| Purpose : Because of increased measles incidence in Korea during 1993 and the recent finding of genomic differences between vaccine virus and contemporary wild measles viruses, we conducted a measles vaccine efficacy study involving children ages 1 to 5 yeark, with the demographic analysis of patients brought to the hospitals during measles outbreak that had occurred 1993 in Seoul and... |
| Purpose : To study the safety and immunogenicity of new live attenuated varicella vaccine (MAV/06strain) in normal healthy children and immunocompromized children in Korea. Methods : Blood samples for fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen(FAMA) assay were taken before the vaccination among seven hundred forth five healthy children and twenty two nine immunocompromised children. One hundred and seventy seven children and twenty... |
| Purpose : Stable microbubble rating test(SMR) plays an important role in the clinical course and the prognosis of respiratory distress syndrome(RDS) patients, because SMR can be easily performed and it can predict quickly the neonatal RDS. After the success of the pulmonary surfactant replacement therapy in RDS infants by Fujiwara and co-workers in 1980, many supporting studies were presented and... |
| Purpose : Intrabventricular hemorrhage is a common neuropathologic finding in premature and low birth weight infants. It is deeply related with neonatal death and neurologic sequelae. We want to know the incidence and the relating factors of intracranial hemorrhage in premature and low birth weight infants. Methods : We performed craniosonography in 170 premature and low birth weight infants in 3-7... |
| Purpose : Applying the present growth curve(established in 1985) in practice, we noticed some difference. And so, we performed this study to know that is it necessary to revise the present standard data in Korea. Methods : We checked the height and weight of 208 children of one primary school in Seoul. And also, we measured arm circumference and triceps thickness... |
| Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate efficacy of shortterm diazepam prophylaxis in recurrent febrile seizure. Methods : A total of 107 children admitted to the department of pediatrics, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Ballym University from 1 July 1991 to 31 December 1992, with their first or recurrent febrile seizures(one or two times), were entered in the study,... |
| Stem cell transplantation is used for the patients lacking the capability of production of hem-atopoitic cells. Recently, there have been a few studies using the umbilical cord blood as a sou-rce of stem cells, however it remains unclear whether umhhilical cord blood contains sufficient amount to reconstitute the patient. Our study was designed to know that umbilical cord blood is proper... |
| Purpose : To evaluate the appropriateness of the transcatheter occlusion with Rashkind um-brella occlusion device Methods : Among the 54 cases who had been tried transcatheter closure of patent ductus ar teriosus from January, 1992 till December, 1993 at Seoul National Univerity Children's Hospital, the first follow-up evaluation with Doppler echocardioram were done in 43 cases at the mean i-nterval of... |
| Purpose : Haemophilas influenzae type b is a significant pathogen in children and several v accines with different immunologic properties are clinically used. An individual produces oligoc-lonal anti-Hib-PS antibodies and the repertoire of human anti-HihPS Antibody (Ah) can be div- ided into two types by the structure of the light chain V region. Ah using A2-VK II gene product, which... |
| Purpose : Recently in Korea, there has been an increasing concern regarding Tsutsugamus-hi disease. This disease is increasingly reported in children. The purpose of this study was to c-onsider the possibility that Tsutsugamushi disease may be diagnosed as eruptive disease or F UO( fever of unknown origin) Methods : We reviewed 17 clinically or serologically confirmed cases of Tsutsugamushi dis-ease from... |
| Purpose : Childhood tuberculosis is often asymptomatic with low culture rate, but it may res-ult in serious complications via hematogenous spread. Therefore, this study was done to evalu-ate clinical features, laboratory findings in tuberculosis patients proved by culture. Methods : We reviewed retrospectively the medical records of 48 cases of proved tubercul-sosis at the department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, during... |
| Purpose : Aseptic meningitis is an infection of CNS caused by virus and there are remarka-ble changes in endogenous cytokine level. Interleukin-6 is a pleiotropic and multi-functional cyt-okine and plays a central role in host defense mechanisms. We studied the IL--6 level in serum and CSF with the patients of aseptic meningitis and investigated the relationship of IL-6 with C... |
| Purpose : The measles epidemic occurrence has not well been controlled in Korea. Vaccin- ation schedule for measles in Korea has been modified in several occasions with insufficient da ta base. The most recent recommendation is to immunize at 9 months of age with measles va-ccine(at 6 months of age during epidemics) and reimmunize at 15 months of age with... |
| Bone mineral densitometry is a useful procedure for the early detection of metabolic bone diseases and bone density changes caused by long term drug use. Dual energy X-ray absorpt- iometry(DEXA), a recently developed diagnostic radiologic method for evaluating bone mineral density is widely used because of its high sensitivity, easily obtaine results. and low dose radi- ation exposure. The study... |
| Purpose : In experimental models of meningitis and in children with meningitis, dexametha-sone has been shown to reduce meningeal inflammation and to improve the outcome of disea-se. We studied the effects of dexamethasone administration in neonates(<2 month-old) with b-acterial meningitis. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 30 neonates admitted to the nursery, the Yonsei University College of Medicine... |
