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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Eiji Kikuchi, Nozomi Hayakawa
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September 27, 2023: International Journal of Urology: Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuta Hoshino, Ryota Ito, Miyu Kikuchi, Kenichi Takahashi, Masahiro Ishimoto
INTRODUCTION: The incidence of colonic diverticulitis is increasing in Japan. Although antimicrobial chemotherapy is a treatment option, Japanese guidelines for diverticulosis do not recommend any antibiotic in particular and antibiotic selection is left to the discretion of the prescribing physician, who often selects antibiotics with anti-pseudomonal activity. Therefore, this study compared the efficacy of cefmetazole (CMZ) with that of tazobactam/piperacillin (TAZ/PIPC) in hospitalized Japanese immunocompetent patients with uncomplicated colonic diverticulitis...
September 20, 2023: Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy: Official Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy
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REVIEW
Satoshi Ano, Norihiro Kikuchi, Masashi Matsuyama, Nobuyuki Hizawa
Bronchial thermoplasty is the only device-based nonpharmacological treatment approach for severe asthma. Current guidelines are cautious in recommending bronchial thermoplasty because of unknown patient response prediction. Recent research on bronchial thermoplasty includes up-to-date, state-of-the-art, and recent-advances reviews. However, these reviews provide a broad and general discussion on equipment, technique, patient selection, and patient management, with little evaluation of the predictors of a beneficial response...
November 2023: Respiratory Investigation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Naomi Hasegawa, Yuka Yasuda, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Hisashi Yamada, Hikaru Hori, Kayo Ichihashi, Yoshikazu Takaesu, Hitoshi Iida, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Fumitoshi Kodaka, Jun-Ichi Iga, Naoki Hashimoto, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Kazutaka Ohi, Kentaro Fukumoto, Shusuke Numata, Takashi Tsuboi, Masahide Usami, Akitoyo Hishimoto, Ryuji Furihata, Taishiro Kishimoto, Toshinori Nakamura, Eiichi Katsumoto, Shinichiro Ochi, Tatsuya Nagasawa, Kiyokazu Atake, Chika Kubota, Hiroshi Komatsu, Hirotaka Yamagata, Kenta Ide, Masahiro Takeshima, Mikio Kido, Saya Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi Okada, Junya Matsumoto, Kenichiro Miura, Taichi Shimazu, Ken Inada, Koichiro Watanabe, Ryota Hashimoto
AIM: This study aims to examine the real-world effectiveness of education regarding clinical guidelines for psychiatric disorders using 'the Effectiveness of guidelines for dissemination and education in psychiatric treatment (EGUIDE)' project. METHODS: The EGUIDE project is a nationwide prospective implementation study of two clinical practice guidelines, i.e., the Guideline for Pharmacological Therapy of Schizophrenia and the Treatment Guidelines for Major Depressive Disorders, in Japan...
September 8, 2023: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Go Anan, Daisuke Kikuchi, Kenji Omae, Takuo Hirose, Kouji Okada, Takefumi Mori
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a novel class of antidiabetic drugs. Guidelines for the proper use of SGLT2 inhibitors recommend caution regarding urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, little evidence has been reported on the relationship between SGLT2 inhibitors and UTIs in large epidemiological studies. We investigated (1) the relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and UTIs and (2) the relationship between SGLT2 inhibitor prescriptions and the likelihood of developing UTIs in patients with DM, using a nationwide Japanese health insurance claims database by MDV analyzer® ...
November 28, 2023: Endocrine Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
K Matsuzaki, H Suzuki, M Kikuchi, K Koike, H Komatsu, K Takahashi, I Narita, H Okada
BACKGROUND: In 2020, the Committee of Clinical Practical Guideline for IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) revised the clinical practice guidelines. Herein, we conducted a questionnaire survey to assess the potential discrepancies between clinical practice guidelines and real-world practice in Japan. METHODS: A web-based survey of members of the Japanese Society of Nephrology was conducted between November 15 and December 28, 2021. RESULTS: A total of 217 members (internal physicians: 203, pediatricians: 14) responded to the questionnaire...
