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Original Article
A Clinical Study on Tumors in Children.
Jae Wook Ko, Seon Wha Kim, Don Hee Ahn, Keun Chan Sohn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(6):821-829.   Published online June 30, 1990
A clinical study was made on 558 cases of benign or malignant tumors occuring under the age of 16 years which had been observed at the National Medical Center during a period of 12 years, from January 1976 to December 1987. Five hundred fifty eight tumors were divided into 308 benign, 223 malignant and 27 uncertain tumors. The frequency of malignant tumors among total admitted...
Clinical Study of Epilepsy in Children.
Byeng Gu Min, Chan Young Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(6):780-789.   Published online June 30, 1990
The author analyzed the seizure types, clinical symptoms, and laboratory examinations in 156 epileptic children who were admitted to Maryknoll Hospital during the 6 years since June 1983 > The results were summarized as follows: 1) Of the 156 epileptic children, 48.1% exhibited generalized seizures, 37.2% partial seizures, 10. 2% unclassified seizures. The most common type was tonic-clonic seizure (37.8%). 2) Epilepsy was most frequent in children...
Statistical Analysis of Patients in Seoul National University Children's Hospital (1985~1988).
Kyung Mo Kim, Kwang Wook Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(6):744-753.   Published online June 30, 1990
Statistical analysis of outpatients and inpatients from 1985 to 1988 was assessed with aims to have an overal grasp of patterns and trends of childhood diseases at Seoul National University Children, s Hospital. 1) Number of outpatient visits were totally 458,390 with annual number of visits of 144,754 and average daily number of 461, including 241 visits in Department of Pediatrics. 2) Number of patients at Eemergency...
Clinical observation of Osteomyelitis in Childhood.
Seong Gyoo Park, Young Suk Hong, Se Jin Kang, Sun Gyum Kim, Pyung Hwa Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(4):499-505.   Published online April 30, 1990
After the discovery of penicillin by Fleming in 1939, the mortality rate in the acute stage of the childhood osteomyelitis was markedly decreased. But, because of abuse & misuse of the antibiotics and increment of resistant organisms to antibiotics, the incidence of complications, prevalance and chronic cases tended to increase. During the period of 12 years and 10 months extending from April, 1975 to...
A Clinical and Diagnostic Study of the Allergic Rhinitis in Children.
Hyun Kuk Kim, Min Yong Oum, Bok Yang Pyun, Sang Jhoo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(2):189-195.   Published online February 28, 1990
Recently many studies and development of allergology especially in allergic rhinitis have been carried out and the number of allergic rhinitis patients has been increased. In order to get basic clinical information, the authors performed clinical and diagnostic analysis with 132 cases complaining of nasal stuffness, watery rhinorrhea or sneezing who visited the out- patient department of Pediatrics, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital from...
Cytogenetic Analysis of Chromosomal Abnormalities in Children.
Key Young Song, Kwang Man Kim, Joon Sik Kim, Hong Dae Cha, Heung Sik Kim, Chin Moo Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(2):153-161.   Published online February 28, 1990
The present report described the cytogenetic findings in 273 cases under the age of 15 years who were suspected as having chromosomal abnormalities clinically. The cytogenetic analysis was conducted at chromosome laboratory of Keimyung University School of Medicne, from September 1982 to June 1987. The following results were obtained. Chromosomal abnormalities were found in 85 (31.3%) of the cases studied. Of 85 cases, 41 cases (85.9%)...
One Case of Leptospirosis.
Sang Joo Han, Jung Hyeun Park, Kyung Ja Lee, Woo Kap Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(1):107-110.   Published online January 31, 1990
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis distributed worldwide. Ifs caused by spirochetes of the genus leptospira and charaterized by systemic and protean clinical manifestation. On August 1981, a diagnosis of this disease was made by a serologic test. Thereafter many cases were reported in adults, but there are no published reports in children. This report deals with one case of leptospirosis in children diagnosed by clinical...
Clinical Studies on Bronchiectasis in Children.
