BACKGROUND: This study was performed to compare anesthetic agents and adjuvants for general anesthesia or regional anesthesia between university hospitals, resident-training general hospitals and hospitals without training program of residents. METHODS: We surveyed university hospitals, resident-training hospitals and hospitals without training program of residents and divided randomly each hospital groups to become twenty hospitals. We compared the use frequency of inhalation anesthetics, muscle relaxants, induction agents, reversing agents, local anesthetics, premedicants, cardiovascular drugs and plasma expanders. RESULTS: Enflurane was most commonly used inhalation anesthetic in all hospital groups. Isoflurane was less commonly used inhalation anesthetic in hospitals without training program of residents. Pancuronium was most commonly used muscle relaxant in university hospitals. Midazolam, ketamine, fentanyl, propofol were commonly used induction agents during induction in university hospitals and resident-training general hospitals. Differences of use frequency of local anesthetics among hospital groups were not significant, but epinephrine mixing with local anesthetics was more frequent in university hospitals and resident-training general hospitals. Midazolam as a premedicant and norepinephrine, phenylephrine, amrinone, esmolol, pentastarch were less used in hospitals without training program of residents. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that university hospitals and resident-training general hospitals didn't show difference in anesthestics or adjuvants but hospitals without training program of residents used less commonly isoflurane, atracurium, midazolam, ketamine, propofol, fentanyl, cardiovascular drugs and pentastarch.
Amrinone ; Anesthesia, Conduction ; Anesthesia, General ; Anesthetics* ; Anesthetics, Inhalation ; Anesthetics, Local ; Atracurium ; Cardiovascular Agents ; Education ; Enflurane ; Epinephrine ; Fentanyl ; Hospitals, General* ; Hospitals, University* ; Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives ; Inhalation ; Isoflurane ; Ketamine ; Midazolam ; Norepinephrine ; Pancuronium ; Phenylephrine ; Plasma ; Propofol

No abstract available.
Facial Bones*

Lidocaline if frequently administered as a component of an anesthetic : for local or regional nerve blocks, to mitigate the autonomic response to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation, to suppress the cough reflex, and for antiarrythmic therapy. Diazepam dectease the potential central nervous system (CNS) toxicity of local anesthetic agents but -may modify the sitmulant action of lidocaine in addition to their own cardiovascular depressant. The potential cardiovascular toxicity of local anesthetics may be enhanced by the concomitant administration of diazepam. This study was designed to investigate the effects of lidocaine dose and pretreated diazepam to cardiovascular system and plasma concentration of lidocaine. Lidocaine in 100 mcg/kg/min, 200 mcg/kg/min, and 300 mcg/kg/min was given by sequential infusion to dogs anesthetized with halothane-nitrous oxide (Group I). And in group II, after diazepam pretreatment, lidocaine was infused by same way when lidocaine was administered in 100 mcg/kg/min, the low plasma levels (3.97+/-0.22-4.48+/-0.36 mcg/ml) caused a little reduction in cardiovascular hemodynamics. As administered in 200 mcg/kg/min, 300 mcg/kg/min, the higher plasma levels (7.50+/-0.66-11.83+/-0.59 mcg/ml) reduced mean arterial pressure (MAP), cardiac index (CI), stroke index (SI), left ventricular stroke work index (LVSWI), and right ventricular stroke work index (PVSWI) and incresed pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP), central venous pressure (CVP), systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI), but was assciated with little changes of heart rate (HR), mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP), and pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVM). When lidocaine with pretreated diazepam was administered in 100 mcg/kg/min, the low plasma level, the lower level than when only lidocaine administered. reduced MAP, but was not changed other cardiovascular hemodynamics. While lidocaine was infused in 200 mcg/kg/min, 300 mcg/kg/min in dogs pretreated diazepam, the higher plasma level (7.64+/-0.79-13.79+/-0.82 mcg/ml) was maintained and was associated with reduced CI, SI, LVSWI and incresed PAWP, CVP, SVRI but was a little changes of HR, MPAP, PVRI. After CaCl2 administeration, CI, SI, SVRI, LVSWI was recovered but PAWP, UP was rather incresed than recovered. The foregoing results demonstrate that pretreated diazepam imposes no additional burden on cardiovascular system when a infusion of large dose of lidocaine is given to dogs anesthetized with halothanenitrous oxide. But caution may be advised if the addition of lidocaine is indicated in subjects who have impared autonomic nervous system and who are in hypercarbic, hypoxic, or acidotic states.
Anesthetics ; Anesthetics, Local ; Animals ; Arterial Pressure ; Autonomic Nervous System ; Cardiovascular System* ; Central Nervous System ; Central Venous Pressure ; Cough ; Diazepam* ; Dogs* ; Heart Rate ; Hemodynamics ; Intubation ; Laryngoscopy ; Lidocaine* ; Nerve Block ; Plasma* ; Pulmonary Artery ; Pulmonary Wedge Pressure ; Reflex ; Stroke ; Vascular Resistance

