Although many papers about peptic ulcer disease in childhood has stated that the condition is increasing in incidence during the past several years, still the condition is not frequently recognized in childhood compared with the incidence in adults. Authors carried out the clinical analysis on 35 patients with peptic ulcer under the age of 15 years who were admitted to pediatric department of Dong... |
From Jan,M 1983 to Dec., 1986, we studied total 2386 microorganisms which were isolated from various clinical specimens of admitted patients and out-patients in the department of pediatrics, NMC, and their antimicrobial susceptibilities were compared. The results were as follows; 1) The most frequently isolated stains from various specimens were S. aureus from throat, E. coli from urine, Shigella from stool, S. aureus from blood,... |
We have analysed the type, age, sex, initial hematologic values and cell markers in 295 children, who had been diagnosed as leukemia at the department of pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital, from Jan. 1983 to Dec. 1987. The patients were composed of 197 cases (66.8%) of ALL, 82 cases (27.7%) of ANLL and 16 cases (5.5%) of CML. FAB subclassification have been done in... |
A Total 655 cases of malignant tumors in childhood under 15 years of age who admitted to general hospitals in Chonnam area during the 10-year period from January 1976 to December 1985 were analysed. The frequency of malignant tumors among total pediatric inpatients was 2.64% (1.48〜4.52%) with tendency to increse year after year. In 1980, the number of population under 15 years of age... |
Myxoma of the heart is a very uncommon disease constituting nearly 50% of all primary cardiac tumors. The majority of them are detected in the adult life over 30 years of age, but very rarely they can be seen in the childhood. We have recently experienced a case of left atrial myxoma in a 12-year-old boy. The diagnosis was made by echocardiography and cardiac... |
315 cases of malignant tumors under 15 years of age who were admitted to the Gospel Hospital from January 1975 to December 1984 were analysed and following results were obtained. 1) The incidence of malignances in all admitted child patient was 3.39%. 2) Childhood malignant tumors were more frequently occured in the age group of 0〜5 years. The more prevalent tumors for the... |
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... |
Total 460 cases of benign and malignant tumors below 20 years of age who admitted to Kyung Hee University Hospital for 5 years from January 1980 to December 1984 were clinically analized and the following results were obtained.1) Among 460 benign and malignant tumors, malignant tumors were 201 cases(43.7%) and benign tumors were 259 cases(56.3%). 2) The male to female incidence ratio was... |
A clinical observation has been made on 10 cases of dermatomyositis who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital from January 1980 through December 1985. The results are as follows; 1) The ratio of female to male cases was 2.3 : 1, and the age at onset varied from 4 years of age to 14 years of... |
Thirty episodes of primary peritonitis in 22 children with nephrotic syndrome who had admitted in the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital from Jan. *81 to Sept. ’84 were studied, and the results were as follows; 1)Among 22 children, male to female ratio was 16 : 6 and the mean age at the onset of peritonitis was 7.80 years (average... |
The variation of LDH activity in serum and urine were investigated in 23 cases of children with renal diseases(15 cases of acute glomerulonephritis and 8 cases of nephrotic syndrome) and 10 cases of healthy children as control. The results were summarized as follows: 1)The LDH activity in serum and urine of healthy children were 394±85.5 units/ml and 17±4.2 units/ml respectively.... |
The Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, papular acrodermatitis of childhood(PAC), is an infrequently recognized disorder with distinctive characteristics. At present hepatitis B virus is thought to be an etiologic gent. The disease is very rare in Korea, in spite of the high frequency of hepatitis B surface antigen(HBsAg) in the general population. It is known that subtype ayw of the HBsAg may influence... |
We obtained following results by analysis of 355 cases of malignant tumors in patients under 15 years of age who were admitted to the Chonju Presbyterian Medical Center from January 1971 to December 1982. The diagnosis was confirmed by pathologic studies. 1)The most common malignant tumor was leukemia(44.9%). The next in order were lymphoma (14.9%), brain tumor(7. 0%), Wilms tumor(7.0%),... |
This report was conducted to estimate the relative incidence of acute viral hepatitis (all were under 15 years of age. Who were admitted to the Pediatric Department, Hanyang University Hospital during the period from March 1982 to August 1983 were evaluated. The following results were obtained. 1)The sex ratio of of male to female was 1.34 : 1. 2)The incidence... |
To assess the incidence and the effectiveness of preventive measures for tumor lysis syndrome, we analyzed the serial electrolytes levels in leukemia (Group A, 15 patients) and in lymphoma (Group B, 8 patients) patients. The results were 1)Serum LDH were elevated in all of the patients before the chemotherapy. 2)Serum uric acid were also elevated in 8 patients (A 5, B... |
