Evaluation of Skin Surface Hydration in Diabetic Patients Using a Hydrometer and Corneometer / 대한피부과학회지

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is a common condition, and the majority of patients have one or more cutaneous complications. Among them, xerosis is well known to be closely related to diabetics. The xerosis is inversely reflected upon skin surface hydration, the state of which can be exactly assessed with various investigating instruments, such as a hydrometer and corneometer. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to compare the hydration state of diabetics with normal persons by the use of a corneometer and hydrometer. METHODS: A total of 267 diabetics were asked whether they felt xerosis or pruritus. In a subgroup of 31 patients, the water content was evaluated and compared by the parameters of diabetic severity. Forty-one non-diabetics were selected for the normal control.

An Experiment on Intraoperative Autotransgusion and Normovolemic Hemodilution with hartmann`s Solution and Rheomacrodex / 대한마취과학회지

We had recently 10 cases of intraoperative autotransfusion with arterial blood and concomitantly normovolemic hemodilution with Hartmanns solution and Rheomacrodex which amount 6 d to half the removal of arterial blood through a cannulated radial artery. We observed mean arterial pure, heart rate, central venous pressure, hematocrit and arteriovenous oxygen content difference compared to controls, just after removal of arterial blood with concomitant hemodilution and after autotransfusion. There were no changes of the above observations except for hematocrit values during the experiment. We recommend intraoperative autotransfusion with arterial blood and normovolemic hemodilution as a safe technique.

A Study on CO2-O2-Halothane Anesthesia / 대한마취과학회지

There are numerous experimental reports on the effects of the inhalation of CO2 in animals but little known in the human being except the accidental inhalations. The authors experienced recently accidental inhalations of CO2 instead of nitrous oxide for the purpose of giving nitrous oxide-oxygen-halothane anesthesia in two cases by changing color of gas cylinder. Although outcomes of above two cases are uneventful, we noted cardiac arrhythmias, oozing in the operative field, cyanotic skin, hypertension, hot canister and .easy restoration of spontaneous respiration. We estimated experimentally FiCO2 by measuring FiO2 with Beckman D-2 paramagnetic oxygen analyzer and reviewed literatures in discussion.

Anesthetic Experience with 23,885 Cases - Trends of Anesthesia- / 대한마취과학회지

To evaluate historical trend, if any, anesthetic experiences of 23,385 in total performed at the Seoul National University Hospital from Jan. 1965 through Sept, 1972 were analyzed statistically according to age, sex, anesthetic agents and methods. The results are as follows: 1) General anesthesia has been used with increasing frequencies inversely to local anesthesia. 2) More than half the total cases were for the patients in the second or third decade of there ages. 3) The use of halothane has been steadily increasing ever since its introduction into clinical anesthesia in its country. 4) Thiopental has mainly been used for intravenous induction, and succinylcholine for facilitating endotracheal intubation. 5) In almost all cases semiclosed circle absorption system has been employed, and non-rebreathing system has recently been used with increasing favor for pediatric anesthesia.

An Experimental Study on Cardiovascular Responses and Hepatie Functions by the Intravenous Anesthetic Agent-a Home Product Thiopental Sodium (Thiotal) / 대한마취과학회지

Blood pressures and heart rates were recorded with Twin-Viso (Sanborn, USA) for comparative estimations of cardiovascular responses by injection of intravenous anesthetic agents-2.5% solution of Pentothal Sodium (Abbott Laboratory, USA) and Thiotal (Samsung Pharmaceutical Co., ROK) mongrel dogs. Dogs were evaluated the hepatic function by biochemical studies of blood such as total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, thymol turbidity test, alkaline phosphatase, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGOT). Liver biopsies were performed in dogs for identifications of hepatic darnages by injection of the above barbiturates, The following results were observed: 1) It was observed the remarkable negative inotropic effect in myocardium of the mongrel dogs intravenously injected with 20 mg/kg of the above barbiturates for three minutes (Table 7, Fig. 8) 2) It was noted slight negative inotropic effect in mongrel dogs intravenously injected with 10 mg/ kg of the above barbiturates for thirty seconds (Table 8, Fig. 8). 3) It was more shorter recovery time from negative inotropic effects in mongrel dogs injected with Thiotal than in the dogs injected with Pentothal Sodium. 4) It was noted no significant changes in pathological studies of Hematoxylin-Eosin stained liver specimen and liver function studies of the blood by biochemical analysis in mongrel dogs intravenously injected everyday with 10 mg/kg of the above barbiturates. 5) It was noted slight changes in mongrel dogs injected with 20 mg/kg of the above barbiturates on TTT, Alkaline Phosphatase, SGOT and SGPT as biochemical analysis in comparing with controI values. These values, however, were not concided with the pathological findings of HematoxyIin-Eosin stained liver biopsy specimen. The facts explain to be inquired into further investigations in the pathological and biochemical aspect.