A study was conducted to present clinical and statistical analysis of pediatric patients admitted to Severance Hospital between Jan. 1966 and Dec. 1975. Remakable progress has been made in the field of pediatrics and pediatric surgery, particularly in physiology, anesthesiology and operative technique. However, the ultimate result hasn't been totally satisfactory, largely due to the lack of cognizance of early... |
This is a clinical observation of five infants associated with congenital hydronephrosis experienced at the Pediatric Department of Severance Hospital. The results were as follows: 1. The age distribution was from one day to seven months with the sex radio of 4 : 1 with male predominance. 2. The signs most freguently found were palpable abdominal mass and abdominal distension.... |
43 cases of neonatal hepatitis were clinicallt evaluated, who were admitted to the pediatric department of Severance hospital furing period from April, 1956 to Februart, 1976. The following results were obtained. There was little difference in sex incidence, and most of them were admitted at the age of 1 month to 3 months after birth. Clinical symptoms and signs on... |
The usefullness of the nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) test as an aid in the differential diagnosis of various meningitis was evaluated in infancy and childhood. 36 cases of patients with various meningitis who were admitted to the department of pediatrics in Severance Hospital from June, 1975 to March, 1976 and 8 cases of healthy children as control were the subject of... |
Achondroplasia is a rare disease and characterized by the combination of short extremities with an enlarged head and a trunk approximating normal size. We had experienced 4 cases of achondroplasia; they all showed stunted growth, short arms and legs, prominent forehead, flattening of the bridge of the nose and moderate degree of kyphcsis and one case was associated with hydrocephalus.... |
This is a clinical study of I131 Rose Bengal liver scanning on 17 in-patients with jaundice hospitalized at Severance hospital from October 1969 to March 1976. And we observed following results. 1) In 13 patients, the liver scanning showed complete biliary obstructive pattern, in 2 patients partial obstruction and two had space occupying lesions. Of the 13 patients with complete... |
For 3 yearss from Jan. 1970 through Dec. 1972, there were 11,336 Korean single births who were delivered at Severance, Chonju Presbyterian and Wonju Christian Hospitalss. The perinatal mortality rates were calculated at fetal deaths of20 or more weeks gestation plus neonatal deaths under 28days after births. We made a comparative studies of perinatal mortality, neonatal mortality and fetal deaths... |
The increasing emphasis upon the need for education in the modern world led to a number of interesting developments. For the good result of the education, adequate intellectual, physical, and environmental factors may by essential. A visually handicapped child may be hindered hisprocess in school. The purpose of this study was to find out the prevalence and their relation to... |
We observed 62 patients who were admitted to the Pediatric Department of Severance Hospital for the treatment of pleurisy with effusion during the period of 11 years from Apr. 1965 to May 1975. The following results was obtained. 1) Age and sex incidence : 72.6% were between the age of 3 to 12 years. The sex ratio of male to... |
We observed clinically 150 cases who were admitted with complaing of purpura at the Pediatric Department of Severance Hospital Yonsei University College of Medicine during a period of 9 years from July, 1966 to June, 1975. In 150 cases, leukemia, 33 cases (22.0%), was most common disease, followed by I.T.P., allergic purpura, meningococcemia, aplastic a nemia, sepsis in order aqnd... |
Hydronephrosis may be defined as a condition in which an increased intrarenal capacity is associated with residual urine in the renal pelvis. A clinical observation was made on the 20 cases of hydronephrosis confirmed by pathologic report or operation findings of patients admitted to Severance Hospital from May 1956 to April 1975 and the followings were obtained; 1)The age difference of... |
Authors experienced a case of cavernous hemangioma attached to the falciform ligament of the liver in a 9 years and 2 months old boy. It seems to be the first case reported in the literature. The review of literature was made briefly. |
Reading difficulty is well known problem in school children and widely distributed over the whole countries. Since the children with such problem could not perform their school work satisfactorily and personality would be easily distorted by the difficulty, and their problem should be corrected as soon as possible. For correction of reading difficulty, 82 cases of children (1st year class... |
Fifty six childen with mumps meningoencephalitis were admitted to Pediatric department Severance hospital between March, 1958 and August, 1974. The clinical illness of ^these children were studied and the following results were obtained 1.The incidental ratio to total in-patients was 0.4%. 2.The monthly distribution was highest in summer, and the peak incidence in June(25.9%). 3.The sex incidence was more common... |
This is a clinical study of 32 cases with subdural effusion who has been admitted to Severance hospital from Jan. 1966 to Dec. 1975. And following result has been obtained. 1. Among 32 cases, 19 were male and 13 were female. Their ages were ranged from 3 days to 37 months with peak incidence 2 to 6 months. And 12 cases... |
