33 Result(s)

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A case of successful management for spontaneous rupture of paraganglioma treated with preoperative transcatheter arterial embolization

Tumors arising from catecholamine-producing chromophil cells in paraganglia are termed paragangliomas (PGLs), which biologically resemble pheochromocytomas (PCCs) that arise from the adrenal glands. Spontaneou...

Masataka Nakagawa, Naoki Tanimine, Hiroshi Sakai, Ryosuke Nakano… in Surgical Case Reports (2024)

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Brain atrophy in normal older adult links tooth loss and diet changes to future cognitive decline

Several studies have found associations between poor oral health, particularly tooth loss and cognitive decline. However, the specific brain regions affected by tooth loss and the probable causes remain unclea...

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara, Mai Ishimiya-Jokaji… in npj Aging (2024)

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Correction: Surgery‑related disseminated intravascular coagulation predicts postoperative complications

Yuki Imaoka, Masahiro Ohira, Kouki Imaoka, Tomoaki Bekki, Ryosuke Nakano… in BMC Surgery (2023)

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Development and nationwide validation of kidney graft injury markers using urinary exosomes and microvesicles (complete English translation of the Japanese version)

Non-invasive, prompt, and proper detection tools for kidney graft injuries (KGIs) are awaited to ensure graft longevity. We screened diagnostic biomarkers for KGIs following kidney transplantation using extrac...

Hiroshi Harada, Nobuyuki Fukuzawa, Toyofumi Abe, Ryoichi Imamura… in BMC Nephrology (2023)

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Surgery-related disseminated intravascular coagulation predicts postoperative complications

The rate of postoperative morbidity, including infectious complications, is still high after major hepatobiliary pancreatic (HBP) surgery. Although surgery-related disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) ...

Yuki Imaoka, Masahiro Ohira, Kouki Imaoka, Tomoaki Bekki, Ryosuke Nakano… in BMC Surgery (2023)

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Correction: Successful rituximab treatment for severe rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive juvenile dermatomyositis: a case report and literature review

Kentaro Nishi, Masao Ogura, Naotaka Tamai, Masafumi Gima… in Pediatric Rheumatology (2022)

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Successful rituximab treatment for severe rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive juvenile dermatomyositis: a case report and literature review

Rapidly progressive (RP) interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a life-threatening complication of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM); however, it is generally refractory to treatment; to the best of our knowledge, no...

Kentaro Nishi, Masao Ogura, Naotaka Tamai, Masafumi Gima… in Pediatric Rheumatology (2022)

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A phase I/II study of adoptive immunotherapy using donor liver graft-derived natural killer cells to prevent bloodstream infection after liver transplantation: a study protocol

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are among the most lethal complications of liver transplantation (LT). Natural killer (NK) cells are an important component of innate immunity and play an essential role in infect...

Masahiro Ohira, Yuki Imaoka, Koki Sato… in Translational Medicine Communications (2022)

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Treatment of multiple huge liver cysts in a hybrid operating room: a case report

Liver cysts are common, with most cases being asymptomatic. In symptomatic cases, the disease is amenable to treatment. However, huge or multiple liver cysts with vascular narrowing and associated systemic sym...

Sho Ishikawa, Shintaro Kuroda, Keigo Chosa, Kenjiro Okada… in Surgical Case Reports (2021)

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B cell depletion with anti-CD20 mAb exacerbates anti-donor CD4⁺ T cell responses in highly sensitized transplant recipients

Pretransplant desensitization with rituximab has been applied to preformed donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen antibody (DSA)-positive recipients for elimination of preformed DSA. We investigated the i...

Asuka Tanaka, Kentaro Ide, Yuka Tanaka, Masahiro Ohira… in Scientific Reports (2021)

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A reciprocal inhibition model of alternations between under-/overemotional modulatory states in patients with PTSD

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to manifest two opposing tendencies in their attentional biases and symptoms. However, whether common neural mechanisms account for their opposing atte...

Toshinori Chiba, Kentaro Ide, Jessica E. Taylor, Shuken Boku… in Molecular Psychiatry (2021)

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The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020)

The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis and septic shock created as revised fr...

Moritoki Egi, Hiroshi Ogura, Tomoaki Yatabe, Kazuaki Atagi… in Journal of Intensive Care (2021)

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Individual variation in unfractionated heparin dosing after pediatric cardiac surgery

We aimed to identify attributing factors to the interindividual variabilities of the infusion rates in unfractionated heparin therapy. We included patients who required unfractionated heparin therapy to achiev...

Keiko Hikino, Masaru Koido, Kentaro Ide, Nao Nishimura… in Scientific Reports (2020)

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Perioperative management with phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor and prostaglandin E1 for moderate portopulmonary hypertension following adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: a case report

Portopulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a relatively rare but well-recognized complication of end-stage liver disease. Moderate or severe PPH (mean pulmonary artery pressure [mPAP] ≥ 35 mmHg) is usually a contrai...

Takashi Onoe, Asuka Tanaka, Kohei Ishiyama, Kentaro Ide… in Surgical Case Reports (2018)

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The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016)

The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis and septic shock created jointly by th...

Osamu Nishida, Hiroshi Ogura, Moritoki Egi, Seitaro Fujishima… in Journal of Intensive Care (2018)