Relationship between olfactory and gustatory functions: The Iwaki health promotion project 2019.

Objective: Olfactory and gustatory functions are important sensory aspects in humans. Although they are believed to influence each other, their interrelationship is not well understood. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the olfactory and gustatory functions based on the results of a large-scale epidemiological study (Iwaki Health Promotion Project) of the general local population.

Comparison of safety between high and low doses of sulbactam/ampicillin: A retrospective observational study in Japanese patients with pneumonia.

Although 12 g/day sulbactam/ampicillin (SBT/ABPC) is approved in Japan, differences in the frequency of adverse effects induced by conventional (≤6 g/day) and high (≥9 g/day) doses remain unclear. We performed a retrospective observational study on SBT/ABPC-treated hospitalized adult patients with pneumonia from October 2015 to January 2018 to compare the safety between high and low doses. Patients were divided into high-dose (≥9 g/day, n = 200) and low-dose (≤6 g/day, n = 246) groups.

[Effect of oral dexamethasone given 24 hours previously on docetaxel-induced edema: a retrospective study].

In Europe and the United States, beginning steroid treatment on the day before docetaxel(DTX)administration is recommended to reduce edema and/or hypersensitivity symptoms. In this study, we investigated the usefulness of starting steroid treatment on the day before DTX administration. Patients with breast cancer who received 4 or more cycles of DTX with or without trastuzumab or DTX and cyclophosphamide(TC)with or without trastuzumab as pre- or post-operative chemotherapy in our hospital between January 2010 and May 2012 were analyzed in this retrospective study.

[Etiology and management of venous pain during intravenous administration of oxaliplatin].

In Japan, XELOX (capecitabine plus oxaliplatin) was approved for the treatment of advanced/recurrent colorectal cancer in September 2009. However, patients treated with XELOX sometimes experience intense, sporadic venous pain during administration of oxaliplatin through peripheral vein. To investigate the etiology and management of this event, we measured the titratable acidity, osmotic pressure, and pH of 5% dextrose in water (D5W) containing oxaliplatin with or without dexamethasone.