Esophageal variceal bleeding is a rare manifestation in childhood and it usually occurs secondary to portal hypertension. We experienced a case of esophageal variceal bleeding secondary to portal hypertension associated with portal obstruction but with no evidence of liver cirrhosis in a 4-year- and-10-month-old boy who was hospitalized due to hematemesis. He was a product of fullterm normal spontaneous delivery at home unattended by... |
Computed tomography is a very valuable method by which the pathogenic evolution of tuberculous meningitis may be followed, thereby facillitating its differential diagnosis and controlling the effi- ciency of therapy, and assessing the degree of hydrocephalus. Fifteen cases of clinically proven intracranial tuberculosis were studied by lateral ventricular indices of brain computed tomography in our hospital during last 3 years. The results were as follows: 1)... |
We studied prospectively whether events that result in meconium staining may be associated with additional abnormalities that are not clinically apparent associated by measurements of urinary concentrations of β₂-microglobulin indicating renal proximal tubular functions. Among 61 fullterm, healthy neonates delivered at Hanyang University Hospital during the period of September 1986 through April 1987, urinary concentration of β₂-microglobulin and creatinine were measured during the immediate perinatal... |
We have experienced a case of Potter syndrome recently. He was a newborn infant who suffered from severe respiratory distress soon after birth. His face was characterized by facies renalies and chest X-ray film revealed bilateral pneumothorax. Anuria since birth and findings of abdominal ultrasonography strongly suggested bilateral renal agenesis. Severe respiratory acidosis was progressed in spite of proper management and died at 11... |
Since the advent of various antibiotics and wide application of various preventive measure, the childhood mortality due to infectious disease has been declined conspiciously. However, childhood accident has been increasing in recent years and now a days it ranks the leading cause of childhood mortality and morbidity. Because most of the accident are unpredictable and occur suddenly, those result they occupy... |
We exprienced a case of sacrococcygeal teratoma in newborn girl with massive intraabdominalfextensioii and small caudal mass, which is relative rare. |
Neonatal period is marked with constantly changing hematologic process due to a number of physiologic and pathologic factors, and with risk of underdiagnosis or misdiagnosis of anemia of various causes. Therefore, prompt diagnosis of anemia and accurate identification of its underlying causes would be essential to arrive at the appropriate management and to avoid occasional serious complications. 104 full term... |
Sulbactam has been shown to be an irreversible inhibitor of bacterial beta.lactamase. The spectrum of Ampicillin is extended hen it is used in combination with Sulbactam to cover Ampicillin resistant organisms. The safety and efficacy of Sulbactamj Ampicillin vs. Ampicillin/Amikacin are compared in the treatment of various disease in pediatric age group Patients are assigned randomly to receive either Sulbactam/... |
The authors experienced a case of cerebral paragonimiasis with severe eosinophilia in a 13 year old female patient. Since several years ago, she frequently drank spring water with her family, especially, with her father. She came to the hospital because of speech disturbance, weakness of right upper extremity and maculopapular skin rashes of lower half of body. In her family history,... |
The results of clinical observation and hematologic findings on 120 cases with bronchial asthma who were admitted to the department of pediatrics, Hanyang University Hospital from Mar. 1984 to Feb. 1985 were as followings: 1)As to the age distribution, 80% of total cases were under 7-year-old and the sex ratio was 2.6 . 1 with male predominance. 2)As to the... |
A Survey on the present status of infants feeding in Korea was carried out during the period form July to September of 1984. |
Agenesis of the corpus callosum is a relatively common malformation that may occur in isolation or in combination with other cerebral malformation. We experienced a case of agenesis of the corpus callosum in a 5/12 year old boy who showed developmental retardation. Cerebral brian CT and sonography demonstrated a typical picture of agenesis of the corpus callosum without any further... |
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a rare genetic disease of unknown etiology with some features suggestive of accelerated aging. Patients with this disorder are usually of average intelligence and appear clinically normal at birth. However, in early childhood they develop severe growth retardation and a senescent phenotype, including balding, aged-appe-aring skin, generalized atherosclerosis, and strokes. They die prematurely as a result... |
40 Pediatric patients with mild to moderate dehydration due to nonbacterial acute infantile gastroenteritis were admitted to the study. On admission to the hospital, each patient was assigned at random either to the Pedialyte® RS+Isomil®(Group A), or to intravenous fluid+cow's milk-based formula (Group B). Each group consisted of 20 patients. There were no significant differences between the two group as... |
Authors experienced three cases of arrhythmia which were assumed to be present from their fetal lives. One of cases was congenital complete heart block with Adams-Stokes attacks who had the history of severe fetal bradycardia. The other two cases had benign supraventricular ectopic beats with spontaneous recovery within two months of age. Fetal tachycardia was observed in one case with multifocal... |
