Seventy-four cases of Reye’s syndrome, diagnosed during the period of 1978-1983 at the Pediatric ward of Seoul National University Hospital, were studied on the clinical features and laboratory findings. The following results were obtained; 1) The annual incidence was increasing year by year and the monthly incidence was highest in September. 2) The sex ratio of male to female was 1.2:1. The highest incidence was showed between... |
A clincal studies were performed on 100 cases of hemophilia who had been visited to O.P.D. of pediatric department and emergency-room of Seoul Red Cross Hospital during 10 years period between July, 1973 and June, 1983. The results were obtained as follows: 1)Nin ty two cases were confirmed as hemophilia A and 8 cases were hemophilia B and. none of... |
We experienced three children with the biopsy proven minimal change nephrotic syndrome who had failed to respond to prednisolone, 60 mg/m2/d for 4 to 9 weeks due to concomittent administration of rifampin. Because rifampin is a known enzyme inducer of the liver like phenobarbital and dilantin which can increase the clearance of the other drugs such as steroid etc., rifampin were... |
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... |
Slectivity I nd ices (CIgG/Ctransf erri n) of 114 nephrotic children, who were admitted to the Pediatric ward of SNUH from January, 1979 to December 1982, were, analyzed in relation to pathology, response to steroid treatment and the variability in the individual patients. In Summary 1)83% of MPGN, and 74% of FSGS showed S.I of more than 0.2 while 36%... |
Sera obtained from 23 hospitalized patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis nephrotic syndrome which is confirmed by kidney biopsy, were analyzed for serum albumin, serum lipids, 24hr urine protein, creatinine clearance, HDL-cholesterol. In 19 of the patients lipoproteins were analyzed. the following results were obtained. 1) Serum phospholipid (PL) was increased whenever serum total cholesterol (TC) was increased but to a lesser degree. The ratio of TC/PL... |
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... |
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... |
Clinical data of 33 children with juvenile diabetes mellitus who were admitted to the Seoul National University Hospital from Jan. 1967 to Feb. 1983 were analyzed retrospectively. Male to female ratio was 10:23, the mean age at onset was 6 10/12 years, and there was considerable seasonal variation with peaks in late winter and spring. Polyuria and polydipsia were noted in all cases as... |
Ths clinical research with the modified DPT vaccine, including filamentous hemagglutiniit (F.H.A.) pertussis component vaccine, in Japan showed that it had the same immune response and efficacy, but much less adverse reactions than the usual DPT vaccine which included the killed pertussis vaccine. We studied prospactively the rates of adverss reactions occurring within 7 days of immunization with modified DPT vaccine in... |