Publications by authors named "T Sakimoto"
Long-Term Prognosis of Anterior Blepharitis After Topical Antibiotics Treatment.
Eye Contact Lens
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the long-term prognosis of anterior blepharitis following treatment with topical azithromycin in 92 patients.
- Results showed a high recurrence rate of 52.2%, with varying numbers of relapses among patients.
- Patients with no recurrence after initial treatment reported fewer residual symptoms and needed less follow-up treatment compared to those who experienced relapses.
Article Synopsis
- - Opioid painkillers are essential for cancer treatment but often cause opioid-induced constipation (OIC), affecting 80% of users, which can significantly lower quality of life; naldemedine can help alleviate this constipation without hindering pain relief.
- - A case study is presented of a 78-year-old woman with advanced uterine sarcoma who experienced restlessness and sweating, indicating opioid withdrawal syndrome (OWS) after starting naldemedine for OIC.
- - The symptoms of OWS resolved after stopping naldemedine, highlighting the importance of recognizing withdrawal symptoms as a potential issue in patients receiving palliative care, alongside common psychiatric symptoms.
We evaluated the clinical features of postoperative anterior blepharitis following cataract surgery and the efficacy of topical azithromycin retrospectively. Thirty eyes of 30 patients with a clinical diagnosis of anterior blepharitis by 6 months postoperatively among those who underwent cataract surgery at our institution between November 2020 and June 2022 were included. The diagnosis of anterior blepharitis and the assessment of objective and subjective findings were based on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Blepharitis Preferred Practice Pattern.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report the long-term postoperative outcomes of transsclerally sutured intraocular lenses (IOLs), in which the haptics were correctly fixated into the ciliary sulcus using an auxiliary device and endoscope.
Methods And Analysis: Data were collected from eyes that were followed up for at least 12 months after ciliary sulcus suture fixation of an IOL using an auxiliary device for securely placing the IOL haptics to the ciliary sulcus, which was confirmed using intraoperative endoscopy in all cases. The corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), refractive error, anterior chamber depth (ACD), IOL decentration and tilt, corneal endothelial cell density (CECD) and postoperative complications were recorded.
Background: The global point prevalence survey (Global-PPS) is the standard for the surveillance of prescribed antimicrobials among inpatients and provides data for the development of hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs.
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence and quality of antimicrobial prescriptions using the universally standardized Global-PPS protocol in a non-acute care hospital in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Methods: Antimicrobial prescriptions for inpatients, staying at the hospital overnight, were surveyed on three separate week days in November 2018, January 2019, and May 2019.