%), dizziness 6(30%), paresthesia 5(25%), headache 5(25%), diplopia 2(10%), dysphoria 2(10%), salivation 1(5%), dyspnea 1(5%), nystagmus 1(5%), tinnitus 1(5%) and euphoria1 (5%). Incidence of side effect increased as the concentration of Nitrous oxide was increased. CONCLUSION: We can conclude that safe and effective concentration of Nitrous oxide is 50% as analgesics and sedative drugs in the emergency department.
Analgesics ; Blood Pressure ; Diplopia ; Dizziness ; Double-Blind Method ; Dyspnea ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Headache ; Heart Rate ; Hemodynamics* ; Hypnotics and Sedatives ; Incidence ; Nausea ; Nitrous Oxide* ; Oxygen ; Paresthesia ; Respiratory Rate ; Salivation ; Tinnitus ; Unconsciousness ; Volunteers

Plasma cell Granuloma (PCG) is a form of idiopathic inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT). It is a rare entity character-ized by a nonneoplastic proliferation of inflammatory cells dominated by a polyclonal expansion of the plasma cells. This lesion has been discovered in many parts of the body including the central nervous system. We now report two cases of plasma cell granuloma involving the brain. The first case was a 42-year-old man who presented a right hemi-paresis. He had a lesion in the convexity of the left parietal region. The second case was a 58-year-old woman who was expressed confusion and a frontal-temporal headache. She had a lesion in the convexity of the left temporal region and mastoid bone. The diagnosis of PCG was confirmed by pathological and immunohistochemical studies revealing pre-dominant plasma cells in the affected tissues.
Adult ; Brain ; Central Nervous System ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Granuloma, Plasma Cell* ; Headache ; Humans ; Mastoid ; Middle Aged ; Plasma Cells* ; Plasma* ; Rabeprazole

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on fracture healing in elderly patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed the radiologic results in 14 patients. Group I (n=7) was administrated intermittent PTH after surgical treatment and group II (n=7) was treated only with surgery. We checked the time of initial callus formation, bridging callus formation, and bone union through periodic follow-up radiographs by a radiologist who did not know the patient's information. RESULTS: The mean time to initial callus formation was 6 weeks for group I, compared with 6.7 weeks for group II. The mean time to bridging callus formation was 15.9 weeks for group I, compared with 23.0 weeks for group II. The mean time to bone union was 28.7 weeks for group I, compared with 41.9 weeks for group II. The difference in the cumulative detection rate (CDR) of the initial callus formation of group I and II was not statistically significant (p=0.793). However, the CDR of the bridging callus formation and bone union for group I were higher than those of group II (p=0.008, p=0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION: The intermittent PTH administration after surgical treatment and maximum possible preservation of the periosteum in elderly patients accelerates fracture healing.
Aged ; Bony Callus ; Deoxycytidine ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fracture Healing ; Humans ; Parathyroid Hormone ; Periosteum

PURPOSE: Proper education of hospice professionals is essential for ensuring quality of end-of-life care. In 2005, 'End-of-life Care Task Force Team' by Ministry of Health and Welfare established '60 hours of hospice education' as basic requirement for hospice professionals. This study is aimed to determine how many of the hospice professionals meet with the criteria and whether there are significant regional variations. METHODS: We analyzed the data from 46 hospice organizations, which submitted the application to the 2008 designation program of Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs. Data included details of the educational records of each hospice professionals. RESULTS: Total 673 hospice professionals were included in the analysis. Overall, only 41.5% (279/673) met the requirement. Nurses (46.8%; 177/378) were more likely to meet the requirement than doctors (35.8%; 38/106), social workers (32.0%; 24/75) and clergies (35.1%; 40/114). Hospice professionals of the organizations in metropolitan area received more education than those in small cities or rural area (52.4% vs. 25.0% for doctors, 50.6% vs. 43.9% for nurses, 42.9% vs. 25.5% for social workers). By geographic areas, hospice professionals in southeast regions received less education than other part of Korea (28.1% vs. 43.0~48.8%, respectively). CONCLUSION: Less than half of the Korean hospice professionals has received proper amount of hospice education, and significant regional variations existed. National programs to promote the education of hospice professionals and eliminate its disparities are greatly warranted. Implementation of the 60-hour currirulum for hospice professionals, based on the train-the-trainer model, would be regarded as one potential solution.
Advisory Committees ; Clergy ; Hospices ; Humans ; Korea ; Palliative Care ; Social Workers

OBJECTIVE: The content of meconium in amniotic fluid(AF) is important for assessing the risk of several perinatal problems. This estimate is usually performed subjectively by visual inspection. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical usefulness of meconium-crit method as an objective method for quantitative measurement of meconium content in AF. METHODS: Seventy of AF samples were obtained with amniocentesis from the pregnants of 30 weeks and over. Twenty-four of meconium-stained AF(MSAF)samples among them were separated through the subjective and gross assessment of clinicians. MSAF samples, except for the two samples contaminated by blood, were again divided into two categories: AF with fresh-meconium (11 samples) and AF with old-meconium(11 samples). Absorption spectra and meconium-crit of the samples were measured. RESULTS: Correlation coefficients between meconium-crit and absorption spectra at 425nm were 0.741 for 11 AF with fresh meconium, 0.255 for AF with old meconium and 0.354 for all MSAF samples. Those at 550nm were 0.934 for 11 AF with fresh meconium, 0.669 for 11 AF with old meconium and 0.639 for all MSAF samples. Those at 700nm were 0.916 for 11 AF with fresh meconium, 0.680 for 11 AF with old meconium and 0.706 for all MSAF samples. Analyses of correlation coefficients show very good or excellent relationship between absorption spectra and meconium-crit for AF with fresh meconium while little or moderate relationship for AF with old meconium. CONCLUSIONS: Therefore meconium-crit can be used as the objective and quantitative method that can measure meconium content in AF although variable results are shown in AF with old meconium.
Absorption ; Amniocentesis ; Amniotic Fluid* ; Female ; Meconium*

PURPOSE: To determine the morphology and location of normal pancreatic tail, as seen on abdominal CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A hundred and one patients without pancreatic disease underwent CT scanning. We thendetermined how to relate the location of the pancreatic tail with the splenic hilum, left kidney, and pancreaticbody. We compared the thickness of the tail with that of the body and analysed of the morphology of the tail. RESULTS: Seventy-seven percent of all pancreatic tails were located below the splenic hilum, with 59% of thisproportion located located 1 to 2 cm below. Fifty percent of tails were located at the level of the uppermostquarter of the left kidney, and a further 27% at the level of the second quarter ; 75% were located in theventrolateral portion of this kidney and 23% in the ventral portion. In 48% of patients, the pancreatic tail andbody were the same thickness, and in a further 48%, the tail was thicker than the body. In 34% of patients, thetail showed focal bulging, and in another 32%, it tapered smoothly. Forty seven percent of tails were locatedbelow the pancreatic body and a further 37% were found at the same level as the body. CONCLUSION: Abdominal CTscans showed differing morphology and location of the pancreatic tail. The recognition of these variations willdiminish speculation as to their true nature.
Humans ; Kidney ; Pancreatic Diseases ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed