Aspiration pneumonia rarely occurs during general anesthesia; however, it can result in fatal pulmonary complications. To reduce aspiration pneumonia, a preoperative fasting time of 8 hours is recommended. A 4-year-old boy with ankyloglossia was scheduled for frenotomy. He completed preoperative fasting time and had no digestive symptoms. Pulmonary aspiration due to unexpected massive vomiting occurred during anesthesia induction. The patient's airway was immediately secured by endotracheal tube. The vomitus in the airway tract was removed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Abdomen radiograph taken after this event showed paralytic ileus which can cause aspiration of gastric contents. We describe a case of pneumonia caused by aspiration of gastric contents in a pediatric patient who followed fasting instructions and who was scheduled for outpatient surgery.
Abdomen ; Ambulatory Surgical Procedures ; Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, General* ; Bronchoscopy ; Child, Preschool ; Fasting* ; Humans ; Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ; Male ; Pneumonia ; Pneumonia, Aspiration* ; Vomiting

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Fetus* ; Humans* ; Pituitary Gland*

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Myocutaneous Flap* ; Pressure Ulcer*

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Leiomyoma*

Penile epispadias is extremely rare congenital anomaly. Four cases of epispadias. two of which were penile. one was penopubic and one was subsymphyseal epispadias, had been reported previously in our department. We have experienced another case of penile epispadias. Herein this case of penile epispadias have been presented. A 7-year-old boy visited this clinic for short, broad based 'tent-like' penis with complete phimosis. The glans could not be inspected due to phimosis and a gutter was palpated between the two corpora. Voiding cystourethrogram revealed dorsally displaced urethra. There was no combined urological symptoms such as dysuria, frequency in urination or urinary incontinence. Urethral reconstruction by Young's method has been performed with excellent result.
Child ; Dysuria ; Epispadias* ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Penis ; Phimosis ; Urethra ; Urinary Incontinence ; Urination

The AIDS is a serious health problem worldwide today and also in Korea. Increasing knowledge and modification of behavior by health education is an important goal of human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) prevention strategies. And school health education is an important part of health education. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and attitude about AIDS in teachers and professors in Taegu City and to provide the basic data for school health education. A self-administered questionnaire was given to 1,124 teachers and professors from April to June 1992. Indeed, the majority of the teachers and professors have a lot of knowledges about AIDS, but many of them also have misconceptions. The level of knowledge about AIDS was positively associated with attitude toward infected students. The sources of knowledge about AIDS were mainly TV, newspapers and magazines, but a few of the subjects obtained their knowledge from health education programs. This study suggest., that the reinforcement of health education for the teachers, professors and students be needed to provide the accurate knowledge on AIDS and adequate knowledge sources and materials for school health education on AIDS should be developed.
Daegu* ; Education ; Health Education ; Humans ; Korea ; Periodicals ; Periodicals as Topic ; School Health Services

Vesicouterine fistula is a rare condition, and almost of them result from surgical obstetric procedures. We have experienced two cases of vesicouterine fistulas, one of which developed menouria. Herein these two cases of vesicouterine fistulas have been presented. Case 1; A 29_year_old housewife had underwent dilatation and curettage at local clinic. Afterwards she has been noticed urinary leakage from the vagina and menturia. Cystoscopic examination revealed a small fistula at midportion of the retrotrigone and hysterosalpingography showed a fistula between the bladder and the uterus. Transperitoneal closure of the fistula was performed with excellent result. Case 2; A 32-year-old housewife had. gross hematuria after bugination and curettage for interruption of midtrimester pregnancy and noticed urinary leakage from the vagina a few days later. A fistula between the bladder and the uterus was identified with cystoscopic examination, cystography and hysterosalpingography. A 24 Fr. silastic Foley catheter has been indwelt in the bladder for 4 weeks, but resulted in failure. Transperitoneal closure of the fistula resulted in cure.
Adult ; Catheters ; Curettage ; Dilatation and Curettage ; Female ; Fistula* ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Hysterosalpingography ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, Second ; Urinary Bladder ; Uterus ; Vagina

Effects of Ultratiolet (UV) light was studied in isolated thoracic aortae of rabbits and porcine coronary arteries. The following results were obtained. 1) Radiation of UV light did not affect both arterial rings in resting tension. 2) Both arterial preparations contracted with various vasoconstrictors (KCI,NE,PE,BayK 8644 and (+S202 etc.) were relaxed by UV light radiation in a radiation time-dependent fashion. 3) The magnitudes of the relaxation were not significantly different in both the rings with or without intact endothelium. 4) MB and LY markedldy reduced the UV light-induced relaxation in both the rings. 5) PP significantly attenuated the UV light-induced relaxation of rabbit thoracic aorta, but did not affect that of porcine coronary artery. 6) The UV Light-induced relaxation of porcine coronary artery was significantly attenuated by DT or NF, while that of rabbit thoracic aorta was not. 7) (+)S202 significantly potentiated the UV light-induced relaxation of porcine coronary artery contracted with KCI or Hist. Above results suggest that the UV light-induced relaxation of vascular smooth muscles is independent on the endothelium, and the relaxation results from primarily activation of guanylyl cyclase and is in part related to adenylyl cyclase and calcium metabolism. In adddition, a dihydropyridine calcium agonist, (+)S202, may sensitize vascular smooth muscle to the relaxing effect of UV light through some unknown mechanism.
Adenylyl Cyclases ; Aorta, Thoracic ; Calcium* ; Coronary Vessels ; Endothelium ; Guanylate Cyclase ; Metabolism ; Muscle, Smooth* ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular ; Rabbits ; Relaxation* ; Ultraviolet Rays ; Vasoconstrictor Agents

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Humans ; Peptic Ulcer*

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Animals ; Mice* ; T-Lymphocytes*