Two Cases of Probable Huntington's Disease

Huntington's Disease (HD), an autosomal dominant disorder of mid-life onset, is characterized by progressive involuntary choreiform movement, psychological change and dementia. We present here two cases of Huntington's disease. One case has family history, but the other has none.

Four Cases of Intraoperative or Immediate Postoperative Cardiac Arrest / 대한마취과학회지

A review was made four cases for intraoperative or immediate postoperative cardiac arrest which occurred during the period from Jan. 1. 1980 to May 31. 1981 and resulted in death. The probable causes of death were: Case l: inadequate monitoring, hemorrbage, body fluid loss, lengthy operation and sepsis. Case ll: untoward effect of succinylcholine or an underlying cardiac problem. Case lll: cardiac failure due to cardiopulmonary dysfunction caused by kyphoscoliosis. Case lV: peripheral circulatory failure due to massive hemorrhage.

Clinical Studies on Emergency Anesthesia for 4,436 Cases / 대한마취과학회지

The authors analyzed statistically 4436 cases of emergency anesthesia which were performed at the Department of Anesthesiology, Han-Gang Sung Shim Hospital from Dec. 1971 to Dec. 1976 according to sex, age, department, physical status, anesthetic method, anesthetic agent, anesthetic duration, and mortality. The results were as follows: 1) About forty-five percent of all anesthetic patients were emergency cases. 2) About sixty-three percent of all emergency patients were in the 21 40 age group. 3) The most common disease was appendicitis (996 cases). 4) Halothane was the most commonly used anesthetic agent. .5) Closed or semiclosed circuit absorption anesthesia with endotracheal intubation was mainly employed. 4) Hypotension developed in twelve percent of all emergency anesthesia cases and whole blood was transfused in 1128 cases. 7) Intraoperative and postoperative death occurred in 233 cases, mainly with neurosurgical operations.