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2. Speed of Back-Swimming of Lymnaea
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Aono, Kanako, Fusada, A., Fusada, Y., Ishii, W., Kanaya, Y., Komuro, Mami, Matsui, Kanae, Meguro, S., Miyamae, Ayumi, Miyamae, Yurie, Murata, Aya, Narita, Shizuka, Nozaka, Hiroe, Saito, Wakana, Watanabe, Ayumi, Nishikata, Kaori, Kanazawa, A., Fujito, Y., Okada, R., Lukowiak, K., and Ito, E.
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- 2008
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3. Development and validation of a model to predict the need for emergency front‐of‐neck airway procedures in trauma patients
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Okada, Y., primary, Hashimoto, K., additional, Ishii, W., additional, Iiduka, R., additional, and Koike, K., additional
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- 2019
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4. Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema/polymyalgia rheumatica after infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Matsuda, M, Shimojima, Y, Gono, T, Ishii, W, Kaneko, K, Yazaki, M, and Ikeda, S-i
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- 2005
5. Development and validation of a model to predict the need for emergency front‐of‐neck airway procedures in trauma patients.
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Okada, Y., Hashimoto, K., Ishii, W., Iiduka, R., and Koike, K.
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MODEL validation ,NECK injuries ,DATABASES ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,EMERGENCIES ,CRICOTHYROTOMY - Abstract
Summary: The present study aimed to develop and validate a model for predicting the need for emergency front‐of neck airway (eFONA) procedures among trauma patients. This was a multicentre retrospective cohort study using data from the Japan Trauma Data Bank between January 2004 and December 2017. Only adult trauma patients were included. The cohort was divided into development and validation cohorts. A simple scoring system was developed to predict the necessity for emergency front‐of neck airway procedures in the development cohort using a logistic regression model. The external validity and diagnostic ability of the scoring system was assessed in the validation cohort. In total, 198,182 out of 294,274 patients were included; emergency front‐of‐neck airway occurred in 467 patients (0.24%) they were divided into development (n = 100,120 with 0.22% undergoing emergency front‐of neck airway) and validation (n = 98,062 with 0.25% undergoing emergency front‐of neck airway) cohorts. The 'eFONA' prediction scoring system was developed in the development cohort, with a score of +1 for each of the following: Eye opening (no eye opening in response to any stimuli); Fall from height or motor bike; Oral–maxillofacial injury; Neck tracheal injury; and Airway management by paramedics. In the validation cohort, the C‐statistic of the scoring system was 0.820. Setting the cut‐off value at one for rule‐out, the sensitivity and negative likelihood ratios were 0.86 and 0.22, respectively. Setting the cut‐off value at two for rule‐in, the specificity and positive likelihood ratios were 0.91 and 6.6, respectively. The present scoring system may assist in predicting the need for emergency front‐of neck airway procedures among the general trauma population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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6. Investigation on favorable prognostic factors in patients with non-HIV, non- natalizumab, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
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Akagawa, Y., primary, Ueno, A., additional, Ikeda, J., additional, Matsushima, A., additional, Miyazaki, D., additional, Ishii, W., additional, and Sekijima, Y., additional
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- 2017
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7. 135. The retrospective study of sentinel lymph node biopsy by an indocyanin green fluorescence imaging
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Ishii, W., primary, Iiduka, R., additional, Fujii, K., additional, and Shimomae, M., additional
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- 2014
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8. Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema/polymyalgia rheumatica after infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Takahisa Gono, Yoshio Shimojima, Ishii W, Masahide Yazaki, M Matsuda, Ikeda Si, and Kaneko K
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Male ,musculoskeletal diseases ,Mycoplasma pneumoniae ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Letter ,Pitting oedema ,medicine.drug_class ,education ,Immunology ,medicine.disease_cause ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Polymyalgia rheumatica ,Rheumatology ,Edema ,Synovitis ,Pneumonia, Mycoplasma ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,In patient ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Tenosynovitis ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,Polymyalgia Rheumatica ,Corticosteroid ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema (RS3PE) is similar to polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in that it shows arthralgia attributable to tenosynovitis and muscle pain, occurring most commonly in the elderly, and shows a good response to corticosteroid treatment.1–4 The aetiologies of RS3PE and PMR are still unknown, but they are sometimes associated with neoplastic, other rheumatic, or infectious diseases.5,6 Here, we report clinical findings in four patients with RS3PE or PMR, or both, after infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae . Increases in inflammatory reactions were seen in all patients, and the final diagnoses were RS3PE alone in patients 1 and 4, RS3PE associated with PMR in patient 2, and PMR alone in patient 3 (table 1).7,8 None of the …
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9. Rapidly progressive AA cardiomyopathy
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Ishii, W., primary, Kluve-Beckerman, B., additional, Liepnieks, J. J., additional, Vakili, S. T., additional, and Benson, M. D., additional
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- 2011
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10. Phenotypical analysis of lymphocytes using flow cytometry in dermatomyositis with and without interstitial pneumonia
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Shimojima, Y, Matsuda, M, Ishii, W, Gono, T, Tazawa, KI, Yoshida, T, Kato, N, and Ikeda, S
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Article, JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY. 178 Supple 1. 233 (2006)
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- 2006
11. Acute Encephalopathy With Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection.
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Fuchigami T, Imai Y, Hasegawa M, Ishii W, Endo A, Arakawa C, Kohira R, Hashimoto K, Fujita Y, Inamo Y, and Mugishima H
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- 2012
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12. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma with acute abdomen as a presenting symptom in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Ishii W, Ito S, Kondo Y, Tsuboi H, Mamura M, Goto D, Matsumoto I, Tsutsumi A, Sumida T, Okoshi Y, Hasegawa Y, Kojima H, Sakashita S, Aita K, and Noguchi M
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- 2008
13. Nippon Daicho Komonbyo Gakkai Zasshi
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Matai, K., primary, Kawai, K., additional, Tomizawa, M., additional, Ishii, W., additional, Anazawa, S., additional, Omono, S., additional, Okabe, N., additional, and Sakurai, K., additional
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- 1982
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14. Antireflective Coating Material For Highly Reflective Surfaces With Topography
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Ishii, W., primary, Hashimoto, K., additional, Itoh, N., additional, Yamazaki, H., additional, Yokota, A., additional, and Nakane, H., additional
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- 1986
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15. 1. Radical Operation on Anal Fistula by Means of CO2 Laser
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Ishii, W., primary, Kawai, K., additional, Tomizawa, M., additional, Matai, K., additional, and Watanuki, T., additional
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- 1980
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16. Coadministration of tacrolimus with corticosteroid accelerates recovery in refractory patients with polymyositis/ dermatomyositis: a retrospective study
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Shimojima Yasuhiro, Ishii Wataru, Matsuda Masayuki, Tazawa Ko-ichi, and Ikeda Shu-ichi
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Dermatomyositis ,Polymyositis ,Tacrolimus ,Diseases of the musculoskeletal system ,RC925-935 - Abstract
Abstract Background To investigate whether or not coadministration of tacrolimus (TAC) with prednisolone (PSL) can produce a beneficial effect in the treatment of polymyositis/ dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Methods We reviewed medical records of 32 PM/DM patients who had been admitted to our hospital, and abstracted those who had received TAC in addition to oral PSL for treatment. The clinical usefulness of TAC in PM/DM was objectively evaluated focusing upon the manual muscle strength test (MMT) score, serum creatine kinase (CK) and tapering of PSL. Results Nine patients with PM and 6 with DM were enrolled in this study. TAC was added because of difficulty in reduction of PSL in 12 patients and recurrence with corticosteroid-induced complications in the remaining 3. Both PM and DM patients showed significant increases in the MMT score and significant decreases in serum CK 1 to 3 months after starting TAC compared with before. Skin symptoms in a clinically amyopathic DM patient also improved 1 month after starting TAC. The daily dosage of PSL could be significantly reduced in both PM and DM after starting TAC compared with before. No serious adverse events ascribable to TAC occurred in any patients. Conclusion Additional use of TAC with PSL may safely promote improvement of PM/DM and also accelerate tapering of the latter.
