Serotonin syndrome treated with cyproheptadine using NPi from a digital pupillometer as a therapeutic indicator: A case report.

Rationale: Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening condition resulting from the use of antidepressants, their interactions with other serotonergic medications, or poisoning. It presents with a triad of psychiatric, dysautonomic, and neurological symptoms and is sometimes fatal. While cyproheptadine is a specific treatment option, the optimal duration of its administration remains unclear.

Traumatic pneumorrhachis associated with cerebral fluid leakage evaluated with magnetic resonance myelography.

Attention should be paid to cerebrospinal fluid leakage in patients with pneumorrhachis associated with vertebral body trauma. If pneumorrhachis is detected, further imaging investigation and bed rest should be considered as appropriate.

Characteristics of Patients Transported by Doctor-Requested Helicopters After Japan's 2011 Nuclear Incident.

Objectives: This study examined the characteristics of severe patients after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

Methods: Cases in the Futaba area were extracted using the dispatch database of the doctor helicopter and flight-nurse records from March 11, 2008, till March 10, 2014. The period before March 11, 2011, was defined as 'pre-earthquake' and the period after March 11, 2011, as 'post-earthquake' to compare the recorded data.

Development of delayed neurologic sequelae in acute carbon monoxide poisoning cases caused by briquette-based kotatsu: A case-control study.

Briquette-based kotatsu, a traditional Japanese heating system, is still used in rural areas and has been linked to the development of acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of delayed neurologic sequelae (DNS) in patients with acute CO poisoning caused by briquette-based kotatsu.This retrospective study included 17 patients treated for acute CO poisoning due to briquette-based kotatsu, between April 2017 and March 2020.

A new species of the genus Ishikawatrechus (Coleoptera, Trechinae) from Japan.

A new species, Ishikawatrechus bidilatatus sp. nov., is described from the northwestern part of the Ishizuchi Range, Shikoku, Japan.