Takashi Hongo,Toshifumi Fujiwara
Takashi Hongo
Cervical radiography showed subglottic narrowing of the trachea suggestive of steeple sign.
Osamu Sasaki,Kazunori Sugimura,Masahiro Shinoda et al.
Osamu Sasaki et al.
An 88-year-old woman with a history of meningioma and dementia was admitted with high fever, loss of appetite, and nausea in July. Urinary tract infection was suspected. Computed tomography (CT) showed no significant findings. Urinary findi...
Myxedema coma accompanied by sick sinus syndrome and hypoventilation: A case report [0.03%]
黏液性昏迷伴病态窦房综合征及通气不足一例报告
Ko Harada,Shuntaro Murakami,Kazuki Tokumasu et al.
Ko Harada et al.
Myxedema coma is an emergency presentation of hypothyroidism, and cardiopulmonary manifestations of the disease are related to a high mortality rate. We herein report a case of myxedema coma accompanied by sick sinus syndrome requiring temp...
Kentaro Iwata,Yoshiaki Katsuda
Kentaro Iwata
A 48-year-old woman presented with various symptoms, including widespread body pains, insomnia, palpitations, and shortness of breath, after receiving tetanus toxoid. After going through multiple visits to clinicians of various subspecialti...
Efficacy of using trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis in an adult patient with autoimmune neutropenia [0.03%]
使用复方新诺明预防治疗自身免疫性中性粒细胞减少成人患者的有效性研究
Naoto Azuma,Masahiro Sekiguchi,Hitomi Matsunaga et al.
Naoto Azuma et al.
A 63-year-old man was admitted for pneumonia with neutropenia. After the pneumonia resolved with administration of antibiotics and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, he was diagnosed with autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) on the basis of bon...
Sensitivity and specificity of meningeal signs in patients with meningitis [0.03%]
脑膜炎患者脑膜体征的灵敏度和特异度
Tetsuya Akaishi,Junpei Kobayashi,Michiaki Abe et al.
Tetsuya Akaishi et al.
Background: Several types of physical examinations are used in the diagnosis of meningitis, including nuchal rigidity, jolt accentuation, Kernig's sign, and Brudzinski's sign. Jolt accentuation was reported to have sensit...
Prevalence and characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among healthcare professionals in a university hospital in Japan [0.03%]
日本一家大学医院医护人员携带耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌的流行率及菌株特征
Fumi Yamasaki,Seisho Takeuchi,Yoshio Uehara et al.
Fumi Yamasaki et al.
Background: Asymptomatic carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are important sources of nosocomial transmission. MRSA may be transmitted from hospitalized patients to healthcare professionals and ...
A qualitative study of socially isolated patients' perceptions of primary care [0.03%]
一项关于社交孤立患者初级保健感知的定性研究
Takuya Aoki,Yuka Urushibara-Miyachi
Takuya Aoki
Background: Although the previous quantitative study revealed that social isolation was negatively associated with patient experience of primary care, the underlying reasons for this phenomenon remain unclear. In the pres...
Junki Mizumoto,Taro Shimizu
Junki Mizumoto
A 79-year-old Japanese woman presented with acute and diffuse abdominal pain, which turned out to be an unusual diagnosis. This article highlights a hint in physicians' diagnostic process, thereby avoiding the obstacles in making a correct ...
Daisuke Kato,Hikohaku Ryu,Tomoki Matsumoto et al.
Daisuke Kato et al.
Japan's health system is well known for achieving one of the world's highest life expectancy with universal health coverage. However, the country now faces challenges of a rapidly aging population and changes in patterns and burden of disea...