Publications by authors named "Ken Ikenouchi"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examined the relationship between sex and the need for urgent dialysis within 30 days of admission for acute aortic dissection (AD) in nearly 80,000 cases in Japan from 2010 to 2020.
- - Researchers found that women had a significantly lower risk of requiring urgent dialysis compared to men for both types of AD (type A and type B).
- - Specifically, the analysis showed a subdistribution hazard ratio of 0.58 for women with type A AD and 0.49 for type B AD, indicating a protective effect of being female in terms of dialysis risk.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects both life and health. However, the differentiation from other types of pneumonia and effect of kidney disease remains uncertain. This retrospective observational study investigated the risk of in-hospital death and functional decline in ≥ 20% of Barthel Index scores after COVID-19 compared to other forms of pneumonia among Japanese adults, both with and without end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent times, new onset or relapse of nephrotic syndrome following the first dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines has been reported. Although the vaccination could trigger nephrotic syndrome, the question of whether the same vaccine should be administered as the second dose remains unanswered. A 25-year-old woman had taken the Moderna mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (mRNA-1273) and 26 days later, she noticed facial and peripheral edema.
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