Publications by authors named "Akari Higuchi"
Background: The P2Y12 receptor inhibitors clopidogrel and prasugrel are widely used. Clopidogrel and prasugrel have different metabolic pathways, but whether their adverse event (AE) profiles differ significantly is unclear.
Objective: This study aimed to compare the possible AEs induced by clopidogrel and prasugrel and to assess the rank-order of their AEs submitted to a spontaneous reporting database.
Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and diabetes management indices in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Patients And Methods: A single-center, retrospective, observational study of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Kenwakai Hospital (Nagano, Japan) was conducted. Data of 95 patients (mean age, 72 ± 12 years; men, 67.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the following by using a non-wearable monitor: (ⅰ) the trajectory of vital signs (VS) in the last 2 weeks of life among cancer patients, and (ⅱ) the difference in change over time of VS between cancer patients with and without opioid use.
Methods: We conducted a longitudinal study involving cancer patients in a palliative care unit (PCU) from April 2018 to October 2019. VS were collected continuously using a non-wearable monitor, and we calculated the means of respiratory rate (RR) and heart rate (HR) per hour, and counts of apnea per hour as outcome variables.
Background: The present study aimed to explore the association between impending death and continual changes in respiratory and heart rates measured using a non-wearable monitor every minute for the final 2 weeks of life in dying cancer patients.
Methods: In this longitudinal study, we enrolled patients in a palliative care unit and continuously measured their respiratory and heart rates via a monitor and additionally captured their other vital signs and clinical status from medical records.
Result: A dataset was created comprising every 24-h data collected from every-minute raw data, including information from 240 days prior to death from 24 patients (345,600 data); each patient's data were measured for 3-14 days until death.
Aims And Objectives: To identify key areas of competence for digitalisation in healthcare settings, describe healthcare professionals' competencies in these areas and identify factors related to their competence.
Background: Digitalisation requires changes in healthcare practices, policies and actions to revise job expectations and workflows. The aspects of patient safety and integration of digitalisation into the professional context necessitate an assessment of healthcare professionals' competencies in digitalisation.
The purpose of this study was to explore a pattern of underreporting within a psychiatric general hospital in Japan. All the medication errors reported online in 2010 were analysed. This research was approved by the university and the study hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPattern of underreporting falls in a general psychiatric hospital in Japan.
Perspect Psychiatr Care
October 2013
Purpose: To examine the pattern of underreporting of fall incidents in a general psychiatric hospital in Japan.
Design And Methods: All fall incidents were analyzed and stratified by ward.
Findings: A discrepancy in fall rates was found in acute psychiatric and dementia wards.