Post-discharge clinical, laboratory and radiographic features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients at university hospitals in Japan.

Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected nearly half million people in Japan. However, information on the prolonged symptoms as well as laboratory and radiographic findings after hospital discharge remains limited.

Methods: We retrospectively collected the symptoms, laboratory test results, and chest imaging results of COVID-19 patients at the time of the hospital admission and the ambulatory visits after discharge at two university hospitals between July and December 2020.

Clinical characteristics and courses of 200 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 during the second and third waves at Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center in Japan.

Objectives: There are few reports about patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Japan. We investigated 200 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 over a 6-month period with the aim of elucidating their clinical characteristics and clinical courses.

Methods: The study cohort comprised 200 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 during a 6-month period.

Gallium citrate-67 single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography for localizing the foci of classic fever and inflammation of unknown origin: A retrospective study of diagnostic yield.

Objectives: Only few studies have assessed the use of gallium citrate-67 single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (Ga-SPECT/CT) for localizing the foci of classic fever of unknown origin (FUO) and inflammation of unknown origin (IUO). Hence, the current study aimed to assess the diagnostic contribution of Ga-SPECT/CT in a tertiary referral setting where nuclear imaging tests are performed after an unsuccessful comprehensive primary diagnostic workup.

Methods: We retrospectively assessed the medical records of 27 adult patients with FUO/IUO who had an unsuccessful diagnostic workup and who underwent Ga-SPECT/CT for the localization of FUO/IUO foci in our university hospital between 2013 and 2019.

Predictors of Diagnostic Contributions and Spontaneous Remission of Symptoms Associated with Positron Emission Tomography with Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxy Glucose Combined with Computed Tomography in Classic Fever or Inflammation of Unknown Origin: a Retrospective Study.

Background: In patients with fever or inflammation of unknown origin (fever of unknown origin [FUO] or inflammation of unknown origin [IUO], respectively), expert consensus recommends the use of positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxy glucose combined with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) when standard work-up fails to identify diagnostic clues. However, the clinical variables associated with successful localization of the cause by FDG-PET/CT remain uncertain. Moreover, the long-term outcomes of patients with unexplained FUO or IUO after negative FDG-PET/CT results are unknown.

Association of intranasal desmopressin therapy with overcorrection of severe hyponatremia: A retrospective, propensity score-based, single-center cohort study.

Purpose: Severe hyponatremia, defined as serum sodium concentration ([sNa]) ≤ 120 mEq/L, requires aggressive treatment to prevent potentially fatal cerebral edema, seizures, and other sequelae, but overcorrection can also result in life-threatening cerebral hemorrhage and demyelination. We compared the safety and efficacy of nasal desmopressin to conventional management for the prevention of [sNa] overcorrection.

Material And Methods: This retrospective analysis compared 47 patients treated with desmopressin to 17 patients treated conventionally at a university hospital ICU in Japan between 2013 and 2018 using propensity score-based approaches.

Ketoacidosis due to a Low-carbohydrate Diet in an Elderly Woman with Dementia and Abnormal Eating Behavior.

Strict restriction of carbohydrates can induce symptomatic ketoacidosis. We herein report a 76-year-old demented woman who developed ketoacidosis after 1 month of abnormal eating behavior involving selectively eating hamburger steak (estimated carbohydrate =12.7 g/day).