Publications by authors named "Hirohito Maruyama"

Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to identify factors linked to locomotive syndrome (LS) using medical questionnaires and machine learning techniques.
  • A total of 1,575 participants underwent LS risk tests, and after data cleaning, 331 questionnaire items were analyzed to determine their association with LS through advanced statistical methods.
  • Nine key factors, especially age and back pain during walking, were identified as strongly correlated with LS, showing better predictive performance compared to existing assessment tools.
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This report presents the case of a patient whose inhalation exposure to benzyl alcohol led to clinical manifestations similar to toluene intoxication, including sudden altered mental status, metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia, hypophosphatemia, and hyperammonemia. Toxicity from benzyl alcohol inhalation is quite rare, and hyperammonemia associated with renal tubular dysfunction in poisoning cases has not been reported in the past.

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