PURPOSE: We evaluated the usefulness of quantitative spiral CT to predict postoperative lung function in patients undergoing pulmonary resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fourteen patients in whom pneumonectomy or segmentectomy were performed underwent preoperative chest spiral CT and pulmonary function test(PFT). Six patients underwent postoperative follow-up PFT. Ten patients underwent preoperative radioisotope(RI) lung perfusion scan. Preoperative CT data were postprocessed with contiguous pixel method ranged from -9107HU to -500HU to quantify total functional lung volume(TFLV) and regional volume to be resected(RFLV). Postoperative lung function was predicted by following formula;Predicted postoperative PFT value=preoperative PFT x 1-RFLV/TFLV). CT predicted value was compared with postoperative measured PFT value and those value of RI perfusion scan. RESULTS: CT predicted values were very close to postoperative measured value and RI predicted value, and were correlated well with postoperative measured values (FVC: r=0.988, P<0.001 ;FEV1: r=0.994, P<0.001) and RI predicted values (FVC :r=0.976, P<0.001 ;FEVl: r=0.974, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Quantitative spiral CT was useful to predict postoperative lung function and could be an effective alternative to RI perfusion scan.
Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lung* ; Mastectomy, Segmental ; Perfusion ; Pneumonectomy ; Thorax ; Tomography, Spiral Computed*

PURPOSE: We applied spiral CT to evaluate the dynamic changes of regional ventilation of the lung in normal subjects and abnormal patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study includes normal subjects (n:5) and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n=4), small air-way disease (n=3), diffuse panbronchiolitis (n=4), and tracheobronchial tuberculosis (n=2). Time-continuous scan data at a fixed level during forced vital capacity maneuver (10--12 seconds) were obtained and images were reconstructed retrospectively by using 0.67 second scan data per image. The reconstructed images were displayed in a cine mode. Time-density curves were plotted and were correlated with clinical diagnosis. RESULTS: In normal subjects, mean attenuation difference between full inspiration and full expiration was 145. 8HU and mean time interval between 20% expiration and 80% expiration was 2.04 seconds. In chronic obstructive lung disease, mean attenuation difference between full inspiration and full expiration was 21.2HU and mean time interval between 20% expiration and 80% expiration was 3.63 seconds. In small air-way disease, mosaic-pattern hyperlucency and normal portion of lung showed mean attenuation differences between 20% expiration and 80% expiration to be 49.8HU and 167.0HU, respectively. In diffuse panbronchiolitis, centrilobular region and normal portion of lung showed mean attenuation differences between 20% expiration and 80% expiration to be 35.4HU and 79.3HU, respectively. CONCLUSION: Respiratory dynamic CT is an updated technique which enable imaging of the functional status of the lung parenchyma. It may be useful in differentiation and quantitation of variable obstructive lung diseases.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Lung Diseases, Obstructive ; Lung* ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, Spiral Computed ; Tuberculosis ; Ventilation ; Vital Capacity

No abstract available.
Leiomyoma*

PURPOSE: Infection by Haemophilus influenzae Type B(Hib) occurs most often in infants and children who are 5 years old and less. The incidence is highest around 6 months of age, and then decreases thereafter as infants gain natural immunity. Hi PRP-D conjugate vaccine is poorly immunogenic in infants. However, immunogenicity PRP-D vaccine in Korean infants is unknown. This study was carried out to evaluate the immunogenicity of PRP-D in Korean infants. METHODS: Forty-two normal infants who were born in Hanil General Hospital from February 1994 to July 1995 were vaccinated at 2, 4, 6, 15 months after birth. The serum antibody level was measured at 2, 6, 7, 15, 16 months of age. The infants also received DTaP, TOPV at 2, 4, 6 months and MMR at 15 months. Anti-PRP antibody level was measured by radioimmnune assay at Dana Faber Cancer Institute in Boston, U.S.A. RESULTS: The geometric mean of Anti-PRP antibody titers were 0.074microgram/ml at 2 months, 0.185 microgram/ml at 6 months, 1.390microgram/ml at 7 months, and then fell to 0.501microgram/ml at 15 months(Mean values are geometric mean; L=512, P=0.0001). Anti-PRP antibody titers increased in proportion to the number of vaccinations. The proportion of infants with anti-PRP antibody titers> OR =0.15microgram/ml were 15.8% at 2 months, 44.7% at 6 months, and 94.7% at 7 months. The proportion of infants with anti-PRP antibody titers> OR =1.0microgram/ml were 2.6% at 2 months, 26.3% at 6 months, and 57.9% at 7 months(X2 test; total: X2=27.64, P<0.01; male: X2=23.05, P<0.01; female: X2=48.55, P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The immunogenicity of PRP-D conjugate vaccine may be more effective in young Korean infants than in other population published in studies. The clinical implication of good responsiveness of Korean infants to PRP-D vaccine needs further evaluations.
Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Haemophilus influenzae* ; Haemophilus* ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Immunity, Innate ; Incidence ; Infant* ; Male ; Parturition ; Vaccination