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17. Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide : the definitive data of the CIAOW Study
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Sartelli, Massimo, Catena, Fausto, Ansaloni, Luca, Coccolini, Frederico, Corbella, Davide, Moore, Ernest, Malangoni, Mark, Velmahos, George, Coimbra, Raul, Koike, Kaoru, Leppaniemi, Ari, Biffl, Walter, Balogh, Zsolt, Bendinelli, Cino, Gupta, Sanjay, Kluger, Yoram, Agresta, Ferdinando, Di Saverio, Salmone, Tugnoli, Gregorio, Jovine, Elio, Ordonez, Carlos, Whelan, James, Fraga, Gustavo, Carlos, Gomes, Augusto, Pereira, Gerson, Yuan, Kuo-Ching, Bala, Miklosh, Peev, Miroslav, Ben-Ishay, Offir, Cui, Yunfeng, Marwah, Sanjay, Zachariah, Sanoop, Wani Imtiaz, Rangarajan, Muthukumaran, Sakakushev, Boris, Kong, Victor, Ahmed, Adamu, Abbas, Ashraf, Gonsaga, Ricardo, Guercioni, Gianluca, Vettoretto, Nereo, Poiasina, Elia, Díaz-Nieto, Rafael, Massalou, Damien, Skrovina, Matej, Gerych, Ihor, Augustin, Goran, Kenig, Jakub, Khokha, Vladimir, Tranà, Cristian, Kok, Kenneth, Mefire, Alain, Lee, Jae, Hong, Suk-Kyung, Lohse, Helmut, Ghnnam, Wagih, Verni, Alfredo, Lohsiriwat, Varut, Siribumrungwong, Boonying, El Zalabany, Tamer, Tavares, Alberto, Baiocchi, Gianluca, Das, Koray, Jarry, Julien, Zida, Maurice, Sato, Norio, Murata, Kiyoshi, Shoko, Tomohisa, Irahara, Takayuki, Hamedelneel, Ahmed, Naidoo, Noel, Adesunkanmi, Abdul, Kobe, Yoshiro, Ishii, Wataru, Oka, Kazuyuki, Izawa, Yoshimitsu, Hamid, Hytham, Khan, Iqbal, Attri, AK, Sharma, Rajeev, Sanjuan, Juan, Badiel, Marisol, Barnabé, Rita, II kirurgian klinikka, [Sartelli, M] Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy. [Catena, F] Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Parma Hospital, Parma, Italy. [Ansaloni, L, Coccolini, F, Poiasina, E] Department of General Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy. [Corbella, D] Department of Anestesiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy. [Moore, EE, Biffl, W] Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, USA. [Malangoni, M] American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, USA. [Velmahos, G, Peev, MP] Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts, USA. [Coimbra, R] Department of Surgery, UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, USA. [Koike, K] Department of Primary Care & Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. [Leppaniemi, A] Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland. [Balogh, Z, Bendinelli, C] Department of Surgery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. [Gupta, S] Department of Surgery, Govt Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India. [Kluger, Y, Ben-Ishay, O, Attri, A, Sharma, R] Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. [Agresta, F] Department of Surgery, Adria Hospital Adria, Adria, Italy. [Di Saverio, S, Tugnoli, G] Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy. [Jovine, E, Bananbé, R] Department of Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy. [Ordoñez, CA, Sanjuán, J, Badiel, M] Department of Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lilí, Cali, Colombia. [Whelan, JF] Division of Trauma/Critical Care Department of Surgery Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. [Fraga, GP] Division of Trauma Surgery, Campinas University, Campinas, Brazil. [Gomes, CA] Department of Surgery, Monte Sinai Hospital, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. [Pereira, CA] Department of Surgery, Emergency Unit, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. [Yuan, KC]Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. [Bala, M] Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. [Cui, Y] Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. [Marwah, S] Department of Surgery, Pt BDS Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India. [Zachariah, S] Department of Surgery, MOSC Medical College, Cochin, India. [Wani, I] Department of Surgery, SKIMS, Srinagar, India. [Rangarajan, M] Department of Surgery, Kovai Medical Center, Coimbatore, India. [Shakakusev, B] First Clinic of General Surgery, University Hospital/UMBAL/St George Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. [Kong, V] Department of Surgery, Edendale Surgery, Pietermaritzburg, Republic of South Africa. [Ahmed, A] Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria. [Abbas, A, Ghnnam, W] Department of Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt. [Gonsaga, RA] Department of Surgery, Faculdades Integradas Padre Albino, Catanduva, Brazil. [Guercioni, G] Department of Surgery, Mazzoni Hospital, Ascoli Piceno, Italy. [Vettoretto, N] Department of Surgery, Mellini Hospital, Chiari, BS, Italy. [Díaz-Nieto, R] Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Virgen de la Victoria, University Hospital, Málaga, Spain. [Massalou, D] Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Universitary Hospital of Nice, Nice, France. [Skrovina, M] Department of Surgery, Hospital and Oncological Centre, Novy Jicin, Czech Republic. [Gerych, I] Department of General Surgery, Lviv Emergency Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine. [Augustin, G] Department of Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. [Kenig, J] 3rd Department of General Surger Jagiellonian Univeristy, Narutowicz Hospital, Krakow, Poland. [Khokha, V] Department of Surgery, Mozyr City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus. [Tranà, C] Department of Surgery, Ancona University, Ancona, Italy. [Kok, KY] Department of Surgery, Ripas Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. [Mefire, AC] Clinical Sciences, Regional Hospitals Limbe and Buea, Limbe, Cameroon. [Lee, JG] Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. [Hong, SK] Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea. [Lohse, HA] II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica, Hospital de Clínicas, Asuncion, Paraguay. [Verni, A] Department of Surgery, Cutral Có Clinic, Cutral Có, Argentina. [Lohsiriwat, V] Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. [Siribumrungwong, B] Department of Surgery, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand. [El Zalabany, T] Department of Surgery, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, Manama, Bahrain. [Tavares, A] Department of Surgery, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajio, Leon, Mexico. [Baiocchi, G] Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Brescia Ospedali Civili, Brescia, Italy. [Das, K] General Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey. [Jarry, J] Visceral Surgery, Military Hospital Desgenettes, Lyon, France. [Zida, M] Visceral Surgery, Teaching Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso. [Murata, K] Department of Acute and Critical care medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. [Shoko, T] he Shock Trauma and Emergency Medical Center, Matsudo City Hospital, Chiba, Japan. [Irahara, T] Emergency and Critical Care Center of Nippon Medical School, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. [Hamedelneel, AO] Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland. [Naidoo, N] Department of Surgery, Port Shepstone Hospital, Port Shepstone, South Africa. [Adesunkanmi, AR] Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo UNiversity Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. [Kobe, Y] Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan. [Ishii, W] Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, and Depatment of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. [Oka, K] Tajima emergency & Critical Care Medical Center, Toyooka Public Hospital, Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan. [Izawa, Y] Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan. [Hamid, H] Department of Surgery, Mayo General Hospital Castlebar Co. Mayo, Castlebar, Ireland.
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Surgical Procedures, Operative::Digestive System Surgical Procedures [Medical Subject Headings] ,APPENDICEAL ABSCESS ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Infection::Cross Infection [Medical Subject Headings] ,Phenomena and Processes::Microbiological Phenomena::Drug Resistance, Microbial [Medical Subject Headings] ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Drainage [Medical Subject Headings] ,Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans [Medical Subject Headings] ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Surgical Procedures, Operative::Reoperation [Medical Subject Headings] ,Study Protocol ,Infección hospitalaria ,Procedimientos quirúrgicos del sistema digestivo ,Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Infection::Sepsis [Medical Subject Headings] ,Publication Characteristics::Study Characteristics::Multicenter Study [Medical Subject Headings] ,Enfermedad crítica ,Adulto ,Mortality rate ,Farmacoresistencia microbiana ,Immunosuppression ,Diverticulitis ,Humanos ,3. Good health ,Emergency Medicine ,Diseases::Digestive System Diseases::Peritoneal Diseases::Peritonitis [Medical Subject Headings] ,KLEBSIELLA-PNEUMONIAE ,Reoperación ,Diseases::Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms::Pathologic Processes::Disease Attributes::Critical Illness [Medical Subject Headings] ,medicine.medical_specialty ,CHOLECYSTECTOMY ,education ,Peritonitis ,RELAPAROTOMY ,Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Infection::Suppuration::Abscess::Abdominal Abscess [Medical Subject Headings] ,SECONDARY PERITONITIS ,Internal medicine ,complicated intra-abdomina infections ,appendicitis ,cholecystitis ,postoperative ,colonic perforation ,gastroduodenal perforation ,diverticulitis ,small bowel perforation ,Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult [Medical Subject Headings] ,medicine ,MANAGEMENT ,METAANALYSIS ,Estudio multicéntrico ,Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Infection::Intraabdominal Infections [Medical Subject Headings] ,SEPSIS ,business.industry ,Abdominal Infection ,Absceso abdominal ,ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS ,medicine.disease ,3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology ,Infecciones intraabdominales ,Appendicitis ,Surgery ,Cholecystitis ,Drenaje ,Cholecystectomy ,business ,DIVERTICULITIS - Abstract
Journal Article; The CIAOW study (Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide observational study) is a multicenter observational study underwent in 68 medical institutions worldwide during a six-month study period (October 2012-March 2013). The study included patients older than 18 years undergoing surgery or interventional drainage to address complicated intra-abdominal infections (IAIs). 1898 patients with a mean age of 51.6 years (range 18-99) were enrolled in the study. 777 patients (41%) were women and 1,121 (59%) were men. Among these patients, 1,645 (86.7%) were affected by community-acquired IAIs while the remaining 253 (13.3%) suffered from healthcare-associated infections. Intraperitoneal specimens were collected from 1,190 (62.7%) of the enrolled patients. 827 patients (43.6%) were affected by generalized peritonitis while 1071 (56.4%) suffered from localized peritonitis or abscesses. The overall mortality rate was 10.5% (199/1898). According to stepwise multivariate analysis (PR = 0.005 and PE = 0.001), several criteria were found to be independent variables predictive of mortality, including patient age (OR = 1.1; 95%CI = 1.0-1.1; p
