No abstract available.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Spinal Cord*

BACKGROUND: It has been recognized for many years that myocardial infarction is almost invariably associated with significant narrowing of one or more coronary arteries. However, the widespread use of selective coronary angiography has resulted in an increasing number of reports of patients with proved infarction and patent coronary arteries. The purpose of this study was to analyze whether any clinical features distinguishes patients with these findings from those having coronary arterial lesions. METHODS: The clinical association of myocardial infarction with no significant stenosis of major coronary artery on cineangiogram was analysed retrospectively. The findings on the 13 patients in this group was compared with those of myocardial infartion with significant coronary artery stenosis. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in risk factors, hemodynamic findings of cardiac catheterization and the site of infarction between both groups. However, the patients with no significant stenosis of coronary artery had fewer complications during hospitalization and lesser ST segment change during exercise test before discharge. CONCLUSION: It could be concluded that the acute myocardial infarction with no significant stenosis of coronary arteries would have the better prognosis. The mechanism of the acute myocardial infarction with no significant stenosis of coronary arteries might be studied in the aspect of the coronary artery spasm and the alternation of function of endothelial cell.
Cardiac Catheterization ; Cardiac Catheters ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Coronary Angiography ; Coronary Stenosis* ; Coronary Vessels* ; Endothelial Cells ; Exercise Test ; Hemodynamics ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Infarction ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Spasm

BACKGROUND: As the number of malaria patients has increased in Korea, the number of blood donors who are diagnosed as malaria after donation has also increased. And during 1997~2001, ten cases of transfusion-transmitted malaria were reported. We investigated the transfusion safety of blood that was donated by malaria patients before diagnosis. METHODS: For a total of 2,552 malaria patients diagnosed in 2001, blood donation history of past one year before diagnosis was inquired at the beginning of 2002. Then we inquired informations about recipients of the hospitals through the regional Red Cross blood centers. we also inquired development of malaria after transfusion for the recipients in the August of 2002. Malaria antibody test results of donated blood were also analyzed to determine the status of immunity of donors in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Gangwon area. RESULTS: Among 2,552 malaria patients, 162 (6.3%) patients had donated within one year before diagnosis and they were all man. Their blood was processed into 292 units of blood components and supplied to 90 hospitals, where it was transfused 286 patients. Among these 286 patients, no one was diagnosed as malaria until time of database retrieving. Among 162 malaria patient, enzyme immunoassay malaria antibody test results of 107 (66.0%) patients were available, and all were negative. CONCLUSION: No one has developed malaria among the recipients transfused with blood that was donated by malaria patients before diagnosis. Therefore, the infectivity of blood donated before malaria diagnosis is thought to be very low. As antibody to malaria was not produced in some of malaria patients before diagnosis, this finding could be useful for the study of immunology of malaria infection.
Allergy and Immunology ; Blood Donors ; Diagnosis* ; Gangwon-do ; Gyeonggi-do ; Humans ; Immunoenzyme Techniques ; Korea ; Malaria* ; Red Cross ; Seoul ; Tissue Donors

Ninety-seven patients with chronic subdural hematoma were treated surgically between 1983 and 1992. The case records and radiological findings on computerized tomography(CT) scan were studied with regard to surgical outcome and postoperative brain expansion after burr hole craniostomy and closed system drainage. Male:Female ratio was 3.6:1 and the peak incidence was in the sixth decade of life. The patients were graded according to the scale used by Markwalder et al. and 56% were in Grade 0 and 1. The CT scan demonstrated the brain expansion and resolution of subdural space within 2 weeks in 53% of patients. Risk factors causing poor postoperative brain expansion were poor intraoperative brain expansion, too young(below 20 years) or too old(more than 71 years) age, and underlying disease. Following surgery, most of the patients improved. Whereas at the time of admission only 7% were neurologically normal(Grade 0), 67% of the patients fell into this category during the postoperative phase and 90% of the patients were postoperatively in Grade 0 and 1. Four patients died in the hospital, for a mortality rate of 4.1%. The most important factor influencing outcome was preoperative neurologic state.
Brain* ; Drainage ; Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic ; Humans ; Incidence ; Mortality ; Risk Factors ; Subdural Space ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

No abstract available.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* ; Genotype* ; Humans ; Korea* ; Thyroid Diseases* ; Thyroid Gland*

No abstract available.
Hodgkin Disease* ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin* ; Radiotherapy*

No abstract available.
Purpura* ; Thrombocytopenia*

No abstract available.
Cyclophosphamide* ; Doxorubicin* ; Drug Therapy, Combination* ; Etoposide* ; Small Cell Lung Carcinoma*

The authors report 3 cases of primary intramedullary glioblastoma multiforme which is relatively rare among spinal cord tumors. They were located at the thoracolumbar, cervical and conus medullaris region respectively. Clinical, radiographic and pathological material are presented and the literature is discussed.
Conus Snail ; Glioblastoma* ; Prognosis ; Spinal Cord Neoplasms

This paper is presented to report the results of urinary quantitative culture and sensitivity tests of certain antibiotics. Studies were done on 331 cases from the Department of Urology. Woo Sok University Medical College Hospital during the period from May 1962 up to September 1970. 1) Urine specimens from 331 cases were cultured and, of these, 115 cases grew micro-organism while the remaining 216 cases showed no growth. Among the 115 cases, 84 cases(73%) revealed significant bacteriuria with counts over 10s/ml. colonies in urine while 31 cases(27%) were below 10(5)/ml. 2) Only 74 cases(88. 1%) among the 84 cases with significant bacteriuria could the bacteria be identified after centrifuging the specimens and doing a smear and Gram stain. 68 cases(81%) of the total 84 significant bacteriuria cases had shown urinary leukocyte count of more than 4/HPF while 16 cases(19%) were below 4/HPF. 3) 77 cases(92%) of the total 84 cases with significant bacteriuria had Gram negative bacilli while 4 cases had Gram positive cocci by direct smear. 4) There were no significant differences between male and female patients in colony counts except the female group revealed some preponderance of E. coli. 5) In the sensitivity testing if the cultured significant bacteriuria in the group with Gram negative bacilli, 36 cases(49.3%) were sensitive to Kanamycin and 22 cases(30.1%) were resistant, while all cases were resistant to leucomycin and only one case was sensitive to penicillin among the total 73 cases of Gram negative bacilli cultured.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Bacteria ; Bacteriuria ; Female ; Gram-Positive Cocci ; Humans ; Kanamycin ; Kitasamycin ; Leukocyte Count ; Male ; Penicillins ; Urology