Publications by authors named "Maiko Motoki"

Objective: Sepsis often leads to heterogeneous symptoms of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) composing physical, cognitive, and psychiatric disabilities, resulting in deteriorated quality of life (QoL), with limited interventions. This study aimed to identify phenotypes of sepsis-associated PICS by physical, cognitive, and psychiatric function and QoL at hospital discharge.

Design: A prospective observational study.

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Background: Severe metformin intoxication can lead to lactic acidosis and vasoplegic shock, for which the optimal management strategy remains uncertain, especially in cases of severe circulatory collapse.

Case Presentation: A 45-year-old diabetic woman on metformin therapy presented with impaired consciousness and seizures. She had experienced a cardiac arrest and undergone extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Diarrhea is one of the most common complications associated with enteral nutrition in hospitalized patients. Oligomeric enteral nutrition has been considered to reduce the incidence of diarrhea. We herein introduced and examined the effects of a specific oligomeric enteral nutrition with the low-molecular-weight whey peptides, Peptino‍ in critically ill patients with refractory diarrhea or at high risk of mesenteric ischemia.

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