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18. Complicated intra-abdominal infections in a worldwide context: an observational prospective study (CIAOW Study)
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Ashraf Abbas, Cristian Tranà, Offir Ben-Ishay, Sanjay Gupta, Kenneth Y.Y. Kok, Kuo Ching Yuan, Khalid Al Khalifa, Kaoru Koike, Alberto Tavares, Tomohisa Shoko, Zsolt J. Balogh, Maurice Zida, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Alain Chichom Mefire, Sanoop K. Zachariah, Rafael Díaz-Nieto, Mark A. Malangoni, Rita Barnabé, Walter L. Biffl, Abdul Rashid K. Adesunkanmi, Ari Leppäniemi, Goran Augustin, Luca Ansaloni, Boris Sakakushev, Noel Naidoo, Federico Coccolini, Wataru Ishii, Rajeev Sharma, Nereo Vettoretto, Miroslav P. Peev, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Miklosh Bala, Suk-Kyung Hong, Ashok K. Attri, Massimo Sartelli, Ferdinando Agresta, Yoshiro Kobe, Koray Das, Norio Sato, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Ricardo Alessandro Teixeira Gonsaga, Tamer El Zalabany, Cino Bendinelli, Helmut Alfredo Segovia Lohse, Alfredo Verni, Ahmed O. Hamedelneel, Takayuki Irahara, Adamu Ahmed, Gregorio Tugnoli, Yoram Kluger, Damien Massalou, Julien Jarry, Matej Skrovina, Jae Gil Lee, Ernest E. Moore, Yunfeng Cui, Elia Poiasina, Varut Lohsiriwat, Raul Coimbra, Sanjay Marwah, Vladimir Khokha, Jakub Kenig, Wagih Ghnnam, Juan Sanjuan, Ihor Gerych, Kiyoshi Murata, Gianluca Guercioni, Victor Y. Kong, George C. Velmahos, Fausto Catena, Salomone Di Saverio, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Elio Jovine, Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior, [Sartelli,M] Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy. [Catena,F] Emergency Surgery, Maggiore Parma Hospital, Parma, Italy. [Ansaloni,L, Poiasina,E, Coccolini,F] Department of General Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy. [Moore,E, Biffl,W] Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA. [Malangoni,M] American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, USA. [Velmahos,G, Peev,MP] Harvard Medical School, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. [Coimbra,R] Department of Surgery, UC San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA, USA. [Koike,K, Sato,N] Department of Primary Care & Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. [Leppaniemi,A] Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland. [Balogh,Z, Bendinelli,C] Department of Surgery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. [Gupta,S, Attri,AK, Sharma,R] Department of Surgery, Govt Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India. [Kluger,Y, Ben-Ishay,O] Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. [Agresta,F] Department of Surgery, Adria Hospital, Adria, Italy. [Saverio,S di, Tugnoli,G] Trauma Surgery Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy. [Jovine,E, Barnabé,R] Department of Surgery, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy. [Ordonez,C, Sanjuán,J] Department of Surgery, Universidad del Valle, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia. [Gomes,A] Department of Surgery, Monte Sinai Hospital, Juiz de Fora, Brazil. [Pereira Junior,GA] Emergency Unit, Department of Surgery, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil . [Yuan,K-CH] Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. [Bala,M] Department of General Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. [Cui,Y] Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. [Marwah,S] Department of Surgery, Pt BDS Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India. [Zachariah,S] Department of Surgery, MOSC medical college, Cochin, India. [Sakakushev,B] First Clinic of General Surgery, University Hospital /UMBAL/ St George Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. [Sakakushev,B] General Surgery Clinic, Medical University/University Hospital St.George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. [Kong,V] Department of Surgery, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Republic of South Africa. [Ahmed,A] Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria. [Abbas,A] Department of Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt . [Teixeira Gonsaga,RA] Department of Surgery, Faculdades Integradas Padre Albino, Catanduva, Brazil. [Guercioni,G] Department of Surgery, Mazzoni Hospital, Ascoli Piceno, Italy. [Vettoretto,N] Department of Surgery, Mellini Hospital, Chiari (BS), Italy. [Díaz Nieto,R] Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain. [Massalou,D] Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Universitary Hospital of Nice, France. [Skrovina,M] Department of Surgery, Hospital and Oncological Centre, Novy Jicin, Czech Republic. [Gerych,I] Department of General Surgery, Lviv Emergency Hospital, Lviv, Ukraine. [Agustin,G] Department of Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. [Kenig,J] 3rd Department of General Surger Jagiellonian Univeristy, Narutowicz Hospital, Krakow, Poland. [Khokha,V] Department of Surgery, Mozyr City Hospital, Mozyr, Belarus. [Tranà,C] Department of Surgery, Ancona University, Ancona, Italy. [Yen Kok,KY] Department of Surgery, Ripas Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. [Mefire,ACH] Clinical Sciences, Regional Hospitals Limbe and Buea, Limbe, Cameroon. [Lee,JG] Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. [Hong,S-K] Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea . [Segovia Lohse,HA] II Cátedra de Clínica Quirúrgica, Hospital de Clínicas, Asunción, Paraguay. [Ghnnam,W] Department of Surgery, Khamis Mushayt General Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia. [Verni,A] Department of Surgery, Cutral Co Clinic, Neuquen, Argentina. [Lohsiriwat,W] Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. [Siribumrungwong,B] Department of Surgery, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand. [Tavares,A] Department of Surgery, Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajio, León, México. [Baiocchi,G] Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Brescia University, Brescia, Italy. [Das,K] General Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey. [Jarry,J] Visceral Surgery, Military Hospital Desgenettes, Lyon, France. [Zida,M] Visceral Surgery, Teaching Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. [Murata,K] Department of Acute and Critical care medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. [Shoko,T] The Shock Trauma and Emergency Medical Center, Matsudo City Hospital, Chiba, Japan. [Irahara,T] Emergency and Critical Care Center of Nippon Medical School, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. [Hamedelneel,AO] Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland. [Naidoo,N] Department of Surgery, Port Shepstone Hospital, Port Shepstone, South Africa. [Kayode Adesunkanmi,AR] Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. [Kobe,Y] Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan. [El Zalabany,T, and Khalifa,K Al] Department of Surgery, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, Manama, Bahrain. [Ishii,W] Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
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Despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and antimicrobial therapy, mortality rates associated with complicated intra-abdominal infections remain exceedingly high. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) has designed the CIAOW study in order to describe the clinical, microbiological, and management-related profiles of both community- and healthcare-acquired complicated intra-abdominal infections in a worldwide context. The CIAOW study (Complicated Intra-Abdominal infection Observational Worldwide Study) is a multicenter observational study currently underway in 57 medical institutions worldwide. The study includes patients undergoing surgery or interventional drainage to address complicated intra-abdominal infections. This preliminary report includes all data from almost the first two months of the six-month study period. Patients who met inclusion criteria with either community-acquired or healthcare-associated complicated intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) were included in the study. 702 patients with a mean age of 49.2 years (range 18–98) were enrolled in the study. 272 patients (38.7%) were women and 430 (62.3%) were men. Among these patients, 615 (87.6%) were affected by community-acquired IAIs while the remaining 87 (12.4%) suffered from healthcare-associated infections. Generalized peritonitis was observed in 304 patients (43.3%), whereas localized peritonitis or abscesses was registered in 398 (57.7%) patients. The overall mortality rate was 10.1% (71/702). The final results of the CIAOW Study will be published following the conclusion of the study period in March 2013.
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19. Macrocyclic Parallel Dimer Showing Quantum Coherence of Quintet Multiexcitons at Room Temperature.
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Ishii W, Fuki M, Bu Ali EM, Sato S, Parmar B, Yamauchi A, Mulyadi CH, Uji M, Medina Rivero S, Watanabe G, Clark J, Kobori Y, and Yanai N
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Singlet fission (SF) is a promising approach in quantum information science because it can generate spin-entangled quintet triplet pairs by photoexcitation independent of temperature. However, it is still challenging to rationally achieve quantum coherence at room temperature, which requires precise control of the orientation and dynamics of triplet pairs. Here we show that the quantum coherence of quintet multiexcitons can be achieved at room temperature by arranging two pentacene chromophores in parallel and in close proximity within a macrocycle. By making dynamic covalent Schiff-base bonds between aldehyde-modified pentacene derivatives, macrocyclic parallel dimer-1 ( MPD-1 ) can be selectively synthesized in a high yield. MPD-1 exhibits fast subpicosecond SF in polystyrene film and generates spin-polarized quintet multiexcitons. Furthermore, the coherence time T
2 of the MPD-1 quintet is as long as 648 ns, even at room temperature. This macrocyclic parallel dimer strategy opens up new possibilities for future quantum applications using molecular multilevel qubits.- Published
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20. High Fresh Frozen Plasma to Red Blood Cell Ratio and Survival Outcomes in Blunt Trauma.
