Implication of modified MELD scores for postdischarge prognosis in hospitalized patients with heart failure.

We evaluated whether modified Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores are useful for predicting the postdischarge prognosis in hospitalized patients with heart failure (HF) who are discharged alive. The MELD-XI and MELD-Na scores were calculated at discharge for a total of 1156 patients in the HIJ-HF II study. We also studied 3 groups on the basis of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF): the HFrEF (LVEF < 40%), HFmrEF (LVEF 40-49%) and HFpEF (LVEF ≥ 50%) groups.

Adverse Drug Reactions in Japanese Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure Receiving Continuous Morphine Infusion: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Opioids have been reported to be effective for refractory dyspnea in patients with advanced heart failure (HF) in the palliative care setting.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and their relationship with morphine dose/duration or renal insufficiency in patients with end-stage HF receiving continuous morphine infusion.

Methods: We retrospectively studied 38 patients with end-stage HF receiving continuous intravenous or subcutaneous morphine infusion for the relief of breathlessness between 2014 and 2019 (mean age 78 years).

Genetic Analysis of Avian Reovirus Isolated from Chickens in Japan.

Sigma C protein-coding sequences have been used to phylogenetically classify avian reovirus (ARV) strains. However, the relationship between serotype and phylogenetic cluster classification of the five prototype serotype strains of ARV in Japan has not been established. Thus, we used sigma C protein-coding sequences to characterize avian reoviruses (ARVs) isolated from chickens with tendonitis in Japan together with the five prototype serotype strains of ARV in Japan.

Quantitative protein profiling of phenobarbital-induced drug metabolizing enzymes in rat liver by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples.

Administration of a compound can induce drug-metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) in the liver. DME induction can affect various parameters in toxicology studies. Therefore, evaluation of DME induction is important for interpreting test compound-induced biological responses.