Publications by authors named "I Kuwahira"
A 79-year-old man was found to have multiple nodules in the lung fields on chest computed tomography. Metastatic lung cancer was suspected; however, the primary site remained elusive. After 1 year of follow-up, both the nodules had enlarged.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 60-year-old man was noted to have an elevated lesion in the right mainstem bronchus on chest computed tomography (CT) during his annual medical checkup 3 years previously. The lesion had gradually increased in size. FDG-PET showed no accumulation.
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- * Chest CT techniques facilitate the study of airway diseases such as COPD and asthma, enabling analysis of local volume changes and other lung structures.
- * As imaging technologies like dynamic CT, PET/CT, and ultrasound continue to evolve, their applications in diagnosing and managing pulmonary disorders improve, making it crucial for clinicians to stay informed about these methods.
Background: Numerous studies investigated patients with IPF; however, only a few examined patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs).
Methods: The Japanese Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (JIPS) Registry, which was initiated in December 2016, is a multicenter prospective observational study of patients newly diagnosed with IIPs from 86 facilities treating ILDs. The plan is to enroll more than 600 new patients during the 2-year enrolment period and to follow their progress for 3 years after the last case enrolment.
In patients suffering from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), dyspnoea is less likely to occur despite hypoxemia. Even if the patient develops severe hypoxemia, it cannot be detected from subjective symptoms. In other words, it becomes more serious without the person or the surroundings noticing it.
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