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Fujiwara G, Okada Y, Ishii W, Echigo T, Shiomi N, and Ohtsuru S
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Importance: Current trauma-care protocols advocate early administration of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) in a ratio close to 1:1 with red blood cells (RBCs) to manage trauma-induced coagulopathy in patients with severe blunt trauma. However, the benefits of a higher FFP to RBC ratio have not yet been established., Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a high FFP to RBC transfusion ratio in the treatment of severe blunt trauma and explore the nonlinear relationship between the ratio of blood products used and patient outcomes., Design, Setting, and Participants: This was a multicenter cohort study retrospectively analyzing data from the Japan Trauma Data Bank, including adult patients with severe blunt trauma without severe head injury (Injury Severity Score ≥16 and head Abbreviated Injury Scale <3) between 2019 and 2022., Exposures: Patients were categorized into 2 groups based on the ratio of FFP to RBC: the high-FFP group (ratio >1) and the low-FFP group (ratio ≤1)., Main Outcomes and Measures: All-cause in-hospital mortality was the primary outcome. Additionally, the occurrence of transfusion-related adverse events was evaluated., Results: Among the 1954 patients (median [IQR] age, 61 [41-77] years; 1243 male [63.6%]) analyzed, 976 (49.9%) had a high FFP to RBC ratio. Results from logistic regression, weighted by inverse probability treatment weighting, demonstrated an association between the group with a high-FFP ratio and lower in-hospital mortality (odds ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.56-0.93) compared with a low-FFP ratio. Nonlinear trends were noted, suggesting a potential ceiling effect on transfusion benefits., Conclusions and Relevance: In this cohort study, a high FFP to RBC ratio was associated with favorable survival in patients with severe blunt trauma. These outcomes highlight the importance of revising the current transfusion protocols to incorporate a high FFP to RBC ratio, warranting further research on optimal patient treatment.
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21. Assembly of anionic silver nanoclusters with controlled packing structures through site-specific ionic bridges.
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Ishii W, Tanaka R, and Nakashima T
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The assembly of metal nanoclusters (NCs) into crystalline lattice structures is of interest in the development of NC-based functional materials. Here we demonstrate that the assembled structures of tri-anionic tetrahedral symmetric [Ag
29 (BDT)12 ]3- (Ag29 NC, BDT: 1,3-benzenedithiol) NCs are controlled into a polyethylene-like zigzag chain and a "poly-ring-fused-cyclohexane"-like honeycomb arrangement through ionic interactions with alkali metal cations such as K+ and Cs+ . The site-specific binding of alkali metal ions on the tetrahedrally arranged binding sites of Ag29 NCs successfully connects the adjacent NCs into various packing modes. The number and type of bridges between NCs determine the Ag29 NC packing structures, which are affected by the solvent species, enabling the transformation of packing modes in the single-crystalline state. The photoluminescence (PL) properties of the crystals responded to the packing modes of the NCs in terms of anisotropy and bridge linkage style inducing a varied degree of relaxation of the excited state depending on the relocation mobility of alkali metal ions in the crystals.- Published
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22. Excitonic organic materials for photochemical and optoelectronic applications: general discussion.
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Aitchison CM, Albrecht K, Awaga K, Bergmann K, Calbo J, Cameron J, Clark J, Collins M, Data P, Dos Santos P, Fujigaya T, Fujino T, Fukazawa A, Glöcklhofer F, Guo X, Heeney M, Hudson ZM, Ie Y, Ishii W, Luscombe CK, Marcilla R, Matsuo T, Miyazaki S, Nakagawa S, Nakanishi T, Nakatsuka N, Nishide H, Sasaki Y, Schroeder BC, Singh M, Skabara P, Takeda Y, Tanaka Y, Tani Y, Tsuchiya Y, Tsutsui Y, Uematsu T, Xie G, and Yanai N
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23. The gaze characteristics in preterm children: The appropriate timing for an eye-tracking tool.
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Yamase S, Ishii W, Nagano N, Okahashi A, Deguchi K, Momoki E, and Morioka I
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- Infant, Newborn, Humans, Child, Eye-Tracking Technology, Eye, Face, Fixation, Ocular, Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis
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Background: An objective screening tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), also known as an eye-tracking tool, assesses the patient's abnormal gaze patterns and detects the risk of ASD. As this tool is generally used for children born at term, this study aimed to clarify the appropriate timing for using the tool for preterm children, factors that influence the timing, and evaluate their gaze characteristics using the Gazefinder®., Method: In 90 preterm children, a total of 125 eye-tracking tasks were completed and analyzed in 3-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-18, and 19-32 months of corrected age (CA). The Gazefinder® was used to compare the mean fixation time percentage (MFP) in each CA and evaluate the gaze patterns. Perinatal factors associated with low MFP were also analyzed., Results: Only 50% of the children scored ≥70% MFP at 3-6 months of CA. The MFP increased significantly after 7 months of CA (p = 0.0003), reached 90% at 13-18 months, and 100% at 19-32 months of CA. Chronic lung disease (CLD) was a clinical factor associated with low MFP (p = 0.036). Preterm children gazed more at eyes but gazed at mouths when the mouth moved., Conclusion: It is necessary for preterm children to begin using Gazefinder® atleast at ≥13 months of age, especially those complicated with CLD. Preterm children prefer gazing at social information just as typically developing children., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2023 The Japanese Society of Child Neurology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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24. Clinical factors associated with extended hospitalization in pediatric patients ≥3 years of age with respiratory syncytial virus or human metapneumovirus infection: A Japanese single-center, retrospective study.
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Hayashida S, Nagano N, Morohashi T, Momoki E, Nezu K, Shimozawa K, Ishii W, Okahashi A, and Morioka I
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- Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Infant, Comorbidity, East Asian People statistics & numerical data, Length of Stay, Retrospective Studies, Japan epidemiology, Hospitalization statistics & numerical data, Metapneumovirus, Paramyxoviridae Infections epidemiology, Paramyxoviridae Infections therapy, Paramyxoviridae Infections virology, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections epidemiology, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections therapy, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections virology, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human, Respiratory Tract Infections epidemiology, Respiratory Tract Infections therapy, Respiratory Tract Infections virology
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infections are common in children worldwide. However, the clinical factors related to extended hospitalization in Japanese patients aged ≥3 years remain elusive. We aimed to elucidate the clinical risk factors contributing to hospital stays ≥7 days in patients with RSV and hMPV infections. Patients ≥3 years of age who were hospitalized due to RSV or hMPV infection between 2014 to 2020 were included. Twenty-one RSV- and 27 hMPV-infected patients were enrolled. Patients were divided into 2 groups: hospitalization for ≥ and <7 days. Univariate and multivariate analyses determined the clinical risk factors contributing to hospital stay ≥7 days. The RSV- and hMPV-infected patients had similar clinical characteristics. The clinical risk factors contributing to extended hospitalization were analyzed in the 48 infected patients of the 2 groups. The presence of prophylactic antibiotics usage, co-bacterial colonization, and underlying diseases were extracted by univariate analysis (P < .05). In multivariate analysis, underlying diseases were determined as an independent clinical risk factor (odds ratio 8.09, P = .005). Underlying diseases contributed to extended hospitalization in RSV- or hMPV-infected patients ≥3 years of age., Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. I.M. has received lecture fees from AstraZeneca K.K. and Sanofi K.K., independent of this study., (Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)
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25. Optimal Treatment of Hormone Receptor-positive Advanced Breast Cancer Patients With Palbociclib.
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Morita M, Ooe A, Ishii W, Watanabe A, Matsui C, Okuyama Y, Kitano S, Kato C, Onishi M, Sakaguchi K, and Naoi Y
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- Aged, Female, Humans, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols therapeutic use, Receptor, ErbB-2, Retrospective Studies, Adult, Middle Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Breast Neoplasms pathology
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Background/aim: Palbociclib was the first cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor approved worldwide. Currently, CDK4/6 inhibitors are strongly recommended for endocrine therapy in the first or second line with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer. It is expected the use of CDK4/6 inhibitor will further increase. Therefore, the aim was to investigate and better understand the use of palbociclib., Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients with advanced breast cancer who were treated with palbociclib in three hospitals between 2018 and 2022. Clinical data were obtained from the patients' medical electronic records., Results: A total of 143 patients were enrolled. The median age was 66 years (range=33-89), and the majority (90.9%) were postmenopausal patients. In total, median time-to-treatment discontinuation (TTD) (95% confidence interval, CI) was 7 (6-10) months. Median TTD (95% CI) was 13 (7-20) months for the first or second line, and significantly prolonged compared to TTD for the third or later lines with palbociclib (p<0.0001). The importance of front-line use was indicated. Multivariate analyses showed that no visceral metastasis or first or second line therapy influenced the longer TTD. Between patients above or below 70 years of age, older age did not negatively affect TTD, though there were significantly more cases of dose reduction or withdrawal in patients over 70 years old. The variation of adverse events (AEs) among hospitals was very large (9.0%, 31.3%, 4.5%). We found that understanding of AE management was important., Conclusion: This study showed that dose reduction or withdrawal of palbociclib had no harmful effects in Japanese patients. Efficacy was also high in older patients. It is important to manage palbociclib administration more safely and appropriately. A combination of dose reduction and withdrawal is key to this therapeutic strategy., (Copyright © 2023 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.)
