Publications by authors named "N Kodani"
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- The study analyzed data from 93 participants with type 1 diabetes to explore how the frequency of scanning with intermittent-scanning continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) affects time in range (TIR), time above range (TAR), and time below range (TBR) throughout the day.
- Increased scanning frequency was linked to higher TIR, particularly in the afternoon, evening, and night, and was associated with lower TAR and TBR during these times.
- Psychological factors, such as concerns about blood glucose levels affecting social interactions and feelings of loneliness, were found to influence how often participants scanned their glucose levels.
Introduction: It is challenging for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes to maintain optimum glucose level to attain good neonatal outcomes. This study evaluated the efficacy of sensor-augmented insulin pump (SAP) with a predictive low-glucose suspend (PLGS) system in pregnant Japanese women with type 1 diabetes.
Materials And Methods: SAP with PLGS was used in 11 of the 22 women with type 1 diabetes who delivered between 2011 and 2021 at the two medical institutions in Japan.
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- Clostridioides difficile infection, linked to antibiotic use, can also arise without such exposure, leading to severe diarrhea and even intussusception, a rare intestinal obstruction.
- An 82-year-old man in Japan experienced severe symptoms including dizziness, diarrhea, and respiratory distress, ultimately diagnosed with community-acquired C. difficile infection and subsequent intussusception.
- Treatment with vancomycin was initiated, but surgery was required to resolve the intussusception, revealing a highly virulent strain of C. difficile linked to severe gastrointestinal complications.
Aims/introduction: This study aimed to identify risk factors that contribute to the progression of slowly-progressive type 1 diabetes by evaluating the positive predictive value (PPV) of factors associated with the progression to an insulin-dependent state.
Materials And Methods: We selected 60 slowly-progressive type 1 diabetes patients who tested positive for glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA) at diagnosis from the Japanese Type 1 Diabetes Database Study. GADA levels in these patients were concurrently measured using both radioimmunoassay (RIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques.