Investigation and treatment of pulmonary embolism as a potential etiology may be important to improve post-resuscitation prognosis in non-shockable out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest: report on an analysis of the SOS-KANTO 2012 study.

Background: The prognosis of non-shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is worse than that of shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We investigated the associations between the etiology and prognosis of non-shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who experienced the return of spontaneous circulation after arriving at hospital.

Methods And Results: All subjects were extracted from the SOS-KANTO 2012 study population.

[How should we comprehend the guideline for the revised Organ Transplantation Law?].

In accordance with the revision of the "Organ Transplantation Law", the ordinances and the guideline for the law were also revised. The revision of the guideline, which finds legal basis on the circular notices, raises some issues about its position in the Japanese legislative system. It is quite ambiguous whether we should comprehend the guideline as the interpretation of the law, as the procedural guidance, or as the instruction within the administrative body.

Gene expression of MC3T3-E1 cells on fibronectin-immobilized titanium using tresyl chloride activation technique.

Fibronectin (FN) can be immobilized directly on titanium surfaces using tresyl chloride activation technique. The key advantage of tresyl chloride activation technique lies in its simplicity. In this study, we examined the cell attachment and gene expression of MC3T3-E1 cells on FN-immobilized titanium using GeneChip.

[Study on the distribution of collagen fibers in the bifurcating area of cerebral arterioles of Wistar rats].

It was previously reported that Mato cells (Mato's fluorescent granular perithelial cells) were frequently localized in the bifurcating areas of cerebral arterioles and occasionally, collagen fibers appeared close to Mato cells of aged rats. It has also been established that Mato cells were scavenger cells in the cerebral tissue and provided with MHC-class II antigen. The present paper deals with the relationship between the distribution of collagen fibers and Mato cells in the bifurcating area of cerebral arterioles.

[Study on the distribution of collagen fibers in the bifurcating area of cerebral arterioles of Wistar rats].

It was previously reported that Mato cells (Mato's fluorescent granular perithelial cells) were frequently localized in the bifurcating areas of cerebral arterioles and occasionally, collagen fibers appeared close to Mato cells of aged rats. It has also been established that Mato cells were scavenger cells in the cerebral tissue and provided with MHC-class II antigen. The present paper deals with the relationship between the distribution of collagen fibers and Mato cells in the bifurcating area of cerebral arterioles.

Effects of an aqueous extract of cocoa on nitric oxide production of macrophages activated by lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma.

Objective: Macrophages are the primary targets of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The effects of cocoa extract on production of nitric oxide (NO) by murine J774.1 macrophages activated by LPS and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were examined.

Severe low back pain due to retroperitoneal abscess formation in diabetic patients.

We report two cases of diabetic patients with severe low back pain associated with retroperitoneal abscesses. In the first case, multiple retroperitoneal and spinal epidural abscesses were detected. Paraplegia due to the spinal epidural abscess was not relieved by drainage of the abscess and subsequent antibiotic therapy.

Anatomically correct reduction and fixation of a Tile C-1 type unilateral sacroiliac disruption using a rod and pedicle screw system between the S1 vertebra and the ilium: experimental and clinical case report.

We have developed a new surgical technique for the treatment of Tile C-1 type sacroiliac disruption. We tried this procedure first in a cadaveric specimen and then applied it to a clinical case. We used the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital (TSRH) rod and pedicle screw system to insert one screw into the S1 vertebra without using an image intensifier and the other screw into the bone marrow of the ilium from the posterosuperior iliac spine.