December 2023: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
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MULTICENTER STUDY
Tsutomu Sakurada, Shigeki Kojima, Shohei Yamada, Kenichiro Koitabashi, Yasuhiro Taki, Katsuomi Matsui, Masaru Murasawa, Hiroo Kawarazaki, Sayaka Shimizu, Hironori Kobayashi, Toshihiro Asai, Koji Hashimoto, Taro Hoshino, Seita Sugitani, Tomochika Maoka, Akihiko Nagase, Hirotaka Sato, Kosuke Fukuoka, Tadashi Sofue, Kiyoto Koibuchi, Kiyomitsu Nagayama, Naoki Washida, Shigehisa Koide, Takayuki Okamoto, Daisuke Ishii, Satoshi Furukata, Kiyotaka Uchiyama, Shunsuke Takahashi, Yoshiko Nishizawa, Shotaro Naito, Naohiro Toda, Tsukasa Naganuma, Hidetoshi Kikuchi, Tomo Suzuki, Daisuke Komukai, Takahide Kimura, Hiroaki Io, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Toshihide Naganuma, Masamitsu Morishita, Jin Oshikawa, Keiichi Tamagaki, Hajime Fujisawa, Atsushi Ueda, Tomohiko Kanaoka, Hironori Nakamura, Mai Yanagi, Takashi Udagawa, Tatsuo Yoneda, Masashi Sakai, Masanobu Gunji, Shinichi Osaki, Hisako Saito, Yuuki Yoshioka, Nagayuki Kaneshiro
BACKGROUND: This multi-institutional, observational study examined whether the outcomes after peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter placement in Japan meet the audit criteria of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) guideline and identified factors affecting technique survival and perioperative complications. METHODS: Adult patients who underwent first PD catheter placement for end-stage kidney disease between April 2019 and March 2021 were followed until PD withdrawal, kidney transplantation, transfer to other facilities, death, 1 year after PD start or March 2022, whichever came first...
November 2023: Peritoneal Dialysis International
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Asishana Osho, Marcelo F Fernandes, Ram Poudel, James de Lemos, Haoyun Hong, Juan Zhao, Shen Li, Kathie Thomas, Daniel S Kikuchi, Jessica Zegre-Hemsey, Nasrien Ibrahim, Nilay S Shah, Lori Hollowell, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Christopher B Granger, Mauricio Cohen, Timothy Henry, Alice K Jacobs, James G Jollis, Clyde W Yancy, Abhinav Goyal
BACKGROUND: Systems of care have been developed across the United States to standardize care processes and improve outcomes in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The effect of contemporary STEMI systems of care on racial and ethnic disparities in achievement of time-to-treatment goals and mortality in STEMI is uncertain. METHODS: We analyzed 178 062 patients with STEMI (52 293 women and 125 769 men) enrolled in the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease registry between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2021...
July 18, 2023: Circulation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuki Kikuchi, Hiroshi Komatsu, Yuji Otsuka, Fumiaki Ito, Nobuhisa Kanahara, Hiroaki Tanifuji, Hiroaki Tomita
BACKGROUND: Higher frequencies of inflammatory adverse effects of clozapine have been reported in Japan. As the international titration protocol for Asians has set slower dose titration than the Japanese package insert, we hypothesized that a dose titration speed slower than the recommendation of the guideline would be associated with fewer inflammatory-related adverse events. METHODS: The medical records of all 272 patients who were first started on clozapine at seven hospitals between 2009 and 2023 were studied retrospectively...