Hye Sook Lee, Byeung Ju Jeong, Kyu Earn Kim, Ki Young Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(12):1669-1677.   Published online December 31, 1989
Clinical data and findings of 22 cases of bronchiectasis in children which were confirmed by bronchogram and treated at Yonsei University Hospital during the period of January 1980 to January 1987 were riewed. The results were briefly summarized as follows; 1) Bronchiectasis was seen most frequently within the age group of 6〜 10 year (54.5%) and 72.7% of all patients were under 10 years of age. 2) Identifiable...
Studies on Arrhythmias in School Children.
Young Hwue Kim, Hann Tchah, Ki Soo Kim, Chung Il Noh, Jung Yun Choi, Young Soo Yun, Chang Yee Hong
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(8):1093-1097.   Published online August 31, 1989
To determine the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias of the school children, we have performed heart screening by the questionare and EKG and physical examination from September 1984 to October 1987 in Seoul. 1) The incidence of the cardiac arrhythmias was 1.27%. 2) There were 449 cases of heart diseases detected. Among these heart diseases there were congeni- tal heart diseases in 82 cases (0.31%), acquired heart diseases...
Continuous Arteriovenous Hemofiltration in Children.
Hae Il Cheong, Dong Kyu Jin, Young Seo park, Yong Choi, Kwang Wook Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(2):230-238.   Published online February 28, 1989
Among those who were admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Seoul National University Children’s Hospital and developed acute renal failure (ARF) during the disease course, 11 children received continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) by pediatricians during a 3-year- period from Nov. 85 to Oct. 88. Their clinical findings were analyzed retrospectively, and the results were as follows; 1) They were 5 boys and 6...
The Abeominal Tuberculosis in Children.
Young Sik Kim, Jeong Hun Ha, Jeong Kee Seo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(12):1594-1602.   Published online December 31, 1988
following results were obtained through the clinical review of 29 cases with the abdominal tuberculosis under the age of 15 years, who admitted to Seoul National University Hospital from January, 1977 to December, 1987. 1) Thirteen cases were patients with tuberculous peritonitis, 12 cases were patients with intestinal tuberculosis, and the remaining 4 cases were patients with both tuberculous peritonitis and intestinal tuberculosis. 2) The male to...
Studies in Anemia of Infancy and Children During Hospitalization.
Tae Kyu Hame, Jeong Sam Jeon, Kyu Chul Choi, Yong Mook Choi, Chang Il Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(10):1338-1345.   Published online October 31, 1988
This investigational work-ups were studied in 303 cases of anemia including 45 cases of severe degree anemia retrospectively among total inpatients of 3387 in the Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University Hospital for recent two years form Mar. 1985 to Feb. 1987. The results were obtained as follows; 1) The orerall incidence of anemia among total inpatients(3387) was 8.9%(303 case). The incidence of severe anemia was...
Observation of Socail Background and Diesase Petterns of Children in an Institute for Adoption (the 2nd report).
Hong Hoon Lee, Myung Ik Lee, Soon Wha Kim, Don Hee Ahn, Keun Chan Sohn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(9):1171-1182.   Published online September 30, 1988
A study was made to see the family background of abandonment and clinical and laboratory findings in an institute for foreign adoption. The results were compared to the previous report from the same institute. The results were as follows. 1) Girls were much more than boys in number with male to female ratio of 1:2.1 2) Concerning age distribution, the infant under one month of age was...
Clinical Observation on Hemodialysis in Children with Chronic Renal Failure.
Hae Il Cheong, Yong Choi, Kwang Wook Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(5):590-596.   Published online May 31, 1988
There had been total 21 children with end stage renal disease in whom hemodialysis was done in the pediatric dialysis unit of Seoul National University Children’s Hospital during the period from 1986. 3. 31 to 1987. 11. 30. And we took a retrospective review of their clinical data, and the results were as follows 1) Primary glomerular disease, H enoch-Schdnlein nephritis, and reflux nephropathy were...
Change of Clinical Feature of Typhoid Fever in Children.