To assess the validity of Echocardiographic criteria for pulmonary arterial hypertension we studied pulmonary valve motion in 75 congenital heart disease children. 75 patients were divided into two groups, A and B. The group A consisted of 39 patients who had normal pulmonary arterial pressure, group B consisted of 36 patients who had pulmonary arterial hypertension(pulmmonary artery mean pressure more... |
During the period from Jan. 1982 to July 1983, we experienced 54 cases of neonatal enteritis caused by Campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni at the newborn nursery, Hanyang University Hospital. All Cases were under 3 weeks of age and no significant difference was seen in sex ratio. Notable clinical symptoms and signs in order of frequency were diarrhea, fever, jaundice, diminished... |
An in-vitro sensitivity of Ceftizoxime sodium (CZX), a third generation Cephalosporin, using Epocelin® (a product of Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Central Laboratory, Japan), was studied against various bacterial strains isolated from the children with infections hospitalized on the pediatric ward of Hanyang University Hospital during the period from February, 1983 up to June, 1983. And therapeutic responses were observed in 26 pediatric... |
Cerebrospinal fluid lactate level and C-reactive protein(CRP) reactions were studied in 131 children who were hospitalized to the Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University Hospital between February 1983 and August 1983. Among 131 hospitalized children, 68 were meningitis cases as for study group and the rest 63 were non-meningitis cases as for control group. These two groups were statistically well matched.... |
The authors experienced a case of familial Treacher-Collins syndrome in 24 years old mother and 2 months old male baby confirmed by typical facial appearance such as antimongoloid slant, coloboma, macrostomia and micrognathia and X-ray findings. We reviewed the literatures briefly. |
According to the statistical survey for hospitalized children with acute diarrheal diseases, we have experienced big incidence of acute epidemic gastroenteritis during the months of October and November every year. In order to investigate the nature of such epidemic gastroenteritis 24 inpatients with acute gastroenteritis were selected at random for electron microscopic(E.M.) examination of stool as well as enzyme linked immunosorbent assay... |
Bacterial infections, such as sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia and urinary tract infection are frequent causes of death during neonatal period. Further more clinical symptoms of neonatal infections are often quite vague and the illnesses unexpectedly progress rapidly. The causative organisms are detected with difficulty in many instances. Therefore a quick, simple and.reliable laboratory test is obviously needed for easy recognization of neonatal bacterial... |
Among bacterial enteritis of hospitalized Korean children, shigellosis was the most frequent diarrheal disease. During the ten-year period(1972〜 1981), 319 strains of shigella were isolated from 319 different diarrheal patients; 261 of 319 strains(81.8%) were Shigella flexneri, 49(15.3%) were S.sonnei, 5 and 4(1.5% & 1.2%) were S. boydii and S. dysenteriae, respectively. Every year S. flexneri appeared to be the most frequent... |
A prospective observation for growth (by weight) of 100 premature infants (some low birthweight infants were included) were conducted at the premature baby ward of Hanyang University Hospital during the one year period from May, 1981 to April, 1982. 100 subjects of the observation were devided in to 2 groups (A and B). Group A was consisted of 50 premature... |
Serum ferritin, iron, and total iron binding capacity were measured in 47 patients who were admitted to Hanyang University Hospital under the diagnosis of acute infectious hepatitis(excluding HBsAg positive patients) from September 1980 to March 1981. At the same time, serum transminase were estimated as indicator of liver function. Then we evaluated the relationship between serum ferritin, iron, and iron... |
We studied 60 hospitalized sick infants with diarrhea to determine the efficacy of lactose free, soy-milk formula(Isomil) on the recovery of diarrhea. 60 sick infants were divided into two groups; Group 1 is consisted of 30 infants who were given Isomil, Group 2 is also consisted of 30 infants who were given 1/2 milk formula during the recovery stage, respectively.... |
We had experienced a case of meningomyelocele combined with Arnold-Chiari malformation. This neonate had her birth weight of 2,960 gm after 41 weeks of gestation. At birth, he noticed the Apgar Score of 0, so he was resuscitated immediately. On physical examination, he noticed large head and fist sized mass on back. Inspite of intensive care, he was expired at 2... |
40 premature(some low birth weight) infants were included for this study consisting 20 infants of SIMILAC (Ready to fed) formula fed group and 20 infants of Local product formula fed group.1) Average gestational age of SIMILAC fed group was 33.65 weeks and that of Local product formula fed group was 34.45 weeks.2) Average birth weight of SIMILAC fed group was... |
We observed clinically 8 cases of MCLS who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University Hospital from July, 1977 to August, 1979 and following results were obtained. 1. This syndrome developed in mainly under 2 years old of age with preponderence and in mainly summer season.2. Clinical manifestation of MCLS are: 1) fever lasting from one two weeks.... |