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Toll-Like Receptors*

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We had experienced anesthetic management of two patients with bilateral pheochromocytoma. They had been treated with phenoxybenzamine for 4 weeks preoperatively. Anesthesia was managed with thiopental sodium for induction,enflurane-N2O-O2 for maintenance, vecuronium for muscle relaxation, and sodium nitroprusside for controlling severe hypertension. After tumor resection, severe hypotension was controlled by rapid transfusion, fluid and dopamine infusion. A tolerable blood pressure and pulse rate were maintained throughout the procedure. Preoperative preparation, sufficient sedation, smooth anesthetic induction, complete analgesia, good muscle relaxation, adequate ventilation and proper cardiovascular control are required in resection of pheochromocytoma.
Analgesia ; Anesthesia ; Blood Pressure ; Dopamine ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Hypotension ; Muscle Relaxation ; Nitroprusside ; Phenoxybenzamine ; Pheochromocytoma* ; Thiopental ; Vecuronium Bromide ; Ventilation

An anesthesiologist must have full control of the patient's airway at all time. But he may occationally find himself in a very challenging and dangerous situation, where control of the airway is in question. The present case report describes parioperative management of newborn pharyngeal teratoms, including cafeful perioperative ovaluation of the upper airway and provision for a secure periope rative airway.
Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Teratoma*

In an attempt to find out the effect of epidural administration with morphine on postoperative pain relief, a small dose of morphine with a local anesthetic(lidocaine) was administered into the epidural space, either by lumbar or caudal approach. Morphine injected into the epidural space has been suggested to produce it's effect by direct action on the specific oplate receptor in the substantia gelatinosa of the posterior horn of the spinal cord. 90 patients who were anesthetized under epidural block in the Pusan Paik's Hospital, INJE Medical College, from May 1980 trhough Jan. 1981 were divided into the groups "Lidocaine alone" and "Lidocaine + Morphine". The number of patients of patients of the lumbar approach was 73 (81.1%) and of the caudal approach was 17(18.9%). The group "Lidocaine alone" numbered 45 cases which were injected with 2% lidocaine into the epidural space as an anesthetic. Group "Lidocaine + Morphine" also numbered 45 cases and received 2mg of morphine with 500 mg of 2% lidocaine as an epidural anesthetic. 0.2mg of 0.1% epinephrine was mixed to the anesthetic solution in all the above cases. The results of this study are as follows: 1) Alteration of arterial blood pressure during anesthesia was minimal within 30 minutes after injection of the epidural anesthetic in both groups. 2) Duration of postoperative pain relief in the group "Lidocaine + Morphine" was significantly extended comparing it to that in the group "Lidocaine alone". 3) Between the two groups, no significant difference was noted in recovery of spontaneous volding. 4) Complications were similar in both groups except for nausea and vomiting which occurred more frequently in the group "Lidocaine + Morphine"(8.9% and 6.7%, respectively) than in the group "Lidocaine alone" (2.2% and none, respectively). Any signs of CNS depression or neurologic sequelae were not observed.
Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, Epidural* ; Animals ; Arterial Pressure ; Busan ; Depression ; Epidural Space ; Epinephrine ; Horns ; Humans ; Lidocaine ; Morphine* ; Nausea ; Pain, Postoperative* ; Spinal Cord ; Substantia Gelatinosa ; Vomiting

A 22 year-old-male-patient of Pyoderma Gangrenosum had been suffered from longstanding ulcers at his cheeks, nuchal region and upper back, which had been treated with corticosteroids and antibiotics without any effect. We have applied 49 times of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to the patient at 2.0~3.0 atmospheres absolute pressure. The pressure was increased for 15 min, then kept constant at the desired presseure for 30 min., and reduced to the atmospheric pressure within 5 min. The ulcer. had been treated with hyperbaric oxygen and revascularization was noted in the scars.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Atmosphere ; Atmospheric Pressure ; Cheek ; Cicatrix ; Humans ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation* ; Oxygen ; Pyoderma Gangrenosum* ; Pyoderma* ; Ulcer

A 22 year-old-male-patient of Pyoderma Gangrenosum had been suffered from longstanding ulcers at his cheeks, nuchal region and upper back, which had been treated with corticosteroids and antibiotics without any effect. We have applied 49 times of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to the patient at 2.0~3.0 atmospheres absolute pressure. The pressure was increased for 15 min, then kept constant at the desired presseure for 30 min., and reduced to the atmospheric pressure within 5 min. The ulcer. had been treated with hyperbaric oxygen and revascularization was noted in the scars.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Atmosphere ; Atmospheric Pressure ; Cheek ; Cicatrix ; Humans ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation* ; Oxygen ; Pyoderma Gangrenosum* ; Pyoderma* ; Ulcer

A patient who had been admitted to the B.N.U.H. with coma and respiratory arrest from possible acute alcohol intoxication, has been treated with intensive care and discharged without any complication. It should be emphasized that a patient with respiratory arrest even due to unknown etiology must have continued intensive care, without giving up the patient.
Coma ; Humans ; Critical Care ; Resuscitation*

A patient who had been admitted to the B.N.U.H. with coma and respiratory arrest from possible acute alcohol intoxication, has been treated with intensive care and discharged without any complication. It should be emphasized that a patient with respiratory arrest even due to unknown etiology must have continued intensive care, without giving up the patient.
Coma ; Humans ; Critical Care ; Resuscitation*