Successful resuscitation from acute coronary syndrome during mediastinoscope-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy: a case report.

Background: Although unexpected cardiac arrest is a very rare intraoperative complication, strategies regarding preoperative screening and procedures to be taken in the event of an emergency need to be well established.

Case Presentation: A man in his late 70 s diagnosed with thoracic esophageal cancer, cT3N1M0, and cStage III was admitted. His metabolic equivalents were 4 or more.

Clinical impact of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio of the 7th postoperative day on prognosis after laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.

Purpose: C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) has been utilized as a prognostic factor in various carcinomas. We investigated the relationship between preoperative, postoperative day (POD) 1, and POD 7 CARs and the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).

Methods: Three hundred twenty patients with CRC who underwent laparoscopic radical resection between May 2011 and December 2016 were enrolled.

Status epilepticus during correction of hyponatremia in a patient with Alzheimer's disease: A case report.

An 83-year-old Japanese man with Alzheimer's disease was admitted to our hospital for treatment of hyponatremia resulting from water intoxication. During hospitalization, the patient developed focal impaired awareness seizures, focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, and subsequent status epilepticus. Electroencephalogram during focal impaired awareness seizures showed rhythmic 5-9 Hz theta activity in the right frontotemporal region.