Among 350 children who had been admitted to the Ward of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital during the period from 1975.1.1. to 1983.12.31. and had been diagnosed as idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, total 21 cases (6%) had expired or had progressed into end stage renal disease during follow-up. Among these, 13 cases(61.9%; Group A) had expired due to chronic renal failure... |
To determine the role of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in diarrheal disease of non-hosp- italized children living in Korea, stool specimens were collected from 330 patients with dia- rrhea and 68 age and sex matched control. Sixty-eight healthy children and 330 diarrheal patients, who visited three private clinics and one municipal hospital in Inchon City, were tested to detect the production of Escherichia coli enterotoxin... |
May investigators suggested that The measurement of CSF enzyme activity, especially those of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), are a helpful laboratory test for the diagnosis of CNS infections. 100 patients with epidemic encephalitis (Japanese encephalitis, 7 patients with bacterial meningitis, 6 patients with epilepsy and 11 patients without CNS diseases were subjected to this study. All patients... |
Statistical analysis of inpatients of Seoul National University Hospital from 1972 to 1981 who had renal diseases was performed with respect to their disease pattern, annual incidence of each disease, and age distribution. From 1972 to 1981 renal disease was found in 831 patients among 11,226 total inpatients (7.4%). Male to female ratio of renal disease patients was 2.2 to 1, while male to... |
Five hundred and thirty-nine cases of malignant tumors (excluding leukemia) under 15 years of age who were admitted to Seoul National University Hospital from January 1967 to December 1981 were reviewed and analysed. Three hundred and ninety-nine cases of leukemia were seen during the same period and total 938 cases of malignancies including leukemia were observed. 1. The frequency of malignant tumors... |
A statistical assessment was carried out in two hundreds and eighty three inpatients and outpatients and fifteen mothers who were subjected to chromosomal analysis at Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital, from January 1977 to February 1982. The following results were obtained: 1) Age distribution revealed 65.8% of all children subjected to chromosomal analysis to be: under 2 years of age. The number of... |
To investigate the liver diseases affecting infancy and Childhood and to make a clinicopathologic correlation, a total of 105 liver biopsies were examined and following results were obtained. 1. Of the 105 liver biopsies, 94 cases were available for the study, and the male to female ratio of liver biopsies in infancy and childhood was 1.8 : 1. 2. Of... |
A clinical study was made on 47 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemias which ad been treated at pediatric department of Keimyung University Hospital during the period of four and a half years from January 1976 through June 1980. 47 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia occupied 73.4% of all acute childhood leukemia. Acute lymphocytic leukemia tends to have relatively increasing incidence... |
A clinical study was made on 47 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemias which ad been treated at pediatric department of Keimyung University Hospital during the period of four and a half years from January 1976 through June 1980. 47 cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia occupied 73.4% of all acute childhood leukemia. Acute lymphocytic leukemia tends to have relatively increasing incidence... |
Antibody to hepatitis A antigen was detected, by radiommuncassay, in sera froom 455 hospitalized children and adolescents without a liver disease or a clinically recognizable hepatitis history. The positive rate of antibody was over 90% in newborn infants and then progressively decreased and reached its lowest level, 9.1%, at age 7-12 months. The high positive rate in newborn infants is... |
This is the study of clinical observation on 60 casesof Hypocalcemia, which were admitted to the Pediatric department of Hanyang University College of Medicine during the period of-May 1972 through August 1980. The following results were obtained. 1)The sex incidence revealed slightly male predominance with male to female ratio al out-1.72:1. 2)The age incidence was peaked in the group of age... |
During the last 7 years from Jan. 1973 to Dec. 1979, 106 cases of typhoid fever has been admitted to the department of Pediatrics of Won Ju Christian Hospital and evaluated clinicaIly. The results were summarized as follows 1. Tota1 number of the patients was 106, of which 62 were male and 44 were female. The peak age group was... |
A clinical study was carried out on patients with tuberculous meningitis who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Kwangju Christian Hospital during a 9 year period from January, 1971 to December, 1979. The following results were obtained. 1) About 3/4 of all cases were under the age of 6, the majority being between the age of one and three.... |
A clinical review was made on 152 cases of tuberculosis who had been admitted at pediatric department, National Medical Center during the period of 10 years from January, 1969 to December, 1978. The following results were obtained. 1.There noted no difference of annual incidence throughout the study years. 2. The highest age incidence was in the group of 1 to 3 years... |