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26. Effectiveness of Administration of Fibrinogen Concentrate as Prevention of Hypofibrinogenemia in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury with a Higher Risk for Severe Hyperfibrinolysis: Single Center Before-and-After Study.
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Fujiwara G, Murakami M, Ishii W, Maruyama D, Iizuka R, Murakami N, and Hashimoto N
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- Adult, Humans, Fibrinogen, Blood Component Transfusion, Plasma, Afibrinogenemia drug therapy, Blood Coagulation Disorders drug therapy, Blood Coagulation Disorders etiology, Brain Injuries, Traumatic complications, Brain Injuries, Traumatic drug therapy, Multiple Trauma
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Background: Coagulopathy is often observed in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), and hyperfibrinolysis (HF) is associated with a poor prognosis. Although the efficacy of fibrinogen concentrate (FC) in multiple trauma has been reported, its efficacy in sTBI is unclear. Therefore, we delineated severe HF risk factors despite fresh frozen plasma transfusion. Using these risk factors, we defined high-risk patients and determined whether FC administration to this group improved fibrinogen level., Methods: In the first part of this study, successive adults with sTBI treated at our hospital between April 2016 and March 2019 were reviewed. Patients underwent transfusion as per our conventional protocol and were divided into two groups based on whether fibrinogen levels of ≥ 150 mg/dL were maintained 3-6 h after arrival to delineate the risk factors of severe HF. In the second part of the study, we conducted a before-and-after study in patients with sTBI who were at a higher risk for severe HF (presence of at least one of the risk factors identified in the first part of the study), comparing those treated with FC between April 2019 and March 2021 (FC group) with those treated with conventional transfusion before FC between April 2016 and March 2019. The primary outcome was maintenance of fibrinogen levels, and the secondary outcome was 30-day mortality., Results: In the first part of the study, 78 patients were included. Twenty-three patients did not maintain fibrinogen levels ≥ 150 mg/dL. A D-dimer level on arrival > 50 μg/mL, a fibrinogen level on arrival < 200 mg/dL, depressed skull fracture, and multiple trauma were severe HF risk factors. In the second part, compared with 46 patients who were identified as being at high risk for severe HF but were not administered FC (non-FC group), fibrinogen levels ≥ 150 mg/dL 3-6 h after arrival were maintained in 14 of 15 patients in the FC group (odds ratio: 0.07; 95% confidence interval: 0.01-0.59). Although there were significant differences in fibrinogen levels, no significant differences were observed in terms of 30-day mortality between the groups., Conclusions: Coagulation abnormalities on arrival, severe skull fracture, and multiple trauma are severe HF risk factors. FC administration may contribute to rapid correction of developing hypofibrinogenemia., (© 2022. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature and Neurocritical Care Society.)
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27. Excited State Engineering in Ag 29 Nanocluster through Peripheral Modification with Silver(I) Complexes for Bright Near-Infrared Photoluminescence.
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Ishii W, Okayasu Y, Kobayashi Y, Tanaka R, Katao S, Nishikawa Y, Kawai T, and Nakashima T
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The optical property of an ionic metal nanocluster (NC) is affected by the ionic interaction with counter ions. Here, we report that the modification of trianionic [Ag
29 (BDT)12 (TPP)4 ]3- NC (BDT: 1.3-benzenedithiol; TPP: triphenylphosphine) with silver(I) complexes led to the intense photoluminescence (PL) in the near-infrared (NIR) region. The binding of silver(I) complexes to the peripheral region of Ag29 NC is confirmed by the single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) measurement, which is further supported by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The change of excited-state dynamics by the binding of silver(I) complexes is discussed based on the results of a transient absorption study as well as temperature-dependent PL spectra and PL lifetime measurements. The modification of Ag29 NCs with cationic silver(I) complexes is considered to give rise to a triplet excited state responsible for the intense NIR PL. These findings also afford important insights into the origin of the PL mechanism as well as the possible light-driven motion in Ag29 -based NCs.- Published
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28. Increased CT Use and No Change in Injury Severity among Child Motor Vehicle Victims: A National Trauma Database Study in Japan.
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Ishii W, Hitosugi M, Kandori K, Miyaguni M, and Iizuka R
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The number of fatalities associated with traffic accidents has been declining owing to improvements in vehicle safety performance and changes in the law. However, injuries in children can lead to social and economic losses. We examined 10-year changes in the characteristics of traffic trauma among pediatric motor vehicle passengers by analyzing data from the Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB). Among the 36,715 injured motor vehicle passengers under the age of 15 years who were registered in the JTDB from 2004 to 2019, we compared the groups injured during 2004-2007 ( n = 94) and 2017-2019 ( n = 203). Physiologically, the 2004-2007 group had a lower body temperature and Glasgow Coma Scale score as well as a higher mortality. Anatomical severity was higher in the 2004-2007 group for the head, face, and neck, according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale. In terms of treatment, only craniotomy as a primary surgery was significantly lower in the 2017-2019 group. The 2017-2019 group had significantly higher rates of receiving whole-body computed tomography (CT). Because the rate of performing CT has increased, with no changes in the injury severities of the trunk and extremities, limiting the number of CT examinations is suggested for pediatric motor vehicle passengers involved in road traffic collisions. The severity of trunk and extremity injuries has not improved in more than 10 years; further preventive measures for these injuries should be considered., Competing Interests: The authors declare no coflict of interest.
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29. Prophylactic effect of negative-pressure wound therapy and delayed sutures against incisional-surgical site infection after emergency laparotomy for colorectal perforation: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.
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Nakatsutsumi K, Endo A, Asano H, Shinohara S, Kurosaki R, Kawashima S, Ishii W, Nozawa M, Tagaya N, and Otomo Y
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Aim: The prophylactic effect of negative-pressure wound therapy against incisional surgical site infection after highly contaminated laparotomies has not been sufficiently explored. This study aimed to evaluate the prophylactic effect of negative-pressure wound therapy against incisional surgical site infection after emergency surgery for colorectal perforation., Methods: This nationwide, multicenter, retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the 48 emergency hospitals certificated by the Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine. Patients who underwent an emergency laparotomy for colorectal perforation between April 2015 and March 2020 were included in this study. Outcomes, including the incidence of incisional surgical site infection, were compared between patients who were treated with prophylactic negative-pressure wound therapy and delayed sutures (i.e., negative-pressure wound therapy group) and patients who were treated with regular wound management (i.e., control group) using 1:4 propensity score matching analysis., Results: The negative-pressure wound therapy group comprised 88 patients, whereas the control group consisted of 1535 patients. Of them, 82 propensity score-matched pairs (negative-pressure wound therapy group: 82; control group: 328) were evaluated. The negative-pressure wound therapy group showed a lower incidence of incisional surgical site infection [18 (22.0%) in the negative-pressure wound therapy group and 115 (35.0%) in the control group, odds ratio, 0.52; 95% confidence interval, 0.30 to 0.92; p = 0.026]., Conclusions: The prophylactic use of negative-pressure wound therapy with delayed sutures was associated with a lower incidence of incisional surgical site infection after emergency surgery for colorectal perforation., (© 2022 The Authors. Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery.)
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30. Physiological status and anatomical severity factors associated with child versus adult bicyclist fatalities based on a national trauma dataset.
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Ishii W, Hitosugi M, Kandori K, Miyaguni M, and Iizuka R
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Bicyclists still account for the majority of child deaths in traffic accidents, despite a gradual decrease in incidence. Therefore, we investigated factors associated with child and adult bicyclist fatalities. In this retrospective study, we used data from a national hospital-based database, the Japan Trauma Data Bank. Data from 2004 to 2019 were obtained for child cyclists (5-18 years; n = 4832) and adult cyclists (26-45 years; n = 3449). In each age group, physiological variables, outcomes, and injury severity were compared between fatal and non-fatal cases. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to determine factors associated with fatality. In adults, fatality was associated with lower values for body temperature, Glasgow Coma Scale score, and Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score for the neck and upper extremities, and with higher values for respiratory rate, heart rate, focused assessment with sonography for trauma positivity rate, and AIS scores for the head, chest, and abdomen. In children, fatality was associated with lower values for body temperature and the Glasgow Coma Scale score, and with higher values for the AIS chest score. These findings point to factors associated with bicyclist fatalities and may help in the development of effective strategies to reduce these fatalities., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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31. Open pneumothorax with extensive thoracic defects sustained in a fall: a case report.