June 16, 2023: Schizophrenia Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Kenshi Yamasaki, Keiichi Yamanaka, Mayumi Komine, Tamihiro Kawakami, Osamu Yamamoto, Takuro Kanekura, Tetsuya Higuchi, Toshiya Takahashi, Yoshiaki Matsushima, Nobuyuki Kikuchi
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, neutrophilic skin disease. For the purpose of accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of PG, the Japanese clinical practice guidance for PG developed by the Japanese Dermatological Association was published in 2022. In this guidance, clinical aspects, pathogenesis, current therapies, and clinical questions on PG are described from the viewpoints of current knowledge and evidence-based medicine. Here, the English version of the Japanese clinical practice guidelines for PG is presented and is intended to be widely referred to in the clinical examination and treatment of PG...
September 2023: Journal of Dermatology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ishida Hidekazu, Hiroki Nagasawa, Yasuko Yamamoto, Hidetsugu Fujigaki, Hiroki Doi, Midori Saito, Yuya Ishihara, Takashi Fujita, Mariko Ishida, Yohei Kato, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Hidetoshi Matsunami, Masao Takemura, Hiroyasu Ito, Kuniaki Saito
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the applicability of a machine learning based Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) estimation method and the influence of the characteristics of the training datasets. METHODS: Three training datasets were chosen from training datasets: health check-up participants at the Resource Center for Health Science (N = 2664), clinical patients at Gifu University Hospital (N = 7409), and clinical patients at Fujita Health University Hospital (N = 14842)...
May 22, 2023: Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Toshiaki Onitsuka, Tsuyoshi Okada, Naomi Hasegawa, Takashi Tsuboi, Jun-Ichi Iga, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Naoki Yamada, Hikaru Hori, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Kazutaka Ohi, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Shinichiro Ochi, Masahiro Takeshima, Kayo Ichihashi, Kentaro Fukumoto, Hitoshi Iida, Hisashi Yamada, Ryuji Furihata, Manabu Makinodan, Yoshikazu Takaesu, Shusuke Numata, Hiroshi Komatsu, Akitoyo Hishimoto, Mikio Kido, Kiyokazu Atake, Hirotaka Yamagata, Saya Kikuchi, Naoki Hashimoto, Masahide Usami, Eiichi Katsumoto, Takeshi Asami, Chika Kubota, Junya Matsumoto, Kenichiro Miura, Yoji Hirano, Koichiro Watanabe, Ken Inada, Ryota Hashimoto
BACKGROUND: Although several guidelines recommend monotherapy with antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia, patients who receive long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) are frequently treated with oral antipsychotics (OAPs). In the present study, we investigated the detailed use of psychotropic medications among patients throughout Japan with schizophrenia who received LAIs or OAPs. METHODS: The present study used data from the project for the Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in psychiatric treatment from 94 facilities in Japan...
July 2023: Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Migaku Kikuchi, Yoshio Tahara, Junichi Yamaguchi, Takahiro Nakashima, Osamu Nomura, Akihito Tanaka, Sunao Kojima, Katsutaka Hashiba, Naoki Nakayama, Hiroyuki Hanada, Toshiaki Mano, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kunihiro Matsuo, Ichiro Takeuchi, Tetsuya Matoba, Hiroshi Nonogi
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May 25, 2023: Circulation Journal: Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takahiro Doi, Atunari Utusgi, Koki Kikuchi, Yoshio Kazuno, Satoshi Yuda
BACKGROUND: The number of patients with heart disease who can benefit from treatment is continuing to increase due to the widespread use of cardiac implantable devices. Accordingly, the number of cardiac device-related infective endocarditis (CDRIE) cases has been increasing year by year. We report a very rare experience of performing an autopsy on a patient who died of CDRIE at the site of MitraClip ® implantation, which has recently been developed as a treatment option for severe mitral regurgitation...
