Publications by authors named "E Hagiwara"
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- The study investigates the effectiveness of immunosuppressants in patients with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), comparing those treated with prednisolone alongside immunosuppressants to those only receiving prednisolone without prior immunosuppressant treatment.
- A total of 42 patients were analyzed, revealing that the group receiving immunosuppressants showed a significant decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) before treatment, but no notable differences in FVC changes during the 12 months of treatment.
- Overall, both groups did not exhibit significant differences in disease progression or transplant-free survival rates after treatment, suggesting limited benefits of adding immunosuppressants to prednisolone in this context.
We evaluated the diagnostic performance of Rapiim SARS-CoV-2-H (Rapiim-H)-a point-of-care qualitative antigen test-using nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and saliva samples and compared its results with those from antigen quantification and nucleic acid amplification tests. NPS and saliva were collected from patients with confirmed and suspected coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In total, 142 NPS and saliva samples were collected.
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- The study investigates the relationship between Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD) and interstitial lung disease (ILD), highlighting characteristics specific to patients diagnosed with both conditions.
- Analysis was conducted on 54 patients with ILD and MAC-PD, revealing that these patients were generally older and had a lower BMI compared to a larger group of ILD patients.
- The findings indicate that MAC-PD in the context of ILD is associated with a higher rate of complications like chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and a poorer prognosis, especially in those with an unclassifiable imaging type.
Background: According to international diagnostic guidelines for hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), cases with both nonfibrotic and fibrotic lesions are classified by the predominant feature. Therefore, some cases with nonfibrotic HP, have inflammatory lesions alone, while others have a mixture of fibrosis and inflammation. We investigated the impact of slight fibrotic lesions in nonfibrotic HP.
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