Publications by authors named "N Inamura"
Article Synopsis
- This study established normal reference values for global longitudinal strain (GLS) in the left and right ventricles of healthy Japanese fetuses during normal pregnancies.
- A total of 513 healthy fetuses, between 18 and 40 weeks of gestation, were analyzed using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.
- The findings revealed mean LV-GLS of -24.3% ± 3.5% and RV-GLS of -23.5% ± 3.7%, showing a decrease in GLS values with advancing gestation, which can help in assessing cardiac functions in fetuses with heart conditions.
Background: Dexamethasone is currently administered for Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19); however, there are concerns about its effect on specific antibodies' production. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether specific antibodies were affected by COVID-19 severity and corticosteroid treatment.
Methods: Of 251 confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to our hospital between January 26 and August 10, 2020, the early period of the pandemic, 75 patients with sera within 1 month of onset and 1 month or longer were included in the research.
Background: Data are limited on the protective role of the Omicron BA bivalent vaccine, previous infection, and their induced neutralizing antibodies against Omicron XBB.1.16 and EG.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We aimed to examine the association among nucleocapsid (N) antibodies, a combination of N and spike (S) antibodies, and protection against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection.
Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study among staff at a national medical research center in Tokyo and followed them for the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection between June and September 2023 (Omicron XBB.1.
Purpose: This study aimed to clarify surgical complications associated with open surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
Methods: We performed an exploratory data analysis of the clinical characteristics of surgical complications of neonates with CDH who underwent laparotomy or thoracotomy between 2006 and 2021. Data of these patients were obtained from the database of the Japanese CDH Study Group.