Prognostic factors in emergency patients aged 90 years and older.

Aim: We evaluated the relation between general status on arrival and prognosis in patients aged 90 years and older who were admitted to our department through the emergency room, with the aim of assisting the development of a treatment policy for elderly people.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients aged 90 years and older who were admitted to our department from January 2006 to September 2013. Patients were divided into two groups, patients who were discharged from our hospital or transferred to another hospital, and patients who died in our hospital.

Usefulness of fibrin degradation products and d-dimer levels as biomarkers that reflect the severity of trauma.

Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of the levels of fibrin degradation products (FDPs) and d-dimer (DD) in blood for reflecting the severity of trauma.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed medical records of trauma patients who were transferred to the emergency department of Gunma University Hospital between January 2010 and December 2010. The relationships among Injury Severity Score, mean blood pressure, heart rate, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count, fibrinogen, international normalized ratio of prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, FDP, and DD on arrival were examined in those patients.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Mimicking Liver Abscesses in a Cirrhotic Patient with Severe Septic Shock as a Result of Salmonella O9 HG Infection.

We describe a case of severe Salmonella O9 HG sepsis with a mass in the liver, which was diagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by autopsy of the liver. The patient was a 67-year-old man with chronic high blood pressure. In addition, he was an alcoholic and had been drinking every day for many years.

Tissue characterization of uterine myometrium using the ultrasound gray-level histogram width.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to clarify the usefulness of the gray-level histogram width for tissue characterization of the uterine myometrium.

Methods: Thirty-five patients with uterine fibroids, 5 patients with adenomyosis, and 9 patients with extensive myometrial invasion by endometrial carcinoma were studied. The gray-level histogram width was determined by transvaginal ultrasonography.

Hydrotubation for diagnosing carcinoma in situ of the fallopian tube. A case report.

Background: Primary adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube is rare and not diagnosed until at an advanced stage. We present a case of carcinoma in situ of the fallopian tube in which cytologic examination obtained by hydrotubation facilitated the diagnosis.

Case: A 55-year-old woman presented to Yamaguchi Red Cross Hospital for uterine cancer screening.