The transfusion of whole blood and its components had become part of the daily treatment of patients. The vast improvement of technics in blood collection and storage, combined with constantly increasing knowledge in the field of blood group immunology, has made it possible to operate blood transfusion service at a level of safety that may make the physician forget the... |
Bifid sternum is a congenital midline malformation resulting from disturbance of normal fusion and the defects allows a herniation of the pericardium covered only by the subcutaneous tissue and skin. A case of congenital cleft sternum in 8 month old male infant was presented. There was marked paradoxical motion with respiration in the area of the defect and a long... |
We have observed 259 cases of Infectious Hepatitis during the last 8 years from Aug. 1966 to Jul. 1974, who were hospitalized at the pediatric department of the YonSei University, College of Medicine. In 1966 we reported a clinical study of 107 cases of infectious hepatitis which, was publisized in 1968. This is an additional clinical report to this study.... |
Ivemark’s syndrome is rare disease and characterized by congenital absence of the spleen as sociated with characteristic group of anomalies of the cardiovascular and gastroenteric systems. We had experienced 4 cases of Ivemark’s yndrome: Case 1 had asplenia, situs inversus, dextrocardia, ASD, and pulmonary stenosis; Case 2 had asplenia, bilobulated liver, centraly located stomach but deviated to right side, single... |
Lomotil, a brand of Diphenoxylate hydrochloride with Atropine sulfate, is a remedy for the symptomatic control of diarrhea. Clinical trials with Lomotil in 120 cases of non-specific diarrhea in infancy and early childhood have been done for evaluation of effectiveness. The patients ranged in age from 4 months to 4 years. They were divided into 3 groups. Group I :... |
Bleedilng from the gastrintestinal tract is a reatively common occurence in infancy and childhood. Fortunately, in most cases a very careful history and physical examination will reveal the lesion, responsible but occasionally the most exhaustive investigation will fail to identify the hemorrhagic source. In order to determine the patterns of gastrointestinal bleeding in infancy and childhood, a total 344 cases of gastrointestinal bleeding patients... |
Reading difficulty is well known problem in school children and widely distributed over the whole countries. Since the children with such problem could not perform their school work satisfactorily and their personality would be easily distorted by the difficulty, their problem should be corrected as soon as possible. The purpose of this study was to find the causes of reading difficulty and the method... |
Fifty three pati任its of pediatric empyema which were observed during last 3 years and 6 months at Severence Hospilal were compaired its incidence and other clinical importance with previous observation of twenty seven cages by Huh et al of Severance Hospital, Yonsei University. The following results were observed. 1. Incidence of pediatric empyema was increased recently comparing with the previous observation. 2. The most frequent age group... |
A total of 33 children with tracheostomy were observed after admission in Severance Hospital during the past 10 years and 3 months from January 1958 to March 1973. 1. Sex incidence was 20iiiale to 13female, and complications occured in 17 cases. 2. The age and complication rate relationship showed that about 70% of the patients were under 5... |
Clinical studies on the 40 cases of urinary tract infections who were admitted to the pediatric department of Severance Hospital from Jan. 1964 to Dec. 1973, were subjected in this study. The results were as follows: 1) Among the 40cases,26 cases(65%) were male and 14 cases〔35%) were female. 2) Age incidence showed 7 to 12 years to be most commonly affected and 8 cases (20%) in. ... |
Epidermolysis bullosa hereditaria is an uncommon skin disease which is manifest at birth or in infancy. It is characterized by blister formation occuring spontaneously or after friction or slight trauma. Recently, we experienced a case of epidermolysis bullosa hereditaria in one day old newborn infant, who was developed bullae on the neck, abdomen, both extremities and buttock. A brief review of literature was made. |
Alcoholics was defined by WHO as those excessive drinkers whose dependence upon alcohol has attained such a degree that they show a noticeable mental disturbance or an interference with their mental and bodily health, their interpersonal relations and their smooth social and economic function. Although habitual alcoholism by children in general is not a frequent occurrence, it does occur and has been reported. We... |
Among the prolonged jaundice in the newborn infants, neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia are the most common causes of obstructive jaundice. But the differential diagnosis between above two diseases is difficult some times clinically and simple liver function tests. Lubin et al. of Boston (1971) has introduced a new helpful method for the differentiation of two diseases as H2O2 erythrocytes hemolysis test. Authors applied... |
32 adult blood specimen were stored in the refrigerator which maintained the temperature from 6 to 9 degrees in centigrade in order to know the change of laboratory data by time. Routine C.B.C. and blood chemistry were performed 4 times, with the intervals, immediately after then, 6,12 and 24 hours after sampling. The results obtained are as follows: 1. Hb, Het,... |