Sung Oh Kim, Yong Joo Kim, Woo Kill Lee, Chong Moo Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(5):566-576.   Published online May 31, 1988
We studied clinically on changing pattern of 256 patients with typhoid fever in children, who were hospitalized in the Department of Pediatrics Hanyang University Hospital for 14 years 8 months from May 1972 to December 1986. We divied two group: one, in the seventies (1972-1979), 175 patients; the other, in the eighties (1980 -1986), 81 patients and compared with each other. The results were as...
A Case of Left Atrial Myxoma in Childhood.
Heu Ran Min, Myoung Hee Kook, Yong Jong Woo, Jae Suk Ma, Tai Ju Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(2):263-270.   Published online February 28, 1988
Cardiac myxomas are rare in children. Because of their rarity and protean clinical manifestations, diagnosis is difficult but cardiac myxomas recently have generated a great deal of interest because they represent a potentially curable form of serious heart disease which can be diagnosed easily and accurately by echocardiography. We presented a case of left atrial myxoma in a 13-year old girl. The diagnosis was...
6 Cases of Renal Transplantation in Children.
Pyung Kil Kim, Fan Chen Mong, Jae Seung Lee, Kill Park, Dae Seuk Han
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(12):1419-1432.   Published online December 31, 1987
The incidence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in childhood seems to be around two to three children per million population per year and the most frequent diagnoses of ESRD in pre-teen patients are congenital and dysplastic diseases. Renal transplantation may be the preferred method for the treatment of ESRD especially in children not only becauses of better development and linear growth, but also...
Clinical Evaluation of Kidney Diseases in Children.
Pyung Kil Kim, Ho Taek Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(9):990-1000.   Published online September 30, 1987
Disease pattern tends to change with improvements in the economic condition and social hygiene, and it is thought to be the same in renal disease. Yongdong Severance Hosptial is located in the Kang Nam area which is one of the most economically and socially developed areas. We assessed changes in the disease entity by reviewing clinical evaluations of renal diseases and by comparing...
Standardization of the Denver Developmental Screening Test on Seoul Children.
Kun Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(9):958-971.   Published online September 30, 1987
Total 2140 Seoul children, aged from 2 weeks to 6 years 4 months were evaluated with Denver Developmental Screening Test and the results were compared with those of Denver and Tokyo children. Seoul children were found to be advanced in all 4 sectors of DDST, e.g. personal, social, fine motor, adaptvie, language and gross motor than Denver or Tokyo counterparts. Korean youngsters fast development...
Upper Gastrointestinal Fiberoptic Endoscopy in Children.
Dong Hyup Lee, Chong Woo Bae, Yong Mook Choi, Chang Il Ahn, Young Il Min
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(8):868-873.   Published online August 31, 1987
We observed 63 cases ranging in age from 3 years to 15 years seen by gastrofibroscopy in Dept, of Int. Med. and Dept, of Ped. of Kyung hee Univ. Hospital from January 1980 to December 1985 and following results were obtained 1) The male to female ratio was about 1:1.17. The frequency of the age distribution was 1.6% below 5 years, 25.4% in 6-10 years...
Study on the Korean Infant Development Screening Test.
Jong Lin Rhi, Jung Hwan Choi, Hyung Ro Moon, Sechin Cho
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(8):852-867.   Published online August 31, 1987
Developmental problems are relatively prevalent and often treatable if early interventions are to be given. Much better prognosis will also be given if they are treated early & properly by early detection through the use of the developmental screening test. Developmental screening is the application of relatively quick and simple procedures to an asymptomatic population to select out those individuals who are highly likely...
A Clinical Observation on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Children.
Han Wook Yoo, Hae Il Cheong, Hoan Jong Lee, Yong Choi, Kwang Wook Ko, Yong Il Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(5):527-535.   Published online May 31, 1987
To elucidate the clinical characteristics of childhood onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we carried out a retrospective review on medical records of sixteen patients who were diagnosed as SLE on the base of “the 1982 revised criteria for the SLE” (by American Rheumatism Association) at the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital between January 1976 and July 1986. The results were summarized...
Electrocardiographic(ECG) Abnormality in School Children.