PURPOSE: To evaluate characteristic MR findings of primary cardiac and pericardiac tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: There were myxomas (n=7), malignant lymphoma (n=l), lipoma (n=l), and pericardiac mesotheliomas (n=2). We analyzed location, size, shape, signal intensity, contrast enhancement, and associated findings of adjacent structures such as pericardiac and pleural effusion, and mediastinal lymph node enlargement. RESULTS: Locations of the myxomas were left atrium in four cases, left ventricle in one, right atrium in one, and right ventricle in one. Mean diameter was 3.5cm (range, 2-7cm). They were polypoid or Iobulated in shape, and attached to interatrial or interventricular septurn in all cases except in right atrial myxoma which was attached to lateral wall. Their peduncles were demonstrated in three left atrial myxomas. The signal intensities were iso or slightly high on T1-weighted images and high on T2-weighted images. Pleural and pericardial effusions were shown in the three cases. Malignant lymphoma was manifested as large mass in right ventricle infiltrating to right atrium, interventricular septum, right paratracheal and retrocardiac area. It had slightly high intensity in both T1- and T2-weighted images with a strong contrast enhancement and associated with both pericardiac and pleural effusion. Lipoma was polypoid in shape and attached to lateral wall of left ventricle with bright T1 and high T2 signal intensity. Pericardiac mesothelioma was manifested as a pericardiac and atrial mass with diffuse irregular uneven thickening of pericardium which had iso signal on T1- and high T2-weighted images with moderate contrast enhancement. Conculsion: MR imaging is a very useful method in demonstration of the location, extent, tissue characteristics of the mass, and relationship with its adjacent structu res in evaluation of cardiac and pericardiac tumors.
Heart Atria ; Heart Ventricles ; Lipoma ; Lymph Nodes ; Lymphoma ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Mesothelioma ; Myxoma ; Pericardial Effusion ; Pericardium ; Pleural Effusion

PURPOSE: To elucidate high-resolution CT(HRCT) findings and their pathologic basis in pulmonary oil embolism induced by LipiodoI-Adriamycin emulsion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pulmonary oil embolism was induced by infusing LipiodoI-Adriamycin emulsion through a peripheral vein in twelve Yorkshire pigs. Serial HRCT scans were performed on 2rid, 4th, 7th, 14th, and 28th day after the procedure. The pigs were sacrificed immediately after HRCT and histologic specimens were prepared in the same plane and level with HRCT. RESULTS: The basic pathology was reversible hemorrhagic edema of the lung. On HRCT, intraalveolar hemorrhage and edema in the acute stage manifested as ground-glass opacity or air-space consolidation of the whole secondary Iobule. The lesions were predominantly distributed over the dependent posterior lung fields because the specific gravity of Lipiodol is 1.28. Interlobular septal thickening due to edematous fluid collection was also associated. With the elapse of time, the extent and severity of the acute lesions resolved and, sometimes, changed into small nodular opacities. Pulmonary opacity was most severe on the post-embolization 2nd day and completely resolved within 2 weeks. CONCLUSION: Pulmonary embolization of LipiodoI-Adriamycin emulsion causes reversible hemorrhagic edema of the lung and Lipiodol toxicity seems to play a major role. HRCT findings of pulmonary oil embolism are quite different from those of pneumonia and pulmonary metastasis, which suggests the possibility of clincal application.
Edema ; Embolism* ; Ethiodized Oil ; Hemorrhage ; Lung ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Pathology ; Pneumonia ; Specific Gravity ; Swine ; Veins

Neonatal meningitis caused by the Group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus was first reported in 1958. In recent years this organism has assumed major importance in the etiology of neonatal infection. In Korea, this organism is likely to play an increasing role in neonatal infection. So this investigation was designed to report the 9 cases of Group Bbeta-hemolytic streptococcus infected neonates admitted to the NICU, department of Pediatrics, Hanil Hospital from January 1990 to June 1993. The results were as followings. 1) Onset of disease was between 12days and 32 days of age and male to female ratio is 1:2. 2) Two cases were delivered by c-section, seven cases were by NFSD and all of the infants had normal birth weight with full term at delivery. Maternal obstetric and neonatal complications were not detected in all cases. 3) The common presenting symptoms were fever in all cases, seizure in 6 cases, feeding difficulty, lethargy, vomiting, etc. 4) Group Bbeta-hemolytic streptococcus was isolated in CSF of all cases and in blood of 6 cases. 5) There were abnormal brain CT findings in 4 cases of group Bbeta-hemolytic streptococcal meningitis. 6) The sensitive antibiotics were Cefotaxime, Cefazoline, Erythromycin, Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol, Clindamyucin and Penicillin. 7) All cases were reconvered except one case that expired on the 1st day of admission and 6 cases were followed up for the period of 2months to 33months without neurologic sequelae, of which 1 case revealed decreased wave on Lt. hemisphere in ABR.
Ampicillin ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Birth Weight ; Brain ; Cefazolin ; Cefotaxime ; Chloramphenicol ; Erythromycin ; Female ; Fever ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Korea ; Lethargy ; Male ; Meningitis* ; Pediatrics ; Penicillins ; Seizures ; Streptococcus ; Vomiting