Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(1):36-41. Published online January 15, 1996
Breast-feeding(BF) failures are common in industrialized societies and can only
partly be explained by social, psychologic, culturaland cognitive factors. The more
profound causes remain unknown. This annotation presents clinical observations
suggesting that several nursing care rituals in delivery rooms and maternity wards
interfere with innate behavioural programs and consequently may disturb the
unfolding feeding behaviour. Mother-infant interaction including BF depend on the
activation of acomplex network...
Seong Hoon Hah, Dong Woon Shin, Kyung Hee Lee, Tae Sun Ha, Beom Soo Park, Heon Seok Han, Sang-Hoon Cha, Geon Kook Lee
Accepted January 1, 1970
Necrotizing lymphadenitis(named as "Kikuchi disease"), initially described by a Japanese pathologist as "a histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis with paracortical necrosis, plasmacytoid monocytes infiltration and prominent phagocytic appearance" has been found worldwide. Be-cause of its self-limited course, it has been well known that what should be considered as more important issues are its deatiled pathologic criteria for confirmation and thorough concern about...
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(6):857-862. Published online June 15, 1995
Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus(HCV) has been reported recently. The authors experienced one case of vertical transmission of HCV in infant of the mother who had active hepatitis C durig pregnancy. At delivery, HCV RNA(+), IgG anti HCV Ab(+), IgM anti HCV Ab(+), mile elevation of liver aminotransferase level and mile fatty liver of ultrasonography were found in the...
Jong-Kyun Lee, Seok Min Choi, Jo Won Jung, Jun Hee Sul, Sung Kyu Lee, Jin Yong Lee, Hae Yong Lee
Accepted January 1, 1970
Purpose : Recently, non-operative transcatheter management of congenital heart defects h as increased due to their effectiveness and safety being acknowledged. In the case of secundu- m atrial septal defect(ASD), closing devices have been developed since 1974 and have been u sed clinically. The authors, having tried the "Buttoned" device which was developed in 1990 an d having succeeded in...
Purpose : Pain inflicted by diagnostic or therapeutic procefures is a major source of concern for young patients, their families, and the medical staff. Needle puncture may be painful, is often unpleasant and occasionally can cause considerable distress. Studies on eutectic combinations of two anesthetic drugs are rare. In this article, we evaluate the efficacy of a new topical anesthetic...
Chang Weon Oh, Suk Hyun Lee, Kyoung Sim Kim, Ki Bok Kim
Accepted January 1, 1970
Purpose : This study was done to see whether neonates born to unmarried mothers have higher rates of prematurity, low birth weight, perinatal morbidity and mortality than normal married group.
Methods : 88 neonates of unmarried mothers who were admitted in our NICU during the 5-year period from January 1987 through December 1991 were evaluated, and as the control gro-up served...
Sang Ho Baik, Seong Joon Youn, Sang Bong Lee, Woo Sik Jeoung, Kil Seo Kim
Accepted January 1, 1970
We carried out survey on difference in awareness by age bracked and educational level of 182 mothers including their family history for the treatment of febrile convulsion, who had visited the emergency room and OPD of pediatrics, Dae Dong Hospital in Pusan, Korea, during the period from January, 1992, to December, 1992.
The results were as follows:
1) The proportion of male...
We studied, with echocardiography as a main tool, the natural processes of 211 patients with uncomplicated ventricular septal defect(VSD)(incidence, 5.33 per 1,000 live births); 146(69.2%) had a perimembranous VSD and 32 (15.2%) had a subarterial, 25(11.8%) had a muscular type of VSD. Cumulative rate of spontaneous closure was 26.1%. In the closure processes, about three-fourth of perimembranous VSd showed a...
A scale to screen children's behavior was developed to be used by pediatrician before examining the children brought to them for possible behavioral or developmental problems. The scale consisted of 2 parts. In the first part, there were 15 subjective questions about children's behavior and development which parents can answer in short sentences and in the second part, there were...
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(4):439-451. Published online April 15, 1994
Allergy was originally defined in 1906 in 1906 by Clemens von Pirquet as 'altered reactivity' to denote the different reaction which occurs on second exposure to an antigen due to the formation of antibodies, when compared to the first exposure. The term atopy decribes the clinical presentation of Type I hypersensitivity, which include asthna, eczema, hay fever and urticaria....