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Tokuda R, Okada Y, Nagashima F, Kobayashi M, Ishii W, and Iizuka R
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Background: Open pneumothorax with chest wall deficit is a rare chest trauma that is serious and can lead to severe respiratory failure; however, it is a potentially lifesaving injury if utilized appropriately., Case Presentation: Herein, we report a case of an open pneumothorax with extensive chest wall deficit due to falling from a height and highlight the importance of appropriate evaluation and intervention. The patient was a Japanese man in his 50 s who fell from the 6th floor to the 3rd floor while working at a height. The left chest wall was punctured due to injury, the thoracic cavity was open as if a left anterolateral thoracotomy had been performed, and the left lung had prolapsed from the thoracic cavity to the outside. In our emergency department, tracheal intubation with a double lumen tube for differential positive pressure ventilation and a right thoracic drain were inserted, and an emergency operation was started immediately. A pulmonary suture for lung injury and closure of the left thorax were performed during the surgery. The defect was closed with the remaining tissue, but the anterior thoracic skin with poor blood flow was necrotic, so debridement was undertaken. After his general condition was improved, pedicled latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap was implanted. He was discharged home on the 63rd hospital day., Conclusions: Although open pneumothorax is rare and sometimes presents lurid findings, we highlighted that it is important to quickly assess the life-threatening organ injury, perform positive pressure ventilation by tracheal intubation, thoracic drainage, and wound closure simultaneously respond calmly as a team., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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32. Coccyx subluxation: Coccyx pain aggravated by the prone position.
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Kumagai Y, Biyajima M, Shimizu I, and Ishii W
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A 33-year-old woman presented with coccyx pain since her first vaginal delivery. On lateral plain radiographs, the tailbone was subluxated and dislocated ventrally., Competing Interests: The authors have stated explicitly that there are no conflicts of interest in connection with this article., (© 2022 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association.)
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33. Seronegative neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in primary familial brain calcification with PDGFB variant.
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Biyajima M, Kobayashi Y, Nakafuji K, Watanabe R, Tazawa K, Ishii W, Satoh S, Hoshi K, Kurita H, Hozumi I, and Yahikozawa H
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•This case indicates that the PDGFB variant is associated with PFBC as well as with NMOSD., (© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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34. Clinical characteristics and treatment of elderly onset adult-onset Still's disease.
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Kishida D, Ichikawa T, Takamatsu R, Nomura S, Matsuda M, Ishii W, Nagai T, Suzuki S, Ueno KI, Tachibana N, Shimojima Y, and Sekijima Y
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- Adult, Aged, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use, Retrospective Studies, Cytomegalovirus Infections complications, Macrophage Activation Syndrome complications, Macrophage Activation Syndrome drug therapy, Still's Disease, Adult-Onset complications, Still's Disease, Adult-Onset drug therapy, Still's Disease, Adult-Onset epidemiology
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Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD)-a systemic inflammatory disease-often occurs at a young age. Recently, elderly onset patient proportion has been increasing; however, data are limited. To evaluate the characteristics of elderly patients with AOSD in a multicenter cohort, we retrospectively analyzed 62 patients with AOSD at five hospitals during April 2008-December 2020. Patients were divided into two groups according to age at disease onset: younger-onset (≤ 64 years) and elderly onset (≥ 65 years). Clinical symptoms, complications, laboratory findings, treatment, and outcomes were compared. Twenty-six (41.9%) patients developed AOSD at age ≥ 65 years. The elderly onset group had a lower frequency of sore throat (53.8% vs. 86.1%), higher frequency of pleuritis (46.2% vs. 16.7%), and higher complication rates of disseminated intravascular coagulation (30.8% vs. 8.3%) and macrophage activation syndrome (19.2% vs. 2.8%) than the younger onset group. Cytomegalovirus infections were frequent in elderly onset patients (38.5% vs. 13.9%) but decreased with early glucocorticoid dose reduction and increased immunosuppressant and tocilizumab use. Elderly AOSD is not uncommon; these patients have different characteristics than younger-onset patients. Devising a way to control disease activity quickly while managing infections may be an important goal in elderly AOSD., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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35. Adverse events of emergency surgical front of neck airway access: an observational descriptive study.
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Okada A, Okada Y, Kandori K, Ishii W, Narumiya H, and Iizuka R
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Aim: Emergency front of neck access (eFONA), such as scalpel cricothyroidotomy, is a rescue technique used to open the airway during "cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate" situations. However, little is known about the adverse events associated with the procedure. This study aimed to describe the adverse events that occur in patients who undergo eFONA and their management., Methods: This retrospective observational cohort study included emergency patients who underwent eFONA between April 2012 and August 2020. We described the patients' characteristics and the adverse events during or immediately after the procedure., Results: Among 75,529 emergency patients during the study period, 31 (0.04%) underwent an eFONA. The median (interquartile range) age was 53 (39-67) years, and 23 patients (74.2%) were men. Of all cases, 13 (41.9%) experienced adverse events. Of these, three cases (23.2%) were cephalad misplacement of the intubation tube, one case (7.7%) was cuff injury, one case (7.7%) was tube obstruction due to vomiting, and one case (7.7%) was tube kink. In cases with these adverse events, the initial attempt of eFONA failed, and alternative immediate action was necessary to secure the airway., Conclusion: This single-center retrospective observational study described several adverse events of eFONA. In particular, it is important to understand the possible life-threatening adverse events that lead to failure of securing airways such as cephalad displacement, tube obstruction, and tube kink and respond promptly to ensure a secure definitive airway for patients' safety., (© 2022 The Authors. Acute Medicine & Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine.)
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36. IgG4-related Disease with a Cardiac Mass Causing Cerebral Infarction.
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Nomura S, Ishii W, Hara R, Nanasawa S, Nishiwaki K, Kagoshima M, Takano T, Satomi H, and Usui T
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- Cerebral Infarction diagnostic imaging, Cerebral Infarction etiology, Humans, Immunoglobulin G, Pericardium, Aortitis, Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease complications, Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease diagnosis
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by infiltration of extensive IgG4-positive plasma cells and lymphocytes. Although IgG4-RD has been observed in almost all organs, it rarely affects the myocardium. Cardiovascular lesions of IgG4-RD appear as aortic (aortic aneurysm and aortitis) and pericardial (constrictive pericarditis) lesions as well as pseudotumors around the coronary arteries. We herein report a case of IgG4-RD with a cardiac mass in the right atrium involving a sinus node. This condition caused arrhythmia and repeated strokes. We successfully treated the patient through resection of the cardiac mass, catheter ablation and immunosuppressive therapy.
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37. Body temperature and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients: analysis of a nationwide trauma database in Japan.
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Okada A, Okada Y, Narumiya H, Ishii W, Kitamura T, and Iiduka R
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- Adult, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Japan epidemiology, Prospective Studies, Retrospective Studies, Body Temperature
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Purpose: Avoiding body temperature (BT) abnormalities has been emphasized in trauma care, and BT correction in the initial treatment period may improve patient outcome. However, the effect of hyperthermia at hospital arrival on mortality in trauma patients is unclear. This study aimed to identify the association between BT and in-hospital mortality among adult trauma patients., Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of a multi-centre prospective cohort study. Data were obtained from the Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB). Adult trauma patients who were transferred directly from the scene of injury to the hospital and registered in the JTDB between January 2004 and December 2017 were included. The primary outcome was the association between BT at hospital arrival and in-hospital mortality. BT at hospital arrival was classified by 1 °C strata. We conducted multivariable logistic regression analyses to calculate the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for in-hospital mortality for each BT group using 36.0-36.9 °C as a reference., Results: Overall, 153,117 patients were included. The total mortality rate was 7% (n = 10,118). The adjusted OR for in-hospital mortality for < 35.0 °C was 1.65 (95% CI 1.51-1.79, p < 0.001), 35.0-35.9 °C was 1.33 (95% CI 1.25-1.41, p < 0.001), 37.0-37.9 °C was 0.99 (95% CI 0.91-1.07, p = 0.639), 38.0-38.9 °C was 1.30 (95% CI 1.08-1.56, p = 0.007) and > 39.0 °C was 1.62 (95% CI 1.18-2.22, p = 0.003) compared to that for normothermia., Conclusions: Our results reveal that hypothermia and hyperthermia at hospital arrival are associated with increased in-hospital mortality in adult trauma patients., (© 2020. Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
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38. Factors Affecting Death and Severe Injury in Child Motor Vehicle Passengers.
