A study on the health care of Ewha Woman's University staff, faculty and families was conducted during the period from March 1973 to August 1974 using designed questionnaire. The response rates were 96.0%. The results and findings obtained from the study are summarized as follow. 1. The sex ration of the members the faculty and the staff shows 83.2% and the singles are 37.2% of the total. Their mean family size being 4.6 periods per capita, each family has mean number of 2.3 children. 2. The median monthly income of a member of faculty amounts won114,000 and that of a staff won43,077. It amounts won79,333 when the median monthly income of both the members of the faculty and the staff are taken. Consequently, it amounts won91,727 per family (Assumed mean). 3. 71.4% of the total hold the house of their own. A spouses of 59.4% of them are working for the additional income of the family. 4. Their health condition is rated fair, i.e. 92.3% of them enjoy good health. Out of total members faculty and the staff, 20.6% are cared by family physician. 36.2% of them feel that they are burdened by heavy medical expense. 5. 76.7% of them have affirmatively responded that they would purchase medical insurance policy when they were offered. It reaches 84.0% of the total who consider buying the policy for their dependents. 74.0% of them desire to purchase the policy for their spouse's parents. 6. The monthly prevalence rate reaches 17.0% and the hospital admission rate 4.7%. 12.3% of them affirmatively responded that they had chronic disease. The number of sick call per capita counts 0.2 per month and the hospital admission rate 0.05. 7. To examine the nature of their disease, the respiratory disease is rated to be the top and the gastro-intestinal disease comes to the next. As far as chronic disease is concerned, the gastro-intestinal disease is predominant. 8. As to their treatment, 65.4% of them get the physician's treatment and 17.0% treatment of drug purchasing and 7.7% prefer Chinese drug. 6.6% of them gets no medical treatment at all. 9. The treatment ratio, including drug purchasing and other means, reaches 93.4%. 60.7% of them affirmatively responded that they did not or could not get physician's treatment at least once even though they thought they had to. It is disclosed that 29.4% of them are caused by economical reason. 10. Average medical expense per case amounts won7,116 and monthly medical expense per capita won1,345. Consequently, average monthly medical expense per family amounts won6,185. 11. The medical expense of a family is rated 7.7% of total earnings of the same period.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Child ; Chronic Disease ; Delivery of Health Care* ; Family Characteristics ; Female ; Humans ; Insurance ; Parents ; Physicians, Family ; Prevalence ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Spouses

Objective:To analyze the clinical value of mouse nerve growth factor combined with paravertebral block on lung cancer associated herpes zoster neuralgia, and prefer a portable diagnosis and treat.Methods: The patients were collected from our hospital during the year January 2011 to April 2014. Sixty-two patients with lung cancer associated herpes zoster neuralgia were divided into two groups: Observation group (n=31) and Control group (n=31). The observation group receiving mouse nerve growth factor and paraertebral block anesthesia, while the control group were receiving gabapentin and paraertebral block anesthesia. Visual analogue scale and curative effect were assessed at before and after treatment at the weak 1, weak 2, weak 3, we4k 4.Results: There were no significant statistic difference on VAS score before treatment between the two groups(P>0.05), while there were significant difference between two group in VAS score after 1~4 weak’ treatment(t=5.885,t=8.566,t=6.659,t=8.751,P<0.05). The effective rate of observation group was 96.8%, while the control group was 80.6%, there were significant difference between the two group(x2=4.47,P<0.05).Conclusion: The total Effective rate of mouse nerve growth factor combined with paravertebral block on lung cancer associated herpes zoster neuralgia was 96.8%, which was safe and reliable and was worthy of clinical practice.

In left ventricular hypertrophied hypertensive rats (LVH), effects of alcohol extract of Peucedanum praeruptorum(QHJG)on left ventricular(LV)compliance and Ca2+content in left ventricular myocardial mito chondria and tail artery were studied.QHJG 0.6g/100g(body weight).d was given for 9 weeks (ig). The LV compliance in LVH group was significantly decreased as compared with that in the sham-operated group. The Ca2+ content in left ventricular myocardial mitochondria and tail artery of LVH group was markedly raised. But QHJG could mardedly im prove the LV compliance and decrease the Ca2+ of left ventricular myocardial mitochondria and tissues of tail artery from LVH rats.These results suggest that QHJG can improve the LV compliance in LVH rats,which maybe related to its reduction of Ca2+ content of LV myocardial mitochondria and tissues of tail artery