March 24, 2023: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fumihiko Namba, Masakazu Honda, Shun Sakatani, Yukiko Motojima, Kayoko Kikuchi, Mayumi Sako, Kunio Ogawa, Masashi Mikami, Kou Kawada, Noriyasu Fukuoka, Keiko Ueda
INTRODUCTION: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) causes severe morbidity in premature infants. Although the use of indomethacin is the standard therapy for PDA, it is sometimes not applicable because of its adverse effects, such as renal and platelet dysfunctions. Paracetamol has emerged as an alternative to indomethacin owing to its excellent safety profile in infants. Of the recently reported case series and clinical trials on the use of paracetamol for PDA, there are few reports in Japan on paracetamol use in preterm infants...
March 23, 2023: BMJ Open
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Takahisa Ohta, Madoka Ogawa, Naoki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Sasai, Takanobu Okamoto
Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected people's physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep. This study aimed to clarify the association between combining these factors, integrated as adherence to 24-h movement guidelines, and depressive status during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: At the end of October 2020, we sent self-administered questionnaires to 1,711 adults aged ≥18. We assessed physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep duration, adherence to 24-h movement guidelines, depressive status, and confounding factors...
2023: International Journal of Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tomohiro Kadota, Ryu Ishihara, Waku Hatta, Masao Yoshida, Hiromitsu Kanzaki, Daisuke Kikuchi, Yoichiro Ono, Seiichiro Abe, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Yoshio, Yuji Urabe, Naoyuki Yamaguchi, Yasuaki Nagami, Toshiro Iizuka, Hiroaki Takahashi, Tsuneo Oyama, Tomonori Yano
OBJECTIVES: Recent innovations in prophylactic treatment with steroids have overcome the issue of esophageal stricture after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), except in entire circumferential esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (EC-ESCC). Current Japanese guidelines weakly recommend performing ESD for clinical epithelial/lamina propria EC-ESCC with a longitudinal extension <50 mm upon implementing prophylactic treatment against stricture. However, the accurate indications for ESD in EC-ESCC remain unknown, and strategies differ among institutions...
April 2023: DEN Open
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Soichiro Hozawa, Akira Kikuchi, Shotaro Maeda
BACKGROUND: The decrease in mortality rate owing to asthma has slowed in recent years. A large proportion of patients with asthma remain uncontrolled in Japan. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of short-acting beta 2 agonists (SABA) overuse and its associated factors. METHODS: This large-scale retrospective cohort study analyzed continuously treated patients with asthma aged 15-74 years between January 2017 and December 2017 using a Japanese insurance claims database...
January 21, 2023: Respiratory Investigation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hiroko Nagafuchi, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Ishibash, Hideaki Maeda, Hitoshi Ogino, Yohei Kirino, Tetsuji Sawada, Kazuyoshi Saito, Masataka Kuwana, Shunsei Hirohata, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo, Masanori Niimi, Yutaka Okita, Tetsuro Miyata, Hiroshi Shigematsu, Mitsuhiro Takeno
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to develop clinical guidelines for the management of vascular Behçet's disease (VBD) by the Behçet's Disease Research Committee of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of the Japanese Government. METHODS: A task force proposed clinical questions (CQs) concerning VBD, based on a literature search. After screening, draft recommendations were developed for each CQ and brushed up in three blinded Delphi rounds, leading to the final recommendations...
January 20, 2023: Modern Rheumatology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yugo Suzuki, Takayuki Okamura, Akira Matsui, Junnosuke Hayasaka, Kosuke Nomura, Daisuke Kikuchi, Shu Hoteya
INTRODUCTION: The Japanese guidelines for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinoma (BEA) recommend image-enhanced magnifying endoscopic examination for diagnosing the lateral extent of superficial esophageal adenocarcinoma. The Japan Esophageal Society Barrett's Esophagus (JES-BE) classification is proposed recently and is useful in terms of diagnostic accuracy. In this study, we retrospectively examined the usefulness of the JES-BE classification for differential diagnosis and determination of the extent of BEA originating in short-segment Barrett's esophagus...
December 2022: Gastrointestinal Tumors
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