Publications by authors named "Koichi Toyoshima"

Purpose: Chronic inflammation is a pathophysiological cause of age-related diseases including sarcopenia. However, limited data are available on the association between the diet-derived inflammation and sarcopenia. Here, using the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), we examined the associations between inflammatory potentials of the diet, sarcopenia/its components, and serum inflammatory markers.

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An 87-year-old woman diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) 2 years earlier was referred to our institution because of difficulty walking. She was diagnosed with urinary tract infection and admitted to our hospital. During hospitalisation, she became delirious, which prompted the administration of haloperidol.

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A 47-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity was admitted to our hospital for glucose control. She was detected to have hypertension (HT) and diagnosed with primary aldosteronism (PA) based on the high level of aldosterone to renin ratio and the results of the upright furosemide-loading test according to the criteria of the Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH) guidelines. Computed tomography revealed left renal tumor and adrenocortical adenoma.

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