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Ishii W, Hitosugi M, Baba M, Kandori K, and Arai Y
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Saving children from motor vehicle collisions is a high priority because the injury rate among motor vehicle passengers has been increasing in Japan. This study aimed to examine the factors that influence death and serious injury in child motor vehicle passengers to establish effective preventive measures. To identify these factors, we performed a retrospective study using a nationwide medical database. The data of child motor vehicle passengers younger than 15 years ( n = 1084) were obtained from the Japanese Trauma Data Bank, registered from 2004 to 2019. Physiological variables, outcomes, and injury severity were compared between fatal and non-fatal patients and between those with and without severe injuries. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine factors affecting fatality and severe injury. The Glasgow Coma Scale score (odds ratio (OR): 1.964), body temperature (OR: 2.578), and the Abbreviated Injury Scale score of the head (OR: 0.287) were identified as independent predictors of a non-fatal outcome. Systolic blood pressure (OR: 1.012), the Glasgow Coma Scale score (OR: 0.705), and Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma positivity (OR: 3.236) were identified as independent predictors of having severe injury. Decreasing the severity of head injury is the highest priority for child motor vehicle passengers to prevent fatality and severe injury.
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39. Association of skull fracture with in-hospital mortality in severe traumatic brain injury patients.
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Fujiwara G, Okada Y, Ishii W, Iizuka R, Murakami M, Sakakibara T, Yamaki T, and Hashimoto N
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- Abbreviated Injury Scale, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Glasgow Coma Scale, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Registries, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Skull Base injuries, Brain Injuries, Traumatic mortality, Skull Fractures mortality
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Introduction: To identify the association between skull fracture (SF) and in-hospital mortality in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)., Materials and Methods: This multicenter cohort study included a retrospective analysis of data from the Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB). JTDB is a nationwide, prospective, observational trauma registry with data from 235 hospitals. Adult patients with severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale <9, head Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) ≥ 3, and any other AIS < 3) who were registered in the JTDB between January 2004 and December 2017 were included in the study. Patients who (a) were < 16 years old, (b) developed cardiac arrest before or at hospital arrival, and (c) had burns and penetrating injuries were excluded from the study. In-hospital mortality was the primary outcome assessed. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to calculate the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of SF and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for in-hospital mortality., Results: A total of 9607 patients were enrolled [median age: 67 (interquartile range: 50-78) years] in the study. Among those patients, 3574 (37.2%) and 6033 (62.8%) were included in the SF and non-SF groups, respectively. The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 44.1% (4238/9607). A multivariate analysis of the association between SF and in-hospital mortality yielded a crude OR of 1.63 (95% CI: 1.47-1.80). A subgroup analysis of the association of skull vault fractures, skull base fractures, and both fractures together with in-hospital mortality yielded adjusted ORs of 1.60 (95% CI: 1.42-1.98), 1.40 (95% CI: 1.16-1.70), and 2.14 (95% CI: 1.74-2.64), respectively, relative to the non-SF group., Conclusions: This observational study showed that SF is associated with in-hospital mortality among patients with severe TBI. Furthermore, patients with both skull base and skull vault fractures were associated with higher in-hospital mortality than those with only one of these injuries., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest Nothing to disclose., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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40. The emergence of intense near-infrared photoluminescence by photoactivation of silver nanoclusters.
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Ishii W, Katao S, Nishikawa Y, Okajima Y, Hatori A, Ehara M, Kawai T, and Nakashima T
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Photoirradiation of a pyridine solution of Ag29 nanoclusters (NCs) with red photoluminescence (PL) at 680 nm activated intense PL in the near infrared (NIR) region, giving a PL quantum yield (PLQY) of 33% at 770 nm. The use of Au-doped silver NCs further boosted the PLQY to more than 45% at 800 nm. Photoirradiation is considered to induce a change in the charge localization in the NCs, leading to the formation of NIR emitting sites.
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41. Long Vertebral Arteritis and Cerebellar Infarction caused by Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis.
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Kobayashi Y, Sato S, Takamatsu R, and Ishii W
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- Humans, Infarction, Arteritis, Brain Injuries, Giant Cell Arteritis complications, Giant Cell Arteritis diagnostic imaging, Vascular Diseases
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Competing Interests: None
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42. Evaluation of a revised resuscitation protocol for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients due to COVID-19 safety protocols: a single-center retrospective study in Japan.
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Kandori K, Okada Y, Ishii W, Narumiya H, and Iizuka R
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, COVID-19 virology, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Japan epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Odds Ratio, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 prevention & control, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation methods, Emergency Medical Services methods, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest therapy, SARS-CoV-2
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This study aimed to determine the association between cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) under the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) safety protocols in our hospital and the prognosis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients, in an urban area, where the prevalence of COVID-19 infection is relatively low. This was a single-center, retrospective, observational, cohort study conducted at a tertiary critical care center in Kyoto City, Japan. Adult OHCA patients arriving at our hospital under CPR between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020 were included. Our hospital implemented a revised resuscitation protocol for OHCA patients on April 1, 2020 to prevent COVID-19 transmission. This study defined the conventional CPR period as January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020, and the COVID-19 safety protocol period as April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. Throughout the prehospital and in-hospital settings, resuscitation protocols about wearing personal protective equipment and airway management were revised in order to minimize the risk of infection; otherwise, the other resuscitation management had not been changed. The primary outcome was hospitalization survival. The secondary outcomes were return of spontaneous circulation after hospital arrival and 1-month survival after OHCA occurrence. The adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for outcomes to compare the two study periods, and the multivariable logistic model was used to adjust for potential confounders. The study analyzed 443 patients, with a median age of 76 years (65-85), and included 261 men (58.9%). The percentage of hospitalization survivors during the entire research period was 16.9% (75/443 patients), with 18.7% (50/267) during the conventional CPR period and 14.2% (25/176) during the COVID-19 safety protocol period. The adjusted odds ratio for hospitalization survival during the COVID-19 safety protocol period was 0.61 (95% CI 0.32-1.18), as compared with conventional CPR. There were no cases of COVID-19 infection among the staff involved in the resuscitation in our hospital. There was no apparent difference in hospitalization survival between the OHCA patients resuscitated under the conventional CPR protocol compared with the current revised protocol for controlling COVID-19 transmission.
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43. Decreased Stroke Volume and Venous Return in School Children with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome.
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Jimbo S, Fujita Y, Ishii W, Namiki H, Kato M, Komori A, Abe Y, Kamiyama H, Ayusawa M, and Morioka I
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- Adolescent, Echocardiography, Female, Heart physiopathology, Heart Rate, Hemodynamics, Humans, Male, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome diagnostic imaging, Posture, Prospective Studies, Regional Blood Flow, Sitting Position, Supine Position, Vena Cava, Inferior diagnostic imaging, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome physiopathology, Stroke Volume, Veins physiopathology
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In postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a subtype of orthostatic intolerance, the changes in hemodynamics due to postural changes are poorly understood. We speculated that inappropriate venous return, which may occur in the upright position in patients with school-aged POTS, could be detected by echocardiography. Our prospective study was conducted with 100 POTS patients (45 boys and 55 girls), aged 13.1 ± 1.5 years and 52 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (control). Echocardiography was performed in the supine and sitting positions. Cardiac parameters [stroke volume index, cardiac index, heart rate, and the maximum inferior vena cava diameter (max IVC)] were evaluated in addition to pulse pressure. Unlike the control subjects, POTS patients demonstrated decreased stroke volume index (P = 0.02) and max IVC (P < 0.01) irrespective of posture. The rates of max IVC change did not differ between control and POTS groups. The enrolled POTS patients were divided into two subgroups [dilatation (n = 57) and contraction (n = 43)] based on whether the change rate of max IVC was less than zero or not. The contraction group showed a significantly higher heart rate than the dilatation group with respect to posture (P = 0.03), indicating the poor response of peripheral vessels in the lower limbs only in the contraction group. In conclusion, echocardiographic assessment detected decreased stroke volume and venous return in POTS. The changes in max IVC in response to postural changes may indicate an underlying pathophysiology in POTS.
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44. [A Case of Breast Cancer in a Female-to-Male Transsexual during Androgen Therapy].
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Nishida M and Ishii W
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- Adult, Androgens adverse effects, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Male, Mastectomy, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Breast Neoplasms chemically induced, Breast Neoplasms drug therapy, Breast Neoplasms surgery, Gender Dysphoria
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Gender identity disorder is defined as a condition in which physical and mental sexuality do not match. A female-to-male (FTM)has the mental sexuality of males and the physical sexuality of females. FTM transsexuals generally receive androgen therapy, mastectomy, and sex reassignment surgery to live as their desired sex. The risk of breast cancer in FTM transsexual patients remains unclear. We report a case of breast cancer in an FTM transsexual. A 44-year-old man who underwent mastectomy and sex reassignment surgery and received androgen as hormone therapy developed breast cancer. At first glance, mastectomy and sex reassignment surgery may reduce the risk of breast cancer by suppressing estrogen. However, there are reports of breast cancer in FTM transsexuals. It is important to provide sufficient information that patients may develop breast cancer from residual breast tissue and that they should therefore start hormone therapy even if they have undergone mastectomy and sex reassignment surgery. In order to decide whether to restart androgen therapy after breast surgery, it is necessary to consider not only the risk of recurrence of breast cancer but also their gender identity.
