Publications by authors named "O Kurihara"
We investigated the neutron dose estimation for the triage of personnel involved in criticality accidents by conducting 24Na measurements via the whole-body measurement method. For a case study, we examined the September 1999 Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co. criticality accident (internationally known as "the Tokaimura accident").
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn attempt was made to estimate organ doses of a victim in a high-dose non-homogeneous exposure accident caused by a sealed 192Ir gamma-ray source. The Gilan accident was selected as a case study. Organ doses including testis, red bone marrow and so on were properly estimated by applying the Monte Carlo calculation with the state-of-the-art adult male Mesh type Reference Computational Phantom.
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- Febuxostat is effective for treating severe hyperuricemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD), and combining it with uricosuric agents like dotinurad may further lower uric acid levels.
- A study of 34 CKD patients showed that adding dotinurad to febuxostat increased uric acid excretion and reduced serum uric acid levels in patients with moderate kidney impairment (G3 and G4) but not in those with severe impairment (G5).
- The research highlights the need for further exploration of dotinurad's mechanisms to understand its role in managing uric acid levels in CKD patients.