The distribution of motor errors can influence optimal motor planning (where to aim). In football instep kicking, it was shown that ball landing locations exhibit the right-up-left-down elliptical distribution in right-footed kickers and vice versa. However, this was reported as a result of mixed multiple kickers; the individual-level error distribution has been unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The characteristics of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are recipients of public assistance in Japan, and the adequacy of their medical care have not been reported previously.
Methods: The records of patients with CKD stage G5 who visited nine facilities in Japan from April to June 2013 were retrospectively reviewed to compare the characteristics and care of recipients of public assistance with those of non-recipients. Receiving a presentation of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) options and polypharmacy were used as indicators of suboptimal medical care.
Familial pseudohyperkalemia (FP) is an underrecognized cause of pseudohyperkalemia, caused by the leaking of potassium from red blood cells. This extracellular shift of potassium is temperature-dependent and occurs when blood samples are stored below room temperature or for a long time, manifesting as apparent hyperkalemia. We report a suspicious case of FP, which demonstrated an apparent seasonal trajectory of serum-potassium levels at the local clinic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 73-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease received the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA vaccine. The following day, the patient developed a headache, followed by a tonic-clonic seizure and decreased consciousness. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed no signs of stroke but multiple vasoconstrictions.
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