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45. Association between visitation restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic and delirium incidence among emergency admission patients: a single-center retrospective observational cohort study in Japan.
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Kandori K, Okada Y, Ishii W, Narumiya H, Maebayashi Y, and Iizuka R
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Aim: This study aimed to identify the association between total visitation restriction because of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the incidence of delirium for emergency inpatients., Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective, observational cohort study conducted at a tertiary critical care center in urban Kyoto, Japan. Adult emergency patients hospitalized between January 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, were recruited. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors' hospital began restricted visitation on March 28, 2020. This study defined before visitation restriction as January 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020, and after visitation restriction as April 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020. We did not restrict emergency services, and there were no changes in the hospital's routine, except for visitation restrictions. The primary outcome was the incidence of delirium. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for delirium incidence was calculated to compare the before and after visitation restriction periods, and the logistic model was used to adjust for seven variables: age, sex, ward type on admission, primary diagnosis, ventilator management, general anesthesia surgery, and dementia., Results: Study participants were 6264 patients, median age 74 years (56-83), and 3303 men (52.7%). The total delirium incidence in entire research period was 2.5% (158 of 6264 patients), comprising 1.8% (95/5251) before visitation restriction and 6.2% (63/1013) after visitation restriction. The AOR for delirium incidence was 3.79 (95% CI, 2.70-5.31) after visitation restriction versus before visitation restriction. Subgroup analysis showed no apparent interaction for delirium incidence., Conclusion: Visitation restriction was associated with an increased incidence of delirium in emergency inpatients., Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests., (© The Author(s) 2020.)
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46. Association of body temperature with in-hospital mortality among paediatric trauma patients: an analysis of a nationwide observational trauma database in Japan.
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Okada A, Okada Y, Narumiya H, Ishii W, Kitamura T, Osamura T, and Iiduka R
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- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Infant, Japan epidemiology, Logistic Models, Male, Prospective Studies, Retrospective Studies, Body Temperature
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Objectives: To examine the association between body temperature (BT) on hospital arrival and in-hospital mortality among paediatric trauma patients., Design: A retrospective cohort study., Setting: Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB, which is a nationwide, prospective, observational trauma registry with data from 235 hospitals)., Participants: Paediatric trauma patients <16 years old who were transferred directly from the scene of injury to the hospital and registered in the JTDB from January 2004 to December 2017 were included. We excluded patients >16 years old and those who developed cardiac arrest before or on hospital arrival., Primary Outcome: The association between BT on hospital arrival and in-hospital mortality. We conducted multivariate logistic regression analyses to calculate the adjusted ORs, with their 95% CIs, of the association between BT and in-hospital mortality., Results: A total of 9012 patients were included (median age: 9 years (IQR, 6.0-13.0 years), mortality: 2.5% (mortality number was 226 in total 9012 patients)). In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, the corresponding adjusted ORs of BT <36.0°C and BT ≥37.0°C, relative to a BT of 36°C-36.9°C, for in-hospital mortality were 2.83 (95% CI: 1.85 to 4.33) and 0.93 (95% CI: 0.53 to 1.63), respectively., Conclusions: In paediatric patients with hypothermia (BT <36.0°C) on hospital arrival, a clear association with in-hospital mortality was observed; no such association was observed between higher BT values (≥37.0°C) and outcomes., Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared., (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
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47. Factors influencing vehicle passenger fatality have changed over 10 years: a nationwide hospital-based study.
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Ishii W, Hitosugi M, Takeda A, Baba M, and Iizuka R
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Injury Severity Score, Japan epidemiology, Male, Multivariate Analysis, Risk Factors, Vital Signs, Accidents, Traffic mortality, Hospitals statistics & numerical data, Motor Vehicles statistics & numerical data
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Traffic injury trends have changed with safety developments. To establish effective preventive measures against traffic fatalities, the factors influencing fatalities must be understood. The present study evaluated data from a national medical database to determine the changes in these factors over time, as this has not been previously investigated. This observational study retrospectively analysed data from the Japanese Trauma Data Bank. Vehicle passengers involved in collisions from 2004-2008 and 2016-2017 were included. Data were compared between the two study periods, and between fatal and non-fatal patients within each period. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the factors influencing fatalities. In 2016-2017, patients were older and had lower fatality rates. In 2004-2008, fatalities were more likely to involve older male front-seat passengers with low d-BP, BT, and GCS values, and high AIS of the neck and abdomen. However, in 2016-2017, fatalities were more likely to involve older males with low GCS, high AIS of the abdomen, and positive focused assessment with sonography for trauma results. Our study identified independent factors influencing vehicle passenger fatalities, which will likely continue to evolve with the aging of the population and changing manners of injury.
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48. Cerebral Autoregulation During Active Standing Test in Juvenile Patients with Instantaneous Orthostatic Hypotension.
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Ishii W, Fujita Y, Kawaguchi T, Kimura K, Fukuda A, Fuchigami T, and Morioka I
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- Adolescent, Child, Homeostasis, Humans, Oxyhemoglobins, Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared, Cerebrovascular Circulation physiology, Hypotension, Orthostatic physiopathology
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Instantaneous orthostatic hypotension (INOH) is one of the main types of orthostatic dysregulation in children and adolescents. In patients with INOH arterial pressure drops considerably after active standing and is slow to recover. We investigated changes in cerebral oxygenation in the bilateral prefrontal cortex during an active standing test in juvenile INOH patients to evaluate changes in cerebral oxygen metabolism. We enrolled 82 INOH patients (mean age 13.8 ± 2.2 years, 52 mild and 30 severe patients) at Nihon University Itabashi Hospital from October 2013 to April 2018. We measured cerebral oxygenated hemoglobin, deoxygenated hemoglobin, and total hemoglobin levels in the bilateral prefrontal cortex using near-infrared spectroscopy during an active standing test. In severe INOH patients, cerebral oxygenation of the right prefrontal cortex remained constant when blood pressure dropped; however, de-oxy-Hb significantly increased. These findings confirm that there is asymmetrical autoregulation between the right and left prefrontal cortex.
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49. The importance of simulation education for the management of traumatic cardiac injuries: a case series.
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Nagata T, Akahoshi T, Sugino M, Ishii W, Iizuka R, Shinjo T, Izawa Y, Hata M, and Lefor AK
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Background: The management of cardiac trauma requires rapid intervention in the emergency room, facilitated by a surgeon with prior experience to have good outcomes. Many surgeons have little experience in the requisite procedures. We report here 4 patients who suffered cardiac trauma, and all 4 patients survived with good neurologic outcomes., Case Presentations: Patient 1 suffered blunt cardiac trauma from a motor vehicle accident and presented in shock. Cardiac tamponade was diagnosed and a cardiac rupture repaired with staples through a median sternotomy after rapid transport to the operating room. Patient 2 suffered blunt cardiac trauma and presented in shock with cardiac tamponade. Operating room median sternotomy allowed extraction of pericardial clot with recovery of physiologic stability. Patient 3 presented with self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest and was unstable. She was brought to the operating room and thoracotomy allowed identification of a left ventricle wound which was repaired with a suture. Patient 4 presented in cardiac arrest with multiple self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest. Emergency room thoracotomy allowed repair of a right ventricle laceration with recovery of vital signs., Conclusions: The management of all 4 patients was according to the principles taught in the ATOM course. Three of the 4 surgeons had no prior experience with management of cardiac trauma and credited the good outcomes to taking the ATOM course. These are uncommon injuries and formal training in their management is beneficial to patients.
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50. Successful combination strategy of preoperative placement of an endoscopic nasopancreatic drainage catheter and pancreas preservation surgery for pancreatic injury with major pancreatic duct disruption: a case report.
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Kandori K, Ishii W, and Iizuka R
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Background: The guidelines recommend pancreatic resection for grade III and IV pancreatic injuries. On the other hand, organ preservation is an important issue. Herein, we present the first case of pancreatic injury with major pancreatic duct (MPD) disruption that was treated with the combination of preoperative placement of endoscopic nasopancreatic drainage (ENPD) catheter and pancreas preservation surgery after endoscopic pancreatic stenting (EPS) failure., Case Presentation: A 70-year-old female diagnosed with pancreatic injury was admitted to our hospital. She was hemodynamically stable. ERP revealed MPD disruption, and EPS failed. An ENPD catheter was placed preoperatively at the site of injury. During laparotomy, we identified a partial-thickness laceration in the pancreatic body. At the site of injury, the tip of the ENPD catheter was found; therefore, the patient was diagnosed with grade III pancreatic body injury with MPD disruption. The extent of crush was not severe, and we had no difficulty in identifying the distal MPD segment. We inserted the ENPD catheter into the distal MPD segment. The ruptured MPD and the laceration was sutured, then pancreatic resection was prevented. She was discharged on POD 56., Conclusion: The treatment strategy incorporated ERP, placement of an ENPD catheter preoperatively, and a simple surgery in a hemodynamically stable patient with pancreatic injury allows the pancreas and spleen to be preserved.
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