| Purpose : This study was performed kto evaluate the High frequency flow interruption(HFF I) can prevent the lung injury and achieve a bettre oxygenation than conventional ventilation(C V) in surfactant deficient lungs when associated with lung volume recruitment and maintenance, and the need of background intermittent mandatory ventilation(IMV) to prevent the progressive atelectasis during HFFI. Methods : Surfactant deficiency was produced... |
| Purpose : A sensitive, specific blood test to detect cancer would be of great value but the search for such a test has been fruitless so far. In actual practice, there is often a considerable interval between the point at which a tumor could have been detected and the point at which it produces symptoms as a result of tumor... |
| Purpose : In recent years, obesity in children has become one of the major nutritional problems, and the trend is that number of obese children is increasing. The purpose of this research is to examine the incidence of obesity in pubescent school children in Seoul and Cheju, and to analyze body fat component, complications and eating habits of those obese... |
| Purpose : It is well known that use of intranenous methylprednisolone(IVMP)for the patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(ITP) is not only as effective as use of intravenous gammaglobulin to mincrease platelets quickly, but also the former is less expensive than the latter. As the adequate dosage of IVMP has not been fully elucidated, we have tried to determine it. Methods : The... |
| Purpose : Drining of Nitrate-contaminated water has been the most common cause of acquired methemoglobinemia. We had cyanotic infant diagnosed as methemoglobinemia caused by feeding with powdered formula mixed with nitrate-contaminated ground water. Methods : We had done epidemiologic investigation to identify the cause of an infant's methemoglobinemia. Analysis of ground water and blood test of involved family members and neighbors... |
| Rotavirus is an important pathogen of acute infantile gastroenteritis as well as is suspected of being one of the causative agents of benign convulsion. We evaluated the clinical and laboratory features noted in 9 young children with Rotazyme positive gastroenteritis and afebrile seizure retrospectly. Seventy-seven patients were admitted to the department of pediatrics in Yeungnam University Hospital with a history of... |
| Purpose : The incidence of subarterial ventricular septal defect(SA VSD) ranges 25-30% among oriental patients with VSDs, which is greater than 5% reported in western. Natural history of the disease is characterized by progressive aortic valve prolapse(AVP), frequently subarterial VSD, we evaluated clinical characteristics emphasizing on the incidence of AVP and the degree of AI as aging. Methods : Study subjects... |
| Purpose : Atherosclerotic change begins in childhood, elevated blood lipid levels and a family history of premature coronary vascular diseases are important risk factors for coronary artery disease. Identification, follow-up and treatment of children at high risk of cardiovascular diseases are very effective and important for prevention of future coronary artery diseases. The purpose of this study is to determine... |
| Purpose : The annual incidence of acute rheumatic fever in Korea was not changing during 1980 to 1989 from Nationwide survey in 1991 in spite of talking about scanty outbreak among doctors in recent year.The proportion of patients with acute rheumatic fever among the entire pediatirc inpatients each year was approximately 0.3% and did not change significantly throughout the... |
| Purpose : The purpose of this study is to examine the difference between the below respiratory-frequency oscillations of the pulmonary artery pressure and those of the systemic arterial pressure. Methods : The subjects in this experiment were patients suffering from ventricular septal defect and having treatment with the cardiac catheterization at Gyeongsang National University Hospital. Signals from pulmonary... |
| Purpose : Neurosonography, cerebral doppler and electrophysiological study are valuable in predicting neurodevelopmental outcome. The purpose of this study was to analyze characteristics of neonatal neurosonographic findigs, cerebral doppler and electrophysiological findings in infants withmotor disturbance. Methods : The subjects were 33 infants hospitalized at Yonsei Severance Medical Center NICU from January, 1990 to December, 1992. 19 of these patients underwent... |
| Purpose : The purpose of this study was to analyse clinical and laboratory patterns in patients in Korea with juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis(JRA), pauciarticular type and to know the characteristics of pauciarticular JRA in Korea. Methods : Twenty-three cases of pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis(JRA) who were diagnosed in the department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University hospital (from june 1988 to May 1994)... |
| Purpose : A prospective study was performed to evaluate the efficacies of two different dosages of aspirin(ASA) in treating Kawasaki disease(KD). Methods : Thirty-nine children with KD were admitted to this hospital from July, 1992 to May, 1993, and were assigned randomly into 2 groups. Group A(medium-dose group, 20 patients) was given 50mg/kg/d(# 4), and group B(high-dose gorup, 19 patients) was... |
| Purpose : Infection is a major complication in patients with malignant disease. This study was performed to identify the causes and the etiologic agents of febrile infections and to characterize the clinical courses including the response to antimicrobial agents inpediatric cancer patients. Methods : This study reviewed 274 febrile episodes occurring in 163 children with neoplastic disease which were indentified prospectively... |
| Purpose : Cerebrovascular disease in children is more common than was once recognized and the etiology and prognosis of the disease in children are quite different from those of adults. Recently according to medical reports and clinical experiences, the incidence of childhood cerebrovascular disease is increasing in Korea. To clarify the clinical features of childhood cerebrovascular disease and to analyze its... |
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