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We made a statistical survey on the patients admitted to the Department of Pediatrics of Kwangju Christian Hospital during the past 5 years from Jan. 1984 to Dec. 1988 The results were as follows: 1) The pediatric inpatients during the period totaled 16,119, of which 10,020 were male, with the sex ratio being 1.6:1. 2) Pediatric patients amounted to 17.8% of all admission cases of Kwangju Christian... |
Sepsis is still one of major causes of mortality and morbidity in neonatal period and early diagnosis and appropriate treatment for neonatal sepsis is difficult due to its vague clinical manifestation and rapid progress. An analysis of 40 cases of neonatal sepsis confirmed by clinical manifestation and blood cultures from Jan. 1986 to Dec. 1989 at nursery of St. Mary’s Hospital of Catholic University... |
We observed 34 cases of newborn, who were diagnosed as having polycythemia, out of 3,312 newborns who were admitted to our nursery between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 1987. The following results were obtained; 1) The incidence of neonatal polycythemia was 1% and male to female ratio was 1.8:1. The birth weight of 2000 g to 2500 g was the most common (35.3%). 2) Gestational age... |
Umbilical vessel catheterization has become a common procedure in critically ill newborn infants. We studied the usefulness and complications of indwelling umbilical vessel catheters in 164 patients who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of the Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University Hospital from January 1985 to December 1988. The results were as follows: 1) Their birth weights ranged from 650 to 3,800 gm, and... |
A clinical study was made on 98 cases of measles patients admitted to YoungDong Severance Hospital during the period of 7 months from June to December 1989. The patients with measles were evaluated for presence of measles specific IgM antibody in serum, clinical symptom and vaccination history. We obtained the following results: 1) Out of 98 patients, 62 patients (63.3%) were vaccinated children and 36 patients... |
The authors reviewed the 120 patients with prolonged fever whose temperature was over 38.5°C and of undetermined etiology, who were admitted in Y야isei Medical Center from March 1982 to March 1989. The results were as follows; 1) The children admitted with prolonged fever were 0.3% of total in-patients at the same time. 2) 20 cases were less than 1 year of age on admission and 39... |
Clinical study was performed prospectively on 63 cases of chest pain who had been visited to Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University during the period of three years from March, 1987 to February, 1990. The results were as follows: 1) Chest pain was most common in the age group of 10 to 12 years old as whole and the ratio of male to female... |
Echocardigraphy was done on the first and the second day of life in 23 normal full term newborns to evaluate the sequential change of cardiac function of the normal neonates. The results were as follows. 1) On the first day of life, all of the measurements of diastolic filling except peak A velocity were significantly different when the right and left ventricle were compared. For... |
Primary cardiac tumor is very rare and has been a medical curiosity but is potentially curable by current management with improvements of the imaging apparatus and the surgical technique. Metastatic cardiac tumor is also very rare and is more difficult to diagnose than primary ones because of lack of specific symptoms. Twelve cases of cardiac tumor, collected from 1978 to 1989 at the Department... |
We analyzed retrospectively the sonographic findings in 162 children who accompanied with gastrointes- tinal symptoms and performed the comparative analysis of the clinico-pathologic findings to sonographic findings from Jan. 1988 to July 1989. The most frequent symptom was abdominal pain (79.6%). The clinical impression prior to ultrasonography were acute appendicitis (34%), mesenteric lymphadenitis (10.4%), hyper- trophic pyloric stenosis (5%) in order. Positive cases in... |
This study was conducted to find out the incidence of exercise-induced asthma in pediatric population at Pohang in Korea. We selected an elementary school near pohang. The total number of the elementary school children except who was ill at that time, was 631. They all took pulmonary function test with Wright’s Peak Flow Meter before and after exercise. The study was done from 21st... |
Conjoined twins is known to be very rare and to have various anatomical unions. We have experienced a case of conjoined twins which was delivered by elective Caesarian section. A case of thoracoventropagus conjoined twins is presented with brief review of literature. |
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease, which may affect any area of the gastrontestinal tract from mouth to anus. The etiology is not clearly defined and rather uncertain. The incidence of the disease is geogra- phically unequal in world wide distribution. Male and female are equally involved. We experienced a case of CrohnDisease in 13 year old male child who complained abdominal pain, anorexia... |
Cloacal exstrophy is a rare congenital anomaly. This anomaly results from failure of cloacal cpntatinn with the persistence of ? into which ilpiiir* and a rndirnAntary hind gut open. We have experienced in a 1-day old male neonate a typical case of cloacal exstrophy associated with omphalocele, genital anomaly, imperforated anus, meningocele, spina bifida, widely separated symphysis and equinovarus. A brief review of related literatures was made. |
Interrupted aortic arch is a congenital anomaly in which discontinuity is present between ascending and descending aorta, and is associated frequently with ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. Authors experienced a case of interrupted aortic arch in a 4 year old boy associated with a ventriculalr septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. Diagnostic confirmation was made by 2-D echocardiography, cardiac cathetrization and angiogra- phy. Direct closure... |
MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episode) syndrome is a rare but clinicopathologically distinctive mitochondrial disorder. We experienced a case of MELAS syndrnmp in A 11 year-old girl who showed repeated attacks of stroke-like episodes, vomitng, cortical blindness, hearing deficit and alternating hemiplegia. Serum lactic acid level was elevated (6.4 mmol/Z). The diagnosis was confirmed by muscle biopsy which revealed dispersed ragged-red fibers. |
Thanatophoric dysplasia is a short limb dwarf condition in which respiratory distress is responsible for death in the first hours or days after birth. We experienced a case of thanatophoric dysplasia who presented striking disproportion of trunk and extremities. The head was relatively large, the trunk was narrow and normal length, and the extremities were markedly shortened. The radiologic feature of this dysplasia was characteristic.... |
L-asparaginase is known as an effective anticancer drug in the induction chemotherapy of acute lymphocytic leukemia. The side effects or toxicities of L-asparaginase are hypersensitivity reaction, hepatotoxicity, pancreatitis, transient diabetes mellitus, CNS toxicity, disorders of coagulation system and mild cytotoxicity. We report a female patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia develop- ing diabetic ketoacidosis during induction chemotherapy with L-asparaginase, parednisolone, vincris- tine and intrathecal methotrexate, who... |
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