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Comparison between enteral nutrition and intravenous hyperalimentation in patients with eating disorders: results from the Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database
Eating disorders (EDs) are some of the most common chronic disorders in adolescent girls, and have some of the worst prognoses among psychiatric diseases. However, reported data on mortality and morbidity of E...
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Pediatric Thromboembolism in Japan
To investigate the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of thromboembolism in Japanese children.
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Pediatric thromboembolism: a national survey in Japan
Thromboembolism is being detected at increasing rates in pediatric tertiary care hospitals. The incidence of pediatric thrombophilia differs across countries, and is unknown in Japan. We sent a survey to 520 p...
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Open AccessAssociation between dementia and discharge status in patients hospitalized with pneumonia
Pneumonia is the most common cause of death in patients with dementia, but the outcomes of patients with dementia hospitalized with pneumonia are poorly understood. We sought to illuminate the association betw...
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Recent trends in practice patterns and comparisons between immunoglobulin and corticosteroid in pediatric immune thrombocytopenia
The clinical benefits and practice patterns of different pharmacologic regimes in acute pediatric immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) remain unclear in Japan. Using a national inpatient database, we analyzed recent ...
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In-Hospital Mortality for Hepatic Portal Venous Gas: Analysis of 1590 Patients Using a Japanese National Inpatient Database
Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is rare but potentially serious condition. Main cause of HPVG is bowel ischemia, while detection of HPVG without bowel ischemia may have been increasing possibly due to widespr...
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Clinical features and practice patterns of gastroschisis: a retrospective analysis using a Japanese national inpatient database
The number of infants with gastroschisis is increasing worldwide, but advances in neonatal intensive care and parenteral nutrition have reduced gastroschisis mortality. Recent clinical data on gastroschisis ar...
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Relationship between fresh frozen plasma to packed red blood cell transfusion ratio and mortality in cardiovascular surgery
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between FFP (fresh frozen plasma)/pRBC (packed red blood cell) transfusion ratio and outcomes in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery.
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Postoperative Small Bowel Obstruction Following Laparoscopic or Open Fundoplication in Children: A Retrospective Analysis Using a Nationwide Database
Postoperative small bowel obstruction (SBO) is one of the most serious adverse events resulting in deteriorated quality of life in children. Numerous studies have shown that laparoscopic surgery significantly ...
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Association of Early Systemic Corticosteroid Therapy with Mortality in Patients with Stevens–Johnson Syndrome or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using a Nationwide Claims Database
Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe dermatologic disorders with high mortality. The role of systemic corticosteroids as an adjunctive therapy for SJS or TEN remains c...
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Impact of congenital heart disease on outcomes after primary repair of esophageal atresia: a retrospective observational study using a nationwide database in Japan
To verify the association between congenital heart disease (CHD) and postoperative complications after primary repair of esophageal atresia in patients from a Japanese nationwide database.
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Periprocedural hypotension after conscious sedation versus local anesthesia during defibrillator implantation for left ventricular dysfunction: analysis of a national inpatient database in Japan
The association between periprocedural hypotension and conscious sedation (CS) during defibrillator implantation remains to be elucidated. The aim of the present study was to compare the occurrence of periproc...
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In-hospital mortality and poor outcome after surgical clip** and endovascular coiling for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage using nationwide databases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
There has never been evidence for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) by endovascular coiling compared to surgical clip** with all grade. The present study and meta-analysis aimed to clarify the in-hos...
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Reoperation rates after Ex-PRESS versus trabeculectomy for primary open-angle or normal-tension glaucoma: a national database study in Japan
To compare reoperation rates between Ex-PRESS implantation and trabeculectomy.
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Open AccessEarly steroid pulse therapy among children with influenza virus-associated encephalopathy
Influenza virus-associated encephalopathy (IAE) can lead to neurological sequela and mortality among children. Therefore, instant recognition and therapeutic intervention for IAE are crucial. In some clinical ...
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Open AccessRestfulness from sleep and subsequent cardiovascular disease in the general population
We aimed to clarify the association between restfulness from sleep and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Medical records of 1,980,476 individuals with neither prior history of CVD nor sleep diso...
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Association between the number of hospital admissions and in-hospital outcomes in patients with heart failure
Readmission to the hospital is a major issue in clinical care for patients with heart failure (HF). However, the impact of the number of hospital admissions due to worsened HF is not fully understood. We sough...
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High-dose versus low-dose intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of children with Kawasaki disease weighing 25 kg or more
Little is known whether 2-g/kg IVIG is necessary for older children with Kawasaki disease (KD), because they could have more complications and financial burden. The purpose of this study was to compare outcome...
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Association between body mass index and localization of breast cancer: results from a nationwide inpatient database in Japan
Although both localization of breast cancer and body mass index (BMI) are associated with prognosis, the association between localization of breast cancer and BMI remains unclear. This study aimed to investiga...
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Recent trends in vitreoretinal surgery: a nationwide database study in Japan, 2010–2017
We clarified recent trends in vitreoretinal surgery in Japan, which is a rapidly aging country.
