Anticipated deaths with physician care () at home in one town in Japan: A preliminary report.

Background: There are few reports on the numbers of anticipated deaths ( [り]) at home in Japan.

Method: We used the Japanese death certificate system ( []) for Toyono town citizens who died between 2020 and 2022 and judged a death to constitute when the certificate was not written by a doctor referred from the police.

Results: Among 756 deaths, 109 (14.

Withdrawal of Glucocorticoid Therapy is Difficult in Women with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: An Observational Study.

Objective: A total of 105 patients (64 women) who were started on glucocorticoid (GC) treatment for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and/or remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RSPE) syndrome at Ikeda City Hospital from July 2004 to December 2019 were reviewed (PMR: 81, overlap: 20, pure RSPE syndrome: 4). Then, 32 cases that had stopped GC and 17 cases that had continued GC for 7.5 years or longer were evaluated (women:men, stopped GC 12:20, continued GC 13:4, respectively) (PMR:overlap:pure RSPE syndrome, stopped GC 26:6:0, continued GC 14:2:1, respectively).