Ho Youn Hwang, Jung Ran Kim, Jin Gon Jun
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(4):393-397.   Published online April 30, 1987
Mass electrocardiographic examination was performed on 5,066 children of elementary school in Taegu from Nov. 1. 1985 to Apr. 30. 1986. Among them 30 children had abnormal ECG. We could investigate further on 26 children. The results were as following; The incidence of ECG abnormality was 0.59% (male 0.57%, female 0.62%) initially, on follow-up examination, only 0.39% showed persistent abnormal ECG. The kinds of ECG abnormality...
Clinical, Hematological and Cytogenetical Studies of Leukemia in Children.
Young Wook Kim, Chan Gyu Hwang, Ki Bok Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(2):181-190.   Published online February 28, 1987
A review was made on the clinical, hematological and cytogenetical findings of 68 children diagnosed as leukemia at Pediatric Department, Kwangju Christian Hospital, during a period of 10 years from Jan. 1975 to Dec. 1985. The results were as follows: 1) The sex ratio of 68 children diagnosed as Leukemia was 1:1. The most common age group was 11-12 year(19.1%), followed by the group of 3-4...
Twelves Cases of Thyroid Carcinoma in Children.
Yong Woo Choi, Myung Ho Cho, O Kyung Lee, Myung Ho Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(6):661-667.   Published online June 30, 1986
We obtained following results by analysis of 12 cases of thyroid carcinoma in patient under 15 years of age who were admitted to Presbyterian Medical Center, Chon-ju from January 1975 to December 1984. 1) The ratio between male and female patients was 1 : 3. Patients over 12 years of age totalled 7 cases(58.3%). The youngest patient was 5 years and...
Idiopathic IgA Nepropathy in Children.
Hae Il Cheong, Han Wook Yoo, Kwang Wook Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(6):633-643.   Published online June 30, 1986
We analyzed clinical findings, pathological findings and clinico-pathological correlations in 55 children with idiopathic IgA nephropathy confirmed immunopathologically, and the results were as follows; 1) The mean age at onset was 9.65±2.45 years with relatively even distribution in school ages and males outnumbered females by 1.75 : 1. 2) The main mode of presentation was typical...
Epidemiologic Study on Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Childhood.
Byoung Tae Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(6):613-625.   Published online June 30, 1986
We conducted HBsAg, HBsAb and HBcAb determinations by the method of radioimmunoassay on 329 healthy children who visited for the purpose of immunization with HB vaccine, or had been admitted because of miscellaneous diseases except for liver disease from July 1984 to December 1984. The following results were obtained; 1) Among the 329 children, 16(4.9%) were positive for HBsAg. There was...
Chronic Renal Failure in Children.
Yong Choi, Jong Duck Kim, Kwang Wook Ko, Jae Seung Lee, Pyung Kil Kim, Ja Hoon Koo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(5):493-497.   Published online May 31, 1986
We analyzed data on children with chronic renal failure collected from 36 pediatric training hospitals during the period from Jan. 1, 1980 to Dec. 31, 1984. The following results were obtained： 1) Total number of children with chronic renal failure during the study period was 135. The incidence was about 1 per 2,000 in-patients and 2.09 per million children under 15...
Case Report
A Case of Primary Lung Cancer(Squamous cell ca.) in Children.
Soo Ryun Choi, Choong Hyun Kim, Soon Ok Byun, Ji Sub Oh, Sung Kyun Im, Ok Ji Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1985;28(12):1256-1260.   Published online December 31, 1985
We have experienced a case of primary lung cancer (squamous cell ca.) in a 15 years-old boy who presented with productive coughing and mild fever. The diagnosis was made through thoracic roentgenogram, thoracotomy, and biopsy. A brief review of the related literature is given.
Original Article
Pre-and Postoperative Evaluation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Children.
In Hee Park, Jung Hee Lee, In Joon Seol, Heung Jae Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1985;28(7):683-694.   Published online July 31, 1985
During a period of IOV12 years, from April, 1974 to July, 1984, 92 cases under 15 years of age with isolated patent ductus arteriosus were observed and evaluated pre- and postoperatively at pediatric department, Hanyang University Hospital, and those were confirmed by cardiac catheterization and/or surgery. The summary of observation made is as follows: 1)The sex ratio of male to female...