Eight patients with tetanus neonatrum were treated with the conventional therapy. In most of the cases the age of onset was within seven days ranging four days to ten days. Three of the eight patients died within three days after institution of therapy (37.5% mortality). There appears to be little correlation between the age of onset and the prognosis. Devouted nursing care... |
Authers report their clinical observations on 29 cases of parathion intoxication seen at the Pusan National University Hospital between 1958~1960. Parathion is an ingredient of organic phosphate insecticides widely used in this country. Less than one year old were most easily affected (55%) and most instance(25 out of 29 cases), the cause of intoxication was directly attributable to care lessness in the... |
This is a study of tuberculous meningitis in children in the Pediatric Department of National Medical Center. From Nov. 58 to Sep. 61 there were 83 cases with the diagnosis tuberculous meningitis. However, 29 cases were excluded frorh the material, because they did not fill the diagnostic criteria. In the remaining 54 cases there were 31 boys and 23 girls up to... |
A evaluation of clinical experience in the administration of intensive prednisolone therapy followed by maintenance prophylactic long-term treatment to patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome seen at The Department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, during last years, has been made. Though the follow-up study was not completed yet, the use of steroid therapy seems to be an effective management to the idiopathic nephrotic... |
The rapid method of Ferro & Ham for the determination of serum cholesterol based on Lieberman Burchard Reaction, has been modified slightly and applied to the determination of C.S.F. cholesterol in the patients of Jap. B Encephalitis and Tuberculous meningitis. a. Cerebrospinal fluid of normal children showed no evidence of cholesterol by this method. b. In tuberculous meningitis, a slightly increased cholesterol... |
Candida of the oral cavities and the stool of 575 healthy and sick children in Taegu area has been studied. The results are as follows: 1)The positive identification of Candida in healthy children was 11.3% from the oral cavity and 9.2 % from the stool. The highest rate of identification according to age group was 18.7 % from the oral cavity... |
The present study was undertaken to obtain data with regard to the range of cord serum bilirubin levels and the range of daily bilirubin levels in full term infants and premature infants. The clinical material consisted of infants seen at the Severance Hospital. 37 normal infants, normal incompatible infants and premature infants constitute the subjects of this report. A free-flowing sample... |
A radiographic investigation of the ossification centers of the right wrist, ankle, and hand of 3,413 Korean healthy children was performed. The results are as follows: 1)The ages at which the ossification centers appear are described in Table 17. 2)The ossification centers appear earlier in the female children than in the male. 3)The ages of appearance of ossification centers of Korean... |
Few reports are available on the uptake of radioactive iodine as a test of thyroid function in children. Probably this would be the first report of a radioactive iodine uptake study in Korea, for children as well as adults. The uptake of radioactive iodine within a 24-hour period as measured by many authors was in the range of 10 to 50... |
98 days old female child was admitted with th© findings of vomiting, fever and abdominal distension for approximately 24 hours duration. Examinations at the time of admission showed rather soft abdomen without muscular rigidity, marked distension of abdomen, W. B. G. 22700. X-ray of abdomen taken in upright and flat position, but the only flat abdominal findings was available and... |
Case I. The first cases is a 6 years old boy who was admitted in the Hospital because of sudden severe headache, vomiting, moderate grade fever and spasm of the upper extremities with sleep disturbance in the night for one days duration. laboratory findings on admission are as follows: Mantoux rection : negative Chest X-Ray : negative Spinal fluid : out... |
Case 1: A 14 years old Korean boy who has a history of polydipsia, polyuria and visual disturbance admitted to Kyungpook University Hospital on Feb., 10, 1959. Summary : (1)Urine test showed lower specific gravity (1,002). (2) According to X-ray findings of skull, it supposed most probably due to craniopharyngeoma and he has catarracta in his right eye. (3)2 units of pitressin... |
The serum levels of /分-carotene and vitamin A in the maternal and fetal blood were measured by the author’s modified method based on Bessey’s original procedure, and the figures observed are as follows (1)The serum carotene level of the maternal blood (51 cases) is 29.5 ± 14.6 7/dl., ranging from 54.6 to 168.8 7/dl., while that of the fetal... |
Choremis and his co-worker reported four cases, all of them infants, who during their treatment for tuberculous meningitis developed spontaneous fractures of the lower extremities without any evidence of localized tuberculous on the area of the fractures. Spontaneous fractures of the sternum also have been described in adult patients with tuberculosis. Report of Case: A 4 years and one... |
The epidemiologic observations on 306 cases of diphtheria which occured in the Seoul area during 1957 and the clinical observations on 55 diphtheria patients who were admitted to this hospital are presented. |
Background: β-Thalassemias are characterized by the presence of mutations in the globin gene that result in the absence or reduced synthesis of β-globin chains of the hemoglobin tetramer. Several studies have reported increased oxidative stress in β-thalassemia major (β-TM) patients. N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a derivative of L-cysteine amino acid, is commonly used as a mucolytic drug. Numerous studies have reported efficient... |