Development and validation of an algorithm for identifying patients undergoing dialysis from patients with advanced chronic kidney disease.

Background: Identifying patients on dialysis among those with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 15 mL/min/1.73 m remains challenging. To facilitate clinical research in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) using electronic health records, we aimed to develop algorithms to identify dialysis patients using laboratory data obtained in routine practice.

Predictive Models for Palliative Care Needs of Advanced Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.

Context: Early palliative care is recommended within eight-week of diagnosing advanced cancer. Although guidelines suggest routine screening to identify cancer patients who could benefit from palliative care, implementing screening can be challenging due to understaffing and time constraints.

Objectives: To develop and evaluate machine learning models for predicting specialist palliative care needs in advanced cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and to investigate if predictive models could substitute screening tools.

In-Hospital Fall Risk Prediction by Objective Measurement of Lower Extremity Function in a High-Risk Population.

Objectives: Limited data exist regarding association between physical performance and in-hospital falls. This study was performed to investigate the association between physical performance and in-hospital falls in a high-risk population.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Establishment of an unfed strain of and analysis of associated bacterial communities controlling its proliferation.

The ciliate harbors several hundred symbiotic algae in its cell and is widely used as an experimental model for studying symbiosis between eukaryotic cells. Currently, various types of bacteria and eukaryotic microorganisms are used as food for culturing ; thus, the cultivation conditions are not uniform among researchers. To unify cultivation conditions, we established cloned, unfed strains that can be cultured using only sterile medium without exogenous food.