Factors Related to Diagnosis of Diabetes After Detecting High Blood Glucose Levels Through Screening: One-Year Follow-up Among Publicly Insured Adults in Gunma, Japan.

This study aimed to assess the diagnosis of diabetes after detecting high blood glucose levels through screening among insured individuals in Gunma, Japan. Data for men and women 35 to 74 years of age were provided by Japan Health Insurance Association, and 4133 individuals with high blood glucose levels while not currently being treated for diabetes were included in the study. About 13% received a diagnosis of diabetes at a subsequent physician visit, and individuals who were under treatment for hypertension were less likely to receive the added diagnosis of diabetes compared with those not being treated for hypertension (odds ratio = 0.

Segmental HOG: new descriptor for glomerulus detection in kidney microscopy image.

Background: The detection of the glomeruli is a key step in the histopathological evaluation of microscopic images of the kidneys. However, the task of automatic detection of the glomeruli poses challenges owing to the differences in their sizes and shapes in renal sections as well as the extensive variations in their intensities due to heterogeneity in immunohistochemistry staining. Although the rectangular histogram of oriented gradients (Rectangular HOG) is a widely recognized powerful descriptor for general object detection, it shows many false positives owing to the aforementioned difficulties in the context of glomeruli detection.

Graphical representation of quality indicators based on medical service ontology.

For recent years, it has grown importance to evaluate medical service qualities of medical staffs and/or hospitals by using quality indicators. This paper introduces a representation system QI-RS of quality indicators. By using QI-RS, one can define quality indicators that satisfy understandability and formality, where "understandability" means that one can understand the calculation formula of a quality indicator easily and correctly, while "formality" means that the formula can be calculated to obtain the values of the indicator based on databases in a coherent manner.

[Anesthetic management of exploratory laparotomy for a patient with panperitonitis with hyperkalemia: a case report of spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder].

A 71-year-old woman was admitted with panperitonitis, hyperkalemia and acute renal failure. Immediately after a large amount of ascites had been drained by laparotomy, hyperkalemia and acidosis were remarkably improved. During the operation, rupture of the urinary bladder was detected and repaired.

[Anesthetic managements of premature triplets for PDA ligation through median sternatomy].

Extreme premature triplets were scheduled for PDA ligation through median sternatomy. Anesthesia was maintained with fentanyl, ketamine, pancuronium and sevoflurane or isoflurane with N2O, oxygen and air. During operation, steady ventilation with low oxygen concentration was maintained.

[Importance of anesthetic management for the patients with systolic anterior motion after mitral valve plasty].

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) after mitral valve plasty (MVP) occurs at an incidence of 1 to 4%. The management is related to this condition. Three patients developed SAM just after MVP.

[Comparison of total intravenous anesthesia and inhalation anesthesia regarding hormonal responses during lung lobectomy].

Background: Anesthetic techniques can modulate surgical stress responses. We studied the response of plasma epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), and serum cortisol during lung lobectomy under sevoflurane, propofol and fentanyl anesthesia.

Methods: Fifty patients with lung cancer were of ASA physical status 1 or 2 and aged 50-75 yr.