Publications by authors named "O Oshima"
Background: Tracheostomy procedures inhibit swallowing, although details of subsequent recovery of oral intake remain unknown. This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate factors influencing dysphagia improvement in patients with subacute stroke after tracheostomy.
Methods And Results: The study included 117 patients who underwent tracheostomy after subacute stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, or endogenous subarachnoid hemorrhage and received care at 2 convalescent rehabilitation wards in urban and suburban Japan between 2015 and 2022.
Article Synopsis
- Fractional flow reserve (FFR) and nonhyperemic pressure ratios (NHPRs) have been key in evaluating coronary stenosis, but using pressure wires for measurement can be challenging for some patients. The new vessel fractional flow reserve (vFFR) aims to provide a wire-free alternative derived from 3D angiography.* -
- A retrospective study analyzed data from 90 lesions in 74 patients to compare vFFR and NHPR in diagnosing coronary stenosis, with FFR ≤0.80 as the benchmark. Results showed vFFR had high diagnostic accuracy similar to NHPRs across various clinical conditions.* -
- The findings indicate that vFFR is effective for identifying significant coronary stenosis
Background: Various neurorehabilitation programs have been developed to promote recovery from motor impairment of upper extremities. However, the response of patients with chronic-phase stroke varies greatly. Prediction of the treatment response is important to provide appropriate and efficient rehabilitation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The present study aimed to determine factors associated with the frequency of paralyzed upper extremity (UE) use in chronic stroke patients with severe UE functional deficiency.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 138 consecutive patients, and 117 was analyzed (median age, 55 [range, 18-85] years; median stroke duration, 24.5 [range, 7-302] months) with chronic hemiparetic stroke who were admitted to our hospital for intensive upper extremity rehabilitation.
Somatosensory impairment is common in patients who have had a stroke and can affect their motor function and activities of daily living (ADL). Therefore, detecting and treating somatosensory impairments properly is considered to be very important, and various examinations have been developed. However, the reliability and validity of few of them have been verified due to differences in the procedure of each examiner or poor quantification by the examination itself.
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