Publications by authors named "Hitomi Hirata"
Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommend employing prospective audit and feedback (PAF) as an effective intervention in AS programs. Since July 2022, our hospital has implemented PAF for all patients with positive blood cultures, including those with extended-spectrum -lactamase (ESBL)-producing (EC) bacteremia. Our study examined the effect of PAF on clinical outcomes in patients with ESBL-EC bacteremia.
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- - Medication adherence is crucial for effective treatment in chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and this study aimed to assess adherence using both subjective (self-reported surveys) and objective (pill counting) methods among outpatients from Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital.
- - The study involved 94 patients and found no significant differences in adherence when comparing subjective survey scores with objective pill counting results, highlighting a discrepancy between how patients perceive their adherence and actual medication-taking behavior.
- - A multivariate analysis identified obesity as a significant factor linked to poor medication adherence, suggesting that healthcare providers should pay extra attention to patients with CVD who are also obese.
: Remdesivir (RDV) is the first antiviral agent approved in Japan for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of our study was to assess the efficacy and safety of RDV treatment in mildly to moderately ill patients with COVID-19. A single-center, retrospective study was performed in Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGingival mass lesions developed when cyclosporine was administered for 600 days to a female, 7-year-old, longhaired dachshund diagnosed with intractable immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA). Histopathology indicated hyperplastic suppurative gingivitis. As the anemia improved, the dosage of cyclosporine A (CsA) was markedly decreased, and the mass lesions decreased in size and disappeared, thus suggesting that the mass lesions were an adverse reaction to CsA.
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