Angiocentric T-cell lymphomas have been described as a distinctive clinicopathologic entity in the spectrum of peripheral T-cell lymphomas, with a prominent invasion of blood vessels by lymphomatous cells. In these conditions, the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genomes has been demonstrated, suggesting that EBV might play a major role in their cause. Herein, we report a case of cutaneous angiocentric T cell lymphoma associated with the EBV. The patient was diagnosed with nasal angiocentric T cell lymphoma 5 months ago, and treated with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone (CHOP) combination chemotherapy. After three cycles of CHOP, skin lesions developed. A skin biopsy specimen showed an angiocentric and angioinvasive infiltrate containing some atypical lymphocytes. EBV encoded RNA (EBER) was demonstrated in lesional skin by in situ hybridization.
Biopsy ; Blood Vessels ; Cyclophosphamide ; Doxorubicin ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Genome ; Herpesvirus 4, Human* ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Lymphocytes ; Lymphoma, T-Cell* ; Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral ; Prednisolone ; RNA ; Skin ; Vincristine

Animals ; Toxins, Biological ; chemistry ; physiology

Adolescent ; Child ; Humans ; Male ; Nephritis, Interstitial ; pathology ; Uveitis ; pathology

The anti-tumor activity of fermentation and the ethanol extraction of ten Polyprous fungi against human lung cancer cell NCI-H460 were determined by MTr method,the effect of medium and time for cultivation on the anti-tumor activity were studied.The results showed that the fermentation liquid of Onnia tomentosa and Ceizene unicolon and the mycelium ethanol extract of Formitopsis pinicola had obvious an- ti-tumor activity,the tumor inhibiting ratio of mycelium ethanol extract of Formitopsis pinicola cultivated in Potato-woodehipping medium was 88.87% at the concentration for 500?g/mL,and the inhibiting ratio had little change when Formitopsis pinicola cultivated in different medi- um and for different days.

Objective To explore the influence of new Xuefuzhuyu decotion on IgG,C3 and C4 of peripheral blood in atherosclerosis rats.Methods Healthy adult Wister rats were selected and randomly divided into blank group,AS model group,new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin low dosage group,the new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin high dosage group,and positive control group,with 13 cases in each group.Vitamin D3 joint high fat feeding method was adopted to establish atherosclerosis rat model.Medicine lavage began on the first day of experiment.Low dosage new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin,high dosage new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin,and atovastatin were administrated to the new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin low dosage group,the new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin high dosage group,and positive control group respectively,and distilled water 15 ml/kg · d-1 was administrated to both the blank group and the AS model group.The weight of body was detected each week in each group for regulating the administrated dosage.After medicine lavage was performed for successive 8 weeks,blood was obtained from abdominal aorta for detecting IgG,C3,C4 by immune scattering method.Results The value of IgG,C3 and C4 were (8.110±0.720)g/L,(1.591±0.143)g/L,(0.390±0.33)g/L in the AS model group,(8.000±0.840)g/L,(1.564± 0.132) g/L,(0.396±0.36)g/L new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin low dosage group,(7.250±0.740)g/L,(1.390±0.150)g/L,(0.326±0.153)g/L new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin high dosage group and (7.240±0.400) g/L,(1.414 ± 0.104) g/L,(0.330±0.164) g/L in the positive control group,all of which werehigher than the blank group (5.810±0.820)g/L,(0.943±0.124)g/L,(0.330±0.164)g/L with statistically significant difference (P＜0.05).Each value of IgG,C3 and C4 in the new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin high dosage group and the positive control group were lower than the AS model group and the new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin low dosage group,with a statistically significant difference(P＜0.05).There was no significant difference between new Xuefuzhuyu decoctioin high dosage group and the positive control group (P＞0.05).Conclusion New Xuefuzhuyu decoction can ameliorate IgG,C3 and C4 of peripheral blood in atherosclerosis rats.Its function was similar to atorvastatin.

Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chronic Disease ; Cough ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Rhinitis ; complications ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; Sinusitis ; complications ; diagnosis ; drug therapy

Afloqualone is a centrally acting muscle relaxant and has been used in therapy for musculotensive diseases. A 35-year-old female had been taking afloqulaone for a left hemifacial spasm for one month. The patient visited our hospital with erythematous papules and patches on the sun exposed area. A photopatch test with afloqualone ointment with the concentration of 0.1%, 1%, 5% turned out negative. An oral provocation test was also done and it showed a positive result with a decrease of MED to UVA (10 J/cm²).
Adult ; Dermatitis, Phototoxic* ; Female ; Hemifacial Spasm ; Humans ; Solar System